Hello againnnn, next chapter! Sorry it's late! I've had exams so I haven't had much time to write. Because of that its not perfect, I haven't had time to proof read it so sorry if there are some mistakes, there shouldn't be too many though :) enjoy x
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Clara stirred from a light sleep to see Danny sat in the hospital chair next to the bed cradling Lily. She could see the love in his eyes, she had only been born for a few hours and he already had a lifetime of devotion to her. It warmed her heart knowing that he would always be there for her and their two beautiful children. She watched him for a good fifteen minutes until he noticed her looking.
"Hey, you okay?" She sat up a bit so that she could speak to him more comfortably.
"A bit sore, tired and achy but yeah, I'm fine. That sleep did me good. How is she?" She smiled down at the tiny little girl sleeping in his arms. Danny got up slowly and walked towards the bed before sitting down next to Clara.
"She's fine, well she's actually. She's so beautiful." Clara smiled and gently kissed her head.
"I know, she's perfect. That's the only word that can describe her, perfect." He chuckled slightly in agreement.
"You got that right. She really is perfect." He kissed her softly and she buried her head in his shoulder. "How long have you been awake for? Were you watching me the whole time!?" She laughed.
"Yeah, for about fifteen minutes." He sighed.
"You should have spoken to me, I'd have come and sat with you."
"No it was okay, I didn't want to disturb you, your eyes were fixated on her. It seemed silly to stop you."
"I can't take my eyes off of her. She's just so... So-" Clara laughed.
"Perfect?" He nodded.
"Yes that's the word." They both laughed and sat quietly watching her sleep.
A while later Lily woke up and Clara managed to give her her first feed. It felt so nice to be able to finally hold her and feed her. Nine months was a long time to wait.
"Should I give your dad a ring? Tell him to come down?" Clara sat up and made herself more comfortable with Lily in her arms.
"Yeah, Ellie can meet her new baby sister." They both grinned at each other. They had been waiting so long for Ellie to finally get a sibling. They had always said that she would be such a good big sister and now she could finally prove them right. Danny pulled out his phone and gave them a ring.
Twenty minutes later Clara and Danny heard Ellie's voice outside the door. Her dad pushed it open and she ran in.
"Mummy! Daddy!" She kept shouting their names and ran straight towards them. When she got to Danny she stopped dead still and stared at the tiny baby in Clara's arms. She was obviously confused and didn't quite understand what was going on. Danny picked her up and gave her a hug. Clara's dad and gran came to stand on the other side of the bed.
"Look Ellie! Who's that?" She pointed a Lily.
"Baby!"
"Yeah, this is your new baby sister." She stared in complete awe. She crawled onto the bed and reached out her hand to stroke her head. She patted a bit to hard which made Lily wake up and cry a little bit. She shot backwards and grabbed on to Danny again.
"Hey, hey it's okay! You have to be really gentle though because she's only tiny." Ellie started to crawl back towards Clara again. This time she stroked her head lightly and Lily smiled slightly upwards at her.
"Baby sister." Ellie spoke softly so that she didn't stir Lily again.
"And guess what we called her? What did you tell us to call her a few days ago?" She smiled suddenly as she remembered what she had said.
"Lily, baby Lily." Everyone in the room smiled as the two little girls bonded. It was the most beautiful thing they had ever seen. Danny sat next to Clara and kissed her head. She trend to hold back the tears that were forming in her eyes. How did she ever get so lucky?
Clara's dad got the next hold. His face turned into a wide smile and he couldn't have been more proud. Another granddaughter, he would never have believed that he would be so lucky.
"Oh Clara, she's so beautiful, congratulations." He lifted his head up for a moment to smile at her.
"Thank you, but congratulations to you as well, grandad." She winked at him knowing that being called grandad made him feel old. Lily was then passed to Clara gran who was crying with happiness already. She had always been so supportive of Clara through thick and thin. She and helped with Ellie and supported her through both pregnancies. Clara couldn't that've asked for more, her gran deserved every single bit of happiness she got. Gran was staring down at Lily with adoration, she was speechless. She was silently sobbing which set Clara off too. "Gran." She called her over quietly and they both stood together. Danny took Ellie to stand with Dave so that they could have a quiet minute.
"Clara I can't even think of what to say, she's beautiful, just like you." Clara wiped away her tears and sat up slightly.
"I know, I still can't believe that she's mine." She reached over and stroked her head.
"You've got two beautiful little girls now, thank you." Clara looked over, slightly confused.
"Thank you for what?"
