John and Clara got back to London late Sunday afternoon and as promised he called Donna and the two of them went over to her place for dinner. She hadn't heard any more news and wasn't entirely sure what would happen the next day, but she wanted to be sure she had both John and Clara's versions of what happened. During their dinner, John got a call from the real-estate agent, so he excused himself to take the call.

"Well looks like I need to start packing." He said as he sat back down at the table.

"You sold the house?" Clara said smiling at him.

"Yep. A couple put an offer on it this afternoon and provided all the paperwork goes through, I'll be homeless in three months."

"Looks like I'm getting a flat mate because there is no way we're going to have time to find a house before that." Clara said, excited that they were finally going to have one home.

"Yeah, kind of hard to shop for a house now that the shooting schedule is all messed up." John said.

"It's also going to put a damper on the wedding planning too." Clara added.

"Well hopefully this will all get sorted tomorrow and everything can get back on track." Donna added, trying to move the subject away from the issues that were plaguing the couple.

The three continued their dinner and at the end of the night they decided to go back to John's house instead of Clara's flat. They took a cab home and when they pulled up in front, Clara got out first and immediately stopped dead in her tracks.

"Oh, you have got to be kidding me." She said as she looked at the stairs. John got out and saw what Clara saw.

"River, what the bloody hell are you doing here." John said sternly. River who had been waiting on the steps, got up and walked towards them. Clara immediately stepped in front of John.

"I came to try and talk some sense into you, but what is that?" River said as she pointed towards the for-sale sign.

"Exactly what it looks like." John answered.

"But you can't sell our house." River replied sounding desperate.

"I can and I have. Now please leave, before I call the police." John said as he took his phone out of his pocket.

"No John!" River pled. "You can't sell it! Think of the memories!"

"That is EXACTLY why I've sold it!" John yelled, not caring that they were on the street and no doubt the neighbours could hear. "I don't want to be reminded of you ever again!"

"How can you say that?" She exclaimed. "I love you John!"

"And I love Clara! She is the woman I love more than anything in the whole world. The woman who has shown me what true love is. Her," he yelled as he pointed at Clara. "NOT YOU!"

"No John!" River cried. "You can't love her!"

"Enough!" Clara yelled, not being able to be passive any longer. She tried to stay out of it, but she just couldn't stand by while this woman acted as if she weren't a part of John's life.

"I have had it with you! You had your chance with him and you blew it! And I for one am very happy that you did because he is with me now and I will never treat him the way that you did. You broke his heart as if it didn't matter and now you think that he's just going to say oh okay all is forgiven! You're nothing but a daft cow!"

Suddenly, out of nowhere, Clara felt a sharp pain across her face as River slapped her. The hit shook her a bit, but before John could stop her, she pulled her arm back and punched River so hard, she fell down. John quickly grabbed her and held her before she could do anything else. River just sat there on the ground completely stunned at what happened holding her nose. John knew he needed to get control of this situation right now.

"Clara, get in the house." He said sharply.

"No John! I'm not leaving you out here with her!" She argued.

"House, now." He said a little sternly and Clara glared at him.

"Please." He said as he softened his tone. "I'll be fine."

She continued to glare at him, but walked in the direction of the front door. John looked down at River, not feeling bad at all for her as she was the one who clearly started all of this.

"Get up River." He said, harshly.

"John! She hit me!" She cried.

"And you hit her first! So, don't even think you're getting an ounce of sympathy from me."

River looked up at him and realized that he wasn't going to help her, so she stood up. Her nose wasn't bleeding, but it was definitely on its way to being swollen and her left eye was starting to bruise.

"This has to stop River! You ruined my life once. I will not have you do it again!" He said, his voice still raised. He then pointed towards the house. "That woman is the best thing that ever happened to me. EVER! There is nothing you can do to change that and I mean that, NOTHING!"

"It's just that we shared so much together. I know I was an idiot for throwing it away, but I still love you, John." River pled.

"And you say that as if I'm supposed to care. I don't love you River, not any more. If you still love me, then that's your issue to get over, not mine. You made your decision a long time ago when you decided to have an affair and move to LA. Why did you even come back here?" John asked.

"Matt left me for someone his own age and despite doing well in Hollywood, it was becoming obvious that I was soon going to be on the outside again. I realized that I had made a mistake and wanted to come back, so I asked my agent to seek out a role on your show. Turns out she is really good friends with one of the executives who convinced Michael to write in a new character. He had no idea that the character was for me."

"So, you're the one who started this whole thing?" He said angrily.

"Yes, because I thought that it would make us closer again. If you would only get rid of her, then we might have a chance." River again pled with him.

"You really are delusional, aren't you. That would have never happened, even if Clara wasn't in the picture."

"You don't know that!" She exclaimed.

"Yes I do!" He yelled back. "This was always the problem River! You never listened to what I had to say. We were never going to survive. The sooner you realize that then the sooner we can all move on."

"I just can't John."

"Well you're going to have to. I highly recommend that when you go into the BBC tomorrow that you hand them your resignation because I'm done with you." He took his phone out of his pocket again. "Leave right now or I will call the police and I mean it this time."

River looked at him and could tell that he was serious. She said nothing, but instead walked off in the direction of the main street. John watched to make sure she was out of sight before he went into the house. Clara was sitting in the living room holding an ice pack against her cheek. John sat on the couch next to her and took the pack away from her as he examined her face. It was red, but at least there was no bruising.

"I'm not sorry I punched her." She said angrily.

"And neither am I." He replied. "I just couldn't have the situation getting more out of hand. But I am sorry I snapped at you."

"I know you probably don't want to hear this, but maybe you need to think about getting a restraining order." Clara said as she took the ice pack from John.

"Let's see what happens tomorrow, okay?"

"Okay." She said as she got up and walked towards the kitchen and John followed her. Once she had returned the ice pack to the freezer, he wrapped his arms around her and placed a light kiss on her cheek.

"All better?" He asked as he smiled at her.

"Ask me tomorrow." She said as she laid her head on his chest.

"Deal. You ready for bed?" He asked as he pulled away from her and started walking out of the kitchen.

"One moment. I just want to call the sub I had on Friday to see if she can cover me tomorrow."

"Why? Did River hurt you more than you're letting on?" He asked worried.

"No, of course not. But I'm going with you and Donna tomorrow. And don't argue because I'm not changing my mind." She ordered him, before he had a chance to refuse.

"Yes boss." He said. "I'll just go upstairs and call Donna to tell her about what just happened."

Clara called the sub who agreed to come in and then quickly called Amy to let her know what was going on. Amy was proud that she finally got to take a punch at John's ex and had wished she had been there to see it. She also once again reassured Clara that everything was going to be okay and soon enough they would be able to put everything behind them and move on. Clara hoped more than anything that she was right, but couldn't help but shake the feeling that there was more to come of this little saga.