Chapter 13- Her Decision

As they kissed, it all came together for Amy. She was in love with Rory, and that made her stronger. She had been so embarrassed to tell him how she ended the Leadworth dream, but she was being foolish. In fact, she had been acting that way for quite a while.

"So, well then…" The Doctor started as Amy and Rory simply held each other. After all the confusion she had felt the past week, she was glad it was settled. She felt safe in Rory's arms. "Where now, or should I just pop down to the swimming pool for a few lengths?"

"I don't know," Rory told the Doctor. Amy simply stared at her fiancé with a small smile on her face. "Anywhere is good for me, I'm happy anywhere." He looked to Amy, "It's up to Amy this time. Amy's choice."

The Doctor clapped and moved to the console. As he pulled a lever he simply stared down for a few seconds. "You know what?" the Doctor said as Amy and Rory turned to him. He flipped a few levers causing the lights in the console room to dim a little, "I say we take a break first. I really should check to make sure there's no more pollen in the rotor. Wouldn't want another nasty dream setting us off."

"Fine, that just gives me more time to decide where to go," Amy said turning to the Doctor keeping her arm around her fiancé.

"All right then, off you two go. I'll call for you when she's ready," the Doctor said leaning on the railing.

"Sounds good," Amy told the Doctor. She took hold of Rory's hand and dragged him down the TARDIS hallway. "Come along Rory," she said as she headed for her room. After what had just occurred she needed to talk to Rory about everything. For once in her life, she wasn't afraid of sharing her feelings with him. This was a moment Amy wasn't about to pass up.

When they reached her room, Amy quickly turned around and started to kiss Rory again. "Well then," Rory said as he broke the kiss. "Hope the Doctor takes a while."

"I actually want to talk."

Rory laughed a little. "Knew I shouldn't have said anything," he sighed smiling back at Amy.

Amy took a small step back, still keeping hold of Rory's hands, "I have to apologize Rory. You were right, running away-"

"Amy, it doesn't matter," Rory interrupted. "None of it matters. After what we just went through, I was being silly."

"No, you deserve to know. I need to tell you so much," she said as she lowered her arms. "We should have a seat." Amy was upset that she didn't have time to practice what to say. Having never done this before, she didn't want to say anything that would hurt Rory.

They took a seat on the edge of her bed. There were a couple of seconds of silence before Amy stood back up and started pacing around the room. It was obvious how nervous she was, especially because he felt the same way. Rory never shared his feelings for Amy because he was afraid of where that would lead them.

"I'm sorry I ran away the night before our wedding, but I was so scared. I wasn't sure if I was ready, and wasn't sure if we were ready. What if we got married, and because I couldn't open up, you ended up hating me?" Amy asked as she stopped her pacing to gauge Rory's reaction.

"Amy, I could never hate you," Rory tried to answer reassuringly.

"No, Rory. You can't promise me that will never happen, because you don't know. Your parents were in love, and now they can barely stand to be in the same room with each other." Amy finished speaking as she sat next to Rory. She simply stared at the wall letting her words sink in. "And quite frankly that wouldn't work for me," Amy quickly added.

"You're right, I don't know what's going to happen," Rory said as he took Amy's hand in his. "All I can say is that I love you Amy, and I want to spend the rest of my life with you. You trust that right?"

Amy squeezed Rory's hand as she smiled trying to gain control of her breathing. They had always been stronger together. He was right if she wanted to be with Rory, she would have to just trust in that. Amy reached over and grabbed a jewelry box off her nightstand. Letting go of Rory's hand, she removed the ring from the case and slid it onto her finger.

"I do Rory. I want to spend the rest of my life with you too," Amy said turning to him. "It's always the same thing with me isn't it. I don't deserve you. You know that right."

"Well, of course not," Rory joked. "But I've already bought you the ring. It would be a bit tacky to give it to anyone else."

Amy laughed is she pulled Rory into an embrace. After all the things she had shared with Rory over the past 15 years, of course nothing would scare him away. Not even sharing her feelings about him. Amy could trust that Rory would always be there for her. Which was good because there was one more thing she needed to tell him.

"I just wanted you to know I didn't run away to be with the Doctor. I was telling the truth before," Amy said tightening her hold on Rory just a little. "Even though I did kiss him," she said as she felt Rory stiffen a little.

"I know. He told me at my stag night. He said you only kissed him because you were scared."

"Mostly," Amy said as the hug ended. "You know how long I have been waiting for the Doctor. I always thought of him as the one that could fix all of my problems. The one who could save me. After what happened with the Weeping Angels, everything was just so overwhelming. In that moment I felt something for him."

"What do you mean that you felt something?" Rory asked confused.

"It's hard to explain. When you meet your childhood hero and he's everything you thought he was and more, it can be quite amazing. Add the fact that I was confused about the wedding, and then coming so close to dying, I got swept up in the moment."

"What? How close to dying did you come?" Rory cried out as he stood up and started pacing himself.

"Oh, you didn't know about that then," Amy said as she scrunched up her face at her mistake. "Look, everything's fine though. I'm right here," she said reaching for Rory's hand. She stood up and placed it on her chest so he could feel her heart beat. "The Doctor saved my life, that's what he does. That's all it was. It was just a moment, a mistake."

