Here it is folks! the last part of this first part of a bigger story yet to come.
I hope I have filled all of your expectations in this final chapter :)
So I'll let you read this first and find ya by the end of it to explain all future plans, see ya!
The Doctor groaned as he opened his eyes, the light in the room being too bright for his eyes.
He opened his eyes wide to focus on the room, it was his same old room in Grace's house, his morphed lamp still standing on a table near the armchair, Grace's aunt's lamp's pieces just at its side and the chess board just under those pieces.
A jar full of water with a glass on its side on his bed table and the same old golf club marks on the walls, half of them been made by him as he searched for the wiring of the room.
"Doctor, you're awake", said Martha as she came into the room, she checked his temperature and blood pressure.
"I'm fine Martha", he croaked, his throat dry.
"You are better", she conceded and got out her stethoscope.
"How is the Master?", he rasped when she finished listening to his hearts.
"He woke up some hours ago", she said and set down her stethoscope, "He really has changed", she said softly, "He didn't insult or try to kill anybody and actually asked Grace to call some friends of his to tell them he was okay", she said disbelievingly with a smile.
"I see you have decided to believe me", he croaked with a smile.
Martha smiled back at him, filled the glass with water and put a straw in it, "Here Doctor", she held him the glass which he took gladly.
"Thanks", he said when he finished with his glass, "And the others?", he asked.
"They are all still here, nobody has wanted to move an inch till you woke up, I better go give them the good news", said Martha as she stood up and went to the living room.
"He's awake", she said happily when she got there, everybody got up and rushed to the room.
"Doctor!", said Amy and rushed to give him a hug.
"Aw-aww, Amy", groaned the Doctor and she quickly stepped back.
"Sorry Doctor", she apologized.
"No problem", he said as he rubbed his bruised ribs.
"How are you feeling Doctor?", asked Sarah Jane.
"Fine, I'm fine", he smiled.
"Hope you get well soon Doc", said Mickey.
"Thanks Ricky", he said jokingly with a smile.
"Doctor", began Jack and the Doctor could almost immediately tell what Jack was up to, "Are you sure about what you said about the Master when we found you in the park?"
"Come on Jack, Martha already believes me, why can't you join up with her?", he asked and Jack gave Martha a slight glare, but it quickly dissipated and changed into an understanding look.
"Did I just say something I shouldn't have?", he wondered.
"No", said Martha and cast a look at Jack.
"Look I understand that everyone wants to speak with him, but he really needs to rest", said Grace and began to usher them all out.
"Get well Doctor", said Chang and walked out with the others.
River stayed behind and waited till the last person left, which was Grace.
"May I talk with for a bit?", she asked.
"I really don't-"
"Only for a moment", she smiled at her and Grace heaved a sigh.
"Fine, but only for a moment", she conceded and walked away, leaving them alone.
"River", began the Doctor, but remained silent, unsure of what he should say.
River walked over to his bed and sat on an available spot, facing him, "Yes Sweetie?", she asked and leaned forward and kissed him passionately.
He kissed back longingly, but pushed her back gently with his one good arm, "River", he began again and she moved back into a sitting position.
"I saw you at Trenzalore", he said, his face sad.
"Doctor you-"
"I know you have been there, I can see it in your eyes, don't try to deceive me, I know you too well", he looked into her eyes, pleading for her to explain it to him.
"I saw you at the Library", he continued when she didn't answer him, his voice almost breaking when he mentioned the Library.
"I tried to stop you but you wouldn't listen", he accused her, tears starting to well up in his eyes.
"Oh, Sweetie", she cupped his face in her hands a tear falling down her cheek.
"Please River", pleaded the Doctor, he needed to know what had happen more than anything else at that moment.
"You saved my consciousness, remember?", she asked as she smiled faintly through the tears falling down her face.
He took a deep breath trying to calm himself to answer her, "Yes I did", he affirmed as he caressed her hands that were still cupping his face.
