Today is my baby girl's fourth birthday so I'm in a giving mood. A little bit of a calm before the storm. I still don't own Doctor Who but it's on my wish list. Ok so I made a few quick changes. Rory is meant to call the Doctor Dad but I had written this to originally go before COE and I missed changing it when I edited. I apologize to those who were confused before I fixed it. I'm so far from perfect it's not funny.

"Ten quid says he's using the TARDIS to track them down if they're not back here in the next hour," Amy stage-whispered to Rose as they watched the Doctor pace back and forth in front of the window of the hotel.

"Sucker's bet," Rory chimed in over the top of the book he was reading on the sofa. "There's no way he'll even last half an hour."

"Twenty quid on fifteen minutes," Rose said, bumping Amy with her shoulder.

"Done," the red-head eagerly agreed as she and Rose broke down into a fit of giggles.

The Doctor turned on his heel to face the two laughing women. "I'm glad to see that the two of you find my distress so comical. Sabrina and Jenny could be out there hurt or in danger or worse..."

"Dad," Rory said, setting his book down. "Your distress is usually foremost on all our minds, but the girls are only shopping. This is a peaceful planet and both of them are more than capable of taking care of themselves."

"But they're late," the Doctor whined as he fiddled nervously with his bowtie. "And it never surprises me how easily you lot find trouble."

Amy giggled. "Oh, I like this bit, here comes the Oncoming Pout."

"Oi!" the Doctor yelled. "I do not pout!" He then grumbled something indiscernible and sagged onto the sofa next to Rory. "Jenny has only been back a few weeks and she's still adapting to human cultural norms. I don't want anything to happen to her, or Sabrina for that matter."

"We're on a planet in the 78th Century," Amy said, trying to hold back a grin. "One that's plenty used to non-alien customs. Did you see the loo in the first suite they tried to put us in?"

Rose shuddered and patted Amy's arm. "Besides, Doctor, Jenny is adapting very nicely to our family's abnormal 'norms'. And she took to tea like a proper Tyler should."

The Doctor couldn't help but smile when Rose called Jenny a Tyler. He'd been very happy, although not surprised, that everyone in the family had accepted Jenny as one of their own.

"Well," Rory said with a mischievous smile. "It may still take her a bit to get used EJ and Jamie. I've never seen anyone that scared of a toddler before."

Walking over, Amy thumped him hard on the arm. "Be nice! That was the first time she was around a little kid. And Princess EJ can be a bit overwhelming if you were born a fully grown adult."

Rory tilted his head thoughtfully for a moment. "It would be nice to skip the nappy changes."

"And the toilet training," Rose agreed. "Especially when you're trying to train a particularly stubborn little boy."

"Oi!" Rory exclaimed. "None of those stories!"

"I'd bet he was an adorable little baby," Amy said, looking fondly at her husband. "I mean, how could he not have been? Look at his parents."

The Doctor preened and Rose smiled. "Oh yes, my baby boy was adorable. And he was always running around completely starters."

"Mum!" Rory's cheeks blushed deep red.

Leaning over, the Doctor clapped the young man on the shoulder. "It's not much fun when they're ganging up on you, is it?"

"No, it's not," Rory agreed.

Amy and Rose continued to retell old embarrassing stories about Rory, much to the man in question's chagrin and the Doctor's growing amusement. It had the intended effect, though; it shifted the Doctor's attention away from Jenny and Sabrina's continued absence. In fact, it wasn't until twenty minutes later that the Time Lord even mentioned the girls again.

"I'm sure they're fine," Rose began but was interrupted by the door to the hotel suite opening.

"We're back," Sabrina exclaimed, setting an armful of shopping bags on the floor. "Sorry we're late. Got a little caught up and lost track of the time."

"Absolutely not a problem," the Doctor said, bounding up and hugging each girl in turn. He noticed that Jenny had cut her hair into a short bob. "We were just sitting about telling stories. Didn't even notice you were late." Behind him, Rose snorted. He ignored her and turned to Jenny. "The new haircut is very lovely, Jenny. Did you have a good time?"

"Oh yes, thank you." Jenny beamed. "Brina and I did all sorts of lovely shopping. Look, I got this bracelet." She held up her wrist to show her dad.

"That is very nice, dear," he readily agreed. Years of traveling with females had taught him to always admire their trinkets.

