A/N: As requested by pharohtrinity this chapter contains Doctor and Oliver snuggle time. Also, Thank you to all the new followers and favorites. As always I love the reviews don't be afraid to leave them, I try to respond to them but sometimes I do forget.
Chapter 10- Mama Wolf and The Oncoming Storm
Rose POV- about 20 minutes later
I had fed, burped and swaddled Oliver and was now sitting in the rocking chair, rocking him back to sleep. I had wrapped him up in a little white blanket and watched as he slowly drifted off. Once he was asleep I needed to make dinner for myself and the Doctor if he wanted any, then I should probably get some sleep. I noticed Oliver was completely asleep now and gently stood to put him in the crib, once I laid him down I walked to the door and flipped the light switch taking a moment to admire the stars that covered the room. I opened the door and made my way out into the corridor to go to the kitchen.
When I reached the kitchen I began looking around for what to make to eat. I looked in the fridge and freezer followed by the large walk in pantry and saw a jar of tomato sauce. I grabbed that and a box of pasta and walked back into the kitchen. I set them on the counter and opened the fridge seeing a package of ground beef near the front. I quickly got out the pots and pans I needed and got to work browning the meat. Once it was browned and the grease was drained I added the sauce and started the water to boil, luckily on the TARDIS that only took a minute. I sat at the table with a cup of tea as I waited for the pasta to finish and the sauce to heat getting up to stir both every couple minutes. Once it was finished she put a decent sized serving on a plate with sauce and covered it in mozzarella cheese.
I sat at the table with my plate and fork, before I began eating I reached out in my mind to the Doctor and gave him a mental nudge, I made some dinner if you're hungry. I began eating and a minute later the Doctor walked into the kitchen. He walked to the counter and grabbed a plate out of one of the cabinets piling a mound of pasta onto it followed by a large amount of sauce.
"Now remind me which one of us has to produce food for another living being?" I asked sarcastically quirking a brow at him as he came to sit down.
"Well this is the first real meal I've had in about 48 hours now it's been mostly sandwiches and such." He told me putting a large amount on his fork. I just rolled my eyes. "So are you going to get some rest once you eat, I can take care of Oliver and whatever he needs while you get some rest, or take a shower or something?" I realized then it had been about 48 hours since I had showered and I had never been able to wash off the sweat from being in labor. I could now feel the grime and grease and was definitely taking a shower once I was done eating.
"Probably going to take a shower and then get some rest, yeah." I finished my plate and put it in the sink. I retreated out of the kitchen quickly and into our bedroom. I removed my sweatshirt immediately tossing it on the floor and heading towards the en suite. I closed the door behind me and pulled the hair tie out of my hair setting it down on the counter. I turned on the shower to let it warm and pulled of my camisole and sweatpants, followed by the bra and cotton briefs. I stepped into the glass shower and let the spray soak my hair and take away the greasy feeling then grabbed my shampoo.
Once I was finished showering I wrapped my hair in a towel followed by another towel around my body and went back into our bedroom to put on clothes. I grabbed clean undergarments and a pair of blue cotton pajamas. I put them on and towel dried my hair then brushed it and left it to air dry. I heard a knock at the door and opened it to see Martha standing there smiling.
"I'm sorry I didn't wake you did I? It's just I'm having the Doctor take me home and I wanted to say goodbye." She said wringing her hands nervously.
"No you didn't wake me, I just got out of the shower and was just about to lay down, so you got me just in time." I told the young doctor smiling at her.
"Oh, good, and thank you for trusting me to do the birth of Oliver, I'm sure he's going to be amazing and brilliant." She said and I couldn't help but pull her into a hug.
"No Martha, thank you for doing it and being so wonderful by staying to help. Stay in touch Doctor Jones." I told her releasing her from my hug.
"Oh you're welcome and will do Rose, see ya." She said with a wave and walked off toward the console room. I walked to our bed and laid down under the covers realizing I was exhausted and quickly drifted off to sleep with the hum of the ship in the background.
Doctor POV
I looked up from under the console when I heard footsteps on the grating to see Martha holding her bag, I pulled myself out from under the console and stood. "Leaving already?" I asked.
"Yeah, I got a few hours of rest and a said goodbye to Rose. I best be getting back, but you three better stay in touch. I want to see that baby again when he's still a baby," she said wagging a finger at me.
"Of course Martha and if there's any issues, you have the TARDIS phone number," I nodded to her beginning to walk around the console. "So I'll drop you back a couple hours after I picked you up, that okay?"
"Of course, that's perfect." She smiled sitting down on the jump seat. I flipped the materialization lever and the TARDIS landed with a thud inside her flat.