"I was saved, my consciousness was saved", she said with a smile, "That was all that was needed to bring me back", she smiled at the Doctor and let go of his face.
His eyes grew wide as his still foggy brain tried to process everything, "Back how, who brought you back?", he asked urgently.
River took a deep breath, she only could hope that he took this well, "Albert Brown", she said and his eyebrows almost touched his harline.
"What?", he rasped, his throat suddenly dry again.
"He read my thesis and got interested in me", she began, "He apparently searched for me and found out why I had been imprisoned in Stormcage and then found outwhat had happened in the Library", comprehension dawned on his face.
"So he decided that he needed an expert assassin to capture me", added the Doctor.
"And someone that shared with him the glorious moment when he overcame you", she said sarcastically and his eyes widened again, this time, in amusement though.
"No", he said disbelievingly with half a smile.
River inwardly exhaled in relief and began to wonder why had she ever been worried about the Doctor's reaction.
'He loves, I ought to have known he would accept me no matter what', she thought.
She nodded at him and went further, "To tell you that I almost became Mrs. Brown", she said half in a joke.
She would remember his gobsmacked face for the rest of her life, she immediately began to laugh uncontrollably.
"You are naughty, you are", he chuckled.
"You only just noticed?", she asked playfully as she leaned forward and kissed him.
This time he kissed back passionately, his questions being answered he had no immediate reason to let go of her. Never, not since the he saw her die in the Library did he think he would be able to be this happy when he would be with her because this time he knew. He knew that they had their whole future ahead of them, no Spoilers, not anymore. No more carrying the dreaded secret that the woman he loved most would die, no more fearing for the day he would see her for a last time.
'He loves me and I love him', thought River as they continued to kiss each other, 'Everything is going to be all right from now on.'
Martha and the others went back into the living room and sat down again.
"It's good to know that he's gonna be alright", said Chang as he sat down on one of the armchairs.
"How did you meet the Doctor?", asked Amy to Martha as she sat down at Rory's side on the couch.
"At the hospital where I was taking my lessons to become a doctor", she recalled with a smile, "He was pretending to be patient as he was searching for some alien, imagine how he shocked me with his double pulse", she laughed.
"You tell me", said Grace as she sat down, nobody noticing that she had come back without River.
"He was also undercover at the hospital you practiced?", asked Jack.
"Oh, I would have hoped so", she grimaced.
"Why?", pressed Sarah Jane.
She sighed deeply and glanced at Chang, everybody turned to look at him.
"Okay", he gave in after a moment, "It was 1999, near the end of the year, my friends and I were running away from another gang, they began to shoot at us, they all were killed", he hanged his head and Martha couldn't help but feel pity for him, "They were about to shoot me as well, but suddenly a blue police box appeared", he smiled at the memory, "The Doctor stepped out of the TARDIS and - and got shot as well", everybody's eyes widened.
"I went with him in the ambulance and waited for him in the hospital, where she operated him."
Grace continued where he had stopped, "I arrived at the hospital and they said that the x-rays had double vision and that the machine was probably broken", she sighed, "So when the surgery started we barely could get him sedated, he kept waking up and saying he wasn't human, of course we all thought he was mad, or in shock after the shooting. I began an exploratory surgery and accidently made both his hearts stop", she paused before she went on with the story, she still felt terrible for what had happened with the Doctor that day, "He died on the surgery table", she finished and all their eyes were wide.
"Imagine my surprise when I went the next day to the morgue and they told me that his body had disappeared, and short after that there appears another man, completely different from him claiming that I had operated him", she gave a slight laugh.
"How did he look back then?", asked Jack curiously, having seen two previous regenerations of the Doctor.
"Well, first he looked short and old and after he regenerated he looked young, tall with long curly brown hair", she explained.
"Never seen those two versions", he said.
"He was quite different then, he even stole his clothes from the hospital", she laughed and Amy and Rory glanced at each other.
"I don't see the difference", said Rory.
