A/N: Some of this is a bit angsty, but it switches over to somewhat whimsical in the middle, then downright comedic at the end. Well, the story has a happy ending, so that's a bit expected I guess.

And by the way, this is my theory on who River is, not TSC's... yet. In my mind, it's the only thing that makes a lick of sense. While I don't spell it out with her actual name, those in the know of how the Time War was handled can figure it out. ;)

Lastly, this particular version of bonding comes straight out of "Proof", by Olfactory-Ventriloquism. VeryHotReading, and I highly recommend it for those over the legal age. You young people stay clear! lol

Still not the last chapter...

ALLONZ-Y!

River was so consumed in her grief over the absence of the Doctor's mind, that she completely missed the return of daylight. Of course, that was hardly unexpected since her face was buried in her hands. Phea however, definitely heard her mother's shout when she finally finished that second downward swing of hers. Feeling the mental tugging of her parents reassert itself, she shouted with complete joy, "Mummy! Daddy!" and immediately ran off to her parents that faded into existence with the wind, air, and sky.

Tweed stood up with a gasp from his bent over position in the direct center of the field, which was dissipating. Feeling the barriers in his mind fall away, he grabbed his hair in shock and spun around to see River crying in total agony next to his ninth self. Wide eyed and dumbfounded, he walked over slowly in order to come to grips with the real memories that finally flooded his mind. Part of him was wondering how and why he snogged her earlier, but the rest of him was completely focused on who River really was. To say that he was flabberstaggered, would have been a rather large disservice to his state of mind. He was completely beyond words as he felt her pain.

When Tweed's arms began cradling River from above her kneeling and shaking body, she finally felt him again. Her only thoughts were, He's Here! Now! In complete desperation, she stood and spun round, latching herself fiercely onto the Doctor that reappeared in her mind. Her bawling got louder, now from relief instead of pain.

Tweed held and rocked her from side to side, whispering and shushing her. "I'm here Ro..." He caught himself and swallowed. "I'm here River, shhhh." She shouted a lyrical, Gallifreyan word into his neck through her sobbing.

"Yes, sweetie. Your Theta Sigma. Your Doctor." With those words, they shuddered both physically and mentally with the beginnings of a Gallifreyan Marriage Bond. They both felt their hormones starting to flow through their systems, and became even more desperate. Pulling back, they stared at each other with large eyes, and were both panting rather breathlessly. He snogged her again.

Tilting sideways, the Doctor took her legs with one arm and dead lifted her in a cradle carry. Turning, he walked quickly towards his TARDIS, snarling that same Gallifreyan word his ninth self uttered both seconds and ages ago. She responded by burying her face in his shoulder, saying something unintelligible as English was temporarily lost to both of their enflamed minds. Fortunately, not one of the TARDISes translated what they said, as small ears were close by.

Stripes was in the same vibrating, and prone position as he was when he vanished from the ship. Rose had crumpled next to him, realizing it was somehow over. She pulled him into her lap and quietly cried from the violated feelings she was experiencing, kissing his forehead over and over with silent apologies.

Their TARDIS scanned and identified the cause of their distress, but she had to call to her mother when she didn't know how to help them. The eldest of the Time Ships shone a nearly invisible beam at both of them, gently blurring away the guilt ridden memories of the paradox from them both, as well as pushing the horrific attack that John was suffering further away from his conscious mind. Ignorance truly was bliss in this instance, as the alternative would've meant heartache and grief for both of them, not to mention resentment. It wasn't their fault after all.

By the time Phea had reached them, Rose was only concerned for her husband, and John was waking to new memories of the last moment the leather clad Doctor had with River. It fascinated and made him cringe at the same time. Rose was a bit amused now, as she was listening to those memories and his reaction to them. She was happy the Doctor finally found someone. Of course, they were thoroughly distracted by the ball of energy that plowed into John, blowing all the air out of his lungs in a big oomphing 'Blimey'. "DADDY!" Rose did her best not to laugh at her husband's distress, and ruffled Phea's hair while she glommed herself around her father's neck.

