Chapter One Hundred One
"If I profane with my unworthiest hand this holy shrine, the gentle sin is this. My lips, two blushing pilgrims, ready stand to smooth that rough touch with a tender kiss," twelve year old David read as he stood in front of the couch and Marion looked at the script in her hand. David was playing Romeo in the Shakespeare festival and he was rehearsing the kissing scene.
"Good pilgrim, you do wrong your hand too much, which mannerly devotion shows in this. For saints have hands that pilgrims' hands do touch, and palm to palm is holy palmers' kiss," she read then glanced up at him and he smiled.
"Have not saints lips, and holy palmers, too?"
"Ay, pilgrim, lips that they must use in prayer."
"Well, then, dear saint, let lips do what hands do. They pray, grant thou, lest faith turn to despair. "
"Saints do not move, though grant for prayers' sake. "
"Then move not, while my prayer's effect I take," David said then paused and looked at Marion. "Um, this is where they kiss."
"I know."
"But I don't know if I can," he sighed and Marion patted the cushion and he sat next to her.
"What's wrong?" she asked when he leaned against her and she placed her arm around him.
"I never kissed a girl before," he sighed and she looked at him with a shocked look on her face.
"You've kissed me."
"But you're not a girl."
"Really, then what am I?"
"You're my mommy. Kissing you doesn't count."
"Thanks a lot," she said and smiled at him.
"That's not what I mean. See, Billie Walker is Juliet and she's…" he said and she saw the tips of his ears turning pink, just like Adam's ears do when he blushes. Billie Walker was a girl David liked and she thought it was cute how shy he was about talking about her.
"Just like his father," she thought and David looked at her.
"Hunh?" David asked and she realized that she had heard her thoughts.
"Your dad was really shy when we were dating. The tip of his ears used to turn pink when he blushed just like yours," she said and David cupped his hands over his ears. "Come on, it's cute."
"What's cute?" Adam said when he walked inside and closed the door behind him. "Oh, I see what's cute!" Walking closer, he bent over and kissed Marion on the lips and she giggled. He sat between Marion and David when he placed his arms over the top of the couch and looked at them. "So, what are we doing?"
"We're rehearsing my play for the festival," David said and Adam looked at the cover of the script.
"Ah, you're doing Romeo and Juliet, hunh? It's a great play. I remember your uncle telling me that he told Will not to have them kill themselves but use something that would make them look like they were dead. Did he listen? Nope, he wanted them to die. He said something about it being a bigger impact on the audience."
"I think it would have been better if they had lived and ran off together," Marion said.
"That's what several reviewers said but Will just kept it as is," Adam said then looked at David. "So, you're playing Romeo, right?"
"Yeah," David said, nodding his head.
"And who's playing Juliet?"
"It's Billie Walker," David said softly and Adam's eyes went wide.
"Ah, I see!" he said with a grin and ruffled David's hair. "So, what's wrong?"
"I never kissed a girl before."
"Well, there is a way we can fix it," Adam said when he got up, rubbing his hands together. "Come along, Son of Mine!"
"Where are we going?" David asked as he got off the couch and placed the script on the cushion.
"We're going to visit your godfather," Adam said with grin and Marion looked at him.
"Just be careful, Love," she said and he nodded. Both of them knew that Adam took a risk when he visited their old universe and Adam and David headed for the garage. Marion listened to the sound of the TARDIS dematerializing as she sighed and hoped that they didn't run into any trouble. She still felt the hurt from her mother rejecting them after she, Adam, River and James became Time Lords and Time Ladies and her step-father threatening to send their Torchwood after Adam if he or Theta showed up.
"Shit," she sighed then got up and went to the kitchen to make some tea.
(Adam's universe – The Isle of Man)
Adam locked the doors when the TARDIS turned into a large wooden crate and David smiled at him. Placing the golden key into his pocket, Adam led the way as they headed down the pavement and Adam pulled the baseball cap down over his eyes. They walked along when they saw the film crew and David gently pulled on his hand.
"He's over there," David said when he pointed and Adam nodded. They walked to the place where the locals were standing to watch the filming when Adam saw his best friend filming the scene for his new movie and Adam smiled. He had a copy of the movie on dvd in the TARDIS' living room and it was one of Marion's favorite hen night movies. They watched the filming until they were done and his friend walked to the crowd, signing autographs. He looked down at Little David then at Adam when he smiled and Adam shrugged.
"See you in a bit," David whispered and Adam nodded. David returned a few minutes later when he led Adam and Little David to his trailer and the security guard was stunned, seeing two Davids. "He's my twin cousin and this is his son."
The security guard nodded when David opened the door and led Adam and Little David inside. The inside of the trailer had a large couch near the back wall, a chair, a small loo, a small refrigerator and a hotplate, a small television was mounted on the wall and a small coffee table sat at the center of the room. Adam and Little David sat on the couch while David took two beers and a bottle of water from the refrigerator and sat on the chair, placing his feet on the coffee table.
"So, how old are you now?" he asked, sipping on the beer.
"I'm twelve years old," Little David said and David nodded.
"Got a girlfriend?" he asked and Little David's ears turned pink.
"Uh, no, um…"
"What's her name?" David asked with a grin.
"Her name is Billie and she isn't my girlfriend," Little David said with a sigh and David softly laughed.
"Not yet, anyway," David said and Little David nodded. "So, what's going on?"
"I'm doing Romeo and Juliet for the Shakespeare festival," Little David said and David nodded.
"That's a great play. I played Romeo once."
"Then you had to kiss Juliet?" Little David asked and David smiled.
