PARENTHOOD
Chapter One Hundred and Eighty Seven When the scene shifted, they were back inside the Doctor's house. They saw Clara sitting on a leather sofa in the living room, her hands outstretched in entreaty. In front of them, the young Doctor was standing there while his father stood over him, his mouth open in a silent, enraged yell. Hope walked up beside her young father and stared up angrily at the enraged man. "Can you fix it so I can hit him, Daddy?" Hope said, pointing to Parius. "Uh, no, because I don't want him hitting you back," the Doctor said. "Love, you don't have to watch this, you can watch something less disturbing. I just wanted to show you why I would never spank you so you won't worry about me doing something like that." "Is he going to hit you, Daddy?" Hope said, walking back to him. The Doctor nodded. Hope considered that for a moment. She stared at the enraged Time Lord silently bellowing at her father and shivered again. The Doctor and Rain put their hands on her shoulders while she thought. Then she looked at him. "Did you ever get back at him, Daddy?" she asked. "In a way. I got back at him when I managed to leave him behind. I wanted to take Mamaw with me but at the time she wouldn't go out of fear of him following and hurting us. So I'm glad she's with us now." "Is he gonna come after us?" Hope said, pointing to Parius. "No, he's dead. He was on Gallifrey when it burnt." "Are you sure?" The Doctor looked at Rain when she said that. She shrugged. "You thought Dex was dead and he turned up. You thought Clara was dead and she showed up at your doorstep. Are you sure he's really dead?" "I…I'm not for certain but if he does show up I'll show him the door and make sure he leaves the planet. I'm not having that man around you or the children or my family. So, both of you don't worry about it. If he shows up, big, strong Daddy will kick his arse back to Jupiter. But…back to the question, do you want to go on with this memory?" "No, I don't wanna see him hit you," Hope said. The Doctor nodded and tousled her hair. "Okay, I'll show you a happy memory then. TARDIS…" The scene shifted to the upstairs hallway. They saw Alan running out of the bathroom, digital camera in hand. Rain's eyebrow cocked. "This better not be what I think it is," she said while the Doctor tried to look innocent. The Doctor asked for the memory to start. "GOT IT, BROTHER!" Alan yelled as he ran towards the Doctor's point of view. "You owe me 20 quid!" "DAMN IT, ALAN, YOU BETTER NOT HAVE TAKEN A PICTURE OF ME SITTING ON THE TOILET!" they heard Rain say from inside the bathroom. Rain eyed her husband as the memory froze and Hope laughed hysterically. "Sorry, couldn't resist," the Doctor said, patting his wife's shoulder. "It was an interesting photo actually. You looked beautiful sitting there on the bog with the surprised look on your face." "It better not have gone up on Facebook or Myspace or something like that," Rain said. "Nah, we don't have such things. But I did manage to run it off on the printer and I take it out whenever I need a smile. But anyway, on a serious note, is there anything you lot want to see out of my memories?" "We can see anything?" Rain said. "Well, within reason," the Doctor said. "Any suggestions?' "Yes." The Doctor looked at Hope. "Uncle Alan makes jokes about you kicking him and Aunt Rose out of the TARDIS. What does he mean?" "And she would have to pick that memory," he said to Rain while she chuckled. "You said anything within reason so this is your fault," Rain said with a shrug. "Wait a tic then," the Doctor said as he asked the TARDIS to turn off the simulation and headed for the door when she did. "I'm glad Daddy got away from that bad person," Hope said when the Doctor closed the door. "Yup, me too," Rain said. "He doesn't need to be abused. He gets enough abuse from the monsters and bad guys he fights without his family abusing him." "When I marry him, I'm gonna hit anyone who tries to hit him," Hope said. Rain chuckled. "Your hearts are still set on marrying him, aren't they?" she said, giving her a hug. "Yes. I wanna marry Daddy. He's ace," Hope said. Rain kissed her cheek. The two of them waited for the Doctor to come back in but after five minutes, Rain looked towards the door. "What'd he do? Go to China?" she said to Hope. "Maybe he's playing hide and seek with us," Hope said. "If he is, he'll have a long wait while he hides," Rain said. The door opened and Alan stuck his head inside. "Damn, they didn't run out of air yet," he said. "Well, give it another twenty minutes then…" "Uncle Alan!" Hope yelled. "Not Dead Niece!" Alan yelled back as he opened the door wide. Rose came in behind him and then the Doctor. "Sorry, loves. I was out there uploading the memory and he rings me," the Doctor said, pointing