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Chapter 29 - A Rainy Morning
The Doctor lay on his side. He was warm and comfortable in the silk sheets. He could feel Rose, Genie, and Sam were sleeping.
A storm had blown in and it was pouring rain outside. A crack of thunder shook the house. It forced him to open his eyes. Rose lay, spooned up against him. He took a deep breath and rubbed his face. He rolled over on his back and looked over at the cot. Sam wasn't inside, but he could sense that he was comfortable. Genie was dreaming something that was making her smile.
He had been asleep for 2 hours and 28 minutes. It was 7:14 in the morning. The storm had kept the room darker than it normally would have been at that time of morning on the island. He ran his hand through his hair and remembered the visions he had shared with Rose. As he thought them over, he rubbed his bare chest. Then he remembered that he had been wearing clothing when he had passed out. He smiled as he realized that Rose had undressed him down to his pants.
He rolled back over on his side and wrapped his arms around Rose. He pressed his body close to hers. He ran his hand across her body and found she was wearing his oxford from the night before and the thong. He moved her hair and kissed her neck. He whispered to her, "Rose."
She moved her bum back to get closer to him. He became hard immediately. He remembered before they were married and she had done the same thing when they had been sleeping. He wouldn't have touched her then, but how he had wanted to. He smiled as he unbuttoned the oxford she wore, and pulled the back of it down so he could kiss her back. He whispered to her again, "Rose."
He rubbed her bum and ran his finger under the waist band of her knickers as he continued to kiss her back and her neck. He whispered her name again.
She hummed briefly, which made him smile. He pulled at her knickers and teased her short hairs he had left between her legs when he had groomed her. She took a deep breath as he whispered her name in her ear. He sucked her ear lobe. She rolled over on her back.
He leaned up and looked at her. He whispered her name again. She didn't move and continued to sleep. He laughed under his breath and watched her sleep for a few moments.
"Rose." He whispered as he ran his fingers under the waist band of her knickers again. Rose moved slightly.
He unbuttoned the oxford she wore completely and ran his fingertips down her chest. He saw goosebumps form on her skin. He reached her waist again and slipped his fingers under her knickers' waist band. He started to pull them down, but decided to wake her first.
He whispered her name again as he leaned down to kiss her lips.
She suddenly jumped straight up and cracked her forehead into his.
"Awe!" He moaned and rolled over on his back. He held where her head had hit him. "Damn, that hurt."
She rose up and looked at him. She rubbed her own head, briefly. "I'm so sorry. I was dreaming."
He held his head. "What were you dreaming?"
She ran her hand through her hair, "You were calling me. To Bad Wolf Bay."
He closed his eyes and shook his head. "Idiot. Me, not you."
Rose looked down at the opened shirt she wore. She pointed at it and smiled. "What happened here?"
"It was confining to your form. I was rescuing you." He laughed.
She smiled.
"Is your head alright?" he asked.
She lay down on his chest and kissed his forehead. She laughed, "I'm fine. How's your head? Headache gone?"
He smiled, "I have a different one now. And I deserve it. Waking up a mum of an infant."
She smiled, "He's downstairs with Logan and Legate. Genie is there, too. Legate said that Logan had a terrible date with Ashena, so he put Sam on Logan's chest. He was lying on the floor sleeping when I went to get him. He asked me not to move him."
"The stone floor?"
She smiled, "Genie took the cushions and pillows off of the sofa to sleep on. They aren't lying directly on the on the stone floor. But, it has heaters under it anyway, so they will be warm."
"Makes my back hurt just thinking about it." He complained.
"That's because you are old." Rose teased him.
He laughed, "And you are cheeky."
Rose smiled as she lay back in the pillows. "Can we talk about this?"
He rolled back over on his side and began to kiss her again. "Of course. What is it?"
"Sam. He can regenerate?"
He smiled as he kissed her neck. "I've never been so happy to be wrong about something in all of my lives."
