Super fluffy chapter, but I figured with her name be "Melody" or even River "Song" it deserved to be written, so enjoy! As always, I don't own Doctor Who or its' characters and thank you to Luxturna for editing!
Chapter 11
The year went by far too quickly for Amy and Rory, and now their little girl was two years old. She had learned to count up to ten, what sounds the animals make (And even some sounds some creatures make, thanks to the Doctor), and a few colors. She was growing up so fast that Amy and Rory were just trying to hang on to every moment.
The Doctor was off on another adventure, and Rory was at work, so Amy had Melody all to herself. They even got to have a bit of a lie-in this morning since Melody had stayed up two hours later than usual.
While Melody was playing, Amy put the radio on. Amy and Rory had discovered about a month ago that Melody loved music. She would dance all around the room, her little, red curls bouncing up and down. Amy tried to teach her how to do the Macarena with an old cd of the song that she had, but Melody didn't quite get it yet; or she kept leaving out steps and just spinning around in circles when she forgot something.
Since Amy and Melody didn't have any errands to run today and they were able to stay home, Amy decided to teach Melody a song. Trying desperately to think of a simple song to teach her, she picked the first one that came to mind: The Itsy-Bitsy Spider.
"Melody, wanna learn a song? You can sing it for Daddy when he get's home!" Amy called over to her.
Melody smiled and ran over to her. "Yeah! What song?"
"The Itsy-Bitsy Spider! You ready?" Amy asked.
"Yeah!" Melody squealed.
"Ok, follow me." Amy said before she started to sing and perform the motions slowly for Melody to follow.
"The Itsy-Bitsy Spider climbed up the water spout"
Amy put her two hands in loose fists and twisted them back and forth in an upward motion as she sang this part and Melody copied her.
"Down came the rain and washed the spider out."
At this part Amy wiggled her fingers as she moved her hands downward and then threw her hands to side to show her "washing the spider out". Melody giggled at Amy's movements and followed her.
"Out came the sun and dried up all the rain"
Amy made a motion like the sun was shining and Melody copied.
"And the Itsy-Bitsy Spider climbed up the spout again"
Amy made her hands motioned the spider climbing up again as Melody followed.
"Good job, Melody! You ready to try on your own? I'll help you sing it." Amy suggested.
Melody nodded yes and so Amy and Melody sang the Itsy-Bitsy Spider as Melody performed the movements. They went through the song about five times before Melody knew the song and the movements perfectly.
Amy was practically bouncing off the wall in excitement as she waited for Rory to get home. He finally got home at about 7:30 and Melody ran to greet him at the door to give him a hug and kiss.
"Hello sweetie! How was your day?" Rory smiled at Melody.
"Good! How was your day, Daddy?"
"My day was wonderful sweetie, I got to save a lot of lives." Rory followed Melody back to the living room where Amy was and gave his wife a hug and kiss.
"Hey, honey, I think there's something Mels wants to show you, but I think you should get the video camera on your phone ready." Amy winked at Melody and she got all excited.
Rory gave his wife a puzzled look, but followed her and sat down on the couch. Melody went and stood up a little bit away from the front of the sofa.
Rory pressed the record button on his phone and Amy gave Melody a thumbs up and whispered, "Go on, sweetie!"
Melody smiled and then started to sing and do the hand motions.
" Itsy-Bitsy Spida climbed up da water spout,
Down came da wain and washed da spida out,
Out came da sun and dwried up all da wain,
And Itsy-Bitsy spida climbed to the spout again!"
Melody smiled as finished her song. Rory stopped the recording before cheering alongside his wife, "Yay! Way to go, Melody! That was brilliant!" He bent down and gave Melody a big hug and a kiss on her forehead.
Rory sent the video to the Doctor, who smiled when he saw the video. He missed the Ponds and wished he could be there, but he knew that he needed to leave the Ponds alone for a bit so that they could watch Melody grow up and so that they wouldn't miss any important milestones. He texted Rory back that he'd see them soon, before taking off to rescue the Queen of England back in 1894.
