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He Who Sins

Chapter Seventeen: A Tiny Hope

Rose's mouth fell open and she just stared at the Doctor, he closed his eyes and pulled on his hair. When he told her he wanted it to be right, to be calm and happy, instead he had shouted it at her like some sort of beast. In his mind he saw them in moments of happiness together, then he saw the tiny image of their children on the screen, it was in that moment he knew he could never lose her or he would have lost everything. He was afraid to open his eyes, afraid to see the look on her face as she realised she was carrying his children – would she be happy? Would she be sad? The Doctor didn't know… and he didn't really want to find out.

'What?' Rose finally squeezed after a moment of shock. He bit his lip hard as he thought of opening his eyes, he feared the look he would see in her eyes – this was the moment of truth.

'You're pregnant' he repeated softly as he slowly opened his eyes. Rose still stood before him, he longed to reach out and touch her, to know that everything would be okay but he was frozen in his spot. Rose stared blankly ahead of her for a moment, her mouth moving on empty words, she gasped for breath as she gently pressed her hands over her stomach

'I'm…?' she squeaked as she stared at her flat stomach. The Doctor nodded

'It showed up in the scan' he told her quietly. Rose looked at her stomach then back up at him

'I'm…we're…oh god' she whispered as she put her hand to her head. The Doctor was instantly at her side, his hands rested on her waist supporting her. She looked at her stomach again and tenderly placed her hand over where her children would grow

'That's…are you sure?' she whispered. He nodded slowly

'Yeah – you're about two weeks pregnant… with twins' he told her quietly awaiting her reaction. Roses' mouth dropped open in shock as she absorbed his words

'Twins?' she repeated. He just nodded again; she ran her fingers over her stomach before looking up to meet his eyes. She smiled slowly, her face lighting up along with her eyes

'Oh Doctor!' she exclaimed before she threw her arms around his neck. He caught her close and held her tightly breathing a sigh of relief into her hair

'Oh Rose, I was so worried' he murmured into her hair.

'Why?' she asked as she clung to him.

'I was afraid you wouldn't want them' he admitted sadly. Rose looked up into his eyes and gently framed his face

'Don't be silly – there's nothing more I want in the world' she told him softly before pressing her lips against his. He kissed her back with all the love in the world. They lost themselves in each others embrace before finally parting; Rose rested her hands on her stomach and grinned at him

'We're going to have a family!' she squealed. He nodded and matched her grin,

'We could go for a scan… and see them' he told her with a smile. Rose bit her lip and tugged on his hand, first she pressed a soft kiss to his cheek

'Thank you' she whispered. He winked at her and led her slowly towards the medical room as slow as they liked for they had all the time in the world.

Marilee watched through the crystal and laughed to herself, she knew she could hurt the Doctor more than anything now – and she couldn't wait. She tapped her pendant as it began to glow.

Rose lay back on the medical bed and rolled her top up as the Doctor got out the scanner. He carefully rubbed the cool gel over her stomach before he lowered the screen; he moved it around until two tiny heart bets filled the screen, beating in perfect unison. Rose gasped as she watched the screen

'Is that them? Is that our babies?' she asked in awe. The Doctor smiled softly at her and nodded.

'Oh- they're perfect' she murmured as she watched the two hearts beating slowly together. The Doctor smiled at her and turned back to the screen, he frowned at it

'What is it?' Rose asked worriedly as she saw him frown 'What's wrong?'

He smiled reassuringly at her

'Nothing – it's nothing' he told her. Rose shook her head

'Doctor, don't lie to me' she warned him as her heart pounded. He stroked a lock of her hair off her face

'I'm not lying – I think the pregnancy is going to be excelled' he told her slowly. Rose frowned at him

'What do you mean?'

'Well yesterday these were just bundles of cells – but today they have heart beats. I think that our genetic mix has changed the speed of the pregnancy' he told her softly. Rose protectively ran her hand over her stomach and gazed at her tiny children which were forming on the screen.

'How long?' she asked in a small voice. He scratched his head and began to hit button on the screen

'Well if I can work out how much they have grown…and how long it took… then… hmmm' he mumbled as he began to hit buttons. Soon a smile spread over his face

'A-ha' he announced. Rose looked up at him

'Well?' she asked cautiously. He turned to look at her

'Four months' he said bluntly.

Marilee grinned to herself

'Four months' she murmured. 'Four months to bring down hell'.

Tymon watched her worriedly as his pendant began to burn around his neck, he shivered as the heat of it burned against his cold body – he knew he wasn't ready for this. Marilee turned back to the crystal and gently stroked it

'Greed is a bottomless pit which exhausts the person in an endless effort to satisfy the need without ever reaching satisfaction' Marilee spoke wisely, then she sat back to watch it take its course.