Rose turned on her side and put her finger on his lips. He looked surprised, "Oh. That's what we're talking about."
He lay back on his back and sighed.
"What happened to him? Does that mean he dies? What-"
He rubbed his face. "It means he will continue on."
"You could see him from where you were. How old was he?"
"He looked Jacob's age. Eight or nine. His face was dirty."
"What had happened to him? What will he have to go through?" Her voice cracked.
He quickly rolled over and kissed her forehead. "Shhhh… don't think about this. He regenerates. He will be alright."
"Why? What happens to him to force him to do that?"
He sighed, "I have no idea."
She covered her mouth as tears formed in her eyes. "He's a child."
"He's our child. Rose." Then, a look of realization came across his face. "Shit. He could be it." He lay back in the pillows and ran his hand through his hair.
Rose could feel his shock. She rose up and looked at him, "He could be what?"
He looked at her. "Ummm. Finding words."
She raised her eyebrows.
"Back on Gallifrey, there was this prophecy read in the scrolls about the Hybrid. The people of the Drylands thought it was me. The Hybrid was from two warrior races. Just the mention of him carried with it the weight of terror because of the destruction he brought with him."
"You're not from two warrior races."
He shook his head, "Sam is. Nah, that's not him. He's ….. nah."
Rose sat up in the bed and shook her head. "I hate this. Can we do anything about this?"
"What? Like to prevent it? No. It's a fixed point. Everything you saw can't be changed."
She covered her mouth again and willed herself not to cry. "He's a little boy! That's not right!"
He rose up and held her. "Rose. I'm so sorry. He will be alright. You saw that we are there with him when it happens. Try not to think about this. Please. He will be alright. I've regenerated many times. The first was the most frightening. I'll be with him. You'll be there, too."
Rose nodded her head. He looked into her eyes and he caressed her cheek. "I hate this. I know why you hate seeing these. As soon as you passed out, I went downstairs to check on him. I just wanted to hold him and make sure he was alright."
He smiled at her. "He's so lucky to have such an amazing mum."
She shook her head. "I don't know if that's something I can forget. Something I can pretend isn't going to happen."
"No matter what we do to prevent it, it will happen."
"You can send yourself a reminder to stop it." Rose remembered.
He sighed as he thought of what had happened the day before. He dropped his head. Rose could feel his apprehension.
She looked confused at him. "What's wrong?"
He sat back and rubbed his finger across his lips. "I don't know how to tell you this. I need to tell you. I don't want you to hear about it from the guys. And it's all they are talking about."
She took both of his hands in hers. "Just tell me. I'm not going to be angry."
He shook his head. "That's not what I'm worried about."
She rubbed his chest. "You are safe. Go ahead."
"Yesterday, was just strange. My head hurt most of the day. I hadn't slept. I had to meet with that….wanker. Oh, Rose. I really don't like that guy. The TARDIS couldn't even translate how stupid that man's words are."
Rose sat up in surprise, "Damn. Tell me how you really feel won't you?"
"I'm going to talk to Howie about running for another term, just because I can't bear the thought of that piece of shit in office one more moment."
"Left quite the impression, huh?" she teased.
"Howie's heart? It never made it to Walter Reed. It was lost somehow in route to Howie. If it was ever even on the way."
"How do you know?"
"When it continued to not show up, Adriano popped to where it was supposed to be to retrieve it. He opened the cooler that was supposed to contain it, and it was empty. He told me as I walked outside at Camp David."
Rose rubbed his chest. "But, Howie had the operation."
"I found him the heart. I received a reminder on my watch that Genie was shot by a sniper that was set up, over from the field from where they were playing. Jack popped the children back to the island and I shot the sniper."
She stopped rubbing his chest and took his hands. "You? Genie is alright-"
"She's fine. She would have been shot in the shoulder and twice in her leg."
She looked at him in complete surprise. "You mean, Jake shot him?"
