Chapter 53 face the raven

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The screen lit up again and it said face the raven I looked at Clara before i got up and walked out of the room doctor I heard rose and river say but I sat in the hallway feeling tears coming down doctor I heard Clara say standing in front of me Clara I said staring at her oh you stupid old man she said before pulling me up and hugging me tight im sorry I said staring at her I'm sorry I didn't save you doctor it's not your fault ok yes I died and yes it's tragic but I chose to travel with you I chose it nobody forced me and travelling with you was amazing and I love you so much so please come back in and sit with me and river she said pressing her forehead against mine ok I mumbled we walked back in hands attached to each others tightly I sat next to river Clara the other side of me I seen everyone staring looking concerned but I just stared at the screen dreading it.
[Tardis]

(Clara runs through the door, followed by the Doctor, who closes it on the bright yellow light outside.)
CLARA: I told you it'd work!
DOCTOR: It very nearly ate you for dinner.
CLARA: Oh, admit it. I totally saved your life.
DOCTOR: It wasn't going to eat me.
I heard river laughing quietly at us making me grin at Clara who grinned back
CLARA: (laughs) I totally saved you from having to marry that giant sentient plant thing. That bit when I jumped over the side? That was amazing.
(The Doctor snorts and grins.)
CLARA: Ha! I knew you were impressed.
DOCTOR: The second most beautiful garden in all of time and space, and we can never come back here because you, Miss Oswald, decided
(The Tardis console phone rings. They stare at it, then the Doctor gestures for Clara to answer it.)
Why did yous just stare at it like answer it immediately jack said looking confused that phone is cursed I said making Clara laugh loudly
CLARA: Hello?
RIGSY [OC]: Clara? Finally. It's Rigsy.
CLARA: Oh. Rigsy. Hey. What's wrong?

[Rigsy's home]

(The lad from Flatline is in front of his bathroom mirror, and worried.)
RIGSY: So I have this, er, it kind of looks like a tattoo.
CLARA [OC]: Seriously? I gave you this number for emergencies.
RIGSY: It's an emergency, trust me. Just

[Tardis]

RIGSY [OC]: Come and take a look at it. Please.
DOCTOR: Who said you could give out my number?
CLARA: Look, look, no matter how bad it is, we cannot take you back down your timeline
You have a phone Martha said glaring at me yes I said confused well idiot ring me sometimes
[Rigsy's home]

CLARA [OC]: Just to fix a tattoo.
RIGSY: That's just it. I didn't get a tattoo. And it's, it's counting down.

[Tardis]
CLARA: Sorry, what?

[Rigsy's home]

(Rigsy holds a mirror up to the back of his neck to show his tattoo, the numbers 538.)
RIGSY: The tattoo - it's a number and it's counting down to zero.
What Amy said confused

[Tardis]

CLARA: Hang tight. We'll be right there.

[Rigsy's home]

RIGSY: Hurry. Please.
(The number changes to 537.
After the title sequence we see a bright light flashing in the window of a seventh floor flat, accompanied by the Tardis materialisation sound. She has parked herself in the baby's bedroom. The baby herself is lying in a pink cot, and the Doctor is now wearing a burgundy Crombie jacket and white shirt of the style preferred in the last season, before he went all rock and roll on us. Everyone is whispering despite the child being wide awake.)
DOCTOR: Did you make this human?
Oh god the way you worded that river said face palming what I said making her poke me
RIGSY: Lucy? Yeah, she's mine.
CLARA: Oh. Hello. Oh, Rigsy, she's gorgeous.
DOCTOR: She's better than that. She's brilliant. What are you doing running round getting tattoos when there's
CLARA: Shh!
RIGSY: Look, I didn't get anything. I woke up this morning and it was just there. Jen noticed it.
DOCTOR: Okay, show me this tattoo that you didn't get, then.
(Rigsy turns and pulls down the back of his jumper collar.)
DOCTOR: It's a tattoo. It's very boring.
RIGSY: No, wait. Just, just keep watching.
CLARA: What were you doing last night?
RIGSY: That's just it. Yesterday was a total blank. Jen said that I left the house before dawn, I missed work, and I didn't get back till after midnight. No one saw me all day.
(The Doctor has finished flicking through a baby's picture book when the tattoo changes from 533 to 532.)
DOCTOR: Oh, that's not boring. That is very not boring.
(He puts on his sonic sunglasses.)
CLARA: What? What is it?
(The Doctor removes his glasses.)
DOCTOR: Okay, Local Knowledge, you're coming with us. Bring the new human. No, don't bring the new human. I'll just get distracted.
Mood yaz said bill agreeing
[Tardis]

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