Over a month of secret kisses go by before Amy is finally a free woman once again. Dr. Song had bought her a lovely white dress for her big day with a note saying she was sorry she couldn't make it. The dress was a pleated A Line skirt that went down to her mid thigh with a white bow on the back .

"You look beautiful" Rory smiled as she walked down the front steps and took his hand in hers.

"I love you" Amy hugged him.

"I love you too" Rory hugged back picking her up playfully as he did so. "Will you marry me?" He asked as he held her.

Amy smiled and kissed him passionately. "I'm already in a white dress"

"You won't be for much longer" Rory spoke with a confidence he rarely displayed.

"Is that a promise?" Amy smiled flirtatiously.

Quickly, they ran to Rory's car eager to get home and make good on their promise.

They didn't officially marry until 2 years after Amy left Pandorica but in that time they'd moved in together and started a life of their own. Rory continued his work as a nurse and Amy began to publish short stories that were slowly beginning to take off.

Rory's mother protested their upcoming nuptials at first. "I know how much you love her and I know she's been doing very well these last 2 years but that's how it was last time. She was fine and then lost her head completely out of the blue after acting normal for years. I just don't want to see you heart broken again."

"We'll be fine, mom." Rory sat at the kitchen table with a cup of tea in hand. "She said I make her better. She needs me"

"But do you need her, Rory?" His mother turned around as she poured a cup of tea for herself. "You're 21 years old. You're still young. Things can change."

Rory wouldn't budge on his decision and even though his mother had protested she came to the wedding. The Doctor also came to congratulate the happy couple. It had been so long since Amy had seen The Doctor she ran up to him and went in to plant a huge kiss on his lips but The Doctor quickly dodged it.

"Amelia, from now on I shall leave the kissing duties to the brand new Mr. Pond" The Doctor smiled as he put his arm around Rory's shoulder.

"I'm not Mr. Pond. That's not how it works" Rory rolled his eyes.

"Yeah it is" The Doctor smiled.

"Yeah it is" Rory gave in as he looked at Amy smiling at the two of them.

Amy put her arms around them both in a big group hug. "My boys" She smiled as she kissed The Doctor on the cheek and Rory on the lips.

"And we are not 'her boys' " Rory clarified as Amy walked away to speak to her wedding guests.

"Yes, we are" The Doctor smiled.

"Yes, we are" Rory gave in again as The Doctor put a reassuring hand on his shoulder again.

After six months of marriage they shared their first Christmas together. It was a glistening white Christmas as snow softly fell and glittered in the morning light. "Rory!" Amy called out excitedly as she ran down the stairs in pajamas looking very much like a grown up kid at Christmas.

"Sorry, Amy. You woke up too late; Santa's gone. You just missed him. He sends his love." Rory didn't turn around as he joked. He was busy cooking breakfast.

"Well, I might have missed Santa but I did meet a stork this morning" Amy smiled as Rory slowly turned around with his mouth agape in disbelief.

"Oh my god, Amy!" Rory ran up to hug her and kiss her "Is that your Christmas present to me?"

"Yep" Amy giggled and handed him a pair of tiny shoes.

"The watch I got you is so lame in comparison" Rory laughed excitedly. "I ... I gotta tell somebody.. I gotta call my dad." Rory grabbed the phone in the kitchen.

Rory's parents were overjoyed although his mother secretly feared the worst. Could Amy's illness be hereditary? Or worse, could her illness cause Amy to harm her child somehow?

It was on a February afternoon that Amy first saw The Silence out of the corner of her eye as she took the grocery bags out of the car. But almost as quickly as it came, it disappeared. Once in the kitchen she opened up the refrigerator to put away her milk jug when she saw it again.

The Silence was a tall creature with long fingers and gray skin. Sometimes you could hear them whisper but when you turned around to see who was talking there'd be nothing but silence.

A tall figure appeared in the corner of her eye "Amy?"

"Aah!" Amy dropped the carton of eggs. "Oh God, Rory! I'm so sorry I..." She ran to get some towels to clean the mess of yoke she'd spilled on the kitchen floor. "I thought I saw something.. I.." Amy couldn't explain it. "I don't remember what..."

Rory felt his heart drop. Amy was slipping away again. "Hey, Amy." Rory smiled as he knelt down to help her clean up. "You want to go for a walk around the lake? You can bring your sketchbook and try to draw all the new patterns in the snowflakes on the leaves in the park" Amy was quite good at sketching and Rory loved to watch her tongue peek out the corner of her mouth as she concentrated on depicting every little design she could find in the snow. It helped her when she wasn't feeling well.

"And then cocoa?!" Amy stood up excitedly.

"And then cocoa" Rory agreed.

A few sketches later and with a glass of cocoa in hand Amy was looking like she was in high spirits once again. "Hey, Rory" She smiled. Rory nodded his head yes as he sipped his cocoa while Amy continued. "I was thinking if it's a girl; I'd like to name her Melody. Melody Pond."

"What about Williams?" Rory seemed a little disappointed.

"Melody Pond Williams" Amy smiled. "Is that better?"

Rory rolled his eyes playfully. "I guess that'll do."