As the TARDIS zoomed through the Vortex onto their next destination, Alexia stared at her daughter who was busy having the blood wiped off the back of her leg with a wet wipe. John was helping her but continued to admonish her for being so reckless when it came to trying to be heroic. Jaime, back in what she usually wore, was barely listening to him, yet felt fairly agitated.
It wasn't the weird change of clothes that Alexia was staring at. When they got back to the TARDIS she saw the dark clothes change in the blink of an eye, which revealed the deep and bloody claw marks on the back of Jaime's leg. She fussed over her daughter when she saw it, until Jaime snapped at her to stop. So she took a step back. But a short few minutes later the scrapes and claw marks had disappeared entirely, leaving Alexia to stare at her daughter in disbelief. If it wasn't for the blood on her leg it would have been like nothing had happened at all.
Once all the blood was cleaned up, Jaime stood close to the console but shifted uncomfortably on her feet. "Mum! For Rassilon's sake, stop starin' at me, you're making me feel uncomfortable." Jaime spoke up.
Alexia blinked and shook her head. "Sorry," she said and moved towards her daughter. "It's just…you don't even look like you were injured."
A smile appeared on Jaime's face. "I did tell you didn't I?" She replied. "I heal pretty fast."
But Alexia shook her head again. "No, but that's too quickly!" She said. "Humans don't heal in a matter of minutes. They heal for days, weeks, months, years."
Jaime sighed as waves of awkwardness was felt throughout the console room. "Mother, I think you might be forgettin' somethin'. I'm not entirely human, which means I heal quicker than the average human. And what exactly is normal these days? Jenny heals at the same rate as me, Rose heals quickly too, but not as fast as us. As a Time Lord, the Doctor probably heals quick too, although probably even slower than the rest of us."
The Doctor rolled his eyes.
Jaime wanted to say the same thing about John too but she still wasn't sure. Though she felt she didn't need to worry about how long he lived. His Timeline showed that.
"Of course I didn't forget!" Alexia angrily snapped back at her daughter. "You don't need to keep bloody reminding me!" She took a deep breath before continuing. "It was just…unexpected, that's all. I mean, how is it even possible?"
It was The Doctor who answered her question. "It's called Telekinetic Enhanced Conditioning," he said. "The telekinesis enhances the strength, speed, reflexes, agility, stamina and healing, amongst over qualities. That Earthquake that happened earlier, that was Jaime. She's had the enhanced conditioning even before she regenerated."
The woman hummed thoughtfully. "So what does that mean? Is she indestructible or something?"
Jaime chuckled at this. "No, course not. I'm not a fixed point like Jack." She replied.
Narrowing her eyes at her daughter, Alexia's mind whirled, thinking about what the enhanced conditioning really meant. She wasn't a fixed point like Jack, but did it mean she would live a lot longer like Jack? "So you're immortal now?" Alexia asked, sounding worried. "Is that what the telekinesis is doing to you?"
The question made Jaime shift uncomfortably on her feet and she looked away with a frown.
"Jaime, answer me!" Alexia, in full parental mode, demanded and Jaime looked back at her with a glare.
"How the hell should I know!" She snapped back, eyes darker than usual and the temperature in the console room felt a tad warmer. Not to mention there was the faint sound of static electric. "It's not as if I could control half my powers back then!"
"Well why not check in the bloody Medbay then?" Alexia raised her voice and put her hands on her hips.
Before the argument between mother and daughter could get anymore dangerous, both Doctors stepped in to defuse the situation.
"Alright, calm down," the Doctor spoke up while John stood beside Jaime, his arm around her shoulders. The Half-Time Lord could sense her agitation. "I'm sure there's nothing to worry about."
Alexia sent a glare towards the Doctor. "Oh, really?" She bit out. "I'll worry all I like. It's my right as a parent to worry about my child." She looked at Jaime who seemed to have gone paler than normal. "I don't care if you live for a million years. All I care about is you. And if you're not indestructible can you not put yourself in danger next time!"
Jaime's face turned red, embarrassed by the telling off she was being given by her mum. If that wasn't enough she'd also been given a telling off from J.D.
