Time can be rewritten

by Smeedog

When evil surrounds you, what do you do? For River, this is common but when everything is changing and there is no one by your side, sometimes all you want is a home. 'Escaping' the library, was easy, but fleeing your past is even harder. An army is wanted, but what is needed is family, and a family is what she gets, just not exactly the 'normal' one she had in mind. Library Fix-it

28. Epilogue

"Night mum! Night Dad!" the children all chorused as they ran upstairs. River and the Doctor were sat, curled up on their sofa. "I should probably go and check that they're not staying up, it is a school night." River smiled and moved to get up when the Doctor stopped her. "Let me honey." he kissed her and went upstairs. River was extremely confused. The Doctor was acting strange, even for him. Helping with her equipment, limiting her physical exercise where unnecessary, and enforcing a strict sleeping and eating regime.

River had quite frankly had enough of his behaviour and was going to find out what the man was up to. The Doctor returned and River found her opportunity. She decided to pick up her marked papers for her students at Luna and move them, just to get him to react. He did and insisted he move them to avoid her bending down. "Sweetie? What's going on? Why are you acting like this? I'm fine!" she said but without any warning a pain ripped through stomach and like as before in the Torchwood base the Doctor massaged her stomach till the pain subsided.

"What's going on? I thought I was fine. The orb should have cured me." she clung to the Doctor who rubbed small circles in her back "You are, this isn't to do with the vortex, Riv I need to show you something." he stopped rubbing her back and lead her to the TARDIS, which was parked in her own room in River's house. The Doctor opened the doors and lead River inside. "Me and my younger self noticed the cramps when we were in the Torchwood base, so we did a scan. You might want to see this." The Doctor span the screen to reveal a medical scan of her body but that wasn't what surprised her.

"Twins?" she breathed. The Doctor held her from behind and whispered in her ear. "Darrillium was a special night, wasn't it Honey?"

River's thoughts suddenly jumped to a dark place.

"But what if the Silence take me, what if they hurt them like they hurt me? What if..."

"I will come for you, for them. I will not let them get you in the first place. I love you." the Doctor said a placed a firm kiss against her neck, making River relax again to more pre-motherly thoughts

"Do you know the gender?" she asked.

"No. Either the scan won't tell me or you mother is being her usual secretive self." he brought his hands to her stomach and pressed gently. River hummed. River and the Doctor both sighed, "Spoilers..."

THE END?