Rory appeared at opposite end of the stasis field from Amy. Landing on the ground, he did a three sixty and was looking more than confused. He watched the Doctor as he carried River towards their TARDIS, then noticed the other Doctor out cold again. He grinned when Phea jumped on top of Stripes, but it vanished when he saw Amy lying in a heap next to the TARDIS he knew, still shuddering from her attack. "Amy!" He got to her just as the TARDIS doors closed.

Seeing her husband, Amy let him gather her in his arms. "I'm not crazy," she whimpered, then said it louder. "I'm Not Crazy." Rory just held her and rubbed her back. She said it again at the top of her lungs, shrieking. "I'M NOT CRAZY!" Rory flinched as he felt her fists beat at his shoulder blades while she cried. He took the blows and rocked her, as his mouth moved in an inaudible prayer.

Rory's head went back when she nearly froze in place. Opening his eyes, he saw a semi transparent beam coming from the TARDIS, and circulating through Amy's head. He didn't understand what was happening, but was so relieved when Amy's shaking slowly went away. For her part, Amy understood what had happened when that thing looked at her, but it wasn't so bad anymore. She looked up into her husband's eyes and snogged him, trying to silence her crying.

Inside the matrices, the youngest TARDIS was blaring rock music and dancing all over the place, while the other two were chatting. "So that's it, then?" the younger asked, feeling completely stunned from the whole experience.

The elder smiled. "Almost." She pointed at her daughter with her thumb. "Her Doctor will be taking yours to his room with Rory's help. Listen to what he says after Rory leaves."

The younger nodded, then stepped back when her future daughter came up and tugged on her mother's robes. "Is it happening yet?" she asked, full of excitement.

Her mother smiled, knowingly. "Ohhhh yes. 'Like Rabbits!' as the Doctor would say." Her daughter giggled and rocked out some more, completely ecstatic over how things ended.

The younger shook her head. "I never would've thought they would end up together, regardless of how she survived. I honestly thought they hated each other in the end."

"You of all people should know how time changes a person," the elder said with an amused expression.

The younger gave her a chastising look. "Don't rub it in. At least I have this to look forward to."

Their daughter bounced in between them again. "Does she know about mine and how they...?"

"Oh! I almost forgot! Thank you dear." Their daughter smiled and bounced away again. "When you see your daughter for the first time and are docked with her, give her plans for a Gallifreyan arboretum, as well as seeds, plants, fruits, and vegetables." She looked over to their daughter. "How did that go, anyway?" Even though she knew the answer already, she was anticipating what her daughter was about to do.

She bounced back to them with a beaming smile. "It worked beautifully mother!" she cooed with her head tilted to the side. "You should've seen them. In fact..." She transmitted her memory of the event to the elder, who started laughing riotously at a near cackle. "I knoooow! It was so completely ridiculous! They wanted it so much, but were afraid of pushing each other away! Ended up having to pinch their kits when they were in the grass to get them to bond properly! So silly."

The younger looked shocked at first, then snickered. "Oh my. Good to know. I'll do that."

Their daughter pointed at the younger. "Don't forget the apples and pears!"

"Uhm, shouldn't he hate pears?" the younger asked.

Their daughter giggled. "Oh he does, but she loves them!" She laughed and bounced away again, now rocking out to a rewritten duet of 'I Ran (So Far Away)' by 'Flock of Seagulls', sung by both John and Rose of all people. It was his voice that got their attention first, but then hers as well when she came into the chorus. The elder smiled, remembering.

