BAHAMA BASH!

Chapter Two

After they returned to their blankets, the men moved their blanket next to the women's and all of them sat together except for the Doctor who sat on a rock off to their right and looked out at the surf as it rolled in. Paul and Bill resumed their guitar lessons while everyone chatted or listened to them. Paul was still trying to teach Bill how to play Michelle and the real Michelle sat beside her boyfriend while he slowly played the song and sang with Paul. Once they went through the song one time, Paul nodded and grinned as he congratulated Bill on his playing and vocal skills. Paul thought for a moment and then began to pick out a simple tune while he sang.

"I was sitting on the beach one day, in the Bahamas feelin' happy and gay. When what did I hear that astonished me so? I heard that gingers have no soul. Gingers, gingers have no soul."

Everyone laughed when Amy, Donna and Jane gave Paul a dirty look. Paul ignored him and continued with his song.

"Gingers look like you and me but they're possessed by Satan, see? Tra-la-la, tee hee hee hee, Gingers have no soul."

"Button it, Beatle Boy," Donna said while everyone laughed.

"Now, now, Paul," the Doctor said. "You shouldn't mock gingers; I've had several ginger companions."

"And he wants to be ginger," Rose added.

"Really? You want to be soulless?" Paul asked him.

"You know that whole Paul is dead thing? It can still happen if you don't put a sock in it!" Donna said while they laughed.

Paul gave her a charming smile and played Ritchie Valen's Oh, Donna for her. Donna smiled and relaxed while Paul sang the song to her. When he was done, they applauded and he did a quick sitting bow. Jeremy glanced at Donna who had a huge smile on his face.

"Wow, it's true. Music really does soothe the savage beast."

He jumped up and sprinted to the Doctor's rock when Donna got a murderous look in her eyes and tried to hit him. He climbed up beside him and sat down.

"Getting into trouble again?" the Doctor said as he stared out at the ocean.

"No, just wanted to share the view with you, o' brother," he replied.

Paul went back to playing his guitar. Then he got a thought and glanced up at Jeremy.

"You know, the island is beautiful," he said to Jeremy while he strummed.

"Yes, it's gorgeous here," Jeremy said.

"Perfect spot for lovers," Paul said as he looked down at his guitar. "Might even be the perfect spot for a wedding between two soul mates."

Jeremy and Rose looked at Paul but he kept his eyes on his fingers while he played Till There Was You. Jeremy and Rose looked at each other while the Doctor watched them both.

"He's right, you know. Could be the perfect spot for a wedding," the Doctor said.

Rose got up and walked over to the rock. She climbed up and sat down beside Jeremy.

"What'd ya think?" she asked her fiancé while everyone else listened.

"Do you want to?" Jeremy asked.

"Wouldn't mind it. Especially here. Paul's right, it's gorgeous. Perfect spot for a romantic wedding," Rose replied.

"And…" Bill said, "you have the musical entertainment sitting right here and he'll work for free."

"HA!" Paul said while everyone laughed. "Bill, my friend, you have much to learn about me and one thing you need to learn is I will not work for free."

"How about if we feed you afterwards?" the Doctor asked.

"You got a deal, mate," Paul said while everyone laughed. "I will work for food since I remember what it was like to play on an empty stomach. Feed me a sumptuous meal and I'll play all night for you. Now that we've established that Rose and Jeremy are getting married, I need to come up with more lyrics for the Gingers are Soulless song. Damn it, where's John when you need him?"

"Um…if I were you, I wouldn't mock gingers anymore," the Doctor said. "I don't know about Jane but Donna and Amy can beat the hell out of you if you give them a chance."

"And so can I," Jane said, "so watch the whole soulless ginger thing."

"Sheesh, fine, I'll button it. Man, I didn't realize gingers were so defensive," Paul said. "If we're gonna do this though, shouldn't we go and get my band mates? I mean, I can provide the entertainment if you want me to but I think you'll get more entertainment with the rest of my band. Plus, I really wanna see Tia and bring her here."

"Yeah, she'd love the beach," Jane said. "Can we go and get our families and bring them here?"

"Why not?" the Doctor said. "We have to break the news to the other Beatles that they can no longer go back to the '60's since there are already another set of Beatles there."

