PARENTHOOD
Chapter One Hundred and Forty Four "Good morning, love." The Doctor opened his eyes and smiled at Rain when she leaned over and kissed his cheek. They were lying in bed together on the morning of their joint birthdays. They had spent the night quietly making love so Hope wouldn't wake up and had taken a quick two hour nap before waking up just after dawn. "Happy birthday, my lives mate," the Doctor said softly. "You too." "Yeah, but this is just an adopted birthday for me. You...you were actually born on this day," the Doctor said, gazing with love at her naked body. "Valentine's Day...the day my wife and my friend and my lover was born." "And I still look just as good as the day I became a Time Lady. God, I love being Gallifreyan," Rain said. They heard the doorknob turning but the door was locked. "Hey!" they heard Hope say. "Daddy? Mummy?" "Ought oh, the offspring has awoken," the Doctor said, winking. "Yeah, I guess we should get our clothes on before she breaks down the door," Rain said softly. The Doctor kissed her lips and watched as she pushed back the covers and got out of the bed. "Daddy?" "Just a moment, love, go ahead and go downstairs and we'll be there in a moment, yeah?" the Doctor yelled out while Rain opened her chest of drawers and started getting some clothes out of them. "What you doin'?" Hope said through the door as she knocked on it. "I wanna come in!" "I have a thought, let's run down to the TARDIS, go forward 200 years and we won't have to worry about Hope knocking on the door while we get dressed. How 'bout it?" the Doctor said to Rain as he grabbed a brown suit out of the closet. "Nah, she might starve to death and be a skeleton by the time we get back," Rain replied. "With our massive family and Alan and Rose coming nearly every day, are you joking?" the Doctor said while Rain giggled. The Doctor grabbed everything he needed and ran into their bathroom. He shut the door just as Rain finished throwing on a lavender t-shirt. Straightening it, she walked over to the door and opened it. "Hey, how come you locked the door?" Hope said as she lowered her fist to her side. "Because we were doing something that only adults do and we needed privacy," Rain said as Hope came inside the room. "Daddy's in there?" Hope said, going towards the bathroom. "Yes, but don't go in there, he's getting dressed," Rain replied. The Doctor quickly opened the door, stuck his head out and stared at Hope with fearful eyes. "DON'T LOOK AT ME!" he screamed before he stuck his head back in and slammed the door. Rain laughed when Hope let out a delighted squeal, ran to the door and began to pound on it. "Let me in, Daddy!" she squealed as she pounded. "Nooooo," the Doctor howled through the door while Hope laughed hysterically. "Leave me aloooone!" "Let me in!" Hope squealed as she pounded. Rain walked over and grabbed her around the waist. "Baby," she said through her laughter, "stop before you break down the door. Daddy'll be out in a minute, okay?" "I wanna do something today," Hope said, turning away from the door. "We're gonna do something today. Today is your mummy and daddy's birthday so we're gonna have a big party tonight. Does that sound good?" Hope's eyes widened and she nodded. While she was doing that, the Doctor opened the door, peeked out and then carefully stepped out. He tiptoed over to his daughter and she let out a shriek when he suddenly thrust his fingers into her armpits. "DON'T LOOK AT MEEEE!" he screamed as he ran out of the room. Rain laughed as Hope gave chase and sprinted out of the room. She went out of the bedroom and headed downstairs. While Rain made breakfast, the Doctor went back upstairs to their bedroom. He walked over to their bed, took a small blue felt jewelry box out of his pocket and laid it on Rain's pillow before he headed back downstairs. He sniffed the air and his mouth watered when he smelled the aroma of pancakes, eggs and sausage patties. While he was walking into the kitchen, his mobile rang. "Yes?" he said after he took it out of his pocket and answered it. "Happy birthdaaaay," Alan crooned. "Happy birthdaaay to yoooou!" "Thank you," the Doctor said. "Where is Rainy? I need to do the same." "Rainy is cooking breakfast but I'll put the mobile to her ear," the Doctor said. Rain glanced at him and stood still at the stove while he put the mobile to her ear. She chuckled when Alan crooned to her. "Thanks, Bro," she said. "My pleasure. So...what are you fixing for the break the fast?" he asked. Rain told him and