When We Travel Book 2 | Whouffaldi

Chapter 9: Oh, Ellie Oswald

The Doctor's POV

I leant forward in my chair as I looked at Clara. She had tears in her eyes and a smile on her face as she looked down at Leopold who was in her arms. More tears continued to roll down her cheeks, they were definitely happy tears... Definitely.

"He's brilliant." I whispered.

"Perfect." she agreed with a slight nod, "Leopold Oswald-Smith." She then turned her head to look at me before gently passing Leo. I looked down at him as I leant back in my chair. I then looked back at Clara and took her hand in mine, my other arm still supporting Leopold.

"You should sleep, love." I suggested, considering that the labour was almost twenty hours long.

She shook her head, "I don't need to."

Kate then entered the make-shift UNIT hospital room, "Never thought I'd see you holding a child, Doctor."

I sighed, "You didn't see me when Oswin was a baby... And I wasn't there for Orion when he was a baby." I paused, "Gods, I wasn't there for my children for the first three years of their lives..."

"It's okay, Doctor." Clara assured, "They still love you no matter what. You were just trying to protect us."

"The Doctor is right, Clara. Perhaps it would be best if you sleep." Kate stated.

Clara sighed, "C-can I see Oswin and O-Orion first? P-Please." I looked at Clara in worry and confusion as she started to blink faster than usual.

"Of course." Kate assured before leaving the room. I handed Leopold to Clara as Oswin and Orion entered the room, followed by Kate, Bonnie and Osgood. I stood up and I walked over to Oswin and Orion who wrapped their arms around my legs. Suddenly, Missy burst into the room causing the children to move away from me and walk over to Clara.

"Doctor!" Missy exclaimed as she slapped my face, Oswin and Orion quietly giggled to themselves and so did Clara, "You're inflicting pain upon my daughter!" she stated before heading towards Clara.

"Erm... okay?" I said, rubbing cheek.

A few days later

It was ten pm and Clara was sitting on the sofa with a sleeping Leopold in her arms. Oswin and Orion had gone to bed. I walked over to Clara and bent down to kiss her forehead, "I'll be back in a bit." I said.

"Where are you going?" she questioned.

"To get you something considering that it's your birthday very soon." I simply stated.

She bit her lip, "You won't be long will you?"

I shook my head, "I'll try to land back here as soon as possible. Also... You might want to put Leopold to bed before I get back, I don't want you to accidentally drop him in shock." I joked.

She smiled, "I would never drop Leo, Doctor. But okay." she stood up as I pecked her on the lips, I then kissed Leo on the forehead before heading into the TARDIS, "Love you." she called.

"Love you too." I replied, closing the door. I quickly headed over to the console and put the coordinates in to send me to the vortex, "Okay, old girl. I'm getting two things for Clara's birthday. One: I'm going to fix slash upgrade K-9 and Two..." I paused, "Now, you might not like the idea of this, Sexy... But you can't stop me from doing this. Understand?" the TARDIS hummed in agreement. I sighed, "Ellie Oswald. I'm going to save Ellie Oswald."

A voice interface of Idris/Sexy suddenly appeared, "You will do no such thing!" she exclaimed as she slapped me across the face.

"Gods! I hate that you have realistic voice interfaces now!" I replied, "And I said: you can't stop me from doing this!"