The Doctor was reluctant as she followed Martha across the control room and down the corridor towards the medi-bay. Even if the control room had changed drastically since the last time Martha was on board the general layout of the rest of the TARDIS was the same so Martha had no problem finding the room that she was looking for. The Doctor thought briefly about running but instead chose to hold her head up high as she followed Martha into the room and closed the doors tightly behind them. A red light turned on in the corridor signaling that the medi-bay was in use with the door locked so that Jack couldn't accidentally walk in on them during the examination.
"All right, so before we begin I will need you to strip down and put on a gown so that I can examine you easier," Martha informed her. The Doctor just stared at her as Martha went to the medical cupboard retrieving the items that she would need along with a gown for the Doctor to wear. Martha had traveled with the Doctor long enough that she wasn't surprised when she returned to the room to find the Doctor still fully dressed with her arms crossed. "I really don't have any plans for the next couple of hours so I can wait as long as you can."
"Apes," the Doctor mumbled as she took the gown from Martha and stepped behind the curtain to put it on. Martha had made her wear a gown last time as well and she thought that it couldn't get any worse when Martha had her turn her head and cough until she was bent over the table with a finger in her arse. She sighed resigning herself to the fact that this exam was going to be just as embarrassing but in a different way. Moving around the curtain she looked longingly at the door as she made her way over to the bed and took a seat.
"I know you don't want to be here, Doc. I have had these examinations myself and I know what they are like. I will make this as easy on you as possible and I want you to ask any questions that you think of during it," Martha explained to her.
"I only have one," the Doctor stated.
"You are free to leave at any time you wish. Just like last time, I am not going to force you to let me examine you but for your health as well as the health of your unborn child, I would really like it if you stayed," Martha answered already knowing the Doctor's question.
"Fine," the Doctor sighed.
"Great then let's get started." The basics of the exam were just like the Doctor remembered with Martha weighing her before checking her ears, eyes, mouth, hearts, and lungs. She took blood depositing it into the drawer beside the TARDIS before moving on. The Doctor wasn't happy but tolerated as Martha checked her lymph nodes and then her reflexes as this body wasn't that old yet and as a Time Lord tended to last longer than a human's body. Even after she lost her leg in her eleventh body she was still able to move around better than humans in their forties as she continued to protect the people of Christmas.
"Are we done?" the Doctor questioned once Martha stood. Martha gave her a small smile and shook her head no. The Doctor thought that she was embarrassed as Martha checked her breasts for lumps but it was nothing to the mortification she felt as she was laid back putting her feet into the stirrups beside the bed. She stared up at the ceiling naming all the galaxies in alphabetically order as she tried to ignore what Martha was doing. She heard the drawer open and close beside the bed again as Martha dropped the most recent test inside to be analyzed. "Now?"
"One more thing and then I will let you go," Martha promised as she picked up what the Doctor recognized as an internal ultrasound. She stared back up at the ceiling as she decided to name every way she was better than an ape. She made sure that she was just loud enough that Martha could hear her as Martha took the measurements that she needed. "You'll be happy to know that everything looks good. The baby is growing correctly and there doesn't seem to be any problems. Because it is your first pregnancy and you lead a very active lifestyle I will be keeping a close eye on you but for now, I don't have any problem letting you return to traveling as long as you don't try to run for your life constantly."
"So we are done?" The Doctor asked.
"We're done," Martha agreed as she helped the Doctor to lower her legs and didn't try to stop her as the Doctor ran out of the room without bothering to dress again. The Doctor didn't stop moving until she was in her ensuite under the hot water of the shower. While she knew every part of the examination was necessary it didn't help her dislike having Martha touch her under her clothing. She didn't do that sort of thing normally, not even with Jack and just needed to wash the feeling away. While she knew Martha would have to examine her in the future, she wondered briefly about how Jack would feel about delivering the child she was carrying. She decided that she would ask him later as she turned off the water. Drying, she dressed in her favorite pair of blue pajamas. She looked briefly at her bed and thought about laying down in it. Instead, she let her feet carry her to Jack's room. She was tired, miserable, and just wanted to be held in his arms for a while. Not that she would admit the last part out loud. Going to his room, she didn't bother to knock as she let herself inside.
"Martha invited us to tea," Jack informed her as she came into the room. The thought of food made her stomach flip and she swallowed before speaking.
"I'm not hungry," She answered as she continued to stare at him as he laid on his bed. She wanted to climb in with him but she waited until he lifted up his arms inviting her into his bed. She tried not to let her relief show as she crossed the short distance to him and climbed up on the bed with him laying her head down on his chest as she pressed her body to his. His arm wrapped tightly around her holding her as he ran his fingers through her hair in a way that she found comforting in her last body with him and apparently still enjoyed in this one. She hadn't planned on falling asleep but safe in his arms she found her eyelids growing heavy and she let them close as she breathed in Jack's unique scent. She knew in her hearts that he was still trying to figure out what he wanted. She didn't blame him for not knowing as she never made it easy on him but as she drifted off to sleep her last thought was just a single hope.
Stay.