Chapter 10, yay! I don't own Doctor who and that's all I'm gonna say.

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In the Tardis

Wanda woke to the sight of the Doctor beside her. His face was peaceful as he dozed, taking on a boyish look. Brushing his cheek lightly she thought back onto last night. They had returned to her room, sharing in each other's company with light touches and passionate kisses while just enjoying the closeness they shared. Finally after hours of talking she drifted off in his arms sleeping deeply for once as her nightmares were kept at bay. She smiled at his sleeping form, knowing that she had found something to live for again. Wanda stared at his face, drinking in the shape of his lips and the line of his jaw before he started to wake. He opened his green eyes and meeting her grey.

"Hello beautiful," he said the corners of his mouth lifting.

"Hello yourself," she replied likewise leaning in for a light kiss.

"So do you think we should tell the others of this development," playing with her fingers.

"Well I plan to tell Amy either way, so yeah," Wanda said looking down at their conjoined hands, "I guess we should just tell them together, but I don't know how we can broach the subject,"

"I guess we could just wing it," The Doctor says adding a sly grin

"Sounds good," Wanda replies before rolling out of bed. He stares disdainfully at her rumpled clothing from yesterday.

"But first I think it would be best to freshen up," she says before heading to the bathroom.

"Need any help," the Doctor calls playfully. He quickly receives a reply in the form of a towel to the face.

"Get out of here," She calls back in a light tone. The Doctor smirks before heading back to his own room.

Washed and dressed in leggings, a loose shirt and an open waistcoat, Wanda heads to the kitchen where she greets Amy and Rory. Heading to the counter she starts to make a batch of lemon and strawberry pancakes. She's stirs the batter silently ignoring the quiet chatter behind her. As she starts to pour the mixture into the hot pan Amy walks up beside her and gives her a knowing grin.

"What?"

"You confessed didn't you," Amy says gleefully.

"Once again, what?" Wanda says.

"You and the Doctor, you told him how you feel,"

"How can you possible know that?" Wanda asks quietly.

"Because you're grinning like the Cheshire cat,"

"The Cheshire what?"

"Never mind, but I'm so happy for you," she says wrapping her in a hug. Wanda flips the pancakes over before looking back at Amy a huge grin stretched across her face. Just then the Doctor walks in smelling the scent of pancakes. Amy sees him and rushes over.

"Come 'ere you big idiot," she says wrapping her arms around the bewildered Doctor. He looks over at Wanda who mouths 'she knows' before returning her attention back to the pancakes. Flipping them onto a plate she grabs a bottle of maple syrup and a container of chocolate ice cream. Scooping the ice cream onto the pancakes she pours the syrup over them before tucking in. Amy sits down next to Rory after now untangling herself from the Doctor while the Doctor sits down next to Wanda. He reaches over attempting to snag a bit of her pancakes but is swatted away. He pouts slightly before addressing the couple sitting before him.

"Well from what I can gather it seems you have already guessed that me and Wanda have starting courting," says the Doctor, "How you have guessed is beyond me,"

"Oh come off it Doctor," Amy says, "We've known for a while you've had feelings for each other it was only a matter of time,"

"Yeah, Amy was getting so frustrated waiting for you she started planning ways to set you up," Rory says. The Doctor shot a bemused glance at Wanda who just shruged.

"Well I guess we should be glad, because I have no idea how I would have even started this conversation,"

"I bet you wouldn't," Amy teases. The Doctor shrugs it off focusing his attention to Wanda.

"So how about we set off and go somewhere exotic," he says, "I could show you the sunset skies of Babush or we could visit the beaches of Goulesk,"

"Babush sounds nice," she murmurs lost in thought.

"Well Babush it is," he says before running off to the console room. Wanda now having finished her pancakes places her dishes on the conveyor beat leading to the washer.

"I better catch up," She says heading for the door, "who knows what can happen if he's left alone," right on cue, a shudder passes through the floor. Flashing a knowing smile she races after the Doctor. Seeing him race around the console she joins in flicking the stabilisers and adjusting the gyro scope. He grins as he notices her movements finally landing with a subdued thump.

"So what happened this time," she asks.

"Distress call, might as well help out as we're passing through,"

"Oh okay I'll go assemble the gang," Wanda says running off to get Amy and Rory. Turning a corner she slams straight into Rory who quickly catches her before she recoils.

"Oh there you are," she says lamely stepping back, "The Doctor picked up a distress signal which is what all the commotion was about but we might as well see to it as we're passing through," Rory nods thoughtfully

"Then we better not keep them waiting," he says before gesturing to Wanda to lead the way. They run back to where the Doctor waits in the console room.

"Ah good," he says seeing them enter, "Let's get going then," and with a flourish he heads out to face the outside world. As the rest of them follow him out they are faced with a crew of grim-faced sailors brandishing bassinets equip with futuristic settings and dials. The Doctor and his team raise their hands quickly. The captain of the crew based on his style of clothing strides forward.

"Who the devil are you lot?" he asks in a pompous sounding voice.

"Hello, I'm the Doctor and this is the Wanderer, Amy and Rory. We got your distress call,"

"At ease," captain said to his men as they lowered their weapons, "I'm sorry we didn't expect you so soon also we thought there would be more of you,"

"Don't beat yourself up about it. We're just the advance squad, I'm sure more on the way but we can do what we can to help," The Doctor said patting the captain on the shoulder, "So what's the nature of your distress,"

"A band of pirates has been attacking the merchant coming through these seas. We have been sent to apprehend them but have come under fire. It seems the amount of pirates in the area is far more than we anticipated and we are outnumbered,"

"Right, where are these pirates now?" Rory asks looking around.

"They left us here about an hour ago stranded and slowing letting in water. They will be back any moment to negotiate, meaning they will probably sink us unless we switch our allegiance,"

"So what do you plan to do?" Amy asks ignoring the stricken look he gave her at being addressed by her.

"Answer the question," the Doctor says warningly, "I won't have any of this nonsense about who's superior and what not,"

"I plan to challenge the captain to a duel. Winner takes both crews and ships,"

"Sounds a bit risky don't you think, wagering your crew," the Doctor says quietly

"If I don't they will surely die," the captain says making sure his crew doesn't hear. At that moment a shrill whistle piecers the air.

"Ship ahoy," a voice calls from the crow's nest.

"At arms," the captain yells as a ship slides out of the fog. The crew scrambled to obey their captain as they prepared to face the approaching threat.

Well how's it coming so far? Please answer in a review also, be prepared for a spanner to be thrown in the works. Is this the end of the Time Lord couple before they've really began? Is one of the dynamic time travellers going to face some sort of horrifying truth? Is this amazing, wonderful and unbelievably attractive writer beginning to sound like a TV drama hostess? Come back next time and find out.