The Doctor tossed and turned most of the night. He really didn't need to sleep that much and had taken to going to bed at night out of habit. In the next room over Sophie coughed and his hearts raced for a moment. She calmed down quickly again though. Ever since her illness, he worried more when she coughed that she would get sick again. Her lungs weren't as strong as they had been before and a simple cold could turn bad quickly.

It was his fault. If he had just trusted himself earlier to make the medicine. He paused. Martha would be angry if she knew he was blaming himself for Sophie being sick again. He had came to realize that her almost drowning was neither his nor Jack's fault and blaming himself wasn't going to change it. He patted his leg and their puppy, Kastaborous, rubbed its head on his hand. Absentmindedly he began to scratch behind her ear until he drifted off to sleep.

"Daddy," a voice hissed waking him from his dream. He opened his eyes to see Sophie standing by his bed. Her face was sweaty and she looked sad.

"Oh sweetie come here," He said lifting up the blankets and she scrambled onto the bed next to him. He placed his head against hers and could feel the warmth of her fever. "You don't feel good do you?" He cooed.

"No," she complained as she cuddled closer to him.

"We have to get ready so Aunt Martha can take us to see Papa?" Emily informed her sister as she climbed up on the bed beside them.

"I am taking you today. It is still very early though so try to get more sleep before it is time to go." He told Emily.

"I'm not tired," She pouted as she crossed her arms. He looked at the clock. They still had three hours before they had to be up and he wanted Martha to check on Sophie. He sighed and sat up, still holding Sophie against him.

"How about a nice bath and when Aunt Martha gets here she can braid your hair." he offered and Emily nodded eagerly. Sophie though curled further into him.

"No bath daddy." She whimpered.

"It will make you feel better," He tried and she shook her head no against him as she coughed again.

"I want a bath," Emily informed him.

"All right we will get you a bath and then the two of you can help me make breakfast," He told them. Emily jumped down off the bed and ran out of the room with Kastaborous on her heels. The Doctor smiled as he lifted Sophie up with him as he stood. He held her on his hip as he followed Emily out of the room.

-DW-

Jack made sure that the hob was clean and any artifacts had been stored in anticipation of the girl's arrival later in the morning. Though he understood why he only had them on Sundays at the moment, he was hoping Martha would talk to the Doctor on his behalf. Come summer he wanted to take them for a few days a week and if the Doctor would allow it, he wanted to take them camping for a week. He was a little worried as their usual arrival time came and went. Traffic as backed up though and so he figured that Martha was stuck in the Traffic. His heart dropped though when about twenty minutes later the sound of the TARDIS filled the air.

His first though was that something happened to one of the children. He rushed out of the hub and into the plas, where the TARDIS had parked at her usual spot. The door to the TARDIS opened and Emily raced out.

"Papa," she screamed as she launched herself into his arms with a smile. He caught her and kissed her on the head as the Doctor exited the TARDIS with Sophie in his arms. The Doctor was wearing his brown suit and had his hair spike slightly. He didn't have a tie on and Jack could just see a hint of chest hair. It made his heart race but he didn't dare show that to the Doctor.

"Hello Jack," he said with a small smile. The Doctor had to admit that Jack looked good. He looked the same as the last time the Doctor had seen him but his blue eyes were more alive and he had color in his cheeks once more. "Sophie isn't feeling good today. Martha checked on her and insists that it is just a cold and nothing to be worried about. If she gets worse though, let me know immediately."

"All right," Jack replied as he put Emily down and reached out for Sophie. Sophie leaned into his arms and he took her. "Since you are here I wanted to talk to you. I was hoping that I could have the girls more this summer since they will be out of school."

"You could." The Doctor paused and Jack's face fell as he expected the Doctor to say no. "I was thinking you may want to see them a little more often then that though."

"How often?" Jack asked suspiciously.

"Well," he rubbed the back of his neck. "That depends. Martha is going to pick the girls up early tonight and take them to see a film. I was thinking you and I could, if you wanted to. I don't expect you to say yes..." He mumbled quickly and Jack smiled.

"Doctor are you asking me out a date?" He wondered as his heart leapt with joy at the possibility of having the Doctor in his life once more.

"Buy me a drink?" The Doctor teased.

"Such hard work."

"But worth it," The Doctor smiled as for a moment they were both on the TARDIS. Jack was younger and more carefree, while the Doctor wore his leather jacket and chased after Rose. His hearts were Jack's from the start though and over these last few months he realized they always would be.