She couldn't believe it. Could this man really have two hearts? A dual cardiovascular system? Did he have two of anything else? Brain? Stomach? Liver? Or anything else? No. Nope. Something must be wrong with her stethoscope. She looked into his eyes.

"Erm… sorry… My stethoscope must be faulty. Let me go get a better one." She says, smiling at him. She starts to stand up.

"No." He grabs her hand and looks at her sheepishly. "Your stethoscope isn't faulty." He looks into her eyes. "Rose."

Her eyes widen and she breaks free of his hand and backs up. "Erm… no, I think I should try again. With another tool. I'll be right back." She starts to slowly back out of the room. Could this be what she thought it was? Impossible.

"No, wait!" He jumps up off the bed and walks to her. "You see, I have this super, ultimately rare condition where I have two hearts… I had to get a transplant, but they couldn't take the old one out. I can't remember the procedure name. Please don't leave." He grabs her hand. "They always leave."

She looks at him and puts her hand on his chest to feel both heartbeats. "You know we could fix that, right? New technology now. You could be normal."

"Ah, but what's the fun in being normal? Normal is boring. Two hearts? Exciting! You never know when one of them is going to have an attack!" He laughs and then immediately blushes. "Oh yeah…"

"What?" She asks, looking at him. "What is it?"

"Well, erm…" Hel puts on hand behind his back and grabs the gown. "I forgot who erm…. Breezy these things were…" He blushes more. "Could I get changed now?"

"Well, seeing as how everything is in order of being not normal…" She smiles. "I guess you could change, yes."

"Fantastic." He smiles and backs up as to not reveal is backside to his friend's daughter. What would Donna say? She'd probably slap him. "Will you stay outside the door? I wanna talk more, if that's okay…"

She looks at her watch and smiles. "Sure. My shift ended about ten minutes ago, so I guess it'll be alright." She stops smiling. "I don't know what it is about you, Mr. Smith, but I find myself trusting you."

He smiles and laughs. "Haha! It's the lack of normalcy. Be right out." He closes the door then changes back into his other clothes. He steps out of the room as he fixes his hair into its down-sloping pattern.

"Curious style you have there, John." She smiles. "A bit out of place…" She fixes a little bit of it and smiles. "There, now it's normal."

He frowns at her. "Now, what did I say about normal?" He takes the bit she fixed and messes it up again.

"Right. You don't want anything to do with normal. Haha! Come on. Let's go. What did you want to talk with me about?" She asks as they stroll through the hospital to the faculty room. "Or was it just nothing in particular?"

"Well…" He says. "I was wondering about this family name of yours. You said your mother had the same name?"

"Minus the middle." She smiles and jabs him with her elbow.

"Yeah, minus the middle." He laughs as they reach the faculty door. "How is she doing?"

"Oh, mum? I like to think she's happy. She passed about two years ago. Real peaceful though. In the night in my great-granddad's old chair, looking up at the stars. She always said she would travel them someday. Unfortunately she never got the chance to."

He looks at her and frowns. "Wow… erm. Sorry about that."

She smiles and steps inside the door. "It's okay. I'm in the acceptance stage now. At least she's not hurting or forgetting anymore. Now, I'm going to go change, then we are going to a healthy restaurant because, you know, I'm the doctor…" He looks at her in surprise. "And you're the patient. So obviously you're paying. Haha." She closes the door.

Donna's dead? How could he not know this? How did he miss this? He had planned to visit her one last time before the end. She wouldn't have recognized him, but still. Donna Noble, Queen of the Universe's songs. Goddess to all the planets she saved. Reduced to bones underground. He wipes a tear from his face and smiles at Rose as she steps out.

"Thinking about it, did you know her? My mother?" She asks.

"Yeah. I think I did. From high school or something. Let's go." He holds out his arm.

"Then I'm sorry…. Doctor." She says as she takes his arm.

So, I kind of love this one because it will not be your typical relationship between modern companion and The Doctor. No lovey dovey crap. I may seem like it at first, but trust me, I know what I'm doing… For the most part….. Anyways, goodnight, Happy Holidays, and yeah, the rest. I hope you enjoyed and like this series.

~ Hazel Nelson ~