"So I just…?" Jack asked confused as he stood staring at the chair in the control room in The Library.
"We're going to hook you up to CAL." The Doctor began for the fifth time. "She's going to download your data ghost, which is in essence your life."
"It's going to hurt, but since your body is immortal as soon as CAL is done using the data ghost to download anyone that she has saved you'll be able to come right back to life." River finished.
"And this will save Clara?" Jack asked again.
River and The Doctor nodded.
"Thank you Jack." The Doctor said honestly.
"You owe me one." He replied with a smirk.
River rolled her eyes. "No he doesn't. You owe me way more than this, this is letting you off easy. The number of sexual harassment claims I could file against you from my time at Torchwood…"
"River!" The Doctor said in surprise. "When were you at Torchwood?"
River smirked. "It was all part of my training." She said as she pressed a kiss to his lips. "Now go hook up this Casanova to the computer."
Jack shakily sat down in the chair and The Doctor began to hook up wires around the room.
River watched for awhile before she stood up from the chair The Doctor had brought out of the TARDIS for her. "I'm sorry." She said quietly before walking into the TARDIS, looking sick to her stomach.
The Doctor looked after her, feeling very concerned for his wife. He knew that being there couldn't be easy for her.
"She's not herself." Jack noted as The Doctor handed him two sets of wires attached to alligator clips.
"I know." The Doctor replied without looking at him. "Just… attach the two wires together in about five minutes. "I need to get upstairs so that I can find Clara when she's downloaded. We won't leave without you." He promised.
Jack nodded before The Doctor stood on the teleportation plate to go upstairs.
The Doctor was pacing back and forth upstairs when suddenly a flash of white light announced the release of the souls The Library held. It took several more moments before Clara materialized in the middle of the room.
"Clara!" He called out, his voice breaking as tears of joy spilled down his cheeks. He ran over to her and pulled her into his arms. "I'm so sorry… I'm so so sorry." He whispered into her ear as he hugged her.
"Thank you so much." She whimpered quietly. "Thank you."
"Let's get you back to the TARDIS." He encouraged her as he kept his arm around her shoulders so that she didn't fall over.
They reached the console room in The Library and Clara gasped seeing Jack's lifeless form sitting in the chair that she had questioned just a couple of days before.
"He died for me?" Clara asked, tears falling down her face.
The Doctor hugged her gently from the side. "He's going to be fine."
"I'm sorry?" Clara asked, clearly confused as she entered the TARDIS with him.
"He's immortal." River explained for him. "He'll come to in a few minutes."
"I need to sit down." Clara said tiredly.
"Why don't you go to your room?" The Doctor suggested.
"I'll bring you something to eat." River offered.
"Thank you." Clara replied quietly before heading to her room.
The Doctor smiled at River. "You…" He said, genuinely happy for the first time in a long time. "Are the most amazing woman I've ever met." He told her before passionately locking his lips with hers.
"Doctor…" She whispered quietly against his lips. "We still need to take care of Jack and Clara." She giggled.
"I'll untie Jack if you feed Clara." The Doctor offered as he kissed her once again.
"Of course." River agreed, allowing her lips to linger against his once more. "I love you."
"I love you too."
River knocked gently on Clara's door. "Clara, I brought you a cheese toasty and some apple juice."
"Come in." Clara said tiredly.
River looked at the young girl sympathetically. Clara was lying on her bed, staring at the ceiling trying not to drive herself insane. "You're going to be okay." River said gently as she laid the tray at the foot of Clara's bed. She sat down on the edge of Clara's bed and she gently rubbed Clara's back.
"My Mum was in CAL." Clara said quietly. "It was horrifying and terrifying but I was with my Mum."
"I know… I know…" River assured her. "The Library gives you everything you want, but none of its real. And it's going to be hard to forget it."
Clara nodded. "Thank you River." She said honestly. "I don't deserve this."
"What?" River asked, obviously confused.
Clara sighed. "You have no reason to trust me. I'm just some girl that's been travelling the universe with your husband. I have no business being here now that you're back."
"You're welcome to stay here as long as you'd like Clara." River promised her. "The Doctor and I are going to need to take Jack back to Torchwood."
"Jack?" Clara asked, trying to keep her eyes open long enough to try to understand what had happened.
"Captain Jack Harkness, the only man complicated enough to stop The Library." River said with a smile. "He's one of the kindest, and most annoying men in the universe."
"Are you sure you're not talking about The Doctor?" Clara asked with a smirk.
River sighed. "They're very similar, but Jack is much more violent than The Doctor in many matters."
"I'm sorry River." Clara said quietly. "I'm taking away time you have with The Doctor."
"Clara…" River assured her once again. "It's fine."
"Thank you River." Clara replied honestly. "For everything."
River smiled as she got up off from the bed. "Rest up. I'm sure The Doctor has some sort of adventure he wants to go on tomorrow."
