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Chapter 46 – Baby Blues

Rose and The Doctor walked back into the island home.

"We're back!" Rose called to them.

Genie jumped off the sofa and ran to them. The Doctor picked her up and kissed her cheek. "The baby is sleeping, Daddy. Ew! You are wet."

He looked at himself. "Well, Rose and I went for run. We got sweaty."

Jackie rocked Sam and shook her head. "Running. When you have a five day old child. I don't think that's good for you, Rose."

Rose looked back at The Doctor. He smiled back at her, "Jackie. Remember when we talked about me being able to…..help Rose feel better? That's what's happening here. She's completely fine. Don't worry about this."

Jackie looked shocked. "Really?"

Rose smiled as she walked over and looked at Sam. "Yes, mum. Really."

"Well, damn you are the envy of every mother in known history." Jackie fussed.

Genie waved her hands, "Daddy, you are too sweaty. Let me down."

He laughed and sat her down. Genie looked up at him. "You were running with Rose?"

He nodded, "Yep. I was."

"Like a race?" Genie asked.

He smiled as he looked at Rose.

Rose shook her head. "No, just running for fun."

He pointed at Rose. "Rose sets the pace for us. And once again has proven that she's faster, prettier, and smells a whole lot better."

Jackie smiled, "That's sweet. Does this child have a name?"

Rose smiled. "He does."

Rose looked back at The Doctor. He shook his head, "Nope. You tell her."

Rose smiled, "He's Samuel Alistair Peter Tyler-Smith. Or just Sam."

Jackie smiled. "Oh, I like that! Where did Alistair come from?"

Rose pointed at the Doctor. "A friend of his."

The Doctor looked around. "Jackie, where is Pete and Tony?"

Jackie rolled her eyes. "Downstairs in the strange room of yours with a football pitch in it."

The Doctor clapped his hands. "Oh! The tank! My favorite room here!"

"Why do you call it a tank?" Jackie asked him.

Rose smiled, "He says it has two fields. The one you saw, then there is another one to the side that is encased in some sort of plastic. They prefer to play in there because they kick the ball off the wall and at remains in play. I've not seen it yet. But, that's what he has told me."

The Doctor rubbed his beard. "Yeah! That's brilliant fun! I'm glad he didn't take him up to the ship."

"Why?" Rose asked him.

The Doctor turned his head and smiled. "I've never told Tony about me!"

Rose looked shocked. "How is that possible? Genie knows!"

He held up his hands. "I just never told him! I didn't keep it from him, I just never got around to it. How would you even start that conversation, Rose? Huh? Have you got your opening line, yet?"

Rose rolled her eyes at him. "You have to tell him."

He sighed, "I will. I just think he's too young. Anyway, Jackie, would you watch the children? I want to take Rose someplace really quick. Tony needed me to make an appearance at something in New York, I think Rose going would be well received."

Jackie smiled. "I'd be happy to. Go have a great time and don't worry about this lot. I have Genie to help me with Sam."

Genie danced around the room. "Gran says I'm the best helper!"

The Doctor smiled at her. "Well, you are! Brilliant. Thank you, Jackie. We'll go get ready then."

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The Doctor and Rose were enjoying a wonderful snog in the shower.

"I love this vanilla soap." He told her.

Rose smiled at him. "Both of us will smell like candy."

The Doctor's bracelet lit up and Friday's voice spoke. "Reminder, you are expected in New York in 30 minutes, Doctor Smith."

Rose looked at him. "Yeah, that's not strange at all."

He groaned as he turned off the shower and helped Rose out. "I miss the simpler days. I'd get a carrier pigeon!"

Rose laughed, "Did you really?"

He smiled and nodded his head. "Oh, I have before. Or an Ood would come tell me something."

Rose shook her head quickly, "Okay, I'm making a rule right now. No Oods in the shower. Ever! Oh my God!"

He laughed at her. "Okay. Lewis and Gobbo are going with us. Good! I am dying to see if Lewis got good news this morning!"

Rose wrapped the towel around herself and walked over to the mirror. He rubbed his beard as he looked her up and down. She spotted him in the mirror. She raised her finger. "Do not even think about it! Go get ready. We don't have a lot of time."

"Damn it. Later, then woman! Ugh. Tony is a pain in my ass." He complained as he walked into the closet. Rose heard his voice in her head. 'Is this closet big enough for you, Rose Tyler? Or do you want me to make it bigger on the inside like we talked about?'

Rose rolled her eyes. 'Honestly, it is fine. It's twice as big as the one in London. I'm happy.'

'At some point, I probably need to show you the rest of this house. I've still got some rooms I need to make bigger. What rooms have you seen?'

'This bedroom. Of course. I've got it memorized. The sitting room, kitchen, dining room and this deck that overlooks the ocean. Everything looks lovely.'

He joined her in the bathroom wearing one of his three piece suits. Rose looked surprised at him. "What, did you just jump in your clothes?!"

He laughed as he ran his hand through his wet hair. "Something like that. Hopeful for a quick snog with the misses."

Rose shook her head at him. "I don't know why you are so…"

"What?" he asked her as he rubbed a towel across his wet hair again.

Rose finished brushing out her hair and laid the brush on the cabinet.

He tossed the towel to the side and looked at her, curiously. "What I'm so what, dear? What were you going to say?"

Rose bit her lip. "Nevermind. I'm being stupid."

He took her hand and kissed it. "No. This is important. Tell me what you were going to say."

Rose sighed and closed her eyes. "Why you are so attracted to me. I look terrible and feel like a milk cow."

He smiled at her. "You have the baby blues, Rose Tyler. That's what this is. It's normal."

Rose looked back at the mirror and shook her head. "See. I told you I'm just being stupid."

He could feel her nervousness. "You are not being stupid. I'm being stupid. Rose. Maybe there is something more to this." He said as he looked at her and rubbed his beard.

Rose could sense his concern. She patted his chest. "Look. I'm fine. Just being stupid. I've got to get ready, and you need to do something with that hair."

He ran his hand through his hair again. "This conversation isn't over, woman."

Rose walked into the closet. "Oh, I'm sure it's not!"

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The Doctor got ready and went back downstairs to meet Lewis and Gobbo in the sitting room. The men all shook hands. The Doctor wore his black three piece suit, with a silk red tie and his Gucci loafers. Genie saw him and nodded her head. "Wow. Daddy, you look very handsome."

He smiled and ran his hand in his hair. "Hair good? Sticking up in the right places?"

Genie smiled. "Yeah, Daddy. Looks like you."

He gave her a thumbs-up as Rose walked into the room and everyone gasped. She was wearing a red, sleeveless chiffon gathered empire evening gown that tied in the back. It came to her knees. She wore silver heels and her hair up.

Lewis spoke first. "Wow!"

Gobbo shook his head. "You did not just have a baby."

The Doctor said something in his strange language as he rubbed his beard and looked her up and down.

Jackie smiled. "That is beautiful, Rose. I love that."

Genie smiled. "That's right, Sam. Look at our mum! She's beautiful!"

Rose's eyes lit up as she looked back at The Doctor. He heard it too and smiled at Rose. "She really is, Genie. I'm the luckiest man in the world to have such a beautiful woman to walk me out on stage tonight."

"Stage?! What the hell are we doing?" Rose asked him.

He smiled as he bopped her on the nose. "Heels. Ugh! Don't think I didn't notice, woman."

They popped away.

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