he made a Homer Simpson drooling sound. "Sounds good. The misses and I had some ham and eggs this morning. Very nummy. So...what shenanigans are you getting up to today?" "Dunno, we haven't decided yet. Tara offered to take Hope to the movies tonight while we went out," Rain said, taking the mobile from the Doctor while she turned the fried eggs. "But the party might be enough. We already had our birthday night early this morning." "Ooo, I see. I'm sure the wee one had to go to bed then?" "Yes. And she was up and banging on our door this morning," Rain said. Rain looked down when Hope tugged on her jeans. "Is that Uncle Alan?" she asked. "Yes, you wanna talk to him?" Hope nodded and Rain told Alan she wanted to talk before handing the phone to her. The Doctor came up behind her while Rain finished making the food and putting it on the plates. He put his arms around her belly and Rain sighed contentedly while the Doctor kissed her cheek. "Ew, Mummy and Daddy are getting smushy now," Hope said into the mobile. "Then don't watch us," the Doctor said to her while Rain and Alan both laughed. "No one said you had to watch us and don't go telling your uncle we're getting smushy! He teases us enough as it is." "They're being smushy and it's gross, Uncle Alan," Hope said, walking away while the Doctor feigned exasperation and let out a sigh. "You know, I might ask Jack to put her in cryogenic storage. I think 500 years in a drawer will be enough to curb her cheeky tongue," the Doctor said to Rain. "In the meantime, we can keep on being smushy," Rain said. The Doctor grinned and waggled his eyebrows before he kissed her lips. After breakfast, Rain stepped out on the porch while the Doctor walked into the garage to get another present he had hid for his wife. On the way there, she heard Rain laughing and applauding. Curious, he turned and gasped when he nearly ran into Hope who had been following him with Anne and Elizabeth behind her. "I'm gonna put bells on you lot one of these days," he said to her. He patted Hope on the head and she and the dogs followed him outside. The moment he got outside, he froze and deduced what Rain had been laughing at when he saw her dad's house across the way. John, Tim and Linus were sitting in chairs on their front porch waving. Above them was a banner hung across the porch that read HAPPY BIRTHDAY DOCTOR AND RAIN. The Doctor laughed and waved to them when they applauded and cheered him. Taking Hope's hand, the three of them and the dogs went down the steps and walked across the road. "We did it this morning," John said as they came up onto their porch. "Been waiting for you to come out and see it." "Well, we had a bit of fun this morning and got up late," Rain said. The three men nodded knowingly while Hope gave her mother a questioning look. "Glad to know that after all these years, you still have a loving marriage," John said, patting Rain's arm. "Well, someone has to keep him in check," Rain said. "I'm sorry?" the Doctor said while the adults laughed. John held up a finger, got up out of his chair and went inside. "So, are you planning to do anything besides have the party?" Linus asked when John closed the door. "Dunno yet, we're still thinking about it," the Doctor said. "Might go fishing with you lot." "Hmm, might have to take that up with Wilf," Tim said. "Knowing you, you'd find all the fish before we would and he likes to be the top fisherman of the group." "Nah, I would never try to outdo Wilf," the Doctor said while they chuckled. The door opened and Samuel, John and Wilf came out. Samuel was holding a pie pan filled with sweet potato pie and Wilf had a large gift bag for them. "Happy birthday," Wilf said, setting the bag down and giving the Doctor a hug. Tim took the pie so Samuel could do the same while Wilf hugged Rain. They laughed when Hope immediately lifted her arms to him and he bent over to give her a hug. After telling them they'd see them at the party. The Doctor and Rain took the pie and gift bag and everyone went back to the house. On the way there, Hope was trying to peek into the gift bag and the Doctor snickered when he finally lifted it way above his head. "Hey!" Hope said while Rain giggled. "I wanna see what you got!" "All in good time, all in good time," the Doctor said. "We'll save it until tonight, then we'll see what it is, yeah?" "Yeah," Hope mumbled. The Doctor leaned over and kissed her head. He took her hand and winked at her as everyone went inside.
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