PARENTHOOD
Chapter Sixty Two The guest room were large and luxurious, each with their own bathroom. The children took one room, Rain and the Doctor took the one next to theirs, Nelak and Awinita took the one next to them and Alan, Dex, Doc and Namor shared a room. One of the guards brought them tea, cups and milk, lemon and sugar so the Doctor had a cuppa while he examined the room. The bed was a large king sized wooden sleigh bed with a midnight blue duvet. The walls had white wall paper with the royal crest on it and a huge painting of a man dressed in black armor and holding a large sword was on the wall across from the bed. Underneath was a large wooden chest of drawers and in the corner was a black antique armoire. Near the door was a wooden vanity with brush, comb and mirror made out of mother of pearl. Next to the bed was a large wooden chest and when the Doctor opened it with his screwdriver, he saw a white blanket and several white flat and fitted sheets. He closed it and locked it before he joined his wife on the bed. He put his hands behind his head and stared ahead at the painting of the man who stared back at him with a stern look on his face. "Wonder who that bloke was?" he said, pointing to it as Rain snuggled up next to him. "Ancestor?" Rain said with a shrug. "Well, he's a real dour sour as Alan would say. Don't think I'd want him as a relation," the Doctor said. "Did someone reference me?" Alan peeked inside and the Doctor groaned when he saw the tiara perched on his head. "How did I know that would eventually end up on your noddle?" he said as Rain shook her head. "Hey! Don't blame me. Soki placed it there!" he said. "I thought It'd make him look pretty," they heard Soki say behind him. "Yeah and I do look pretty. Although it doesn't go with my eyes, what do you think?" "I think you're a nut," Rain muttered. "I know you are but what am I?" Alan retorted. "A man in need of serious therapy," Rain said. "I know you are but what am I?" "A nuisance, now get out of here," Rain replied. Sokanon came into the room and took Alan's hand. Alan whistled as she led him to Rain's side of the bed and stopped. "What do you want, baby?" Rain asked. "I wanna listen to you insult Uncle Alan more," Sokanon said smugly. "Oh, you do?" she said as Alan pulled free of her and ran out of the room. "Well, I'd love to but he just ran off with your tiara, dear. You better go get it back before he sells it for White Castles." They laughed when Sokanon turned and ran out of the room. "Same old stuff now that the danger's passed," Rain said to her husband as they lay together. "Yes, except..." "Yeah?" The Doctor got up. "I don't have a bedside table to put my cup on, gotta go over to the chest of drawers to retrieve this," he said, picking up his cup of tea. "Ah well, I'll risk spilling it in bed. Not gonna go back and forth to drink my tea." He got back into bed and took a sip. "When we get back, I'll have to fix the children's and Doc's memories...wait, before that, I'll have to calm my family down and then do that." "Can you do that now?" They looked over when Namid peeked into the room. "Well, love, it's too soon because we're gonna talk to Thelopian and her parents tonight when we eat with them. Why? Are you thinking about it?" She nodded and the Doctor got up. He put his cup of tea on the vanity and picked her up. He told Rain to get up for a moment and when she did he pulled the duvet down with one hand and all of them got into it. He pulled it up around them and he and Rain came in close, making a cocoon with their bodies as Namid snuggled close. Namid closed her eyes while they both concentrated on pouring love into her mind. Namid grabbed hold of her father's lapel and felt it, taking comfort in the feel of the fabric as the Doctor and Rain took turns kissing her. "Daddy?" "Hmm?" "What'd she mean when she said you were a little gnome who dressed badly?" Rain laughed when the Doctor rolled his eyes. "She meant my seventh life and I agree I was very short and my clothes were naff but she didn't have to put it like that," he said. "I think I know who you're talking about. The TARDIS showed me what your other bodies looked like. Will I do that someday?" "Change bodies? Oh yes, someday," the Doctor said. "Would I change bodies in the furnace?" The Doctor winced at that and he kept silent. "You can tell me, Daddy. I'm gonna forget anyway, you know," she said. "Yes, but you're scared now and I don't wanna scare you further." "Would I change?" "Yes, Rainbow, but if you're inside a furnace surrounded by flames, you wouldn't be able to escape so you'd keep on dying and keep going through lives until your last one and then you'd finally die," the Doctor said, trying not to picture his daughter screaming as she cycled through thirteen lives in the middle of a flaming death. He waited for her response but she fell silent for a moment as he held her tightly. "I'm glad you're gonna make me forget," she finally said. Tears came to Rain's eyes and the Doctor kissed both her and Namid as he rubbed her back. While they were snuggling, Alan peeked into the room. He saw what was going on and was going to withdraw quietly but the Doctor caught the movement and saw him. "Yes, Brother?" he said, looking at him. "Nothing, just checking on Mi-mi. I saw her come in here but you're in the middle of something so I'll go annoy Awinita instead." "Hey!" Alan was ducking out when Namid called to him. He stuck his head back in. "Yeeees?" he said. "Come here, I want a kiss," Namid said, looking his way. "Hmm, kisses will set ya back about five quid. Fork up!" he said. "No!" Namid said. "'K, no smootcharoo for you, buckaroo! Now where is Soki and that beautiful tiara?" "No, come here, I'll pay it!" Namid said as her parents chuckled. Alan sauntered over to the bed and put his hand on her shoulder. "Five quid for services rendered." Namid pretended to pay him and he bent over and gave her