He shook his head, "No. I asked for Jake's gun and shot them. There were four. It was only Jake and I out there. Everytime Jake shoots at something, I end up getting shot."
Rose smiled, "That's true. He's really not that bad of a shot-"
"He couldn't have made the shot. I couldn't see them. I could feel where the men were. The snow moved when they breathed. The snow was thick. I had to take the shot from what I felt."
"How far away were they?"
He shook his head. "It doesn't matter."
"You shot all four?"
He nodded his head, "Lance transported the bodies into the incinerator on the ship and burned the ground for me. No one knows what happened."
"I don't understand how you got the heart. Did you skip that part?"
He looked down at their hands. "I found one with the right blood type, so I took it and put it a cooler that Lance brought me. Adriano had brought it to him."
"You cut it out? There in the snow?"
He nodded his head, still unable to look at her.
Rose looked around the room for a moment to collect her thoughts. She was surprised at not only what he was telling her, but that he was telling her. She looked back him, he hadn't taken his eyes off of their hands.
She grabbed his face. "Look at me. You did what you had to do. Does Genie know about this?"
"No. She was gone before the first shot was fired."
Rose smiled, "You saved our little girl."
He ran his fingertips down her chest, "Lewis felt it necessary to pull me over to the corner and ask if I was alright. Rose, this isn't like me."
Rose sat up straighter to encourage him to keep touching her chest. "Baby. I'm bleeding into you. I would have done that without a second thought. You, remember, are also a bit of Donna. Would she have shot someone?"
He chuckled at the thought. "I'm surprised she never shot me! If she had been around a gun, she probably would have."
She moved closer to him, "Baby. You are not the man you once were. You are a father and a husband now. Someone was going to hurt your child, and someone had put your friend in a terrible situation where he needed your help. You were being a Doctor more yesterday than I have ever known you to be. You shouldn't be ashamed of that. These people are barbaric, and you know this. Our little girl is safe because of you. My brother, and Jacob, didn't see Genie get hurt. Howie is going to be alright. Not a bad day's work."
He nodded his head.
She pat his chest and whispered. "Stay here. I'm going to the loo."
She got out of bed and walked across the floor. He sighed and fell back into the pillows. His bracelet lit up. Friday spoke, "There is a call for you from Pete Tyler."
He looked around and didn't spot his trousers. He shook his head and tapped the bracelet to answer the call.
"Good morning, Pete." He said as he ran his hand through his hair.
"And good morning to you! I'm still here with Howie, who has gotten dressed and has been walking around the hallways this morning. Harassing the poor nurses." Pete told him proudly.
The Doctor smiled, "That's wonderful news."
Pete laughed, "Doctor Smith says his color is good and everything looks great."
"Fantastic."
"We watched the rest of the show last night. Stark's idea?"
"His demand is probably closer to what happened."
"Well, I wouldn't have done it, but it was interesting. Secret agent, Smith." He teased.
"You suck, Pete." He complained.
Pete laughed, "The news is showing you lot going to a night club afterwards?"
He rubbed his face, "Yeah. Some place he knows. It was good for Rose. We hung out with Tosh and Malcolm, too. Hey! Tosh has this amazing idea. I can't wait to talk to you about it."
"Yeah? Torchwood stuff?"
"Medical stuff. She's on her way back to London on the Bullet today to get started on it."
"Who's with her?"
"Malcolm. And I've sent Mortimer and Talbot, too."
"Malcolm is worthless if someone is attacking them."
The Doctor laughed, "He fainted last night and fell out into the floor when Tony introduced himself."
Pete laughed, "Oh, that's some funny shit! I wish I could have seen that."
Rose walked back out to the bedroom and climbed on top of him. She straddled his waist and took off the shirt that she wore. She had removed her knickers in the loo and was completely nude. She felt his brain short out.
He could only mumble, "Oh, that's fantastic."
She smiled as she leaned down and started to kiss his neck.