"Thank you for making me a great grandma and for making your mum proud... She would have loved to see this." Clara began to cry again so her gran kissed her on the head. "Hey listen, just because she's not here now it doesn't mean that she's not watching. I know for a fact that if she was here she would be the happiest person alive and she would also be the proudest mum around. You, Clara, have done everything that she wanted you to do and more."
"Did she ever tell you what she wanted me to do? Did she have plans for me?" Her gran stared into the distance and laughed slightly. Tears were welling in her eyes as she thought about her daughter.
"Oh yes, she knew exactly what she wanted... Clara, there's something that I've never told you before but I think now is a good time to do it. When she found out that she wasn't going to be around to see you grow up she was devastated. It took a while for me to talk her round to thinking a little bit more positively. So from then on she lived every day the best she could and spent all the time she could with you... But one night when she began to get more ill she spoke to me. She told me everything she wanted to happen after she was gone. She said that she wanted me to look after you and to treat you like a princess, which I hope I have done. She said that she wanted you to have he best life that you could, enjoy every second of it. Fall in love, get married, have children, but most of all, never forget her. Always give her a thought and never, ever give up on her." Tears fell down both of their cheeks. There was nothing Clara wanted more than to have her mum with her right now. She was lucky that she had her gran because without her she wouldn't have had any motherly figure in her life at all.
"Well I think I can cross most of the things off of her list... Apart from one." She smiled at her gran who had been waiting intently for the news that they were getting married. It wasn't that they didn't want to, they just hadn't really gotten round to it. After they met things and moved quickly so getting married wasn't really a priority. They still had plans to do it but they just didn't know when.
"Yes, I think you have done her proud, she couldn't have asked for a better or more beautiful daughter of she tried." They snuggled up together and watched Lily doze off again.
A few hours later Dave and her gran headed home to give them some space and allow them to start to leave the hospital. They had put Ellie in the corner of the room with the toys to keep her quiet for a bit whilst Danny and Clara packed their things up. Danny had popped home to get the travel cot for Lily so they were all ready to leave. Clara picked it up and placed it on the bed before gently picking up Lily. When she was put down she snuggled down into the blanket like it was second nature. Without so much as a whimper she was back asleep again.
"I think we may have lucked out here you know, we've got a quiet baby!" They both laughed and Danny walked round the bed to meet her.
"Well I'm not complaining, and I doubt it's possible to find a baby any noisier than little missus over there."
"Very true, she is a very noisy girl." Ellie heard them and ran over.
"Me! Noisy!" Clara laughed.
"Yes you! You'll have to be a little bit quieter now though so that you don't wake up Lily!" She smiled and put her finger on her pursed lips.
"Shhh, Princess Lily is sleeping!" With another little giggle she ran back over to the toys.
"Princess Lily... Oh god." Danny laughed to himself as he had visions of the future running through his head. Ellie dressing Lily up as a fairy princess and making her take part in her daily role-plays. Things were certainly going to get interesting around the house.
Later on Ellie had just finished watching Frozen again. Clara was going to suggest something different as she could pretty much recite the whole film from start to finish but she decided not to. She knew it made Ellie happy and besides, she had plenty to keep her busy. She was sat down in the sofa with Lily awake in her arms when Ellie ran over. She climbed on the cushion next to her and leant her head against Clara's shoulder. She looked down at Lily but didn't get to close. Clara could tell that she was apprehensive. After all she was bound to be, she didn't know what a baby looked like or felt like. It was bound to scare her slightly.
"What's wrong sweetie?" Clara asked, after noticing that she was unusually quiet. Ellie took a while to consider her answer before speaking.
"Scared." Clara turned round slightly to look at her.
"What are you scared of honey?" Ellie dipped her head down and spoke slowly. Her little chubby chin squashed against her neck making her look ten times cuter.
"Baby, I don't know what to do." Clara freed one hand and stroked her cheek.
"That's okay, you're allowed to be a little bit scared. Having another baby in the house is a new thing so you're allowed to be worried. Mummy is a little bit scared too." She looked up in surprise.
"Mummy scared too?" She didn't believe that Clara could be scared. 'Grown ups aren't scared of anything' was her latest excuse for when she tried to scare Danny.
"Yeah, even mummy and daddy get scared sometimes. Mummy is scared because she wants to look after you all really well and make sure that you are all okay but sometimes it is hard to do. So you can be scared too, that's okay. We just have to help each other to get used to having Lily around, yeah?" She nodded her little head and stroked Lily on the head. As she did, Lily pulled a face that made them both laugh. "Do you want to hold her?"
"Yes please mummy." Clara moved forwards and told Ellie to sit down on the sofa. She placed Lily in her arms and made sure that she was supporting her head.