(John)
All Throughout Time and Space I Flew
I never thought I'd meet a girl like you
Meet a girl like you

(Rose)
Your crazy hair and big brown eyes
The kind of eyes that hyp-no-tize me through
Hypn-otize me through

(both)
And We Ran
We ran so far away
We just ran
We ran all night and day

(Rose)
We couldn't pull away

(John)
The glow appears behind your eyes
A blaze of light comes shining out from you
Shining out from you

(Rose)
The dawn is moving nearer still
Aurora Bor-eal-is comes in view
(both)
Aurora comes in view

(both)
And We Ran
We ran so far away
We just ran
We ran all night and day
(John)
We couldn't pull away

(Rose)
Reached out a hand to touch your face
And through it all I fi-nal-ly found you
Fin-al-ly found you

(John)
You reached your hand to touch my face
I'm floating in a blaze of light with you
Blaze of light with you

(both)
And We Ran
We ran so far away
We just ran
We ran all night and day

(both)
And We Ran
We ran so far away
We just ran
We couldn't pull away

When she caught on to what the words were saying, the younger turned to her future daughter. After the song was over, she had to ask. "Where in the universe did you get that?"

"Hmm?" She turned. "Oh! One of his dreams from that night! Isn't it perfect? He did it first as a solo to her by accident, but then later they did it while they were dreaming together. I love this song!" She started it over and proceeded to act silly with dancing some more. Only this time, she added the dream itself so they could watch their version of the '80's music video.

Her mother laughed and nodded her head to the beat, but the younger missed a few of the references, not having lived through most of them. She did catch the hints of bonding near the end though. Still though, she enjoyed watching them sing to each other, cringing at John's swept up hair. When the fifth, fourth, and eighth Doctors appeared as the guitarist, basist, and drummer respectively, the younger laughed like a madwoman, while the elder giggled despite having seen it before.

After the Tylers and Ponds recovered somewhat, they gathered next to the eldest TARDIS to check up on each other. John filled them in on what he now remembered, while Rory told them what he saw of the Doctor and River.

Amy's eyes widened with a big smile. "It's now? It's happening now?" She almost bounced in place from excitement.

"Yep!" Rose and John replied, popping the p.

Phea and Rory were confused, but Phea beat him to the question. "Wha's happ'nin' now mummy?"

"Your uncle and River just got hitched," Rose said with a huge smile.

Rory's eyes matched his wife's now. "You're kidding!" to which the Tyler's nodded their heads slowly, all smiles. "Brilliant! Now I got someone on my side when this one gets all pervy on the bow tie." Amy whacked his arm while Rose and John laughed.

John turned to his wife. "Hon, you mind taking Amy to the kitchen for a cuppa? I don't think they need us in there for a while. Rory and I will be there in a minute. We need to handle the U-Boat captain over there."

"Sure!" Rose picked Phea up and took the redhead's hand. "C'mon Amy. Bout time you saw our Girl. She'll love ya." Amy smiled and gave Rory a quick kiss before she was led off.

John and Rory walked over to Leather. "So. How're we going to handle this, Doctor?" Rory asked him.

"Very delicately. And it's just John, by the way," he replied. "After we get him inside, I need to have a talk with his TARDIS in private. Can you get his feet? I'll handle the big-eared end." They both snickered at the joke.

"Wow. Yours is real different looking," Amy said as they came into the console room.

Rose nodded. "Between you and me, I really can't stand what the Doctor did in redecorating. Still a bit peeved at him in general, though."

"Over what?" Amy asked, concerned.

Rose tilted her head to Phea. "I'll explain later."

"Oh God, he's got you doin' it now," Amy complained. Rose giggled at that.

"Holy crap! This is the TARDIS?" Rory said when they lugged the Doctor in. "Doesn't look a thing like the other one."

John just nodded. "When he regenerated into the one you know, the energy he'd absorbed pretty much decimated the TARDIS as it was released." The TARDIS hummed a grimace. "Yeah, sorry dear!"

They went through the console room and took the Doctor to his room. They took off his leather coat and boots, then slumped him onto his stomach on the bed. John spent a minute getting him just so, then put his coat over a chair and his boots in two separate places.

Rory was confused. "Why so particular?"

"Hmm? Oh. I'm putting things where they were when the Doctor woke up after this mess. He's heading to two thousand and five right after he wakes up, so I don't want anything out of place." He paused, then went back to the Doctor and placed his left hand over the back of his head. "Sorry mate, I know that's gonna cramp." He turned and pulled Rory from the room.

