They sat there in the bathroom for at least an hour, cooing and smiling over their new addition. They hardly even noticed when the placenta came out a few minute later. It was only when their daughter drifted off to sleep did they look at the time. "Blimey! It's past midnight." Exclaimed the Doctor. "Hmm?" River was still looking at the baby and didn't even notice what he said. She looked up at him with sleepy eyes. He chuckled "You need to go to bed, River." She nodded in agreement. For the most part, she wanted to be out of the water that was now foggy with blood and amniotic fluid. "I could use a shower." "Tomorrow." He said. He took the infant from her arms, placing her in a basket so he could help River out of the tub. They walked back to the nursery, the baby in River's arms and River in the Doctor's. They went into new door was just down the hall from their room. The TARDIS had provided a nursery since they never actually built one. River was quite impressed with it. The wall were painted a deep midnight blue with stars and planets to look like the universe. The Doctor's old cot was in the middle on the room, next to it was a rocking chair and a bookshelf. "It's amazing." River whispered so she wouldn't wake the baby. The Doctor smiled. She strolled over to the cot, gently placing their daughter in it. She stood, watching her sleep until the Doctor came up behind her and wrapped his arms around her. "You coming?' "Yeah… I just can't take my eyes off her. I don't really want to leave her." She admitted. "You're not leaving her. We're right down the hall. If she needs anything, we'll be right there." River nodded her head. They slowly made their way back to their bedroom, River glancing behind her as they left. She slept soundly for the next couple of hours. No more aches and pains, just the new and familiar feeling of an empty womb. She snuggled up against the Doctor chest as she drifted to sleep, only to a wake hours later to the loud wails of their baby. River joted up straight, startled by the noise. She had never really heard babies cry before and the sound scared her, mostly because it was just someones baby, it was hers. She jumped out of bed and sprinted down the hall. Her hearts were beating in her ear when she reached the nursery. It was the same as when she left, cot still where it was. She approached the crib. In it was still her baby, as she'd left her. Though now her face was red and her sobs coming from her mouth. River scooped her up and hugged her tight. She rubbed her back and bounced slightly to calm the child. "There, there. Mummy's got you. You're okay." She repeated until she calmed down. The Doctor came into the room a few minutes later to find her nursing their daughter in the rocking chair. He rubbed his eyes, still a bit tired, but smiled at his family. "You two make quite the pair." She looked up at him and smiled back. He came over next to her and placed a kiss of her head. "Heard her crying." He said. "Yeah. She was hungry." She readjusted her nightie when the the baby was done. "You got out of bed so suddenly." He pointed out. "Well I thought…" She paused, looking for the right words. "I'm not used to this. I'm not used to being a mother. I'm not used to having someone depend on me. So when I heard I just thought… I wasn't really thinking. I just assumed she was in danger." "You'll get used to it." He told her. "It'll become normal. There'll be a time where you can't imagine it not being this way." "Yeah, well. That's a long way away. "I mean, look. We made a whole other person." She gestured to the child in her arms. "That's amazing, it really is but I don't know if I'm ready for that kind of responsibility." The baby reached her arms up to River, making a sort of happy giggling noise. "She thinks you're ready." He said. "She think's you're doing a wonderful job so far and so do I." River grinned. "I forgot you spoke baby." "I speak everything." He said smugly. "And you know something else? She needs a name." "Hmm." She thought. "Names are always so hard. What do you think?" She asked the baby. "No, we are not going to call you 'the Ruler'" The Doctor translated. River giggled. "I want her to have an Earth name So no Timelord names like the Ruler, or the Muse, or Doctor Jr." "How about Emily? Or Addison? Dainah maybe?" He listed. "None of those seem right. Phoebe? No…" She started going over named in her head. Lily, Heather, Claire, Ursula, Sarah, Rachel, Anya, Mirah… "How about Taliah?" She finally said. "We could call her Leah for short." "I like it. Taliah Song. What do think, Leah? Is that a good name?" Leah babbled and clapped her hand together. "What's she say?" "She said 'It's not as good as the Ruler, but I'll let it slide if that can be my teddy bear's name.'" River laughed as he retrieved the stuffed bear from the crib. "There was re then. Taliah and her faithful bear, the Ruler." They spent the morning playing with Leah, telling her stories, and singing to her.