Chapter Two; A Dream Come True
The doctor lifted JP's shirt and blew a raspberry onto his stomach making him squeal with giggles. Rose walked into the living room where he was sitting and watched as he cradled the boy back inside his arms and blew another raspberry while JP continued his fit of giggles. "Uh Doctor, do you mind? We need to make sure we have everything ready before the other guests get here." She said. "Oh, alright." He said with a reluctant sigh before he kissed his son on the cheek.
"Stay here and play with your brothers, I need to help Mummy in the kitchen." He told him as he set him back down on the ground and patted his bottom before slowly getting up and following his wife out of the room. "You know Doctor I've been watching you with the boys and I must say that you're so good with them." Jackie said. "Why, thank you Jackie." He told her. "Have you guys told them yet? About Lilly I mean." She said. "Uh yeah, we simply explained that God needed their aunt Lilly because she was too sick for us to take care of on earth so He'll watch over her in Heaven." He answered.
"Yeah, but I'm not sure how much I exactly believe that myself." Rose muttered. "Me neither, but if God was able to bless me with a beautiful wife and beautiful children then I believe anything is possible." He said. "I wish I did." Jackie, Rose, and the doctor all turned around to see Sarah Jane standing behind them. "Sarah, I didn't know that you were here." The doctor said as Rose realized that she had been crying again. "I'm pregnant." She said. "Gee Sarah, that's great." Rose said. "It's only great if you get to keep the baby." She said. "How do you know that you won't? You've just got to hope and pray for the best. I mean who knows, maybe this means that you're dream of being a mother is finally coming true." Rose told her.
"Unfortunately I highly doubt it Rose." She said. "I did too once, about becoming a singer. That is until the doctor taught me something very important. He taught me that when you dream the impossible can become possible." She said as the doctor smiled down at her. "I've taught you well Rose Tyler." He told her which even though she was a married woman that had been her stage name when she performed. After the baby shower and gender reveal that they had been having a girl, Rose started getting ready backstage for her Christmas concert.
Meanwhile Jackie and Peter had been watching the two younger boys while the doctor spent some time with Johnathan. They had gone to see A Christmas Carol play, and afterwards they were going to go sledding. However after they had gotten out of the movie theater they had come back outside to a blizzard. "I'm sorry Johnathan." The doctor said. "No, it's alright Dad." He answered with a shrug as they started walking back to the car. "Can I ask you a question son?" he began. "Yeah, sure, what's up?" he questioned him back.
"What do you think about your mother being pregnant again?" his father asked him. "I don't know, I haven't given much thought about it one way or the other. Well except for the fact that it's kind of hard to meet girls when I'm stuck at home babysitting all the time." He said. "It's alright son, I know how you feel. And that's why I'm going to talk to your mother about getting us a nanny.
That way you can go out and your brothers and soon to be little sister can have someone to watch them at the same time." He explained as he unlocked the car door. "Really do you mean that Dad?" Johnathan asked him eagerly. "Yep," he answered with a nod and a grin. "Gee, thanks Dad." He said before he climbed into the passenger seat while his father got inside the driver's seat. The doctor turned around and looked behind him after he turned on the engine and started pulling out of the parking lot before driving away.
Meanwhile it was time for Rose's concert to begin. She could hear the crowd starting to chant her name. "Tyler! Tyler! Tyler!" they cried. "Ladies and gentlemen with her debut of her new Christmas song Dreams, give it up for Rose Tyler!" the announcer exclaimed as the crowd applauded and cheered with excitement as she ran out onstage and into the spotlight. Just as she started to sing and dance her husband and son burst through the doors. She smiled down at them as the music began.
Christmas cookies and candy canes and presents beneath the tree,
There is snow on the ground, and I just wanna shout with all this Christmas cheer.
It's here, and I just want to sing!
(Chorus)
Everybody shout! (background singers; Shout!)
Jump up and down and scream like it's Christmas morning once again.
Jesus Christ is born and all the children are playing with their toys,
That Santa brings for each little good girl and boy.
It's that feeling in your heart that each year Christmas brings,
That lets you know that you can reach for the stars if you only dream!
Yeah, just dream baby!
Oh the children are asleep all nestled in their beds, while tiny little sugar plums are dancing inside their heads.
It's the most wonderful time of year when anything can happen!
(Chorus and dance break before chorus repeats and song ends)
"Give it up for Rose Tyler!" the announcer cried before the crowd erupted with cheers and applause again. Rose grinned while she stopped to catch her breath as she watched her husband and son scream with cheers and applause along with the rest of them.