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Chapter 64 -Saying Good-bye

Rose smiled at the level of laughter and noise that was coming from the hallway. The Doctor walked in the sitting room holding Tony upside down, by his feet. He was bouncing him closely to the floor. "Rose, I'm just going to drop your rotten brother on his head. Did you know he already knew I wasn't from here? He's known this entire time? Rotten boy!"

Tony was laughing and shouting playfully. Jacob laughed and joined them. "Hi John!"

The Doctor looked at Jacob as he helped Tony get up on his feet. "Jacob! Did you know before I told you today?"

Jacob smiled sheepishly and nodded. "Yeah. Tony told me when we first met at Camp David. He said you were a nice, though."

The Doctor looked surprised at Rose, who laughed at him. "No wonder he never spoke to me." He grabbed Jacob quickly and held him by his ankles, threatening to bounce his head on the floor. "Let's just drop him on his head, too! He knew and he never said anything! What on Earth is wrong with these children?! I've lived in fear of telling them for months!"

Jacob laughed hysterically. "Let me down!"

"Never! You rotten boy!" The Doctor playfully yelled at him.

They all laughed as the Doctor gently tapped Jacob's head on the tile floor. "There! Take that!"

He helped him back to his feet. All three of the children laughed and ran out of the room.

Rose walked up to The Doctor and wrapped her arms around his neck. He was out of breath from playing with the children. "You seem to be feeling better. Head alright?"

"I'm fine. Still can't remember last night, but I'm not as confused now. Oh! Before I forget, or lose it again." He reached in his pocket and pulled out the jewelry box. He took out the ring with his, hers, Genie's and now Sam's stone in it. He slid it on her finger and kissed her hand. "There. No more swollen fingers. You can put your rings back on again. Although, seeing you without your wedding band made me feel like you were my girlfriend again. Can I call you that, sometime?"

She giggled at him. She whispered, "You can call me anything you like." She leaned in to kiss him as he made that happy noise in the back of his throat.

"Ew. Gross, get a room." Jack complained as he walked into the sitting room with Jake.

The Doctor sighed, "This is a room. It's my room! It's my house! What the hell?"

Jack laughed, "I'm coming with you today. Jake just came to see me off. Where's your stuff? I'll take up with me."

Rose smiled. "I've already sent it, but thanks."

Jack nodded. "Alright. See you up there."

Jack pressed a remote and Jake and him disappeared.

Rose asked, "Where did he get a remote?"

"Ah, he was on the ship earlier. He probably grabbed one then." He told her. "Where's Sam?"

"Shakes has him. He wanted to tell him bye. It was really sweet." Rose smiled.

The Doctor smiled. "He's so happy right now. I wonder what Summus is saying to him."

"Most likely, something I couldn't understand. Quauhtin sounds like a mixture of German, French and something you would speak when you have had too much to drink."

He laughed, "Don't tell them that. Wow! Offensive extreme!"

"Did you talk to Dad about the TARDIS?" Rose asked him quietly.

He smiled at her. "Yes. He's going to take care of her for me. I've left on the telly. She's watching cartoons again."

Rose laughed at him. He quickly looked around the room to see if they were alone. He held her tightly as he laid his forehead on hers. 'I can't stop thinking about you. About me and you. You have intoxicated my mind. It's the only thing I can think about clearly today.'

Rose smiled at him. She could feel his lust. 'Tell me what you are thinking about, exactly. Then I might be able to help.'

Rose could tell she had been on his mind all day from how enthusiastic he snogged her. He ran his hands down to her bum and pressed her close to his pelvis. She could feel how much he wanted her. It was almost overwhelming. He spoke in her head. 'Me. You. Silk sheets. Candles. Music. Moaning. Tingling. Saying words in High Gallifreyan to make you scream very loudly. A certain taste in my mouth that I've not had in months. That sort of thing.'

She patted his chest and giggled. "Oh. Wow! You are like an ocean of emotions right now! That alone nearly knocked me off my feet."

He caught her lips again. 'Oh, I need you so badly. When can we be alone? Do have time now?'

A male voice yelled from the grand entryway. "Hello!"

The Doctor rubbed his face as he stopped snogging Rose. He said quietly, "Oh, well fuck. There's our answer to that question." He yelled, "In here. Come in!"

Rose shook her head. "Oh my God! You have messed up my head now. Damn it."

He smiled at her as he kissed her hands, "Later woman. Yours. Tonight."

Rose blushed. "See, now I won't be able to think about anything else until then."

Lance walked in with Logan. "I've brought him, Doc. Do you need anyone else to go?"

The Doctor looked at Lance. "We could use you, Lance! Go back a bag. Want me to transport you up?"

Lance smiled. "I've always loved Plentitude. Sure! I'll be straight back. Want me to leave Logan here?"

The Doctor nodded his head. "Yeah. That's fine. Logan, want a cuppa?"

Logan smiled. "Sure! If it's not any trouble."

The Doctor smiled at Rose. "Will you go make sure the children have everything they need? Genie will need her Goofy doll. We can get anything else we might forget."

Rose nodded. "Want me to send them down?"

He rubbed his head where he was shot. "Ummm… Lewis is doing something to the transporter. It will be about ten minutes before he can transport us all up. But, yes. Tell them to get ready."

Rose smiled as she walked out of the room. She smiled at Logan. "Hi Logan."

Logan smiled at her, "Nice to see you again, ma'am."

The Doctor walked over to the kitchen and made two cups of tea. Logan joined him and sat at the bar. "Sir-"

"Okay, first thing. Don't call me sir. I hate that. Call me Doctor. Or John. Either one. Sir, just irks me. I don't deserve the respect that it implies." He told him as he handed him a cup of tea.