"Okay, fine. We'll check it out once we've been to Leadworth." The Doctor placated the woman. "Just…enough with the arguing already." Both mother and daughter knew how much The Doctor hated arguing companions.
Satisfied, Alexia nodded her head and thanked the Doctor. With the TARDIS still hurtling through the Vortex it was Rose's turn to speak up.
"My mum worried about the same thing when we found out what Bad Wolf was doing to me," she said. "But I told her it was a good thing and that I'd get to stay with The Doctor for longer." Rose smiled at The Doctor who was grinning away at her. She could feel and sense his happiness. "After awhile mum agreed with me. She only wanted me happy."
A fascinated Alexia stared at Rose. Of course, the Bad Wolf would effect her in many ways. Ageing slowly was another one. She didn't notice Rose beginning to feel uncomfortable with the staring and moved around the console out of her view.
"Stop starin' Ma', it's rude." Jaime interrupted her thoughts.
"Huh?" Alexia grunted and looked at her daughter. "I wasn't staring." She replied but the incredulous expression on Jaime's face remained. "Okay, fine. I won't stare next time!" Alexia uttered, moving over to the railing and leaned against it, listening to the chatter from everyone else.
Five minutes later the TARDIS landed.
"And we've arrived." John spoke up.
"Hold up, wait a minute!" The Doctor spoke to Jenny before his daughter could skip out of the TARDIS. She turned and waited for him, frowning in confusion. The Doctor turned to Alexia. "You're going to have to leave Sparky in the TARDIS." He told her.
"Why?" She asked, brow furrowed.
"Because it's 21st Century Earth and Pokemon is still as popular as ever. A real life Pikachu running around would likely cause a riot."
Alexia sighed. "Alright, fine." She said. Once she'd spoken to Sparky and left him on the jumpseat waiting for them, the troupe exited the TARDIS into the quiet garden of Amy's home. It was Midday.
"26th of June, 2010. The Doctor stated.
"Feels like early afternoon," Jaime said next. "If we keep dawdlin' we're gonna miss the weddin'."
The Time Travellers hurried out of the garden in search of the local church. "Why is the TARDIS landing us further from where we need to be?" J.D wondered aloud.
Leadworth's local Church was currently busy, full of friends and family of the Bride and Groom. Amy hadn't gotten much sleep because she'd been much too excited. But when she finally did get some sleep she found herself being abruptly woken by her mother in the morning. Which was actually quite surprising considering that she knew both her parents had died in a hot air balloon accident. She'd been about to accuse her of being an alien when extra memories appeared in her head. Memories of a loving happy family, amazing bedtime stories, of growing up with best friends.
She had no idea what was going on but she had a pretty good guess with who was involved. And she really didn't mind it at all. She would be able to thank them when they returned for her wedding to Rory. Speaking of Rory, he called her on the phone to tell her that he was also experiencing extra memories. He couldn't understand why they'd kept their old memories and hoped the Doctors would explain it to them when they returned.
But as the morning wore on there was no sign of The Doctor and Co, and it made Amy feel somewhat nervous. Had they gotten lost? Captured? Or worse? As the Wedding neared, Amy began to get the sinking feeling they weren't coming. And now here she was, in Church with her friends and family, standing opposite the man she loved.
The Vicar was currently talking but she was barely listening to her as she stared at Rory through her white veil… "…into this holy estate these two persons present now come to be joined. If any person can show just cause why they may not be joined together – let them speak now or forever hold their peace."
The Vicar said and looked around at the congregation. People stayed in their seats and there was silence apart from the odd cough or two. The Vicar was about to continue when the Church doors slammed open and everyone looked around to see who it was.
"Uhh, sorry…" A familiar voice spoke up and Amy grinned when Rory muttered that it was The Doctor and everyone else. "…seems we've arrived a tad late."
Rory watched as The Doctor, Doctor Smith, Rose, Jaime, a woman who was most likely to be Jaime's mum, and a stranger sat on the friends side right at the back.
"Right…" The Vicar smiled. "…as I was saying. Marriage is a union of husband and wife in heart, body and mind. It is intended for their mutual joy…" The Vicar continued on.
