Interlude: Presents, Revelations and a New Companion
"Make your selves comfortable." Seren said once they had entered the flat and removed their coats. "This is going to take some time."
"I'm going to make the hot chocolate. I'll be back in a bit." Siwan said, going into the kitchen.
There were nods all around as they took seats around the living room, making themselves comfortable. Adam sat on the floor, the Doctor sat on a single sofa behind the Immortal and pulled Seren down to sit on the arm of his seat as he supported her waist to keep her from falling, Rhiannon and Johnny sat on the love seat with Mica and David on their laps while Mickey and Rose sat on the floor and Jackie sat on the last single sofa.
"Okay. Start talking." Jackie said sternly, once they had all been seated and Siwan returned with the hot chocolate on a serving tray.
Seren, Siwan and Rhiannon looked at each other, unsure of where to begin.
"Why don't we do the presents first?" Adam suggested as Siwan handed out the mugs of the steaming hot drink. "That way, if we end up talking for hours, at least the kids can go to sleep while we talk."
"All right." Jackie said, slightly reluctant, but seeing the wisdom in Adam's suggestion. "But as soon as the presents are done," She added sternly, looking at the Jones sisters. "You ladies are explaining everything. And you two," She looked at Johnny and Adam, "are going to explain how you seem to know about it before we did."
The five of them nodded as if they had been scolded like little children. Mickey and Rose sniggered at the expressions, quickly schooling their faces into grim masks when the five turned and glared at them.
"Presents?" David asked, looking at them with an adorable milk moustache on his upper lip.
Mica had hers in a sippy cup, a mixture of hot chocolate and ordinary chocolate milk.
"Yes, baby. Presents." Jackie said, her stern expression melting into a gentle smile as she looked at her grandson. "You want to get the presents from under the tree?"
"Yes, please!" David said excitedly, carefully handing his cup to his mother before climbing off the sofa. He had gotten half-way across the room before he paused and turned to look at them, cocking his head to the side. "What about Mica? Isn't she going to help get the presents?"
"Do you want her to help you?" Johnny asked him.
"Yes, I do." David replied, nodding vigorously.
"Okay." Rhiannon said, gently putting Mica on the ground.
David reach out and took her hand, slowly helping her to the tree where she promptly stumbled and landed on her diapered bum. Mica looked at them in shock before grinning widely, showing off her three small white teeth.
"Come on Mica." David said to his sister. "Let's give everyone their presents."
Mica babbled happily as she reached out and took a brightly coloured present. David gently took the package before the toddler could put it in her mouth. He handed the package to Adam to read the tag.
"Seren, this one's yours." Adam said, reading the tag. "And it's from the Doctor."
Adam handed the present back to David who, in turn, handed to to Seren.
"Thank you, baban." Seren said with a smile, taking the present. She turned to the Time Lord who had his arm around her. "Thank you."
"You're welcome." The Doctor replied with a gentle smile.
"You're supposed to open it, Auntie Seren!" David exclaimed pointedly when Seren just put the package on her lap.
"I was?" Seren asked in surprise.
"Yes!" David replied shaking his head at the absurd question.
The rest burst out laughing as Seren removed the wrapping and opened the small velvet box.
"Wow. It's beautiful." She breathed, looking at the beautiful ring inside.
"It's also a perception filter." The Doctor explained, looking at her shyly. "It won't do anything for the gold rim around your eyes but it'll keep people from noticing your shimmer. Idris had shown it to me after I changed, when I was looking for something that would help you."
"Thank you." Seren said sincerely, looking at him.
She took out the smooth delicate gold ring and held it up for the others to see. The smooth, delicate 1mm wide band had eleven 1mm white diamonds set into the top half*.
"Wow." Siwan breathed, looking at the beautiful ring.
Seren slipped the ring onto her right hand ring finger before leaning over and kissing the Doctor's cheek in thanks. She didn't see the slight blush that flooded the Time Lord's cheeks, having already turned to David, but the rest did and had to hold back their laughs.
"You still look the same though." Adam said with a frown. "I can still see the shimmer."
"Me, too." Rose and Siwan said in unison, both nodding in agreement.
"That's because you know it's there, so the filter doesn't work on you." The Doctor replied.
They nodded in understanding as David took another present from Mica, this one a long thick package, and handed it to Adam to read the tag.
"Siwan, from me." Adam read, handing the package to David who handed it to the woman sitting in the Immortal's lap.
"Thank you." Siwan said to the two, holding back her laughs.
