Chapter 4

It had been a few months since Amy and Rory had announced that they were expecting their second child, and the Doctor and River's worries had started to die down. The Doctor had tried keeping River in the TARDIS relaxing, just the two of them.

On this particular day, River was woken up by the Doctor, he jumped on their bed. She rubbed her eyes, and realised that he wasn't dressed in his normal clothes. For some reason he was dressed in a superman costume. River let out a little laugh and said "What are you doing sweetie?"

The Doctor stood on the bed, flexing his so called muscles. "I thought I was your hero, your one and only hero" he said in a really deep voice.

River couldn't help but laugh, she pulled him down so that the was sat in front of her. She gave him a morning kiss like she always did, she cupped his left cheek in her had and said "Sweetie, you are my hero. I love you, I really do, but you're my hero that wears bowties and loves fezzes and bleeding Jammie Dodgers. I don't care if you have ever written a book, and I certainly don't care about the superman looks. I will love you for who you are, not who you wish you could be. And you will be my hero for exactly the same reason."

The Doctors face dropped a little, "You do look amazing though sweetie, and unbelievably cute" River said quickly with a slight giggle.

In that moment, the Doctor grabbed both of Rivers hands and jumped back onto his feel, still standing on the bed. River stood beside him and he grabbed her by the waist and kissed her passionately on her lips. "I love you Professor River Song" he said in the sweetest voice ever.

He put one arm behind Rivers back and scooped her up so that she was resting in his arms. "I love you too sweetie, forever and always" she said as she giggled.

The Doctor started jumping up and down on the bed, with River still in his arms. Both River and the Doctor laughed, he thought to himself She is so beautiful and in that thought, he lost his balance and they both ended up in a heap, giggling like school children, in the middle of their bed.

They both laid there for a while, keeping their thoughts to themselves. The Doctor thought about River and her worries. He knew he would have to keep her safe until Amy's baby arrived, he also thought about how perfect she was and how he was the luckiest man alive.

River thought about her Mother, and she wondered whether or not she was worrying about her baby. She then thought about the Doctor, and how she knew that he would do everything in his power to keep all of them safe from danger.

"River" the Doctor said as he sat up, Rivers head fell of his chest, so she laid on her back.

"Yes sweetie" she said with a cheeky wink towards the Doctor.

"Fancy going for a swim? I'll race you to the pool, last one there is a loser" he said as he shot up off the bed and headed for the door.

"Oh, you're on sweetie" she said and she also shot up off the bed and headed for the door. The Doctor had already started running to the pool, she ran down the corridors to the pool.

When she finally arrived at the pool, the Doctor was no where to be seen Yes, I've won! she thought to herself. She stood there waiting for the Doctor, she turned around to the entrance of the pool when suddenly the Doctor cam running through the door.

"Geronimo River Song" he shouted to her. He ran towards her, still wearing his superman costume. River had no idea what he was about to do. He ran towards her and picked her up, he carried on running towards the pool and then jumped in, holding her in his arms.

River screamed and the Doctor laughed. Within seconds, they were both submerged within the warm waters of the pool. When they both submerged from underneath the blue waters of the pool, both River and the Doctor were laughing at each other. River swam over to the Doctor who had swam to the steps of the pool so he could retrieve his TARDIS blue pool noodle.

"Well, you certainly can't fly like superman sweetie" River said when she reached the Doctor. She flicked a piece of hair away as it was stuck to her right cheek.

"I am tonnes better than him and so many different ways though" he replied seductively. He slid off his pool noodle and swam over to where River was stood in the pool, he grabbed her round her waist and pulled her close to him. He pushed her back so that her back was touching the side of the pool and he held her tight so she couldn't get away. He lent in to kiss her passionately on the lips, in that second she tickled the Doctor, this meant that he had lost his grip on her.

River swam away as fast she she could from him, chuckling as she swam. He realized what she was up too, and he swam after her. He ducked his head under the water for a second, and when he looked up, River had vanished.

"River?" he said, he was clearly confused as to how she had got out the pool so fast, and more importantly, where had she vanished too?

"I'm here sweetie" River said, the Doctor looked around for her, she was out of his sight. He was looking round frantically for her, he really was confused.

"Come on River, stop playing games" he said with concern in his voice.

