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Chapter – Work-Out Room

Rose was running on the treadmill, alone in the workout room on the ship. The walls were a brushed metal silver color, trimmed in royal blue. The room also had weights, a boxing ring in the corner, various workout machines and three other treadmills. Rose also saw an indention in the wall which she recongized as a food replicator. There was also another one next to it that she didn't recognize. She was trying to figure out what it was when Logan walked into the room with Legate.

She smiled at them. "Good morning, gentlemen."

Logan seemed a bit overwhelmed to see her there. Legate smiled back at Rose. "Good morning, ma'am. How are you today?"

Logan smiled as he nodded his head at her. "Ma'am."

Rose stopped running and turned off the treadmill. "Legate. You probably know. What is that, just there? I don't recognize it."

Legate looked at what Rose was pointing at. "Oh! That's a….ummm…. I don't know what you would call it in English. Sorry. But, it's like a food replicator. But, it's for things you don't eat. Like, this."

He walked over to it, pressed down the button and said something in another language. Rose guessed it was Quauhtin. A folded blue towel appeared as if it was beamed into the replicator. He took it out and handed it to her. "There you are Miss Rose."

Rose smiled, "Oh, please just call me Rose." She asked him. She looked at Logan and smiled. "And that goes for you too, Logan. There's no need to stand on formalities with me."

Logan relaxed a bit. "Yes, ma'am. Your, um… husband asked me not to call him 'sir'. Is that typical?"

Rose smiled as he wiped her face with the towel Legate had given her. "Yes. That's completely him. He hates that. Just call him Doctor, or John. Or Doctor Smith. Some people call him that."

Legate turned to him, "We all call him Doctor. He seems to prefer that most. What did you call him when we played football together?"

Logan shrugged his shoulders. "I managed to never call him anything!"

Legate laughed at him. "He doesn't bite. You'll be fine."

They all got back on treadmills together, Legate between Rose and Logan, and began to run again. Legate popped his neck as he ran. "I didn't know you ran, Rose."

Rose laughed. "Yes. I wasn't able to while I was pregnant. I'm happy to get back to it now."

Legate nodded his head. "Yeah, probably not the thing you should do when you are pregnant. Makes sense. Have you been down to the new football pitch the Doctor made on the island?"

Rose smiled at him. "Not yet. The Doctor loves football. It's almost reached a level of obsession with him."

Jack ran into the room and jumped on the treadmill with Rose. He put feet on either side of the moving floor and picked her up in an embrace. Legate seeing him, laughed and quickly turned off Rose's treadmill. Rose laughed loudly, "You nutter! What the hell are you doing? Trying to break our necks?"

Jack kissed her cheek and jumped off the treadmill. "I heard you talking about obsessions. I couldn't help myself."

Legate rolled his eyes. "Oh, the Doctor won't like that. He'll put you in headlock again."

Logan laughed. "I really hope that's part of what he's going to show us. I've never seen anything like that! He never even put down his glass!"

Jack got on the treadmill next to Logan. "Ah, he just likes to show off. Where is he, Rose?"

Rose had returned to running. "Sleeping. He had just come to bed when I left. Hell of a party, apparently. Haven't you slept, Jack?"

He shook his head proudly. "Nope! Now that we're headed to Plentitude, I've pulled out my stash of All-Nighters! I tried to give Stark one, but he said it might not mix with his medicine. What is he on?"

Rose rolled her eyes. "Do not give him that! Oh my God! He just had a heart transplant! Are you trying to kill that man?"

Jack lifted his hands. "How the hell am I supposed to know that?"

Logan shook his head. "Wow."

Legate looked at him. "Crazy looking at it when you get inside, huh?"

"Different. Very different." Logan said.

Jack shook his head as he ran. "What did Doc' say when he came back?"

Rose smiled and laughed under her breath. "The usual. Don't believe anything you might hear. How high did he crank up the oxygen?"

Legate laughed. "It was up in the 50's when I left. Everyone was feeling that. Damn."

Jack laughed, "The man is such a junkie. Granted. I was enjoying it, too."

