One morning over breakfast, "Graham?"
"Yes."
"What would say the two of us sending a message to the Doctor inviting them to the wedding?"
"I wonder which would show up?"
"Would it be bad if I wanted mine to show up?"
"No, why would it? You two were inseparable from my understanding for many years."
"We were, and for most of those years I looked at him like a father."
"I do hope to meet your Doctor." Ace smiles at him.
"Now, we can't use UNIT for the invite, how should we do it?"
"How about we use the psychic paper?"
"That is probably the only way and hope that it gets to the right one."
"Let's hope," they smile and finish their breakfast, what Ace doesn't know is that Graham already sent a message out. After Ace is finished she heads off to A Charitable Earth as she is preparing for Will to go on Paternity leave and tell him to take more than the usual off. Graham heads to UNIT.
"Hello Will."
"How is everything Ace?"
With a large smile, "great, I got my maid of honor and Graham has his best man."
"That's good."
"How is Sam coming along," they arrive at Ace's office that is facing over London.
"She is doing the best she can."
"That is good, look I wanted to talk to you."
"About what?"
"I know the typical Parental leave is only about two weeks, but I want you to have a few months."
"Really?"
"I want to make sure that little baby of yours and Sam's will grow as much as possible while their dad is there."
"Thank you."
"No need. Sam will also need as much help as possible for the first few months until the baby is sleeping through the night."
"The baby is a girl and how do you know that?"
"I have a few friends who have kids."
"Of course you do."
"Will."
"I am not saying anything," Will walks out of the office.
Hours later Ace looks up as Graham walks into her office, "hello Dear."
Ace stands up and they meet halfway and share a short kiss, "what are you doing here?"
"Want to go have a quick lunch?"
"Sure, let me grab a jacket." Graham stays put as Ace quickly puts on her suit jacket. Going to Graham she grabs his hand and they head out. "So what is the meaning behind this?"
"You know what we talked about this morning?"
"You mean seeing if we can get the Doctor to come to our wedding?"
"I do."
"What have you done?"
"I may have already gotten a reply."
"What?!" Ace stops their walking and he faces her and he smiles broadly and takes out the psychic paper.
'I would love to come to the wedding of Ace and her fiancé Graham.'
"I wonder which one replied."
"I hope it's yours." Ace smiles and pulls him in for another kiss.
"If it is, I may ask him to walk me down the aisle, not give me away or anything, just walk me down."
"I have a feeling if your Doctor or any of the following would be honored to walk you down the aisle." They get to a food truck and order some food and continue to walk around while eating and talking.
"You guys didn't even know who I was when we met?"
"After we left you on the planet the Doctor started to talk about you all the time and how they thought of you like a daughter and hated how badly they kept hurting you. The Doc just saw so much potential in you and you exceeded their hopes and dreams for you. Even if you keep making Nitro."
"Before you surprised me in that Volcano, I had a conversation when my Doctor told me the same thing." Graham throws away his trash and wraps his arm around Ace and she leans her head on his shoulder.
"Also look who left you a house in a trust."
"I still can't believe he left it under the pseudonym of Liz Shaw, which is also the name of a companion that they traveled with when I was a baby."
"Just think about it."
"Think about what?"
"They left it under a name that you used once as a teenager, and they traveled together when you were a baby."
"Are you saying that if it was possible the Doctor would've tried to whisk me away from my parents?"
"That is exactly what I am saying." They arrive back at A Charitable Earth HQ and walk in. "I should probably head back to UNIT."
"Probably?" One of Ace's eyebrows shoots up.
"Ok, I should go back."
Ace gives him a small kiss as Will runs past them in a slight panic, "Sam is going to the hospital." Ace and Graham watch him run to his car.
"So it starts today."
"What starts today Graham?"
"If I know you, you will set up a daycare for when his kid is old enough for it, so Sam can go to work and one parent can be present and still be working if he chooses to."
"I wasn't thinking of that actually, but now I am, thank you Graham."
"I guess I have a good idea now and then," he shrugs.
"More often than that, you should head back now before one of us gets a call from Kate."
"Before I leave," Graham runs his hand along her cheek and brings her in for a kiss. "I love you Ace."
"I love you two Graham." Graham walks out of the building and Ace turns around to see Sanaul.
"So there are two families growing here."
"What do you mean?"
"The COO is about to have a kid with his girlfriend and the CEO is planning her wedding."
"What is wrong with that?"
"The elusive CEO is no longer elusive."
"I would deny the fact that I am elusive, but I know at times I have been."
"At times? How many vehicles have you destroyed under mysterious circumstances?"
With a blush growing on her cheeks, "many of them."
"Exactly." With that they go to their offices and around 5pm Ace leaves to head home.
"Hello," Ace says as she walks in the door to see Graham relaxing on the couch.
"How was the rest of your day?"
"Minus being called formerly elusive by Sanaul, great."
"Well Dear, from my understanding you were just that."
"Want me to show you how elusive I can be?" She asks while playing with her collar.
"Maybe," Ace laughs at that and falls beside him on the couch when her phone rings.
"One hour ago my daughter, Jamie Buckland was born."
"That's great Will, how are mum and baby?"
"Both sleeping peacefully."
"Should you go back in, if it is ok with Sam, I may want to come by later."
"I will shoot you a text."
"Good, now go be with your family." Ace hangs up and leans into Graham's embrace.
"There is a new baby."
"There is."
"Are you going to give the teddy bear that you bought not long after Will told you."
"I am."
Graham kisses her crown, "you are amazing, Ace."
The next morning Ace wakes up with a text from Will giving her the go ahead of visiting. Around 2pm she arrives at the hospital with a small gray teddy bear in her arms and goes straight to Sam's room. She knocks on the door and is welcomed in by a tired voice.
"Hello Dorothy."
"How are you feeling Sam?"
"Tired, but happy."
"Yeah?"
"Yes, I am, Will is in the bathroom."
"That's fine, I have something for little Jamie."
"What is it?" Ace hands her the teddy bear. "It's beautiful, thank you."
"No need to thank me. I know she can't sleep with it for a while, but she has something that she can have for the rest of her life."
"Do you have one?"
"No, there are a lot of things that happened when I was a teenager and when I was back, all my childhood things had been donated."
"That's horrible."
"My Mum may have listed me as missing, but we had a complicated relationship. I am going to go."
"Before you go do you want to hold her, I can have Will go and get her."
"You sure?"
"Of course I am." Will walks out of the bathroom, "Will can you please go get Jamie from the nursery so Ace can hold her."
"I will be right back."
"I know Will loves me, but it seems he still loves you."
"I can assure you that I don't love him. I am getting married in a few weeks to someone who knows all of me and about everything from my past."
"I know, I have seen you with Graham and you love him like I love Will."
"I am lucky that the Doctor was traveling with him during that adventure."
"You are." Will comes back pushing Jamie in her bassinet that was provided by the hospital.
Ace sits in a chair as Will hands her Jamie, she has a flashback to when she held her mother when her mother was a baby during her time traveling with the Doctor. "Hello Jamie, I am Ace."
"Ace," Sam says.
"I have been going by Ace again since I ran into the Doctor again. When I was a teenager and young adult I hated my name."
"Ok?" After holding Jamie for a while Ace tries to take her leave. "I have a question for you."
"I may have an answer."
"As you know Will is an only child and so am I. Would you like to be an Aunt to Jamie?"
"I would love too," Ace says, trying to hold back tears. They make their goodbyes and Ace hugs Jamie, Sam and Will and leaves to make the final preparations for her wedding next week.
