A/N: I'm sorry for being lazy...xD Well, no. I've not been lazy at all, I've been quite busy in fact... I was on school trip with my pupils from my last teaching prac and had no laptop with me... and I had my final exam two days ago so I was busy with that too... and I've moved out of my flat in the city where my college is so I don't have a home in that city anymore which basically makes me a homeless there cause I still need to be there for a few occations. Like the A-Level graduation I have to be at tonight to sing with the choir, then graduation dinner tomorrow night with all my fellow students and then on Saturday my graduation and the graduation party... Okay, that's all uninteresting...basically I just don't have my laptop with me all the time right now and therefore can't write all the time... I'm at my mum's now and my laptop is here which is why I'm updating now.

I apologise for my way of writing the Doctor though... It's really my first try and I'm not very good at it yet, I hope I'll get better with practise ;) Anyways, I am SO very happy to read all your reviews and I am even more happy to see that you like my story. You have no idea how much that means to me!

Enjoy Part 4 now! (I kinda think I might have to write 6 or 7 instead of the planned 4 or 5 xD)

Part 4

He didn't know what happened to him the moment her words were out. His single heart – how did people live with just one heart? – seemed to be failing and it felt like Rose had just pulled the rug out from under his feet. He didn't know what she meant with her words. She lied. But what about? He feared that she didn't want to be with him because he wasn't the other Doctor, because he was human and different and not him. He feared she wouldn't love him because of that. He feared he'd have to spend one whole lifetime trapped in this body with a heart that only beat for Rose Tyler and would never be able to move one while he was not able to actually be with her because she'd decided to not love him. The whole being human concept was new to him. More or less at least. He had never been human with a Time Lord brain and memory and all that. The last time he'd been human he'd not even remembered her. He'd drawn a picture of her not knowing who she was but he never remembered her then. But now he did and he didn't know what he would do if she refused to be with him. Would she really tell him that she lied about loving him? Or his other self, the Time Lord Doctor? Because whatever she'd say he would never be able to believe her. The nights they'd shared in the TARDIS could not have been lies. He remembered again that those had not been nights she'd spent with him but with his Time Lord self and it was another blow to the head. He really needed to stop thinking so much. Instead he started talking.

"Everybody lies, Rose. That's, you know…human. Even Time Lords lie. I'm sure I'll lie a lot, too in the future. It's quite interesting actually, the concept of lying, when you think about it. But that's not the point. You know, it's okay. I think I'll just find a place to grow a new TARDIS and then, in a few years' time, I'll be off and you won't have to look at me and think of him again and…" The look on Rose's face cut him short.

He wasn't quite sure if it was relief, shock or complete lack of understanding but he stopped talking.

"You done talking?" she asked, eyebrow raised and he nodded slowly. "Good. Cause you are a complete fool, you are."

"That has most likely to do with the fact that I'm part human now."

"Will you shut up now? Firstly, that has nothing to do with you being human. You were already a fool before that. Secondly, whatever you think I lied about you are most certainly wrong. Think again."

And he did. He wrecked his brain again but somehow he didn't know what she meant.

"Seriously? Oh, come on, Doctor. The only thing you can think about is that I lied about loving you?" The way she said those words gave him a tiny bit of hope and he dared to ask.

"Does that mean you do? I mean…love me?"

She sighed heavily. "Yes. No. I don't know. I guess I do. It's difficult now. It's different. You are different. But that's not the point. Can we postpone this for another time? I really need you to understand what I said first before we can get into this…You're coming home with mum and me so you really need to know 'cause I don't know how your new human body will react if you don't know…"

"You know, one could almost think you're more like him than I am with your babbling… But go on, Rose Tyler, tell me what you lied about."

She grinned a little but only for a short second before her expression got serious again.

"Do you remember the question you asked about the people I came with that day? About Mickey?"

He nodded, fear clouding his eyes yet again and he earned himself a slap on the shoulder for it.

"Not that. Do you remember what I said?"

"Yes. You said there were five of you. Mickey, your mum and dad and their baby."

"Yes. And well, like I said. I lied."

The exact same expression he had on that day more than two years ago crossed his face again. Surprise. Shock. Relief. Astonishment. Utter astonishment in fact. And as Rose watched all those emotions surge through him she knew he'd started to understand what she was trying to tell him.

"It wasn't your mum's baby… Tony is yours?"

"Good grief, Doctor. No. Tony is mum's. But you're close…" The last part was almost a whisper and Rose dropped her head.

"You were pregnant that day? You lied to me about being pregnant?" he burst out, fully comprehending what she meant now and he watched as she nodded in confirmation.

"Who's…."

"Yours, you idiot," Rose interrupted his question. "She's two years old. She is what kept me going those few years. She's like you, rarely ever shuts up. Although it seems your speechless now… God, I've managed to make you speechless without being naked."

She was right, he was in fact speechless. He had absolutely no idea what to say or do or think. He'd been a father once, he'd told her that. And he'd been a father after Rose had already been lost to him. That had not been the same though; Jenny had only grown out of his cells. What Rose was telling him was completely different. He was a father. He'd gotten her pregnant and left her in a different universe. How had he not been able to see that she'd lied to him?

"But…how? It shouldn't have been possible… I mean… what?"

