Chapter 14

"Alone at night"

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Anna was keeping Rose up all night again; Rose had been up at 12am and now an hour later tending to a very angry little girl who missed her daddy. The Doctor had been out travelling for Torchwood for a week and would be back tomorrow, She giggled as she realised he was going to be back today. Christine would be looking after Arianna, the Doctor got back at 5am, he would spend a couple hours with Arianna and then Christine would be coming at 10 to take Arianna to her mum's to look after while she and the Doctor had some well needed alone time. Rose had really missed him this week and she wanted a night with him for herself only

It was 4am and Arianna obviously knew her father was coming back, all this week she had been waking in the night and keeping Rose from getting any sleep. Arianna usually slept through the night, at 7 months old now she was getting big, the crawling stage had passed long ago and now she had started walking, Rose had bought her first pair of shoes, Red with little bows on the front with a little strap to hold the shoe on…

The Doctor walked into the house at about 5:12 am and went to check on little Arianna, What he found was quiet comical, Rose was sitting in the rocking chair and little Arianna was playing with a stuffed bunny while sitting on her mother's lap. Rose had her arms around little Arianna but was fast asleep, head lolling back onto the chair, it was familiar sight but he couldn't think why. He walked over picking up Arianna and kissing her on the nose snuggling into his shoulder her little finger's grabbing his travel worn suit, he would change it soon. She put Arianna in her playpen and went back over to Rose, picking her up and carrying her to their room and laying her on the bed and tucking her in.

"….Doctor?" she mumbled

"Shh, go back to sleep my love, sweet dreams"

Rose mumbled again, falling into a peaceful sleep.

The young looking father went back to Arianna's room where he found her playing with blocks in her play-pen; she looked up when he came towards her. Lifting her up again onto his shoulder he went downstairs where hopefully she would go to sleep

She scrambled out of bed, looking at the clock, 9:30 am; she then looked around the room, noticing that the Doctor wasn't back yet.

"Arianna must have finally given up waking me up, I guess"

She walked past the living room and into the kitchen, not noticing the Doctor's jacket on the chair by the breakfast bar. She went to sit in the living room; she saw something that made her heart skip a beat.

She smiled at the figure lying on the sofa it was the Doctor, in his blue suit trousers and a creased shirt that wasn't tucked into his trousers.

Arianna was wrapped in a blanket, placed near his chest where his arm lay over her, protecting her, both were fast asleep. She silently walked into the kitchen and came back with her mobile phone. She stood in front of her beloved husband and daughter and took a picture of the sweet scene. She smiled as it was set the picture as the background on her phone, smiling at it she slipped the phone into her dressing gown pocket and walked back into the kitchen. She was in the kitchen contemplating breakfast while she made some food for Arianna, waiting for her husband to wake up

He woke to the smell of coffee and the sounds of giggling in the kitchen; while still holding Anna he stretched out the kink in his back and got up from the sofa. He looked at his watch, it was 10:30am, getting up stiffly, making a mental note that the sofa wasn't a good place to sleep, he went to the kitchen to find Rose by the kettle, the back door open, bird song could be heard from outside. Christine was sitting at the breakfast bar, a cup of coffee in her hand. He walked over to her, when she acknowledged his presence, giving her a one armed hug, and apologizing for the mess he was sure he looked like, she smiled sweetly.

"You look fine sweetheart" he heard Rose say as she giggled and the Doctor looked up to find her smirking cheekily at him.
"OK, what has she done now?"

Christine looked shocked for a second and then realised that these two were in tune with each other that they knew exactly how the other felt and they knew if the other was hiding something.

"You will have to ask Rose that, won't you?"

He smiled, Christine held out her hands, well don't I get to hold my god-daughter any more, he bent a little and Christine scooped Arianna into her arms. The doctor now free of his precious burden, walked to Rose, who he pecked on the mouth and hugged her. Rose handed him his usual mug of tea, he smiled a thanks and drank half the tea before he smiled again at Rose.

Christine got up with ease draining her Coffee while still holding Anna, caused by years of looking after her own kid. She had a daughter, who was 18 now, leaving to go to university.

Christine left after a quick hug to both Rose and the Doctor winking at Rose, before driving off….

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