Lowering her hand, Jenny fingered one of the trinkets on the bracelet. "Well, one of the blokes that we met, Sironne, really liked it too. In fact, we're meeting him to go dancing later tonight." Over the Doctor's shoulder, Sabrina's eyes grew wide and she drug her hand across her throat, trying to get Jenny to stop talking. Jenny didn't. In fact, she launched into a detailed description of said blokes that they had met, completely unaware that both her brother and her father were growing more upset by the millisecond.

Amy slapped a hand over her mouth to stifle a laugh, while Rory stood up and rounded on Sabrina. Drawing himself up to his full height and looking down accusingly at his little sister, he began to rant. "You took her trolling for boys on an alien planet? I thought you had a boyfriend? And Jenny is too young to be looking a 'cute blokes'. Are the two of you just looking for trouble?"

"Calm down. We don't need the overprotective big brother act, thank you," Sabrina said in a low threatening voice. She refused to be intimidated by her big brother. "They were nice enough guys. It's not like they were trying to take advantage of us. Not like they could even if they wanted to. And every planet is going to be an alien one to Jenny."

"I will not calm down. The two of you could have gotten hurt or sold into slave trade or…" Rory's face turned red. "Most boys are only after one thing, you know."

The Doctor took this moment to cut in over the top of the younger man. "The pair of you could have gotten hurt or worse. You should have known better."

"So we can't even talk to a couple of nice people now?" Sabrina asked, venom in her voice. "Or is it because we agreed to meet said nice people later tonight? Would we be having this argument if the people we had met were girls? The two of you need to back off. Jenny and I are adults and can make our own friends, thank you very much."

Both Rory and the Doctor opened their mouths to speak again. Rose gently pulled Sabrina backwards and stepped between her and the two men. "That's enough. The girls can do as they like."

"Did we do something wrong?" Jenny quietly asked Amy. "Is that why Dad and Rory are so mad at us?"

"No, you and Sabrina didn't do anything wrong. Well, maybe you shouldn't mention boys around the two of them. Keep the boy talk between the girls," Amy said softly to Jenny before turning around and practically yelling at the other two aliens in the room. "Because as primitive as they think humans are, right now they are far worse. Are the two of you just planning on locking these two away in a tall tower, maybe guarded by a dragon to protect their virtue?" Amy wrapped a protective arm around her sister.

"Come on, Sabrina," Amy called, holding out a hand. "Let's go see those pretty things that you bought and decide what we're going to wear when the three of us go out tonight."

Rory opened his mouth to protest but Rose cut him off. "Sounds like a great idea, Amy. I think I'll join you. Go on, I'll just be a minute with two."

Amy, Sabrina and Jenny picked up the discarded shopping bags and slipped into the room that Sabrina and Jenny were sharing. Rose simply stared down the two men in front of her. "Care to tell me what the bloody hell that was about?" Neither of them said anything so she flashed her anger through both of their minds. "We were having a wonderful time here. Great bit of family fun and the two of you just yelled at Jenny and Sabrina for what? Doing what young woman their age do?"

"It's just that they're so young," Rory said lamely, completely withering under his mother's fury.

"Sabrina is the same age that you were when you and Amy got engaged. And before you say that's different, she's also the same age that I was when I first left with the Doctor."

She folded her arms across her chest and glared daggers at the Doctor. "Is this about what you think happened to Amy?" She sent her thoughts to him as well as a feeling of concern.

Hanging his head, the Doctor sent his confirmation back to her. In return, she sent him a wave of understanding. "Look, I understand that the two of you want them safe," she said, speaking aloud again. "But this is not the way to go about it. All you are going to accomplish is rebellion with Sabrina and confusion for Jenny. So stop the caveman act and apologize."

She started to leave but stopped and rounded on them again. "You know, I shouldn't compare you to cavemen. I was married to a caveman once and they actually respected the females in their clans."

Both the Doctor and Rory mumbled apologies to Rose as she left the lounge and stepped into the girls' room.

"So, Dad," Rory said, slumping back onto the sofa. "Welcome to the dog house."

Letting out a half snort, the Doctor leaned against the nearest wall, his eyes staring at the door through which Rose had retreated. "I am intimately familiar with the dog house, thanks. Had never even heard of such a place until I met your mother. Now though…"

Hours later, the four Tyler women were sitting around a table in one of this city's night clubs. The music was thrumming a heavy, inviting beat but none of them felt the urge to dance.

"Do you think they've been punished enough?" Amy asked, swirling the straw through her bright blue drink. "Or should we let them stew a bit longer?"

