Well, here's chapter 2! Thank you to SparklyPinkKitty and tttt for the reviews! (and tttt, I am so jealous that you get to see Ramin... XD)

As they walked into the hotel, Amy couldn't help but marvel at the beauty of it. The lobby was about the size of a jogging track, with a large area in the centre with couches and chairs as well as a grand piano that someone was playing "Colors of the Wind" on. There were at least three huge floral arrangements with big, beautiful exotic flowers and leaves setting on some tables, and next to the grand staircase, there was a turn-of-the-20th century styled elevator.

While she was taking in the splendor of the space, the Doctor was rambling on about how accurate the architecture was. She suddenly jerked to attention when he bounded back to the three of them and pointed at the floor.

"...And they still managed to work Disney into it! Look! Some of the pieces of marble in the floor are shaped like the characters!" the Doctor told them excitedly.

Even River had to admit (to herself, of course) that it was a delightfully quirky touch. She was pulled from her thoughts as the Doctor grabbed her hand and pulled her towards the main desk.

"Come on! We have to check in, then we can explore the rest of the hotel!..." he babbled as they approached the concierge.

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A few hours later, Amy and Rory and the Doctor and River were in their rooms. Both rooms were next to each other on the ground floor of one of the outlying buildings, facing Bay Lake and the Magic Kingdom. In fact, the top of Cinderella's Castle could be seen from their balconies. Amy and Rory were currently sitting on theirs, talking.

"I don't really know why the Doctor brought us here..." Rory said while looking at the castle. "I mean, it just seems a bit, well, low key? I mean, I'm sure that there isn't anything here that would cause us to all end up doing our usual fighting, saving, and running thing that we always have to do..."

"You know the Doctor. He's like a big four-year-old. I don't find this surprising at all, and you heard what he said earlier. He wants to have fun for the sake of fun. Can you really blame him for that? He just seems so sad sometimes... I think this will be really good for him. For all of us, really. I also have the feeling that he has another reason for bringing us here, whether he tells us or not."

"I will tell you."

Both Amy and Rory jumped to see the Doctor poking his head around the divider between the two balconies. "Mind if I climb over?"

Amy and Rory both nodded, and the Doctor proceeded to climb over to their side of the balcony. One he was over he leaned against the railing and looked first at Amy then Rory for a moment before he spoke.

"River is swimming at the main pool right now, so I don't have to worry about her hearing this. I wanted to come here. Yes, I wanted to come here because I figured it was someplace new where none of us had been before. But I did have another reason." Here the Doctor stopped and suddenly looked very sad. He looked down at his shoes for a moment before looking back at the Ponds and continuing. "I brought us here for River. Wait, let me finish before you say anything, Pond..." he said as Amy opened her mouth to question him. "I brought us here because this is one of those places that most children dream of visiting. Families come closer together and create happy memories here. I know that you didn't get to raise River... Melody... and she never really got the chance to be a child. When she wasn't with you two when you were all children together in Leadworth, she was being brainwashed and trained by the Silence to kill me. Because of that, she doesn't even properly have the memories of her time with the two of you as children, and that still wasn't really the same as if you'd been able to raise her as her parents, rather than as friends.

"I want to be able to see River let go of her armor. I want to see her just have fun and be happy. I don't want her to have to be brave for us, and I don't want her to have to hide behind her smirks and flirting. I want her to have a few days to let go and be the child that she never got to be. And I want the two of you to get to be the parents that you never got to be."

At the end of this speech, Amy and Rory just stared at the Doctor for a moment. Amy then stood up and threw her arms around her raggedy Doctor, for he truly looked raggedy at the moment with his eyes full of tears he would not shed and his head hung slightly. He looked defeated again, as he had after Deamon's Run. Just remembering that day seemed to have that effect on him.

"Thank you," Rory said simply, as he stood and put his hand on the Doctor's shoulder.

After a moment, the Doctor pulled out of Amy's embrace to look at the couple.

"Tomorrow," he said, "Tomorrow we start at the Magic Kingdom. " He grinned. "We'll ride as many rides as we can, and maybe see some characters too! " With that remark he began to climb back over to his room's balcony. "Get some sleep, you two! We have a long, busy, exciting day ahead of us tomorrow!" With that his head disappeared and the Ponds heard the door to his room shut.

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River returned to the room after about an hour. She walked in to see the Doctor already asleep. She tiptoed into the room and quickly took a shower to wash the chlorine from the pool off of herself.

When she had changed into her nightgown, she tiptoed over to the bed and crawled in next to the Doctor. He shifted in his sleep closer to her and put his arm around her protectively.

River smiled, sighed contentedly, and fell asleep in the arms of her husband.

Next chapter is their first day in the Magic Kingdom! If there are any rides/places in particular that you would like me to include from that park, let me know in a review or PM! I'll try to work in as many requests as I can.

Reviews are always appreciated! Thanks for reading!