Donna woke up feeling like a new woman. Then again, she probably was a new woman. She just hoped she was a gorgeous new woman. She knew it was vanity but she was allowed to be a little vain.
Then again she was alive. That was all that mattered.
Her hearts were beating.
Now all she had to do was gather up the courage to get out of bed and got to the mirror and see what her new Timelord body looked like. It was a demented form of Christmas. There was really no point in waiting. No time like the present. Time to get going.
Donna stepped out of bed only then realizing she had a nightgown on but little else. She hoped it was Aggie who put it on her, but then it wasn't like the Doctor had never seen her naked, or maybe he hadn't, at least not "this" Donna Noble. Was she Donna Noble any more?
Ok stop.
Was this what it was like inside a Timelord's brain?
Donna walked toward the full length mirror and took a good look at herself. Nothing much had changed. Maybe it was fate being kind to her. Maybe it was the first change that left you mostly the same. Very little had changed aesthetically for Donna Noble. She still had red hair, although a brighter shade of red. Her eyes were now a deep shade of blue and she was now a good few inches taller then she was before. There were a few other minor ascetic differences but mostly Donna Noble had remained quite similar to the way she looked before which was both distressing and soothing.
She felt different though. Her mind was spinning with information that hadn't been there since Davros. This time however all that information wasn't overloading her head. Her mind was full but not so full that she couldn't think clearly. There was room to think. To feel. And she felt wonderful. She felt alive.
Donna smiled to herself in the mirror and then walked to the closet and picked some clothing to where. What did you wear when you were a whole new you anyway? Did she have new taste in clothes? Did she have a new sense of humor? This was going to be interesting.
She really wanted to see the Doctor and Aggie. She missed both of them a great deal and she had a lot to tell them. As she walked out into the control room she heard them talking but when she entered they stopped and stared at her.
"Mom." Aggie ran towards her and hugged her.
Donna hugged her daughter back, "I see you found each other."
"Yes about that." The Doctor smiled, "I was wondering."
"Oh that reminds me." Donna walked to the controls and pushed a few buttons and then pulled a lever and finally walked over to a corner of the control panel and pulled out a wire and twisted it and put it back inside and then walked back to where she was and pushed another button.
"What did you just do?" The doctor asked.
"Oh, I just made sure that Aggie was in the right place at the right time." Donna smiled at the shocked look on the Doctor's face, "What? If Dalek Kahn can manipulate the time stream then so can I." Donna paused and smiled merrily "I told you the universe has been waiting for me."
The Doctor smiled and then grabbed Donna in a great big hug.
"Oi hands."
The Doctor carefully put Donna back down on the ground, "I love you Donna Noble."
"Of course you do." Donna said nonchalantly.
"No." The Doctor paused, "I really love you."
Donna paused and looked deep into the Doctor's eyes. For the first time he held nothing back. He finally understood. He was not alone. He had everything he had always wanted. All he had to do was grab it and he was going to, even if it took an eternity.
"I love you too, Spaceman." Donna said simply, "So where to now?"
"Well the DoctorDad promised to take me to Felspoon." Aggie smiled.
"DoctorDad. I think I like that."
"Me too." Donna smiled, "Do I get a cool name that's really a title?"
"Do you want one?"
"I don't know. I kind of like DoctorDonna but that might get old." She paused, "Ill think about it."
"Hey can I fly the TARDIS?" Aggie said after a minute.
"No!." Both the Doctor and Donna said at once.
The Doctor smiled all through the trip to Felspoon. He had told Donna he loved her and she had said she loved him back. Nothing more had happened. Nothing more needed to.
It wasn't forever but it was a start.
THE END