"And I want to see my Martha. I miss my mutt," Paul said.

"Then how about this? Jeremy and I will go ask someone if they can recommend a good place to get married. You lot stay here and we'll go shopping and find some food for a beach barbecue."

"Do either of you have money to spend on this food?" Amy asked.

The Doctor and Jeremy shared a look.

"No," they said in unison.

"Here," Paul said, getting his wallet out and holding it out. "On me."

"My, my, he's handy, isn't he?" the Doctor said as he and Jeremy slid off the rock and walked over to him.

"Yes, it's a good think we're friends with a famous celebrity who has millions," Jeremy said.

"We'll make it up to you, promise," the Doctor said as he took the wallet and put it in his trouser pocket.

"And we won't go bonkers and buy a deluxe forty person limo for ourselves."

"You better not or I'll run you down with it," Paul said.

The Doctor and Jeremy waved to everyone and walked off while the others sat back down on the blanket. They chatted for awhile before Bill and Michelle decided to take a walk. They held hands and walked close to the surf while it crashed on the beach a few feet from them. Gulls and other sea birds flew through the air and the sun hung high in the air warming them along with the beach.

"This is beautiful," Michelle said as they walked. "I have never known such warmth."

"Oh yeah, I'm sure it never got that warm in the cave back in the middle of that endless winter, yeah?" Bill said to her. "And you never saw a beach, did you?"

Michelle shook her head and Bill gave her hand a squeeze.

"I never saw the beach either. I was raised in Scotland where it rained constantly. Bright sunny days like this were a blessing, that's for sure."

"Is Scotland beautiful?" Michelle asked.

"Scotland is gorgeous. I love it. Someday I'd like to take you there. I think you'd like it. But I guess not everything about my childhood was wonderful since I suppressed a lot of abuse by my family. But the things I do remember are happy things."

"I'm sorry that people did that to you, Bill. That people hurt you and made you suffer."

Bill smiled at that and thanked her. Michelle fell silent for a moment.

"These people that wanted you to be something you're not. They're not coming back, are they?"

"Blimey, I hope not. I got sick and tired of people trying to catch me and force me to be Paul or some sort of slave. I hope that's all behind us now."

"Me too. Because I wanted to ask you if you would like to be married like Paul and Jane and Jeremy and Rose."

Bill froze and Michelle stood with him and waited for an answer.

"Now?" he said.

"Yes, I love you. I want to be your wife. Don't you love me?"

"Yes, but…blimey, I didn't think we would be married this soon."

"In my clan, we married very soon," Michelle said. "Sometimes to people we didn't love. Isn't it better to marry someone soon and love them than to be forced to marry someone you don't love?"

"No, it's wrong to force someone to marry someone they don't love but…"

"You love me, yes? What's the difference between marrying me now and marrying me later? You'll still love me later, yes?"

"Yes, I s'pose so," Bill said.

"Then why wait?"

Bill stared at her, realizing she had a point.

"I just…" he finally said.

"Yes?" Michelle said.

Bill let out a long sigh.

"I just thought that no one would love me, at least not enough to get married to me," he said as they walked.

"Why? Are you diseased?"

"Um…no," Bill said with a little laugh.

"Are you not fit for marriage?"

"No, I mean I just didn't think anyone would ever love me like that."

"I love you then," Michelle said. "I loved you when I first saw you even though back then you were a very weird looking Tall One. But I am also a Tall One now so why can't we get married with Jeremy and Rose?"

Bill thought that over. He realized that Michelle was making sense and he did love her very much. Even thought they hadn't known each other for very long, he ended up becoming very protective of her. She was beautiful, intelligent and the more he thought about it, the more he liked the idea of being her husband. He leaned in and gave her a gentle kiss on the lips which she returned.

"Alright. What the hell, ya talked me into it," Bill said.

"You'll marry me then?" Michelle said.

"Yeah, I'll marry ya," Bill said, putting his hand on her cheek.

His heart melted when he saw the overjoyed look on her face and he leaned in for another kiss, a kiss Michelle returned eagerly. When they were finished, Bill pulled her close and held her for a moment, kissing the top of her head, relishing the thought of marrying her. After that, they held hands when they turned around and headed back to the others to tell them the good news.

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