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: I'm thrilled that you're excited about Captain Jack returning :D He's only in this chapter, but don't worry, he will be making appearances often in this story. I love him too much not to make him part of my story :)
Enjoy this fluffy chapter! :D
I caught you both staring at me." A familiar, American voice said, and the Doctor groaned quietly. "So, why don't we head back to mine for a rendezvous?"
Amy and the Doctor stared back at him, appalled.
The man could see that he hadn't won them over. "Look! We're all wearing blue. This is meant to be!" He gestured down to his blue trench coat, and Amy felt a smile tug at her lips.
The Doctor groaned in exasperation, and he sat back down in his chair. "Captain Jack Harkness, you never change!" He sighed in frustration.
Realisation dawned on Jack. "No way!" He breathed, bending down and peering into the Doctor's eyes. "Is that you Doctor?"
The Doctor leaned backwards, disliking the close proximity. "Yes, it's me."
"You've changed." Jack commented, and the Doctor rolled his eyes. "What's with the bowtie?"
"Nice to see you too Jack." The Doctor muttered back.
Jack grinned impishly. "You know it. It's great to see you again too. So, you're a bowtie man now?"
The Doctor straightened his bowtie proudly. "Bowties are cool!" He informed him.
"Whatever you say Doc." Jack's attention left the Doctor and he turned to Amy. "So, who's your friend?"
"I'm Amy, and you could have asked me yourself you know." Amy snapped, disliking the way he acted like she wasn't there.
But Jack's grin only widened. "Hey Darling."
"If you think your American accent will charm me, you're mistaken." Amy told him with a glare, and the Doctor stifled a chuckle.
Jack nodded approvingly. "Feisty. Scottish. Redhead. I can see why you like her."
The Doctor had to smile at that, which made Amy direct her glare at him.
"So, mind if I take her away with me instead?" Jack continued, and both Amy and the Doctor's eyes narrowed at the same time.
"She's mine." The Doctor said possessively, and Amy raised her eyebrows at him, though she didn't mind him saying that. Not at all.
Jack studied the Doctor's expression, and he recognised the same love in his eyes that the Doctor's previous regeneration had for Rose. He let out a wolf-whistle, and said, "Ah. I get it. You two are together. But I'm still up for a ménage-et-trois."
Amy and the Doctor both shoved him at the same time, but they were unable to keep from smiling.
Amy didn't like the way he had spoken to her, but there was just something about him that she really liked. She could see why the Doctor liked him, despite wanting to avoid him earlier.
"So, what's the history between you two then?" She asked curiously, looking between the two men.
Jack pulled up a chair from another table and slung his arm around the Doctor's shoulders. "We were a couple about 150 years ago." He told her, and Amy felt her jaw drop.
The Doctor pushed Jack away. "No Amy, don't believe him. We have never been a couple, despite his best efforts."
"Oh Doctor, I'm hung up on you for life." Jack said dramatically. "You're quite the catch, don't you agree Amy?"
Amy nodded her agreement. "Of course. But, unlike you, I managed to catch him. Hook, line and sinker."
Jack pretended to be upset. "You stole my only love away from me!" He cried, which made Amy erupt into laughter.
The Doctor shook his head at them, but he couldn't stop himself from smiling. Sitting with his old friend and his new lover, he couldn't have been happier.
~I~
Jack and Amy bonded immediately, despite their somewhat turbulent introduction to each other in the restaurant. The Doctor was thrilled by their friendship, and he asked Jack to travel with them for a while. He agreed, and the trio had some of the best adventures together. They explored a jungle full of talking wildflowers, they visited a space camp of monkeys and ventured on a sightseeing tour of the stars with them.
But Jack had a boyfriend back home, a relationship that Amy had learnt that the Doctor had set up. Jack began to miss Alonzo after a while, so he asked the Doctor to take him home. But he wasn't leaving until he'd been swimming in the TARDIS pool, so the Doctor had gone swimming with him.
Amy had joined them in the poolroom, but she was much happier lying on one of the pool chairs and reading a book from the Doctor's library. He had such a variety of books that it had been hard to choose just one to read, but she figured that she'd have the rest of her life to read them, so she decided to start from 'A' and work her way to 'Z'.
"Amy, you're so boring!" Jack whined from the pool. "Come and play volleyball with the Doctor and I."
"I'm good here, thanks!" Amy called back, without looking up from her book.
Jack let out a grumble and swiped the ball out of the Doctor's hands. He threw the ball at her, knocking the book to the floor, which made both Amy and the Doctor shriek.
"That is a valuable edition!" The Doctor barked, splashing Jack with water.
"It's okay, it's fine!" Amy assured him after picking the book up from the tiles.
"Good. You don't need to play doctor with it now, so come in the pool!" Jack begged.
Amy shook her head and turned her attention back to her book.
Moments later, she heard the Doctor say something about getting all of them a drink, but she didn't look up from her book.
She assumed that Jack had gone with him, so she placed down her book and stood up, intending to go after them.