"Sweetie, I am over here. Follow my voice" she replied, she loved it when he didn't know what to do, and more importantly, when she confused him.

The Doctor swam to the steps of the pool and got out, he followed Rivers voice just like she said. What the Doctor didn't know was that River had found a new room within the TARDIS, and that's where she was leading him. This new room was beautiful as far as River was concerned, there was a giant aquarium, filled with a lot of tropical fish, and there were two scuba suits ready and waiting.

The Doctor finally found River, waiting outside the new room of the TARDIS. "What the hell were you playing at River" he said as he saw her.

"Sorry sweetie, I found something and I wanted to show you. And plus I love playing games with you" she said as she pulled him close and ran her fingers through his hair. She stole a quick kiss off of him and said "Close your eyes sweetie" seductively.

He looked at her with concern on his face "You're not going to make me walk into a door like last time are you, because that really hurt!" he said before he closed his eyes.

River shook her head and took his hands and draped his arms around her shoulders. She slowly walked into this beautiful room, with the Doctor following her. "Open your eyes sweetie. Surprise" she said as she reached the middle of the room.

There was a platform in the middle of the giant aquarium, there was fish swimming all round them. It was probably one of the most beautiful rooms within the TARDIS.

The Doctor was gobsmacked, he didn't know what to say. "Wow... It... It's..." he stammered.

River chuckled at the fact he had nothing to say. River bent down and picked up two scuba suits. "Here you are sweetie" she said as she handed him his diving suit.

He looked at it and threw it back on the ground, he grabbed River wrist and pulled them both into the water. "I'm too macho for that thing..." he said in a deep voice, his voice then lightened up as he said "And plus it has no bowties... And as you know bowties are..."

"Cool, yes I know" River butted in.

The Doctor pulled River close to him once again, "You know something Professor Song" he said,

"What sweetie? Whats wrong?" she replied, she got a little worried, had she done something wrong?

The Doctor thought about what he was going to say to her, he looked deep into her eyes and said in his softest voice "I know I have probably said this a million times, but I really do love you" River went to reply but he carried on "I really do not know what I would do without you sometimes. You've kept me safe through so much, and you have saved me so many times. You're so beautiful as well, I don't know what I have done to deserve a beautiful woman like you in my life" River had a tear in her eye,"Oh, please don't cry Riv, I can't bear it" he said softly as he wiped the tear away, he kissed her forehead, but tears were still falling from Rivers eyes.

"I love you too sweetie... I... I do love you, I really do, but I feel so distant from you sometimes... I see Mum and Dad and they are together everyday, but then there is me and you. I feel like I get left behind sometimes... And when I am in the house, I miss you so much and... And I never know when I am going to see you next, and for me it is torture" River said in between sobs, the Doctor wiped away all of her tears.

River unhooked the Doctors arms from around her, she then climbed out of the aquarium, grabbed her purple towel and wrapped it round her. She then walked away from the Doctor, and out of the aquarium room.

The Doctor was confused yet again, all he had done to keep her worries away, yet there was something she wasn't telling him. He got his red towel from the floor and ran after River. He was still dripping wet from being in both the pool and the aquarium, so wet that he slipped over when he ran after her.

When he finally found her, she was in their bedroom. She was sat on the end of their bed with her head in her hands, all the Doctor could hear was River crying. He sat down beside her and put his arms around her, she collapsed into him.

"River, please tell me what's wrong, I really cannot bear to see you like this. You know I'll do anything to try and make you feel happier" he said as she sobbed in his arms.

River looked up at the Doctor, he wiped away her tears. "It's just everything with Mum, and Mum having a new baby... Don't get me wrong... I am excited to have a new brother or sister, I feel like I am just getting to know my parents after all these years, and now they have another child on the way. And I don't want the kid to be raised with me, or you partial to their life. I want him... Or her to really get to know me as their big sister" River said, once again through her sobbing.

"Here is an idea wife, lets go and see your Mum and Dad now. I'm sure they'll be happy to see us..." he said with a smile on his face.

River looked at the Doctor, she knew that one day he would drop her back of at home, or leave her at Amy and Rory's house, she just didn't know when that day would be.

She smiled at him and tried to hide her further worries, but she knew that it was impossible to hide anything from him. "Okay, lets go and see Mum and Dad for a bit" she said, she tried to say it cheerfully but it didn't work.

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