"Ah, now I get it. You need to know how to do a stage kiss."
"Yeah, how do you do that?" Little David asked and David sat forward, placing his wrists on his knees.
"Well, the first thing you do is gently take her head in your hands and look into her eyes."
"We did that but we keep cracking up," Little David said and David laughed.
"That happened to me, too. Now, tilt her head slightly to the left or right, depending on which feels more comfortable for you, and gently brush your lips against hers."
"But my teacher said that we have to pucker up and kiss each other or it won't look real."
"Well, brushing her lips gives it a real dramatic look to the scene. The next thing you do is slightly pucker your lips and kiss her."
"But I'm not sure if I can do that. Every time I try, I feel like I'm going to throw up," Little David sighed and David looked at Adam.
"Now that would be an interesting twist, Romeo puking on Juliet's shoes after kissing her."
"Blimey, Julie, have you been eating garlic squid again!" Adam asked and both Davids laughed.
"Yeah, I had that for lunch," David said.
"Phew, go gargle with some mouthwash then!"
"You brute, I will never kiss you again!"
"Good because I'd rather kiss a hog than you, Swamp Breath!" Adam said and Little David nearly fell off the couch from laughing. "Oi, who are you laughing at?"
"Uncle Alan has nothing over you two!" Little David said and Adam arched his eyebrow up.
"I'll tell him you said that," he said when someone knocked on the trailer door and they looked at the door.
"You're needed on the set, Sir," the voice said as David sighed and stood up.
"Guess I have to get back to work," he said as Adam nodded and David walked to the door. "I am invited to see your performance, right?"
"Yep!" Little David said when he got off the couch, ran to him then hugged him and David kissed the top of his head. Waving, David left the trailer as Little David looked at Adam and Adam stood up, walking to him. "Daddy…"
"I know," Adam said when he wrapped his arms around Little David and kissed the top of his head. "I want him to come with us, too."
"But he can't," Little David said and Adam nodded. Placing the sunglasses back on, Adam opened the door as they left the trailer and headed back to the TARDIS. David looked toward the wheezing sound as he sighed then smiled and walked toward where they were shooting the next scene.
"If I profane with my unworthiest hand this holy shrine, the gentle sin is this. My lips, two blushing pilgrims, ready stand to smooth that rough touch with a tender kiss," Little David said while Billie looked at him and her long black hair was pulled up into a bun with little white flowers in it.
"Good pilgrim, you do wrong your hand too much, which mannerly devotion shows in this. For saints have hands that pilgrims' hands do touch, and palm to palm is holy palmers' kiss," Billie said as he held her hand and he lightly smiled at her.
"Have not saints lips, and holy palmers, too?"
"Ay, pilgrim, lips that they must use in prayer."
"Well, then, dear saint, let lips do what hands do. They pray, grant thou, lest faith turn to despair. "
"Saints do not move, though grant for prayers' sake. "
"Then move not, while my prayer's effect I take," Little David said then paused, feeling his stomach doing soft flips. He glanced over at the audience when he saw Adam and David sitting next to each other and David softly nodded his head. Moving closer, Little David brushed his lips against Billie's soft lips after gently titling her head to the left and she smiled. He slightly puckered his lips when he kissed her and Billie held his head in her hands. They moved back as Adam gently nudged David and David nodded. "Thus from my lips, by thine, my sin is purged. "
"Then have my lips the sin that they have took?"
"Sin from my lips? O trespass sweetly urged! Give me my sin again," Little David said then kissed her again and gently brushed some hair behind her ear.
"You kiss by the book," Billie said as she looked into his eyes and Little David placed his forehead against hers.
The party after the play was held in the academy gymnasium as Adam and David stood near the punch table and David nodded when someone called him "Doctor". He didn't correct them as Adam nudged him and motioned with his head toward the door. They left the gymnasium when Adam opened the door and David walked inside the TARDIS. Little David stood near the console as Adam closed and locked the door and David walked to the jump seat, sitting down.
"So, did you like kissing her?" David asked and Little David's ears went pink.
"Ye-yeah," he said with a nod of his head.
"That's good," David said while the engines hummed around them and Adam leaned against the console.
"You really did a great job," Adam said and Little David smiled.
"I forgot that line in the second act," Little David said.
"No one noticed," David said and Adam nodded.
"I asked Billie if she wanted to go out for pizza on Friday. Is that ok?" Little David asked softly and Adam looked at David, who was smiling.
"Woo-hoo, someone's got a date!" David said and Little David blushed.
"Yeah, it's ok," Adam said when the TARDIS landed and David walked to the doors. Nodding, he opened the doors then walked outside and the doors closed behind him. Adam locked the doors then walked to the console when he looked at Little David and sighed. He knew that he would started dating at some point but the fact that his little boy was growing up made his hearts hurt.
"Daddy, you ok? You're crying," David said when Adam quickly wiped his eyes and shook his head.
"Yeah, I'm fine. You want to go get some ice cream?"
"Can we go to Goobler's?" David asked with wide eyes.
"Isn't that a little babyish?" he asked while David walked to him and leaned against his arm.
"Nuh-unh, I love Goobler's!" he said then looked up at him and smiled. "Don't worry, Daddy, I promise not to grow up too fast."
"How did you know what I was thinking?"
"It's in your eyes. Yeah, I like Billie but I still like other stuff, too. Don't worry, ok?" David asked and Adam nodded. They started moving around the console while setting the coordinance when Adam looked at David and pointed at the main lever, nodding his head. David pulled the main lever down as the engines hummed around them and Adam placed his arm around David's shoulder, smiling down at him.