Since the discussion in the kitchen Jackie found an excused to invite Mickey round, and if not Mickey it was some other Torchwood unattached male. Rose saw through her mother's matchmaking attempts and slowly began to resent her mother's interference in her life and frequently told Jackie to lay off and Jackie took it badly; It led to the two of them going out of their ways to avoid each other.

In Rose's ninth month of pregnancy Jackie and Pete sat watching television in the lounge whilst Rose sat in her room. Rose was telling her baby about how the newly generated 10th Doctor had faced off the sycorax at Christmas, "your dad had such a gob on him," she chuckled, "the sycorax didn't know what hit them. Your daddy stood up for humanity and challenged the leader to a fight for the planet. I was nervous at first, he'd been so ill and I wasn't sure he knew how to use a sword," Rose rubbed her stomach, "It was a sight little one, your daddy in his pyjama's holding a big sword" she chuckled at the image and felt the baby respond, "I felt helpless watching unable to interfere as the fight moved from inside the ship to the outside wing, your daddy appeared outmatched and was pinned down on the edge of the ship" Rose shook her head, "I thought I was going to lose him when the leader swung his sword and chopped of your daddy's hand. But your daddy just smiled and I stared as your daddy grew a new hand, and I'll never forget what your daddy said next…" Rose chuckled, "He told the leader and I quote 'this hand is a fighting hand,' your daddy is so funny" Rose opened her eyes in awe as she felt the baby kick for the first time.


The Doctor stood at the console waiting for Martha to get ready for the Remembrance Sunday Commemoration. The past few months had been hard and he'd seen so much pain iit seemed to follow him death and destruction. He sighed, sometimes he wondered if he shouldn't just leave the Earth and go to some uninhabited planet where no one could be hurt by him. Martha appeared in the corner and smiled warmly at him and once again he found himself thinking of Rose.

"Doctor, are you okay?"

He shook his head, "I'm fine, just thinking how pointless wars are"

Martha nodded in sympathy, "I expect this will be hard for you considering what happened in the Timewar"

The Doctor closed his eyes as the familiar guilt hit him, but it was pushed away by a warm sensation which seeped from his mind to his stomach. He glanced at Martha in shock, Martha rushed over "Are you okay Doctor?"

"I think so…"


Back at the Tyler house Rose looked down at her tummy, "I felt you move, do you think daddy is funny?" she chuckled as he kicked her again, "your daddy had a bit of a gob on him"

Jackie poked her head through the doorway, "I was just going to put a kettle on, would you like a cup of tea?"

Rose laughed, "Mum, he moved"

Jackie stared at her daughter, "He moved?"

Rose nodded and beckoned her mum to come closer. Jackie placed a hand on Rose's belly.

"I was telling him about the Doctor's 'fighting hand…" Jackie shrieked with joy as she felt the baby kick again.

"That's my grandson!"

"Say hello to grandma" whispered Rose and Jackie and Rose laughed together as the baby kicked once more.

"Hello sweetheart" Jackie wiped a tear from her eye and gazed at her daughter, "Oh Rose I'm sorry for everything I've said"

Rose sighed as tears filled her eyes, "I'm sorry too mum, I've missed you"

Jackie sighed, "I shouldn't have pushed all those men at you"

"I forgive you" Rose reached out for Jackie and they fell into each others arms,

"I've been so silly"

Rose chuckled as the baby kicked again, "I guess we both have"

Jackie stepped back and smiled, "Pete suggested I go on a spa break, we could go together"

"Spa break! Sounds fantastic, when do we go?"