Rory had finished preparing The Doctor's food. He even tried a bit for himself and it didn't taste half bad. He hoped a good meal would get the Doctor's strength back up. Amy wandered into the kitchen looking a little worse for wear. He put down the tray of food and embraced her in a long hug.
"Is everything alright?" He asked her.
"Oh Rory, just tell me The Doctor will be okay." She said, wetting her husband's shoulder with her tears.
"He'll be okay Amy. He won't die. Remember, we've seen The Doctor's death" Rory attempted to be reassuring.
"Time can be rewritten." said Amy in such a hushed voice that Rory only just caught it.
Rory pulled Amy away slightly, so he could look into her watery eyes. Tenderly, he held a hand up to them and brushed the tears away. Then he looked down at the floor and sighed.
"Are you alright?" asked Amy, concern filling her voice. "You look very tired."
"Well, I h-haverrrn't slllle-ept.." Rory said, just audibly, through a long yawn.
"Rory, this virus or whatever is wrong with The Doctor. You don't think it could be contagious at all do you?" questioned Amy.
Rory considered this. He'd been thinking along the same lines. "It's possible. However, I have a hunch that it is only able to manifest itself in bodies with a lower natural body temperature. Otherwise, I don't see how we wouldn't have caught it much earlier. Before the Doctor, even. I mean, he's supposed to have special Time Lord immunities or something, isn't he? We're merely human."
Amy's eyes focussed on Rory's face and she said "Either way. You should probably get some rest for a bit too. I promise I'll waken you if The Doctor seems any worse."
Rory let go of Amy and picked up The Doctor's tray again. "Okay Amy" he surrendered. "But only after he's got some food down him."
"Hang on." Amy said. She walked over to the fruit bowl on the bench, grabbed a couple of bananas. One for herself and she placed the other one on the tray for The Doctor with a smile. She then curled her long arm around Rory's elbow and together they walked back to the bedroom.
What they saw when they opened the door made Rory drop the tray completely.