"It's been, what, six hours since we left them?" Sabrina asked, consulting her wristwatch. A gift from her parents on her 16th birthday, it automatically acclimated to the local time of whatever planet they were on. "I think it's been long enough."

"Why are we punishing them exactly?" Jenny asked, almost innocently. "They both had valid concerns about mine and Sabrina's well-being. Although I was born to be able to protect myself and those around me, so they shouldn't have been so concerned. Plus, I did survive four years on my own."

"It's not about the validity of their concerns," Rose said, swallowing her drink in one last gulp. "It's about them treating the two of you like property."

"But they just felt the need to protect us. Isn't that what elder members of a family are supposed to do?" Jenny gave them a small, tentative smile. "I've been trying to read up on Earth's family customs for the early 21st century."

"Oh, little sister," Amy said, patting her hand. "First rule in this family, well, second. The first one is 'Don't wander off'. The second is that we don't play by the rules that any 'normal' family might have. WE break just about every rule that's out there."

"And we don't let anyone treat us like we can't handle ourselves. Regardless of their reasoning," Rose agreed.

"Oh, and we never wait more than five and a half hours for anyone to rescue us," Amy added with flourish. Everyone apparently slightly tipsy and they were all laughing now.

Then it happened, just for the smallest fraction of a second. Jenny was looking at Amy, who by all appearance seemed normal. Then she wasn't, her face looked strangely waxen. Like someone was sculpting her face but hadn't carved in the details yet. And deep within the recesses of her mind, Jenny felt the brush of another telepathic mind.

Her dad had been working with her on honing her abilities, so she could easily discern who was who. She could tell by the smallest brush if it was Rory, Dad, Mum or one of the TARDIS' and this wasn't any of them, this was completely new.

Momentarily horrified, Jenny turned to her Mum. She had seen it too and met Jenny's eyes.

"Not now. We'll talk about it later. Just not now, don't let Amy or Sabrina know anything is wrong," her mum's voice said soothingly in her head.

Jenny nodded, trying to mask the horror that she felt. Luckily, Amy hadn't seen her reaction. She and Sabrina were continuing their bouts of giggles over the rules of being in this family.

"Alright girls, time to head to bed," Rose said, pushing back her chair. Sabrina and Amy half-heartedly protested but followed their mum out of the club and across the street to the hotel. "Dad is going to meet you in the lobby," Rose thought to Jenny after catching her arm. "I'm going to get these two into bed."

True to her word, the Doctor met them in the lobby. "Sabrina," he said softly. "I'm sorry for over-reacting earlier. It's been far too long since I've had daughters and I just want the two of you safe."

"This time you are forgiven." Sabrina stood on her tiptoes and kissed his cheek. "Tomorrow you can take us on a smashing adventure to make it up to us. Goodnight, Dad."

"Amy..." he began to apologize.

"It's not a problem. Night, Dad," Amy said, heading to the lift.

"I'll make sure these two get in bed to sleep it off," Rose said as she followed Amy and Sabrina.

"Rose, I'm..." the Doctor started yet another apology.

She came over and pulled him into a hug. "Later, love. We'll talk later. Right now I think Jenny has something to tell you."

"Love you," he said, placing a kiss in her hair.

"Always," Rose whispered back before pulling away and stepping onto the elevator.

Once the lift doors closed, Jenny stepped forward. "Dad, what's wrong with Amy?" Her voice was demanding yet scared.

"Let's go for a walk," he said softly, looping his arms through hers and pulling her back outside. They had walked three blocks before he spoke again. "Mum and I aren't 100 percent certain what has happened to Amy yet. We have a few ideas. All of them very, very bad."

"Is she going to be okay?" Jenny asked, her body tensing.

"I believe so. Right now, we're fairly certain that she's safe, but for how long... we don't know. A few months at least. After that..." He trailed off lost in thought. "We will fix this. There is no way we are going to lose Amy."

"Does Rory know?"

"He suspects something is wrong with her, I'm sure of that, but we haven't discussed this with him." The Doctor let out a slow breath. "I have never felt so much guilt for keeping a secret in my life, and trust me, I've kept quite a few secrets."

Jenny stopped walking and turned to face her father. "What can I do to help?"

The Doctor gingerly laid a hand on her shoulder. "For now, I need you to show me what you saw tonight. May I?" His hand drifted towards her temple. She nodded, opening her mind to show him the memory of Amy's brief transformation and letting him feel the same presence that she had.

Closing his eyes tightly, he let his hand fall. "This is bad, very, very bad. Come along, Jenny, we need to discuss this development with your mother."