A/N: Hey guys! Sorry it took so long! There might be more chapters than I had originally anticipated. I'm going to lose access to Internet for a while after today, but if I'm really focused I might get chapter 5 up tonight.

Disclaimer: Anything you recognise doesn't belong to me. I own David Jonathon Noble. And Eva. But she's based off a friend of mine, so not even her.

Rose sighed as she sat at her desk reading through quizzes. She loved her job, and she loved her kids, but there was nothing in the multiverse she loathed more than grading papers. So she decided to prolong the inevitable a bit longer and think about the day that had just transpired. She reclined back in her chair as Dr. John Noble's face came into her mind.

She was definitely attracted to this man, that she was sure of. And he had flirted with her! He had been gentle with Cerulean this morning, and the way he looked at Rose made her warm all the way to her toes. He was divorced, she knew that. With two very bright children that it seemed he had won custody. Rose smiled as she thought of young David. He was so enthusiastic and adorable. Jenny was a little aloof, even when being around the Praetorians, but she couldn't be blamed for that.

Rose's musings were interrupted when her two best friends fumbled into her classroom. Grace didn't look happy and Amy looked concerned. The ginger pulled one of the desks closer to the front of Rose's own, turned it around, and sat on the top of it, with her feet on the seat.

Rose raised an eyebrow. "Bad day?"

Grace snorted, "You could say that."

"We ran all over London, tracking down this one Weevil, almost got hit by three cars, and didn't even get the damn thing." Amy elaborated.

Rose hissed a quick breath in. "Tha's harsh. I'm sorry."

"No' your fault." Grace sighed, blowing her bangs from her face.

"What about you?" Amy asked. "Did you meet the new kids? How are they?"

"Well…" Rose started. "David Noble will definitely fit in here. He's so smart, I couldn't believe it. I took them to see the Praetorians and he immediately launched into the similarities and differences between Earth horses an' them. As well as informing us all on the name of them an' Praetorian actually meaning ancient Roman magistrates."

Amy smiled. "Sounds like you'll have fun with that one. What about the girl?"

"Jenny was a bit… standoffish? Can't say I blame her. Beautiful girl though. They were both very attractive children."

Grace smirked. "And Dr. Noble?"

"He was…" Rose started hesitantly. "Nice-lookin'…"

Amy and Grace looked at each other than back at Rose, eyebrows raised. Rose mentally cursed. They knew her too well.

"He was bloody gorgeous, okay?" She burst exasperatedly. They would have gotten it out of her soon enough.

Her two so-called friends smiled widely at her and leaned in. "Details, Rosie, come on." Amy insisted.

Rose looked from one to the other and sighed, giving in.

But she couldn't help the smile that walked its way onto her face as she launched into a rather detailed description of the man that she really would love to get to know better.

*.*

John smiled at his kids as they took off to the living room. They were talking excitedly about Torchwood and it warmed his heart. He moved to sit at the island in his kitchen after getting a beer from the refrigerator. He nursed the bottle as he reflected on the hours previous.

It had certainly been an interesting day. The Praetorians were fascinating. The building itself had been impressive enough in itself, but the blue horses' habitat was awe-inspiring. The people there were certainly interesting. Apparently there was an orange and blue striped alien race that had a sort of symbiotic relationship with the Praetorians and acted as their ranchers. John had been struck dumb by the sight of the 9-foot tall Blenglidans. David's eyes had grown to the size of tennis balls before running up and hugging Anglor, the Blengidan that Rose had introduced them to first.

Ah, Rose. John had agreed with himself that meeting and spending time with Miss Rose Tyler had been the finest point of his day. She was certainly a lovely woman. An improvement to the sort of females he had been in proximity to in the past few weeks. When compared to Donna, River, and his ex-wife's lawyer, Rose was a bright ray of sunshine in the storm of nagging women.

He sighed at the thought of his ex-wife. Even when it had mostly been her that caused the divorce, he got the privilege of carrying the guilt that maybe he could have somehow made it work, if only for the sake of David and Jenny.

John was brought from his musings by the sound of his phone ringing. He shook his head and reached for the phone.

"'Ello?"

"John?"

"Donna?"

"Johnny!" Donna's voice was full of relief. "I tried calling you at work, but Carol What's-her-gob said that some man came by and you left not to be seen the rest of the day!"

John flinched. He knew he had forgotten something. "Donna…"

"And then I stopped by your house, Space-Man¸ and neither you nor the kids were there! So fess up! Where have you been?"

John exhaled loudly and clearly irritated. "I got a new job! Okay? That's where I was! And the bairns are going to be attending a new school so I took them to see it. Do let me know when you're done interrogating me."

There was an awkward silence that followed.

Then the sound of feet running down the hall upstairs and then down the steps.

"Aunt Donna?" David shouted excitedly. John sighed exasperatedly. Why him?

His son snatched the phone from his hand and immediately started chattering away with his favourite aunt.

*.*

"Dad…"

John pressed his face harder into his blue pillow.

