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"WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON?!"

The Doctor winced and protectively cuddled Alex closer to his chest (A/N: lucky baby…). It hadn't taken long for Jackie to regain consciousness; a total of 2 minutes and 43 seconds to be precise. Plus an extra 6 seconds for her to remember what had happened. One look at the little green baby and she was off like a shot.

"Mum, calm down!" Rose tried, but Jackie appeared to be in a shouting-world of her own.

"ROSE MARION TYLER, IF YOU DARE TELL ME THAT THAT IS YOUR CHILD, I SWEAR, I WILL KILL THE DOCTOR!"

Said Doctor inched further aware from the fire-breathing dragon. "Jackie, it's not like that…"

"It's not my baby!" Rose shouted, before her mother could start again. "It's…the Doctor's."

"So he went and knocked up some other girl?" Jackie asked, corning the Doctor against the wall. "Was it that French tart? Madame-de-Pompa-prat?"

"Mum!"

"Jackie I can assure you that I did not get anyone pregnant," he said, cowering slightly as Jackie advanced closer towards him. Alex appeared very calm in the situation, and it also looked like he was enjoying himself.

"Then how the hell did that thing come about?!"

"He is not a 'thing'," the Doctor said, offended. He straightened up and used his height to his advantage. "I am responsible enough and man enough not to get anyone pregnant, or to let you yell in the presence of a child," he said as he towered over Jackie.

"Then how was he created?" Jackie asked, defiantly.

"The Doctor gave birth to him!" Rose finally blurted out. There was no other way to say it…although, it was blunt.

"Way to kill my manliness," the Doctor said.

Jackie looked horrified for a moment before just becoming confused. "Huh? Wotcha mean, the Doctor gave birth to him. He's a man." Then she eyed the Doctor suspiciously. "Or is it the other way 'round where you come from?"

"No," he said. "I sort of…got abducted."

"Abducted?"

"By aliens," the Doctor clarified.

Jackie hesitated for a minute. "So…it's not Rose's?"

The Doctor shook his head. Jackie was silent for another few seconds before breaking out in to a scream of joy.

"Oh, thank god!" she cried, and she pulled Rose in to a tight hug. "I panicked that you and 'im had done it!"

"Mum!" Rose protested, and she reddened from embarrassment. "Are you calm now?"

Jackie released Rose and looked at the green child in the Doctor's arms. "How did it happen?" she asked, with a mixture of amazement and disbelief in her eyes.

"Well," the Doctor began, strolling casually over to the sofa and sitting down, "I had left the TARDIS a few months ago, when I was surrounded by a white light…"

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Three days later, Rose, the Doctor and Alex were all safely back inside the TARDIS and in the vortex. The visit to Jackie's house had gone pretty well, excluding the first half hour they were there. After listening to the Doctor's story, Jackie had gotten very fond of Alex, and began mothering him while there were there. All in all, the visit had been a success. Except for one thing…

"I cannot believe that he said Jackie's name."

Rose, the Doctor and Alex were back inside the playroom. The Doctor was leaning against the wall and watching as Rose played with his son on the floor.

"Doctor, relax," Rose told him for the millionth time. "Don't pressure the kid."

"But he said 'Jackie'!" the Doctor whined.

Alex looked up at his dad and exclaimed happily, "Jackie!"

"You see!" the Doctor cried, sitting down in front of Alex. "He can say it perfectly!"

"Rose!"

"That's it," the Doctor said, throwing his hands in the air and getting off the floor. "I'm going to read a nice long, heavy, leather-bound book to calm myself down."

Once the Doctor had walked out of the playroom, Rose turned to look at Alex. "You're gonna drive him up the wall, you know that?"

Alex looked up at Rose. "Yes," he said, innocently.

Rose frowned. "Why are you doing it?" she asked.

"Fun!" Alex said happily.

Rose sighed. "C'mon, wee man," she said as she stood and then picked Alex up off the floor. "Let's get you in to bed."

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and that's the end of that chapter - me hopes you enjoyed it. and i hope you enjoy the first episode of series three Doctor Who!! it starts in 28minutes! yaaaay!

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