Pete laughed, "Yeah, Howie says he wants you to come to this press conference. Can you make it?"
He was completely distracted by Rose who had taken his hand and put it between her legs. "Oh yes. I can do that."
"It's in an hour. Here at Walter Reed."
She sat up and rubbed her breasts to tease him.
He bit his lip. "Yes. See you later, Pete."
He tapped the bracelet to end the call. "Woman! You are so mean to me!"
He grabbed her pushed her down on the mattress. She laughed as she fell into the pillows and he lay on top of her. He crashed his lips into hers. She sucked his bottom lip and smiled as he rose his head up.
"You used that toothpaste. You didn't have to do that." He smiled.
"Know you didn't wake me up just to chat. Show me what you had in mind."
He smiled. "Rose."
She smiled at him. "Baby, I love you. Let me be the one to say it today."
"Alright." He said as he rubbed her breast and started to snog her again. She pushed his pants down and stroked him in her hand. Her hand got wet when she rubbed the tip.
'If you had spoken longer on the phone, I was going to put this in my mouth.' She told him in his head.
He moaned as he kissed her neck. "I can't think when you do that."
'Tell me what was even discussed on the phone.'
He stopped kissing her and thought. "I don't know. What did I agree to?"
She laughed at him. "I knew you weren't listening to him. You have to be at Walter Reed in an hour."
He dropped his head and groaned. "Damn it. I want this to take an hour."
"Make it snappy, chappy." She teased him.
He looked at her seriously, "Not words a man wants to hear, Rose."
She laughed, "I'm sorry."
He slipped inside of her and she wrapped her legs around him. She moaned as he pumped inside of her. She teased her own clit while he rubbed her breast and kissed her. She began to climax as he moaned.
He looked down to see that she was pleasuring herself. He smiled at her, 'That's so hot. Can I watch you do that sometime?'
'Only if you agree to help.'
He held her head and began to snog her again.
She seemed to forget how to kiss as she cried out.
'Please, don't stop.' She asked him.
She could feel his breath as he panted into her neck. 'Stay tight. You're nearly there.'
She tightened herself as he continued to stroke inside of her. His fingers and took over teasing her clit as she collapsed and he was pushed out of her. He laughed, "Damn."
She panted. "That was amazing. Oh wow."
He lay back on top of her and kissed her again. "I love you more, everyday."
She smiled, "You didn't finish."
He looked down at himself. "I-"
"No. Open my drawer just there. Get that bottle."
He reached over to her drawer and got the bottle of lube she was referring to. He showed it to her. "This stuff?"
She took it from him and smiled, "Stop making that face. You will like this. You are such a boob man."
He sat, straddling her with his hands on his hips. She put a few drops of lube between her breasts and rubbed it into her skin. "Oh, I think I know what you are on about. You're alright with that?"
She nodded as she closed the bottle and lay it down next to her. "Go ahead. We're going to shower after this."
He scratched his chin. "I don't know. It is-"
"Shut up, and give me a pearl necklace." She told him.
He smiled as he positioned his stiff member between her breasts. She pressed her breasts together as he stroked between them. Within just a few moments, he was finished. He looked around and took the oxford she had been wearing and wiped her neck off. He lay back down on her and began to kiss her again.
"You feel tired." He whispered to her. "I'm sorry I woke you. I shouldn't have done that."
She smiled, "I wish you would do it more often. There wasn't any child in this room with us. It was a great idea."
He smiled at her and kissed her again.
'Let's go do it again in the shower.' He heard Rose's voice in his head.
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Rose and the Doctor walked downstairs. The Doctor was wearing a pair of jeans and a jumper with the sleeves pulled up. Rose had put on a simple sundress. 'Wearing a sundress at Christmas time. Something I would have never thought I would do.'
He smiled, 'We're in the Southern Hemisphere here. It's summer. Enjoy it. Besides, you are lovely.'