Legate suggested, "Maybe it will help with his concussion. Have you noticed him?"

Rose asked, "What do you mean?"

Legate looked back at her. "I don't know. He's just…..off."

Jack continued to run. "Ah, give him a few days. He'll be back to the annoying pain in the ass we all know and love. I'm anxious for today though! Weapons training with the Doctor? Rose! Do you know about this?"

Rose turned off the treadmill and got off of it. "He mentioned he was training Logan. I didn't ask him about it."

Legate nodded at Logan. "Doc' is really taking it rather seriously. He's got a schedule for him all worked out."

Jack laughed. "It's really good, too! Weapons training, hand to hand combat, piloting, I mean….really? Maybe his head injury was worse than we thought. He wouldn't have done this before. Would he?"

Rose walked over and asked the food replicator for a glass of water. She sipped it. "I really don't know, Jack. Do you think so?"

Jack chuckled. "I don't know. Maybe he has a plan he's not letting anyone in on. I'm not sure."

Legate looked over at Logan. "Don't worry, mate. You'll be fine."

Rose sighed. "Oh, damn. Sam is awake. I've got to go gentlemen. See you lot later."

They all told her bye as she walked out of the room.

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Rose walked into their room expecting to hear Sam screaming at the top of his lungs. Everything was extremely quiet. She walked into the bedroom to find the Doctor lying on the bed with his back towards to the door. He was talking in what Rose had begun to recognize as Gallifreyan. She walked closer and saw that Sam lay on the bed next to him, kicking his legs and coo'ing. Rose smiled as she saw The Doctor lean his head down and blow air bubbles on Sam's stomach.

She sat down behind him. "Are you in here playing with the baby?"

He smiled at her. "Yeah. We're just chatting about things. How about that, Sam? Your mum is back!"

Sam kicked his legs.

"Watch this, Rose." The Doctor told her as he leaned down and blew air bubbles on Sam's stomach again. Sam's eyes became huge as he opened his mouth in surprise. Rose could feel Sam's playful mood and his wonder at what was going on.

Rose laughed, "What are you telling him?"

"Stories. About his mum. How wonderful she is." He smiled.

Rose smiled at him. "Seriously. What are you saying to him?"

The Doctor looked down at Sam, "Why doesn't your mum believe me? Isn't that what we were chatting about, Sam? Don't you agree?"

Sam kicked his legs.

The Doctor smiled down at Sam. Rose rubbed the Doctor's back as she laid her head on his shoulder. "Did you get some more sleep?"

"Enough. I'm alright." He told her, not taking his eyes off of Sam. "I think he slept all night. Didn't he?"

Rose thought and then laughed, "He did! Maybe he likes being in space."

The Doctor smiled back at him. "Then Daddy will take you into space more often, son. That way, you can get your rest. 'Son'. Wow. I sound like your Grandfather."

Sam kicked his legs and coo'ed.

The Doctor spoke to Rose. "Go on and take your shower. I'll keep an eye on this one. The other three will be up in a bit. Genie is already awake. I don't know why she's not in here, yet."

Rose kissed his cheek. "He probably needs a feed."

"Ah, he can wait for mum to take a shower so she's more comfortable. We've talked about it. Go on. I'll keep an eye on him. I suspect we have a change of a nappy that might be happening in the near future."

"Fixed point in time?" Rose teased as she got up.

The Doctor spoke to Sam. "Says the Time Lord's wife. Do you know how amazing you are, Sam? How precious to your Daddy?" The Doctor leaned down and blew bubbles on Sam's stomach again. "I could do this all day, Sam."

Rose picked up her robe and walked towards their bathroom. "Tell me, are you still as confused as you were? How is your head?"

He looked back at her. "I'm fine. Why?"

She nodded her head. "Just curious."

He looked confused at her. "No, you're not curious. You're nervous. Why?"

Rose shook her head and walked into the bathroom. The Doctor looked surprised back at Sam. "I think your mum is going a bit mad. I need to get her out of the house and away from you rotten children. She thinks I'm one of the children she has to be worried about."

Sam coo'ed up at him.

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