**Notes: Thank you guys for all the reviews! I appreciate it so much! Family is refusing to even read it, so I've been feeling a little unappreciated at home. There's only one more chapter before we hit the wall of what's been edited so far. I have several more chapters written, but I don't want to post them without having them looked over first. Elensari has been spectacular about keeping up with me while this was all being written, but work has her really busy for a bit, so there may be a bit of a pause before chapters eight and beyond get posted (well, a pause by my standards anyway... I know most authors only post once a week or even less often). Anyway, know that more IS on the way soon and keep the comments coming, please! To the guest that commented: I'm super glad that I've inspired you to want to watch some classic Who... check ** **OOH I should totally warn you that this chapter gets really, REALLY smutty.**

Chapter Six – Making Promises

That night, as the TARDIS drifted in the time vortex, the Doctors and Rose sat together in the garden room. The projected sky showed a clear, starry night as they sat on the grass near the pond.

"Tell me about the names you chose," Rose whispered to them.

Evander began the explanations, "When I first regenerated into this form, I wasn't sure who I was anymore. I didn't know if I was a good man. In all the wanderings I've done throughout the centuries, it sometimes feels like I leave a wake of destruction, even if my intentions are quite the opposite." He paused for a moment before continuing. "I once told Clara, that the name I chose, was a promise. 'The Doctor' is a promise that I made to myself and everyone else to try to make things better everywhere I went. And so, in choosing to add this new name, I am making another promise. Evander comes from ancient Greek and it means "good man." I don't think that I will ever completely be a good man, but I definitely try to be. I promise that not only will I be someone who makes things better, but I will also try with both my hearts to be a good man. And by adding Tyler, I promise that my hearts will always belong to you, Rose Tyler."

Rose kissed him then and sent him her feelings of intense love and devotion. They all sat quietly for a few moments to let the intensity of those promises sink in before Alex began the justification of his own choice.

"I'm sure you remember quite well, Rose, the day that I first woke up with this face. The first real action that I took with the Sycorax was to prove to them that the Earth was defended and that I wouldn't allow them to bully the human race into submission. The name Alexander means "defender of man" and that is what I have become through my travels. I promise to be the Doctor, who makes things better, I promise to be the defender of those who are in need and I promise to be only yours, Rose Tyler," Alex finished speaking with tears in his eyes. He wrapped his arms around Rose and kissed the top of her head, sweetly.

From his pocket, Alex pulled out two pendants. What used to be one square, orange stone with veins of gold running through it, was now made into two tall rectangular stones. The cut was clean and polished and he had attached new gold chains to each of them. He also had a gold band that matched the one he wore, so that all of the symbols they had chosen would be shared equally between the three of them.

"If you'd rather wait for a public ceremony, for the ring at least, we can," Alex said. "I just thought that it was more important for us than anyone else."

Rose took all three pieces from Alex and looked into Evander's eyes to see what he wanted to do. If it was important to him to have a real wedding, she would do it in a heartsbeat.

"All I need is you, Rose," was his simple reply to her questioning eyes.

At that, she placed the pendant over his head and said the Gallifreyan words of devotion that had been the first words in that language that she had ever spoken. She placed the second pendant over Alex's head and repeated the phrase. She kissed Alex on the lips and turned back to Evander. Taking his left hand, she slid the gold band on his finger and kissed him as well.

Holding her hands tightly in his, Evander asked her, ~'Rose, can I have a deeper connection with you, please? I never want to live a day without you for the rest of my lives.'~

~'Are you sure, Doctor? You have so many more regenerations than we do, you could live a lot longer than us,'~ Rose thought to him.

~'I've never been more sure of anything, darling,'~ Evander said softly in her mind. With that, he closed his eyes and leaned his forehead against hers. She felt him making a deeper connection with her and followed his lead as their bond flared brightly. Alex saw what they were doing and smiled in delight as he felt all of their timelines wrap together more tightly.

Suddenly, Rose felt both of them filling her mind with love, devotion and desire. She closed her eyes as their dizzying passion flowed through her and felt them lowering her to lay in the soft grass. They both kissed her face as well as the rest of her skin as they revealed it. Soon, she was wearing nothing but her bonding pendant and wedding rings, and they were quickly matching her state of undress.

Both Doctors were kissing their way down her body in perfect parallel. Somehow, through their link with each other, they seemed to be copying their actions exactly. When they made it down to her hips, Evander seemed less sure of himself. ~'Trust me,'~ Alex thought to him, ~'You've not tasted heaven, until you've tasted Rose Tyler.'~

With one leg over each of their shoulders, they took turns licking and sucking at her centre, and Rose was writhing on the grass in pure ecstasy. In minutes she was screaming, "Doctor!" And both of them watched her breathing slow with smug smiles on their faces.

As soon as Rose got hold of her senses again, she pulled them both towards her to kiss them deeply. Hands roamed and kneaded and pinched, until she had a hand on each of their hard lengths. She had them both lay side by side on the grass and she straddled between them with her legs over one of each of theirs. She stroked them firmly, then brought her face down to take Evander into her mouth. She swirled her tongue around him playfully and he groaned loudly at the sensation. She remembered Alex telling her the first time she did this that he had never experienced it before and thought that despite the time apart, he likely still had never had anyone do this for him.

She released him from her mouth, but continued to stroke him as she moved to give Alex a similar treatment. Alex dug his fingers into her hair, the way he knew she liked when she did this. He loved feeling her tongue against him almost as much as she loved his tongue on her. They were both surprised when Evander moved to kneel behind Rose while she continued her ministrations on Alex.

When he entered her, she moaned happily which sent tingling vibrations through Alex's body and he fell back into the grass in bliss. Finding comfortable angles for all of them, they quickly found their rhythm. Before long, Rose was reduced to licking Alex as she needed to breathe through her mouth to get enough oxygen. Alex didn't mind though, since her hands never stopped moving and he could feel waves of elation from both Rose and Evander to add to the sensations. Soon they all tumbled over the precipice into bliss and landed in a heap with Alex beneath both of them and they all began to laugh.

There was an overwhelming joy between them at the knowledge of being bound together for the rest of their lives. A joy that none of them had ever dreamed of before and swore they would never let go of again.