The Doctor walked into Cassie's room.

She extended her arms to take the baby. The Doctor walked over and allowed her to take the tiny baby. "Adam…Oh, I can't believe I forgot all about you…I'm so sorry…So, so sorry…" a tear slid down her cheek. The baby stuck out a little hand, yawned, put his thumb into his mouth and fell asleep.

The Doctor pulled a chair over next to the bed. "Cassandra…?"

"Cassie. It's Cassie. I like that better."

"I like 'Cassandra' better than 'Cassie'. Do you remember the little conversation we had earlier?"

"Yeah, you're my dad and that makes you Adam's grandpa."

"It wasn't a very long talk. I learned more from Sarah than I did from you."

"What did she tell you?"

"She told me that you spent a year in a hospital and about your friend, Jeremy and his brother Brian the priest. She also told me about your mother and her drug use."

"I don't ever want to see her again. I went through too much to have to deal with her again…"

"You don't have to see her again. No one can force you to see her again. I don't want to have to see her face again, but for me, it's always a possibility."

"Because you're an alien who travels through time and space. Did you know that Sarah had a thing for you?"

"A 'thing'?"

"You know, she had a crush on you."

"Oh…Never mind that." The Doctor said, avoiding the subject. "Your friend, Jeremy, is he your baby's father?"

"No, Jeremy's not Adam's daddy. Adam's daddy left when I told him I was pregnant. I told him that if he took off on me, I would never let him see his child. And I meant it."

The Doctor nodded his head.

"That dirtbag…"

"Does your friend know about your baby?"

"I never told him. I stopped talking to him before I found out. I told him that I wouldn't talk to him until he got off the drugs."

"You talked to his brother."

"That was my way of checking up on Jeremy. He's my best friend, and I care about him."

"Did you ever tell the priest?"

"No, but I knew he suspected it. I never said anything, because if I did, it would make it possible for their father to find out. He would have thought that Adam was Jeremy's and he would have done something like trying to make Adam an official member of that family, where Jeremy's dad pays for every single little thing. That's why I never said anything."

"Are you aware that Sarah might say something to Father Brian the next time she talks to him?"

"I can't stop her."

Both were silent for a while. The Doctor broke the silence.

"I'd like you to stay a while in the TARDIS. I want to know my own child, and that's the best way I can think of."

"Tell me about that thing. Am I going to get lost in it?"

"If you do, I can find you." He spent an hour telling her about the TARDIS and K-9.

When he'd finished she said, "I'll have to think about it."

For more, go to my next fanfic, "Decision."