Chapter 6

Rose and the Doctor walked down the street holding hands.

"So..." Rose looked over to him, "When am I gonna have this baby?"

Her voice wasn't high pitched any more, but she had grown a beard.

"We'll know it's coming soon when your beard stops growing back. Oh, and you'll also double in size and go grey... like and elephant."

"What?! I..." She looked up at his smug face. "You're joking again. Trust me to fall for it."

The Doctor giggled and squeezed her hand. He hadn't let her do anything exciting since the problem had occurred, so walking down a deserted beach in Devon was a huge step.

"Watch it, you'll fall!" As soon as Rose let go of his hand, he started panicking.

She laughed, and he realised he had to let her relax.

"Right. That's it!" He ran after her as she headed towards the water. "You're for it!"

Rose was barely able to waddle, so it didn't take him long to catch up.

"Where are you taking me?" she laughed, pretending to struggle.

"We, young lady, are going skinny dipping!"

"In this cold water? Why, I'll catch my death!" They'd both put on posh accents by this point.

"Yes, indeed." The Doctor kissed her as they walked to the water.

"Go on then, Doctor. Strip." Rose stood back and watched as he attempted a seductive strip-tease. Rose giggled, "That's completely rubbish."

The Doctor shrugged and nodded towards her. "Your turn."

Rose laughed as she watched the Doctor shiver in the nude, then quickly ripped off her clothes. As they looked each other up and down, they remembered why Rose was pregnant, and Rose headed off into the cold ocean.

"Come on…" she called, barely able to speak with the shivers running through her body.

"D'ya want that water warmed up a bit?" He pointed the sonic screwdriver at the water around her without needing an answer.

"O-oh!" She giggled as the water around her heated up. "It feels like somebody's done a wee in here."

The Doctor smiled as he walked in. They splashed about a bit, and then Rose went off for a swim. The warm water followed her, so the Doctor had to as well if he didn't want to get hypothermia.

He heard Rose singing a bit off, so he was surprised to see a pained face as he approached her.

"What is it?" he asked casually, but really he was scared.

"My beard fell out. My lump hurts. David's coming." The Doctor half smiled and half grimaced at this remark.

He spoke to her calmly, "Right. Water-birth it is, then."

"Anyway," Jackie continued, "She's pregnant."

"What?" Her friends gathered round her in anticipation.

"Yep. That pervert Doctor of her's got her knocked up!"

"Really? But he'd, like, 40?"

"Oh, no. Not that one. The one that got her pregnant is about 25-30." Jackie remembered that they didn't know he was an alien.

After a few more rounds of tea and other gossip topics coming and going, the remainder of Jackie's friends left. She found herself alone.

"Bloody 'Time-Lord betting Rose pregnant," she muttered to herself, but as she went into the kitchen she saw the repercussions of this mutter.

"Are you the mother of the women pregnant with the Doctor's baby? The Time-Lord/Human hybrid?" It hissed.

Jackie let out a blood-curdling scream and the creature rolled its eyes.

"Yes, we all know; I'm a scary being with green eyes! Eew!" It shook its head. "Get over it! Are you?"

"Y-yes." Jackie was on her knees in terror.

"Right," it began, "Follow me. You're coming with us."

"No I'm not." Jackie, despite saying this, still followed her. "Why?"

"Oh, we're just gonna keep you hostage for a while and ransom you for the baby. No biggy." The monster – Jackie could tell it was a girl – led her away.

Jackie nodded, under some sort of spell. "Oh. Ok, then."