Chapter Thirty Seven

(One month later…)

"Rory!"

Rory snickered as he ran out of their bedroom with an empty bowl. He picked up speed when Amy raced out of the room behind him, mad as a hornet.

"Rory, I swear I will get you for this!" Amy bellowed as she gave chase.

Meanwhile in the console room, the Doctor was standing at his console while Rose sat in his chair. It had been a month since the Valeyard and they were now back in their own universe. Jack had gone back to Torchwood, taking John and River with him. He had managed to sweet-talk the governor of Stormcage into granting River a parole as long as he acted as her guardian. Jack, John and River were now working with Gwen, Rhys and occasionally Mickey and Martha as Torchwood. Rose, on the other hand, had joined the Doctor full time, traveling with him, Rory and Amy. They had just returned from a visit with the governor of the maximum security prison they had taken the Valeyard to in order to make sure that he was still there and wasn't posing any threat and now the Doctor was trying to figure out where to go next.

"Rory, damn it! Get back here!"

The Doctor and Rose looked at the back door when Rory sped through it and hurried down the stairs.

"What's going on?" the Doctor said as he ran past the console.

"I'm about to be murdered, that's what's going on," Rory said, going down the front stairs while Amy burst through the back door.

"Damn it, get back here!"

"Whoa, whoa!" the Doctor said, hurrying over and blocking her pursuit. "What's going on?"

"That bastard snuck up behind me and dumped a bowlful of ice cubes down my shirt!" Amy said, thrusting her finger at Rory.

Rose laughed when the Doctor shot her a "Why me?" look before turning his attention back to Amy.

"Pond," the Doctor said, putting his arm around her shoulders. "I know you're angry but murdering your husband over a bowl of ice cubes is really bad form. Not to mention I don't want to clean up the mess so just calm down and go have some fish fingers and custard…or some tea," the Doctor said when Amy made a face at that. "Have a nice cup of tea and calm down so you don't annihilate Rory, okay?"

"Rory, I will get back at you for this! Count on it!" Amy said before she turned on her heels and went back up the stairs.

"Rory. If I were you, I'd give your wife some extra loving tonight before you find your eyeballs on a fork," he said to Rory as he came back up the stairs.

"Trust me, I intend on doing just that," Rory said.

"Excellent. Well, now that's sorted. You can help us pick out a place to go. Okay?"

Rory nodded and the Doctor looked at Rose. She giggled when he rolled his eyes and then turned his attention to the console.

THE END.