Chapter 5- Oh Captain My Captain

It's been one month since the day I jumped through the dimension cannon back to my proper universe. One month since the day the Doctor found out I was pregnant with his child. One month since he became my husband. We have been going around the universe trying to stay out of trouble, which has proven to be difficult. Since trouble always seems to find us we have spent about 90 percent of the time in the TARDIS floating around the vortex. I am starting to go a bit stir crazy, not that there isn't plenty to do aboard the TARDIS, but I need some human interaction with someone other than the Doctor. Being 8 months pregnant with the child of the last Time Lord in existence does tend to put a target on your back especially from those who dislike my husband. So after I get up and shower I put on some comfortable yoga pants and a pink jumper with my trainers to go talk to my husband about actually leaving the TARDIS. I let my mind lead me to him and I find him in the console room fiddling with wires under the console. As I wait for him to notice me I fiddle with the ring he gave me about a week after I came back it's a simple band that looks like silver and has Gallifreyan engraved on it. The Doctor sits up suddenly and grins widely as he gets up.

"Hello," I say smiling back at him, suddenly nervous.

"Hi, I was wondering when you would get up," he replied, then added, "so what do you want to do today."

"I was wondering if we could actually go somewhere today, we've just kind of been hanging out in the TARDIS."

"Well you know who I ran into a while back while Martha was still traveling with me," he said with a smile.

"Who?" I asked raising an eyebrow at him.

"Oh, just good old Captain Jack," he said with a grin.

"Seriously? Can we go see him," I said with excitement to see my old friend.

"Of course, but you need to know, after Canary Wharf he took over Torchwood, made it into something good, to defend the Earth. In your honor actually, he saw your name on the list of the dead when I saw him I told him about the parallel universe. He'll be ecstatic to see you," he looked down at my stomach then and smiled. "I'm sure he'll want an explanation of that though." I couldn't help but smile even with my uneasiness at Jack now running Torchwood.

"As long as they're not doing anything that's going to destroy the universe I guess I'm alright with it."

"Oh no nothing like that, they're located in Cardiff, from what I understand they monitor rift activity. Take care of anything alien that comes through. Alright then Cardiff let's say late 2007." With that he turned to the console and started flipping switches and typing coordinates, I grabbed onto the railing so I would be prepared for the landing. With one last flip of a lever the Tardis shook as it landed with a jolt. I grinned and grabbed my leather jacket that was laying over the railing, I couldn't zip it anymore but it still looked cute. I walked down the grating to the door and opened it I stepped out into the cold and looked around at the ally we had landed in as the Doctor stepped out of the TARDIS adjusting his long coat. We walked to the end of the ally and when we reached it I stepped in front of the Doctor smiling at him.

"Thank you for bringing me here to see Jack," I said as I wrapped my arms around his neck and kissed him. Being too wrapped up in our kiss I barely noticed the loud footsteps coming toward us.

"Doc is that you? And who is this," came an oh so familiar voice from behind me. I pulled away from our kiss and smiled up at him because I knew Jack would be speechless for once.

"Oh you know jus' little old me," I said grinning with my back to him the Doctor what just grinning trying not to laugh.

"Rosie is that really you? The Doc said you were stuck in a parallel universe how're you here," he said as he began walking towards us.

"Oh you know jus' used a dimension cannon to come back," I said as I turned around revealing my pregnant form and watched as his eyes bulged out of his head and his jaw dropped. I just smirked as he blinked as few times like he was trying to make sure he wasn't seeing things.

"Okay so dimension cannon brought you back but how did that happen and when," he said with a vague gesture but I knew what he was talking about.

"Jack I know I don't have to explain how to you and when well about a month before I was stuck in the parallel universe." I said almost rolling my eyes at the man I have never seen nearly speechless.

"Okay more important question with who," he said raising his eyebrow suggestively gaining some of his bravado back after the initial shock. I opened my mouth to say something but stopped as I felt the Doctor step closer and wrap his arms possessively around me. At that a wide smile broke across Jacks face, "oh you too finally stopped acting like you don't have feelings for each other. To be honest I can't see you as a father though," he said gesturing to the Doctor.

