Chapter Three
It's funny that only ones who know what it was like for their wives to have children naturally are Jamie and me. See, I've known since that day at Bad Wolf Bay…
"Hey, that rhymes," Alan said while looking over Adam's shoulder and Adam looked at him then sighed.
"You just made me lose my train of thought," Adam said, smiling.
"Beep…Beep…Beep…Ok, back her up, Boys, nice and steady," Alan said and Adam laughed.
As I was saying, I knew since that day that I wanted a life with Rose….
"Her name's Marion."
"I know, but since this happened before I met you, it's Rose?"
"Yeah, but people might think you were doing the nasty with my wife."
"Uh, no thanks, I'll stick with mine."
"Are you saying there's something wrong with my wonderful Starlight?"
"No, she's wonderful. Not as wonderful mine though"
"Whatever," Alan said while Adam sighed and rolled his eyes.
When it came down to my feeling for my wife, I was sure that she wanted her Doctor back and I wrote a letter explaining that I could be him if she wanted. Turns out that she loved me for me and we started our life together. But, thanks to a bad appendix, that life was nearly over before it began. After nearly dying, I was determined to have children with her and nothing was going to stand in my way.
"Except for…" Alan said and Adam turned, looking back at him.
"Don't get ahead of me."
"Sorry."
It was when she was three months pregnant with our daughter, River, that I found out there was something standing in our way. Being human, her body wasn't able to cope with my Gallifreyan genes and the fetus was going to be lost. I guess that's what happens when you're HALF human and HALF Time Lord.
"Did I have them?" Alan asked he placed his chin on top Adam's head and Adam reached back, swatting his arm.
"Yes, and John had them, too."
"Blimey."
Another thing that puzzled me was the fact that I was born psychic. Not a bad little talent but it bugs the hell out of me. My first psychic dream was the plans for a birthing ball, an incubator, birthing suits and a belt that let my wife feel our unborn child moving inside her. After putting the designs down on paper, I had to practically BEG my father-in-law to let me save our unborn child.
"Hold it, you never told me that part of the story," Alan said and Adam sighed, sitting back in the chair.
"It wasn't until I started crying that he agreed to it."
"That bastard," Alan growled and Adam nodded.
I was never as nervous as that day that I had to operate on my wife and removed the fetus from her womb. My in-laws were not happy either but they were happy when I told them that the fetus was alive. River didn't seem to mind being inside the birthing ball and her telepathic powers were present from the start. She was also a little empathic and could sense when things were wrong. I still shiver when I think about her taking her first breathes in my hands. She was a chubby, happy baby and will always be my princess.
"Aw, that's sweet," Alan said and Adam shrugged, smiling.
Then the darkest days of my life happened. When River was eight months old, we decided to try again to make a baby and, two months later, it was confirmed that my wife was pregnant. Both of us were shocked to learn she was going to have twins and so were my in-laws. A week after finding out, my wife started cramping and I knew what was wrong. My wife agreed to let me operate on her again but I was too late. Both of the fetuses were dead and my mother-in-law slapped me so hard that I was afraid she had shattered several of my teeth. We waited until River was a year and a half to try again but, sadly, my wife miscarried a second time. That was when we agreed not to have any more children and I thought about having a certain operation.
Adam looked at Alan while he covered his eyes with his hands and softly sniffed.
"Are you crying?" Adam asked and Alan wiped his eyes.
"Hunh, no, it's summer allergies," he said and Adam arched an eyebrow at him.
"We don't get summer allergies," he said with a smile then started typing again.
When Rain was two years old, I did something that I regret doing to this very day. My brother and I are still not sure how it happened but one of his old enemies, the Valeyard, followed him from his universe to mine and kidnapped River. He thought that River was my brother's daughter and was going to use her as bait to lure him into a trap.
"Yeah, that bugs me, too. Your brother told us that, unlike my brother's Valeyard, his was caught at the end of his sixth life's trial and was placed in prison," Alan said.
"He told me that he thought he was killed along with everyone else when his Gallifrey was destroyed. Turns out that his Romana freed all the prisoners and his Valeyard escaped. He also thought he was the only survivor until he found out about my brother," Adam said.
"And he followed your brother to your universe but how the hell did he get into mansion?"
"He looked just like me and my brother. Thing is, my Pete hated my brother. So his Valeyard just being able to stroll into the mansion and grab my daughter shouldn't have happened."
"Hm, it is a mystery."
"Yep, but it's a mystery for another day, Sherlock."
"I'll hold you to that, Watson," Alan said as Adam laughed and started typing again.
My wife begged me to let my father-in-law and brother handle things but this was MY daughter and I was NOT going to let the monster that took my daughter get away with it! My brother had found out where his Valeyard had taken River and I demanded that my father-in-law take me with him, even though I knew that I could be killed if or when I face my brother's Valeyard. My brother was already captured by the time we arrived and I was thrilled to find my daughter safe and sound. I demanded that my father-in-law remove my daughter from the building and went to find my brother and his Valeyard. Now, normally, I do not like guns but I had lost all my Gallifreyan senses and was acting like a stupid human ape. I had practiced small arms while I worked for my universe's Torchwood and wasn't a bad shot. When I found my brother and his Valeyard, his Valeyard was on the ground and my brother told me to put the gun down. What he didn't know was that his Valeyard was getting up and I told my brother to duck. I can still hear the sound of the gun as I pulled the trigger and shot his Valeyard twice in the chest, one bullet for each of his black hearts. I don't remember much after that. My wife told me that my in-law had forbidden my brother to ever see us again and would be locked up as a hostile alien if he tried. After having a series of intense nightmares, my wife begged my brother to return and that it would be in my best interested to go immediately to Crystal Waters, where I spent months undergoing massive therapy sessions. The people there were nice and I recovered. My brother brought my wife and River to see me and it was during one of my private times with my wife that we conceived my son, James.
