They walked hand in hand into the large storage room. Jack was the first to notice their entrance into the room, "Rose Tyler!" He ran over to her and picked her swinging her around in a circle.
"Hello Jack," she beamed at him, after he sat her down, not seeing him for quite some time. Next they greeted the rest of the group. Rose went around hugging Amy, Rory, Martha, and River. John shook hands with the Doctor and grabbed Martha in a large hug as well.
"Well now what?" Amy vocalized what they were all thinking after they greeted one another. They all thought for several seconds until John spoke up.
"We go Christmas shopping." Martha, the Doctor, and Rose all looked over at him like he was insane.
"We do what?" The Doctor asked him. River took his hand and started to walk over to John's Tardis, "we go Christmas shopping."
Rose shrugged and walked into the Tardis followed by everyone except for Martha and the Doctor.
"This is weird right? I'm not the only one who thinks it's strange that we're shopping months away?" The Doctor asked turning to Martha.
"We've done stranger." She replied and then walked into the Tardis after them.
Mickey was at home working on some files that had to be processed after his last case. He wished that he could've gone with Martha, the Doctor, and Rose to find what ever they needed, but these were due tomorrow and he was almost done. He took a large sip of his coffee, trying to energize himself after a long night of paper work. He finished typing the last line of his report when he heard the unmistakable sound.
He clicked SEND on his last email and ran out into the back garden where the Tardis suddenly appeared. John walked out first which confused Mickey but he became more baffled when the Doctor walked out next to him. Mickey shook his head after realizing who John was.
"Um, John right?" He said sticking his hand out for John to shake.
"Mickey!" John shouted and then grabbed the man in a large embrace. "It's been a while. Listen we're all going Christmas shopping if you'd like to join us. And by us I mean Rose, River, Rory, Amy, Martha, Jack, him," he gestured towards the Doctor, "and me."
"Christmas shopping?" before he finished his question John was already on the Tardis so Mickey looked over at the Doctor.
"Don't look at me; I'm just as puzzled as you are." He walked onto the Tardis followed closely by Mickey.
They walked into the console room that was occupied by John, Rory, and Jack glancing around for the missing occupants. "Where's Martha?" Mickey asked first noticing the absence of his wife.
John shrugged, "She went somewhere with Amy."
"Who is Amy?" Mickey asked still the least informed of the group.
"So Martha I know this is going to sound strange but in the future you decorate one of your guest rooms for Rory and me for when we come to visit you in December." Amy said leading her down one of the hallways.
"I've heard stranger Amy, it is Amy isn't it?"
"Yeah it is, sorry I forgot that you haven't met me yet, I've already met you." She stopped outside of her room. "I'm Amy Williams, you've met my husband Rory, right?"
Martha nodded, "briefly."
"Well since we're going Christmas shopping now, I suppose that I should show you what you gave us for Christmas."
"I haven't given you anything." She said shaking her head, still confused, "no offense."
"Oh no, you're right you haven't but you will." She opened the door to her bedroom and ran over to her night stand grabbing her phone. "I took some pictures." She started to scroll through several pictures on her phone, "I thought they might be helpful."
Rose and River walked to the kitchen together after River had taken her offer for a cup of tea. "You're very beautiful. I can see why he loves you." River stated after several minutes of silence.
"I love John too. And thank you, you're very gorgeous yourself, River. I see the way he looks at you; the Doctor loves you so much." She handed a mug to River and then walked over to the table and sat down, one leg crossed underneath her.
"I wasn't talking about John." River declared sitting across from Rose. Surprised she stopped sipping her tea and looked up at the older woman.
"What do you mean?"
"The Doctor, I see why he loves you."
"That was a long time ago." She put her cup down on the table and shifted in her seat.
"He still loves you Rose you can't deny that." River picked up her mug and took a small sip from it.
"Not in the same why he loves you, once maybe, but not anymore. He loves me no more than he loves Martha or Amy."
"He loves you so much Rose, don't underestimate how much." They both looked up from their mugs as the Tardis landed.
"We have some shopping to do." Rose said standing up and walking out of the kitchen, mug still in her shaking hand.