Whilst listening to the Vicar waffling on, Jaime peered around the Church, spotting familiar faces from when they first visited Leadworth. But there was also some new faces, including Rory's dad, Brian, and an older version of Augustus and Tabetha Pond. Jaime grinned, happy to know that they were actually here. Suddenly she had the weirdest feeling she was being watched and fidgeted in her seat before looking behind her. She thought she saw somebody familiar disappear into the shadows, followed by hushed whispering she couldn't quite make out. But she couldn't ignore that unmistakable frizzy hair of…
"What are you doing?" John hissed at her and Jaime looked at him with a furrowed brow. "You're missing something important here!"
The Scots-girl grinned. "I know," Jaime whispered back. "But there's somebody hiding in the back of the church. Two of them in fact!"
He narrowed his eyes and looked at what Jaime was looking at. There was nothing there. "I can't see anything!" He whispered back.
"That's because they're hiding behind some sort of perception filter," Jaime replied back and John raised a brow before looking back at where they were supposed to be hiding. He still couldn't see anything, yet there seemed to be a hint of distortion.
"Do you think they might be hostile?" This question was from The Doctor who had caught onto their conversation. He had his Sonic out, ready.
Jaime looked a tad hesitant at the dark part of the Church and shrugged her shoulders. "No, I don't know….well, I'm not really sure. I can't feel their emotions." Now Rose, Alexia and Jenny were listening. "But nothing currently feels bad so maybe they aren't hostile after all!" Jaime told them.
"Right, well…eyes front, because it appears we're causing unwanted attention!" He was right too, because when she moved to face the front again some of the congregation were scowling at them. The Doctor apologised as the Vicar continued talking.
Less than a minute later Jaime began to fidget in her seat again and tried her best not to look back. It still felt like someone was watching her. The fidgeting got so bad that John put his arm around her shoulders.
"Calm down," he whispered. "We'll deal with them later."
Silently nodding, Jaime watched Amy and Rory exchanging vows before snuggling closer to the Half-Time Lord.
Having never been to a wedding before it made Jaime wonder if it always took this long. She could tell The Doctor was losing his patience because he was feeling agitated. And if it hadn't been for Rose he would have scarpered out of the church long ago. Jenny was just feeling puzzled over the whole ceremony and kept asking her mum what was going on. Alexia was happy to explain. When Jaime looked at J.D she saw his cheeks were wet with tears and smiled. That was probably another Donna related thing. He wasn't afraid to show his emotions.
The Vicar was winding down now and that definitely caught Jaime's attention. Maybe they would be out of here soon!
"…Now, before the people who have assembled here today, and in as much as you have each pledged to the other your lifelong commitment, love and devotion, I now pronounce you husband and wife. Those who all The Powers of the Universe have joined together, let no-one put asunder. Mr and Mrs Rory Arthur Williams you may now kiss each other to seal these promises." The Vicar finished.
Smiling happily, Rory lifted up Amy's veil to find her grinning away, her green eyes bright and happy. "Hello Mrs Williams!" Rory said and just the thought of saying that gave him happy butterflies.
"Hello Mr Williams." Amy replied and they finally kissed each other in front of the entire congregation.
Watching this, Jaime thought this might be the end and they could finally leave. But no, the Vicar said they had a final hymn to sing. She didn't know the words and it was obvious the others didn't want to stay for this. But near the beginning of the song Jaime heard the Church door open and she looked around in time to see a brown haired figure exiting the Church. She wasn't going to let them go that easily. In a blink of an eye she was gone, surprising J.D. He looked over at The Doctor and they made a decision to make a quick exit.
Outside, Jaime was puzzled. How could two people just disappear that quick? And she had teleported out just to beat them. But they were already gone. That shouldn't be possible! Behind her she heard the door open and she was joined by J.D, the Doctor, Rose, Alexia and Jenny.
"Well?" The Half-Time Lord questioned.
"They all disappeared, like they weren't even here!" She uttered.
"How is that even possible?" Rose asked but none of them could give her an answer.