She removed the wrapping and opened the box and gasped when she saw what was inside.
"Adam, this is beautiful." She breathed, looking at what was inside.
"What is it?" Rose asked curiously. "What did he get you?"
"A sari." Siwan replied, holding the beautiful material up slightly so that they could see it. She frowned slightly when she saw that there were two other cases wrapped inside the dress. She took the velvet case out and opened it, her eyes widening once again. "And matching jewelry." She opened the other one. "And heels." She looked at Adam with wide eyes. "Adam!"
"Before you start, you never let me get you anything aside from the occasional bouquet so this is this year's birthday, Christmas and for-the-sake-of-it presents all in one." Adam told her, knowing that she was about to remind him that she didn't like the extravagant gifts.
"Okay." Siwan said, surrendering gracefully.
"Well, go put it on!" Jackie said excitedly.
Siwan sighed in surrender and stood up, picking up the box that her gift had been in.
"Wait," Seren said, standing as well. "Rhi, Aunt Jackie, Siwan and I have something for Rose that couldn't be wrapped."
"What is it?" Rose asked curiously.
"You had been saying how you wanted to get your hair done for a while now." Rhiannon started, standing up as well. "So, the twins, Aunt Jackie and I decided that if you wanted, we could do your hair as a Christmas present."
"Yes!" Rose said excitedly, jumping up from her seat.
"Okay, let's go." Siwan said. "While I'm changing, Rhi, Aunt Jackie and Seren can start on your hair."
The five woman grinned at each other and made their way out of the living room, going into Jackie's room since it was the biggest.
"We're going to be waiting a while." Johnny muttered as the woman left giggling with each other.
"Want to see if there's a match on?" Mickey asked.
"Sure." Adam replied shrugging before adding with a frown, "Which match?"
Mickey and Johnny rolled their eyes at the Immortal as the Londoner turned the TV on and began flipping through the channels.
"Football's on." Mickey commented, stopping on the channel. "Though it's a replay of a previous one."
"Sounds good." The Doctor said as they settled down to wait for the women.
"Yay, football!" David exclaimed, moving so he was sitting next to Adam.
Mica went to the Doctor and he lifted her up, putting the little girl on his lap as they watched the football match.
It was an hour later that the five women returned to the living room. Seren, Jackie and Rhiannon came first with wide grins on their faces and retook their previous seats, the Doctor shifting a drowsy Mica in his lap so that he could put his arm around Seren once more.
Of the remaining two, Rose came into the living room first, sporting shoulder length, double layered hair with brighter golden blonde streaks, making the blonde locks shine brightly.
"Wow." Mickey breathed, seeing her. "Very nice."
"Thank you." Rose said with a grin, sitting down next to him. She turned to Adam. "But wait 'till you see Siwan. You're gonna be amazed."
Sure enough, when Siwan entered the living room seconds later, Adam's eyes widened and his jaw dropped at the sight of her.
She looked absolutely stunning in the sapphire blue sari, trimmed with a silver embroidered border and silver embroidery spattered along the fabric, the drape pinned to her right shoulder and draping elegantly over her arm and the silver cap-sleeved blouse that came to just below her chest, showing off her toned stomach*. She was wearing the matching sapphire and diamond necklace and earring set* that Adam had given her with the sari, as well as the silver and sapphire bangle set* and the silver 6" high heeled platform sandals*. Her hair was still held back with the Dutch infinity braid headband, though a few tendrils had come loose over the course of the day and were now framing her face.
The outfit, which he had purchased while her hair was dark brown, seemed to compliment her new hair color even better.
"You look beautiful." Adam breathed as he stood up and walked over to her, as if in a trance.
"Thank you." Siwan replied with a slight blush filling her cheeks, looking up into his multi-colored eyes. "It is beautiful."
"You are what makes it so." Adam said softly, looking into her sapphire blue eyes with complete sincerity.
She smiled shyly at him, her blush becoming more prominent as they stared into each other's eyes. So lost in one another's gaze, they were startled by David's voice.
"Wow, Auntie Siwan, you look really pretty." The little boy said, looking up at her from where he was still sitting on the floor.
"Thank you, baban." Siwan said, smiling brightly at him as she and Adam sat down once more, Siwan in Adam's lap once again.
"You want to resume giving out the presents, David?" Rhiannon asked, looking at her son.
"Yeah!" David exclaimed excitedly, jumping up and running to the tree.
He picked up a small wrapped box and looked at the tag.