a firm kiss on the cheek. "Wonderful, now I have five quid I can trade for the tiara." "Why? So you can prance around like the Queen of England?" Rain said while Namid giggled. "No, so Rose can. I like a woman in a tiara. Course I have to wrestle the credit stick away from Chas to pay Mi-mi here for the jewelry box so she can have that as well. Hmmm." "Do I have to physically restrain you, Brother?" the Doctor said. "Do I?" Alan countered. The Doctor looked at Rain as she said, "Oooo..." He cleared his throat and beckoned to Alan while he showed Namid what he was doing. Alan, wide-eyed, leaned in and the Doctor lightly slapped his cheek while Namid giggled. "No tricking my children into surrendering their gifts. Now, where was I?" he said, turning back to his wife. "You slapped me," Alan said. "What do you wanna do for a holiday when we get outta here, Mi-mi?" the Doctor asked her. "You slapped me," Alan repeated as he poked his shoulder. "Why did you slap me, Santa Claus, I was a good boy this year." The Doctor raised his eyebrow then grinned as Namid laughed harder. He felt a privacy block going up around his mind. I take it from the snuggle session that Namid got scared over recent events, Alan though to the Doctor. Yes. She wanted me to take her memories out now but I told her we had to wait if we're dining with Thelopian and her parents tonight. She told us she was scared so we snuggled with her. Thought so, trying to make her laugh so she'll feel better. Thank you, Brother. The more laughter, the better. I can always rely on you. He lifted the block from his mind and looked at Alan. "Did Nelak call home?" he said aloud. "Yeah, called Jack and told him what was going on earlier. Then called him back several minutes ago and told him that Xashon may not be needed. He told him to use his discretion just in case Xashon does want to get involved but everyone is relieved that we're all safe. And Rain, your dad wants you to call him when you get the chance." "Thanks, Bro. Probably wants to hear about Mi-mi and how she's doing." "Can I talk to him, Mummy, when you call?" "I have a feeling he'll want to talk to you anyway, baby, but you can," she said. "I'll do it after the banquet tonight because I wanna hear what Thelopian's parents have to say before I tell him." "And...young lady, where do you wanna go once we get outta here?" the Doctor said to Namid. "I wanna go to the circus." "Ooo, nice choice. If they have giraffes, I can beat them up." "Oh for the love of God, will you stop that running joke already," Rain said as the Doctor sniggered, "that's older than the crust in your pants!" Alan straightened up and stared down at his crotch. "Funny, thought I changed my Y-fronts this morning. Crust in my pants grows fast then," he said as the Doctor and Namid giggled. "Uncle Alan?" Namid said. "Moo?" Namid giggled. "Okay, Cow Alan, where's Dada?" "Moo, moo moo moo, moo moo moo moo." Namid laughed harder and the Doctor and Rain smiled when she began to moo back at him. "As for your other father, I believe he's chatting with Namor in our room. Do you need to see him?" "I'd like to." "Una momento, little buttercup." He strolled out of the room and returned a few minutes later with Doc. "Yes, sweetie?" he said. "Dada, I got scared thinking about what happened to me." The Doctor glanced at him and winced when he saw Doc swallow hard. "Could you sing our special song?" Everyone looked at Doc. "Special song?" Alan said as Doc coughed nervously. "It's just a song we heard one night when I was looking after her and I remarked that it fit my feelings for her perfectly and she asked me to sing it and it became our special song from there on out." "Sing it," Alan said. "Um..." "Don't worry about us, Brother. We're definitely not gonna make fun of you," the Doctor said. "Just pretend you're alone with her and sing." "Please, Dada?" Namid asked. Doc smiled. He leaned in close as the Doctor scooted back slightly. He put his hand on her head and sang... "I, I was the lonely one wondering what went wrong. Why love had gone and left me lonely. The Doctor, Alan and Rain smiled as they listened to him singing the Air Supply song to Namid. The Doctor glanced down at her and saw a contented smile spread over her face as she stared up at him adoringly. "Even the nights are better, now that we're here together. Even the nights are better since I found you, whoa-whoa-whoa." While he continued to sing, the Doctor, Rain and Alan poured love into her mind and the Doctor sensed her becoming more content. "You, you knew just what to do cause you had been lonely too. And you showed me how to ease the pain. And you did more than mend a broken heart. Cause now you've made a fire start and I, I can see that you feel the same way. I never dreamed there'd be someone to hold me until you told me and now that I've found you..." He continued to sing and by the end of the song, Namid was fast asleep. Doc leaned down and kissed her temple. "Love ya, Ya'nala," he whispered to her before he straightened back up. "That was beautiful, Brother," the Doctor whispered as Namid let out a sigh in her sleep. "Thanks. Like I said, it came on the radio one night and we listened and she liked it and it became our special song. I just hope she doesn't have any nightmares now." "I'm monitoring her. The first sign I get that she's in distress I'm waking her up but until then I'm glad she's asleep, she needs her rest after everything that's happened," the Doctor said as Rain nodded in agreement. Doc nodded. He looked at Alan and both men tiptoed out of the room as Rain snuggled up close to Namid. She put her arm across her and put her hand on her husband's back. The Doctor smiled as she closed her eyes and he kept a protective watch over both as they slept.
I, I was so confused feeling like I'd just been used. Then you came to me and my loneliness left me."
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