After leaving Pete's world he had dropped of Martha and Mickey but unsure what to do with the rest they had stayed aboard for the time being. The Tardis was full and noisy and while it brought him a lot of joy it also made him uneasy as he watched John flirt with Rose. Rather than saying something, he sat back in his chair at the table and sipped more and more wine until he felt his brain going numb.

"Doctor, are you okay." Amelia asked him concerned when she noticed he was the only one not talking.

"Fine," He muttered.

"Are you sure?" John chimed in.

"I said I am fine," he snapped as the table went quiet.

"I think you have had enough wine." Rose said reaching for the bottle.

"I'll tell you when I have had enough. You can just continue to flirt with John there. I'll even give him our wedding ring if you like and the two of you can pick out a nice cottage together."

"Doctor, this isn't you," Rose said trying to keep her anger down. "Give me the bottle of wine." She reached for it again and this time he let her take it.

"Sorry," he muttered.

"It's okay." She took his hand and gently rubbed the back of it with her thumb. "We should call it a night." She said softly as she stood up. "Come on Kiam time to get ready for bed."

He stood up and left the room but instead of going to bed like Rose wanted he set the controls on the Tardis.

"Want some help?" John asked coming into the room.

"Not at the moment," He replied not surprised to see him. "Why don't you go and get settled. Then tomorrow we can discuss where you want to go for the next two years, while your Tardis finishes growing."

He watched as John checked the coordinates and then hit a few buttons and landed the Tardis for him. Rather than thanking him though he grabbed his coat and stepped off the Tardis closing the door tightly behind him.

"Tick tock goes the clock, he cradled and he rocked her. Tick tock goes the clock even for the Doctor." The Master sung to him as he walked over to the desk and sat down. He leaned back and put his feet up on the desk and crossed his arms across his chest.

"You won't find any." He told the Master.

"I don't know what you are talking about, Drink?"

He just shook his head no. "There are no Time Lords left, it is just us and you are creating cracks in space and time by tearing open the dimensions to search for them. We were friends once why not give this up and come and travel with me?"

"Oh Doctor are you proposing, I don't think your wife would like that very much." The Master mocked him.

"Koschei, I don't want to, but if I have to, I will stop you."

"Tick tock goes the clock, and all the years they fly, Tick tock and all too soon, your love, will surely die."

"Please reconsider my offer?"

"No."

He stood up and headed back to the Tardis. He walked straight past John and headed to his room.

-DW-

It had been years since he had been back to earth. He had traveled the universe running faster and harder than he had in a long time. So when he opened the doors of the Tardis expecting to see the bright shining twin suns of Magrathea and realized he was in Leadworth he was a little surprised.

He stepped out of the Tardis and over the rocks surrounding the garden that his Tardis had just destroyed. Out of the house a boy came running and flung himself into his arms. "Daddy, you're back." He cried out happily. John came out of the house after him.

"Kiam," He said happily and then looked up at the newcomer, "John." His voice now showing the disdain he felt towards him.

"Doctor," John replied in the same tone.

"I've crushed your flowers." He said turning back to Kiam.

"Oh, Mum will kill you." Kiam replied laughing.

"Where is she?" He asked looking hopefully around for her.

"She'll need a bit longer." John told him and then turned and called over his shoulder. "Whenever you're ready, Rose."

As Rose waddled out the door, her belly big, he felt both of his hearts break in a way he didn't realize was still possible.

"You look lovely," He told her trying to hide the pain he was feeling.

"I'm pregnant." She told him.

"I know. Five years later and you haven't changed a bit, apart from age and size." He replied. Him and Rose had tried for years to have more children but after John's return everything had changed. He had made her happy and he found himself pushing them together more and more while he distanced himself from her. Until finally one day he had bought them a home and dropped them off to live, leaving Kiam with them to raise.

It had obviously been the right choice he realized as he saw Rose glowing and Kiam was speaking in complete sentences and no traces of his talking problems were noticeable.

"Oh, it's good to see you, Doctor." Rose said as she wrapped him into a hug. He hugged her back and resisted laying his head on hers as he breathed in her scent.

"Doctor," He heard Amy cry out and she was coming over hand in hand with Rory. He let go of Rose and wrapped Amy up in a hug.

"Oh my Amelia." He released the hug and followed them as they started to walk down the street. Kiam took his hand and smiled up at him.

"I can't believe you remember me." He laughed.

"Time Lord," Kiam laughed back.

"Ah Leadworth. Vibrant as ever." He commented.

"It's Upper Leadworth, actually. We've gone slightly upmarket." John replied.

"Where is everyone?"

"This is busy." Amy told him and then sighed. "Okay, it's quiet, but it's really restful and healthy. Loads of people here live well into their nineties."

"Well, don't let that get you down." He joked but Rose huffed.

"It's not getting me down." Amy grumbled.

"Well, I wanted to see how you all were. You know me, I don't just abandon people when they leave the Tardis. This Time Lord's for life."

"You came here by mistake, didn't you?" John questioned him.

"Yeah, bit of a mistake. But look, what a result. So. What do you do around here to stave off the, you know?"

"Boredom." Rose replied.

"Self harm?" Rory asked.

"We relax." John said.

"Relax, you really relax." His voice went squeaky with the surprise.

"We live. We listen to the birds." John told him.

"Yeah, see? Birds. Those are nice." Amy spoke up.

"We didn't get time to listen to birdsong back in the Tardis days, did we?" Rose asked him as the birdsong grew so loud it was all they could hear.

"Oh blimey, my head's a bit. Ooo. Er, no, you're right, there wasn't a lot of time for birdsong back in the good old" He felt Rose fall against him and he fell backwards as they all collapsed to the ground sound asleep.