A/N- Ah… Hi… *waves nervously* Its been a while hasn't it? Yeah… Sorry about that… This is pretty much a filler chapter to get the story going again. But I hope you like it and yeah. Sorry 'bout the wait. :| Enjoy!

HUGE thank you to Emma, who put up with my complaining that I couldn't write anything, and then when she got sick of it, tried to help me out. :)


Jehb had fallen asleep hours ago, and carried him to one of the spare rooms. The poor boy was truly exhausted. The Doctor recognised the look of pain on his face, as he tossed and turned, his dreams obviously haunted. And all he could do was watched on, unable to do anything. What Jehb had seen was something a child was never meant to experience. It wasn't fair, and it wasn't right. And the Doctor fully intended to tell the things that had taken Jehb's father, exactly what he thought.

Jehb seemed to, after about an hour of troubled dreams, finally find some sort of peace, because he stopped tossing and turning and let out a small sigh. The Doctor left him to sleep, but not before asking the TARDIS to tell him if Jehb had anymore problems.

"So much for our honeymoon, hey?" The Doctor said wrapping his arms around his wife from behind. Wife. It was still a strange thought. He'd done it. He'd married Rose. The thought of it made him giddy with happiness.

"Doesn't matter now. We can always enjoy our honeymoon later," Rose said with a very suggestive smile that almost made the Doctor groan out loud. "What've you figured out?" her voice changed from suggestive to concerned in a second. That was why he loved her. Weeellll, one of the reasons anyway.

"Jehb's father, as far as I can tell, was kidnapped by professionals. They didn't leave any traces behind. Going by what Jehb said though, I can narrow the search down to six planets. But," the Doctor gave her a look, however thanks to their new connection, Rose knew what was coming even before he said it. "There's nothing else I can do, we're going to have to search each planet one by one and hope Jehb's father can hold on until we find him. I've made this to help find him, but we have to get within five hundred metres of his location for it to pick up on his body chemestry."

Rose studied the device the Doctor was showing her, it seemed to be a bunch of random parts welded together and then wrapped up in… Sticky tape? "Doctor? Is that… Sticky tape?"

"It… kept falling apart," the Doctor said in such an innocent way that Rose thought it was totally adorable. It reminded her of the time she'd cooked a mud cake in her mum's oven, and told her it was 'because it wasn't working' in her little toy oven.

The Doctor smiled, "nice story. The difference is, this works." He paused for a few seconds, "probably."

At that moment Jehb chose to wander into the room, saving the Doctor from a half hearted reprimand about listening to her thoughts and how he really needed to teach her how to block them, before he found out something he really doesn't want to know. She never really meant it though, which the Doctor knew. Jehb was still mostly asleep; he was rubbing his droopy eyes with his clenched fists and his sandy blonde hair sticking up in such a way that would rival the Doctors. Then when he opened his eyes properly, they landed on the Doctor and Rose and a look of sadness took over his young features. "Oh," he sad sadly.

"What's wrong Jehb?" Rose asked, her concern for him laced into every word.

"Nothing's wrong Miss. I thought it might be a dream, 's all." He tried to smile, but both the adults could hear the defeat in the young Deltans voice.

The Doctor stepped forward and knelt down to his level. "Jehb, I want to listen to me, okay? I am going to find your father and I am going to get him back to you. I promise. But I need you to hang in there. Don't give up on me."

Rose watched on as the Doctor reassured him that everything was going to be okay. Then she watched as Jehb's whole face changed from being defeated, to a normal seven year old that had lost their parent. She could see the tears rolling down his face, but not a second later, his arms were wrapped around the Doctor's neck and the Doctor's arms around him.

"Hey Mister? Can you get my father back before the next rotation?" Jehb asked into the Doctor's shoulder. "'Cause next rotation's mother's anniversary." Just as the Doctor was going to ask what the anniversary was of, Jehb continued, "Father says that all Deltans go to live with the stars one day, and all we can do is enjoy the time we have. I don't know exactly what he meant," He said wiping his eyes. "But I understand where Mother went."

"Where's that Jehb?" Rose asked with a feeling of dread, because if it's where she thought it was…

"Father said she died… I saw it in his mind. He didn't tell me though, but I know the truth."

"What's the truth Jehb?" the Doctor asked, picking up on Roses feeling of dread that were only adding to his own.

"She went to live with the stars." Jehb said, his eyes shining. At least he had held onto some childhood innocence, the Doctor thought. "Have you ever seen the stars Mister?" Jehb asked.

"Yes Jehb, they're beautiful." The Doctor answered. The poor boy was all alone. All he had was his father, and they had taken that too.

"Do you think Mother's watching me?" He asked.

"I know she is. And do you know what else I know?"

Jehb nodded; obviously he had gotten the answer from the Doctor's mind. "She would be very proud." He answered, with a smile that neither the Doctor nor Rose had seen on his face since they had met him for the first time, and a look in his eye that every child should have.

Hope.


A/N- So basically, I've always planned to have Jehb's mother be dead. It was just a matter of time before I brought it up. The stars thing, I was actually told that when I was younger… It was only my dog though so… And anyone who thinks Jehb's acting very mature for a six year old; just remember that he's not your average kid. :)

Next chapter will be the search for Jehb's father. I don't want to say good-bye to little Jehb though. I think I'm in love with my own OC. ;)

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