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He Who Sins
Chapter Forty Three: Birth Day
Rose's eyes clenched tightly shut as another pain tore through her; the Doctor was by her feet, carefully moving her bloody trousers and cloaking her legs with the sheet Tymon had brought him. The Doctor frowned and looked up at Rose
'What?' she whispered between yelps of pain, 'What is it?'. He smiled softly at her and took her trembling hand within his own
'You're about ten centimetres dilated, they're gunna come now' he told her gently. Rose's eyes widened with initial fear, then as the Doctor squeezed her hand she let a small smile play over her face
'We're gunna be a family' she whispered. The Doctor beamed at her, Rose let a look of worry over take her face, she looked him straight in the eye
'Doctor' she whispered, 'I haven't felt them move in over a month, be honest with me, what chance is there that they're alive?' she asked as her voice cracked. The Doctor stroked her hair off her face and looked down at her
'Every chance in the world' he promised her as he pressed a kiss to her forehead
'But let's focus on you first' he said gently. Rose smiled at him and nodded
'They're gunna come any second now – I don't think I can get to the Tardis and back in time to get you pain meds…so you're gunna have to do it without…' he trailed off. Rose took in a deep breath and nodded
'What's a little more pain?' she asked with a shrug as the Doctor's hearts broke.
'You're bleeding a lot sweetheart, so we need to make this as smooth as possible – for your and the babies sake' he told her. Rose nodded as her eyes watered
'Okay' she whispered
'Okay?' the Doctor asked. Rose smiled up at him
'Alright Doctor, show me your med skills' she teased with a faint hint of a smile playing on her face. He framed her face
'When this is all over, I'll take you anywhere in the universe' he promised, Rose smiled at him
'I just wana go home -to our Tardis' she whispered.
He smiled sadly and nodded at her before pressing his lips to her. Rose kissed him gently finding the peace she needed before another scream escaped her mouth
'It's time' Rose whimpered
'It's time' the Doctor confirmed.
Tymon watched from one fearful face to another and began to slowly walk back
'Tymon' the Doctor called out 'I'm gunna need you to help me'. Tymon swallowed heavily and nodded
'Good boy' he murmured, 'Can you bring me some scissors please?' he asked softly as Rose's eyes widened, he squeezed her hand
'Don't worry' he whispered. Rose nodded and rested her head on the stone floor beneath her. She took in a deep breath as another contraction shot through her, the Doctor let go of her hand and moved down towards her legs, he carefully lifted the blanket and ran his finger along her thigh
'I can see the head crowning Rose' he murmured with excitement and dread. Tymon was at her side with a bowl of water, pressing a cold cloth to her head as she screamed, the Doctor parted her legs and pulled the blanket up from beside him. Rose began to scream like she had never done before as the first baby slowly came out, the Doctor watched excitedly
'Come on Rose, thatta girl' he praised her, she clenched her eyes shut and tears slowly streamed down her face as she whimpered
'I can see the head' the Doctor exclaimed as Rose cried out,
'One more' the Doctor urged her, 'I just need one more push'. Rose screamed as she cried
'I can't do it' she whimpered 'I can't'. The Doctor looked from the mess of bloody hair he could see and up to Rose's face
'Yes you can' he urged her
'You're bad wolf…you're Rose Tyler…you're everything, you can do anything' he told her. Rose shook her head as tears rolled down her face
'Not this' she cried 'Not childbirth'. The Doctor looked up into her eyes and smiled at her
'I believe in you' he told her softly. Rose closed her eyes and took in a deep breath
'Once more?' she asked
'Once more' he promised. Rose shut her eyes and screamed as she pushed once more, the Doctor held his hands out and slowly but carefully a tiny baby came out. It fell straight into his hands, as tiny as his palm, its face was blue and it's tiny fists lay still. The Doctor rested his thumb on its heart and felt a tiny beat below it.
'It's alive' he whispered but Rose's eyes had shut
'Rose' the Doctor shouted out 'Rose', her eyelids fluttered open
'Rose, it's a girl' he choked out. A small smile passed over Rose's lips as she heard the news, the Doctor wrapped the tiny baby in a blanket and placed it on the floor beside him. He watched her worriedly as her tiny chest barely rose and fell.
'One more' the Doctor urged
'No' Rose whispered 'One's enough, I can't do it again' she begged.
'Please' the Doctor asked looking at her frantically. Rose shut her eyes and took in a deep breath, within moments the chamber was wrecked with screams again as Rose pushed. The Doctor watched as another head, slowly but surely slide out, his face lit up as the baby fell into his arms, he cut their tiny umbilical cords and wrapped them both in blankets.
'That's it Rose' the Doctor praised her
'You did it; we have two beautiful little girls' he whispered in wonder. When Rose didn't reply he looked up to see her eyelids fluttering, the Doctor's heart froze as he saw the blood that now pooled around her legs. In his palms he held his tiny twin daughters whose faces were now turning blue. He couldn't save them all.