William Cromer and Pete were old friends and they had worked together for years, Pete assured Rose the doctor could be trusted and that along with her mothers constant nagging led to Rose agreeing to meet him at her home; the home she shared with her mother and Pete.

William Cromer was in his mid-thirties with cropped black hair and steel blue eyes, there was nothing extraordinary about this man; he just looked like any other thirty year old. He smiled and took her hand in his as Pete made the introductions, "Rose, it's a pleasure to meet you"

Rose nodded as he shook her hand warmly, "Dr Cromer, thank you for coming" Rose gestured for him to join her on the sofa, and they both took a seat.

"Call me Bill, we'll be seeing a lot of each other over the next few months," he glanced at her stomach, "Pete tells me your five months gone," he frowned, "I would have expected you to be showing by now"

Rose shrugged, "How much did Pete tell you?"

"Just that you were pregnant and in need of a specialist," he frowned, "I'm not an expert on paediatrics, recently I've been involved in helping those injured in the cybermen attacks"

Rose sighed, "I remember"

Bill sighed sadly, "So many affected, and so many lost. I think Pete sent me to you so I could deal with something positive for a change, and what is more positive than a new arrival" he gave her a warm smile,

"This baby will be special"

"Every baby is special"

Rose nodded with a smile, "My baby is half human, half Timelord"

Bill stared at her in shock, "Timelord?"

"I understand you know about the cybermen invasion so you should be familiar with a man called the Doctor"

Bill stared at her, "The Doctor!"

"The Doctor is an alien, a Timelord to be exact the last Timelord" she smiled and placed a hand over her tummy, "well he was the last"

"You and the Doctor?"

Rose nodded,

"How??"

Rose chuckled, "The normal way"

Bill blushed, "I'm sorry, I've just never had to deal with an alien pregnancy"

"Not totally alien"

He nodded, "This changes everything of course," he stared in wonder at Rose's stomach and reached out a hand, "May I?"

Rose shrugged, "You won't feel anything, and I can't – but feel free"

Bill frowned, "A human baby would be showing by now" he sighed, "I take it you don't have any books on Timelord pregnancy or physiology?"

Rose shook her head, "No, and the Doctor is stuck in the other universe so I can't ask him"

"I'm sorry," Said Bill as he noticed tears fall down Rose's cheek, "you miss him?"

Rose nodded and wiped her tears away, "I've done enough crying Bill, and I need to focus on my baby"

"Okay, that's what I'm here to help you with," he smiled and took out a notepad and pen, "I need you to tell me everything you know about the Doctor's physiology, anything at all"

"He has two hearts, if he takes paracetamol it will kill him, he can sense things that we can't, oh and his body temperature is lower than ours"

Bill smiled with enthusiasm, "Anything else?"

Rose shrugged, "He ages slower than we do and he can cheat death"

"What?"

"If his body is dying he can regenerate his cells" Rose suddenly remembered the 9th Doctors body being overcome by bright light and she recalled her fear seeing the 10th generation in his place.

"Rose?"

She smiled sadly, "That's all I know"

Bill placed a comforting hand on Rose's shoulder, "That will do for now, the rest we will find out along the way; at least we know about the paracetamol, I suggest you avoid taking any until after the pregnancy"

Rose nodded, "I won't, I haven't taken paracetamol since before I travelled with the Doctor; he always had an alternative pain relief available"

Bill nodded, "Okay, so now tell me about the pregnancy. When did you first realise you might be pregnant?"

"Last week"

Bill gaped at her, "When was your last menstrual cycle?"

"I don't know, I guess four months ago; but I put it down to stress Ii never for once thought I'd be pregnant, it was a complete surprise"

"Have you suffered with morning sickness at all?"

"To be honest Bill, these past few months I've not been myself, losing the Doctor like I did…" Rose sighed sadly.

"Pete did mention that you'd been unhappy"

"Everything will be okay now though," she placed a hand against her stomach, "I got my little man to look after"

"Man?"

Rose shrugged, "I just have this feeling it's going to be a boy"

Bill stared at her thoughtfully, "It will be interesting if you are proved right"

"I'm certain"