So they all slowly moved to the living room. They arrived in the entry way just in time to see the door fly open and a gangly man with a large suitcase rush in behind it. "Sorry it took so long. I just popped off to grab some stuff I'll need if I'm staying here for a while but the TARDIS insisted on bringing me back today instead of last night so here I am. Oh, and look. The Ponds, all four of you together. Were you having a family meeting or something? I hope it's not about me." Said the Doctor upon entering the house and then grabbed them all into a large group hug.

"What do you mean you're staying here for a while?" Asked River as she tried to untangle herself from the hug.

"He's staying with you? Why and for how long?" Brian added.

"Last night he asked to stay and… I said yes. He's just gonna stay until the cubes stop whatever they're doing" said Amy as Rory showed the Doctor where to put his bag.

Well this certainly changes things thought Brian. I wonder how this will turn out. He's been here less than a minute and things have already gotten weird, family hugs and all that. Wait, did he say…

As Rory and the Doctor returned Brian could not help but ask, "Doctor, why did you say the four Ponds?"

The whole room stiffened though the Doctor seemed oblivious to it. "Well I wasn't counting myself obviously. Just Amy, Rory, River and you Brian. And though I know you don't conceder yourself a Pond, you are one to me."

"What did you say?" Brian asked.

"You are a Pond to me…"

"No, not that. You said Amy, Rory, me and River. How is River a Pond?"

"Well I guess technically she is a Williams. Though, just like you, she's always been a Pond to..." and then he finally noticed the faces around him. "Oh, you meant… Ahhh… Oops… Spoilers?"

"Yeah" both Amy and Rory said.

Just minutes before Brian was sure he finally understood who River was but once again there was something about her he did not know that affected his son and daughter-in-law. How was she a Pond, or a Williams for that matter? Brian could not stand it anymore. He felt lied to, betrayed. He turned to Rory, hurt in his eyes, and asked, "What does he mean? Is there something River left out of her story?"

Seeing Brian like this brought Rory to realize there was no way out this time. They had to tell him the terrible yet amazing truth, the truth about their daughter. Rory gently led Brian to a chair and sat him down. How was he supposed to say this? Why was it so hard?

"Dad," he started. "Remember in River's story she said she was born on demons run because her mum was a prisoner there? Well," he took a deep breath and wiped his face with his hands before continuing. "That woman was Amy." Rory paused to look at his father's expression. "Dad, River isn't just a friend, she's not just Mels, she's my daughter." Brian was sitting there as if ready for his son start laughing and tell him it was all a joke. But when that didn't happen, when Rory's face stayed so serious, his face dropped, searching his brain to put the pieces together or to find some evidence. Which one he wanted more, he wasn't sure.

He ended up finding both. The look on Rory's face when he saw them together in the kitchen this morning. That was the same look he saw last night that he could not place, a look of fatherly love and pride. She was not just a friend but their own flesh and blood, his flesh and blood. The Doctor calling them the four Ponds. At last he remembered the piece that convinced him. River had called for her mum and dad when she arrived yesterday.

His face of confusion slowly split into a small smile. Granddaughter. She was his Granddaughter. He had a Granddaughter. Amy and Rory had a daughter. And then once again, his face fell. For the first time he put Rory and Amy in the heartbreaking story of River's past and all at once it became so much more personal. "My mother was a prisoner". Amy was the prisoner. "I was raised to be a weapon." They turned his granddaughter into a weapon. "My mother was saved but I was taken." Amy was saved but River was taken. "I was dying." His granddaughter, his son's daughter, had died, twice. He remembered the looks of pain on both Rory and Amy's faces as River told the story of her death. That was their daughter.

"Dad!" Rory said for the third time, just now breaking through his father's thoughts. Brian looked up, an almost blank expression on his face. "Are you Ok?"

"Why didn't you tell me?" was all he could say.

"Amy and I discussed it a while back and decided it would simply cause you more pain and confusion than we thought you should have to go through. Plus, you didn't even really know about the Doctor until recently. I mean, Amy and I have traveled with him for almost 10 years and there are still times that it's hard for us to accept."

Brian could tell that his son was struggling to communicate what must be an extremely personal subject in a way that he could understand. As he looked back into Rory's eyes, what he saw surprised him. They were not the eyes of a young man, they were old. There was wisdom and knowledge, grief and sorrow. But there was also joy and contentment. His eyes, for a second it seemed, held the weight of what could have been thousands of years. And then it was gone.

"When… how long ago did this happen for you?" Brian asked.

Rory sighed, thinking of what to say. "Um… Amy met River for the first time soon after she started traveling with the Doctor and I met her soon after, so that would be about 10 years ago now. But Amy was not…" Rory's demeanor changed slightly to a more pained expression as he went on. "Amy was not kidnapped until almost a year later. That's when Melody was born and that's when we found out River was our daughter. About two years later we found out that she was also Mels. But it's only recently that she has started coming to visit" Rory finished.

A/N: Surprise! The Doctor arrived! Hope you enjoyed it. Please let me know what you thought.

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