There were no words at first. Just a bone crushing hug and a few stray tears. After Jackie had pulled her into the sitting room and flipped on the kettle. She brought a soft, warm blanket out from the hall closet and wrapped it around her daughter's shoulders to help chase the cold from her bones. When the tea was finished Jackie brought it in on a tray and sat down next to her daughter as she crumbled to pieces.
"There, there Sweetheart. It's okay, everything is going to be just fine. That's it, let it out", Jackie said as she held her daughter close.
"Mum what do I do?", Rose asked between sobs, her voice rough, "How do I tell him? I can't loose him".
"I know love. I know, but if you want my opinion: You won't".
"Won't what?"
"You won't loose him".
"How can you be so sure?"
"I've seen how that goofy alien looks at you, like you couldn't possibly do anything wrong, and if you did then he would make it right".
"I don't know. I'm scared, like actually properly scared. What if this is something he just can't over look. What if he just can't accept this. I know he's been a father before, hell he's been a grandfather, but that was with his own people. Not with some human".
"Rose, do you really think that that matters to him?"
"I don't know and that is what terrifies me. I don't know if I am enough, or if I ever will be enough. He's just so much Mum, and I'm just me".
"Rose you are more than enough, and if anyone wants to debate that then they can come talk to me because no one makes my daughter feel like she's not enough".
Rose cracked a small smile that barely touched the corners of her mouth.
"Now how are you going to tell him?"
The small smile disappeared almost instantly.
"I don't know", she hesitated, "Should I?"
"Should you tell me what?", I asked from the hall, startling both women.
"You mister are in some serious trouble. When I get my hands on-", Jackie started as she stood and stepped in front of Rose.
"Oy! What have I done?", I asked taking a step away from the fuming woman.
Rose, who had until this moment been frozen like a statue, began to cry.
"See! Look what you've done again", Jackie said and poked me hard in the chest before plopping down next to Rose and rubbing her back while giving her comforting shushes.
I knelt down in front of my companion, "Rose what's wrong? What is it?"
As I spoke it seemed as if everything I said just made more of her tears fall.
Eventually she asked her Jackie to give us some privacy. After a couple moments of silent hesitation she retreated after she gave her daughter a lingering look.
"Promise me something Doctor", She finally said a couple minutes after Jackie had shut her bedroom door,
"Anything", I said.
"Promise you won't leave me", she said.
"Rose", I said as I wrapped my arms around her, "I would never leave you. I promise. I swear to you".
She took a shaky breath, "Okay. So I don't really know how to tell you this so I am just going to get on with it".
I waited a few moments, "Yes?"
"I'm...", she said then stopped as the word caught in her throat, tears welling up in the sparkling green orbs she called eyes.
"Rose are you sick? If you're sick I can fix that. Please just tell me what's wrong you're starting to deeply concern me", I said with worry lines etched into my brow.
I saw the gears in her head turning for a moment, "I'm… I just worry about you. You keep passing out for no reason and you're in constant pain, and that scares me".
"Oh Rose", I said as I wrapped her in my arms.
"Blimey! You're freezing", she said as she ripped the covers off of her shoulders and pulling me into a seated position next to her.
She quickly wrapped the blanket around my shoulders.
"I'm fine. Remember I have superior Timelord biology on my side. This is basically just a jump into cold water for me", I said as I wrapped the covers around her shoulders as well, "You need these more than me".
We remained there for another 45 minutes before Mrs. Jackie Tyler returned from her room.
"Right, we all settled?"
"Yeah I told the Doctor what was bothering me", she momentarily flashed an unidentifiable look at her mother, "You know how him being ill has been bothering me".
Her Mother completely disregarded the look.
"Oy! Who said anything about him being ill? You didn't tell him did you?", she said.
"Tell me what?", I asked looking over to Rose, who was avoiding my gaze.
"Mum I don't think-", Rose began before she was abruptly cut off.
"She's pregnant you plum".
Hello everyone. Sorry about all the chapters at once, they just wouldn't stop last night. Anyway, I am going to be trying to post on my other stories today. Hope you all are having a wonderful day! Love to all.