"I've had children before, Jack" the Doctor said sounding unamused by the Captain as usual.

"Oh so you too got together and just decided let's have a baby?" the captain said.

"Well not exactly, we didn't really think it was possible so we weren't too worried about it but we're happy, so happy," I said turning against the Doctor and looking up to smile at him with my hand on his cheek.

"Aww you too are just too cute, alright so what are you doing here some kind of trouble my team didn't pick up on?" the Captain asked.

"Actually Jack, Rose wanted to come see you, so we're here for a visit." The Doctor said smiling over my shoulder at him. A bigger smile broke across Jacks face making me grin back at him.

"Really, well come on I was just out to pick up some food for the team, you guys like Chinese food?" he asked gesturing for them to follow.

"Yeah sure," I said grabbing the Doctors hand and lacing my fingers with his as I followed Jack out into the open square towards the small restaurant I assume he had been about to go in when he probably heard the TARDIS.

Ten minutes later we were using the street entrance to Torchwood. There was an old rusty metal door that lead into what looked like a small waiting area there was a wooden counter and behind it against the wall a beaded curtain that looked like it lead to a small back room.

"So, this is Torchwood now? It doesn't look very impressive, or secure." I said looking around the dingy waiting area as Jack walked around the front counter.

"Oh no, this is just the front, in case someone wanders in," with that he reached under the counter and hit a button causing the wall to the right to come open. "This, Rosie is Torchwood," he said with a wide grin. He led the way down a long metal corridor to what looked like the door to a large safe and pulled it open. "Hey guys I'm back with food, and I brought some friends who popped in for a visit."

With that several people started to appear from around the large space, there were four people other than Jack. A beautiful woman with black hair and a beautiful smile; a shorter Asian woman with black glasses. There was a man with short dark brown hair in a white doctor's coat with a t-shirt and jeans underneath, and a very well dressed man in a three piece suit who honestly looked a bit awkward.

"Alright guys this is Gwen Cooper, Toshiko Sato, Dr. Owen Harper, and Ianto Jones," he said the last name with a large smile as he gestured towards the well-dressed man. "Everyone these are my great friends I've told you all about this is the Doctor and Rose Tyler."

"Wait this is them, seriously THE Doctor? Also I thought you said Rose Tyler died in the battle of Canary Wharf," the black haired woman; Gwen; said in a heavy Welsh accent.

"Turns out she was stuck in a parallel universe, she made her way back through only a month ago, so guys let's eat," he said tossing the bag of food on a coffee table in a small sitting area with a couch and a few chairs. I sat down on the couch and the Doctor sat next to me. Jack handed me a container of food and I took it with a smile.

Gwen sat down in one of the chairs on the other side of the sitting area and looked at me, "so Rose, how far along are you?" she asked raising an eyebrow.

"Oh I'm 8 months now," I said smiling and rubbing my hand over my middle, I could feel the Doctors joy at seeing me do this through our bond and looked back at him smiling.

"Wow, really you're still so small but you only have one month left, so what are you having, or do you not know?" she asked and I smiled at her one more month comment.

"I wish I only had one month left, since he isn't human though I have two or three more months and 's a boy," I said gesturing to the Doctor.

"Well I'd just say its lucky you didn't get back before you did, otherwise who would know what the Master would have done had he found out you were pregnant with a part Timelord child," Jack spoke up from the other side of the Doctor on the couch. I looked at the Doctor but he was too busy glaring daggers at our oblivious friend. Obviously something had happened before I found my way back that he wasn't telling me.

"What's he talking about Doctor, who's the Master, what happened?" I asked trying to get him to look at me.

"He didn't tell you?" Jack asked gaping at the Doctor.

"I didn't really think it was necessary Jack," the Doctor growled through gritted teeth.

"Well you better start talking now," I said now glaring at my husband because he thought he couldn't tell me something like that.