"One flew east…one flew west…Adam fucked Marion in the…" Alan said while Adam glared at him and he coughed. "Sorry."
I was a wreck when my wife told me she was pregnant and made my brother take her to his unviserse and swear to place James in the birthing ball the second she started showing signs of a miscarriage. This wasn't easy because the rift that opened between our worlds was unstable but he came to get me two days before she started bleeding and both of us were able to save my son's life. River was three at the time and was thrilled to become a big sister. After I was finally released from Crystal Waters, we decided to try again but fate had other plans. My wife miscarried two more times and the last time was when we decided to give up trying.
"Then I came along and saved you from a life of wrinkles, bad eyes sight and gray hair!" Alan said proudly and Adam snorted. "What? I did!"
"Yep, and I couldn't ask for a better best friend," Adam said and Alan hugged his neck. "Let go."
"No, we're best buds and we need to stay together!"
"Well, can you loosen your grip?" he asked and Alan let go, placing his chin on top of Adam's head.
Looking back, the best thing that ever happened to me was the day I became a full Time Lord and my wife and kids became a Time Lady and Time Children. The down side to it was my in-laws rejected us and we haven't spoken or seen them since.
"Good riddance," Alan said and Adam nodded.
Of all the people I do miss in my universe, I miss my…
"Go on, it's ok," Alan said, patting Adam's head.
I miss my best friend. I have heard that people have a twin but little did I know that my twin was a well known actor. He was so stunned when we met and is the godfather to both River and James. They have met and Jamie was allowed to be in one of his tv movies a few years ago.
"I remember seeing it. He was the dad, right?" Alan asked.
"Yep," Adam said, popping the "p".
"Did you give him any pointers on how to be one?"
"Yeah, it's one of the reasons why he won the BAFTA for it," Adam said with a smile.
Life was good until a few months ago when the Doctor, his wife, Rain, and their adopted daughter, Tara, were kidnapped and Rain decided that the best thing to do to insure the Doctor and Tara's freedom was to leave and become human again with no memory of any of us.
"You skipped something."
"I was getting to it."
Now, like I said earlier, I have psychic dreams and the one I had during this time put me into a coma. No, correct that, I put me in a coma. See, what I saw was so startling that my mind just…
"You ran."
"Yep," Adam said, popping the "p".
My mind ran away. If anyone asks what it's like to be in a coma, I can proudly say that it is BORING! You don't really dream. You can barely hear what people are saying. But, most of all, you are fucking bored! You want to wake up but your mind doesn't want to. The neat bit was when I learned to astral project and…
"Adam, the Friendly Spook, friendliest spook you know," Alan sang and Adam laughed.
To make a long story short, I woke up and Rain came home. The Doctor had gone to find her and she came back pregnant with their triplets. This started a baby boom within our little group and the other women, including my wife, became pregnant.
"Yep, couldn't let Rainy have all the fun," Alan said and Adam smiled.
Of course I was terrified at the idea of my wife losing another baby and had prepared the birthing ball just in case we needed it. But, thanks to her being a Time Lady, my wife didn't need it. I spent a lot of time pampering and spoiling her and I know that I also was driving her totally bonkers.
"Didn't she throw a chair at you?"
"Yep, but I ducked," Adam said and they laughed.
It's been over a week now and I still can't believe that I have a son. He looks like me in every way and has the most soulful eyes I have ever seen. His name is David Alan Storm and was named for the two best friends a Time Lord could ever wish for.
Adam heard sniffing when he looked over at Alan standing at the window and got up, walking to him. Wiping his eyes, Alan turned when he looked at Adam and Adam smiled, holding his arms out. Adam grunted when Alan hugged him when they heard the sound of a baby crying and Adam let go, walking to the small play cot sitting next to the desk. Bending down, he gently lifted David out of the cot when he stood up and held Daivd in his arms.
"Want me to hold him so you can finish?" Alan asked as Adam handed David to him then sat down and looked at the screen.
In the end, I always knew that I wanted to be a father and am proud to have been given the opportunity to be one three times. Will we have any more children? Well, only time will tell.
"I like that," Alan said while Adam saved what he had written then turned the computer off and stood up.
"Want to go bug Rain?" Adam asked as Alan's eye went wide and he grinned, nodding his head up and down. Taking David from Alan, they left the room when they saw Marion standing in the hallway and she had her hands on her hips.
"And where do you think you two are going with that?" she asked, pointing to David.
"We were just going to take him for a walk," Alan said and she arched her eyebrow.
"Yeah, well, it's his feeding time. Hand him over."
"But…but…but…" Alan stuttered as Adam handed David to her and she walked to the stairs, going upstairs.
"Oh, and Guys, Rain is in a mean mood so I'd stay away from her if I were you," she called down as they looked at each other and Adam sighed.
"Want to go bug her anyway?" Alan asked and Adam nodded. The door closed behind them after they left the house and the sound of whistling filled the air as they headed down the pavement.