"Sit like a good girl and hold her head a bit with your arm. There you go! You're holding your little sister." Ellie looked up with a side smile on her face. Clara had never seen her that proud, she really was going to be an amazing big sister. Clara called Danny over to see what was happening.
"Wow Ellie! Good girl!" Danny sat next to Clara and got his phone out to take some photos. He gave Clara a knowing look. They were both thinking the same thing, that it was the cutest thing they had ever seen. They felt so grateful to have such beautiful children. The moment got even cuter when Lily opened her eyes and Ellie started to speak to her.
"Hello Lily, wakey wakey, it's not sleepy time yet!" Lily began to wriggle in her arms a bit and just as Clara was about to step in to help Ellie began to comfort her. "It's okay Lily, your big sister is here, you're okay. I love you lots and lots." Lily laid looking upwards at Ellie without so much as a cry. Clara and Danny's hearts melted. She Ellie leant forwards and kissed her on the head. After a few more minutes of holding her, her arms began to get tired so Clara took her away. Soon enough she began to yawn and go all sleepy on Danny's arm. He picked up the tired three year old and took her to bed. It was past her bedtime anyway and it had been a long day. When he got back down he took Lily from Clara and rocked her to sleep.
"That was the cutest thing I have ever seen. Oh my god." He thought back to what they had just seen and smiled at Clara.
"It was... Like how did she even know how to make Lily not cry? She's three years old, she's never even held a baby before." They both laughed and looked down at Lily who was yawning quietly.
"She will never cease to amaze us. Even Lily seems to love her to pieces already."
"I know, they are going to be such great sisters." There was a pause and then Clara spoke again. "Danny, I know I tell you this every two seconds, but I love you so much. I love you more than anything. I don't know what I would do without you. And thank you, thank you so much for everything. For the perfect life I have now and the perfect children we have. I couldn't ask for any more." Without saying a word he turned slightly and kissed her deeply. They embraced the moment, realising that they would never experience this exact feeling again. This was the happiest moment of their lives so far and nothing would spoil it.
The next morning, after not a lot of sleep, the TARDIS appeared in the hallway. It alarmed Clara as he never parked inside anymore. He must have forgotten. When he stepped out he confirmed her beliefs.
"Hello, oh sorry, I landed inside... My mistake." She laughed.
"No, no it's fine. You remembered to come and visit today!"
"I wouldn't miss it for the world! After all I need to meet this new baby of yours!" Clara smiled remembering how happy he was to meet Ellie for the first time. He loved kids really, he just didn't want to admit it. They walked into the living room where Ellie was sat watching TV. She jumped up and ran towards him.
"DOCTOR!" She grabbed on to his leg and surprisingly he tickled her and joined in with her playfully. It made Clara happy to see that he felt relaxed enough to play with her now, he had finally settled in. Danny then walked in with a very smiley Lily. Ellie let go and ran to her toys again whilst the Doctor walked towards Danny. He smiled and shook Danny's free hand.
"You made it!" The Doctor smiled and looked down at the tiny little girl smiling up at him.
"Of course! And this is the new addition to the Pink family then is it?" Clara smiled.
"Yes, this is Lily." Danny passed her to him carefully.
"Ohh hello Lily! You're very cute aren't you! You look just like your mummy!" His face widened into a huge smile which pleased Clara to no end. The Doctor sat down comfortably with her in his arms and gently tickled her tummy. Danny sat down next to Clara and they looked at each other. They could tell they were both thinking the same thing. They needed answers. They needed am explanation for what happened yesterday. Neither of them knew how to begin the conversation. Soon it seemed like they didn't have to as the Doctor spoke first.
"So I'm guessing that you have some questions about yesterday?"
"Yeah, just a few." The sarcasm in her voice worried the Doctor a little bit. He already felt bad for putting her it but her saying it like that made it seem even worse. "How about we start at the beginning? Why did the TARDIS take off in the first place?" The Doctor hesitated before answering.
"I don't exactly know but the engines weren't on so we must have been tracked onto something, like something was pulling us in, I couldn't stop it."
"So whatever happened there happened for a reason?" Danny piped up.
"Yeah, pretty much, and I don't know why. I hate not knowing." Clara was trying to configure what to ask next in her head. So much had happened she didn't know what order to say things in.
"What about the man? Who was he? What did he want?" The Doctor went quiet for a second. He didn't know how to answer this question. It had been on his mind for the last day and he couldn't crack it.
"I don't know. And I don't know. I tried to find out but I was getting nothing back. But I assume that he will be back for more."
"Don't you even have any suspicions? Like who it could be?" The Doctor though for a second.
"He said something about the timelords." Clara's head shot up.
"And? Did he know something!?"
"Yes but he wasn't going to tell me... Ugh I was so close to finding something out but I couldn't get him to spill."
