The next morning, the Doctor carefully extracted himself from Jack's arms. His body was sore from spending the night making love, but he didn't mind the soreness. Jack had spent most of the night mapping out his body and learning what he liked. He had never had a lover who had been so attentive to his needs. That Jack could still be so giving despite the number of times he had been hurt just made the Doctor love him even more. Tucking the blankets around him, he kissed Jack softly on the head. He would have liked to spend the day in bed but there would be time for that later. Right now he had things to take care of. He showered, dressing in his brown suit before heading out to the flight deck. He found Martha there sitting the captain's chair drinking a cup of coffee. He sat down next to her propping his feet up on the console. She offered him a drink but he put his hand up declining it.

"I think it is about time that I returned to UNIT," Martha commented before taking another sip of her drink.

"You don't have to go. I really don't mind if you want to travel with me again," The Doctor told her. Martha smiled.

"I would love to travel with you again, except I can't leave UNIT right now. Besides, you have Jack to travel with and River to find," Martha answered him.

"Did River ever return to the TARDIS last night?" The Doctor inquired realizing that he hadn't seen River since returning to the TARDIS with the knowledge of how to help Jack. Martha nodded.

"She returned for a moment, but she left quickly again to follow the men of Kampf. She told me to tell you not to try to follow her again, but that the two of you would meet up again when it is time. Do you know what she means by that?" Martha questioned.

"No," The Doctor simply told her. River's past was his future and he knew they would meet again one day. Even knowing that she would end up in the library, he couldn't help the fact that he would fall in love with her as she was an amazing person who fascinated him. As a Time Lord, he would have been shunned for even thinking that he could be married and share a bed with two people at once. Except with Jack as his lover, he knew it was still possible that he would end up married to River as well one day. Both of them had so much love to give and for the first time in a long time, he found himself wanting to say those three little words.

Going to the controls, he set the coordinates to UNIT dropping Martha off mere minutes after she had left. Time would continue on and UNIT would never know that she had left and helped him save Jack. He bid her farewell promising her that he would return even just for a short visit to let her know that he was alright. Closing the doors to the TARDIS, he sauntered his way back up the ramp setting the controls to random.

As the TARDIS dematerialized in her office, the Doctor's final words to her rang in his mind.

"I'll be fine," he promised Martha with a smile plastered on his face. And quite possibly for the first time, she actually believed him.