Hi, this is Ler. If you're reading this, I'd like all of you to know that I have been attacked and killed by the monster that we know as Writers Blooperwholock. Yes. I know. Watching blooper videos of Jared, Jensen, Misha, Benedict, Martin, Karen, Arthur, Matt, David, Billie, Christopher, etc. when I should be writing. I'd also like you to know that I am a filthy hypocrite and undergoing therapy.
"Jackie!" yelled Eleven and Ten exuberantly as they scampered out of the TARDIS and flung themselves onto the legs of the blonde woman, nearly knocking her over.
The TARDIS door creaked open slightly more than the small gap which the two extremely skinny boys had somehow wiggled through. Rose stepped out, clutching Nine to her chest protectively, knowing that he was scared to death of the blonde woman.
Nine whimpered and shrank away.
"Triplets, Rose?" asked Jackie softly, one eyebrow raised. "Why didn't you tell me? I could have helped with the pregnancy."
"What?" asked Rose, confused. "Pregnancy?"
"Well, they are yours, aren't they? Yours and The Doctor's?" Jackie seemed calmer than Rose had expected.
"What? No, no, no. Of course not."
"Well, explain why this one looks so much like 'im, then," said Jackie, gesturing at the boy Rose was cradling. "And how are they that old already? Has it really been that long for you?"
"Mum, they aren't mine," Rose insisted. "These, Mum, are the Doctors. All three of them."
"What, there are three of 'im now?" said Jackie, surprised. "It was bad enough when you came back with one Doctor. Now you come back with three?!"
"Mum, he hasn't even explained it to me yet," Rose said tiredly. "And now I think it's going to be a while before he does, seeing as he's currently in the form of three pipsqueaks."
"Pipsqueaks indeed! How are they so tiny, anyway?"
"Something about poisonous gas on the planet Chicago."
"Oh, so Chicago's a planet now? You learn something new every day, I suppose..."
"Not now, Mum... Can we stay here? Just until we find a cure for whatever is wrong here?"
"Yes, alright," said Jackie. "No messes, though. And just how many people is 'we?'"
Meanwhile, inside the TARDIS...
"So, what are they talking about? Can we stay here?"
"I guess," said Ten with a shrug of his tiny shoulders.
Martha had to resist the urge to run over and hug him.
"Nine's being a baby," said Eleven with a grumble. "Again."
"Well, he is the youngest of us," said Ten. "But that isn't an excuse for having to be cradled by your potential wife."
"Did someone say wife?"
Everyone turned around rapidly and three voices, two adults and a child, exclaimed her name.
"Oops, spoilers," said a woman with frizzy blonde hair. She surveyed the room with sharp eyes and finally saw the two boys just tall enough to reach her knee.
"Oh, my," she said quietly. "We do have a situation here, don't we?"
And River has entered the mix!
I hope that update was long enough to appease you lot.
Is anyone willing to do cover art for this story? PM me if you're willing.
Love,
Ler