Chapter Fourteen
"So, have a wander around the TARDIS. Don't worry, she's friendly." The Doctor said as the foursome headed inside the TARDIS later that night.
"She'll make rooms for you both, just walk around a bit. When you get tired, she'll send you in the right direction." Rose said, as she settled down in the console chair, picking up a discared magazine to flick through.
"She is a beauty I must say," The Professor said, stroking one of the coral struts "Come on then Tia , lets have a wander." He extended his hand out towards Tia, wriggling his fingers around. She smiled and clutched onto them, and the two of them dashed off through the corridors, leaving The Doctor and Rose smiling behind them. The doctor walked over and sat next to Rose, allowing her to rest her head on his shoulder. "Did we really used to be that obvious?" he asked, smiling as he looked up towards the ceilings. "Yep." Rose said, turning the pages of the magazine before discarding it on the floor. "Nothing interesting?" The Doctor asked, watching as the magazine floated gently down to the grated floor. "Nah, just the usual space drivel," Rose sighed "fancy watching a film and then bed?"
"Sure"
The two of them stood up, and started to walk out of the console room, but Rose stopped when she heard a loud thud. She turned around, and the doctor was on the floor, he had seemed to gotten the laces to his converse caught in the grating. Rose covered her mouth to try and hide her laughter, and a slightly disgruntled doctor got up and ruffled his hair. "Maybe we ought to change that flooring…" he said.
"What so you don't fall over again?" Rose teased
"No," he said, blushing slightly "It isn't very child friendly… not really. When Baby starts walking he might fall down."
"Well," Rose said "Although I do enjoy seeing you trip over, I suppose it would be a good idea." She walked over and took his hand, guiding him down the steps so he didn't trip again.
"We could re-design the whole TARDIS console room give it new levels or whatever."
They started heading through the corridors towards the library, where they would often sit and watch old movies. The Doctor sat himself down on the sofa, pleased to be allowed to prop his feet up on the coffee table in his own home without Jackie Tyler moaning at him. "Right, you pick a film, and I'll go and get some popcorn." Rose said, heading off to the hallway.
"Don't forget the-"
"Extra butter I know!" Rose threw her hands up, and then headed into the kitchen but not before turning at the door and giving him that smile that always sent shivers up his spine. The good kind though. He smiled to himself before getting up and rifling through the vast dvd collection. He was feeling eighties tonight… not that he'd be paying much attention to the film, as he would be watching Rose. Only she could turn something as simple as watching a movie into something so beautiful. Every laugh, every tear, every gasp… her face lit up with emotions each time. Suddenly he was pulled out of his musings by the sound of something hitting the floor. It sounded like the popcorn bowl. "Rose?" he called out, heading towards the kitchen at a quickened pace. He hurried inside and felt a seething pain rip through his chest as he saw Rose, gripping onto the counter clutching her stomach, a puddle by her feet. "Doctor I don't mean to alarm you," she said "But I think my water's just broken."
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Rose sat in the jump seat of the TARDIS, screwing her face up every few minuets as another contraction came. Tia held her hand, and not very convincingly told her that everything was going to be okay. The Doctor and Professor both rushed around the console, piloting the TARDIS to the best hospital in the universe. The Sisters of the Infinite Schism would be the best people to take control of the situation. As the brothers raced around the TARDIS console, Drayschel noticed his brothers anxiety.
"Theta, calm down, take a deep breath. Rose is going to be fine." He said, in a soothing voice.
"It's too early Drayschel, too early" the doctor replied, running his hand through his hair for the fifth time.
"Babies are born premature all the time Theta. Rose is going to be fine! Now pull yourself together and let's get her out, we've landed." Drayschel looked his brother hard in the eyes and the doctor nodded. The boys helped Rose up, and helped her walk towards the doors as Tia ran ahead to alert the nurses and get the door for them.
"You know," Rose said in between deep breaths, turning her head to the doctor "I thought of a name for him, earlier at mums. I was gonna ask you about it tonight."
"Really?" The Doctor asked, smiling, trying to look reassuring.
"Yeah," Rose nodded "Xavier. Xavier Tyler. What do you think?" she asked as they hobbled through the doors.
"That's a great name Rose. Amazing name. Perfect." He said. And he meant it. He didn't know if Rose knew it, but in Gallifreyan Xavier was a word. It meant Hope. Just the name made him feel alive inside. His brother looked over at him and smiled, bringing him back to reality, his main focus now was to get Rose into the hospital so she could have their baby.
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"Come on Rose, you're doing just fine." One of the nurses said soothingly. But to The Doctor Rose didn't look fine. She looked tired and weary, she turned to him and looked him into the eyes. "I don't know if I can do this doctor." She said quietly.
"Of course you can, you're Rose Tyler! Defender of the universe. Rose you can do anything you set your mind to, and I know that you can do this." He said, gripping onto her hand tightly and kissing it.
"Okay," she said "I'll try."
And then, with that determination, The Doctor saw something light up in Rose's eyes. Literally. He knew in that moment that it wasn't just Rose bringing their son into the world, it was Bad Wolf too. And he was thankful, because he knew that Rose needed all the help that she could get. "One last push." He heard the midwife shout, and Rose did exactly that. Suddenly the room was filled with a quiet cry, and he felt a sense of relief fill his body. Rose smiled at him, before drifting unconscious, the side-effect of bad wolf that he knew well. "Is she okay?" one of the nurses asked. "Yes, she's fine she's okay," he said kissing Rose lightly on the forehead. "Now where is my son?" he asked. Usually in all of those corny hospital drama's Jackie watched he would be handed his child.
"Now that's the thing…" the midwife said.
"What is it, what's wrong?" he asked, standing up quickly and looking over to wear the sisters were placing Xavier into an incubator and putting all sorts of scary looking wires into him. "What's happening to Xavier?!" he shouted,
"It's okay sir," the midwife said "Your son was born four weeks early, the nurses are putting wires into him to help him breath as his lungs are not fully developed yet. Soon they will feed in a drug to develop them and anything else that hasn't developed yet. Your son has two hearts yes?"
"Yes." The Doctor said, worriedly looking around.
"Good, his hearts are developed fully, and his brain. Your son is relatively healthy sir, there is no need to panic. He's a little small but he's going to be just fine, I promise."
"He's going to be okay?" the doctor asked, his eyes suddenly filling with hope again.
"Yes," the nurse smiled "He is going to be absolutely okay. Now if you follow me we can get you and Ms Tyler sorted in a room."
"A room?" The Doctor asked.
"Yes. Although he is healthy, Xavier will need to be kept in a day or two overnight to make sure everything is working as it should be. Have faith in the sisterhood." She said, smiling at him and wheeling out Rose's bed.
"Right, yes," The Doctor nodded following her "Okay. Thank you sister."
Dramatic premature childbirth scene. Sorry if anything isn't up to date with official medical science as I am not a doctor nor a midwife. Any inaccuracies, just take into account that this is happening to a half timelord half Bad Wolf baby in a hospital billions of years into the future. New chapter will be posted possibly tonight as I have it half written. Maybe slightly later.