The Doctor went into the bath closing the door behind him. He didn't bother to lock the door as Jack made it clear long ago that he had a key to the door and would enter as he pleased or deemed necessary. Going to the medicine cabinet, the Doctor opened it. The top shelf was clearly marked with a piece of red tape and on it were medications that he could safely take. He took a couple of pills to help with the soreness in his body then climbed into the shower. Even if Jack seemed angry at him, his favored earth soap was still sitting in its place along with his shampoo. He was also positive that if he opened the cupboard there would be a fresh bottle just waiting for its turn to be used. He also had razors in the cabinet as well as shaving cream. Going into the shower he turned on the water. He got it to the correct temperature before staring down to watch the water disappear.

In the comfort of the water, he allowed his argument last night with Jack to replay over in his head. It wasn't the first time Jack had yelled at him for not allowing to be more to Emily than her Uncle Jack. It wasn't fair to Jack as he cared for Emily and perhaps even loved her more than the Doctor did. It was only due to his own selfishness that he had refused to let Jack take the title of Papa even if he filled that role. Maybe it was time for the Doctor to change that. His mind made up, he finished his shower. He skipped shaving, for now, instead dressing in a new suit before making his way down the stairs.

"Three bananas is enough," he heard Jack say as he grew closer to the kitchen.

"Four," Emily argued.

"They won't turn out right if we add four. Just add three and we can put extra on top," Jack insisted.

"Okay," Emily sighed elaborately causing the Doctor to chuckle. He walked into the kitchen to see her standing on a stool. She had a banana in her hand and was adding it to a bowl containing eggs and sugar while Jack measured flour and other dry ingredients into a separate bowl.

"What are you making?" The Doctor wondered announcing his presence.

"Banana scones," Emily answered happily.

"It's a new recipe that Francine came up with because the last time we tried to make them they were too watery," Jack explained. Emily nodded taking a bite of the banana before dropping the rest of the piece in the bowl. "Emily, don't be gross. Others are going to be eating those as well."

"Sorry," Emily apologized picking up the piece with her fingers and shoving it in her mouth.

"Will you please check on the dutch baby in the oven?" Jack asked him. The Doctor nodded going over to the oven. He turned on the light looking in to see that it had risen in the pain and was brown. He opened it taking it out.

"Do you want the oven left on?" the Doctor asked.

"Please," Jack answered. He added the dry ingredients to the wet and stirred it. The Doctor got the pasty out of the pan cutting it into pieces and plating it. He added the berries that Jack had prepared to all three of them then took them to the table. Emily hopped down off the stool joining the Doctor at the table while Jack finished making the scones and put them in the oven before joining them. He brought over a cup of tea for the Doctor handing it to him then took a seat at his place. The Doctor took a drink of the tea a small smile crossing his face as he found it perfectly made.

"Can we go to the park?" Emily asked breaking the silence.

"What did I tell you needed to happen first?" Jack wondered.

"You and daddy needed to talk," Emily answered unhappily. "Can I play outside?"

"You need to finish your meal first," Jack responded seeing that she had eaten less than half of her portion of food. She had just mainly picked at the berries ignoring the pastry part of the meal.

"I'm done," Emily told him.

"Nothing until lunch," Jack informed her.

"Okay," Emily responded. She climbed quickly down off of her chair running to the back door and opening it. She ran out into the garden to play as the Doctor watched on. She ran over to the swing that was attached to the tree climbing up on it. The Doctor watched as she didn't need Jack or him to push her but was able to swing by herself. Something that Jack would have taught her as the Doctor never seemed to be around during those moments. He couldn't remember anything that he was actually there for.

"I made a mistake," The Doctor told him.

"Oh?" Jack was surprised to hear him say it as it wasn't often that the Doctor admitted that he made a mistake. Usually, he blamed everyone and everything but himself.

"Three years ago when I made you call Emily your niece. That was wrong of me and if you want to be her Papa, I won't stop you," the Doctor informed him. Jack took a long drink of his coffee as he stared at the Doctor. Over the last almost four years, the Doctor had been adamant that he was her daddy. Now he was changing his mind and that worried Jack. Even if he said that he would take Emily and keep her from the Doctor, he really didn't want to. He wanted to have her grow up knowing who her father was. Still, he wanted more than anything to have that sweet little girl call him papa but not at the expense of her losing her daddy.

"I would love to be her papa, but I have to ask why now. Why now after you have made it clear that you didn't want me to be anything but her Uncle. I hope it isn't because you are planning on leaving permanently because none of us want that. We want you here living with us and watching her grow," Jack told him.

"Because you were right. You have been more of a father to her then I have," the Doctor whispered. He still didn't look at Jack as he continued to stare at his daughter.

"I was angry," Jack started.

"You were right. I have hurt her and you. It's time I tried to fix that," the Doctor interrupted. He picked up his tea drinking the last of it. He turned his eyes away from Emily finally looking Jack in the eyes. He could see that Jack was contemplating his words as he stared at the Doctor with concern. The Doctor smiled half-heartedly at him. Jack smiled back. Standing up he went around the table taking the Doctor by the arm and gently pulling him to his feet. The Doctor looked confused until Jack wrapped his arms tightly around the Doctor hugging him tightly.

"Thank you." The Doctor heard the tears in Jack's voice and let him hide his face as he hugged him back. They held each other for a long moment before Jack started to clean the plates. As he did the Doctor began to speak. The Master was hiding on a small planet in the far future. He wasn't sure what he was doing there as he had seemed to be living among the people peacefully but the Doctor was clear that he was up to something and it was only a matter of time before those people were in danger if they weren't all ready. The problem now is that they needed help but they wouldn't be able to use the contacts that Jack had on Earth and were going to have to rely on the Doctors.

"When do you want to start planning?" Jack wondered.

"Tomorrow. Today I want to spend time with my family," the Doctor answered. Jack smiled at that.

"Tomorrow it is."