"Alright, see you Martha Jones and thank you, you were so much help over the past couple days." I said giving her a small smile.
"Of course Doctor, I like Rose, a lot and I can tell she's good for you and so is little Oliver. Alright, I'll be off see you again." She said with a smile and a wave as she walked to the door. She walked out the door and let it click closed behind her, I flipped the lever to send us back into the vortex and sent a silent question about how Rose and Oliver were doing to my ship, in turn I received images of both sound asleep in their rooms. I decided to go to the library until Oliver wakes up next. I sit down on the couch with a large book and began to read.
Around an hour later there was a ringing sound overhead telling me Oliver was awake. I put my book down on the end table and walked out of the library. I walked down the corridor towards the bedrooms and entered Oliver's to hear him making noises and staring up at the stars and planets lighting his ceiling.
"You like them do you? Well I'll make sure we go to as many as I can possibly show you. All those planets out there," I said as I picked him up into my arms and walking around the room. "All of time and space, it's really something else. I can't wait to start showing you and teaching you, but how about I start with stories. First you probably need a fresh nappy." I told him setting him on the changing table and changing him quickly. I picked him back up and headed out to the console room and sat down in the jump seat.
"You know I actually stole her. I always said I was borrowing it, only I never had any intention of returning it. When I went to leave, I found her unlocked so I took it. Of course the old girl probably unlocked herself, wanted to go see the universe herself. At first I traveled with my granddaughter Susan, she would have loved you. I wanted to see the universe, of course I got into a little trouble along the way. In my third body I was exiled to Earth." I told him and watched as he stared at the time rotor, "Yeah she is gorgeous, amazing to look at, and the last one in the universe. There will never be anymore, because there was a war, The Last Great Time War and I had to end it otherwise it would have destroyed the whole universe. I didn't want to survive it, not sure how I did, I can't remember much of that day." I trailed off as I tried to think about it and only came up with a dizzy feeling.
"The next thing I knew I woke up newly regenerated, I went to look for some trouble I saw no point in living. Oh and how I was wrong about that. I found living plastic in London 2005. I ended up in Henrik's department store, there was a transmitter on the roof. I was in the basement investigating the death of the security guard when I heard a girl scream, so I grabbed her hand and told her to run. I didn't know that that little blonde shop girl would change my life, or become the most powerful being in the universe to save my life. I had no intention of coming out of that shop that night, but that shop girl, I had to see her again. Do you know who that was Oliver, I'm sure you do you're brilliant already, it was Rose, it was mum. So I took her hand and started running with her through time and space, and fell in love doing it. Now she's given me you she never ceases to amaze me. Especially since she came across parallel universes to do it." I told him as he grabbed at my tie that was free of a suit coat over it.
"There was one time, just before I lost her we went to the Olympics, of course it didn't turn out how I wanted it to. There was an Isolus, it had crashed on Earth and possessed a child who was lonely. She was using drawings to kidnap other children. She ended up kidnapping me in her drawings and your mother had to figure out how to save me and the other children. She was brilliant. You know you were probably already with her and we didn't even know, and if not it was very soon after that." I continued on and stood to move somewhere more comfortable. I ended up walking to the media room and laying back on the couch letting Oliver lay on top of me. "I love you," I told him and whispered his Gallifreyan name to him, "my son, I always will." I stroked his back as he drifted off and I continued to whisper stories of mine and Rose's adventures to him.
It had been about two hours since I had entered the media room when I heard a voice that startled me out of my story telling. "Wow, I don't think I have ever seen anything so adorable." Said my wife standing in the doorway, her blonde locks still messy from sleep. She walked over and sat next to me on the couch, resting her chin on my shoulder and staring down at the sleeping child still laying on my torso.
"You're up already Rose?" I asked trying to think about how long it had been since she had gone to sleep. Probably near four hours now. "You don't need to worry love if you're still tired you can go back to sleep. I don't want you to sacrifice your sleep, I've got him."
"What do you mean, I feel like I've just had the best night sleep. How long was I asleep for Doctor?" She asked pinching her brows together and glancing up at me her chin still resting on my shoulder.
"Only about four hours Rose. That's not healthy for a human. I don't understand it but humans sleep a third of their lives away." I said shaking my head.
"Well Doctor, in case you forgot I'm not exactly human anymore, so maybe I don't need to sleep a third of my life away. I feel completely rested, like you said you couldn't know all the differences my life would have now," she said raising her eyebrows now.
"You're right I did say that. So now we have to add less sleep to the list I suppose." I said just as Oliver began crying.
"Oh, give 'im here, I'm sure he's hungry," Rose said unbuttoning the top few buttons of her pajama top and holding her arms out for him. I just smiled and handed him over.
