PARENTHOOD
Chapter Forty Seven The Doctor took a sip of tea while he listened to his brother, John, talking about a recent excursion he had taken with Rosie, Jackie Simon and Tara. They had gone to the planet Polodia which had one of the largest aquariums in the universe. Around him in the living room were Rain, Awinita, Nelak, Doc, Alan, Rose and Rosie. The Doctor, Alan and John's youngest children were upstairs playing while they chatted. "Anyway, it was a sight to see," John said, taking his cup of tea from the coffee table. "They had phosphorescent Plantagents from Lukos. Don' t know if you've ever seen them before..." "I have," the Doctor said. "Lukos is a nice planet." "Yes, they have a lot of nice parklands," Doc added. "Used to go there all the time and meditate. Don't remember the aquarium though." "They've only had it for about the last hundred years or so. When you went it was much further back in time," John said as Doc nodded. The Doctor looked at Sokanon when she came up beside him. "Daddy, Chaska's being gross," his seven year old daughter said. "Isn't that what boys do?" the Doctor said as everyone laughed. "Okay, what is Chas doing that's so gross?" "We're playing with our Barbie dolls and he's taking the Ken doll and sticking one of Barbie's shoe down the front of his underwear and saying that's his willy cause he doesn't have a proper one." The Doctor tried to keep a straight face as the rest of the men looked at one another and sniggered. "Soki, tell your brother to come here," Rain said, setting her cup of tea down. "Ought-oh, say bye bye to your brother, I think he won't be long for this world," the Doctor said to Sokanon. "Good, cause he's a pest anyway," Sokanon said as she ran towards the stairs. When she was out of earshot the adults laughed as Rain shook her head. "I don't know where he gets it from but this obsession with sex is gonna stop," Rain said to them as they waited. "Aw, come on, love. Go easy on him, he's just a curious little boy," the Doctor said to her. They grew quiet and waited in anticipation as Chaska came down the stairs and walked towards his mother who was giving him a stern look. "Young man, why are you doing lewd things to your sister's Barbie dolls?" she asked him. "It was just for a laugh, Mummy," Chaska protested. "I don't care. You don't do things like that at your age and I want it stopped," Rain said. Chaska looked over at his father. His father stopped in mid sip of his tea and stared back at him while John and Alan shared a look and grinned. "Um...why are you staring at me as if I will help you out of this situation?" The Doctor said after lowering the cup from his lips. "I happen to agree with your mum. You're too young to be doing things like that and thinking about sex so if you're waiting for me to go against your mum, you're gonna have a very long wait." Alan, John and Nelak bit their lips when Chaska looked back at her mum and she gave him a smug look. "Now, are you going to stop doing crude things like that?" she asked him. "Yes, Mummy," Chaska said. "Alright, now go and play," Rain said. Chaska turned and ran back upstairs. When he was out of earshot, the adults chuckled. "Be fair, he's a male and men do think of that sort of thing," Alan said. "Although sticking a shoe down a doll's smalls is a new one to me. I'll have to start doing that with Rose as a kind of foreplay thing." "You do and I'll beat you to death with it," Rose said as the others laughed. "I wonder if Chris is up there touching Barbie's tits, maybe I should investigate," Alan said to John. There was a knock at the door. "Enter, if you dare!" the Doctor yelled out as the others laughed. The door opened and Tara entered. "Ugh, on second thought, get outta here," the Doctor said. "Be quiet, Daddy," she said. She walked over, kissed his cheek and her mother's cheek before she reached into her purse. "Went to the post office and I got your mail for you," she said, handing him a stack of letters and a small package wrapped in brown paper. "Is there anything in your fridge? I'm starving." "Hello to you too," the Doctor said. "I kissed you hello, Daddy. Okay, hello, Daddy, is there anything to eat?" "Well, I suppose we still have Judoon gizzards and buckets of blood in the fridge. You'll have to see for yourself," he said as he began to sort through his mail. She kissed him again and headed for the fridge as the Doctor picked out two letters and the package. He handed the rest to Rain. "Amuse yourself as usual with my junk mail," he said to her as he opened a letter from a friend. Awinita snickered and went to set over beside her as Rain looked through the junk mail. She found one that was folded over and sealed with a red sticker on the side. On the front it said... PASSION, THE NEW PERFUME BY EXOTICA. "Exotica? Who's that, a stripper?" Awinita said to her. "Lord only knows," Rain said as she broke the seal and opened it. She unfolded the stiff sheet of paper and pressed the holographic button that was on the left side of the paper. Both she and Rain's eyes bulged when a large buxom cow humanoid with size FF boobs appeared before them. She resembled a cow except