"What happened to the tree?" Jenny asked.
"What tree is that, darling?" Alexia replied.
"The funny smelling tree. It was over there." Jenny pointed.
They looked over at a patch of grass in which Jenny claimed a tree had been there. And when The Doctor scanned the area he found very little residual energy. Almost as if whatever vehicle they had used was well disguised.
The Wedding reception was taking place at the local Community Centre, in the biggest room they had. The Doctors, Rose, Jaime and Jenny were currently searching Leadworth for a possible alien incursion. Alexia hadn't gone with them as she had decided to follow the happy couple and their guests to the Community Centre. Several times she was asked who she was and she told them she was a friend of the family.
Currently though she was now standing, leaning against the doorway watching the Father of the Bride say his speech uninterrupted. But there was a big problem that usually came with events like this. Everyone was drinking alcohol, sparkling wine. Of course she could easily drink what the kids were drinking, which was juice and fizzy drinks. But the temptation to drink the wine was getting too much. So she turned away and walked through the corridors in order to exit the Community Centre.
Along the way, Alexia came across a drinks machine, and considering she was thirsty after their trip to 1994, searched her pockets. Sadly she had no money on her and she grunted in annoyance. How did the Doctor even manage this?
"Here, let me help you out!" A Welsh accented female voice spoke up and the figure stepped into view and went to place a couple of coins in the slot.
"Oh, there's no need. I'll just go back and grab a juice!" Alexia replied.
"Nonsense!" The female answered back. "It's on me!"
Alexia watched in dismay as the female placed her coins in the slot and pressed a button. Seconds later she heard a clunk of a can dropping to the bottom and the female reached into the hole and pulled it out before turning to her, handing it over.
"Thank you!" Alexia said and took the can that was perfectly chilled.
She looked at the female now that she was facing her and couldn't help feeling a bit odd. Her long brown hair was an unruly mess, her eyes were dark and she had a face full of freckles, yet her skin was naturally pale.
"Thank you." Alexia said again and quickly hurried out of the Community Centre.
There were a couple of benches outside the Centre so Alexia sat down at one and looked at the can of cola she'd just been given. "Vortex Cola," Alexia read out loud. "Rely on the Vortex." The woman frowned at the can, puzzled. Did they not have the usual Coca-Cola or Pepsi in this Universe?
With a shrug of her shoulders Alexia opened the can, took a swig and sighed at the flavour. Vanilla. Best flavour ever! She closed her eyes and leaned her head back against the wall. Not long after that she felt a slight shift of the bench and heard soft breathing of somebody sitting next to her. Alexia kept her eyes closed but took another swig of vanilla cola.
"Is there a reason why you're out here and not in there with the rest?" That same Welsh accented voice spoke up.
Alexia sighed, annoyed at being disturbed. "Maybe it's such a nice day out here I thought I'd enjoy a nice warm sun." She replied.
The female chuckled. "Oh, yeah, it is such a warm day. Perfect for a wedding. But that's no excuse. I've never seen you around here before!"
Alexia opened her eyes and looked at the strange female. She had to be in her early to mid twenties. "Perhaps I'm from out of town." She told the female.
The female smiled before chuckling. "Yeah, I can tell that. Newcastle is it?"
Alexia shook her head. "No, from Sunderland originally." She replied. She couldn't help but continue to stare at the female.
And the female noticed this. "See something interesting?" She asked with a smile.
"Uhh…no…sorry…" An embarrassed Alexia stumbled over her words and looked away. "It's just…" She still had that odd feeling. "…you look like someone I know!" She finished and looked at the female when she laughed.
"Not that old chestnut!" She replied. "I used to get that all the time from my friend and her boyfriend…well, husband now."
She was obviously talking about Amy and Rory. And it got Alexia thinking. "Oh, you know Amy and Rory do you?" She asked.
"Of course I do!" The female crowed happily. "I've known them since we were children."
Now Alexia was really suspicious. Was she River Song? She couldn't be because the looks were all wrong. She looked more like…she shook her head in disbelief. Did River Song even exist now considering this universe was very much different to the TV series? So who was this and why did she look like…
"So what's the real reason why you're out here?" The female asked, her grin turning cheeky.
