The Life and Love story of Rose Marion Tyler
Rose sighed as she came out of her memory. She smiled gently as she thought of The Doctor or John as he had chosen to be called. He still allowed her to call him Doctor, as that was who he was and neither he nor she thought otherwise.
It was these past weeks that he had been so attentive and loving towards her without getting to the point of smothering her in the process. He had been there for her and comforted her. He was even there to hold her hair out of the way and rubbing her back when she first got her morning sickness, although at the time neither he nor she had been aware it was that.
But mostly he had put up with the cold and dirty reception from her mother. She loved him even more for that the fact that he had not strangled her mother. Her mother was taking her disgust and rage out on the wrong person as he was innocent of all her mother was spewing venomously at him.
She genuinely loved him enough that it had been her who had suggested Pete was to arrange for papers making John a legal citizen as well as certificates declaring him a Doctor of science, meaning he could get a job in any university he wished. It was also her who suggested Cardiff that they work part-time at the Cardiff branch of Torchwood, claiming who better than him to help monitor the rift.
She sighed wearily as she eyed her flat stomach. Up until two weeks ago a flat stomach to Rose Tyler was a complete and normal everyday occurrence, nothing at all out of the normal in the least. But now she knew she was going to eventually get bigger, god was she going to get bigger.
She was terrified out of her mind at the thought of the little being developing inside of her. John had told her that because their father was the original Doctor and not him, that they would be more Time Lord then human, he in fact was willing to bet that when she had her first scan that they would find two hearts.
He also explained to her that she was to not expect him or her to look like him or the other Doctor. Gallifreyan children always looked like their parent's next regeneration and not the current one they were when the children were conceived. He explained that was how it was before Time Lords stopped having children the natural way and the looms were created instead, making the process less personal and more emotionless and alien.
He also explained the fact she was human did not matter, once the baby reached the eighth month of his or her development Rose would be able to telepathically communicate with the little one, that their brain functions would be advanced enough for them to be able to speak.
Rose had truly been stunned by this news. It did not matter whether she ever saw The original Doctor again; she would know what his next regeneration would look like. It both intrigued her and annoyed the sheer bloody hell out of her. Everyone with half a brain would be able to see that John was not the father. Damn The Doctor for that alone.
Rose Knew John truly hated his Time Lord Self. He hated the fact he had sprouted crap about him and Rose being able to marry and have children. But what did that bloody bastard go and do, only went and truly left his mark upon Rose permanently by leaving her broken hearted and pregnant with his child.
He took away the chance that was supposed to have been John's. Rose could not help but understand and feel deeply sorry for him. She did not blame him for his hatred of the other Doctor. She did not doubt it would be difficult for John when the children really started to look like their father. She pitied him, knowing he would have to put up with snide and small minded people making obnoxious and crude comments.
Rose let out another sigh as she thought of the scan she was going for that morning. It is her first time, meaning John had promised he was going to meet her at Torchwood where Dr Owen Harper was going to be doing her ultrasound scan. Jack insisted that she could trust Owen to not spread around the knowledge that she was carrying most likely what was to be a two hearted alien baby.
John had informed her that at six weeks the hearts would have started to develop. She was ten weeks along so this meant the development would have already started and would show up on the scan. Rose had no idea whether she was nervous, terrified, or just plain pissed over the fact that there was a possibility that she would not be able to take her child to a civilian hospital or health clinic.
She was waiting to start the book she was going to write as soon as she knew her baby was healthy. The book she was going to write would be based off her life. How her parents met and were married and how she came to be. She would write of her life growing up on the Powell estates without her father's influence. She would mention Mickey and Jimmy Stone. How she left school at sixteen to be with Jimmy only for him to turn out in the end when all was said and done to be considered less than her own handsome and dashing prince charming. Finally she would mention how she met their father and fell in love with him.
She would separate it into chapters, describing each adventure she had experienced with both versions of their father. John had agreed that the child deserved to know. He had even said he would help with some of the more complicated details if she wished for him to get involved with what was turning out to be a project of sorts for her.
Pete even got in on the action, promising that once she had completed it he would ask a close friend of his who was a publisher to make a professional copy of the book for the baby to read when it was old enough to understand and appreciate it.
But the best part was that Jack Harkness had found out what she planned to do. He though it was a brilliant and very thoughtful idea. He liked the idea of what she doing for her future son or daughter so much so, that he revealed that a piece of alien technology that had fallen through the rift would be of great use to her project.
