The warm sun shines through the curtains of Donna Noble's bedroom in Chiswick. The couple has stopped to spend a long weekend with the Noble family per the Doctor's request. "I really think you should spend some more time at home before the baby comes." The words echo in Donna's head. She sits propped up in her bed, hands resting on her prominent baby bump. The Doctor is loudly snoring next to her. She is mildly jealous of how easily sleep has been coming to him these past few months, it's as if he is the one sharing his body with another person. She sighs and rubs her eyes. All of this insomnia has started to affect her mind.
An hour and a half later, a beam of sunlight has settled directly upon the sleeping Doctor. The head from the sun causes him to stir. He slowly opens an eye, squints and reaches for his glasses on the nightstand adjacent to the bed. Once they are on his face, he turns over to see Donna. She is staring at him with wide teary eyes. He can tell she is on the verge of a massive breakdown.
"Hey. Hey. Donna. Shh. What's wrong?" He rolls towards her and pulls her into his chest. She let out a few sobs and hiccups before she can compose herself enough to talk to him. "I'm just so scared, Doctor. What are we doing? Who thought I would make a good mother?" More sobs wrack her body and she starts to stutter as her breath hitches in her chest. "I d..don't know anything ab..about raising a child!"
The Doctor can't help but let out a small chuckle. "Donna. The fact that you are scared about motherhood already shows that you have the makings of a wonderful mother. This child", he rubs her belly, "has the most important woman in all of creation as its mother. And you're not alone in this. I'll be right by your side for everything, sleepless nights, skinned knees, first days of school, holidays, all of it." He grabs a tissue from the nightstand and dabs away the tears from her cheeks. She nods as the last few tears fall from her eyes. The sobs gradually stop and her hiccups and sniffles slow down. The Doctor soothingly runs his fingers through her coppery hair. Soon she has fallen asleep on his chest and he can't help but smile. It had been millenniums since his family on Gallifrey had been lost in the time war, but he will never forget all of the joy and uncertainty that comes with parenthood. He softly kisses the sleeping Donna's head. She's going to be just fine, he tells himself as he dozes back to sleep.
