They stood staring at each other for a limitless amount of time, Amy's hand still ready to strike the moment he got close enough to her. All the numbness of first seeing him had begun to wear off and the pain and anger that had filled her for years was beginning to resurface. There was nothing worse than abandonment. To her, it was the worst feeling that could embody a person. To feel alone and forgotten was torturous. But the Doctor would know all about it, wouldn't he?

She just was as beautiful, or even more so if it was possible, as he'd remembered. All fear of her lack of change still rang in the back of his mind as he tried to decipher what it could mean. But now, in that moment, all that mattered was the green of her eyes and the pain that he had inflicted within them.

She knew that it had to be confusing for Eden, hell, it was confusing for her and she had lived through everything. She didn't know how else to explain what had happened and what would happen. Yes, she was smart for her age but she was still only four. It was then that three things happened in quick succession. First, Amy's guard fell down as the Doctor tentatively reached out and placed his hand upon her cheek, the urge to place his forehead to hers and wrap her up in his arms as he had always done clearly showing in his eyes. Second, his hand was removed just as quickly as it had been placed there. And third, he bent down to look Eden in the eyes, grey battling grey for answers and adoration that both had been lacking for the past years.

"So you're really him?" She stated and it caused him to laugh, up close she was even more breathtaking then he could have ever guessed. He slowly nodded, not trusting his voice to speak. The wheels in her mind were turning as she was trying to process questions, but all he wanted was to open his arms to her and hug her, to feel her hearts beating next to his. "In reality then, you're my father? It's not a lie that I've been told to believe, because truly, many found me insane when I told them that my father traveled around in a great blue box."

'She is way too intelligent for her age,' she thought was more with a painful pang. If she was this smart now, this brilliant, then what would come of her? It had always been Amy's great fear that her daughter, her wonderful little girl would accelerate so quickly that she would not get to see the greater parts of life. She didn't understand how Time Lord genealogy work, especially a half Time Lord child's, so it wasn't anything against her to fear that it would have the opposite effect of a normal Time Lord, of the Doctor.

"Well, if it's any consolation, I am the madman in the blue box so they can no longer find you utterly hopeless," he smiled his infamous grin that was so contagious that Amy found her lips turning up at the corners, the small girl before her smiling to her hearts' content before throwing herself onto the man before her. Amy had always planned out this scene in her head, if it would ever come to be. She thought that at first, Eden would not understand. That she would be afraid of the man that was her father, that was all before Eden was truly old enough to speak. The moment she muttered her first world, Amy knew that Eden would accept anything thrown at her and that it was her right to know everything about the Doctor.

She felt so light in his grasp as he held her close to him, her breath warm on his neck. The tears that welled up in his eyes refused to fall, she wouldn't let them. It had been his fault to begin with. He had let Amy leave, he had disappeared without a trace. He had stood by and watched Eden grow without stepping it. Vacant, that's the only way he could describe himself but now, he wasn't sure he could ever let her go.

"We better go somewhere, I mean, a little more private. Everyone's beginning to look oddly at us," Amy muttered, trying her hardest not to break them apart. Usually, it wouldn't bother her but today, she just wanted to talk to him about everything where prying ears could not listen. She watched as he slowly nodded, getting a better hold on Eden and standing on wobbling legs. Her little legs and arms tightened around him, afraid that he would extricate himself from her hold, but he did just the opposite. He refused to lessen his hold. "We can go back to the TARDIS. I'll leave it parked and we can just talk. I assume you have things at a hotel room anyway?" Slowly she nodded, watching as he gave her a sad smile and started making his way out of the exhibit.

This one is a bit shorter but that's because I plan on updating extremely soon, based on the number of reviews I receive. Next chapter, I am going to explain why Amy seems to not be aging, to some degree, then it's up to Amy to decide whether to go with the Doctor or return home.

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-Rae.