"M-I-C-K-E-Y." He read the letters slowly. He looked at Mickey as he handed the box over. "Uncle Mickey, this one's for you."
"Thanks David." Mickey said with a smile, taking the box and reading the tag. "From the Tyler/ Jones." He looked at them as he said, "Thanks."
He opened the box and found a key. He held it up with a surprised expression on his face.
"We thought it was time you had a key to the flat." Jackie explained. "After everything, you deserve it."
"Thank you." Mickey said softly, looking at them earnestly.
He stood up and hugged each of them before sitting back down, inconspicuously wiping away a few tears that had slipped from his eyes. If anyone saw the tears, they didn't mention it, knowing how difficult it had been for him since his grand-mother died and the guilt he carried for the perceived role he believed he played in the accident.
David carried on, picking up packages and handing them to the correct person. Seren got a set of Jane Austen First Edition books from Adam and Siwan, a set of bath bombs from Rhiannon. Siwan received a new sewing kit from Jackie and Rose and a stack of fabrics from Rhiannon and Johnny. Adam received a set of 5 handmade embroidered handkerchiefs from Siwan and a new scabbard from Mickey, Rhiannon and Johnny.
David picked up another box, the second last one.
"D-O-C-T-O-R." He read and looked up at the surprised Time Lord. "Uncle Doctor, this is for you."
He passed the gift to Adam who held it up to the Doctor. The Time Lord took it, surprise still clear on his face.
"I get a present?" He asked, looking at the wrapped box in his hand and at the family sitting around the room, looking at him.
"It's a thank you for healing Seren." Jackie said softly.
"For putting the light back in her eyes." Rhiannon added with a gentle smile.
He looked at the two of them like he wanted to hug them but didn't want to disturb Mica. Jackie and Rhiannon laughed and walked over to him, hugging him tightly before going back to their seats.
"Go on, Doctor." Seren said softly, putting her arm around his neck to support herself on the arm of the couch so he could use both hands to open the present.
He looked at her before turning to the box and removing the wrapping, opening the box to reveal a beautiful men's watch with a silver-steel face-plate and a leather strap*.
"It was Uncle Pete's watch." Siwan said as the Doctor took the watch out of the box and held it up. The Doctor looked at her in shock and opened his mouth to protest the gift. "We want you to have it for bringing the shine back to Uncle Pete's Little Star."
"Thank you." The Doctor said emotionally as Seren took the watch and strapped it on his left wrist.
"And you can add the features that your previous incarnation had, without damaging the watch." Seren added.
David tried to pick up the last one but it was too big, so he resorted to dragging it from beneath the tree. He looked at the tag.
"J-A-C-K-I-E. Grandmam Jackie, this one is for you." He proceeded to drag the large parcel over to the blonde.
"Thank you David." Jackie said to him, kissing his head as he theatrically fell backwards onto the floor, panting for breath.
They laughed at the boy's dramatics, being careful not to wake Mica. Jackie removed the wrapping and opened the box, gasping in shock, her hand flying to her mouth as she stared wide eyed at the present that was revealed.
The twins, Rose and Rhiannon beamed at each other as Jackie slowly lifted the present out of the box.
It was a large mahogany wood portrait frame with the only photo they had of the full Tyler/ Jones family, taken the summer before Pete died. The portrait had the family smiling brightly at the camera, Pete and Jackie with their arms around one another standing next to Glenda and Ifan who also had their arms around one another. In front of them were the twins on either side of Rhiannon, who had baby Rose in her arms.
"I remember this day." Jackie said softly, a few tears falling down her cheeks as she ran her fingers over Pete's smiling face. "It took 15 tries before we were able to finally snap the picture. If it wasn't you kids getting antsy for one reason or another, it was the sun or the clouds interfering with the shot."
"Yeah, the cameraman was ready to call it quits." Rhiannon said with a laugh, the only one that truly remembered the day, having been 12 years old at the time.
"What changed his mind?" Rose asked curiously as they all looked between Rhiannon and Jackie.
"It was the twins." Jackie said with watery laugh.
"What did we do?" Seren asked as David got up from the floor and wrapped his arms around Jackie's waist comfortingly.
"You looked up at him with your large jewel eyes and said 'Sorry'." Jackie replied, looking at the two identical sisters. "He melted the moment you looked at him, and your apology just encouraged him to stay for as long as it took to get the portrait done properly."
"That I can believe." Adam said laughing.
"Yeah, you two can take over the world with a single look." Mickey said with a laugh.
