"So now what?" I asked. My daughter Sara looked around as I held her in my arms. River was on a UNIT office, relaxing after our journey.

"Well, after I sent the data to UNIT—and tricked that eye-patched hag into thinking I hadn't—UNIT went into the place and raided it. No sign of Kovarian, but that's to be expected."

River looked up at the ceiling. "All these adventures are...almost not worth the pain," she said.

"You're just saying that because it's still fresh in your memory," I said. "You were happy to see my baby, after all. "

Then I realized something. "You never asked me who the father was."

River grinned at that. "Everyone has Spoilers. If I get to have secrets, and I have lots of them, so do you . Anyway, thank you for helping me take down the ward."

"Now I have to figure out a place to stay," I grumbled.

River raised an eyebrow. She drew herself up, and brought her face closer to mine "You could stay with me."

"Would you really trust me enough to let me stick around? I might try to steal something from you again," I said.

"I'll take my chances with my 'lesbian lover'" River said, smiling mischievously.

Glaring at her, I said "I still haven't forgiven you for that."

"Christie!" called a familiar voice. I turned around to see Sara. A woman with even bushier hair was right beside her."How are you?"

"Pretty okay," I said. "How have you been?"

"Wonderful! Can't believe that the Ward was just using us for sick experiments," said Sara. "It's kind of a bummer, I'll need to find a new place for my baby."

"Anyplace is better than there. I told you to be careful!" said the woman next to Sara.

"Sorry, mom. Christie, this is Mel. She helped get us out of here," said Sara.

"Thanks, Ms. Bush!" I said. Then, with more hesitation "River said you knew the Doctor?"

'Sort of. Haven't met him in a year or two, though," said Ms. Bush. Before I could ask any more questions, Mel was chattering to Sara about finding her a new hospital. I decided to just leave the subject be. I saw River looking off into space. She had hinted that Kovarian and her had dealt with each other in the past—I wondered how well they really had known each other. I walked up to River and tried to surprise-tap her on the shoulder.

"You still think you can sneak up on me?" said River without looking back. She turned around, all traces of her wistfulness gone, replaced with her usual playful, sexy smile.

I walked up to River. "Speaking of surprises, about that kiss in the Ward..."

River kissed me again. "I don't see what's so surprising?"

I grinned at her. She took my hand, and with my baby in my hands, we went to another adventure.