PARENTHOOD

Chapter Two Hundred and Six

(In the Doctor's distant future)

"Wait, Papaw," Clara said when she got off Adam's lap and went to the wooden trunk near the couch, opening the lid. She closed the lid when she walked back to the couch, climbed on Adam's lap and placed his Indiana Jones fedora on his head.

"I thought you got rid of that old thing," the Doctor said while Adam pushed the fedora up then wrapped his arms around Clara.

"I gave it tae David a few years ago, but he gave it back," Adam said and Alan rolled his eyes, smiling.

"Must be because you gave him your nits," he said and Adam gently smacked the top of his head.

"I'm amazed it can fit with all the hair," Donna said and Adam gave her a slight shocked look, blinking his eyes.

"An' what is wrong with my hair?" Adam asked.

"Nothing, but I wonder how you can see with all that in your eyes," she said and he stuck his tongue out at her.

"I like your hair, Pa-paw," Clara said and Adam smiled then gave her a hug.

"Maybe we should lay off his hair. He was the last of the Seven Dwarfs to be ginger," Jack said and the Doctor nodded.

"What does that mean?" Alan asked and snuggled against Adam.

"Well, at one time, me, Uncle Alan, Uncle Doctor, Uncle Amato, Uncle Duer, Uncle John an' Uncle Shilah all looked the same an' were teased that we were the Seven Dwarfs," Adam said and Alan and Clara giggled.

"Which one was Dopey?" Clara asked and Adam glanced down at Alan. Clara giggled when Alan looked up at her then knelt on his knees and moved closer, breathing hard and fast through his nose.

"Did he call me "Dopey"?" he asked and she nodded her head. Alan glared at Adam as he smiled and Alan flipped him off, sitting back on the floor.

"I know which one you were, Pa-paw," Alan said and Adam arched his eyebrow. "You were Happy!"

"No, I was Sleepy," Adam said.

"Why did they call you that?" Liam asked.

"It was because I was in a coma for a few weeks."

"I remember that story," Dougal said when he got up, walked to the couch and sat next to Rain and the Doctor. "It was when you went missing because those bad people were going to hurt Uncle Doctor and Tara."

"That's right," she said as she placed her arm around him and kissed the top of his head.

"Which one were you, Uncle?" Alan asked as he looked at the Doctor smiled and snuggled next to Rain, placing his head on her shoulder.

"Oh, that's easy! He was Doc!" Liam said and the Doctor nodded his head.

"Yep, he was Doc, I was Sleepy, Uncle Duer was Happy, Uncle Amato was Grumpy, Uncle John was Sneezy, Uncle Shilah was Bashful and…" Adam said and Clara patted the top of Alan's head.

"Yeah, yeah, yeah, I was Dopey," Alan said as he tossed his hands into the air and they laughed. "Can we get back to the story?"

"Now he's being Grumpy," Clara said then yelped when he knelt on his knees and tickled her.

"Alan, sit!" Rose said as he sat down on his bottom and she smiled at him. "Good boy."

"Woof," he said then leaned over until his head was on her lap and he snuggled closer, half closing his eyes.

"Remind me again why I stay married to you?" she asked as she looked down at him and he opened his eyes and smiled at her.

"Because I am your stud muffin and you couldn't survive without me!" he said as he wiggled his eyebrows up and down and she laughed, patting the top of his head.

"Right, now where was I?" Adam asked.

"Adamana Starfish just showed up," Jack said and Adam smiled, half closed his eyes and set up a privacy block.

"Did you miss me?" Adamana Starfish asked with a smile and titled his head to one side.

"Oh yes!" Princess Rain Shower sighed and Rose Coral nodded her head. They watched as he slowly headed toward the blue light and his hips moved slowly side to side. Turning his head toward Princess Rain Shower and Rose Coral, he gave them a smile and a wink and pulled the rim of the fedora down a bit.

"Oi, enough with the romance novel stuff! There are kids listening!" Alan said as his head appeared above them and they looked up.

"Come off it, Dopey. I was showing them something else," Adam said when his head appeared next to him and Adamana looked at Doctor Merman.

"Just ignore them," he said as Adamana nodded and Adam and Alan vanished.

"You sent for me?" Adamana asked as he bowed toward Nobella then straightened up, placing the fedora back on his head.

"Yes, I need you to aide Doctor Merman and his friends in their quest to find Neptune's seahorse," she said and he looked at Doctor Merman.

"Do you have a map to where it is located?" he said and Doctor Merman floated to him, handing him the scroll. Adamana opened the scroll as he looked at the map then at Doctor Merman and smiled. "Sure, but it's not going to be easy. The guardian where it's located is known to be a real tough fin."

