"Rory what have you done to my music player ?" River asked turning around to look at her daughter who was sitting cross legged in the garden, completely engrossed in her book.

Rory had always been an avid reader. She could spend hours in the library. She loved book ever since she was a kid. John loved books too but River believed the obsession her daughter had for reading came from her. Yesterday night they had a long discussion. River realised that Rory wasn't really at fault during yesterday's incident. She wanted to protect Anthony. Apparently Anthony or 'Tony' as Rory had called him was another kid at her school who was eager to be her friend and Rory liked having him around. River however believed that wasn't the only reason. Her daughter was an amazing prankster, the last thing she could bear was someone being caught during a prank and she just wanted to help. Not that River approved such thing, oh! who was she kidding ? River was secretly pretty proud about how good her daughter could be, but being the mom she had to tell Aurora not to get into trouble and resolve her issues with Jenny once they were back to school. Rory had agreed, they had dinner and then watched Star Wars for the umpteenth time. Her daughter loved the franchise and River (though she wouldn't admit openly) had always carried a crush on a certain smuggler in the movie. Thing were fine between them.

"Oh My God mom! That's an ipod not a music player! Which era are you still stuck in ?" Aurora groaned.

"Well I am an Archaeologist" River began but was cut off before she could finish.

"Yes yes, I know, I know .. anyway what's wrong ? It was working fine the last time I borrowed it"

"Well dear when you borrowed it, you weren't supposed to replace all my songs! I can find any of my playlists!"

"Oh mom, you have a horrendous taste in music, you should hear more cool stuff, I promise you'll love the songs I added and before you argue, I added some songs, not replace your old ones, keep the playlist on shuffle and you'll find them" She got up and left into the house before River could respond.

"Teenagers" River huffed and plugged in her headphones and started listening. She took hold of the garden hose and started watering the grass and the flowerbeds. Though she was a bit apprehensive about the playlist Aurora had added to her 'Ipod' she realised she did like a few songs. River had always been more of a Jazz or Blues fan. They were classic. Melodious and with feeling. John didn't have any particular favourite, he just needed music he could dance ridiculously too. She chuckled at that memory. He wasn't a huge fan of slow dancing but River was. They had danced to "Can't help falling in love" on their wedding, John was a clumsy slow dancer but in that moment nothing had felt better, even though he did step in her toes quite few times. She had laughed later when John got to do his giraffe dance, he was such a kid.

River was swaying to the song that was playing not noticing things happening around her.

She did not notice a car than came to a halt outside their gate.

"Dad, you sure you don't want to come in ? You can meet her" Jenny winked and her dad rolled his eyes.

"You go in and talk and come out as quickly as you can, I don't want to waste the whole day sitting out here, leave Tony in the car we could chat for a few minutes till you come back"

Jenny noticed the freaked out expression on Tony's face. Being stuck with your best friend's dad in the car was not a good idea.

"No dad, Tony is gonna come with me, it'll be easy to talk to Aurora with Tony around, she likes him" Jenny shrugged not noticing the slight blush that bloomed up on Tony's face at that.

"ok, go go and here, take this for them" he handed over a parcel to his daughter.

"You bought your favourite donuts for her ?" Jenny winked.

It looks like those are her favourite too he wanted to say but just grumbled.

"Anyway just be here dad we'll be back soon" saying this Jenny and Tony were off to meet the new girl.

He knew that Tony would come along with them for the visit to the library, Jenny and Tony were obviously teaming up on the project. He should've just asked Amy to take them but he knew better than to leave Jenny and Amy alone and Jenny telling Amy about the space haired woman who he definitely did not have a crush on.

River was busy watering the plants when she heard the gate to her lawn open. She turned around to see Jenny and a lean, brown haired boy with an extremely pale complexion. She shut off the hose and looked at them.

"Hello!" Jenny said coming to her and putting her hand forward to shake her hand. River was surprised, The girl did seem feisty. Pretty much like her own daughter.

"Hello dear" River smiled. She looked up at the kid who looked really nervous. Like a boy who had to ask the permission of a girl's mom before taking the girl out for prom.

"and you must be Anthony" River said going ahead to shake his hand.

"Yes I must be... I mean yes I am" he fumbled, his cheeks immediately reddening at his blunder.

River laughed and shook his hand saying "You're just like Rory mentioned"

He looked up surprised and said "You know my dad?"

River was confused at this reaction "sorry ?"