The twins rolled their eyes, not believing him for a moment.
"I think someone is ready to go to sleep." Jackie commented, looking at David who let out his fifth yawn in just as many minutes.
"David not sleepy." David said, valiantly trying to fight his drooping eyelids.
"Come on David." Seren said, standing up from her perch on the arm of the Doctor's seat. "I'll take you to my room. You want to sleep in Auntie Seren's room?"
"Will you sleep there?" David asked, looking at her with wide eyes swimming with slight fear. "You and Uncle Doctor?"
Seren and the Doctor exchanged looks of confusion and concern.
"What do you mean, baban?" Seren asked, turning back to the little boy as the Doctor stood up with Mica in his arms and moved to join Seren in front of David.
"David sleep with Auntie Seren and Uncle Doctor." David said, yawning again before looking back at them with fear-filled eyes. "What if something happens again? What if the bad people come again?"
"Oh Cariad." Seren sighed softly. "Of course you can sleep with us." She picked the little boy up and straightened her posture, standing up straight. "You want us to sleep in Auntie Seren's room?"
"Yes, please." David replied, the slight tension bleeding out of his shoulders once he had been reassured that they weren't going anywhere. "And Mica too."
"And Mica too." Rhiannon agreed when the Doctor and Seren looked at her for a response. The eldest Jones sister lowered her voice slightly as she added to the two adults, "I'll give you Mica's bottle so that she can stay with you during the night."
The Doctor and Seren nodded and proceeded to take the two children to Seren's room to put them to bed. Rhiannon, Johnny, Mickey, Rose, Jackie and Adam watched them go, all but Mickey struck by the way the pair seemed to look like a family - the Doctor and Seren were bantering lightly with one another as David fell asleep in her arms.
While Seren and the Doctor were putting the kids to sleep, the rest of them cleared up the mess that had been made during the gift-giving, finishing just as the pair returned a short while later.
The two were lost in their own world, still bantering with one another and laughing lightly. Without breaking their stride or their conversation, they went to the sofa they had occupied earlier, retaking their previous positions, the Doctor on the seat with Seren on the arm as he supported her with his arm around her waist.
"Okay, now that presents are done and the kids are asleep, you ladies can start explaining." Jackie said, becoming stern once more and breaking the Doctor and Seren out of their conversation and drawing their attention.
"Remember when we were little and Siwan and I used to play in the woods that grew by the Estate in Cardiff?" Seren began after a moment of hesitation, looking at Jackie in particular.
"Yeah." Jackie replied, nodding slowly. "I always worried because those woods always gave me a creepy feeling. But your parents constantly reassured me that you were safe."
"That's because we were." Siwan said. "The reason you always felt uncomfortable was because you were at the border of the Lost Lands and you hadn't been invited by the Mara to be there."
"Aunt Jackie, the twins are the Chosen Ones of the Mara." Rhiannon said, deciding to just drop the bomb.
"Huh?" Jackie, Mickey and Rose cocked their heads to the side in complete confusion, though they noticed that Adam, Johnny and the Doctor weren't at all surprised or confused by the revelation.
"Every generation, one child is Chosen by the Mara." Seren began explaining. "This child is protected by them and avenged should any harm befall him or her. When the time comes, just before reaching puberty, the Mara give the child a Choice: stay in the human world or return to the Lost Lands. If the child chooses to go to the Lost Lands, then the child would eventually become a fairy. This is how the Mara continue their race."
"On the other hand, if the child chooses to stay in the human world, the child will still be protected, though not to the same extent." Siwan continued. "The child will grow normally and, at the moment of their death, be given another Choice. This one is whether they would return to the world of the living as an immortal or if they would let themselves die."
"Once the Choice is made, it cannot be undone." Seren said, shifting off the sofa arm so that she was sitting on the Doctor's lap and he wrapped his arms around her comfortingly.
"You weren't resuscitated, were you Seren?" Jackie asked, looking at the younger woman with tears in her eyes. "By the paramedics following the bomb blast. Everyone said that you had been resuscitated, that it was a miracle considering your injuries and how long it had been before the paramedics arrived. But you weren't, were you? You had made your Choice."
"I couldn't leave Siwan, Rhi, you." Seren said quietly, tears falling down her cheeks. "I couldn't leave you guys if I had the chance to stay."
"But that means you're going to have to watch us grow old and die eventually!" Rose exclaimed in shock.
Seren nodded in confirmation.
