Authors Notes: Whoohoo another chapter out :D Enjoy

My Love

Chapter 3

Autumn Creek

Eve looked from one room to another. She had been on the TARDIS for a week now. Adventuring around the huge ship, especially after her father explained that it was infinite. She had gone from room to room. Mostly full of old knick knacks, machine parts, and clothing thrown into a room. She found six libraries all leading to one huge library. There was a seller with tons of alcoholic drinks. Four kitchens one bigger then the next and the last one still had a lit Christmas tree in it. The tree was a bit dead though. She found a nursery which was growing dust. Tons of dust actually. She came to a hallway with pictures along it. 10 of them actually. She went from one to the next. Perhaps relatives of hers.

"Oh hey! There you are. I've finished making dinner if you're going to join me." The Doctor said walking out of one of the many kitchens.

"Who are they?" Eve asked seeing numbers down at the bottom.

"Me…" He said and walked back into the kitchen as if saying this was the most natural thing for him to say.

"You? But…your so young…how could that old guy be you…well I know it's a time machine…maybe you went back to see him?" Eve apparently next heard her mother explain about regenerations. Well then again explaining it to a child might be a bit difficult.

"No I mean…I regenerated 10 times."

"Don't you mean reincarnated?" Eve tried to figure this out and it wasn't working to well.

"When a Timelord gets hurt to the point of death…instead of dying we…change." He said and scooped out some pasta for Eve and put it before her.

"Will…that happen to me?" She asked then Doctor sat down with his own food and thought about it.

"Well your mother regenerated too so I think you will. She was a human/Timelord hybrid…and your well…I suppose a Timelord/Human/Timelord hybrid." This got the young girl to giggle at his weird explination. "Ha…I saw you smile you can't hide it from me!" He said and crammed food into his mouth before looking back up at Eve who was still smiling but eating a bit slower then her father.

A red light in the corner flashed and the Doctor wiped his mouth off on a napkin before standing up and drinking the rest of his tea.

"I've got a surprise for you. Some place I haven't shown anyone in a very long time. Well I think since I married your mother." He informed the curious girl who walked into the control room.

Eve reached out for the doors and looked back up at the Doctor who motioned for her to go ahead. Eve slowly opened the doors and looked outside.

"Doctor…theres so much color." She said and looked around the small wooded area were the trees were red, orange, golden, and grown. The creek straight ahead of them was very blue, and a small cottage off to the side.

"Follow me." He offered his hand to the girl who lightly took it and walked toward the trees.

"You didn't just bring me here to kill me did you?" She mumbled.

"Why would I want to kill you? Your my child." He said and stopped in front of a tombstone. "This is wear I brought your mother when she died. Its actually a custom to burn those we loose so there time energy could mix with that of the universe…but your mother insisted to be brought here. "

"How did she die? All I know is what the letter told me. A death of her choosing." Eve put her tiny hand in the Doctors large hand. He wasn't sure how to take this. But he knew this child needed some sort of closer or he wouldn't have ever brought her to Autumn Creek in the first place.

"It was actually in my 10th regeneration that I met her…and that's when she died. You see…time travel is strange that way, and a bit scary. While I was running around with your mother in this regeneration I knew straight from the beginning how she was going to die…so I made her life as livable and exciting as I possibly could. I met her in a library…"

"A library?" Eve put her hands on her hips and looked up at the Doctor who began to walk her back toward the creek where they sat down to listen to the fast moving water.

"Yes…a library the size of a planet. I wish I could bring you there…it looked sooo…" He looked down at the girl who kept looking at the running water.

"She attached herself to a hard drive that was giving out and ran millions of bits of information through her head so the millions of people within those bits would survive." The Doctor looked down at the young girl who looked up at him. She seemed to want to cry but wasn't sure if she wanted to or not. Or perhaps it was a confusion of emotions.

"And you expect me to believe that?" She asked. The Doctor sighed and stood up.

"I'm not asking you to believe it Eve…I'm just telling you what I was going to do myself. She knocked me unconscious…handcuffed me to a pipe and strapped her own self in. It was completely up to her…and doing so saved my life. Although I would have gladly took her place." He sighed and walked toward the cottage.

"Is it safe…for me to be out here alone?" Eve asked and looked down at the water again.

"We're surrounded by rocky cliffs. Don't climb up them it's too steep. I nearly killed myself when I was young. But there is also a dome over us nothing can get in or out. Unless it materializes in here of course." The Doctor walked into the cottage and the door closed behind him.

The Doctor walked back out onto the porch some hours later to see that Eve haden't moved from the spot. She was running her fingers through her hair though while looking down at well…he couldn't tell.

The Doctor sat down next to his daughter who stopped playing with her hair and put her arms around her knees.

"What are you thinking about?" He asked her. It took so long for her to answer he wondered if she was actually going to. He had opened his mouth to try again.

"Where…do I go now?" She asked running her fingers through the water. "I haven't got anywhere else to go. My moms gone, her parents are dead and my great grand parents are gone too. The only option I have is you and…most men don't want to be dragged down by some kid." She exhaled rather loudly telling the Doctor she was on the verge of tears.

"I don't mind you staying with me. You're my daughter and my responsibility. I would have been part of your life had your mother just told me about you. But as it stands I know you now and want you to stay with me. Is that alright with you?" The Doctor asked and looked at the girl who looked up at him. He could see the youthfulness that she had. Something he had once before but lost when the Time War happened.

"Thank you Doctor…I mean it." She said and slowly leaned into him. "Is it always this cold here?" She asked.

"Not really but you aren't wearing any shoes so the heat you've absorbed just goes away. Same can be said about ears too. It's the easiest way to loose heat." The Doctor said and stood up.

"Come on…lets get you inside. I've got the fire going and it should be nice and toasty inside." The Doctor stood up watching Eve stand up. She jumped when the Doctors jacket once again sat on her shoulders.

"We really need to get you some shoes."

"But all my money was burned."

"I am your father and constant caregiver. I'll be doing the paying for a bit. I should have done so from the very beginning." He said almost like he was reprimanding himself.

"Alright…"