Rory hugged Amy saying, "You almost died and I didn't even know you were in trouble."

"I know, I'm so sorry. I wasn't thinking properly. All I can say is that I know what it feels like. Rory, when you died in that dream, I couldn't take it. I have spent 14 years of my life without the Doctor. I wouldn't last a day without you."

Rory let out a little laugh

"And now you're laughing at me. I'm pouring my soul out here, and you're laughing."

"No, I'm sorry," Rory countered. "It's just, finding out things aren't what you expected. It's kind of a relief."

"What do you mean?" Amy asked.

"I don't know. I have always felt so lucky to be with you Amy. You're a force of nature. You're loving and kind and you care so much about others. You're perfect Amy. And in the back of my head was always the thought that you would wake up one day and realize that I wasn't worth your time. Then when the Doctor came back into your life, the way you acted around this amazing time traveling man. Meanwhile, I was just this nurse from Leadworth."

Amy shoved Rory down onto the bed and moved over him pinning his body. "Now listen here Rory Williams. You are the most spectacular man I have ever met. The Doctor may have his fancy screwdriver and a flying blue box, but you have my heart. You are the kindest and most patient man I have ever met."

Rory simply looked up at Amy smiling. He had always let his fears drive their relationship, and it was time to let those go.

"I love you Amy."

Amy returned his smile. She couldn't believe she had never told him before, and now she couldn't imagine not telling him. "I have known from our first kiss Rory. I'm sorry I was too scared to admit it."

"I love you too. I love you so much you big idiot," Amy said as she leaned in kissing Rory. Rory reached up and pulled her closer as she began to remove his shirt.

"So what now?" asked Rory as he laid in bed with Amy in his arms.

"Well, I think first order of business is having the TARDIS get us a bigger bed." Amy said as Rory laughed.

"It just makes it cozier I think," Rory managed to say. He hugged Amy a little tighter at this, "I can't believe it took me dying for you to tell me you loved me. If I had known that, I would have tried it ages ago."

"You shut your mouth. That's the last time you're allowed to do that. No more dying for you. Promise me!" Amy said shaking her finger at Rory.

"I promise, cross my heart," Rory said tracing an x across his chest. Amy smiled as she rested her hand on his heart. "What about the wedding?"

"I do want to get married Rory," Amy said, "But I wouldn't mind waiting a bit though. Back home I'm just a kissogram, but here I'm saving the world. Now that you're here, it's like I have the two best parts of my life together. I know it's a bit dangerous, but I hope that works for you."

Rory kissed the top of Amy's head. "Do you know why in my dream we were in Leadworth?" he asked. He felt Amy shake her head a little. "Not sure if you remember, but I used to hate it as much as you."

"I haven't forgotten. You sir, were running away. That's how we met," Amy said reminiscing about the cute sandy blonde haired kid that walked in front of her home.

"I fell in love with Leadworth, because that's where I met you. You're right Amy. We are together and this TARDIS thing is actually pretty exciting. I wouldn't mind seeing the sights and saving a few worlds. I think the wedding can wait a bit. Besides, I haven't seen an alien planet yet."

"Good show Rory! Then it's settled, we stay."

"Yes, we stay," Rory told her.

"Amy, Rory, I know the perfect place next," the Doctor yelled as he walked into their room. Amy let out a little scream as they quickly scrambled to cover up causing her to fall out of the single sized bed. Luckily she had managed to keep the sheet with her. Rory quickly covered himself up with a few of the pillows as he heard Amy's laughter below him.

"Doctor get out!" Rory yelled waving his hand at him.

"How could you two be sleeping again? We were just caught in a dream world-" was all he managed to say before dodging a shoe that Rory had thrown at him.

"Get out Doctor! Don't you knock?" Amy said having pulled the sheet off of her head careful not to uncover anything else.

"No, I never had to before. This is my TARDIS, why should I have to…oh…oh!" The Doctor exclaimed realizing why they were upset. "Oh you two, well. That's good then. Good for you. You're quite right; I'll just be going now. Parked the TARDIS in a tow zone you know." The Doctor slid out of the room as Amy continued to laugh.

Rory rolled over to look at his wife who was still lying on the floor. "We're going to need to set up a sign or some sort of rule for the bedroom while we're here."

Amy managed to calm herself down as she got up and sat back on the bed. "I guess so. We should have a talk. It's probably been a while since he had a couple traveling with him."

"Speaking of traveling, it sounds like he's already found some place to go. So much for your choice."

"That's all right, I have everything I need at the moment," Amy said as she laid back down on the bed, not quite ready to leave the room.

A/N: Sorry for the delay from my normal posting schedule everyone. Should be back on track now that things have slowed down a bit. I'm glad the views are still pretty good though. Hopefully we can get a few more reviews also.

I really loved writing this chapter. After Amy's Choice, I always wanted to see them fix so many of their problems instead of just implying they did. I understood why though. Moffat wanted the first time we heard Amy tell Rory she loved him to be after the universe is rebooted. A sign showing that it really was the crack in her wall that screwed Amy up. So we never got hear her tell him before he was killed, even though it was implied she had.

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