After the door was closed, he tried to explain. "Sorry. Just had to make sure. He's going to go pick up Rose after this."

"Pardon? Isn't that your wife?" Rory asked.

John nodded as they headed back to the console room. "She traveled with him for two years. That's how we met." He held up his right hand and pointed at it. "This was his, remember?"

"Ohhh! Right. So... do they..." Rory wasn't sure how to ask that question, but he was understandably curious.

John shook his head. "River locked his mind and libido down to the point to where he was oblivious to the signals Rose was giving him. While I know she was irritated beyond belief with him, it still needs to happen. Otherwise, we'll never fall in love. I really don't want that to get cocked up."

Rory stopped them just before they got to the console room. "Wait-a-minute. If she did that and you're him, how the hell did you get over it?"

John laughed. "Ohhh, she was taking what your Doctor tried to do, and did it better. The trigger that unlocked my mind was another companion." He started them forward again and stopped next to the time rotor, pointing to the floor. "I was born right here." He held up his hand again. "The Doctor used this to stop himself from regenerating completely when he was shot by a Dalek." He paused and looked up to the ceiling. "That was your idea by the way. Don't forget that when the missing planets are found, eh?" The TARDIS rumbled an affirmative and he heard, Don't worry dear, I'll definitely remember that, my other Beloved.

John smiled and continued. "Annnnyway. The companion in question was Donna Noble. After this hand was primed with the extra regenerative energy, she was locked in here and was compelled to touch the jar it was being held in. The energy grabbed her and used part of her DNA to complete the regenerative cycle. I literally grew out of this hand." He paused for breath while Rory boggled at that, staring at the hand in question.

"AND! Since hands don't wear clothes, she was completely stunned to see me sit up bare arsed. When she said, rather loudly I might add... and boy can she shout," he imitated Donna's voice, surprising Rory. "You're Na-ked!" He went back to his normal voice. "River's block on my libido and emotions let go completely, letting me express myself to Rose. Now, I still didn't remember this day at all until it was over, but after everything was said and done, I was able to fully love Rose like I was meant to. There's a bit more to it, and that's what I need to talk to the TARDIS about. Would you mind hopping outside for a bit? Wont take long, I promise."

Rory tried taking all that in, but John's rapid gob was a challenge. He nodded though, and stepped outside while he mulled all that over.

After the door closed behind him. John spoke up in his mind while blocking the Doctor. "Okay, dear. This is what we need to do. I'm going to set the coordinates, but you need to land exactly thirty three seconds after you left Rose and Mickey in that back alley, in the same exact spot. Take enough time to allow big ears back there to wake up, so he'll think he did this. And you probably should insert a memory of him doing it so there wont be any questions."

A holographic representation of the TARDIS's avatar appeared next to him, smiling. You have an interesting mind, John. I quite like it.

He smiled. "Thanks, dear. You have no idea how much I've missed you. Your daughter is wonderful, mind you. But you never forget your first, even if they are borrowed memories."

The lights dimmed, and the projection became solid. She hugged him close, and memorized his mental patterns, including the details of his birth, before pulling back and kissing his forehead. Then she became transparent again, while the lights came back up. I look forward to seeing you for the first time, she said. Even though it looks like it will hurt more than a little.

John nodded with a sad look. "Sorry about that. But there's more I need to tell you, and this is very bloody important."

She looked at him expectantly. Yes?

John's face was grim. He swallowed before telling her. "Seven hundred, and forty eight relative Earth days after Rose comes on board, she will be separated from the Doctor by the Void. It very nearly kills him."

She put her hands over her mouth and started to cry. No!

John nodded, sniffling himself. "I'm sorry. I'm so, so sorry, but it has to happen this way. He'll locate a star that's going nova to send her a message, and it will hurt you immensely to send it. But, no matter how much you want him to finish, you HAVE to cut the transmission before he tells her he loves her. No. Matter. What. You can scan my memories if you want to verify what I'm telling you, but he must not tell her. River Song is his future wife. That mustn't change for anything. Donna helps him through his first suicidal moment, and Martha Jones does for the second."