Alexia shifted in her seat and sat forward before taking a gulp or two of the cola. "Honestly?" She finally answered, holding the can with both hands. "I'm an alcoholic. All that wine in there was too much of a temptation. So I came out here." She sat up straight with a frown. "I don't know why I'm even telling you this!" She said, looking at the female. "You're a complete stranger…" 'Yet it feels so right!' Alexia didn't add. Now she knew how parallel Pete Tyler felt when he first started talking to Rose.
The female laughed. "Maybe it's because I have a friendly face!" She said.
Alexia furrowed her brow, wondering were she'd heard that before? "Yeah, maybe it's that." The woman muttered and was gathering the courage to ask who the girl really was when the female suddenly tensed.
"Oh, is that your friends over there?" The female pointed out and Alexia saw them crossing the Village Green towards them.
"Aye, that's them," Alexia said. "Though the dark haired girl and the blonde in the polar neck, they're my daughters." She heard the female mutter something at her and Alexia felt more calm and relaxed again, not even bothered as the female walked back into the Community Centre.
A minute and a half later the Doctors, Rose, Jaime and Jenny reached her.
"Who was that?" Jaime asked her mother. She noticed her mum furrow her brow in concentration, as if she had forgotten about the person she'd just been talking to.
"Oh, it was just somebody from the Wedding." Alexia replied in a nonchalant way, gulped the last of her cola, stood up and threw the empty can into the nearest bin. "So how did the search go?" She asked the little group afterwards. "Find any dodgy or dangerous aliens?"
"No," the Doctor answered. "But I'm beginning to think we were looking in the wrong places." He looked at Alexia with narrowed eyes, scrutinising her. "Are you okay?" He asked.
"Of course I am. Why are you even asking?" She said, looking at the Doctor strangely. "You missed all the speeches you know!" She then said; "Ha'way!" And she turned away, entering the Community Centre.
"I don't understand," Jenny spoke up. "I could feel, see, her nerves, suspicion and confusion. Then suddenly she was all calm."
With a nod the Doctor looked grim. "It's as if she was under a compulsion not to remember what she was talking about that made all those emotions appear." He looked at his fellow travellers. "Keep an eye out for that stranger and any other suspicious people. Allons-y!"
They all followed Alexia into the Community Centre.
Sitting next to J.D in the reception room, Jaime watched as The Doctor and Rose danced with each other on the dance floor with all the others who were dancing. She herself had been pulled to the dance floor earlier and despite not knowing how, she did pretty good. Her mum sat next to her with Jenny talking to her, where-as previously she'd been staring a hole in a glass of orange juice. From the emotions she'd been giving off earlier, Jaime guessed she was struggling hard not to touch alcohol. Though it was lucky she had people around to help her stay away from it. Not that everyone else knew about it.
They were still on the lookout for the brown haired stranger and accomplice, yet they hadn't seen anything suspicious. Well, apart from some dodgy dancing from several drunk wedding guests.
At one point, when Amy had time, she pulled Rory with her and sat down at their table. The ginger told the Doctors that she thought they wouldn't see them again, but was happy they all had turned up. Even though they were late. However, Amy was a tad confused over who the blonde stranger was and was even more surprised to find out she was The Doctor's daughter. Her name was Jenny and it was explained how she came to be.
Then Alexia introduced herself as Jaime's mum and Amy said they'd been present when Jaime and John had returned to Torchwood. Even though, they shook hands and continued to introduce each other. After that, the happy couple had to rush off before they could finish their chat.
On the dance floor the Doctor and Rose were still dancing, but the music was now slow, so they were closer together and most likely discreetly talking to each other. Jaime grinned and chuckled, knowing they'd be doing a different kind of 'dance' once they returned to the TARDIS. John must have sensed something because he scooted closer to her and whispered in her ear.
Eyes widening, Jaime's face took on a pink blush, then she giggled, turning her attention to him. "Och, you're such a smooth talker!" She uttered. "Just you wait 'till I get you into bed!" And she pulled him towards her, kissing him on the lips passionately.
