Chapter Three: Like Father, Like Daughter.

A/N: I needed to convey how in love they are, and how the time never changes how he sees her, so they can properly join together in happiness… I need this chapter to express what I need in the next chapter. Sorry if I'm killing it for any of you. The next chapter will probably have a little smut it in, but not nearly as graphic as my others. I want to keep this one sweet and small. Comment any suggestions or thing you want to see happen?

Managing to cook dinner with him watching was like running a mile and a half; not easy because of how out of practice she was. He kept staring at her, his eyes burning a deletable feeling inside her lower stomach, making her unable to speak and only able to keep swallowing. She was cooking him a roast, having placed the lamb in the oven before he went out with Jenny. He had taken a few hours with her, and as much as River didn't mind, she would have liked to know what had gone on. But they both were keeping it completely secret. Already, after a day of him being there, Jenny and The Doctor had established a relationship unlike any other, only… He was slightly hesitant around her, just as River had been around the younger version of the Doctor. She had known secrets, so what did Doctor know about Jenny? "What?" She asked, distributing the food on the plates evenly. She walked over to the table and placed each plate down on the mats, and then went to hang her apron up.

"Spoilers" She wanted to slap him, he was being secretive, and with her of all people.

"Doctor, please tell me."

"I'm going to save you" He smirked. She couldn't wipe the smirk from his face even if she wanted to, he always knew how to show his infinite power over her.

"Already did that"

"Properly"

"Jenny! Dinner!"

Jenny came running in with a hungry expression on her face, matching the Doctor's as he took a seat and started eating with her. River had barely even begun sitting down and they were scoffing the food down as if racing to be the first finished. She had to smirk when looking at the similarities that Jenny and The Doctor shared. They both chewed a certain amount of times before swallowing quickly, and both used the fork in the wrong hand. River carefully chopped and diced her food with her knife and fork, and chewed little bits. She wasn't as hungry, but that wouldn't enable her to skip making dinner for such hungry people.

Once Jenny finished, it was pretty much time to clean up to get to bed for story-time.

"Oi, you, off to brush your teeth please, I'll be in soon"

"Can't daddy tell me a story tonight, please? He can tell us both a story!"

River tried not to feel slightly jealous that she was directing all of her attention to Doctor, and failed trying. Still, she nodded. "Alright, just one, and then you need to sleep."

Doctor and Jenny both cheered in happiness, rushing off into her bedroom. Jenny went to brush her teeth, and Doctor went to examine her bedroom. Like father, like daughter. Both left her stranded with the pile of dishes.

"Typical, I'm still stuck with the dishes"

Suddenly, they were clean and gone, probably in the cupboards. "Thanks, CAL"

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In Jenny's room, Doctor made stars shine brightly on the ceiling, and he fixed the broken handle on her drawers. He looked around at the drawings of the TARDIS, and of Melody Pond. He laughed at one that had River dressed in a tight costume with a cape, obviously taking after her grandmother when thinking that Melody Pond would be a superhero. She was, but not in the tight suits or anything. Then Doctor thought of how she would often wear quite tight outfits and dispelled the idea that she didn't sometimes look the part of the superhero. She was definitely a hero to him, but she didn't think it mattered. Like sinking in the sand on the hot day, Doctor felt like this place was reasonably nice and somewhere good to retire or something, something all humans did. He was not human, River wasn't either, and whatever Jenny was… He didn't know. Possibly not human, but there was obviously some of it in her if she was the granddaughter of Amy and Rory.

"What are you––" Jenny came in with a defensive stance, and it quickly disappeared as she gazed at the twirling stars above her bed. "Wow, they're just as I dreamed"

"You dream of the stars?" Doctor asked, curious as to what this little girl knew of the universe. He wanted to show her, only if his plan would work. It was tricky to get them back, but he had frozen the body under the care of the sisters of the infinite schism. Could they have not told him of the child growing in River? What had happened to her now? Doctor hoped they had kept her, so he could save them both from this place, however nice it might be.

"I dream of the universe, or parts of it at least. Mummy tells me of places, and before she says it, I know what it looks like" Jenny replied, a smile spreading across her face, creating adorable dimples.

"When I was small, I dreamt of stars brighter than anything, blinding lights of beauty, or that was what I called them anyway" He said, tucking her into bed as she snuggled down. He stroked her cheek and grinned brightly.

A clearing of the throat brought him out of the comforting he was giving Jenny, to look at River in the doorframe. "Story-time, would you care to tell?"

"Of course"

And he did. Once he made River sit with them on the tiny stretch of the bed, he told her tales of River that he doubted Jenny had heard, simply because River wasn't exactly proud of the moments because of how she told them. The Doctor told them with River as the heroine, rather than the destroyer, as she imagined. Slowly, Jenny fell asleep, and after a while of just watching her, River and Doctor moved into the living room, plonking on the sofa to talk.

"What is she?" He asked.

"Our daughter"

"You know what I mean"

She let out a breath, "From what I've gathered, she's a timelord, or lady, if you will."

Doctor didn't know what to think of that, but she looked like she was definitely River's baby, so it couldn't have been exactly CAL's doing.

"Can she regenerate?"

"She hasn't yet, but she has less human than I so I'm betting she can"

Doctor could sense a nervousness in River, because she kept rubbing her hands together, fumbling and fidgeting as if he was suddenly going to leave her for not telling him when he took her consciousness.

"How is this possible?"

Smirking, she answered, "I was waiting for you to ask, and before you jump to any conclusions, no, CAL was not apart of it. You took me from my body, and because I was pregnant with her, she was dependent on me living, so joined for the ride and you saved the both of us"

"Are you sure?"

"Positive"

She really was his daughter, River wouldn't lie to him about this kind of thing. She needn't lie to him anymore, he knew her fully and knew who she was, what she was and everything about her.

"You're going to leave now, aren't you?"

"Why would I?"

"I didn't tell you I was pregnant all that time, on the towers, and everything"

Instead of talking, he got up and walked over to her, pulling her to stand. She did instantly, trusting him completely. He acted on instinct and wrapped his arms around her in a tight embrace. She returned the hug and sobbed slightly into his shirt.

"I love you"

"I love you too"

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