Chapter Twenty Nine
After they showed Ten around New Gallifrey, John, Rain and Amato finally took him back to his own TARDIS.
"You'll have to call for your Rose as soon as we get inside," Amato said to Ten as he unlocked the door. "We need to take out the memory of her meeting Rain."
Ten smiled at Rain while she stood behind him.
"Seems a pity to part company from you so soon but at least I have something to look forward to in future," he said.
He opened the door and they saw his Rose sitting on the jump seat.
"Doctor, are you okay?" she said.
She pointed to Rain.
"She got inside here. She had a key and unlocked the door and I tried to stop her but she ran out."
"It's okay, Rose, it's fine. They're with me," Ten said to her.
Rose stared at John in shock.
"Um, why are there two of ya?" she said, pointing to him.
"Well, they're from the future, my future, which I accidentally got a peek at so now I'm afraid we'll both have to have those memories purged from our minds."
Rose gave them a fearful glance.
"Purge our memories?" she said.
"Only the memories that pertain to what happened here today," Amato said. "Which means the memory you have of seeing Rain. I promise It's completely safe. We're not gonna muck with your other memories. We're gonna put you and him to sleep and when you wake up, you'll be a bit confused about why you went to sleep but you'll remember nothing and soon you'll be on your way."
"Doctor?" Ten's Rose said as she cast a fearful glance at her.
"It's alright, Rose, trust me. They're telling the truth, we're not in any danger," he said soothingly.
Rose nodded and watched as Amato came up to her.
"Now I'm going to put my fingers on the sides of your head and then I'll put you to sleep before taking out the memories, okay?" he said gently.
Rose nodded. She glanced again at Ten who nodded encouragingly. Rose lay down on the jump seat and they watched as Amato put his fingers to her temples and sent her to sleep. As soon as she was unconscious and Amato was working on her, Ten turned to the others and gave them hugs.
"Thank you for showing me everything and letting me meet everyone even though I won't remember it," he said to them.
"I'm just glad you're alright," Rain said when he got to her.
"Same here, I'm glad your family stopped me before I did something to ya. I'm looking forward to meeting you again."
Rain smiled.
"Take care, my love, be careful," she whispered in his ear.
"You too, my lives mate," he whispered back in her ear. "I'll see you soon."
She kissed his cheek and stepped back. Ten lay on the floor and John knelt beside him. He put his fingers to his temples and sent him off to sleep.
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After they took out all the memories, save one of Rain that they buried deep within Ten's subconscious, they left them sleeping inside the TARDIS and took their own TARDIS back to New Gallifrey. Once everyone was gone and the Doctor's house was empty, the Doctor kissed his wife's hand and led her into the kitchen.
"Thought we could fix our dinner together," he said. "Just like we did that one day in our hotel room in Beijing."
"Gee, that mean you're gonna make couscous?" Rain teased as he led her towards the kitchen.
"Nah, I've gone beyond that. I now can microwave things!"
"Ooo, you're gonna give Gordon Ramsey a run for his money then," Rain said as the Doctor laughed.
Once they entered the kitchen, the Doctor turned Rain and put his arms around her waist.
"So, what did you and Tenny get up to, eh? Did you shag me when I wasn't looking?"
"No, I didn't shag you," Rain said while he grinned.
"No, he didn't call you into his room and throw you down on the floor for some hot sex?" the Doctor said innocently.
"And what if he had done that?" Rain said.
She laughed when he tightened his hold on her.
"I would have been jealous beyond belief!"
"Of yourself?"
"He's not me anymore, he's him and I'm me and I don't take kindly to him making moves on my wife! Good thing he got his mind altered so he doesn't come back here and take you away from me!"
"Oh, I don't know, a night with two different versions of my husband might be fun."
"Oh, you little minx, you'd love that, wouldn't ya?" the Doctor said as Rain laughed.
She sighed when he began to kiss and suck on her jugular vein.
"No, you belong to me and me alone," he whispered in her ear. "No sharing, not even with my former selves."
"What about Alan, supposedly he's my new husband now," Rain teased.
The Doctor snorted.
"Like you would have a three way with me and him," he said.
"Yeah, you're right; he's way too wild for me. I'll leave him with Rose," she said.
She sighed when he sucked and kissed her neck for a few more minutes before he nipped at her ear.
"I s'pose we should figure out what's for supper before we get too wrapped up in snogging," he said to her.