She smiled at him. 'Thank you.'
Legate was asleep with his head propped up on his fist as he sat on the sofa. Genie lay on the sofa with her head lying on Legate's lap. He had his arm draped across her chest. Her arm hung off of the sofa and Goofy sat on the floor next to her. One of her bare feet hung out from the blanket that she had on her.
Rose smiled, 'I didn't think Legate slept.'
'He sleeps less than I do. This is rare to see.' He turned to her. 'Do you need me today for anything?'
Rose thought and shook her head. 'I don't think so. Why? What day is it?'
'Saturday. I bet we can get a game in. We've not used the outdoor pitch yet. Well, if this rain will stop.'
Rose giggled and shook her head. 'You and football.'
Logan lay on cushions from the sofa on the floor. Sam, still on his chest, had started to rub his face. Rose walked over and picked Sam up. The Doctor pulled the blanket back up over Logan.
'I'll make him a bottle.' He said in her head as he walked to the food replicator. Rose heard him quietly ask for something.
Rose kissed Sam as he started to wake up. "Hello there, little boy."
Sam fussed a bit.
"Hey, language young man." The Doctor told him quietly. "We'll get that nappy sorted in just a bit." He handed Rose the bottle and kissed Sam on the head. Rose noticed he had a purple flower in his hand.
"What is that for?" She asked.
He pointed at himself. "I am a gentleman."
She watched him walk over and sit on the side of the sofa next to Genie. Legate opened his eyes and stretched. "Oh, hey."
The Doctor smiled, "Thanks so much, Legate."
Legate smiled, "It was absolutely no problem. She slept all night. He was my biggest problem." He pointed at Logan.
Logan didn't open his eyes and flipped Legate the bird.
The Doctor and Legate laughed quietly at his reaction. "Nothing a bit of football can't fix later. What do you say, Logan?"
Logan didn't open his eyes and gave him the thumbs up. "I'm in that."
The Doctor turned and tickled the bottom of Genie's foot that hung out of her blanket. "My Sara Gene. Good Morning." He told her.
She rubbed her eyes and opened them. She smiled, "Hi, Daddy."
He held up the flower for her. "I owe you an apology. I'm so very sorry."
Genie sat up and leaned against Legate. "Why? What did you do?"
"I feel as though I've not seen you in several days. I've been so busy. I would like to ask you out on a date. I know I told you I would make you Toad in a Hole this morning, but, would you rather go someplace with me and then we'll go out for breakfast afterwards?"
She smiled, "Then can we go swimming?"
He smiled. "That sounds wonderful. We've not tried out this ocean. It's a completely different one from our other island."
She smiled at him. She took her blanket off and hugged him.
"Ohh….that's just what I needed." He told her as he held her and kissed her cheek. He looked at her face and asked, "Could you go upstairs and get changed?"
"Alright." She said and he picked her up off of the sofa and sat her on the floor. He handed her the flower.
Rose smiled, "Come on. I'll help you."
He leaned back on the sofa next to Legate. He reached down and picked up the Goofy doll. He looked down at Logan and put his foot on his chest. "Logan. Tony had a hell of an idea last night that we're going to do with you."
Logan didn't open his eyes. "I shudder to think."
"Oh, I really think you'll like it. What happened with Ashena?"
Logan groaned and rubbed his face.
The Doctor rocked Logan with his foot. "Tell me, man. I might be able to help."
Logan still didn't open his eyes. "I really don't want to talk about it."
"Alright. I can respect that. How bad was it?"
"I ….really embarrassed myself."
The Doctor nodded his head. "Okay. I get that."
Logan pointed at him. "Oh, to hell with it! You would know. What is a Baculum?"
He looked surprised, "A Baculum? It's a bone inside of a penis. Humans don't have it."
"That's what I thought she was talking about."
Legate looked surprised, "They don't?"