to Alan. "He wants to go shopping with Rose and Jack and wanted to know if we wanted to come and when I told them what I was doing, they came over." "Where's Jack then?" Rain said. "He's not finished yet. He'll be over here though when he's ready, Alan told him we were coming over here," Rose said as she closed the door. "So…all the participants of that day are now together in one room to relieve an uncomfortable moment, apparently because some weird child wants to see it," Alan said, glancing at his niece. "Though why you want to see that day is beyond me." "You keep talking about it and I wanna know what happened," Hope said. "Daddy said I could see anything I wanted and I want to see that." "Hmm, regret saying that yet?" Alan said to the Doctor. "Nah, that was ages ago. It ended happily so I can watch the memory with no trouble," the Doctor said. "What about me? What if I'm still traumatized from it all?" Alan said. "There's the door," Rose said, pointing to it. "Gee, thanks, Supportive Spouse, I'll be sure to return the sarcasm once I pull the knife out of my hearts." "I am going to show her the reason why I made you leave, is that alright?" the Doctor said to Alan. "Oh…if you must," Alan said, letting out a melodramatic sigh. "Now, first I'm going to show you what happened that made me angry and made me kick Alan out of the TARDIS so you'll understand," the Doctor said to her. He called up the memory of the Crucible and Hope walked around as the scene played out. Hope walked over to Davros and studied him intently. "He's ugly, Daddy," she said, pointing to him. "Yes, he is. Ugly and mean and he's another one I'm glad isn't around any more," the Doctor said. When the Doctor ran out after he heard the explosions, Hope turned around slowly, her head back as she watched the Daleks exploding. "Ooo," she said, pointing up. "See, at least someone was impressed," Alan said to his brother. "Boom!" Hope said as they exploded. "Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom." "See, she's very impressed," Alan said, nudging his brother. After the scene played out, the Doctor explained why he was angry with Alan before they went to the beach. The adults stood off to the side while Hope walked in and among the memory versions, watching and listening. Rather than being upset, his daughter seemed interested in everything that was going on. When Rose called the Doctor and Alan to her sides, Hope went and stood by her and listened. She watched with interest when Alan and Rose kissed but then she noticed the heartbroken look on her father's face and she walked with him back to the TARDIS. The memory Doctor went inside, shut the door and the memory stopped. "Does that answer your question then?" the Doctor said as the memory faded and they returned to the metal room. "Adults are strange sometimes," Hope said. "And that one is stranger than most," Rain said, pointing to Alan. Alan stuck out her tongue at him and walked over to Hope. "Why are you saying that, oh viewer of painful memories?" Alan said, tousling her hair. "I just think Daddy's silly for leaving you there. You helped him blow up the monsters," Hope said to him. "Yes, but love, that wasn't the right thing to do," the Doctor said. "He killed all the Daleks in existence and you shouldn't do something like that. They're living creatures and there are other solutions to dealing with them besides blowing them out of the sky." "But you're not angry at Uncle Alan and Aunt Rose anymore," Hope said. "Well…I was never angry with Rose to begin with and Alan, I realized I was harsh and was unfair to both of them and when I met him and Rose again, I decided to forgive him and ask for forgiveness and we became brothers. Now, do you want to see something else or do you want to go shopping?" "Shopping!" Hope said happily. "Okay, let's get outta here so I can go up to the console room and choose a destination," the Doctor said. He started to walk away when Hope tugged at his hand. "What would have happened to Uncle Alan and Aunt Rose if it were your daddy instead of you." Alan snorted when the Doctor raised his eyebrow. "Um…Rose would probably have been hurled into a black hole for being a human and Alan would have been delivered to the nearest laboratory for experimentation. That's my theory," the Doctor said. "And I probably would have been beaten for having them and other humans in the TARDIS without permission." "And you'd be beaten just because you're you," Alan added. "Yes, that as well," the Doctor said, making a face. "Anyway, shall we go get Jack and do something fun?" Hope nodded and he squeezed her hand. Alan swooped her up, planted wet kisses on her right cheek and Hope took his hand as all of them walked out of the room.
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