He cradled her close to his chest, peering down at her, staying silent. Sarah-Jane put her arm round his shoulder, trying to comfort him, but he said nothing, just silent, staring down at his daughter. His Sarah-Jane. He couldn't get over the fact of how Mai had sacrificed herself.

Flashbacks. I knew this was coming, Dad had told me. I watched me shouting at my Dad as I realised I was in labour, then everything span backwards, to when Dad was shouting at Luke. It all went pretty quickly until it came to the party at Luke's uni. I stood next to myself, watching Luke and Maria. She spoke to him and ran, he grabbed her arm and she pulled away, leaving with the others, and Maria dissapeared. He sat back down where he was, downing the rest of his drink and running his fingers through his hair in anger. I half smiled and sighed, walking over and sitting next to him, turning and looking at him, even though he couldn't see me.

"Go after her." I said. He looked directly at me, but straight through me and got up, running after her as everything went backwards again.

"But I don't have much time, he can't go through watching me die twice!" Sarah-Jane hissed as she stood in a corner of the attic with The Doctor.

"He needs you." He said, placing a small veil with pink liquid in her hand. "We'll do some tweaking when we get The TARDIS back, say you went travelling or something. I'd stay you know I would, but I can't look at him or her without thinking about Mai. She was mine and River's daughter, we need time to ourselves too." He said, glancing at River, sitting silently. "Your his Mum, he needs you. He can't cope being a dad on his own, Clyde and Rani haven't a clue, and they can't look after SJ and Sky on their own. It'll make the world better, saving the world in an attic in Ealing again."

"How are you coping?" She sighed.

"I spent all this time not knowing who she was, then treating her badly, and now I've lost her, how do you think?"

I watched myself argue with the police man, showing him the psychic paper and then back in the house, speaking to Rani and Clyde after hiding away. They looked so worried and it made me feel guilty, and I was never gonna see them again. It then went back to me arguing with my Dad at The Pond's house, then eventually me leaving Bannerman Road to return to Leadworth.

Luke paced up and down the attic, bouncing SJ lightly trying to stop her quietly crying, wanting to cry himself. Her head looked over his shoulder, as he tried to keep her calm. Jack had gone, taken Sadie and Charlie home, so all was left was everyone who should really be there.

"Here love, do you want me to take her from you?" River asked as he passed her over, Rory, Amy and The Doctor sitting next to her as she sat down again, cooing over the latest member of their family. Luke ran his fingers through his hair, looking round getting stressed out and heading out, sitting on the staircase, Rani and Clyde following.

"I can't do this." He whispered. "What sort of father am I gonna be?"

"You'll be a brilliant one." Rani smiled weakly, squeezing his hand.

"Sarah-Jane is coming back! It's mad, but brilliant, she'll be there to help you every step of the way." Clyde said, placing his hand on his shoulder.

"I can't afford to leave uni, and even if I did, where would I find a job to support her? On the other hand, I can't stay at uni, leaving her for that amount of time without me! She can't stay with me, I won't be able to cope, or look at her without seeing Mai!" He said. "The Doctor and River will have to take her."

"Luke, you need to calm down and think about what your saying before you say something stupid."

"I can't raise a baby! I haven't the slightest clue!" He said, freaking out. "I can't do it without her."

...

"Oh your mother was brilliant." The Doctor whispered, looking out the window as the sun rose, holding her closely. "I took her for granted. I really did."

"Sweetie." River whispered, placing a hand on his shoulder.

"After all I did." He muttered.

"Don't feel guilty." She whispered.

"How can't I River?"

...

My final flashback. I watched myself hurry to my history lesson, and stop and feel The TARDIS, the thoughts running through my brain in the past, when I was her. She turned round and walked off, and The Doctor came out, talking to her. It made me realise I could be heard but not seen, and that I could tell myself not to go, to save myself the pain. As I stepped inside The TARDIS for the first time, I followed myself and watched as I took it all in. It was at that moment I realised, I had no regrets. I didn't regret leaving my life and going off with The Doctor, I didn't regret saving him and River, nearly killing others at the same time. I didn't regret then running away from him, or leaving The TARDIS to live at Bannerman Road. I certainly didn't regret meeting Luke or having SJ. And I don't think I would ever regret running into The TARDIS and taking my daughter's place in making our family home blow up, so she'd have a chance to live. I had been through a lot since that day I was watching again, but I wouldn't go back on it one bit. Everything started to go white, I was starting to go, the flashbacks were ending, and so was my life. But The TARDIS was kind, she was smart, and I was able to say goodbye. I looked like a ghost but I stood in the attic, as everyone was talking depressingly, whilst Luke stood in the corner by the window, cradling SJ.

"For christ sake." I muttered, taking out my sonic and sonicing myself, as I came through better, so I didn't look like a ghost as everyone looked at me, a bit speechless. They all walked over to me, looking a bit shocked apart from my parents. I looked over and noticed The TARDIS was already there, and they looked as if they had seen the message I had left. "The flashbacks are ending, my time is running out." I said, looking The Doctor in the eye. "Your all gonna remember me, so there's no way of bringing me back, I'll just expire. But I think you knew that."

"Can't you come through proper? Can't you come back?" Luke whispered.

"Sorry, it would rip a whole in the vortex, the size of Belgium." I half chuckled, smiling at my Dad.

"Stuff Belgium." He said. "I need you. She needs you." He said, clutching SJ tighter.

"You don't need me."

"I love you." He whispered, tears streaming down his face as well as my own.

"Oh Luke Smith, child genius. Why did you fall in love with someone as stupid as me? That's why I know you'll be able to look after her. My side of the family has a habit of abandoning a child." I sighed, looking at The Doctor and River. "Whilst yours takes them in." I said, looking at Sarah-Jane. "So if this is the last chance to say it Luke, I love you too. Goodbye." I whispered.

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