Rose refused to come to their room that night to sleep. So he got Kiam ready for bed and brought the little boy to her. He stayed busy that night working on the endless repairs the Tardis needed and when morning came he went to wake them. He opened her door and found them gone all ready. Not thinking anything of it he went to the kitchen and only Jack was there.
"Where's Kiam and Rose," He asked and Jack shrugged in reply. Decideding that Rose needed some space, he kept busy that morning. But when lunchtime rolled around and then Dinner and she still hadn't returned, he found himself taking the familiar steps to the swimming pool.
Jack was there pretending to be asleep in one of the chairs. He ignored the fact he had seen Jack reading as he entered the room and instead headed to the edge of the pool and dove in. He swam laps until his muscles began to ache and then taking a deep breath, swam to the bottom of the pool and sat down. As he closed his eyes he saw a figure move to the edge of the pool. He sat there listening to his heart beats and trying to clear his head. When the need for air overtook him, he fought it and tried to remain calm. He fought it as long as he could and then pushed himself to the surface.
Jack leaned down and offered him a hand and he took it.
"Impressive, not the best I've seen but still impressive. No wonder Donna and Martha were worried." Jack said.
"Thanks." he managed as he caught his breath.
When he went back to his room to change. Kiam was sitting on the bed smiling at him. "Hey buddy where's your mom." All he got in reply was Kiam putting his hand on the side of his head and tilting his head. He smiled and laid down on the bed and lifted the blankets. Kiam crawled under them and he tucked him in. He put his arm around his baby and started to tell him the story of the Timelord and the Three Daleks.
When Kiam was asleep, he went to Rose's room to see if she was back. He didn't find her there, so he headed towards the Console room. As he passed by the living area he saw her. She had music playing and was dancing around the room. He stood in the door way watching her until she noticed him. She turned red and headed to the stero to turn the music off. He came up behind her and grabbed her hips and put his head on her shoulder rocking with her. He kissed her cheek and then spun her around to face him. He held her close and rocked with her. He pressed his mouth to her and kissed her passionately.
He picked her up, and then headed down the corridor to her room.
-DW-
"Venice." He said happily stepping off of the Tardis. "Venezia. La Serenissima. Impossible city. Preposterous city. Founded by refugees running from Attila the Hun. It was just a collection of little wooden huts in the middle of the marsh, but became one of the most powerful cities in the world. Constantly being invaded, constantly flooding, constantly just beautiful. Ah, you got to love Venice. So many people did. Byron, Napoleon, Casanova. Ooo, that reminds me. 1580. That's all right. Casanova doesn't get born for a hundred and forty five years. Don't want to run into him. I owe him a chicken."
"You owe Casanova a chicken?" Jack asked him amused.
"Long story. We had a bet."
"What sort of bet."
"Don't you start."
An Inspector comes up them. "Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. Papers, if you please. Proof of residency, current bill of medical inspection."
He reaches into his pocket and pulls out his psychic Paper. "There you go, fellow. All to your satisfaction, I think you'll find."
"I am so sorry, Your Holiness. I didn't realise." The man says
"No worries. You were just doing your job. Sorry, what exactly is your job?"
"Checking for aliens. Visitors from foreign lands what might bring the plague with them." The inspector looks at Jack can't help but laugh.
"You brought our son to The Plague." Rose said in disbelief.
"Don't worry, Viscountess. No, we're under quarantine here. No one comes in, no one goes out, and all because of the grace and wisdom of our patron, Signora Rosanna Calvierri."
"How interesting. I heard the plague died out years ago." He tells the man.
"Not out there. No, Signora Calvierri has seen it with her own eyes. Streets are piled high with bodies, she said."
"Did she now" He watches Jack take the psychic paper from the Inspector.
"This says I am your eunuch." Jack says unhappily.
"Yes, well, moving on. Allons-y." He took Rose's hand and headed off. He could still hear Jack grumbling about he would show him eunuch.
They come to the Canal and stop to watch a procession of women heading across a courtyard. All of them are dressed alike. As he watches a man comes up and he sees them arguing. Leaving Rose and Kiam with Jack he hurries and finds the man coming out of an alleyway.
"Who are those girls?" He asked him.
"I thought everyone knew about the Calvierri school." The man answered him.
"My first day here. It's okay. Parents do all sorts of things to get their children into good schools. They move house, they change religion. So why are you trying to get her out?"
"Something happens in there. Something magical, something evil. My own daughter didn't recognise me. And the girl who pushed me away, her face, like an animal."
"I think it's time I met this Signora Calvierri."