He had explained what it did. John had examined the technology in question and had beamed. He had explained in even greater detail then Jack had, which in turn had interested Jack as well. John explained that the technology was used to safely and painlessly make as many copies of any memory you wanted. That you could hold the memory in say a books pages for example.
All the boy or girl would have to do would be to touch the page and the memory would be revealed to them. They would be able to hear, see, smell, and to feel all that was happening in the memory as if they themselves had been there and lived the whole scene of the person which the memory belonged to.
He said it was particularly strong and awe inspiring if the person on the receiving end had some kind of telepathic and empathic abilities, meaning the whole thing would be heightened. John promised that the girl or boy in question would be telepathic and empathic as Gallifreyan's were naturally a telepathic race. And some members if the trait ran in their family circle were also mildly empathic. They could pick up on emotions if they were particularly strong. The original Doctor happened to posses such a gift.
It was later on that morning that John and Rose headed into Torchwood three's main Hub. Rose and John had followed Owen up to the autopsy bay. Rose had then lain down on top of the stainless steel table top, which had a thick rubber mattress covered in a sheet draped over the surface for the comfort of the patient.
Owen turned on the ultrasound machinery. While Owen was prepping the scanner John had taken hold of a tube of water based gel off the metal trolley nearby. He had Rose lift her top up slightly before opening the button and zipper on her jeans and lowering them enough for her stomach to be completely bared.
Rose flinched as he squeezed some of the gel onto her stomach. She asked from between clenched teeth, "I never could understand the need for the gel during scans. I went with mom and couple of times to her appointment when she was pregnant with our Tony and Pete couldn't make it." She added, "What exactly is it supposed to do and why is so damn cold?"
Owen replied before The Doctor could and said, "It helps provide accurate images for several reasons. One, applying the gel to the skin during an ultrasound procedure allows the transducer to pass over the skin more easily so that it makes better contact with the body." He added, "Two, during an ultrasound the transducer emits high-frequency sound waves to obtain images of the inside of the body. Using a gel during the procedure allows them to pass through with little interference."
The Doctor added, "And that type of water based gel is used in particular because the air bubbles contained in other gels can result in cloudy images. Only gels manufactured for medical purposes should be used." He concluded after a brief pause, "Using the proper gel helps provide a clear image of the area. In turn it will enable Owen to form a more accurate diagnosis."
Rose smirked and commented, "Alright you two, thank you for the mini crash course in the art of using the right gel during an ultrasound scan. Truly I am awe inspired; my life now that I have that information is finally reached total competition." John and Owen snorted, rolling their eyes at her sarcasm.
Owen soon joined Rose and John on the other side of the room. He carefully pulled the machine along with him, taking the transducer in hand and rubbing it in a circular pattern into the gel smoothing the substance across her midsection. Much to Rose's relief the friction caused by the movements against the gel warmed the temperature nicely.
After a minute or so Owen had a clear picture, which caused him to frown as he noticed that there were four little flickering orbs, meaning four developing hearts. He asked John, "How many hearts did you say one Time Lord had?" John frowned and replied, "Two. Why, what have you found Owen?"
Owen pointed to the screen and said, "See here, those little flickering orbs?" he pointed to four different points on the black and white image in front of them. Rose and John nodded and looked closer. Owen told them, "Well, let me tell you this, there are more than two, try four."
John felt his jaw go slack and the colour drain entirely from his face as he realised the implications of what they were currently seeing. He suddenly cursed heatedly, "That bloody bastard, I cannot believe him. Trust him to not do anything by halves."
Rose looked truly worried as she asked, "Doctor what the hell is going on and what did Owen find?" John replied, speaking slowly, a very noticeably nervous edge to his voice as he asked, "Rose love, do you know what those little flickering orbs you see on the screen in front of you are?"
Rose looked back at the screen before replying, "Yeah, I do actually, mum only had one. The Doctor told her that the little flickering orb was Tony's developing heart beating." John nodded and said, "Exactly Rose. But think about it, Jackie only had one because there was only one baby, Tony."
Rose's eyes widened as she suddenly realised what John was telling her. She gasped out, "Jesus bloody H Christ. Mum had one, but I have four of them flickering. Meaning Time Lords have two hearts and there is four developing inside of me. In short, he got me pregnant with not one, but two, I'm having bloody twins. Christ, the bloody ass-hat, always having to be a blasted overachiever."
After a couple of more minutes of studying the image on the screen in front of them Owen switched off the machinery. John grabbed a couple of tissues from a box on the metal trolley. He handed them to Rose, allowing her to clean herself up and replace her jeans and top back in a presentable order.