Rose laughed. "Yes. Human-Time-Lord incompatibility and such, right. Well, you were wrong. We were very compatible. Clara's proof enough of that."

"Clara…" he mumbled. "That's a lovely name. Does…does she know?"

"Yes. She can't wait to meet you although I presume at the moment she's busy chasing after Tony or running away from him."

The Doctor grinned. "Running runs in the family then," he assessed and then went on about the benefits of running and its history and origins and stuff and how there is a planet where the species can't walk but only run all the time and Rose listens, realising that this Doctor really is pretty much like the other one and she smiles, links arms with him and drags him up the dunes so they can wait for their lift back to London. Rose knows that it's not going to be easy and she still doesn't know if this has been the right decision and if she will ever be able to love the human Doctor as much as she loves the Time Lord Doctor but she knows that she wants to try at least. Because he loves her and he reminds her so much of both the Doctor's she's known. The one who was lost after a war, the one she's made better, the one who gave his life for her and the one who came after that, the pretty one with his pinstripe suit and the cheeky grin. This one looked like the second and behaved like the first and she already loved him dearly in a way after only spending a few hours in his company. If this was going to be enough was still unsure though.

It took them a while to get back to London. There was no Zeppelin port near the beach so they had to be brought to Bergen first and that took them a few, quiet hours. Jackie was on the phone with Pete most of the time, Rose and the Doctor were quiet, deep in their own thoughts. The Doctor had felt tired, something that never happened to him and he had to remind himself yet again that he was human now and needed sleep like he needed food and water. He fell asleep, head resting on the taxi's window and one hand linked with Rose's. Once they got to London, Pete's driver picked them up and drove them home. Rose had her own apartment in the city but Clara was with Pete so they went straight there.

The car stopped in front of the house and Rose cleared her throat. "Would you mind waiting in the car for a bit?" she requested and the Doctor nodded. Rose could feel his slightly sweaty hand – that was new… - and realised that he was probably just as nervous as she was. She got out and had only made a few steps towards the main entrance when two whirlwinds came running towards her. Her little brother ran straight past her into his mother's arms while Rose got hit by the second child. Clara hugged Rose tightly so that she could only see through a few strands of brown hair that would've stuck up on all ends had it been any shorter. It sometimes was hard to tame even with the length it had now.

"I've missed you, sweetheart," Rose whispered into her daughter's ear and got an even tighter hug as a response.

"I've missed you too, mummy!" the girl replied and after a little hesitation, she added in a whisper, "Is he here?"

Rose nodded and turned around. "I think he's very nervous though," she stated with a smile as she put Clara on the ground again.

Even though Clara was really clever for her age and even though she could talk faster than some adults, in this very moment Rose realised once again that she still was just a two year old child who was about to meet her father for the first time ever. Clara took Rose's hand and hid slightly behind her legs.

Meanwhile the Doctor had watched the scene through the car's window and realised now that they were waiting for him. He opened the door, slowly put one foot in front of the other and got out. He walked towards them with careful steps, unsure of what he should do. Clara peeked around Rose's back, still holding her mother's hand. But then she stepped forward, dragging Rose with her. She wasn't courageous enough yet to go alone but Rose followed her willingly and with a smile. The three met halfway and after looking at Rose who gave him an affirmative nod, the Doctor knelt down to be on eyelevel with the girl that was his daughter.

"Hello," he said sympathetically.

"Hello," Clara mimicked her father shyly, her head tilted to the side. The two of them eyed each other cautiously, trying to figure out their next move. Rose watched them and she felt Jackie, Pete and Tony watching them too and then the tiny hand holding hers let go. She looked down to see what father and daughter were doing. Clara had put both of her hands out and placed them on the Doctor's chest. His eyes had widened in surprise for a split second but he stayed calm, as calm as he could be, considering that his heart was racing. Clara looked up to her mother then.

"That's what you didn't tell me on the phone, isn't it, mum?" the little girl exclaimed and Rose looked questioningly at her, an eyebrow slightly raised.

"He's human. He's like me. Well…a little…" And Rose realised how right her daughter was. Clara was a lot more like this Doctor than the other. She had the physical form of a human being, it wasn't her looks that made her different from others and that's exactly what had happened to the Doctor. He was human now, what separated him from other humans was his Time Lord brain.

"Yeah, Clara, you're right. That's what I meant and you two are quite alike…"

"But why is he human?" Clara asked and she felt the vibration of the chuckle that escaped the Doctor in her hands. She looked at her father.

"There is still a Time Lord me out there in the universe…" he started to tell her but she interrupted him, theorising about how that was possible and hitting the nail right on the head with her guesses.

Astonished, the Doctor looked up at Rose who only shrugged her shoulders, saying without words that that was exactly what Clara was like and the Doctor laughed joyfully.

"You know what, Clara? I think you and I are going to have a lot of fun together, if you want…"

Clara smiled cheekily and nodded.

"I think so too…," she beamed before making a step closer and hugging him tightly around his neck, her mouth next to his ear, "…daddy," she finished her answer in a whisper.

How bad is it that I adore Clara? xD And it's going to be even more fun to write the future parts, I've got so many ideas in my head...xDDD

Thanks for reading!

Oh and...I might not be able to update before Sunday... cause of all the things I mentioned in the A/N at the beginning of this part...

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