Chapter Nine:
"Push Amy, you can do it come on!" shouted Rose
"Yeah that's all everyone keeps saying, I get the point!" Amy shouted back, she was in a great deal of pain and was very stressed, as 15-hour labour wasn't fun, not one bit. Amy was cursing herself for not taking the doctors offer of the hospital in 4308 where they could give you drugs to completely numb the pain, but no- she had insisted on a traditional earth 2013 hospital, sentimental value could suck it now as far as she was concerned.
"Ouch Amy, do you think that maybe you could squeeze my hand just a little bit less harder?" Rory whined, but after the death glare Amy gave him, he quickly shut up.
"Just this one last push Amy, and she'll be here" reassured the midwife.
So Amy pushed. One last push and she gave it all she had, and suddenly the room was filled with a high pitched cry as baby melody pond was brought into the world. Amy sighed in relief and grinned at Rory who was grinning straight back. The midwife gently wrapped baby melody in a blanket and gave her to Amy to hold. Amy looked at the crying little girl and gently rocked her until she was quiet. Melody Pond reached out her hands in wonder and Rory quickly let her grab on to his little finger, amazed at just how perfect she was.
"she's beautiful" said Rose as her and The Doctor stood next to the couple.
"thanks," grinned Amy. The Doctor and Rose smiled back and The Doctor delved into his bigger-on-the-inside pockets and pulled out a futuristic looking camera. They were safe because the midwife had left to go and register Melody Pond onto the planet. Amy and Rory looked up and beamed brightly, as Amy cradled little Melody in her arms and then passed her to Rory. Then Rory began to start crying and Rose giggled.
"no I said I was going to be cool, I said I wasn't going to cry" he said as he held Melody in his arms.
"crying over a baby," Amy said "definitely cool" she smiled and gave Rory a light kiss.
"Do you want to hold her doctor?" Rory asked
"go on then," smiled The Doctor. Melody was crying slightly but as soon as she was in the doctors arms she quietened. He smiled at her and went and stood next to Rose.
"she's so… I don't know warm!" The Doctor said amazed, examining her "here Rose, take her."
He handed over the baby to Rose, who held her very cautiously, as if she was scared to drop her. The Doctor stood close to her, gently supporting her as she got more comfortable with Melody in her arms.
"honestly you two, if anyone walked in they'd think you were the parents not us" Amy said with a light chuckle. The Doctor and Rose just looked at each other and smiled, gently rocking Melody as she began to fall asleep. Rose carefully handed Melody back to Amy and The Doctor looked proudly over the group of them.
In just over a year they had achieved so much. He had gotten Rose, the love of his life back with a promise of forever, his wonderful companions Amy and Rory had a family, and a brand new human life had been born. And with parents like Rory and Amy, he knew that Melody would be the ultimate Pond. Even if she was Melody Williams she would still be even cooler than his bowtie he would bet. He looked back over at Rose and smiled, maybe one day it would be them in Amy and Rory' s position, a brand new time lord or lady laying in their arms. He knew that one day he would no longer be the last, and for that he was happy. And in that moment, he knew that he would never have it any other way.
-fin-
AAAAAANNND that's a wrap! Sorry but I really needed to finish this story, I've been neglecting it for far too long and I am tres tres sorry. Je suis desole honestly. I'm not 100% happy with this chapter, so who knows-maybe one day ill change the ending or something, but probably not. I'm working on the next chapter for Journeys End Alt! and I'm definitely bringing eleven in soon-ish, but not too soon. I haven't been able to do much couple-y work on Rose and ten yet, and the last chapter was all angsty and sad, so I'll have to squeeze some more in before his "song ends" as it was said.