"Hold on, you said only one child is Chosen." Mickey said with a frown, tears in his eyes at the revelation while Jackie and Rose stared tearfully at the three Jones sisters. "So how can both of you be Chosen Ones?"
"We don't know." Rhiannon said, leaning into Johnny's embrace. "It has never happened twice in a generation, though it can occur in one family."
"What does this have to do with feeling the aliens die?" Jackie asked, more concerned about the empathic backlash at the moment than she was about her god-daughters being Chosen Ones.
"Jackie, the twins are what we call Empaths." The Doctor said gently, taking over the explanation. "They are the most compassionate and caring people in the entire universe, as well as being the loneliest at times. They have psychic abilities that allow them to sense and feel the emotions of others. For the most part, the abilities are intermittent at best, at least in Mica and David. However, when emotions are extremely high or if a large number of people are feeling similar emotions, then they would feel the emotions."
"Like what happened today when the ship was destroyed." Rose said.
"Exactly." Rhiannon said nodding, taking over. "It's because of them being among the loneliest that David is so instinctively protective of Mica, despite their age difference. Most children at his age typically don't want to play with their younger siblings, not when they could play with their own friends and they don't have to be gentle or careful with everything they do. With David, his empathic ability, though mild, instinctively drive him to protect Mica from any possible perceived harm, real or not. For him, it doesn't matter that he isn't playing with other children his age, or his friends from the Estate. As long as Mica is happy and safe, he is happy. As Mica gets older, she will be the same towards him and any possible sibling or cousins she may have."
"This instinctive reaction will last a few years before becoming much less noticeable." Johnny continued. "As Mica gets older and is able to look after herself, David will slowly gravitate towards his friends and being a typical kid at whatever age he may be. However, he will always be protective of Mica. If he sees any possibility of her being harmed, he will immediately protect her. Just as she will do the same for him and any siblings or cousins she may have."
"With Seren and I, our ability is much stronger." Siwan said, sighing deeply and leaning back against Adam. "Even before we made out first Choice, to stay in the human world, our abilities were incredibly strong, though they were latent."
"That's why the two of you ran out of the church when Pete died." Jackie breathed with wide eyes.
Even after Seren had explained that it had been herself and Rose that had stayed with Pete as he died and brought the twins back to the church, none of them could figure out how the twins knew that Pete died in the first place.
"Yes, Aunt Jackie." Siwan said softly, nodding. "We have a connection with all of you. It can't be described and so long as you exist in this Universe, it will always exist. The moment Uncle Pete died, we felt the connection with him break."
"It felt as though our hearts had stopped beating." Seren said softly, playing with the Doctor's hands as everyone turned their attention to her. "As though we had this huge hole suddenly in our chests instead of our hearts."
"That moment, we knew that he was gone. The light that connected us to him, the grey-purple light, snapped and we knew he was gone." Siwan said, just as quietly.
"The night terrors." Rose whispered, her eyes wide as tears streamed down her face. She looked at Seren with guilt written across her face. "You told me that Dad's death was one of the reason's you had night terrors. It wasn't just seeing him die, was it? It was from the bond breaking."
The twins nodded in response as a fresh wave of tears streamed down Rose's cheeks. Mickey pulled her into a hug, wrapping his arms around her and holding her close as she sobbed.
Slowly, Rose calmed down, staying in Mickey's arms and letting out the occasional hiccup and sniffle.
"I take it Rhi and Siwan told Johnny and Adam about this?" Jackie asked, looking at the two in question. When they nodded in response Jackie sighed and looked at them curiously, a slightly hurt expression on her face. "Why didn't you say anything earlier?"
The twins exchanged looks and turned to her, tears in their eyes.
"We were afraid." Seren whispered. "We didn't know how to tell you. And Mam and Tad always said that no matter what, we were never to tell anyone."
"After Mam and Tad died, everyone was already walking on eggshells around us." Siwan said with the same whisper. "We wanted to tell you, but we didn't want you to think we were freaks. We couldn't lose you too."
The tears that had filled their jewel eyes streamed down their cheeks. Unable to look at Rose, Jackie and Mickey, the two women buried their faces in the Doctor and Adam's chests as the men rubbed their backs soothingly.
There was pin drop silence following the revelation as Jackie, Rose and Mickey stared at the sobbing women. The words played through their minds, the revelation that the twins had been afraid of being seen as freaks and loosing them so soon after losing their parents.
