I Don't Understand
I Don’t Understand, TenII/Rose, pg-13
How can she sit there, drinking tea, reading a magazine when the most momentous thing has happened? , 299
How can she sit there, drinking tea, reading a magazine when the most momentous thing has happened? I feel like I’m going to burst with happiness, excitement… I can’t decide which but either one would suffice at the moment.
“Doctor,” she says, “calm down. It’s gonna be months yet and you can’t bounce off the ceiling the entire time. Just think, Mum’s gonna be excited too and I don’t want both of you going crazy at the same time around me. The very thought makes me….”
“No, oh, no. Rose, you have to be as calm and relaxed as possible. I’ll…” At this point I give up. There is no way that Jackie Tyler will be anything other than loud and excited over this. “Rose, do you think we could move to Edinburgh or Glasgow?”
“What?” Her incredulous look was telling. “What are you talking about?”
“Jackie, she’ll be….”
“Fine!” Rose states firmly.
“I don’t want her to upset you,” I insist.
“She won’t and she’ll be a great help,” Rose explains with an amused look. “She’s been through this and she’ll know how to deal with all the issues that arise in the next few months.”
My eyebrows are almost reaching my hairline as I ask, “What issues?”
“Body changes, cravings, mood swings….” She gave me a saucy look and continued, “It’s a well documented fact that the sex drive of the….”
“Okay!” I interrupt. I don’t want to even think about Jackie in the same context as sex but on the other hand, “Does this mean that you’ll get…?”
“Oh yeah,” she answered.
Well, this was something that I’d never thought of. “So how do you feel right now?”
“Right now”, she responds with a wide grin. “we’d like a nice juicy pear.”
“WHAT!!!”
How can she sit there, drinking tea, reading a magazine when the most momentous thing has happened? , 299
How can she sit there, drinking tea, reading a magazine when the most momentous thing has happened? I feel like I’m going to burst with happiness, excitement… I can’t decide which but either one would suffice at the moment.
“Doctor,” she says, “calm down. It’s gonna be months yet and you can’t bounce off the ceiling the entire time. Just think, Mum’s gonna be excited too and I don’t want both of you going crazy at the same time around me. The very thought makes me….”
“No, oh, no. Rose, you have to be as calm and relaxed as possible. I’ll…” At this point I give up. There is no way that Jackie Tyler will be anything other than loud and excited over this. “Rose, do you think we could move to Edinburgh or Glasgow?”
“What?” Her incredulous look was telling. “What are you talking about?”
“Jackie, she’ll be….”
“Fine!” Rose states firmly.
“I don’t want her to upset you,” I insist.
“She won’t and she’ll be a great help,” Rose explains with an amused look. “She’s been through this and she’ll know how to deal with all the issues that arise in the next few months.”
My eyebrows are almost reaching my hairline as I ask, “What issues?”
“Body changes, cravings, mood swings….” She gave me a saucy look and continued, “It’s a well documented fact that the sex drive of the….”
“Okay!” I interrupt. I don’t want to even think about Jackie in the same context as sex but on the other hand, “Does this mean that you’ll get…?”
“Oh yeah,” she answered.
Well, this was something that I’d never thought of. “So how do you feel right now?”
“Right now”, she responds with a wide grin. “we’d like a nice juicy pear.”
“WHAT!!!”