"No. Well, they used to. But, human men tend to be monogamous and don't worry so much that someone else will make time with their mates. They don't have to stay hard long enough to have sex with several woman. So, they just evolved. Chimpanzees still have them. Chimpanzee testicles are actually the size of their brains. It's incredible."
Legate chuckled. "I've met people like that."
The Doctor laughed. "I had coffee with one yesterday in an Oval Office."
Legate pointed at him, "The one I was thinking about."
Logan moaned. "Oh, God. What was thinking asking you about this?"
The Doctor laughed and rocked Logan again with his foot on his chest. "What the hell brought that up?"
Legate teased, "No pun intended."
Logan opened his eyes and pointed at Legate. "Oh, shut up."
Legate laughed.
"Talk to me, Logan. I can help. What did you do?"
Logan sighed, "She was looking at a medical book and noticed humans didn't have it. So, she asked me if I had ever heard of someone having one."
"Uh oh." Legate teased.
"I told her that sounded like some weird ass fetish to me."
The Doctor made a face. "Aw. Not a good idea."
"That's when she told me all of her people did. She asked me if it was odd for her to prefer men that had it or didn't. And it escalated from there. Sounds rather stupid now that I'm telling you, but she was pissed."
"You offended her."
Logan threw his hands out. "She doesn't have one either! How could that offend her?"
The Doctor looked back at Legate and rolled his eyes. "Young man, you have a lot to learn."
Legate smiled, "A woman can become offended about anything at anytime. Am I wrong, John?"
He shook his head, "You're not. Logan. Don't try to understand women. I'm ancient and I don't have it figured out yet. Instead, humble yourself to realize that you are going to make mistakes, and so is she. She's probably beating herself up about this, too. Sounds like an embarrassing discussion with overreactions to me."
Logan shook his head. "I don't know what to say to her. I was rather rude."
"This is what you do. Andromedaens have some customs that are different than the ones here on Earth. Don't get her flowers, unless it's like a plant so she can continue to grow it. Cut flowers presented to royalty is offensive."
Logan looked up at him in surprise, "It is? Why?"
"You have killed the flower by cutting it away from the plant. It's symbolic of your desire to murder the person you give it to in their culture. I should probably explain that to her before someone here screws up."
Logan shook his head. "Like me. Ugh. That sortof makes sense."
"You need to go get her a flower and plant it in front of her flat. She will see it as you want to help her grow. Also…. Hang on." He dug in his pocket.
"What are you looking for?"
He pulled out a shopping bag from his pocket. He moved his head to glance through the doorway. He opened the bag and pulled out several blue boxes from Tiffany's in New York.
"I went Christmas shopping yesterday. I picked up a few extra things." He opened the boxes and looked inside of each one. After the fourth one, he smiled, "Yeah. That's the one. She would like that." He closed the box and handed it to Logan. He put the bag back into his bigger on the inside pockets. "Give her that necklace. But, hang it on the plant once you are finished planting it. It's from a story Andromedaens are told. Similar to Romeo and Juliet here. Well, without the dying part. But, she will love it."
Logan lay on the floor and opened the box to look at the necklace. "Wow. What the hell is this?"
"18K gold. The diamonds that are around it are each a half a carat. It's long, so she wear it with….anything."
Legate smiled, "Or nothing."
Logan held it in his hand and looked at it closer. "How much is something like this worth?"
The Doctor shook his head. "Don't worry about that."
"Well, I need to pay you for it, John."
The Doctor chuckled, "Let me have this one. You buy the flower and plant it."
Logan nodded his head and put it in the box. "Thank you, John."
He reached down and patted his chest. "You'll get it sorted. Don't worry about this. All relationships have their up and downs."
Genie ran back into the room. She was wearing her dark grey tights and a long, plaid shirt. She had long boots with knee socks popping up at the top. Legate smiled, "Hey. That looks cute."
She was carrying her brown, jacket with large buttons. "Mum says I need this. Where are we going?"
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