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Chapter 20: Happiness

The Doctor sat the TARDIS down on the fifth beach on their list. "Let's check on this one, shall we?" he offered as he held out his hand, wiggling his fingers. It wasn't lost on Donna that while she had seemed to lose steam as they went, he was gaining it. He was positively hopping and vibrating with energy at this stop.

Donna sighed and pulled herself up off the seat closest to him with a deep sigh. "Okay, Spaceman. This is harder than I expected. The list is so long, I wasn't expecting there to be this many options."

He grinned. "Well, you wanted to stick to Earth. If we expanded to the rest of the universe, the list would be even longer."

She rolled her eyes as she took his hand. "Oh, leave it to you to find the bright side."

"We're finding our wedding location, Donna—you'll find me seeing the bright side of everything right now. I think this one is perfect. Let's take a look."

They stepped out of the TARDIS and onto a white sandy beach. "Oh, Spaceman—it's beautiful!" Donna looked out at the clear blue ocean just in time to see dolphins jumping up out of the ocean. "Oh my God, did you see that!"

The Doctor grinned and wrapped his arms around her from behind, resting his chin on her shoulder. He turned her slightly to see three large huts further down the beach.

She gasped. "Are those?"

"Available for rent? Yes. I did some research. Two guest houses, and one honeymoon suite available at our desired time. Plenty of room for Jenny, Martha, Sylvia, and Sarah Jane in one; James, Jack, Wilf, and Mickey in the other." He nuzzled into her neck, moving her hair and placing a kiss just below her ear.

She hummed a moment, then turned in his embrace. "Why didn't you show me this one first?"

"I wanted to be sure I knew what you were looking for." He looked down at her, and for a moment they stood in the quiet, enjoying the sound of the waves crashing on the beach. "So, what do you think?"

"I think it's perfect." She grinned.

He beamed back at her. "Really? So this is it? You're really going to marry me? Here?" He stopped to sigh. "Oh, Donna Noble. You make me so happy, I think I might burst! You know that right?"

"I think I'm beginning to get the idea, yeah," she said softly as she smiled.

"Good, then let's go make this legal before the Registrar, then make it official before our family." He pulled her towards the TARDIS.

"For a man who has can live several thousand years and has a time machine, you certainly are impatient," she playfully scoffed as she allowed herself to be pulled along.

"Why wait for tomorrow when I can have you to myself—I mean when I can get married—today?" He grinned and she batted at his arm. "Oh, come on Donna—it's still early yet, if we time it right we can come right back and get married as the sun sets."

"Okay, Spaceman. I'm coming." She grinned and looked around one last time before they closed the door to the TARDIS.

Their first stop was to rent the huts from a local woman who lived about a mile away. The second stop was to pick up Jack, Mickey, and Martha in Cardiff. Next they stopped to pick up Sarah Jane (Luke had arranged to go on holiday with Clyde and his family while his mother was away). Lastly, they picked up James, Jenny, Sylvia, and Wilf. Martha had brought along food supplies enough to last an army for a month, much less their bridal party for a week. Sarah Jane had the wedding dress in tow as she had insisted she would take the responsibility of picking it up from the seamstress where it was being fitted. Donna had been pleasantly surprised that she had gone down a size in wedding dress since almost marrying Lance. Seemed all the running with the Doctor had multiple benefits.