But muscular arms suddenly wrapped themselves around her, and she could tell that it was Jack.
"What are you doing?" She shrieked, flailing in his embrace.
"You're coming swimming with me!" Jack replied, smirking as he scooped her up and carried her over to the pool.
"Don't even think about it!" She yelled as he stopped next to the water.
"I already have!" He laughed, and he threw her into the pool.
Amy fell towards the pool, her scream abruptly cut off as she was submerged in the water. She swam back to the surface to glare at Jack, who was now laughing uncontrollably.
"Your face!" He chortled, clutching his side with one hand and pointing at her with the other. "Priceless!"
"I'm glad that you find this so funny!" Amy hissed, adjusting her green bikini. "Because I certainly don't!"
The Doctor came back into the poolroom then with a tray of three lemonades, and when he saw a drenched, fuming Amy, he began to laugh along with Jack.
"If you don't stop laughing mister, I'll do something you'll regret!" She shouted at him, and the Doctor stopped laughing immediately.
Knowing he had to take Amy's side, he put the tray of lemonade down and headed over to them. Jack turned around to high-five him, but the Doctor pushed him into the pool.
With a loud splash, Jack fell into the pool, and Amy let out a loud cheer. "You're my hero!" She grinned, smoothing down her wet hair.
The Doctor grinned back and leapt into the pool after him.
Jack emerged from the water and glared at him. "What did I ever do to you?" He demanded.
"You threatened Amy." The Doctor replied simply.
"Hmmm, I wonder if she'd punish me if I did this…" Before the Doctor could react, Jack had shoved him down under the water, keeping his hand on his head to stop him from swimming back up.
Amy swam over to them to save the Doctor, and she threw herself at Jack, causing them both to fall back into the water.
The Doctor was released, and he swam back to the surface, laughing at Amy and Jack's wrestling. Amy was winning, but he knew that Jack was losing on purpose.
"Okay Amy, you win!" Jack declared. "I shall not harm you or the Doctor anymore."
Amy turned to beam at the Doctor. "I saved our lives!" She joked, swimming over to him. She stopped in front of him, and twined her arms around his neck.
"Yes, you saved us!" He replied, slipping his arms around her and hoisting her up so he could gaze up at her.
"What's my prize?" She asked him teasingly, wrapping her legs around his waist.
The Doctor grinned up at her. "I wasn't aware that heroes were awarded."
"I'm different to other heroes. So come on, monkey boy, what's my prize?"
"Monkey boy!" Jack spluttered from behind them. "I thought of 'bowtie boy', but I like your nickname so much better."
The Doctor frowned at them both. "I'll take 'bowtie' boy over 'monkey boy'." He told them, but Jack shook his head.
"Nope, Amy's nickname is perfect."
Amy cheered in triumph, and the Doctor sighed.
"I'll give you a prize if you don't call me that anymore." He said, and Amy quickly agreed, despite Jack's protests.
"How about a ziphilian clock? No? How about a purple waterbed then?" He asked her, and Amy wrinkled her nose at the two choices.
"No thanks Doctor, I was kind of going for something a bit more…physical." Ignoring Jack's catcalls, she pressed her lips to the Doctor, smiling when she felt his mouth fall open in surprise.
"Amy, this really isn't suitable around Jack." The Doctor murmured, but for some reason, he couldn't tear his lips away from hers.
Amy slid her body down so that her shoulders were underwater like the Doctor's, giving them a closer proximity. Keeping her legs around his waist, she leant back in the water, inviting the Doctor to kiss her again.
"I'm just going to entertain myself with the volleyball for a while." They heard Jack say to them, but both were too preoccupied to respond.
The Doctor leaned forward to kiss her, keeping his arms securely around her as their kiss deepened. He moved their bodies over to the pool wall, and he pressed her up against it.
"Room for one more?" Jack asked, and the Doctor broke the kiss to turn his head and frown at him.
"Do you really think there is?" He asked him, which made Jack laugh.
"Right. I'll leave you two lovebirds to it then." Jack said, swimming over to the ladder.
"You're leaving already?" Amy asked him sadly.
"Oh God no! Not before I use the Doctor's hot tub." He replied cheekily. "I was just giving you both some privacy. Besides, I want a volleyball game with you Miss Pond before I leave!"
Amy and the Doctor both laughed, and waved him off as he walked out of the poolroom, leaving them alone.
~I~
After splashing around with the Doctor for a few more minutes, Amy climbed out of the pool to return to her chair and continue reading, suddenly exhausted.
She towelled herself dry and laid back on the chair, sighing with happiness.
The Doctor watched her read as he dried himself off, and once he'd finished, he joined her, perching on the end of her chair.
"Good book you have there. I helped write it actually." The Doctor told her, tapping the book with his finger.
Amy just shushed him and moved the book out of his reach so he couldn't tap it again.
The Doctor watched her again for a few more moments, before climbing on top of her, resting his head on her chest so he could hear her heartbeat.