"Alright, so when I met up with Jack again, the TARDIS went off course and took us to the end of the universe, we met this man and were helping him, turns out he was my oldest friend turned enemy the Master he used a Chameleon Arch to turn himself into a human and hide from the time war. Martha who had seen the Fob watch our Timelord consciousness will be hidden in because of an incident with the family of blood. She pointed it out to him which caused him to open it and become a Timelord again. He stole the TARDIS before he left I was able to lock her so she could only go to the last location she had been to. Within 18 months." He paused and took a shaky breath. "In that time he posed as Harold Saxon, made the TARDIS into a paradox machine, became Minister of Defense, built a ship called the Valiant, and hypnotized the country to vote him prime minister, and began a plan to destroy the human race. He kidnapped Martha's family to lure us to the valiant there he held us captive, except Martha who I was able to slip the vortex manipulator on her wrist and gave her instructions for the next year. In the next year he tortured us, made me show my age, until one year later he finally caught Martha. He thought I sent her to walk the whole earth to find a weapon really she was telling stories and telling everyone to think the same thing at the same time. It reversed the year and then his wife shot and killed him, he refused to regenerate." He looked at me then and said, "Rose why are you crying love." I reached up and touched my damp cheek.

"I just, I'm not sure, why would anyone do that sort of thing. What do you think he would have done to him." I said suddenly realizing what might have happened had I returned during that year.

"I have no idea, and you were homing in on the TARDIS so you would have gone right to him, I'm sure the old girl was keeping you from getting here before that point. I really don't know what he would have done though." He began babbling. I suddenly had the urge to check on my baby boy. First a thought occurred to me.

"But what did you mean your oldest friend," I said.

He took in a shaky breath then said, "we grew up together on Gallifrey, we were both kind of outcasts. When we were taken to look into the untempered schism he went insane, said he heard drums in his head, all the time, then he started trying to kill me. He never really stopped either." I felt another tear roll down my cheek.

"I'm sorry you had to go through that." I said through my tears.

"Oh, it wasn't the first time he tried to do something like that, but you popped up right after, I was almost able to forget about it," he said then leaned over to plant a kiss on my cheek. I reached back into my mind where I could feel the consciousness of my child.

Hello baby boy, are you doing well. I thought to my child

Mommy, why are you sad? He asked and it made me smile.

I'm alright my precious boy, daddy was just telling me about something that happened while we were away, I told him.

What was it what happened, he prodded my mind.

Something very bad little one and had we come back during that, that person may have done something to you. It scared your mommy and I just wanted to make sure you're okay. I thought then focused back on the room around me.

"What were you doing?" The Doctor said giving me a knowing smile.

"Just checking in on our little boy," I said smiling back at him.

"Yeah? What were you talking about," he said rubbing my stomach and leaning towards me.

"I was just checking in on him and he wanted to know why I was sad I just told him you were telling me about something that happened while we were away." I said with a small smile.

"Aww, aren't you two so cute," I heard Jack pipe up from behind the Doctor, "what's this crazy talk about checking in on your baby?"

"Galifreyan's are telepathic Jack I can talk to him through the bond in our mind." I said realizing it does sound a bit crazy.

"Oh well that's actually pretty cool." He said shutting up.

That night after we left Jack and went back to the TARDIS with promises of inviting him to meet our little one once he was born. I lay curled around the Doctor as he played with my hair and hummed softly.

"Thank you for today," I said looking up at him, "I know being around Jack makes you uncomfortable."

"Anything for you Rose," he said pressing a kiss into my hair.

"I love you," I replied as I drifted off to sleep.

A/N: Sorry for the long time between chapters. I was a bit blocked and dealing with motivation. I have also been working on an original I am aiming to one day be published. If you want to read that its on my wattpad username: rachimarie23. Thank you for reading and for reviews and favorites, I am still taking name suggestions although I did get one I really loved and I'm pretty sure I am going to use that. I finally got amazon prime, so we will soon be getting into our S4 rewrite with Rose and their little one.