Chapter One Hundred and Fifty Eight
Hope opened the garage door and peeked inside at the TARDIS. The front door was open and she could hear music playing inside. Curiosity got the better of her and she stepped inside and walked over to it. She looked inside and noticed that the lights in the console room were blinking on and off in sync to the music. Smiling, she wandered inside. She wandered over to the console and listened. The TARDIS was playing the Beach Boys' song Kokomo. She looked around but she couldn't see any sign of her father. Rain had just arranged a shopping trip with all their children and she asked Hope to go see if her father wanted to come with them.
"Hey, where's Daddy?" she finally asked the TARDIS.
The TARDIS moved a room to the back door and Hope followed her father's singing to it. She peeked in and saw the library. The library was vast, filled with thousands of shelves and wooden tables, but to her surprise there was now a swimming pool in the middle of it. At the end of the pool was a high rise diving board and at the top, preparing to dive, was her father. He was dressed in blue swim trunks and was singing Kokomo as he reached the top of the ladder and stepped out onto the diving board. The Doctor saw her coming inside and waved.
"Look at this, my love. I got a brilliant idea. Put the swimming pool inside the library so I can swim and then relax by the pool and read, isn't that great?"
"Mummy wants to know if you wanna go shopping with her and me and sissies and bubbies," Hope said, walking towards him.
"But…swimming pool in the library, look," the Doctor said, pointing to the water.
"Okay, you're not going with us," Hope said, turning around and heading to the door.
"Whoa there, I didn't say that!" the Doctor yelled. "You just stand right there and be my audience because I'm going to do a beautiful swan dive for you before we go!"
The Doctor stepped out onto the board and adjusted an imaginary swim cap. Then he stood there for a moment making his chest muscles move before he began striking manly poses.
"You gonna jump?" Hope called up to him.
"One moment. I'm being a famous Olympian diver competing for the gold medal!" the Doctor yelled to her before he flexed his muscles again.
He adjusted his boxers, adjusted them again, scratched his ass and then walked to the back of the diving board. He adjusted his imaginary swim cap again and then he sped across the board. He yelled as he leapt out, tucked his legs under him and did a cannonball into the cold water. He came up for air and swam over to the side closest to his daughter.
"Well, did I win the gold?" he asked her.
"No, you win the silly daddy thing," Hope said.
She squealed and ran away when the Doctor sloshed some water up towards her before he climbed out. He sat on the edge and looked at his daughter.
"I thought I was magnificent," he said. "A perfect 10 dive if I do say so myself, so nyah!" he added, sticking out his tongue.
Hope ran up to him. The Doctor smiled at her but the smile fell off his face when she leaned over and sucked some of the water off his back. He snickered when she made a face and stuck out her tongue.
"That's chlorinated water. I don't think it tastes good, so in future, I wouldn't drink it, loopy poopy," he said to her.
"You going shopping with us?" Hope asked.
"What will you give me if I do?"
"Respect."
The Doctor raised his eyebrow while she laughed.
"Aren't you s'posed to give me that anyway?" he asked.
"No."
The Doctor stared at her for a moment and then shook his head. Hope squealed when a few droplets of water got on her and the Doctor laughed when she ran away out of his reach. He sighed and got up.
"Ooooh, I s'pose I'll go shopping with you lot," he said to her. "Never mind that Alan lives for that sort of thing. No…it's Daddy do this, Daddy do that, Daddy be there for me every second. Not a moment's peace for me, never, never, never."
"I'm gonna go tell Mummy now," Hope said, running out of the room.
"Yes, go tell Mummy I'm your slave and I must do everything you say! Never a moment's peace for me, never, never, never!" the Doctor yelled while Hope ran out giggling.
Hope ran into the living room and smiled when she saw Tara sitting with Rain.
"There's my sissy!" Tara yelled as Hope dashed to her with arms outstretched.
Tara grabbed her, picked her up and spun her around while Hope laughed. Then she laid her on the floor, followed her down and Hope squealed while she tickled her mercilessly.
"NO!" Hope squealed while Tara tickled her.
"YOU!"
Tara looked up when the Doctor appeared in the garage doorway, fully dressed. His eyes were blazing with anger and Tara paused.
"How dare you tickle her without my assistance!" he yelled as he ran over.
Tara laughed when he fell to his knees and helped her tickle Hope. Then he hugged Tara when they let up after a moment.
"Nice to see you again, Star. I heard we're going to do some shopping?" he said.
"Yeah and…were you swimming? You smell like a chlorine factory," Tara said, wrinkling her nose.
"I bathe in chlorine. I find it keeps me young and pretty," the Doctor said with a sniff. "Besides, the wife loves the scent."
"Heh, guess again, buster," Rain said.
"Buster? Who's Buster? You been sleeping around again?" the Doctor said, eyeing Rain while Tara laughed.
"Yuk, yuk, very funny, Robin Williams," Rain said, rolling her eyes.
"Robin Williams? You've had an affair with him? Isn't he a bit hairy?"
Tara laughed when Rain walked over and swatted his head. The Doctor rose up, picked Hope up and held her close to him while he walked over to the sofa.
One by one his other children came to the house and finally Dex was the last to arrive with Amelia and Opal. The Doctor stared at his grandchildren as they came inside.
"I believe the call was for children, there was no grand before it," he said to them.
"Tough, we wanted to come along anyway," Amelia said.
"Yeah, we feel like shopping," Opal added.
"I feel like swimming but apparently I have to go and play daddy to a bunch of brats that seem to be mine," the Doctor said. "However, if you want to come along, I suppose I'll have to include you as well. Just behave yourself and I'm directing that especially for you, Amelia."
"Amy."
The Doctor frowned.
"Sorry?"
"Call me Amy," Amelia said.
"Um…why?"
"I like it. Amy sounds cooler."
"Like I said….Amelia…you will behave yourself," the Doctor said before walking away.
"My name is Amy now, Papaw!" Amelia said while Opal giggled.
Meanwhile, Hope was about to go over to her father when she was suddenly surrounded by the Doctor's daughters. They all looked down at her while she stood in the center of them, staring up at them.
"So…what shall we do with this one?" Tara asked her sisters.
"I think we should carry her upside down the entire day," Dorothy said.
"I think we should grab a large sack and put her in it and carry it on a pole," Jenny said.
"You leave me alone, I'm gonna go be with Daddy now," Hope said to them.
She started to walk away but the others kept the circle intact and moved with her until she reached the Doctor.
"Daddy, they're being weird again," Hope yelled to the Doctor.
The Doctor stared at his giggling daughters while Chaska glanced at Dex and rolled his eyes. Amelia and Opal laughed and quickly joined the circle.
"Are you preparing to dogpile the youngest and weakest one then?" the Doctor asked them.
"No, we were sorta thinking about putting her in a sack and carrying her on a pole through the shopping center," Sokanon said.
"And then we could play piñata with her," Namid added.
"Or I could bring along my katana and poke her bum with it," Emi added.
The Doctor stared at them while they laughed.
"Love," the Doctor said to Rain, "I think we need to put the youngest in a suit of armor this afternoon, what do you think?"
"Behave and let your sister shop in peace," Rain said to her daughters.
"We can't play kickball with her?" Tara asked.
"No, you can't play kickball with your baby sister," Rain said.
"Can we poke her?" Namid said, poking Hope's arm.
"Leave me alone," Hope said, walking out of the circle to her father's side. "You leave me alone, Sissies, or I'll scream."
"I have a feeling this will be a long, long day," the Doctor said to Rain while his adult daughters giggled.