Chapter Eleven; Bedtime Stories

Rose and I laid inside our bed with our arms wrapped around each other continuing to make out. That is until I heard thunder crack, and a flash of lightning a crossed the sky and quickly broke apart from her with my hand still resting upon her breast. "Uh oh, I should have kept the television set on for when they were doing the weather." I said.

"Relax, I'm sure the kids are alright. After all, Peter's with them, and he's just as much your son as he is mine. Which means that he's turning into a great time lord." She told me as I smiled down at her and pressed my lips to her forehead.

"You're right, I have faith in him. He'll take care of the others I just know it. What would I do without you?" I questioned her as she rested her head upon my chest and closed her eyes. I kissed the top of her head before resting my chin against it as she started to fall asleep to the sound of my steady breathing and my hearts beating.

A little while later the rain stopped and the sun came out revealing a clear blue sky with puffy white clouds. "Alright is everyone alright?" Peter questioned the others.

"Yes we're fine, but what about Cassie?" Jane wondered although she didn't have to wonder too long because all of a sudden they looked up to see their sister riding on the back of Rosie's wings headed straight towards them giggling and squealing with excitement.

"Cassie!" Nathan exclaimed joyfully.

"Cassie!" Jane echoed as the others started racing towards her after Rosie landed in front of them fluttering her wings. Then she bent over as she allowed the little girl to dismount.

"Thank you." She told her before Peter ran straight over to her and scooped her up inside his arms hugging her tightly to his chest.

"Thank God you're alright, I was so worried about you." He told her.

"Me too." Jane admitted as her younger sister turned to look over at her. "I'm sorry that I was so mad at you. After all, it was only an accident." She said.

"It's alright, I don't blame you." Cassie told her.

"I guess that I was just also upset because of the fact that I'm leaving soon. I mean don't get me wrong, I'm excited about it, but I'm just worried that I'll miss you guys so much and that I won't have any friends." She explained.

"I know how you feel," Nathan began. "I felt exactly the same way before I started school. Then I found out that it really isn't so bad and that if you don't try something new that you'll never know what you're missing out on." He said.

"He's right, besides no matter how many new friends you get, or even if you don't make any, one thing will never change." Cassie began. "You and I will always be sisters forever." She finished.

"Amen to that one." Jane said happily as Cassie giggled and Peter smiled down at them.

"C'mon you guys, let's go get something to eat." He said before he started carrying Cassie away and Maggie smiled up at him as she started to follow them along with everyone else.

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"I found a place for us to spend the night." Peter said as he walked over to a hole that was inside of a tree trunk.

"Do you think it will hold all of us though?" Maggie asked him.

"It should." He said.

"Just as long as no other animals are living in there." Jane said before she climbed in.

"I don't want to sleep in there, I miss my own bed and Mummy and Daddy. I want to go home." Cassie said sadly with a sniff as tears started streaming down her cheeks. Peter bent down and squatted in front of her as she wiped them away with her arm.

"I know you do and so do I." he began. "We all do. But we just have got to hold on and stick together. Because if we're lucky, we'll get to the TARDIS by tomorrow morning." He told her.

"Really?" she questioned him with another sniff as she smiled a little bit at him.

"I don't see why not." He told her. "Do you want me to tell you a bedtime story to help you get to sleep?" he questioned as she nodded with a final sniff.

"Yes please." She answered as they both climbed inside the tree hole. Peter sat down Indian style while Cassie laid down next to Jane. "Can you tell us a story about Mummy?" she asked him.

"It just so happens that that is what I was planning to tell you about. You see Mum told me a story about before you were born and I had just turned two and Jane was just a few months old." He began softly. "You see we had just come back from the park and Mum had gotten a special letter inside her letterbox."

Flashback

Rose opened the door holding the envelope inside her hand while The Doctor took Jane out of the pushchair and lifted her up inside his arms before looking over at his wife. "What did you get?" he asked her as she started to tear it open.

"It's a letter from my old high school." She began before she unfolded it and read it to herself. "They're having my reunion next weekend, it will be my seventh one." She responded.

"Well do you want to go?" he asked her as Peter sat down on the floor and started playing with his fire engine that lit up and made noise whenever you pushed it a crossed the carpet.

"What about the kids?" she asked.

"Why not get your mother to watch them?" The Doctor suggested.

"I dunno, Peter has been having some separation anxiety from me lately and Jane is just a baby. I wouldn't want her waking up in a strange house with a strange person." She said.

"I think she'll be alright, I mean she knows who her grandmother is." He began as he adjusted his grip and looked down at the baby inside his arms before kissing the top of her head. "Don't you princess?" he questioned before he looked back up at his wife.

"Besides, we deserve a night alone to ourselves." He told her when suddenly the baby started to cry.

"Well alright, I guess we deserve a break." She said before she walked over to her daughter and took her inside her arms. "C'mon darling, Mummy's going to feed you and then she's going to put you down for your nap." She said as The Doctor watched while she carried the tiny infant away before he squatted down next to Peter.

"Hey son what are you doing down here?" he asked him.

"Playing with my firetwuck." He answered.

"Oh I see well do you want to go outside and play catch while your mummy's taking care of the baby?"

"Mhm." Peter responded with a nod before he stood up and his father grinned down at him before picking him up and quickly planting a kiss on the cheek before carrying him to the door. "You know tonight you and sissy are going over to visit your grandmother." He told him.

End of flashback

"So what happened next?" Cassie asked.

"Well at first I wasn't too happy about the idea and neither was Jane. After all I was too young to understand that I was only spending the night, and Jane just wanted her nappy changed. But after a while I calmed down and Jane got her diaper changed and we were both happy as clams." Peter explained.

"What did you do?" Cassie asked him.

"Well Jane was just a baby so all she did was eat, sleep, cry, and poop. I don't really remember what I did with Grandma, but I know that we had a great time together. I think Mum told me that Grandma put on a puppet show for me and we watched a lot of Barney and Sesame Street videos." He said.

"And what about Mum and Dad?" Jane wondered.

"Well Mum was extremely nervous because she had never gone to any of her high school reunions before, she didn't even attend her senior prom." He explained.

"Why? She was seeing Uncle Mickey back then wasn't she?" Jane questioned.

"Yeah but he was sick and couldn't make it." He told her.

"That would suck, I hope I never miss my senior prom." Jane said.

"That depends on whether or not they have those sort of things at Hogwarts." Peter said.

"Oh yeah, that's right, I forgot." She admitted.

"Anyway, after her nerves got settled they had a great time together." He said.

Flashback

Rose wore a bright red dress that matched her headband and she also wore bright red sparkling slippers that matched her lipstick and nail polish. She wore a band of white flowers around her wrist that went well with her silvery eyeshadow. She walked into the gymnasium arm in arm with The Doctor. Everyone stopped what they were doing and stared at her. Rose suddenly felt very awkward.

"Why is everyone staring at me?" she questioned inside a rather small voice as her husband turned to smile at her with eyes full of love and pure affection.

"Probably because you're the most beautiful sight that they ever saw." He whispered softly before he took her inside his arms as the music (You Were Loved) started playing inside the background as a spotlight hit them while they started waltzing a crossed the room with each other.

End of Flashback

"Wow, that's so romantic." Cassie said dreamily as she breathed a light sigh.

"That is if it really happened that way." Jane pointed out.

"Of course it did! Mummy would never lie!" Cassie snapped angrily with a shake of her head.

"I know, but she could have exaggerated a little bit." Jane told her.

"Alright that's enough you two, it's time to go to sleep." Peter told them as they all said goodnight to each other and drifted off into dreamland.