"Yeah, well, we can handle him," Alan of Seaweed said, nudging Doctor Merman in the ribs. "Right, Partner?"

"Uh, yeah, I guess," Doctor Merman said then looked at Adamana and he was looking at Rose Coral and Princess Rain Shower, who gave him passionate looks. "When do you wish to leave?"

"Hunh, oh, we can leave now," Adamana said and Doctor Merman nodded his head. Bowing toward Nobella, they left the room as Jamie led the way and they left the castle. Adamana looked up at the Perchwood when he balls his hands into fists and sighed.

"Is there a problem?" Captain Jack asked while floating next to him and Adamana looked at him, pulling the fedora forward a little bit.

"No," Adamana said then started to slowly float upward and Captain Jack looked at Doctor Merman. Doctor Merman shrugged as they floated upward and went to catch up with Adamana.

"Let me guess. Adamana is afraid of heights," Alan said while looking up at Adam and Adam sighed, rolling his eyes.

"I thought you got over that," Jack said.

"Aye, so did I, but I still have a great fear of heights an' falling," Adam sighed.

"Which is odd, considering the fact you were a cat in your last life," Alan teased and Adam glared at him.

"I only had cat eyes an' you ken that!"

"Whatever you say, Simba," Alan teased when Rose gently swatted the top of his head and he pouted, sticking his lower lip out.

"You really had cat eyes, Pa-paw?" Liam asked when Adam rolled his eyes and showed them what he looked like in his third life.

"Ooo, Pa-paw, you look very handsome!" Clara said as Adam smiled then hugged her and gave her cheek a few sloppy kisses, making her giggle.

"Yeah, a very handsome kitty," Alan said then sank down a bit while the Doctor glared at him.

"So, what happened next?" the Doctor asked as Adam smiled then half closed his eyes and set up a privacy block.

"Um, I think he's going to hurl," Alan of Seaweed said as he looked over at Adamana and Doctor Merman floated over to him and placed a hand on Adamana's shoulder.

"Are you alright?" he asked while Adamana looked out the porthole then sighed, pushing the fedora back on his head.

"Yeah, I'm fine, just like to swim under my own speed," he said and Doctor Merman nodded. Suddenly the whale stopped short as they looked over at Captain Jack and Captain Jack floated over to Ianto, looking out the large window.

"What's the trouble?" Captain Jack asked when they saw the entrance to a cave when he unrolled the scroll and looked at the map then at the entrance of the cave. "Right, let's go."

"You mean we have to go in there?" Princess Rain Shower asked with wide eyes.

"Yep," Captain Jack said, popping the "p". Sighing, Princess Rain Shower followed the others outside when they went inside the cave and the walls of the cave surrounded them. The limestone in the walls shimmered while they floated side by side and Princess Rain Shower held tightly onto Doctor Merman's right arm. Captain Jack looked at the map with Adamana as they went down a tunnel when they stopped and were surprised to see a large canyon spreading out before them. Several pointed rocks hung from the ceiling as small fish swam around them and the light from a tunnel shimmered from the opposite of the canyon. "Right, let's go."

One by one, they started floating across the canyon when Rose Coral saw that Adamana was still floating at the edge of the canyon and she pouted, floating back to him.

"What's wrong?" she asked and he sighed, looking down at his tail.

"I'm, uh, I'm afraid of heights," he said softly as she smiled and stroked his cheek.

"But we saw you floating at the top of that large coral mountain."

"Yeah, but what you didn't see was me trying not to pass out," he said and she brushed some hair behind his ear.

"Come on. I promise that I won't let you fall," she said softly as he sighed and nodded his head. Taking her hand, they floated off the edge of the canyon as his heart slammed in his chest and she squeezed his hand. The others watched them when they finally came across the canyon and Adamana covered his mouth, swimming quickly behind a rock. Rose Coral swam over to him as she gently rubbed his back and Frazerwick looked from them to the canyon and scratched the back of his head.

"What was that all aboot?" he asked.

"Maybe he's ill," Gwen said when Doctor Merman floated over to the rock and Adamana wiped his mouth with the back of his hand and Rose Coral placed the fedora on Adamana's head.

"Are you alright?" he asked and Adamana shook his head and pointed to the alcove in the wall. Floating toward the alcove, Adamana explained his fear of heights as Doctor Merman half smiled and nodded his head. "Well, let's hope there's another way out of here because I don't think you'll be able to do that again."

"Yeah, let's hope," Adamana said as they floated back to the others and Captain Jack sighed, looking at the map. Pointing, he led the way as they went down the tunnel and Adamana smiled back at Rose Coral. They went down the next tunnel when...

"Hold on, I need to pee again!" Alan said as he got up then went up the stairs and Adam smiled, rolling his eyes.

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