A/N: Hello, loves! This is a little two-parter that belongs in the A New Kind Of Series. It takes place about two years after A New Kind of Human Nature and about a year after A New Kind of Year. No worries, I'm still working on the multi-chapter sequel and I plan on starting to post that as soon as I'm finished with In My Life and Forgetting Forever. In the meantime, enjoy the first part of this little story!

(Many thanks to DoctorGogh for prompting me with the idea for this!)

Disclaimer: I do not own Doctor Who or anything related. That all goes to the BBC.

Rose Tyler loved her kids more than anything in the universe. Jack Timothy Tyler, also known as Jay, and Andrea Martha Tyler, known to most as Annie, were her the best thing to ever happen to her (besides meeting the Doctor -their father- in the basement of Henricks Department Store). But right now? Right now her son and daughter were driving her absolutely barmy and she would give almost anything to have a few minutes of peace and quiet.

Advanced her children may be, but they had still hit that wonderful stage known as The Terrible Twos (capitalisation required). Normally, the Doctor was a fantastic co-parent. They made decisions together and he trusted Rose's judgement completely. He changed nappies, didn't cringe (too much) if his favourite tie ended up covered in spit up, and handled potty training like a champ. He was an ideal husband and Rose knew she was lucky to have him as her partner. But recently the TARDIS had been having some mechanical issues, nothing unfixable, but She needed the Doctor's undivided attention. In turn, that meant Rose had to keep the twins out of the control room and the Doctor's hair. The task was not an easy one. Jay and Annie adored their father and especially loved when he let them "help" with the TARDIS. But this was serious, he explained, and only Daddy could it.

Rose decided to make the best of it though. Bonding time with her babies! She thought of different activities they could do together, a picnic in the butterfly garden, swimming in one of the smaller pools the TARDIS had to offer, and then perhaps she could make them some popcorn and hot chocolate and they could all watch a movie in the media room. Though, just like in their adventures outside the TARDIS, nothing went to plan.

The picnic in the butterfly garden had started out just fine, until Jay accidentally stepped on a butterfly. Annie was heartbroken and had a complete meltdown. Jay, to his credit, had tried apologising to his sister, but the little girl was too distraught to listen, convinced the young boy had "murtert the flutterby on purpose." That comment resulted in Jay pushing his sister down and telling her that he didn't "wike" her anymore. After separating the sparing siblings and giving them both a two minute thinking time, Rose convinced the twins to say sorry to each other for using unkind words and hurtful actions. Then, to appease her heartbroken daughter, they had a funeral for the butterfly, where Jay sang a rousing rendition on Amazing Chase (because apparently that was what people sang on the telly).

Swimming hadn't gone very well either. It started off with Jay not wanting to wear his swimming trunks, insisting he should be allowed to swim naked like he does in the bathtub. "You hate taking a bath!" Rose argued back. Finally, after telling him he either wore his swim clothes or not swim at all, he gave in to his mother's demand. Of course, he was convinced that once he was under the water, Mummy wouldn't notice if he took it all off. Of course she noticed though. Mummy's always do. Swim time ended with Jay receiving another thinking time, this time getting a speech about obeying his Mum.

After swimming she attempted to get them down for nap, but they only slept for thirty minutes (just long enough for Rose to pick up the mess they'd made in their previous locations) before waking bright eyed and ready to play. She lost count of how many times she had to break the twins apart from arguing. Normally, they were incredibly close and played well together, but ever since they had turned two a little over a month ago, they fought like cats and dogs. Jay was running over her dolls with his trains, Annie wouldn't stop talking to him, and so and so forth. It was a never ending cycle apparently. More than once, Rose had wished for her mum's presence. Jackie Tyler would know just what to do. But she wasn't and Rose was a grownup and a mum in her own right. Shaking off her solemn mood, she decided that now would be a good time to watch a movie. Perhaps the comfy chairs and dim lights of the media room would calm them.

Unable to agree on a film (Jay wanted Cars, while Annie wanted The Little Mermaid), their mum finally took it upon herself and picked Tangled (she figured it had things they would both enjoy). Popcorn popped, hot chocolate brewed, Rose and her babies settled in and started watching Rapunzel begin her journey to see the mysterious lights that appeared on her birthday every year. It was about half way through the movie (Rapunzel had just admitted to Flynn that she had magic hair that glows when she sings) when Annie let out an ear piercing scream. Immediately the TARDIS threw the lights on and paused the movie. Rose was at her daughter's side instantly, convinced from her screams that she had been fatally injured. What she found was that Annie had stuck a piece of popcorn up her nose and it had been unable to get it back out. Panicked, she'd let out her desperate cry. One trip to the med bay, and the popcorn kernel was retrieved and, "No, Jay, your sister is not allowed to eat it."

With promises that they could finish the movie the next day, Rose fed her children a light dinner, before beginning their bedtime routine. Bath time went as usual, arguing and splashing the norm, with Rose ending up with half the bath water drenching her clothes. Getting the kids into bed was an even bigger hassle. Anytime they would start to settle something would come up. One of them needed a drink of water, the other needed the loo one more time, before switching and repeating their actions. It was many thanks to any every deity above when they finally begged off to dream land.

And so the cycle went on for three more days. On the second day the Doctor made a brief appearance after breakfast to give his children some much needed affection, but his time was brief. The damage to the TARDIS had been a bit more than he had expected, and he needed to get her in tiptop shape as quickly as possible. That night he made a second appearance, just long enough to kiss the twins goodnight.

By the end of the third night, the Doctor had finally completed his work. Knowing it was well past Jay and Annie's bedtime, he popped his head in their room and was surprised to see their beds empty. Curious, he went to his and Rose's next. He gave a quiet chuckle when he found his little family spread across the bed, sound asleep. Rose was lying in the middle, curled slight on her side, with Annie tucked into her left, in a similar fashion. Jay, however, was lying on his back arms and legs spread like a starfish, with one arm resting on his mum's head and one leg kicked over her stomach.

Getting himself quickly ready for bed, he carefully adjust Jay into a more comfortable sleeping potion. Brushing Rose's hair off her face, he frowned at the sight of dark rings settled under her eyes. His poor wife. He knew what a handful his offspring could be and she had been a saint these past few days, basically acting a single mum. Dropping a kiss to her forehead, he climbed in bed on the other side of Annie, and began formulating a plan to make it up to her.

Coming Soon: Part Two!

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