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Chapter 20

On Melody's first day of kindergarten she came running into her parents room at 5am. She started jumping on their bed chanting, "It's time for school! It's time for school!"

Amy and Rory groaned. "Melody, it's 5 in the morning. Go back to sleep." Rory tried to tell her.

"I'm too excited to sleep! I wanna go to school!" Melody shouted.

Amy and Rory both moaned again as Melody turned on their bedroom light.

"Melody, go watch some telly until we get up, okay?" Amy suggested.

"Okay!" Melody ran out of their room and turned off the lights.

She started to go downstairs, but then she thought she'd surprise her parents by being dressed when they came downstairs.

She pulled out her favourite purple shirt with a star on it, her favourite pink sparkly skirt, and her favourite green socks with white stripes on them. She quickly got dressed and ran a brush through her hair.

She went downstairs and watched "Scooby-Doo" until she heard footsteps signaling that her parents were up. She hid behind the wall by the opening to the living room. When she heard the footsteps get close enough she jumped out and yelled "Boo!"

Amy screamed. "Jesus, Melody! You're going to give me a heart attack!" Amy panted with her hand over her heart. Looking Melody up and down, she burst out laughing and called up to Rory, "Rory! Bring the camera down, quick!"

"Why?" He asked as he ran down the steps. He started laughing at what Melody was wearing.

"Melody, what are you wearing?" Rory questioned.

"All my favourite clothes!" Melody replied enthusiastically.

"Melody, sweetheart, you can't wear that to school" Amy said as she tried to contain her laughter.

"Why not?" Melody pouted.

"Because none of that stuff matches. It looks silly." Amy explained.

"Let me get your picture, Mel." Rory said as he held up his phone camera.

Melody struck a pose and he snapped a picture of her to send to Melody's grandparents and the Doctor.

"Come on, Melody, I'll help you get dressed." Amy held out her hand and led Melody back to her room.

Amy picked Melody out a cute purple dress shirt and some black tights for her to change into. After Melody got her clothes on, she helped Melody put on her black mary janes and then brush her hair.

"Mel, you want me to put a pretty, purple bow in your hair?" Amy asked as she held up the bow.

Melody's eyes lit up and she nodded yes.

Amy and Rory took about a dozen pictures of Melody before they walked her to school. They each grabbed one of Mels hands as they led her up the school's steps and to her teacher's room.

They each gave her a hug and kiss goodbye, and then Melody took off to play with Gracie who happened to be in her class.

They stood there in the doorway for a minute watching Melody play. The teacher came over and invited them in for a bit, but they declined, knowing that if they stayed, they'd never leave.

Amy and Rory got home and once they sat down on the sofa, Rory's eyes began to fill with tears.

"Don't you start blubbering, or I'll start too." Amy said with a sad smile.

Rory chuckled and wiped his eyes before any tears could spill over. "I just can't believe our little girl's in kindergarten."

"Yeah, me either. It's so quiet here without her. What should we do?" Amy asked.

"Um..well, we could go out on a lunch date or something? We haven't been out of a date in forever." Rory suggested.

Amy smiled, "All right, but I expect to be treated as if it's a real date."

Rory smiled and then took off upstairs to change into some nice khaki's and a button down shirt.

Amy followed him upstairs and started to get ready. While Rory, who had finished getting ready, went out to buy some flowers for Amy.

Over at the school, Melody and Gracie were having fun playing, colouring, and learning. During the learning portion, Melody was slightly bored because she already knew her numbers, what sounds each letter of the alphabet made, and how to write.

Melody listened to the rules, had recess with Gracie and her new friends Jessica and Katelyn, and then it was time for lunch.

Melody was so excited to sit beside her friends, but their teacher assigned them seats at the lunch table in order to get them to make new friends. Melody frowned when she realized she was on the opposite end of the table from her friends and she was seated between two boys whom she had never met. They introduced themselves as Arthur and John. They seemed nice, but she wanted to play with her other friends.

Rory rang the doorbell to their house at noon. Amy opened the door to reveal her wearing a stunning, little, black, dress, with black high heels. Her hair as perfect as always.

"You look beautiful." Rory said blushing. Even after all these years, Amy still managed to make him blush like a little school boy. "These are for you, dear." Rory said as he passed Amy a beautiful bouquet of red roses.

Amy blushed, "Thank you." She said as she took them inside and put them in a vase of water.

They left the house and drove until they got to a little cafe just outside of town. There they at sandwiches and had a cuppa tea. Rory paid, and even took her out to her favorite ice-cream parlor afterwards.

As they walked back to the car, Amy asked, "What time is it?"

"Um, almost 2. Why?"

"Shoot! We need to get home!"

"Why? School doesn't end until 3." Rory pointed out.

"Yeah, but I was going to surprise Melody and make her some chocolate cupcakes with sprinkles." Amy ran the rest of the way to the car with Rory following after.

They made it home with just enough time to make and decorate the cupcakes, before they had to go get Melody.

They ran to the school thinking that they were late, but they actually got there at 2:45.

They decided to go to Melody's classroom and see what she was doing. Upon arrival, they saw the teacher gently shaking each of the students awake and helping them put away their nap mats. Amy and Rory were both shocked to see Melody actually asleep on her mat. She hasn't needed a nap since she was two. They figured kindergarten must've really worn her out.

They waited out in the hall until class ended and when the teacher dismissed the students, Melody waved goodbye to all her friends before running to her mum and dad and giving them a big hug.

"I missed you!" Melody said as she hugged Rory's legs

"We missed you too!" Rory said as he bent down and picked Melody up, so they could give her a proper hug.

They took Melody home, and Amy surprised Melody with the cupcakes. Melody was so happy. As she was eating, a small, plush kitten wearing a bow tie and a fez materialized on the table in front of her along with a note.

Happy first day of school! See you soon!

The Doctor

Amy and Rory grinned as Melody showed them the animal and the note. They missed the Doctor and going on all those wacky adventures, but Melody allowed them to go on even better adventures, and maybe one day they'd get to take Melody on an adventure with the Doctor.