"Daaaaaad…"

John grunted and pulled the covers over his head.

"Dad. Really?"

"Ugh!" John abruptly sat up, hair sticking everywhere. He glared at his daughter through narrowed and tired eyes. She didn't falter. He supposed he must have been too tired for the Oncoming Storm, as Donna so affectionately calls him, to really take effect. Jenny stood at the foot of his bed looking like a blonde version of his sister with her hands on her hips and an expression on her face that clearly said she thought he was being silly.

"Yes, Jennifer?" he sighed warily. He didn't get much sleep last night. His big, intelligent brain had decided to work overtime with this new information of aliens actually existing.

"So terribly sorry to wake you, Father. I just thought that maybe we would be attending Torchwood Institute School today in order to get an education that will greatly benefit us later on in life." She said sarcastically.

"Right!" John exclaimed leaping out of bed and tossing his bedcovers everywhere. Jenny rolled her eyes and left her father to his ridiculousness.

He started rushing around the room in his brown pinstriped pajama bottoms. He pulled a brown Henley from his dresser and tugged it on over his light blue t-shirt. He made his way to his wardrobe to extract a dark blue button down and his beloved brown and blue pinstriped suit.

Once he was satisfied with himself, he made his way downstairs.

"Bye Dad!" David called to him when they parted ways. John smiled and waved. Jenny had already been dropped off at her classroom. John nodded to Mickey, who nodded back, and took off down to the labs.

David held on tight to Mickey's hand. Torchwood was rather large, after all.

"So are you excited, mate?" the dark-skinned operative asked.

David grinned. "Oh yes! I can't wait! Aliens! And no more of my rather idiotic teacher. Miss Tyler seems so nice! Are you friends with Miss Tyler, Lt. Smith?"

Mickey chuckled and nodded at the hyperactive 6 year old. "Yes, Mr. Noble. Miss Tyler is my best mate." They stopped outside the same door they visited yesterday. "Here we are."

Mickey cracked the door open and stuck his head through. "Rose? 'Scuse me, Miss Tyler, but I have a delivery for ya."

He opened the door the whole way to reveal David Noble who was grinning so wide, Rose was afraid his little face would split.

"Hi, Miss Tyler!" David burst out excitedly. Rose smiled at him and beckoned them both in. It was then David noticed the rest of the class staring at him. He froze and his brown eyes resembled very much that of a deer caught in the headlights.

"David?" Rose had crossed the room and laid a hand on his shoulder while Mickey stepped in to a slightly unsuccessful attempt to draw the class' attention from the shy 8 year old.

He blinked his chocolate eyes up at her. "Y-Yes?"

"Why don't you come on in, love?" Rose asked gently. He nodded slowly and she guided him to an empty desk. David was greatful she didn't make him introduce himself in front of the class.

"Lt. Smith?" Rose looked pointedly at Mickey and he quickly stopped making shadow puppets with his hands hovering over her overhead.

"Yes, ma'am." He snapped to salute. Rose chuckled and waved him down.

"Thank you very much for my present. You are dismissed."

Mickey nodded and marched comically out of the room, the children's laughs following him.

"Alright class, settle down." Rose shut the overhead off and turned to the chalkboard, chalk in hand. "Now, quantum physics…"

Eva's little green hand shot up. Rose turned expectantly and crossed her arms. "Yes, Eva?"

"Who's he?" the young alien asked without missing a beat and pointed at David.

"Eva…" Rose warned. "You know it's customarily rude on Earth to point."

Eva faltered slightly but didn't back down. "But miss, who is he?"

Rose sighed. "David? Would you mind terribly, sweetheart?"

David shook his head quickly. Miss Tyler was so nice, but he should have expected the other children to be curious about him. He stood up, summoning courage from his excitement at being here.

"My name is David Jonathon Noble and I'm 8 years old. My dad is Dr. Jonathon Noble but everyone calls him John. Except my aunt Donna, she calls him Johnny or Spaceman, but she's his sister so I guess she's allowed. I have a sister of my own, her name is Jennifer Donna Noble and she's 14. She's okay, sometimes, but most of the time I just think she's really weird. My favorite colour is purple and I want to be an astrophysisiss, astrophystisis, astro-"

"Astrophysicist, David?" Rose interjected kindly.

"Yes, ma'am. An astro-physi-cist." David confirmed slowly, rolling the word in his mouth.

"Thank you very much, Mr. Noble." Rose smiled widely at him. David blushed. "So David has told us his name, his parent's name, his sister's, his favorite colour, and what he wants to be when he grows up. Now I think it's only fair to do the same. What do you think, class?"

Several hands were raised eagerly and Rose nodded. "That's that, then. Alright everyone, let's move the desks out of the way and make a circle."

The class quickly moved to obey and David found himself helping a couple of kids moving a desk and laughing when it fell over. Rose stood and shook her head with her hands on her hips and a twinkle in her eyes.

"Maybe I should've kept Lt. Smith around, eh?"

She winked at David and he grinned back. Oh yes, the Torchwood Institute School would be fantastic.