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It all started with a phone call, and then a needy boss...and then a rush out of time. Rose Tyler had her hands full. She was trying clean the flat for her sick mother, she had to take care of the regressed Doctor, and she had now just been called into work for a late shift.

Just great.

Now, she did try to nicely decline since she already had alot of things to attend to, but she had no choice; she had to do it. Quite the kufuffle.

She had only one thing to do now; Find a babysitter.
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The Doctor had been pushing his toy car along the knobby road that was the rug. He sat below a sleeping, sickly Jackie. She had a bad cold that left her with a spiraling headache, which was "A pain in the a-" (Pain in the bum). Her snores flowed through her mouth as he played.

"Vroom, vroom!" The Doctor giggled as he pushed the car forward and backwards, his amber brown eyes having that common twinkle of joy.

Rose enters the room.

"Right Doctor, I have to tell you something."

He perks up and smiles, crawling to her and snuggling against her.

"Wha' is it, mumma?"

"I need to drop you at Elvie's because mummy has a late work shift today. I know we planned extra cuddle time but unfortunately I have to work."

When he hears this, his face drops. His smile disappeared off his face. He couldn't believe that mummy had cancelled cuddle time! He felt so upset.

Rose notices him tearing up. Now she knew to act fast before he became a crying tearaway.

She kneels down to him and cups his freckled cheek, rubbing soft circles with her thumb.

"I know, honey. I know I said we'd have extra cuddle time, but I have to work, darling."

"B-bu-but...you said we could have cuddle timeee..."

The Doctor couldn't even finish what he was saying before bursting into tears. He buried his head in Roses arms and cried, hiccupping every now and then. Rose hadn't realised how much he wanted extra cuddle time, she felt awful.

She wrapped her arms around the sobbing little, shushing him gently. She didn't want him to wake his nana Jackie after all. Oh, that never ended well.

"Mumma, don't go away forever!" The Doctor sobbed, his thumb at the corner in his mouth.

Rose smiled softly.

"Oh baby, I'm not going forever, just for the night, okay?"

"But you won't be there to say nuh-night or the sleepy bunny song!"

Rose sighs softly.

"Don't worry, I'm sure Amy and Rory can sing a similar song to you. Also, I'll call the house phone there to say goodnight, ok?" She said, rocking him back and forth.

"Ok mummy".

Rose held onto The Doctor until he calmed down.

Now the next step was to get him to Elvie's house.

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Getting into the car wasn’t as difficult as expected, but Rose could only breathe a breath of fresh air that the Time Lord made it in there without a major tantrum. She buckled his seatbelt in and made sure the blue ‘booster’ pillow he sat on was plump enough for him to enjoy the journey before she got the engine ready and set off.

“I’m sure you’ll enjoy staying at Amy and Rory’s, Doctor. And you’ll have Elvie to play with, won’t you?” Rose says, peering at him from the rear view mirror.

The Doctor, on the other hand, was drinking apple juice from a sippy cup, kicking his feet back and forth. He still was a little hesitant to go to Elvie’s house.

“Yeah…but you won’t be there, Mummy.” He whined, looking outside the window.

Rose sighed.

“Sweetheart, I know you don’t wanna go to their house to stay, and, I know Mumma said that she’d give you cuddle time, and I’m very sorry for not being able to tonight, ok?”

She looks at him sympathetically.

“But, mark my words, you’ll have a great time with Elvie and his family, and they have lots of cool things to do there. And before you know it, the morning will come and I’ll be there first thing to pick you up and take you home to Nana and Tom-cat, alright?”

The Doctor thought for a moment. While he would miss Rose and really wanted the night to her and himself, it would be nice to have his first sleepover in proper littlespace.

“Ok…I’ll go to their house.” He said, with a more content face.

“Good boy, Doctor”

With that, Rose continued driving all the way to Amy and Rory’s house.

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Sometime later, they arrived at the Pond residence. The little Doctor looked up from the window curiously. He’d never been to their house before, but it was nice to see his older self in person. He’d had a great time with Elvie in the past.

Rose helps him out of the car and walks over with him to the front door, the Time Lord’s grip tight on Rose's soft hands. He takes a brief as Rose knocks on the blue door. Looking at the door was somewhat soothing for the Doctor. The dark blue colour reminiscent to the doors of the TARDIS. It sort of felt like…home.

“Amy and Rory are going to be real nice, don’t worry baby.” Rose reassured him.

He sighs.

“I know…but I still wanna stay with you…”

Rose looks at him and sighs too, knowing it will take a minute for him to accept the situation.

“Doctor…”

Just as she does this, the blue door swiftly flings open, revealing a smiling Amy Pond. Elvie could be heard happily chattering in the background.

“Hey! Hi Rose,” She greets them. “Hi Doctor” Amy says in a softer tone, noticing his discomfort.

The small Time Lord looked down shyly, not used to being around new people. Rose speaks.

“Hi Amy. Sorry about the little one, he’s just a bit upset about no cuddle time with me tonight, but I trust he’ll get over it, for now.”

She looks at the Doctor sympathetically, to which Amy does the same.

“It’s ok, I’m pretty ok with it, I understand. You weren’t expecting it, weren’t you?” She coos him.

“He wasn’t, no. But I hope you lot will cheer him up? He’s not any trouble.”

The blonde woman patted his head respectfully. The Doctor had started calming down a bit.

“You’ll have a great time with Elvie-”

Before Amy could even finish that sentence, a floppy-haired figure rushed to the door. He was bright and giggly. He was Elvie!

“DOCTOR!” Cheered the older alien, leaping in for a hug. Amy calms him down.

“Alright, alright Elv, I know you're excited, but let’s not jump onto our friends, ok?”

Elvie takes a breath.

“Ok, Muma…”

Admittedly, the Doctor had to giggle. It was a bit funny after all.

“Hi…Elvie”

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Hi... Well, where do I begin. It's been a while. A LONG while since I've updated let along posted anything here. I've been lingering around reading other fics, but, to be honest, I honestly don't have the same energy I had to do them consistently, Like, I've lost some motivation for writing, let alone life. Not to get too personal, but I've been battling my mental health and trauma for years, and as of recently it's been wore and slightly more unbearable, along with not regressing in ages. When I started writing almost 2 years ago now I had way more motivation and ideas then I do now. Almost like my creativity has gone off the wall. It's not to say I'll quit all together, but I definitely won't be as consistent, especially since I have some unfinished works just sitting there.

I still see your comments, I still see your kudos in my emails, and I have to honestly say thanks you so much for taking the time out of your day to stop by and read my stories, whether you're new here or a regular reader. This really means a lot to me that people still care about this account and read. I really like the rise of Doctor Who agere content on AO3 too!

But without writing too much, I just wanna mention again that I have a tumblr (pls don't try and hate on me for promoting this, random person from last year.) that is somewhat connected to this account.

You can find it here: https://www.tumblr.com/blog/xxtwinklebunnyxx

But anyways, I'm tired and it's late. I've only just started Yr11, my final year of school and I need to sleep. Thank you again for reading and continuing to support me. And just note that this chapter might be made into a proper story chapter and this message may be moved into notes.

Thanks again for reading,

Luna~