While they were kissing, Jaime once again felt like somebody was watching her, and out of the corner of her eye a brown haired figure was stood by the doorway. 'Wait, hold on!' When the Scots-girl pulled away and looked at the doorway there was nobody there…apart from a second of blurriness.
"What is it?" John asked, arousal and confusion washing off him.
"I thought there was someone there." Jaime replied and John raised a brow. "Well, actually, there was somebody there but they just disappeared." She reiterated.
Frowning, the Half-Time Lord was about to ask if it was anyone suspicious, until he noticed Amy walk past them and out through the doorway. "I wonder where she's going?" He said.
Jaime stared at the doorway before standing up. "Stay here," she told J.D. "I'm just going to see where she went." And she too exited the reception room.
Intuition led her outside and she stood in the doorway watching Amy talking to the brown haired female across the road. She couldn't see the female's face from where she was standing but she did notice the hair was unruly. Nor could Jaime understand why the female felt oddly familiar, close even. Yet she'd never seen this female before. However, she was definitely one of the two who'd been in the church earlier. Her mind was well and truly shielded and she couldn't feel any emotions from the female.
As Jaime continued to watch, both Amy and the female finished up their conversation and hugged each other. When the female stepped away she took a quick glance at Jaime before hurrying away. Amy turned back to the Community Centre and approached it.
"Who was that?" The Scots-girl asked Amy as she stepped into the Centre. "I don't think I've seen her around here before." She felt surprise wash off the ginger.
"That was a friend of ours," Amy replied, meaning herself and Rory. "We've known her since childhood."
Jaime took a surprised breath. It was interesting. This new person had taken River's place because she didn't exist in this universe…well, she sort of did but she was Melody here. Except she'd seen a version of River in the church earlier. Only she looked to be in her early twenties instead of the 'cougar look' as her mum once put it. Perhaps Melody had regenerated at some point.
"Oh, really? What's her name?" Jaime inquired, curious.
"She's called Kyt," Amy answered her.
"Keet?" Jaime exclaimed with raised brows. "Strange name."
Amy smirked. "I thought so too until she said it was spelled with a K-Y-T. It's short for something but she's never told me what it is."
Jaime nodded her head, appearing interested, but then she tried to read Amy's mind…only to find her mind was also well shielded. The Scots-girl grunted in surprise, wondering when the hell had that happened? Was Rory the same?
"I forgot to thank you earlier." Amy's words cut through her thoughts.
"Huh? Why's that?" Jaime wondered.
"Because you saved my parents from dying in a hot air balloon accident." Amy said and Jaime looked surprised.
"Oh really? What makes you think that?" The Scots-girl questioned Amy.
The ginger female smiled. "Because when I was younger, mum always told me the story of The Black Bullet and how she saved their lives." Jaime chuckled, her face turning red. "And that helped her believe me after you, Rose and the Doctors turned up that night all those years ago. But there's one thing I don't understand."
Jaime furrowed her brows. "And what's that then?" She inquired.
"I remember it both ways. Not having parents and having parents." Amy replied.
Jaime smiled with a nod. "You're a time traveller now, Amy. Part of the eye of the storm. It changes the way you see the Universe. Amazing, huh!" She grinned and Amy nodded even though she still didn't understand it.
The two females returned to the reception room.
Several hours later the TARDIS door opened and the Doctor, Alexia, Rose, Jaime, J.D and Jenny walked into the console room.
"That was hard!" Alexia groaned out as she was greeted by Sparky, catching the Pikachu as he jumped off the jumpseat. "So bloody hard."
Jenny saw everyone's confusion or intrigue at the woman's words, apart from Jaime who likely knew what her mum meant.
"What do you mean by 'hard'?" The Doctor asked after he threw his coat on the coral strut.
Alexia looked over at the Doctor, surprise appearing on her face before turning into apprehension. "It's just…been a hard day, that's all!" She deflected.
But the Doctor didn't quite believe her. He'd noticed the odd little glances to those drinking wine before going back to staring at her glass of juice.
