Of Homes and Families ♦ for justneededtea

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The trip to visit Casanova had been put on hold. At least for the foreseeable future. The last thing Donna remembered was some git spraying them with some alien gas and going on about some combined fantasy or some such. After that, things were blank

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"We'll fix it." Donna reassured him again. "Before you know it we'll be back in the TARDIS where we belong. You, me, Adam, Percy and Adi, safe and sound in the old girl." Oh no, Doctor. Not the guilt. Not the guilt!! Guilt is bad, very bad. Adam is a tough cookie. Half human, humans adapt to things. So no more guilting!

Donna cupped his cheek, giving him a soft smile, before leaning in to kiss him softly.

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Alright. That was weird. Something was definitely odd and it was most certainly the kiss. The very nice but very odd kiss that Donna just gave him. It was nice, there was no denying. Women were always better kissers.

It didn't stop him from being dumbstruck.

Looking at Donna, he cleared his throat awkward. "Huh. Thanks... I think."

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Donna blushed. "I am so sorry... I have no idea why I just did that..." No offense, Doctor. But really, she had no idea what had compelled her to snog her best mate - well, it was hardly a snog, but that was beside the point. Kissing him while drunk was one thing - and she wasn't completely sure if that had happened or if she had dreamt it - but while sober? No. Nonononono, you didn't go around kissing your best mate while sober. It was an unwritten rule in the law of friendship.

"I um... I better go check on the kids..." Or, you know, hit her head up a wall for being an idiot.

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"No, no, no, no! It's alright. Really! maybe it's a universe thing," The Doctor reassured, feeling like a bit of an idiot, if he was honest. He didn't mean to make Donna so embarrassed, he didn't even know why he was Donna had done it but he did feel bad.

"It's alright! Promise!"

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She was still blushing. Damn pale skin that went along with being ginger. At least he wasn't yelling at her... that was good. "Still mates, then?" She didn't much fancy being dumped on the nearest moon once they got the TARDIS working.

"I um... I better go check on them any way... Make sure they're not misbehaving. You know, turning the bedroom into a superhero fortress or anything..."

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"Course!" All was fine, he was standing by that. It was just odd. Nice sort of odd but odd none the less. "I'm sorry! About it being awkward. Just, you know, the vibes of the world I suppose."

Well, it would be wise for Donna to head up there. Percy was nowhere near sleep. He and Adam were building a fort out of bed sheets.

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Donna was still blushing when she got upstairs. She could hear giggling coming from Percy's room. Oh dear. He was so not asleep. Pop tarts before bed was probably a bad, bad idea.

She poked her head in, and rose an eyebrow at the mess. Seriously, how did she get stuck with such messy men? "Oi, you're supposed to be putting Percy to bed."

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Adam frowned and gave Donna a look of worry and confusion. "Erm, well, he is on a bed, isn't he? And he wasn't tired, he had to do something."

And thus they made a fort. Which ruined the whole rooms neatness.

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Oh God. Don't give her that look, Adam, it's making her blush more. Percy bounced on the bed, using it as a trampoline. "Percy Adam make fort! Best fort! Best fort!" Each word was punctuated with a bounce.

Oh dear. This would take some work. Donna caught the bouncing boy and set him on the floor next to the toys. "At least nothing got broken, and I suppose it's helping burn off the sugar."

She remade the bed, put Percy in it and tucked him in. She then settled into the chair with a book and smiled at Adam, patting the bed. "Not too old for a story, are you?"

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"Never," Adam offered as he crawled onto the bed bedside Adam, who latched on and snuggled up, of course. Adam just sighed and let him be. How could anyone be mad at Percy.

"Make it a good one!"

Or he would point out plot holes and complained. Grinning, Adam watched Donna intently. Well, he could get away with this all now, he was only a teenager.

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Teenagers were evil hellspawn. Donna was certain of this. She began to read. The book was called 'The Spaceman, The Earth Girl and the Spider', oh this was just too weird. Especially since it had a typical fairytale ending and endless sugary sweetness.

"... Maybe we should read something else instead?" Donna offered after the first few magical pages.

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Percy whined unhappily and shook his head, And, of course, Adam joined in with a look of amusement. "Oooh do go! It's fun. Don't disappointed, you did promise a story."

Well, it was a good story and admittedly, Adam was actually just being an ass.

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Ugh. Fine. 'The Spaceman, The Earth Girl and the Spider' would be the story of the night. Even if it was written like a cross between a fairytale and pre-teen girly fluff. Donna seemed to remember a lot more slapping and yelling and a lot less sparkle. Especially the sparkly eyes 'Earth Girl' was making at 'Spaceman'. Didn't happen. Nope. Nosiree.

She continued to work her way painfully through the pages, putting on voices and doing hand actions, which had Percy in giggles.

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It made Adam laugh just as much. Smirking, he watched the Doctor with great amusement, after all, it was brilliant! And while he knew it wasn't anywhere near the truth, he would always claim it was.

It was more fun this way. "Oooh, this is the best tale I've heard all year."

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"Sorry, nothing beats 'The Three Little Ducklings'." It was better than this fluffy rubbish, anyway.

Eventually Percy fell asleep, and luckily before the big kiss and fairytale ending. Thank God for that. Donna closed the book, no point in reading the ending now. Adam could survive without it...

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"Oh come on, I don't get the ending," Adam whispered in mock offence, pretending to be actually interested in the absurd fairy tale. Even if it was all a bit mad.

"Did the handsome Doctor get his kiss?"