The TARDIS was openly weeping at this point. Her hands went to either side of his head as she scanned his memories, not wanting to believe it. Her eyes squeezed shut with tears when she saw he was telling the truth.

John nodded and tried to smile. "Turns out right in the end though. River is his future. Ask your future self what they're doing and you'll know."

She nodded, smiling sadly. She already told me. I just cannot believe that he'll go through all that first.

"You have to be his rock. Soothe him when he really needs it, any way you can. He'll meet River, but wont know she's a Time Lord in hiding. She does something that will end her current regeneration, but I know she has a few more left in her, so it will be all right in the end. In fact, I'm pretty sure he's planning to go get her new self at the Library after he drops off her current one. I would at any rate."

The TARDIS looked over her shoulder and closed her eyes briefly. He almost woke up. I put him back to sleep.

"Right then, I'll make this quick." John said as he launched himself around the console, flipping and spinning the controls. "Thirty Three Seconds!" he reminded her. When he was done, he ran for the door only to find it locked. He turned around when the lights dimmed again.

She came over to him and hugged him once more, and whispered in his ear. "I wont forget. I promise."

He kissed her cheek, and held on for a few seconds. When he let go, she disappeared completely as the door opened. John stepped out to find Rory leaning against the other door. "Everything all right then?" Rory asked him, noticing his wet cheeks.

John wiped his face. "Yeah. Just had to tell her some of the things that he's about to go through, and it's going to be rough as hell."

Rory popped up straight when he heard the TARDIS start up. They watched it fade, and Rory became concerned again when John put a hand to his forehead trying to hold back his tears. He put a hand on his shoulder. "You sure you're all right?"

John shook his head. "No, not really. From your point of view, what just left was a bit more than seventeen years ago from our point of view. I have all of those memories, and it very nearly kills him a few times. I hate that he has to go through it at all." He shook his head to clear it. "Right. Sorry. I'll be okay. C'mon, lets see what the wives are up to, yeah? Better head them off before they start telling embarrassing stories about us."

Rory scoffed as they made their way to the youngest TARDIS. "Fat lot of good we'll be, then. They'll tell 'em anyway just to see our faces."

"Too right!" John laughed. "I like you. You tell it like it is. So are you really Rory Pond?"

He snickered. "Williams."

"Smith! Nice to meet ya!" They shook hands and laughed.

After hugs and kisses, Rose and Amy both tucked Phea down. The poor dear was too knackered for even a biscuit. Rose wondered a bit about how much stronger her daughter's mind felt, but put it aside to ask John about later. The girls fawned over each other's engagement and wedding bands over tea, then got to some serious girl talk.

"So... how'd he propose?" Amy asked her. Rose sputtered in her tea and blushed profusely. "Ohhhh. Now I HAVE to hear this!" She scooted her chair closer and leaned in, grinning.

Rose glanced all around, trying to find a way out of her predicament. "Uhm... the first or second time?" she said, wincing.

Amy sat back, stunned. "You said no?" She blinked and didn't know how to react to that without being mean. "The hell's wrong with you? He's gorgeous!"

"I knooooow," Rose whinged. "Bu' it was bad timing!"

"What happened?"

Rose fretted over her tea. "Well... we just ran into a future version of little Phea, and I freaked out. It wasn' my fault!" she protested.

Amy was intrigued, instead of surprised. "Seriously? What's she look like when she's older, then?"

"Oh, she's beautiful! I thought she was trying to move in on John at first, though. I very nearly slapped her."

Amy snorted and covered her mouth. "Oh my God. What happened then?"

Rose nodded, wincing again. "Scared her half to death. And when John told me who she was, I flipped right off my trolley. All I could do was stand there with my mouth open, gaping like a fish."

"Don't tell me, he proposed right then and there?" Amy asked, trying real hard not to laugh.

Rose nodded, and heard Amy's snorting laugh. "He was on cloud nine! He made this months before asking me," she held up her hand, showing her the ring again. "And he blundered all over it, like a right idiot!"

