River sat on her bed, she was wiping away stray tears from her face. As she was punching in coordinates into her vortex manipulator she emotionally prepared herself for her visit to the TARDIS. Another set of hot tears from the morning rolled down her face, she quickly wiped them away. She punched in the final digits and found herself laying on the glass floor of the TARDIS console room.

"River?" The Doctor asked, "Is that you?" She looked up to see him sitting in the old battered car seat reading a book with her mother's reading glasses on. He began to approach her on the floor but before he could reach her she pushed herself up.

"Hello Sweetie" she said with her trademark smirk quickly trying to masking her sorrow. But The Doctor was too fast for her and saw how she really felt. He could tell there was pain in her green eyes, her eyes never lied.

"What's wrong, River?" he tenderly asked. The Doctor could tell she was getting teary so he patiently waited and began to walk towards her. He wrapped his arms around her waist and softly kissed the top of her forehead. River completely lost it, she collapsed into The Doctor's shoulder sobbing.

"Hmm?" The Doctor whispered. "You can tell me, can't you?" he asked thinking she would reply with spoilers, but then to comfort her he added,"I'm your husband."

"I'm afraid that makes it worse, my love." she chocked in between sobs.

"River? What's wrong?"

"Nothing Doctor, nothing." She began to sob even harder, she was tense and all humany, she was emotional. He was not used to her being like this. Something was wrong, very wrong. The Doctor just pulled her in even closer and tighter. He began to softy kiss the top of her head when she weakly asked, "Can you please just leave me alone for a moment sweetie."

"Sure." he replied with a soft smile, he began to loosen his grip on her waist but kissed her one last time on her forehead. He allowed his lips to softly linger there for a moment. And with that he turned away, a kind smile still on his lips.

River turned and sat on the old battered car seat. Her mind was in overload. How was she supposed to tell him? Would he be angry with her for bringing a child into their relationship. There lives were back to front, but know that they were mostly linear they could do it. But still how would she tell him. They weren't meant to be parents, they never stopped running, they were always so busy, they were a universal target. She buried her face in her hands. She began to lightly cry, she going to tell him, she had to try. Betraying his trust could lead to a worse fate then flat out telling him. But she didn't know how.

But then the TARDIS suggested her something.

"Bless." she murmured to herself. The TARDIS always was there for her. Before she left to tell The Doctor she stroked her stomach tenderly. She found herself smiling again. River sat up and began to walk towards the kitchen where The Doctor was.

She walked slowly into the kitchen where she found The Doctor sitting at the kitchen table staring at his feet. He only looked up when he saw River walk in. A slight smile formed on his face trying to cheer her up. The Doctor saw that River had been crying again, he sat up and went to greet her. The Doctor wrapped his arm around River's shoulder. She began to lightly cry again.

"Hey, hey, don't cry it's okay." The Doctor attempted to calm her,"Look at me." his voice was calm and kind but demanding River obeyed immediately, but she could not meet his eyes. So he lifted her chin forcing her eyes to meet his. The Doctor looked into her eyes as if he was searching for something.

River's cries turned into sobs yet again. He began to say, " Hey, what's wrong. My beautiful Melody Pond, why are you crying?" he asked with a loving smile. "You know I hate seeing you cry." he said as River turned and buried her face into his shoulder. She continued to sob into his shoulder. He led River towards a dining table chair and he sat down. The Doctor lifted River up by her shoulders and set her on top of his lap like a child. She continued to sob into his shoulder and he sat there patiently for a few moments waiting for her to calm down a bit. He leaned into her golden hair and let his head light rest on hers.

After a few moments he finally asked again, "River, what's wrong?" this time she looked up into his eyes, he was making progress. But then she quickly looked down. The Doctor began rubbing soothing circles into her back with three fingers. He hoped by comforting her he could make her feel better. Her shaky hand reached into her pocket and tried to grasp the medical scanner but she dropped it on The Doctor's lap. She inhaled sharply and began to sob just as hard as she had started. He looked at the screen and read it. His hearts dropped. She couldn't be, was she? How was she pregnant? The Doctor had been very careful with River because he didn't want to bring a child into there complicated and dangerous life. He and River had made love many times, but one of the times he must have done it too hard. What was he going to do? A part timelord carrying a full timelord is deadly. The part timelord carrying the baby usually dies a month before their due date. That couldn't happen to her, no, he wouldn't let it. He looked up at River and kindly asked to confirm his thesis, "Melody, are you pregnant?" He only used her real name when he was extremely worried about her, and he was.

River gave a small slight nod. The Doctor immediately pulled her into her arms and she began sobbing again. He took a deep breath and tears began to fall from his eyes too.