"What? It's hardly been hard," Rose spoke up. "All we did was go back in time to save Amy's parents and then go to Amy and Rory's wedding. There was nothing hard about it. Unless you meant something different?" The blonde inquired nosily.
Alexia's eyes were wide and she wished she'd kept her mouth shut because now they were all staring at her, expecting her to say something. "Uhh…well…" She stumbled nervously until Jaime stepped up beside her and rubbed her back in comfort.
"You dinnae need to say anythin' if you don't want to, mum." Jaime said to her.
"Say what?" J.D spoke up. "What am I missing here?" He wondered aloud.
Alexia smiled nervously at her daughter. "They were bound to find out at some point." She replied.
"Find out what?" Jenny asked when she too felt she was missing something as well.
Jaime sighed. "Okay, then." She muttered and stayed close to her mum.
Looking back at the Doctor, J.D, Rose and Jenny, Alexia took a deep breath and said; "I am an alcoholic in recovery. I have been for a long time now." The whole console room was shocked and surprised into silence. And that only made her all the more apprehensive.
"Oh!" A surprised John uttered, his brow raised.
"I'll be in the kitchen. Sparky needs feeding." Alexia said and quickly hurried out of the console room with the Pikachu.
Jaime watched her go and then turned her attention back to everyone else.
"Wow!" Rose exclaimed in surprise and sounded concerned. "I never would have thought…" She looked over at Jaime. "How long have you known?" She asked, expecting her to say she'd known for a long time.
"Recently. She told me after she came aboard," Jaime replied, feeling even more surprise and shock from them. "It was after I mentioned what she said 'bout my accent."
Rose stared, shocked. "But…what? How did you not know?" She asked and Jaime shrugged her shoulders.
"Perhaps I did. Perhaps I didnae understand at the time." She replied.
The Doctor moved towards the console. "I suspected as much." He said with a sniff.
Rose turned to him, frowning. "How'd you figure that one out?" She asked the Time Lord.
"Yeah, Timeboy, how did you notice what I didn't?" John asked and folded his arms in front of him.
Jaime smiled at the Half-Time Lord going all Donna and sat down on the jumpseat.
"Well…it was the the body language, the little glances at the glasses of alcohol, the tense expression on her face, the nursing of the orange juice. I could go on."
Rose sighed, followed by a chuckle. "And somehow you managed to notice what we didn't? I should call you Sherlock Holmes!" She teased and the Doctor smirked at her.
"What's an alcoholic?" Jenny asked, confused.
"It's someone who gets addicted to alcohol," John told his niece. "A bit similar to drug addiction. Both can cause serious issues." He looked at Jaime. "Do you think she'll be okay? Does she need watching?" He noticed the scowl appear on her face and knew immediately he had said the wrong thing. "Or not?" He tried to placate.
"No," Jaime replied. "She doesn't. All she needs is support. And the right guidance. She was pretty much pissed off when those Gallifreyan berries made her fall off the wagon." She continued to scowl. "If I'd known they were alcoholic I wouldn't have left them lying about!"
Silence followed after this, apart from the faint creaks in the console room it made Jaime wonder where the creaking was coming from.
"By the way, I found out who that stranger was." The Scots-girl added and waves of surprise could be felt throughout the console room.
"Oh? Did you now?" The Doctor spoke up, brow raised. "If you know, then why didn't you tell us earlier?"
"Because I couldn't say anything in the middle of a wedding reception." Jaime replied.
John sat next to her. "I could tell you had something on your mind all evening. What did you find out?" He queried.
A grim smile appeared on her face. "Turns out she's just a childhood friend of Amy and Rory." A look of recognition appeared on Jenny's face, but Jaime warned her before she could say anything. "It's not her." She told her sister. "Except…she had an air of familiarity about her. Almost like as if I knew her."
With a raised brow the Doctor leaned on the console with his arms folded. "What do you mean?" He asked as he tried to make sense of what he was saying.
"It's just…I couldn't see her face from the way she was standing...but I felt close to her. And it couldn't have been me because I would have sensed it. Not only that but she was well and truly protected by shields. I couldn't read her mind or get her emotions."