Amy blanched and grabbed her hand to look at the ring more closely. Staring at the intricate loops of gold that made up the band, not knowing they were Modern High Gallifreyan words that meant all the different inflections of 'forever', then she noted the diamonds that surrounded the clear opal center stone. She turned it this way and that, looking at how the light made the opal look like it had a golden radiance inside it. "He MADE this? Oh I hate you," she snickered.

"Wha'? Yours is beautiful!" Rose complained.

Amy waved her off. "I know, I know. But still. He made this?" she asked again, not totally convinced.

Rose nodded. "With his sonic. I didn't believe it either 'til he showed me how."

"Lucky prat." They snickered. "So, what about the second time?"

Rose blushed again and shook her head rapidly. "Your turn."

"Oh alright," Amy relented. "He took me out to dinner. We drove to London and saw the 'Love in a Village' opera."

Rose held up her hands, knowing this one. "What? That one's horrible! The girl runs away from her own wedding!"

"Turned out to be prophetic," Amy snickered. "The night before was when the Doctor found me again, after telling me at age seven that he was going to be back in five minutes, then two years after he found me the first time..." she trailed off in a grump.

Rose laughed outright. "He STILL can't land to save his arse?"

Amy's eyes nearly popped out. "Oh, don't tell me he did that before?"

She nodded. "He brought me back to see my mum 'twelve hours' after we left," she held up finger quotes. "Only it was twelve Months! Mum thought I was murdered! By my old boyfriend, no less!" They both cackled for a while at that.

Rose waved her on. "Sorry. Keep going. Prophetic?"

It was Amy's turn to blush, and she looked away. "Uhm... I-left-with-the-Doctor-the-night-before-my-wedding," she said in a rush.

Rose's mouth dropped open. "No... Way!"

Amy hid her face in her hands and nodded. "Even tried snoggin him one time, but he wasn't havin' it. Thought he was playing for the other team for a while there."

Rose rolled her eyes. "Tell me abou' it! I can' tell you how many times I tried that. Especially after he regenerated. Cor... he was gorgeous!"

"Yeah, but you lucked out though. Prat."

Rose gave her a smug look, then snickered. "Yeah, I think I did there, a bit."

Amy whacked her arm, making them both laugh. "Was that the other reason you said no at first?"

She thought about that a minute, then shook her head. "Not really. I was pretty upset with the Doctor at that point. He dropped us in another universe after we defeated the Daleks." Amy went wide eyed at that. "Spent almost a year growing this baby," she patted the wall, which hummed happily, "and we ended up back in this universe before he asked me. Running into an adult Phea really knocked me sideways for a bit, there." She hung her head and rested it on the table. "I'm such a hypocrite sometimes," she muttered.

Amy tilted her head. "How'd you mean?"

Rose lifted her head just enough to say wincing with closed eyes, "Did-the-same-to-my-mum-in-the-eighties," and dropped her head back to the table with a thunk.

Amy's eyes bulged and whacked the back of her head. "You knew that could happen, and you flipped out anyway?"

"I knooooow! I'm horrible!" Rose said into the table.

Amy lifted Rose's head from the table and wagged her finger at her. "Shame on you, scaring your wee girl like that!" She held her angry face for a moment, then snickered. "Mind you, think I'd do the same if we ever run into mine."

Rose sighed in relief and lifted her hands in triumph. "THANK you!"

"Now..." Amy prodded. "The Second Time... Out with it!"

Rose's hands went from the air to her face and she shook her head. The TARDIS squibbled her laughter over it, and a monitor popped static from the wall. Alarmed, Rose stared at the ceiling. "DON'T YOU DARE!"

Amy stared at the monitor, then looked back at Rose. "What? Was she going to show me?"

"YES!" she squeaked. "God! I hate being ganged up on! Alright! I'll tell her!" This got some more squibbling laughter.

Amy glanced upward with her eyes. "Is that... laughter?"

"Shut it! I said I'd tell you." Rose complained, fully red faced back to her ears.

Amy giggled. "Oh this has got to be good."

"Did John say anything about bonding?" Rose asked... trying to delay the inevitable.