Amy couldn't help but smile at the small, tender embrace, and she ran her fingers through his wet hair, giggling when he hummed in contentment. She lowered the book so they could both read along together, but the Doctor was more interested in watching her. He enjoyed the way her face would change at different moments in the book, her face frowning one moment, and then smiling the next.
But a Time Lord can only stare at something for so long. The Doctor tilted his chin to kiss Amy's jaw, and he mumbled, "Amy, I'm bored."
"Go and find something to entertain yourself with then." She replied distractedly, turning a page over in her book.
The Doctor grinned and stretched his body so that his face hovered over hers, obscuring her view of the book. "Found something." He murmured, resting his forehead against hers.
Amy laughed and ran her hand through his hair again, and the Doctor tightened his arms around her. "I'm not going swimming with you." She told him sternly, placing the book on the floor.
"I don't want to go swimming." The Doctor whispered, brushing his lips against hers. "I just want to stay here."
"And do what?" Amy whispered back, though she knew exactly what he wanted. Deciding to meet his silent request, she responded to his kiss, sliding her fingers into his hair.
They kissed softly, exploring each other's mouths slowly. They were in no rush to move any further than that. There was no death or danger hovering over them, and they had all of the time in the universe to love each other.
"Doctor, I have to say that your hot-tub is one of the be—oh!"
The Doctor pulled away from Amy to grin at Jack. "I know. It is the best in the World."
Jack eyed the two of them. "Do I need to go and find something else to do again?"
Amy smiled at that. "No, we can play volleyball now, if you want to."
Jack punched the air in triumph. "Finally! Come on then Amy, do your worst!" He yelled, diving back into the pool.
The Doctor climbed off Amy and helped her to feet. Hand-in-hand, they ran towards the pool, both laughing as they jumped into the water together.
~I~
"Oh Jack, I hate to say it, but I'm going to miss you." The Doctor told him sadly, after they'd gotten changed. "It's been great having you with us."
"All you have to do is tell me that you love me, and then maybe I'll stay." Jack teased, which the Doctor sighed and rolled his eyes at. "I'm just kidding monkey boy, now give me a hug!"
Grinning, the Doctor embraced him, and now it was Amy's turn to roll her eyes when they slapped each other on the back, as if to make the hug more masculine. Men.
"Hey Doctor?" Jack whispered, so that Amy wouldn't hear him. "I've never seen you so happy. Just marry her."
The Doctor's smile faded, and he pulled back to gaze at his friend. "If only it were that simple." He replied wryly, thinking about their differences and Amy's fiancée.
Jack sighed before turning to Amy. "Miss Amelia Pond, it has been an absolute pleasure!" He beamed, wrapping her up in his arms. "You know where I am if you ever get bored of the Doctor."
Amy laughed and returned his hug just as tightly. "Oh Jack, I'll miss you so much!"
"You'll see me again." Jack told her quietly, and not even the Doctor could hear what he was saying, even though he had sharpened senses. "On your wedding day to him for instance, though I expect to hear from you beforehand so I can help you buy a wedding dress."
Amy surprised herself when she agreed to the idea, though Jack just grinned knowingly. "Look after him, will you?" He asked her as he released her and slapped her backside. "He's getting old, so he needs a young girl like you to look after him. Like a granddaughter. "
"Very funny Jack." Amy muttered sarcastically, giving him a playful shove. "Now get out of here before I find myself begging for you to stay."
"Now that is a sight I would love to see!" Jack called over his shoulder as the Doctor walked with him out of the door. "Bye Amy!"
"Bye!" Amy called back, waving goodbye to the Doctor as well, who wanted to see Alonzo for a few minutes.
She shut the TARDIS doors behind them and bounded over to the console. "Now we just have to wait for our man to get back." She said to the TARDIS, laughing when she felt the ship hum in agreement.
Suddenly a loud bird chirping filled the console room, and Amy collapsed onto the floor, shutting her eyes in exhaustion as she drifted off to sleep.
~I~
After the Doctor had caught up with Alonzo and heard things about Jack that he'd never wanted to know, he bid them goodbye and headed back to the TARDIS.
"Hey Amy, I was thinking that we should go and watch the Leaning Tower of Pisa being built!" He called as he shut the TARDIS doors behind him. "The structure may be wonky, but it'll be fascinating to watch how they—" But he broke off when he caught sight of Amy on the floor.
"Amy!" He cried, running up the stairs towards her. "Amy!"
But a chirping sound drowned out his cries, and the Doctor stumbled backwards, fatigue overtaking him as he fell to the floor.
I think you can all guess which DW episode the next few chapters will be about. It will have a huge twist though…so it will be different :)
Now, if you want more DW fics to read, I recommend 'Surrounding by Romans' by Tom10320. Not only is it well-written, but the characterisation and plot is absolutely fantastic. You can find the story on my favourites :) And it's completed as well, with a sequel to come, so that's another bonus :D