"Mmm, I think you're right. You might have to delay taking the kids somewhere until tomorrow afternoon."
"Oh blimey, I better not, they'd never forgive me," the Doctor said while she giggled.
They kissed each other on the lips before breaking apart and walking over to the cabinets to find something to eat.
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"Right!" Alan said, flopping down on his sofa as his children gathered around him. "This is my house, my rules. Now! You will clean this house from top to bottom and I want it spotless or gruel and spankings shall be your reward. I'm going to watch Strictly Come Dancing in the meantime and if I hear the slightest noise that takes me away from my program, you will never live to see sixteen. Off ya go then, spit spot!"
He looked up at them when no one moved.
"Ahem, clean the house or gruel and spankings for you, spit spot!" he said, clapping his hands twice. "And bring me my chewie wooie, she needs lovin'."
"We wanna go somewhere, Daddy," Namid said.
"You are going somewhere. You're going around the house cleaning it, chop chop," he said, clapping his hands twice.
The children giggled while they stayed right where they were.
"Hearing problems?" Alan said while they laughed harder. "I thought I gave an order in my own house and since my word is law here, chop…chop!"
"You don't frighten us, Daddy," Chaska said.
"I don't?"
They giggled and shook their heads.
"ROSE!" Alan bellowed.
Rose came out of the kitchen while the children laughed.
"Yes, your Royal Highness," she said, coming up beside the children.
"Am I frightening?" Alan said, looking at her.
"No. Goodbye."
The children laughed when Rose walked back to the kitchen.
"Oi, you come back here, woman, and be afraid of me! I'm fearsome! Grooooooooowl!" he said as the children laughed harder.
"Eek," Rose said in a monotone voice before she entered the kitchen.
"See, she's scared of me," Alan said.
"Yeah, right, Daddy. So can we go somewhere?" Christopher said.
"If I say no, will you four pick me up and throw me into Daisy?" he said to them.
"Yes!" they said in unison.
"So I should run for the hills then. Okey-dokey!"
The children laughed and pushed him back down when he tried to get up and get past them.
"How rude," he said to them.
Namid bent down and threw her arms around him.
"Please, Daddy, take us somewhere," she begged.
"ROSE!"
"Oh, what now?" Rose said, coming back out while the children laughed.
"Take these kids somewhere so I can watch Strictly Come Dancing, would ya?"
"You don't watch Strictly Come Dancing."
"I became a fan just now. So If you'd be a lamb…"
"No, if I'm taking them somewhere, you're coming with me."
Alan looked down at his hips.
"Funny, I don't see our bodies joined anywhere," he said while the children laughed.
He sighed and a lopsided grin spread over his face.
"Okay, I s'pose we can take the kiddie-dinkies for some de-looooooooooomptous hot doggies!"
Rose rolled her eyes when the children giggled at that. Alan hopped up.
"In fact, I think I shall ask John and Amato if they and Rosie want to come with us," he said. "I'm sure they feel a bit peckish and need a nosh. Let me ring them in my head and see if they're up for doggies."
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After talking to John, Rosie and Amato, John and Rosie told him they were coming over. Amato declined, telling them he was tired and didn't feel like eating. Thirty minutes later, John and Rosie appeared on Alan's porch bringing along three extra people.
"Rose, remind me never to use the party line when I'm asking someone to come eat with us," Alan said to Rose when Awinita, Mingxia and Nelak appeared at the door with John and Rosie.
"Hey, we were visiting with them and he happened to tell us what you said and we had so much fun going to the kuidore that we thought we'd join you for hot dogs," Awinita said.
"Besides, we're bored," Mingxia said.
"And we'll pay for our own food so you don't have to worry about us mooching off you," Nelak added.
"I hope it's alright if they come along," John said.
"And if it isn't, do we have a fight to the death right here on the verandah?" Alan said.
"Sure, I'm up for a duel to the death whenever and wherever you want, Brother."
They laughed when he and Alan pretended to struggle with each other before Alan patted his shoulder."
"Okay, ya talked me into it. You lot can come with us so we can go get some de-loooooooooooptous hot doggies!"
John bent over laughing when Awinita, Mingxia and Nelak gave him an odd look.
"Long story," he said. "Right, everyone inside before the kids beat me to a bloody pulp because they didn't get their frankfurters fast enough!"