Amy nodded. "Yeah, he said you two can hear each other in your heads. That's gotta be weird."

Rose smiled wistfully. "It was at first, sorta. Now I can't think of it being any other way. I love it."

Amy prodded her with a finger. "Okay... out with it sister!"

"Uhm..." Rose blushed more. "Wellll, we sort of bonded before getting married."

Amy tilted her head. "How'd'you mean?"

Rose was stammering at this point. "Well, you see. Uhm... well... GOD THIS IS HARD!" she complained.

Amy rested her head in her hands, enjoying the show. "Mmm-hmmm."

Blowing out a breath, she tried again. "John's half human, so he has both human and Gallifreyan hormones runnin' through him."

"Hold up. Gallifreyan?" Amy asked.

"Sorry. That's where Time Lords are from. Gallifrey."

Amy nodded. "Right... okay... con-tin-ue." she sing songed the last word.

Rose had to close her eyes. "All through our initial relationship, we didn't... uhm... the bed..."

"You didn't have sex?" Amy blurted out.

Rose shook her head, her eyes still closed. "He was afraid that we'd bond if we did. He didn't trust the mix of hormones in his body... and he... well... he was right. Wasn't his fault though." She looked up. "It was HERS!" A mixture of pings, pangs, wibbles, and echoey thuds resounded all around the pair of them.

"She's spooky when she laughs," Amy said, staring at the ceiling. "How was it her fault, then?"

Rose looked at her before closing her eyes again. "We were talking abou' it in the new arboretum, and that was when he told me about how Gallifreyan's get married. What 'appens to their minds. That it's permanent. How what we feel is felt by the other. The whole thing, up to and including his fears of it 'appening by accident."

Amy nodded, catching on. "Go on..." she sounded amused.

Rose's head tilted with her lips tight. "Well, I told him I wouldn't mind him in my head all the time. Already said yes finally. And we went to cuddle..." She opened her eyes and glared at the ceiling. "And this little witch decided it'd be fun to steal our kit!"

More laughter from the TARDIS, and Amy joined right in... cackling. "Oh my God! She didn't!"

"She DID!" She stared at Amy, exasperated. "There was no stopping us then!" Rose breathed a bit, then got a dreamy look on her face. "But... Oh. My. Goooood. It was woooonderfulllll!"

Amy's mouth hung open. "But you said you feel what he feels... So that means he... and you..." Rose got a sheepish grin on her face and slightly nodded, blushing more. "You Bitch!"

"Blewww Myyyy Miiinnnnnnnd!" Rose sighed wistully, leaning back in her chair. She shivered, remembering. She mouthed the next bit. 'Couldn't walk for three days.'

Amy was completely bugged out. "I want what you're having!"

"Get your own!" Rose said, feigning jealousy. They both laughed.

Amy reached over and placed her hands on Rose's shoulders. "I. Hate. You. So. Much. Right now." Then she sat back and fanned herself with her hand. "So... what'd you tell your parents?"

Rose sat up sharply in a mild panic. "They saw our wedding! That's all they need to know!"

Amy laughed at her. "You didn't tell them! Oh that's Rich!"

The TARDIS nudged Rose's mind, and she looked up. "Hmm?" Then she heard the boys amplified in her ears coming down the corridor, laughing at something. "Hush up, now. They're back."

They straightened up and acted like they were completely collected. "Still jealous though. Phea's gorgeous." Amy said, making Rose smile.

John and Rory came into the kitchen and stopped dead when their wives stared at them. Amy couldn't help but stare at John with envy. "What?" he asked, before turning to Rory. "I was right. They're talking 'bout us."

Rose and Amy fought their snickers.

A/N2:
The referenced 'apples and pears' up there is an actual thread over at the place I RP as the metacrisis. It's a little bit 'M', but it's poetic and inferred rather than explicit. Hit my profile for the link to where I RP if you want to see it. =)
(If I get permission from Rose's player and the admins, I may be able to rewrite it in prose format for here later when it's finished. Will have to wait and see.)