"Umm .. you mentioned Rory, my dad's name is Rory"

"Oh!" River laughed at that and then clarified "no dear, I meant Aurora, her nickname's Rory"

"Really ?" he asked eyes wide. River noticed how green his eyes were.

"Well I should know dear she is my daughter"

"oh .. no I mean .. I mean .. umm .. she talked about me ?" He asked face reddening again.

River couldn't help but smile, looked like someone had a little crush on her daughter. How sweet was that ? John would've been so furious. When Aurora was born he had decided that his daughter would not date and married whoever he chose for her. If only he knew.

Jenny interrupted "Umm ... Ms. Song is Aurora home ?, we'd like to talk to her if possible about ..." she trailed off. She looked like such a sweet child. River tried to imagine her dad with those scary eyebrows, she looked nothing like him though.

"Yes she is and please call me River" She smiled and added "she's in the house go talk to her, resolve your issues" It wasn't tough to guess they had come here for the same. Poor child must've gotten a scolding from her dad. That man looked pretty scary. It was definitely those eyebrows. She decided.

Jenny offered the package she was carrying.

"Apple Cinnamon Donuts" she mentioned.

"Oh my favourite!" River exclaimed. Ever since her stalker had been buying the last of the donuts before she could, she hadn't gotten a chance to eat them.

"Is it?" Jenny smiled. Looks like there was a story behind her dad buying these donuts so frequently, she thought it was because her dad liked it but now realised it was because someone else did.

"Oh yes, but dear I'm a bit busy now, hand them over to Aurora. All the best" she smiled.

Jenny smiled and Anthony followed her. She hoped the kids resolved their issues. They were new here and it would be nice to see Aurora have some friends.

She saw Aurora open the door, speaking to the other kids and then seeking her mom. When River smiled and nodded Aurora invited them in.

River plugged in her headphones back again and started watering her plants. She started swaying a bit to the music humming to the tune playing along. She didn't notice how long had passed and didn't realise the gate to her lawn opening again.

"Wake me up ... before you go go .. na na .. naa na na" she was singing and swaying to the tune.

"Ahem excuse me" he said softly. Pretty amused at the sight before him. The Space haired woman seemed to be lost in her own world. He'd waited for his daughter to come but he was a restless man, couldn't wait long. He was feeling thirsty. So he decided to go in and was suddenly halted by the sight in the lawn.

The space haired woman was dancing to some music. He couldn't hear the song but heard her humming a few words. He saw how she swayed her hips. She was wearing a loose cream top which seemed a bit too large for her and casual track pants. So unlike how he had seen her every time he met her before at Principal Jones' office where she was dressed to perfection. Her red lipstick, her hair combed and tied up, heels and those dresses that she wore. She was beautiful, magnificent even but right now when she was dressed up casually, her hair open and spread like a halo of curls. like corkscrews, he thought she looked enigmatic, like a mystery that was waiting to be solved. Who is she ? It was as if he needed to find out more about her. Even in this casual attire, with her lost in music, swaying to the songs and humming while watering the plants. It was such a domestic sight but such a beautiful one. He broke from the reverie when he heard her hum a bit louder than before.

"Jitterbug .. na na na na .. jitterbug" she was on the verge of dancing. He chuckled at that thought but he was thirsty and he needed to stop her for a moment. He walked up to her.

"Excuse me, ma'am ... Ms. Song ? Excuse .." he was forced to stop when he put his hand on her shoulder and she turned suddenly. The open hose in her hand drenching him wet as the force of the water him and left him soaked completely.

"aargh!" he growled and looked at her. Eyebrows raised and anger clear on his face. She looked shocked for a moment but the shock was replaced with a smirk and then she started laughing. It was a full blown laughter. If he wasn't so angry he would've agreed with his heart which told him that might've been one of the most amazing sounds he had ever heard.

"Are you deaf ?" He grumbled and added "what's wrong with you ? Insane human!" he growled.

"Excuse me ?" She rested her hands on her hips and looked at him with an eyebrow raised as if daring him to repeat what he had said. He was a daring guy and he was not scared of her even though he was pretty sure she looked like an assassin.

"I said Insane Human" He stared back at her.

"What are you then ? An alien and who are you calling insane ? Don't you know better than sneak up on someone like that!"

"Well I didn't have any option because someone was way too busy listening to music at an insane volume"

She stopped for a while there, thinking of an answer. Well he wasn't at fault here really but she wouldn't admit that.

"Well why are you here ?" She asked instead.

He knew he had won that argument since she was changing the topic. He smiled at that.

