A/N: Whoo hoo! I am writing again! I have missed this community so much! Getting settled into full-time adulting has left little time for fun, but I am finally starting to get back to my passion. Hope you enjoy!
1 YEAR LATER –LILLY IS 2
It was late when the Tyler's SUV pulled into their mansion in central London. It had been quite an eventful day, what with saving the world from angry Daleks and using the TARDIS to tow the Earth back into its proper place in space. Most of the drive from Darlig Ulv Stranden was spent in silence. They were tired, after all, and there was the 300 pound elephant in the room: the metacrisis human Doctor that had been dropped off with them. Rose knew that he had the same memories as her real Doctor did, but she still couldn't get past the fact that this wasn't him. In the heat of the moment, she had kissed him, but how would she be able to continue on like this? Ever since she had landed in the universe, she had tried to find a way back to the Doctor, the proper Doctor, the one that had grabbed her hand and urged her to run in the basement of Henrik's. Now that she had a 'Doctor of her own' (it sounded weird to put it like that), she felt more homesick than ever. She was also hiding a secret. And the Doctor was about to discover it.
"Welcome back!" Greeted a smiling Peter Tyler at the door as they pulled up, "I did notice we haven't been blown up, so you must have done something right there, eh?" He said. His eyes got large when he noticed the Doctor walking beside Rose on their way inside, "Here to stay, Doctor?" He asked.
"Yeah, I suppose I am." He said, "We've got a lot to talk about."
"Yeah, I suppose we do." Pete said, with a pointed glance at his daughter.
"Now come on, Pete," Jackie interrupted, breaking the tension. "I haven't seen my baby boy in days. A quick cuddle then it's off to bed for all of us, I think." She took Pete gently by the shoulder and led him inside. Rose and the Doctor followed her upstairs. Rose dreaded what she would have to tell him once they got to the nursery and found two cribs.
"Oh, there we are, hello Tony!" Jackie called into the nursery. A little boy of about two stirred in his crib and stood up, holding out his hands for his mother to pick him up. In a crib next to him slept a little girl of around the same age. The noise woke her up as well, as she reached out to Rose.
"Rose…" The Doctor said, eyes wide, "Who is this?"
"Mummy!" Cried the little girl. Rose picked up the little girl and kissed her on the cheek, holding her close.
"I wanted to tell you…" Rose said, "That day, on the beach…I wanted to tell you, I swear. And I almost did. But I thought that if I did, you would stop everything to try to come back here properly…you said two universes would collapse…"
"Is she…" the Doctor began to ask. He didn't need to finish his question. Rose nodded.
"Owen, the doctor at Torchwood, looked her over. Perfectly healthy, two hearts." Rose said. The sleepy little girl laid her head on Rose's shoulder.
Rose picked up the little girl and kissed her on the cheek, holding her close.
"I wanted to tell you…" Rose said, "That day, on the beach…I wanted to tell you, I swear. And I almost did. But I thought that if I did, you would stop everything to try to come back here properly…you said two universes would collapse…"
"Is she…" the Doctor began to ask. He didn't need to finish his question. Rose nodded.
"Owen, the doctor at Torchwood, looked her over. Perfectly healthy, two hearts." Rose said. The sleepy little girl laid her head on Rose's shoulder. As the Doctor looked at her, it was hard to deny her parentage. Already she had a head of blonde hair and honey brown eyes from her mother, and the freckles spotting her nose and cheeks were from him, no doubt, "Her name is Lilly Jacqueline Tyler."
"Can I…?" The Doctor asked, tentatively stretching his arms out to the child. Rose nodded and smiled, and Lilly took to him right away, leaning toward him and allowing him to take her in his arms. In turn, she laid her head down on his shoulder. The Doctor smiled, and Rose could swear she saw tears forming on the edges of his brown eyes. Once again, Rose was overcome with emotion, and leaned in to kiss him as their child fell sweetly asleep. There were stranger families, right?