Chapter Three; Moving On

Alright sorry that it's been a few days but I forgot to warn you that I was going on vacation. Anyway, here is the next part! Hope you enjoy and sorry for the wait.

"Alright kids time for bed." I said to Cassie and Nathan who were busy playing a game on the computer.

"Aw! Why do we always have to go to bed first!?" Cassie exclaimed.

"Because you and Nathan are the youngest." I told her.

"But that's not fair! It isn't our fault!" she complained.

"Cassie," I warned.

"Alright, just at least give us a few minutes." She said.

"Alright fine, five minutes then and when I get back here I expect you and Nathan to be inside your nightclothes." I told them.

"Yes Daddy." Cassie said before I pulled my head away and quietly shut the door. I heaved a heavy sad sigh while I hung my head and Mickey walked over to me. "You're going to have your hands full with trying to manage two of them at once." I told him as I glanced up at him.

"Yeah, I know." He began as I heaved another sigh and stared down at the floor. "You alright mate?" he questioned.

"No." I began. "I dunno how I'm going to be able to get through this all by myself. I admitted as he put a comforting hand on my shoulder.

"That's because you're not." He told me.

"Yeah, I know that. It's just not exactly what I meant." I told him as I looked down at my wedding band and pulled it off before starting to twirl it around inside my fingers. "I've been thinking that maybe it's about time I take this off."

"Well that's up to you whenever you're ready to." He said.

"Well that's just it, I'm not sure if I am or if I ever will be. Rose was my one true love and she still is, we had the rest of our lives figured out. We were going to grow old together as time lords. I don't think I could ever love anyone else the way I loved her." I told him.

"I know you do and you always will but you can't hold onto the past forever, and Rose wouldn't want you to either." He told me.

"I know, but I'm just not sure when." I said unaware that Jane had been creeping around the corner and listening behind the wall.

"Look Doctor, it's been a year since she died. I don't think you should feel guilty about starting to date other people."

"I know," I began as I breathed a heavy sigh. "And I'll do it for her and for the children. They need a new mother figure in their lives." I said when suddenly Mickey glanced over at Jane as she quickly ran away.

"I think you might have a little bit of a problem." He said as he gestured up at her with a nod of his head. I quickly looked up to see Jane running back inside her room.

"Oh no, not good. She heard me." I said.

Meanwhile Cassie had been getting her nightgown on.

"Oh, sorry Cassie." Jane apologized after she had slammed the door shut. "I didn't mean to walk in on you."

"No it's alright, we're just girls. Nathan's in the bathroom changing. What's up?" she asked her.

"Dad wants to go out on a date." Jane said as she flopped down on top of the bed.

"Really?" Cassie asked her anxiously.

"Yeah, I know. I heard him."

"Well, what are we going to do?" Cassie asked her nervously as she just simply shrugged.

"I dunno, but I just know that I don't want another mother. I want to keep the one that we have." She said.

"I know but I still want Daddy to be happy." Cassie said.

"And I don't want Mum to be unhappy!" Jane said.

"That's true." Cassie told her. "So what are we going to do?" she wondered.

"I dunno, but whatever we do we've got to stop the date from ever happening."