"Well my daughter is currently meeting your daughter at your house and I was thirsty, I needed a glass of water"

"Well the latter issue has definitely been solved" she let her eyes roam over him and smirked.

"Ha ha .. do tell me, do you really have such a bad sense of comedy ?"

"Oh sweetie were you born this grumpy ?" She plastered a fake smile on her lips.

His heart fluttered on hearing 'sweetie' and he did not know why. Well maybe he did but he didn't want to talk of it. He would admit thought that he liked that term of endearment.

"Well were you born this rude ?" he spat back.

"Someone's a ray of sunshine today" She smirked and added "Come on, let's go in. I'll get you that glass of water."

She walked in and he followed. She opened the door and walked in.

"Should I take off my shoes or .."

"No need, it's fine, unless you want to"

"I would like to" saying this he took of his shoes and socks and placed them aside.

"There are a pair of slippers there if you want" she said and walked into the kitchen.

Hearing the voices, the kids walked into the living room. Jenny was surprised to see her dad there, drenched.

She tried to stifle her laughter but couldn't help and broke into one. Aurora looked like she enjoyed the scene in front of her too. Anthony as the only one who was making a genuine effort at not laughing but he too was struggling.

"What happened dad ?" Jenny asked.

"She happened" he replied pointing towards River who had walked in holding a glass of water.

"Well dear he sneaked up on me" River glared back at him.

"Ohh! Sneaked up on you huh ?"Jenny winked at her dad and looked at Aurora who had a smirk on her face too. Anthony however looked terrorized.

"Oh shut up!" he grumbled and drank the water handing the glass back to River.

"Well are you kids done ?" He asked looking at the kids, moving ahead to shake Aurora's hand.

"Well we are, aren't we Rory ?" Jenny smiled and her dad was surprised at the name she called the other kid and Jenny immediately clarified.

"Dad, her nickname's Rory"

He nodded and said "Well then we better leave now if we have to get to the library"

"Dad, Rory's gonna be coming with us, we needed another member for our team anyway"

He was surprised at that and glanced at River who looked pretty shocked at that too. Apparently he wasn't the only one struggling with moody teens who were arch rivals a moment back and now seemed like pretty good friends.

"Umm if it's ok with you mum ?" Aurora looked at River.

"Umm yes yes dear, whatever you want" River was happy to see the smile on her daughter's face at that. It had been a while since she had seen her smile like this. If working together with Grumpy's daughter and her best friend is what caused this smile then she was ok with that.

"Ok then, I'll drop her back once we're done" Jenny's dad said.

"You're going to go to the library like this ?" River asked surprised.

"Well it's not like I have an option" He spat back.

"Well you can change your clothes if you want sir, mom can find something for you to wear" Aurora chirped in and then looked at River who looked surprised and a bit shocked. Guilt set on Aurora's face once she realised what she had said.

River couldn't see her daughter sad. She hadn't mentioned that intentionally and it really looked like this man could use a different set of clothes.

"Well .. uh .. yes. I don't have a replacement for these magician coats and T-shirts but if it's ok with you I can get you a shirt and a pair of pants, let me warn you they are suspender pants though"

He wanted to laugh at that. Who wore suspender pants ? but he held himself back. The woman looked a bit frazzled at this idea and he didn't want to hurt her.

"Uh ok. If it's fine with you" he turned to Aurora and added "and it's Doctor, you can call me Doctor" Aurora nodded.

Jenny suddenly looked at River and said "umm would you like to come as well?". She had noticed the change in Aurora and River's expression at the mention of an extra set of clothes. She felt maybe Aurora would like it better to have her mother around that be surrounded by 3 strangers.

"If you wouldn't mind ?" River looked at this man. Doctor as he called himself. Who calls himself by a title ?

"Uh yeah sure."

"Ok then, let me get changed and come I'll give you something to change into"

He nodded and followed River.

The kids stayed back.

Anthony moved up to Aurora and asked "You ok ?"

Aurora looked up at him, smiled and nodded.

"Now that you are officially a part of the gang and because I seem to like you ideas regarding how our pranks could get better, I'd like to toast with a donut!" Jenny said and opened the box she had brought in.

"Apple and cinnamon ? They're my mom's favourite" Aurora said smiling.

"I know, my dad's too" Jenny replied and winked to which Aurora winked back.

"Oh my god! it's like the trouble just doubled" Anthony groaned.

"It has my friend, it has"

The three of them started munching on the donuts when they heard laughter from upstairs and heard River say "What kind of a name is that ?"

and then heard The Doctor say "It's better than yours."