A/N: I do know that the last chapter caused some confusion. Sorry about that. I'll try to be better… And sorry about the lack of updates.

"What?" The Doctor repeated himself

"Dead planet, millions of years. Last." River had moved on already, not answering the Doctor's –or anyone else's for that matter- question.

"Doctor… how can she know that… that you're a.."

"What's a Time Lord?" Kaylee asked, looking at River. The girl Kaylee had come to know had all the answers locked up in her head.

"Old, gone Gallifrey." River's train of thought was racing

"River, what are you talking about?" Simon reached out a hand to his yonger sister tentatively, but The Doctor motioned for him to stop, watching the teenage girl with intrest.

"Tell me more…"

"You're old. Hundreds of years. Not yet thousands.." River was calming down, becoming more coherent.

"How can you tell?" the Time Lord was so fascinated he was oblivious to, say the fact that Mal was walking up to the group.

"We're gonna stop down, 'parrently Inara forgot somethin… Whats goin on here?" The capitan looked fairly – extremely – confused. Everyone turned to look at him, except for River and the Doctor. Unphased, Mal walked up to the two of them, "Whats goin on here?" A few minutes after Mal had spoken, the Doctor broke River's gaze and turned to him,

"Oh, nothing. Just getting to know your… friend.." The Doctor's gaze flitted back to River before returning to Mal. "So, what is it you were saying?"

"I uh.." Mal shook the confusion out of his mind "I said that we're gonna stop off" at that, Kaylee perked up.

"Didja say Inaras visitin?" She asked, eyes bright.

"Inara?" Amy asked, Rory looked as if he were just as confused. Simon, Kayle, and Mal all shared a look, and the mechanic was the one who answered Amy's question.

"Another friend"