The Doctor grunted as he pushed himself away from the console and began to pace about as he began to think.
"What do you think it could mean?" John asked his partner.
Jaime shook her head. "I dinnae know, I really dinnae know!" She was just as confused as everyone else. "But the really weird thing is that both Amy and Rory's minds are protected when they previously weren't. None of us put them there, so where did they come from?"
At this point the Doctor had stopped pacing, a surprised look on his face. "Ahh, now this is interesting!" He muttered. Somebody was protecting their companions. He turned his attention to Jaime. "This feeling you had, was it like an instinct? A certain type of instinct?"
Jaime thought about his question and slowly nodded her head shortly after.
"What kind of instinct are you talking about, Doctor?" John questioned, his eyes narrowed suspiciously.
"Well…" The Doctor stretched the word while rubbing the back of his neck in a nervous way before finally taking in a deep breath and blowing it out. "I meant…maternal instinct." He told them.
"What?" J.D exclaimed and stood up, gawping at the Doctor.
"Maternal?" Jaime muttered thoughtfully, unsure, until the Time Lord part of her mind told her what 'maternal' meant. Her face turned paler than normal and her eyes widened. "No! No way!" She gasped out and stood up. "I'm just going to drop these Fearow off into Hyde Park before they get any more restless." Jaime said as an excuse and before either Doctor could stop her she disappeared in a blink of an eye.
The Half-Time Lord could sense all sorts of emotions coming from Jaime. He hadn't expected her to run a mile at the very thought of them having a child. Now it worried him. "Great, now look what you've done, you great Space Dunce!" John bit out at his brother and followed after Jaime out of the console room.
"So what does that mean, Doctor?" Rose asked. She thought something about this seemed familiar. Something that happened at Torchwood she couldn't quite remember. "They're going to go back to Leadworth at some point in order to protect younger Amy and Rory? Is that how it is?"
The Doctor smiled at Rose's theory. "Yep!" He answered, popping the 'p'.
"Right, okay. So if they're living in Leadworth, then how come nobody recognised them?" Rose asked next and the Doctor scratched at his cheek. That was a good point. "And if they're living in Leadworth, then just what kind of danger are young Amy and Rory in?"
Another good point his Rose had and he was about to answer when they heard the door squeak open.
"Oi! Where are you lot sneaking off too?" Amy practically demanded.
The Doctor looked over as Amy and Rory entered the TARDIS. They were still in their wedding outfits. "What makes you think we were sneaking off?" The Doctor asked.
"One minute you were there, the next you were gone." Rory spoke up.
"You were enjoying yourselves. You didn't need to follow us here." Rose told them.
"But we did and we caught you before you could sneak off." Amy said, still looking annoyed.
An equally annoyed sigh came from the Time Lord. "We weren't going to sneak off, Amy," he said. "It's just that most of us don't drink alcohol or have got something to do." Rose didn't miss that quick look the Doctor gave her and smiled Rose Tyler style. "Why don't you go back to the party," the Doctor then suggested. "We'll still be here when you come back."
Amy stared suspiciously at The Doctor until a smile appeared on her face. "Okay, I'll hold you to that." She said and took hold of Rory's hand. "Come along, Rory." She said and pulled him out of the TARDIS.
Rose watched them leave and turned to The Doctor. "We should give them a honeymoon they'll never forget." She suggested and the Doctor nodded.
"I've got a few ideas in mind." He said. "As for you…" He said to Rose. "I've got something different in mind for you!" The blonde giggled as they walked out of the console room, heading for the Doctor's room.
That just left Jenny, and as she was thinking how different that scene went, the phone on the console rang. "Oh!" The young Time Lady exclaimed. She didn't know who it was calling but she knew what the details were. Jenny walked over to the console and picked up the phone. "Calling?" She said and listened to the voice on the other end of the call. "An Egyptian Goddess on the loose on the Orient Express? In Space?" It sounded extremely farfetched. "I'll let him know." She added and ended the call.
Staring at the phone, Jenny had a bad feeling it was a trick just to get her father onboard. She wasn't going to tell the Doctor and decided to go to her room to finish her Sonic Screwdriver.