Disclaimer: I do not own 'Doctor Who' or any of the characters in it. All rights belong to the BBC, though I would love to own it myself. Sigh.

A/N: As I promised in my review replies, here's the next chapter :)

"We need to talk." He told her quietly.

Amy tightened her hold on her cuddly toys. "About what?"

"About your fiancée."

Amy's worried turned to annoyance. "Why?" She asked flatly.

The Doctor let out a bitter laugh. "Are you really asking me that Amelia?"

"Don't call me that!" She snapped, dropping the toys to the ground. "And yes, I am asking you why! We were having such a great day, and now you're ruining it!"

"I'm ruining it? Excuse me for having a conscience!" The Doctor yelled back, his eyes flashing with anger. "All I want to know is your intentions for Rory and I!"

"If you must know, my first intention was to travel around with you for some time and then return to Rory!" Amy hissed, rising to her feet to glare defiantly at him. "But then it chang—"

"I knew it!" The Doctor muttered, running his hands through his hair agitatedly. "I knew that you were only playing me!"

"Playing you?" Amy repeated in bewilderment. "How can you say that? Now, just let me fin—"

"No!" The Doctor hissed, turning away from her to the console. "You've already said enough. You're going home."

Amy had to blink back tears. "But why?" She whispered brokenly.

"Because I refuse to be Rory's replacement!" The Doctor roared, slamming his hand down on the console. "It's not fair to him, and it's certainly not fair to me!"

"So now you care about Rory's feelings?" She yelled, her temper rising along with his. "You certainly didn't care when you kissed me in the jail cell! And don't you dare deny it!"

"And you definitely didn't care when you tried to seduce me in your bedroom!" The Doctor hollered back.

"Because I wanted you! I still want you!" Amy cried.

"You can't have me whilst you're betrothed to another man!" The Doctor sighed, suddenly feeling defeated. He sank down onto one of the console chairs and dropped his head in his hands.

"Not for long." Amy said softly, and the Doctor raised his head to gaze at her.

"What?" He whispered.

"You just couldn't let me finish, could you?" She hissed, her anger returning. "If you had, maybe you'd know that I want to leave him and travel with you permanently!"

The Doctor opened his mouth to speak, to apologise to her for losing his temper so quickly.

But Amy didn't want to hear his apology. "Just forget it Doctor." She told him sadly. "If you can't even listen to me, then what hope do we have?"

"Amy!" The Doctor whispered hoarsely, his voice thick with unshed tears as he reached out for her.

She stepped back, shaking her head at him. Then she spun around and raced up the TARDIS stairs, loud sobs erupting from her trembling form.

The Doctor turned to the console and erased the destination code for Leadworth. After setting his ship onto autopilot, he returned his head to his hands, crushed from what had just happened with Amy.

His hearts panged at the thought of her alone in a room, crying because of him.

Don't sit here feeling sorry for yourself, go after her!

The Doctor flinched at the command from the TARDIS. "She doesn't want me." He muttered, kicking the console with his foot.

Every girl wants their man to go after them.

"Really?" The Doctor asked in disbelief. "Won't that make her more upset?"

You're so dense for your 907 years. His ship sighed. Now go!

The Doctor leaped to his feet and picked up Amy's cuddly toys before racing up the stairs after her. He thought it best not to call out for her, knowing she was likely to run away from him. So he followed the sound of her sobbing instead.

~I~

It didn't take him long to find her, and when he stopped outside of the room that she was in, he couldn't help but shake his head, ironic that she had found the swimming pool at the worst possible time.

He opened the door quietly, and his hearts broke at the sight of her sitting on one of the pool chairs, her knees pulled up to her chest in the foetal position, tears running down her face.

She glanced at the door then, stunned to see the Doctor in the doorway.

"I see that you've found the swimming pool." He commented timidly, giving her a small smile.

Amy managed to give him a weak smile back, but it quickly faded as fresh tears welled up in her eyes.

"Um…I brought you these." The Doctor continued, offering her the toys. "But in the current climate, I'd better take them outside before they get wet." And by taking them outside, he meant throwing them behind him.

This time Amy did smile, but she quickly ducked her head to hide it from the Doctor. But his senses were too sharp.

Elated that he'd made her smile, even for just a moment, he started to walk towards her. "Is that a smile Pond?" He asked her, unable to keep himself from smiling along with her. "Yeah, I thought so."

Before Amy could think of a reply, the Doctor slipped over on the wet tile, and with arms flailing, he fell onto the cold surface. "Oh for the love of fish custard!" He yelled, pulling himself up again. "I try and make a dignified apology, and then this happens!"

Amy couldn't help but break into giggles at the Doctor's clumsiness.

"Yes, you may as well laugh at my expense!" The Doctor snapped, though secretly he was relieved that he'd managed to cheer her up. "Just laugh at a 907 year old alien falling to the floor. I'm technically an OAP, show me some respect!"

This time the tears rolling down Amy's face were tears of laughter. "Oh Doctor!" She spluttered. "What am I going to do with you?"

The Doctor took that as an opportunity to begin his apology. "Forgive me, and never leave me." He whispered, crawling along the tile to kneel next to her.

Amy stopped laughing too, and she gazed at him, an unreadable expression on her face.

After a few moments of silence, the Doctor couldn't take it anymore. "Are you going to forgive me or not? Because my trousers are getting ruined and quite frankly, this is—"

But Amy's lips on his silenced him.

"Okay…" The Doctor said slowly after she pulled back. "That was nice, but am I forgiven?"

The devious glint returned to Amy's eyes, and she stood up, pulling the Doctor up with her. "Oh Doctor, you're so…" She trailed off then, running her hand down his chest, smirking when she heard him gulp, "…thick."

The Doctor couldn't even think of a comeback, too distracted by Amy's hand on his chest. He was vaguely aware of her pushing him backwards, but he didn't think anything of it.

Until she pushed him into the swimming pool.

The Doctor was immediately submerged into the water, but being a strong swimmer, he managed to swim back to the surface easily.

When he emerged, he glared at her. "What was that for?" He asked her, baffled.

"That was for making me cry." She growled, glaring down at him. "Now you're going to float there for a minute while I tell you some rules, okay?"

The Doctor nodded wordlessly, too stunned to speak.

"One, I will break off my engagement to Rory. But I'll do it when I'm ready. I will tell you when it's time, but until then, you're going to have to wait patiently. Two, if you ever shout at me like that again, I'll kick your backside. Three, my name is Amy, not Amelia. And four, don't throw my belongings around. When you're dry, you're going to pick up the lion and the tiger and place them in my bedroom. Neatly. Got it?"

He nodded again.

Finally, Amy smiled. "Good. Now, I'm going to bed."

As she turned away from him, the Doctor grinned, thinking that he'd got off lightly.

But Amy was too smart for him. "And Doctor, you still have to earn my forgiveness. Don't think you've got it easy from now on." She told him sternly, without turning around to face him.

The Doctor's grin faded. He was in trouble.

But despite the mess he'd gotten himself into, he was just glad that he had his Amy back.

Teehee!

Sorry if I made you think that Rory was coming back ;D

He plays a big part later on in the story, but not anytime soon.

The next chapter will be up ASAP. Probably Saturday or Sunday :)

Hayley x

And now to my anonymous reviewer :D

LilyHale21, thank you for your review :D

That's a good idea, but I already have plans for those characters ;)

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