Chapter Thirty One

New Gallifrey Hospital

Chris watched while Grace injected the sedative into his arm and he whimpered. Rose send love and comfort into his mind as she held him and he sighed, closing his eyes. Martha had sedated David as Marion held him in her arms and gently rocked him. Grace and Martha had scheduled the boys' surgeries at the same time and the interns brought in the first gurney, heading for Chris' bed. Martha gently picked Chris up when she placed him on the gurney and covered him with a sheet up to his waist. Rose kissed his forehead as they left the room and David looked up at Marion.

"Where're Daddy?" he whispered.

"He's with Uncle Alan," she said when the interns came into the room with the gurney and she looked at it. "Guess it's your turn."

Grace lifted David up as the teddy bear fell to the bed and he looked down at it.

"Don't forget Mister Bearlington," he whispered and Grace smiled.

"I think he wants to stay here and keep your bed warm," she said as he nodded and sighed. She placed the sheet over him to his waist and they left the room.

"Whee!" Alan said as he hung his head off the side of the bed and raised his hands over his head. Adam silently wished that he had a camera as Alan waved his arms back and forth and started singing Mamma Mia.

"Ok, Tarzan, let's get you up before you do yourself an injury," Adam said as he walked to Alan's head and Alan looked up at him then giggled.

"You're upside down!" Alan laughed and Adam sighed, rolling his eyes. Carefully, he placed his arms under Alan's arms as he gently turned him until he was lying on the bed and straightened his legs. Alan held his fingers up to his face as his eyes went wide and he giggled. "Ooo, lookie, my fingers are melting!"

"Sure they are," Adam teased when the interns came in with the gurney and headed for the bed. "Ok, looks like your rides here."

"Am I going somewhere?" Alan asked as he half sat up on his elbows then looked at the gurney and smiled. "Oh, cool, can I play on that?"

"Sure, just hop on and they'll take you for a ride," Adam said with a smile but Alan's legs weren't working and Alan sighed, lying on his back.

"Oh crap, my legs have turned into jelly."

"Would you like these nice interns to help you get on the gurney then?" Adam asked and Alan nodded. The interns helped Alan get onto the gurney when they headed for the door and Alan grabbed hold of either side of the doorframe, looking back at Adam.

"Wait! I changed my mind!" he shouted and Adam laughed. He started clucking like a chicken when Alan folded his arms over his chest and looked at the ceiling. "Right, home, James!"

"How did he know my name was James?" the intern asked and Adam shrugged. He watched as they left the room when he sat on the edge of the bed and silently prayed that Alan, David and Chris would be alright.

David slowly opened his eyes when he felt a burning feeling in his throat and Marion gently brushed his hair back.

"There's my brave boy," she whispered and he sadly smiled at her. He looked to his left when he saw Adam standing next to the bed and he tapped the tip of his finger on David's nose.

"Do you want to try an ice chip?" he asked as David nodded and Adam took some ice out of the cup. "Chris is awake, too."

David looked at Chris as Chris smiled at him and Rose waved at him. Chris was sitting up as Rose held a bowl of ice cream in her hand and David looked up at Adam.

"Let's try the ice first," Adam said and David nodded. He opened his mouth as Adam placed the ice chip into David's mouth and told him to suck on it. "Now, it's going to hurt when you swallow, so it's ok to cry."

Nodding, David sucked on the ice until it melted and he sighed. Closing his eyes and holding onto Marion's finger, David swallowed and tears came to his eyes from the pain. Marion held him as he sobbed and she sent love and comfort into his mind. After David had settled down, she wiped his eyes when he looked at the bowl of ice cream and blinked.

"Want to give it a try?" she asked and he nodded. Handing the bowl to Adam, Adam sat down on the edge of the bed as he started feeding David the ice cream and David smiled.

"Oh, come on, open your mouth!" Rain said as Alan pressed his lips together and shook his head. She had tried to get him to try sucking on an ice chip since he woke up and she sighed, placing the ice chip into the cup. "You are such a baby."

"Am not," he thought, folding his arms over his chest.

"Do you think Chris and David are acting like babies?"

"No."

"Then why are you acting like this?"

"Because it's going to hurt, that's why!"

"And the brave Alan Timelord scared of a little pain?"

"YES!" he thought and she smiled. The door opened when the Doctor walked into the room and had a large bundle of balloons in his hands. "Are those for me?"

"Just these," the Doctor said as Rain walked to him and tied the small bundle of balloons to the back of the chair. "Thank you, Latara."

"He's being stubborn," she said as she kissed the Doctor's cheek and he nodded.

"That is because someone has just yanked my tonsils out!" Alan thought and the Doctor smiled. Handing her the balloons, he walked to the bed and sat down, picking the ice chip out of the cup.

"I'll make you a deal. You let me place this ice chip in your mouth, and you swallow it, I will buy you two months worth of White Castle burgers," he said and Alan's eyes went wide.

"You promise?" he thought and the Doctor nodded. Alan opened his mouth wide as the Doctor slid the ice chip into Alan's mouth and Alan sucked on the ice chip. "Will you think less of me if I cry?"

"No," the Doctor said with a smile and Alan swallowed.

"ACK!" Alan said while the tears rolled down his cheeks and the Doctor held him. Alan sniffed as he softly sobbed and the Doctor rubbed his back, sending love into his mind. Alan calmed down as the Doctor let go and Alan rested against the pillow, looking at the ceiling. "White…Castle?"

"Two months worth," the Doctor said and ruffled Alan's hair, making him smile.

"So he's being a pest, is he?" Rain asked and Rose nodded.

"I swear, if I figure out who gave Alan that bloody whistle, I am going to give them such a punch!" Rose said as she punched the cushion and Rain nodded.

"Well, I got to go. David really wants to see Cars," Marion said when she and Rain got up and walked to the door. Opening the door, Rain watched Marion walking down the sidewalk as they waved then turned and saw Rose behind her.

"I guess I'll go, too. If you feel Alan's mind blink out then I've killed him," she said and Rain smiled.

"I have an idea on how to get him to stop," she said and Rose blinked.

"What?"

"Tell him you'll sick your mum on him if he doesn't knock it off," she said and Rose smiled.

"Now why didn't I think of that!" she said as they hugged and Rose headed down the sidewalk. Rain closed the door when she looked at the garage door and sighed, rolling her eyes.

"You can come out now," she said as the door opened and the Doctor walked into the room. She folded her arms over her chest as she tapped her foot and he looked at the floor. "You do know that she's going to be pissed off when she finds out that it was you who gave him that bell, don't you?"

"Yes," the Doctor said softly, nodding his head. She walked to him when she slid her arms around his waist and rolled her eyes.

"What am I going to do with you?"

"Kiss me?" he asked as she laughed then kissed him and he smiled.