Logan nodded his head in surprise. "Doctor. Alright. How do I address your wife?"

He blew his tea as he leaned against the cabinet. "Carefully. She can break your neck."

Logan laughed under his breath. Shakes walked into the kitchen holding Sam in his arms. "Don't scare the kid. Geez. You'll be fine, Logan. It's nice to see you again."

Logan smiled at Shakes. "Good to see you too, sir."

"Your mother is well?" he asked.

"She is. Thank you." Logan smiled at him.

The Doctor looked at Sam who was coo'ing in Shakes' arms. "He's so happy. What have you two been doing?"

"Walking on the beach. It helps me clear my head. I've been speaking to him. Telling him how much I'll miss him this week."

The Doctor rolled his eyes. "Oh, Summus. We're only going to be gone a short time."

Shakes smiled down at him. "Yeah, but he'll be bigger once he returns. He won't ever be this small again. Make sure he gets enough sleep."

The Doctor smiled, "I will. He'll be fine."

"Does he have a blanket? It's usually cold in the quarters at night." Shakes asked him.

The Doctor couldn't help but laugh at how Shakes was having such a hard time letting Sam go. "Summus. Go on and take him up to the ship if you want. Well, when Lewis is finished with the transporter. Geez. What's he doing?"

"Systems check before you guys come up. There's a good crowd already up there. Jack, Jake, Tony, Legate, Poltoius, Gobbo, Pete, Timon, Lewis and Arla."

The Doctor shook his head in approval. "Lance wanted to join us, too. I hope that's alright. I told him it was fine."

Shake nodded his head. "That's fine. I'd rather you have too many, than not enough."

The Doctor leaned into the cabinet and sipped his tea. He pointed at Shakes as he spoke to Logan. "Logan. I probably should go ahead and tell you. Shakes here. Or Summus as he is really called, is a legend in this universe. A strategic master, and leader of the Prime Guard of Quauhtin. He's in charge of the Prime Guard here on Earth, a group of Quauhtin who you simply know as the Tyler family's bodyguards."

Logan looked surprised. "Really? So, they are from…."

"Quauhtin." Shakes nodded as he looked down at Sam and smiled. "Yes. The Prime Guard's role in the universe will be explained over the next few days. I'm sending some of my best men to help train you for whatever you might need. Ask them questions. They want to help you in any way they can."

Logan nodded his head, "Thank you, sir. I have to admit, I'm rather nervous I'll disappoint you guys."

The Doctor smiled and shook his head. "Nah. Don't worry about that. You'll do just fine. I'm happy you agreed to do this. It was highly unusual."

Logan shrugged his shoulders. "It seems interesting. I have no problems with people, no matter where they are from. Everyone you meet is unique, right?"

The Doctor smiled proudly, "Exactly."

Shakes pointed at the Doctor. "Don't let him play his role down, Logan. He's not of his world, either. He's not even of his Dimension. He's a legend where ever the Hell he is from. A Time Traveler. Millions of years old. Rose says they call him, 'The Oncoming Storm'."

The Doctor shook his head. "No one calls me that here."

Logan looked surprised. "So, you are an alien too, Doctor Smith?"

The Doctor nodded his head and smiled. "Suppose it's better to get that right out in the open. Don't tell your mum though, although I'm not convinced she's not an alien of some sort. She's just too damn good at what she does. Hell, she probably already knows."

Logan laughed, "She has six of us. We've trained her well. She's always on her toes. She has to stay one step ahead of us to keep us in line. That's what she's always said."

The Doctor laughed and then had a thought. "Summus. Get Michelle to help with this Idles problem. Why haven't we thought of that? Give her full access to everything and see if she can figure this shit out."

Shake nodded his head. "Good idea. She can probably help for certain. I'll get on that."

"Leave the part about me being an alien out. She doesn't need to know that. Granted, she probably already does. I've never really kept it from her."

Shakes laughed.

Logan looked at them. "Okay. So, you…and the guard. Who else are aliens? Is your wife?"

The Doctor shook his head. "No one else. Well. In this family. Well….Completely anyway. Well… as far as I want to talk about right now."

Logan nodded his head. "Understood."

Legate appeared next to the Doctor. Logan leaned back in surprise. Legate smiled at him and shook his hand. "Logan! Nice to see you! Did you bring a football?"

The Doctor could feel Logan's nervousness fade at the sight of Legate. "No. I'm sorry to say I didn't have the room."

"Ah. I've got about ten onboard. Although, I'm not sure where we can play. Is there a place, Doc'?"

The Doctor smiled. "Have you met me? What do you think? Are we ready to go?"

Legate smiled, "Yes. Lewis sent me down to test the transporter. I'm fine. Let's go!"

The Doctor called Rose in his head.

Shakes smiled. "Should I call for Rose and the children?"

The Doctor shook his head, "Nah. I just called her. She's on her way down."

Just as he said that, Genie ran into the room. "Daddy! Are we really going now?"

He picked her up and kissed her cheek. "Yes. Leaving now. Are you ready to see the ship?"

Genie covered her mouth excitedly. "YES!"

He laughed at her excitement.

Rose came in with Jacob and Tony. "Okay, I think we're ready."

The Doctor looked back at Genie. "Did you get your Goofy doll?"

Genie smiled. "Mum has it."

He looked around the room and counted how many was there. "Alright." He told Lewis through the Quauhtin connection. "Bring us all up."

They all disappeared.

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