Sorry for the long delay in posting. Life has been a bit crazy, as it always is. I'm a very random poster. Sometimes I go for weeks without writing, and then suddenly can't stop. Sorry about that.

CHAPTER 8

Twelve was welcomed aboard by his former companions with much aplomb. By this time, everyone was so used to seeing the Doctor in multiple faces that one more was of no consequence. As the TARDIS continued on in the time vortex, Jack's party went on well into the TARDIS night. Twelve eventually retired to bed to sleep off the rest of his regeneration sickness, mumbling something like "watch out for dinosaurs" before he faceplanted on the newly created bed in the TARDIS blue room and passed out cold. He was still fully dressed in the same outfit that Eleven was wearing, minus the bowtie.

The party still continued. Jack suggested that they all play a game. At first, most everyone refused to, but he insisted that "I have never" would be a great way to get to know each other, and the others reluctantly agreed. They couldn't find any alcohol on board, much to Jack's dismay (and everyone else's relief), so they used Dr. Pepper instead. Someone said something they'd never done before, and whoever has done it had to drink.

Jack started, with something that was unusually benign, especially for Jack's standards. "I have never eaten Earth seafood."

"For us Doctors, do we count our past lives, or just the faces that we are presently?" Tentoo asked.

"Just your current face. Spice it up a bit." Jack grinned.

The Ponds, M&M's (aka Mickey & Martha Smith), Donna, Rose, River, and the four participating Doctors each drank one shot of the pop.

The game play moved to Martha, who shrugged and said, "I have never died."

"Technicality? What if you were declared dead but didn't actually die because you were trapped in a parallel world?" Rose asked.

"Um... drink up?" Martha said.

"Please don't tell me we have to drink for every time we've died, because I'd need a lot more than this." Clara moaned.

"I'd need even more." Jack sighed. "So, let's just say one glass if you've ever died at least once." The Ponds were happy with this, because they were trying to count how many drinks they'd need.

"Does regeneration count as death?" Ten asked on behalf of his other faces.

"Uh... sure? Regeneration counts." Martha said, clearly surprised with the number of people on the TARDIS who had died before. Each Doctor but Tentoo dutifully drank his glass. River also drank.

Mickey was a little more inventive than his wife. "I have never kissed someone of the same sex." No one was surprised when Jack drank his. Amy and Rory cast disapproving glances at their daughter who also drank. River had some explaining to do. Everyone was surprised however, when the Doctors hesitated before looking at Nine who groaned and tossed back a glass. "Jack kissed me" he said simply.

"You liked it Doc!" Jack laughed at him, winking and slapping his back. Nine just grunted, folding his arms across his chest and looking around at everything besides Jack.

Eleven and Rory just sighed as they drank their glasses. "I got over excited. Sorry Rory." Eleven said.

"Oh, don't mention it! Seriously. Don't ever. mention. it. again!" Rory replied, flustered.

Clara was next. "I have never wandered off when I wasn't supposed to."

"Yes you have!" Eleven interjected.

"When?" She asked.

"I don't know, but you must have. Everyone does!" The other Doctors nodded in agreement.

"Ok. Fine. Disbelieve me. I have never... played this dumb game before." Clara sighed. Jack was the only one who drank. "Oh come on, no one here has played this?" He laughed.

River was next. "I have never faced a dalek in my original timeline."

"Lucky" Rose muttered.

"Yeah, you have!" Amy replied. "Remember the Pandorica?"

"Oh. Oops! Silly me!" River replied. "I have never had chips!"

"That's horrible!" Rose remarked, teasingly, before drinking her glass along with everyone else.

"I have never regenerated or witnessed a full regeneration." Donna said.

"And what am I? Chopped liver?" Tentoo asked.

"Oi! Fine Space Man! You got me! I've never... been to Boston in the fall!"* She was at a loss and only had this annoying children's song stuck in her head. To everyone's surprise, Mickey and Martha took a drink. Apparently, they had honeymooned in Boston, and it was fall.

"I have never been to the planet Barcelona" Rose said. The Doctors all looked at her with guilt written across their faces. Eleven, however, was the only one to drink. He was joined by River. Of course, he'd taken her.

"I have never killed my future spouse." Amy said, clearly jabbing Rory for the auton incident when he was a Centurion. Rory and River both drank. "Sorry about that, Sweetie" River said to Eleven.

It was Rory's attempt to embarrass his wife that began to dull the mood. "I have never fallen in love with or even had a crush on someone of a different species than me."

Amy glared at her husband before looking at Eleven sheepishly and drinking her glass. Martha tried to be discreet about drinking hers, but Mickey noticed it and glared at Ten. River just shrugged and tossed hers back. Clara turned bright red as she looked at Eleven and drank. Jack also drank his which wasn't exactly a surprise, but the Directors just prayed that it wasn't him.

Each Doctor looked at Rose who looked each Doctor steadily in the face before all five drank their glasses in unison.

Eleven was next. "I have never sent someone I love away." The mood in the room grew chilly as Nine and Ten glared at him and drank. "Low blow" Rose whispered to him.

"I have never kissed a woman in front of a man who is in love with her!" Ten angrily retorted. Jack also drank with Tentoo, but no one noticed. Rose could feel herself tensing up.

"I have never married someone when I was in love with someone else!" Nine said. Eleven glared at him as he took his drink. Rose cleared her throat. This was spiraling out of control quickly.

"I have never forgotten to tell the woman I love how much I love her everyday!" Tentoo said. "Yes you have" Rose whispered, tears in her eyes. "Everyday since we returned to the TARDIS." Nobody noticed. The other three Doctors angrily drank, their eyes casting daggers at Tentoo. The Doctors didn't even notice that everyone else had seen what was about to happen and had hurriedly left the room. Rose was in tears, and no one seemed to care.

"I have never, in all my 2000 years, seen so many buffoons acting like idiots!" Twelve had awakened and had chosen this very moment to make his presence known. His new outfit, all black with a red lining on the inside of his jacket, made him look intimidating indeed.

The party was over.

*Veggie Tales reference from the song "Pirates who don't do anything" :)