Clara nodded and River shut the door behind herself as she left. She began to head toward the console room when The Doctor and Jack ran past her in the hallway, nearly knocking her over.
"Doctor!" She called after him angrily.
"Sorry River! Jack noticed something about the Vashta Nerada while he was in CAL and we think we might be able to get them out of The Library for good!" He called, his voice getting quieter and more muffled the further away he got from her.
"Doctor!" She called again.
"I'm sorry River!" He called back. He said something else after that but he was too far away for River to hear her.
River kicked the wall angrily before going back to her and The Doctor's bedroom. She lay down on the bed and shoved her face into the pillow before screaming, loudly. "I hate you." River whispered to the empty room as tears began to fall down her cheeks.
It was several hours later when The Doctor excitedly opened their bedroom door. "River we did it!" He exclaimed excitedly as he jumped onto his side of the bed, laying down so he was facing her. "The Library will forever be free from the Vashta Nerada and we can go back whenever we want…" He stopped rambling as he examined her face more closely. Her eyes were pressed tightly shut, but a few tears were falling next to the tear trails already staining her cheeks. "River?"
"Don't." She said angrily before turning over so her back was to him.
"Hey…" The Doctor said quietly as he propped himself up on his elbow. "What's wrong?" He asked as he ran his fingers through her curls.
"You are really just a space idiot aren't you?" River said quietly, pulling a blanket up to her chin.
"River…" The Doctor said seriously. "I can't fix whatever's wrong if you don't tell me."
River shook her head angrily. "I'm going to take a shower." She said as she got out of bed. "Don't follow me."
"River!" The Doctor called after her to no avail. "Come on!"
"Shut up!" River called back as she slammed the door closed behind her.
That was when Clara appeared in the doorway to their room. "What did you do?" She asked with a smirk on her face.
"Nothing!" The Doctor claimed, putting his arms up in surrender. "I didn't do anything!"
"Mhmmm." Clara replied as she rolled her eyes. "That didn't look like the kind of reaction that someone would have to nothing… unless you actually… did nothing?" She asked, raising her eyebrows.
The Doctor looked at her suspiciously. "Of course I didn't do anything!" he replied, clearly not catching what she was talking about.
"Doctor… your wife was trapped inside a computer for a couple of years." Clara said with a smirk. "She wants to spend time with you and all you've been doing is running around with Jack trying to save the library or whatever it was that you were doing."
"River isn't that shallow…" The Doctor dismissed her immediately.
"DOCTOR!" Clara exclaimed. "You can't possibly be that dense! She's your wife Doctor! You don't understand what it's like inside CAL. She recreates everything that you want in real life, but it's not real. Nothing in it is real. And every moment is spent wanting it to be real. She's probably spent years with you but it wasn't really you."
The Doctor looked at her in disbelief. "She knows these things are important…" He said, feeling confused.
"Doctor… You're more than a thousand years old. Are you seriously telling me that you've never had someone who cared about the universe, but also wanted you for themselves every once in a while."
The Doctor looked down at his feet before mumbling something that sounded like Donna under his breath before he waved Clara out of the room and shut the door behind her. He quickly ran over to the bathroom door and knocked on it. "River… I'm coming in." He said quietly before slowly opening the door.
He was surprised to see her sitting on the floor with her face buried into her knees, her shoulders trembling. The shower was running in the background but she hadn't made any moves toward actually taking a shower. "River I'm so sorry." He apologized earnestly as he sat down next to her. "I shouldn't have ignored you… I wasn't trying to… but it's my fault." He hoped for a reply, but when he didn't get one, he tried again. "River Song… I was an idiot and I don't deserve you… But I don't know what I would do without you."
"You'd go off on adventures with everyone else." River said quietly.
"But I don't want to!" The Doctor cut her off. "I only want you River. I've spent every moment since I met you in The Library trying to figure out how I could save you. I only want you River, forever."
River looked up at him cautiously. "Rule one?"
The Doctor shook his head. "Rule one never applies to you River."
She smirked as he put his arms around her.
"You've got that face on again." He teased her.
"Oh shut up." She replied as he pressed his lips to hers. "I love you."
"I love you too River… And I really am sorry… I shouldn't have been so stupid." The Doctor apologized.
"You're always going to be that stupid Doctor." River replied as she found herself becoming more comfortable in his arms.
"You really know how to cheer a time lord up don't you?" He sulked.
"I could try." She said immediately as she turned so she was straddling his legs. She began trailing kisses along his collarbone and he shivered at her touch. "How am I doing?"
He smirked before capturing her lower lip between his. "Perfectly." He said when they paused. "Absolutely perfectly."
Author's Note: Well here's another chapter! I can't stop writing and I have to get up in four hours but right now I really don't care! I hope you're enjoying it! Please Review!