"What did he say exactly?" His face fell slightly as he thought back to what he had heard. It made him angry that he didn't know the whole truth.
"He began to explain how he was going to make me 'die' and he said about me being the last of the timelords. But then he paused and said 'oh wait? Maybe he isn't.'" Danny looked shocked.
"So your people might still be out there!? You might be able to find them?"
"Well hopefully yes, but I don't know if he was playing with my head or..."
"Or what?" He hesitantly spoke again.
"I recognised something about him, it was like I'd met him before but I don't quite recall who he is or why I would have met him."
"What? You mean you've met him on Gallifrey?"
"Maybe, but it's not just that, I think he's a timelord." Clara looked at him, utterly speechless.
"Wait what? Why would he be a timelord? How can he be a timelord if he tried to kill you?"
"There are things that you don't know about my past Clara, some things happened and they are enough to make enemies of my own people." By the way that the Doctor addressed her she knew that he wasn't going to tell her what happened so she didn't ask. There were always some things that he would never reveal, even to his closest friend. It fell silent for a few minutes so Danny began to ask questions again when he could get a word in edgeways.
"What I want to know is, how did you get back out of the time stream without him noticing?" Now the Doctor looked up, glad that he could tell his heroic story for once.
"See, when they threw me in they didn't realise that I had my sonic screwdriver. So I just kind of fell and then used it to beam me back up. A sonic screwdriver and time energy creates a lot of power so I was able to get out." Danny nodded as he tried to take in what had just been said. Everything was so new to him that he took a while to process it. Soon he piped up again though.
"Wait, one more thing." Clara rolled her eyes, he always had so many questions. "You fell down really far... How weren't you hurt? You should have been dead, or at least had a broken back?" He chuckled.
"Looking in the bright side, eh!? No, umm, I was hurt but then, you know, stuff happened." Just as Danny was about to question him some more Clara jumped in. She knew what had happened, she could tell by the Doctor's face.
"You regenerated didn't you." He nodded and she sighed.
"But don't worry! I still have plenty of time, I'm fine!" He laughed slightly to lighten the mood. She gave him a stern look back.
"Doctor, seriously." He shrugged.
"Look it's fine! I'm fine! Stop fussing!" Something about his attitude was annoying Clara. He was nervous and was definitely holding things back but he wasn't in a mood to be questioned any further so she left it.
After another chat and a few cups of tea Lily began to cry, feeding time had arrived. The Doctor was slightly taken aback when she began to whine, he didn't know what to do. Clara quickly stepped in to help him.
"Aw come on, back to mummy, time for your feed is it?" She smiled and cooed down at a very grumpy Lily. Clara walked out the room to sort her out. Ellie ran over to Danny and climbed on him. She didn't like it when Lily cried, it scared her as she didn't quite understand why.
"It's okay, Lily is okay sweetie." She curled herself up in his arms.
"But she's sad daddy." She looked up with her sweetest eyes. It made Danny's heart melt, it was adorable.
"No she's not! She's a baby, and babies cry lots because they can't tell us what's wrong. She's not sad, she's just hungry." Ellie frowned.
"What does she eat? Does she eat like me?"
"No sweetie, she's too small. She just drinks milk. That's all she can have, if she ate proper food like you she would get ill."
"And Lily doesn't want to get ill does she daddy." Danny smiled at her innocence.
"No, she doesn't, she wants to be happy like you." She smiled and laid down a bit more. Danny could tell she was tired, normally she would never sit still but now she had gone all weepy. A few minutes later she had fallen asleep and Lily had too. The Doctor began to make an exit, it was subtle yet sudden like always which made Clara smile.
"Come back and see us soon, yeah?" He smiled and agreed. He didn't reply though. He just walked towards the TARDIS and left.
"Danny. There's still something bothering me. I don't think he is telling me the truth." He nodded his head.
"I know what you mean. He avoided answering which made it obvious that he was lying." She glanced across the room, obviously distracted.
"Yeah... What if he needs help though? What if that man was a timelord?" Danny put his hand on her knee as a comfort.
"Maybe he is, maybe he isn't. But at the end of the day, you know that if he needs your help or he is in serious danger he will come to ask you. So don't worry too much, he will be okay, he always is." She smiled and nodded. He was right, there was no point worrying about it.
"You're right." He laughed.
"I know. I'm always right and don't even try to deny it! Anyway, we've got two daughters to see to." She kissed him and they got up to walk upstairs.
So there you go. I have ideas for the next chapters but I don't know how long I will take to wrote them. I'm pretty busy so I might not be as consistent with my weekly update thingy, sorry about that. Blame exams ;) x