Jackie stood up and walked over to Seren and Siwan, taking their arms and pulling them up from where they were sitting. They faced the blonde but didn't look at her, keeping their gaze averted.
"Look at me." Jackie said firmly. "Seren, Siwan look at me." She repeated more firmly when the twins didn't comply. The two reluctantly looked up at the taller woman. "I have loved the three of you from before you were born. I have loved you since Glenda told me she was pregnant. What makes you think that I would see you as freaks?"
"Mum's right." Rose said firmly, wiping away her tears as she and Mickey stood up and moved to stand on either side of the older woman. "You're my god-sisters, my best friends."
"Seren, being a Chosen One is the reason you're here right now." Mickey said softly. "I know it'll hurt watching us grow old and eventually die, I know that. You two are my best friends. You will never be freaks to me."
"To any of us." Jackie said strongly as she wrapped her arms around the twins, drawing them into a tight hug.
Mickey and Rose joined in the hug with Adam, the Doctor, Rhiannon and Johnny following suit seconds later. Soon enough, breathing became an issue for the jewel-eyed Chosen Ones and they all separated, moving back to retake their seats.
"Since we're spilling things we've kept secret for one reason or another, I have a secret of my own." Adam said, looking around nervously once everyone was seated again.
"What is it, Adam?" Jackie asked gently, seeing the same uncertain look on his face that the twins and Rhiannon had sported only a short while earlier.
"I'm an Immortal." He blurted out after taking a deep breath.
Blurting it out worked for Rhiannon and the twins, so he decided to follow suit and hope for the same acceptance. However, he knew that it was possible that they could have a hard time accepting it, that it could be the final straw that tested the limit on how much strangeness they were able to handle.
"Huh?" Rose and Jackie gaped at him in shock, absently noticing the lack of reaction from Johnny, Rhiannon, Mickey, Seren and the Doctor. They weren't too surprised that Siwan knew, for one thing, they were dating, and another was Siwan's tendency to know just about everything.
"Not in the way Seren is, or even the Doctor is. I can die, but I can't stay dead unless I am beheaded." Adam explained.
He proceeded to tell them everything about his past, everything he had told Siwan back in March. He told them about the Game, the Watchers, and the other Immortals. He told them how old he was, who he had been, the lives he had led, the people he had loved and lost, everything.
By the time he had finished, the room was completely silent. Of them all, only Siwan had known all of it, Mickey, Rhiannon and Johnny only knew that he was Immortal, about the Game and the other Immortals. The Doctor knew about Immortals and the Game, but only suspected that Adam was one.
"Oh, you poor dear." Jackie breathed, standing up and pulling him up in to a tight hug.
The sudden shift sent Siwan tumbling to the floor with a slight scream as she had been sitting on his lap. The action broke the silent tension that had filled the room and they burst out laughing as Siwan pulled herself up to stand.
"You will always be a part of this family, Adam." Jackie said firmly, looking at the Immortal. The blonde turned to the Doctor and added, "Both of you."
The Doctor smiled widely, a true and happy expression as he and Seren stood up and pulled the blonde into a hug.
"Um, Doctor?" Rose asked hesitantly, biting her lip nervously as the Time Lord broke away from Jackie and looked at her.
"Yeah?"
"Can I travel with you?" She asked, looking up at him.
Jackie and Mickey stared at her in surprise and turned to the Doctor, each silently hoping that the man would say 'No'. The Doctor looked at Rose for a moment before looking down at Seren who was beside him. Seren nodded slightly with a small smile on her face.
"Absolutely!" The Doctor said with a grin.
"The more the merrier." Seren said with a smile.
Jackie and Mickey sighed sadly, knowing they had no choice but to accept the decision.
"Just be careful, yeah?" Jackie pleaded with Rose and Seren.
"We will, Aunt Jackie." Seren promised.
Before anyone else could say anything, a cry from Seren's room drew their attention.
"I guess it's time for us to play Mam and Tad." Seren told the Doctor cheerfully.
"Shall we?" He asked her with a laugh, holding his arm out to her.
She took the offered arm with a smile and the two left the living room, heading towards Seren's room where Mica's cries were coming from.
Links (on pinterest):
*Seren's ring - .ca/pin/65654107050848128/
*Siwan's saree – .ca/pin/474566879479198000/
*Siwan's jewellery – .ca/pin/474566879479198076/
*Siwan's bangles – .ca/pin/474566879479198114/
*Siwan's heels - .ca/pin/474566879478429952/
*The Doctor's watch - .ca/pin/765823111608671058/