When You Only Have one Lifetime
Part Seven
by
Sabrina Lonewalker
Darick awakened Rose about an hour later and she yawned. He smiled, "Hello, feeling better?" Rose nodded, "What time is it?" She asked. Darick looked at his watch, "Around five fifteen." Rose looked up, "Dinner is when?" Darick laughed, "Seven thirty, Rose, we have plenty of time. Come on, let's go home." Rose nodded and the two of them left to drive back to their house.
The dinner went well, it was a small affair, just them and Rose's parents. Tony was at a friends house. They talked quietly, Jackie finally realizing how happy her daughter really was with Darick. After a couple of hours, Rose and Darick said good night and headed back to their own house. It had been built while they were on their honeymoon and everything about it had been designed by both Rose and Darick. They walked in and Darick turned to her. "Well, Welcome home, Mrs. McInnes." With that, he scooped her up and carried her over the threshold.
Rose giggled when he carried her all the way to their bedroom and she gasped. The walls were a delicate shade of pink and TARDIS blue highlights were everywhere. She turned in a circle to look at everything then, she looked back at her proud husband. "Well," he asked softly, "What do you think?" Rose looked at him, "It's perfect, Darick, just perfect." Then she looked at him, "You're ok with this?" He smiled, "I picked out the colors, Rose. This is you and me, pink, yellow and blue." Rose planted a kiss on him and his arms wrapped around her.
"Did you see the bed?" He whispered in her ear. She turned. It was a queen sized bed, big enough yet, intimate enough as well. The bedding was all satin and all in pink, yellow and blue to match the room. Darick picked her up and laid her on the quilted conforter. She gasped as she almost sank into it. He smiled, "Down comforter. Nothing but the best for my wife." Rose smiled up at him and he kissed her, starting with each eyelid, then her nose, her cheeks, her jawline and finally finding her lips.
Later that night, they toured the rest of the house, seeing just what Jackie had done to make sure their instructions were followed. The kitchen was large and airy with the breakfast nook tucked off to one side overlooking the garden with it's myraid of rose bushes planted out there. There were all colors of the rainbow out there and Rose loved it. They moved on as he explained the rooms upstiars that could be converted to bedrooms as needed and then, he showed her the nusery. Rose was a little surprised and turned to him. Darick blushed, "I know what he said," meaning the Doctor, "About there might not be a way but, I may have just enough of Donna in my DNA to make it possible and I wanted us to be prepared just in case. Rose, I want to have children with you, lots of them. What about you?"
Rose looked at him and then, flung her arms around his neck. "Oh my sweet love, Yes, I want to have our children. I hope we can." Darick's eyes took on an almost leering look and they also sparkled in mischief, "Then, maybe we should get in some practice?" He asked. Rose smiled up at him and then laughed, "Why yes, I think we should." He carried her back to bed and once again, he showed her just how much he loved her. Rose reflected later that Darick was much more expressive with his body that he ever could be with mere words.
He was asleep now, his head pillowed on her shoulder and she reveled in watching him sleep. There were times when she wondered if her and the Doctor would have ever gotten this close and she realized now that they never would have. Darick could because he had learned to let go of the past but the Doctor? That was something he could never have done. To him, letting go would be losing himself but in Darick, letting go had meant finding who he was meant to be. He knew who he was now, not just a clone or twin to the Doctor but his own man, Darick Kenelm McInnes, husband to Rose Tyler, employee at Torchwood and the man he had always longed to be, himself. Rose smiled, wondering what more was in store for them. Little did she know.
Finis
There will be more coming in future stories. I'm not done with them just yet and who knows? I have a delightfully twisted idea in mind, not bad twisted, but a good twisted. Let's just saw the new Torchwood Chief Physician looks very, very familiar? I hope that tweaked your interest! Later faithful readers! SL.