"What do you mean?", asked Grace, her brows furrowed.
"Where do you think he got that horrible tweed jacket and bow-tie?", asked Amy and everybody laughed.
Grace stood up and offered everybody some tea, she had plenty of it since the Doctor practically only drank tea, they all accepted the tea gratefully.
"How did you meet him?", asked Grace to Amy and Rory as she walked into the kitchen.
"She met him first", said Rory as he pointed at Amy.
"He crashed with the TARDIS into my garden when I was seven", she began with a smile, "There was a crack in my wall that he said he would fix, but the TARDIS began to make a noise and he promised he would be back in five minutes and fix my wall", she took a deep sigh, "He came back seventeen years later", everybody's eyes widened once again as their mouths hanged open.
"When he came back it turned out that some alien monster had come through the crack in my wall and so he met Rory as well. When he finished with the alien monster and the Atraxi which were ready to burn Earth, he said he was only going to take the TARDIS to a quick trip to the moon and return", she took another deep sigh.
"Don't tell me he was late again?", said Jack with a grimace.
"Two years", she nodded.
Jack felt like he could facepalm and seemingly Amy noticed it.
"But after that he never was late again-except for our wedding, but he had a good excuse that time", she smiled.
Jack had to chuckle at that.
"And how did you meet him, Jack?", asked Rory.
"Well, I was a Time Agent in World War II and there was an invasion of zombie people with gas masks", he explained.
"Time Agent?", questioned Grace as she leaned against the kitchen's archway, waiting for the water to finish boiling.
"I'm originally from the 51st century", said Jack and gave her one of his trademark grins.
"Really, River also comes from there", said Amy happily.
"Really?", asked Jack, but before he could ask anything else about River-
"How did you meet the Doctor, Mickey?", asked Rory.
"He traveled with my then girlfriend, Rose", he explained.
"And where is she?", asked Clara.
"Yeah, why didn't she also come?", asked Amy.
Mickey looked unsure as to how he was going to explain whatever had happened, so Amy just let him open and close his mouth like a fish several times as he struggled to come up with something.
Fortunately Jack also saw it and took pity on him, "She got trapped on a parallel universe with her family", he said softly.
"I-I'm sorry", said Amy, truly feeling sorry for bringing up those kind of memories.
"No, she's more than fine over there, having everything she always wanted", he said with a knowing smile that made Amy wonder what he meant, but decided against it to ask further.
"And River, how did you meet the Doc-", began Martha but stopped when she noticed that River was nowhere to be seen, "Where is she?", she asked.
"She wanted to speak with the Doctor over something and said she would only be a moment, but I think she has already taken more than just that", said Grace as she came back with a tray full of cups of tea and everybody began to help themselves.
"Ah, let them talk another while before you go fetch River", said Amy as she sat down with her tea and saw Grace trying to walk into the hallway.
"I bet they have a lot to talk about", said Clara with a knowing smile as she drank her tea.
"What do you mean?", said Martha, furrowing her brows.
"He - They're married", said Clara.
"WHAT?!", yelled more than one of them at the same and Jack would have said something first but he was still choking on his tea.
"Well, that certainly explains a lot of things", said Chang and gave a chuckle.
END?
To be continued...
Finished!
well...till I get the next story all straightened out at least :P
Ok, so nobody has to worry about the sequel, once I have the first chapter up I'll post an Author's note in this story so if you're following it everything should be fine.
ALSO! IMPORTANT!
I wrote an entr'acte, a sort of interval between this story and the next one which includes the events from The Day of the Doctor happening in this stroy's world.
I still am not sure whether I should post it today or tomorrow, at any rate you will find it if you go to my profile and look for it there.
And about the Sequel I'm not sure when it will come out because of all my uni stuff and so on, but with the up coming easter time I should have enough free time to properly sit down and work it all through.
Furthermore I want to thank all of you guys who have followed, favorited and reviewed this story! I really appreciate it a Lot guys!
see ya around soon!
