"How is she doing?" Jack wondered as he stood in the doorway of the medi-bay. Martha looked up at him. She set the book down that she had been reading coming over to stand by him.
"She is sleeping," she answered keeping her voice low. "How is the Doctor?"
"The same. Do you want to join me for a cup of coffee?" Jack questioned. Martha nodded following him towards the kitchen.
"You really shouldn't be drinking coffee while you are pregnant and if you are going to, then you should be drinking decaf," Martha informed him. Jack made a face at her as he made two steaming hot cups of coffee. There was a reason that he didn't drink and it wasn't just because of the taste. In his opinion if coffee wasn't going to be keeping him awake, then he might as well be drinking water.
"You should just be happy that I gave up alcohol," Jack commented. Martha narrowed her eyes at him. Jack sighed and while he made Martha a full cup of coffee, he only made a half cup for himself. He handed her one cup, then sat down at the table across from her sipping his own, trying to make it last.
"How are you feeling about the baby?" Martha wondered as he drank. Jack lowered the cup.
"Better now that I know it is a girl. I am still not completely happy with the fact that I am carrying a child that was conceived by that man, but I am coping better now that the Doctor has helped me with my morning sickness. I just don't like the fact that I am having worse pregnancy symptoms then him and he wants the child." Jack sighed. "I know that isn't fair. He was just as stunned to find out he was pregnant and had to learn to cope as well. While I have the morning sickness, a pill helps my symptoms while he can barely eat sometimes due to the way the food taste or what we are eating. He can't even look at pears or apples without getting nauseous. Though he did overcome the pear part long enough to throw them into a supernova."
"As far as I know he has always hated pears. While I was traveling with him, he bought a whole crate of them just to throw them into a supernova while he tried to instill in me how bad pears were," Martha laughed. Jack smiled it sounded like the same speech he had received during the Doctor's hour long rant about pears. Why the man hated pears so much was a mystery Jack had yet to solve but had followed him from at least his previous body. Jack could still remember the previous Doctor angry because he had brought a pear on board.
"One of these days I will have to ask him why he hates them so much," Jack told her. "In the meantime, I have banned any pears from being brought into Torchwood to keep him from throwing a fit again."
"I hate to say it, but that was probably a good idea," Martha agreed. The two of them laughed as they continued to talk. Martha discussed her new job at UNIT and how she was finally finished with her training and working as a doctor. She was learning how to run the hospital while she was also involved in training missions inside UNIT. She couldn't really go into detail about them, but she was excited about the work she was doing. She also had a fairly regular schedule, thanks to the Brigadier, which meant that she was able to take Tish to her doctor's appointments and spend time with her family.
Jack told her about his new position in Torchwood. He actually found himself enjoying the fact that he was able to step back from all the running and was able to spend more time with the Doctor. Ianto was being cordial to him after his yelling, but their relationship would never be the same. In a way that was a good thing, since he was with the Doctor now, but he also missed the way he used to be able to rely on Ianto. Still he was a good employee and worked well with the others, especially Gwen. Jack then went into how he met Gwen. He had just finished telling Martha about retcon when the Doctor wandered into the kitchen. He had pulled on a pair of trousers but hadn't bothered with socks or a shirt. His hair was a mess and his eyes were half closed as he made a beeline for Jack.
"You should be in bed sweetheart," Jack commented as the Doctor sat down next to him. Jack pulled the Doctor's chair closer so that the Doctor could lay his head on him.
"Tea," The Doctor whispered as he put his head against Jack's chest. Jack brushed the Doctor's hair back, feeling how warm he was.
"I'll make you a cup," Martha told him as he made himself comfortable against Jack.
"You're burning up. Wouldn't you rather have a nice cold banana milkshake," Jack tried to tempt him. The Doctor smacked his lips as he wrapped his arms around Jack. Before Martha could finish making the tea, the Doctor was sound asleep once more. Jack stood, lifting the Doctor up in his arms. Martha shook her head. Once the Doctor was awake she was going to have to have a discussion with them about what was and wasn't appropriate while pregnant.
"I am going to take him back to bed and lay with him to make sure that he stays there," Jack informed her.
"After he is up come find me so that the three of us can talk," Martha told him as she added milk to the tea then took a drink of it. It was still a little too sweet for her taste, but she would add more water once she drank it down a little more and hopefully then it would be palatable.
"Are we in trouble?" Jack asked.
"You could say that," Martha agreed. She followed Jack as far as the medi-bay going back into sit with her sister. Jack carried the Doctor the rest of the way to their room. He laid him down on the bed, covering him with just a thin blanket to help him cool down. He then climbed up to lay with him as the Doctor started to stir again. The Doctor snuggled into Jack, holding onto him tightly as he laid his head on his thigh. Jack reached down stroking his hair.
"You're lucky I love you," Jack informed the Time Lord.
"M'too." Came a slurred reply. Jack chuckled, leaning down to kiss him on the head. Settling back, he wished he would have grabbed a book as he let the Time Lord sleep.