she was standing on two legs and wearing a skimpy pink bikini that threatened to burst over her massive tits. Alan, John and Nelak got up and tried to have a peek at her before Rose and Rosie pulled Alan and John back. "No fair, Nelak gets to see it," John said as Rosie forced her husband to sit in his chair. "Hello," the cow alien said in a seductive voice, "I am Exotica." "Really? So did you create the perfume to hide the barnyard smell then?" Awinita asked as Rain giggled. "I have created a scintillating new scent called Passion and I want you to have a free sample, Doctor." Rain raised her eyebrow at the seductive way the cow said her husband's name. "Would you like a free sample of...Passion?" Rain looked at her sister. "Oh, go for it, Sis," she said. "Get some...Passion." Rain giggled. She selected yes when yes and no buttons appeared in front of Exotica and there was a flash of light and a teeny tiny pink perfume bottle appeared on the coffee table. The Doctor groaned. "Ugh, now I'll get a million more of those asking for samples. No wonder I keep getting junk mail," he said as he read his letter. "I must be daft giving you those." Tara came out of the kitchen munching on some nachos with melted cheddar cheese on top. She noticed the perfume sample and walked over to it. "What's this?" she said, picking it up. "A gift from Exotica, the bovine whore," the Doctor said, not taking his eyes off his letter. "Bovine whore?" Tara said, taken aback. "This..." Rain said, showing her the junk mail. "I'm looking through your father's discarded junk mail again and I got a free sample of Passion from this slutty cow alien." Tara sat her plate down on the coffee table and opened the bottle. She took a sniff and grimaced as she quickly put the lid back on. "Oh God, this reeks. I wouldn't let a cheap wino wear this crap. Mom, don't ever wear this," she said, setting it down on the table and picking her plate back up. "Told ya," the Doctor said airily. He finished his letter and stared at the package. His address was on there but not a return address. He frowned, picked up the box and shook it. He heard something shaking around in it. While he was studying it, Sokanon came down the stairs with Namid and Jackie. They saw Tara and ran to her. "Sissy!" Sokanon said. "Namid, Tara's here." "Hey, Sissy," Namid said as Tara put her plate down and embraced them. While she was saying hello to them, the Doctor slowly opened the package. He opened the box and stared inside the box in confusion. "What is that, dear?" The Doctor gave her a pointed look as he reached in and pulled out a large gold men's ring that had a large diamond in the center of it. "Wow," Jackie said, catching sight of it and wandering over. "Where'd you get that, Uncle Doctor?" "Dunno. You have an idea, dear?" he said to Rain. "I didn't send it," Rain said, shaking her head. "Tara? Awinita?" They both shook their heads as Sokanon came over with Namid. "Wow! Can I have it?" Sokanon said. "No, I'm trying to find out who sent it to me. Not everyone knows my address so it narrows it down but..." "But what?" The Doctor had been feeling around the bottom and found a small purple ribbon on the purple velvet lining. He pulled on it and saw there was a false bottom. Inside was a folded letter. He took the letter out and read it while everyone watched and waited. Then, he let out a huge groan. "What's wrong, Daddy?" Namid asked. "I need to remember to tie up loose ends, that's what's wrong," the Doctor said. "Why? What does the letter say?" Rain said. "Well, I have no idea how they got my address but this is from the Frelonian Embassy on Mackus. See...about five hundred years ago, back in my seventh life, I saved the king of the Frelons from a virulent plague and gave him a cure to help his people recover as well. In gratitude, he promised that as soon as his one year old daughter came of age, we would be wed. I thought nothing of it, being a time traveler but apparently the princess has come of age and this ring is my engagement ring. The letter gives me the time and place for our engagement ceremony and then three weeks after that, I'm to wed Princess Thelopian and become Prince Doctor, his great and mighty majesty and be next in the line for the Felonian throne." "Cool," Sokanon said. "So are you gonna go?" Everyone looked at her in silent shock. The Doctor stared at her while he pointed to Rain. "You see that woman over there? The one who gave birth to you? That's the person I'm married to so no; I don't wanna go and marry this other woman." "Then go and tell her no," Jackie said. "I'd rather just pitch this box in the fire and forget about it," the Doctor said. "Can I have the ring then?" Sokanon said, holding out her hand. The Doctor considered that. "Will you take care of it? It is valuable after all." "I promise," Sokanon said. She said, "Yes!" when the Doctor put it in her hand, moved the box aside and went on to the next letter. While he was reading it, Rain glanced at Awinita and leaned into her ear. "I hope by doing this he didn't just make a big mistake," she whispered to her.
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