Soufflé & A Cuppa

Rose and Crown

Hi, I'm Clara Oswald. I'm currently 24 years old. My life is pretty boring to say the least. I wake up, go to work, work more in the coffee shop, go home, sleep, and repeat. I can tell you that if you're reading this right now you must one big attention span cause my life doesn't get any more interesting than this.
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I didn't want to wake up, not today. It was a Monday morning, and that meant back to teaching for me. Ugh. Why does life have to be so hard? Honestly, am I the only one who questions life? Like why do I even exist? I took a look at my alarm clock, red lights blaring in my face, 7:00, OH MY TIME LORD! OKAY, UP WE GO, OUT THE BED!!! Uh, okay, clothes, wait shower. Okay shower. I guess I'll where my emerald green Peter Pan collar dress. What a funny name for a collar! Okay, distracted. Shoes. Oh! My light brown oxfords! Wait, I forgot my teaching stuff. Where did I put it?? Ah! There it is. Okay, out the door!

So glad schools over such a rough day today. Kids testing me, throwing things, and talking while I'm teaching! Why'd they ever put me in secondary? Oh well. Off to Rose and Crown. Look whose here, the Doctor. I'm not weird for calling him that it's just he always has stethoscope around his neck when I see him. "Hi!" Oh, he's cute. Look at that chin. What, no! I don't even know his real name, and first of all I am not looking for a relationship. "Hey!" Oh my time lord on gallifrey! He said hey, he always says that. Why am I suddenly overly excited? Okay, time to go too work. I have to grade their quizzes, and I have 30 kids in my class. Wow, thanks for counting Clara! I really needed to know that! Red pen, answer key, and quizzes. I'm ready to take on this quest. Oh, I forgot to order my Soufflé. "Hello Rose! Yeah, um, can I have the usual please? Thanks!" I gave her a smile, she looked like she had a rough day as well. Let's check these papers! Oh, I flicked my pen upwards. I can't re-ac-h i-t. The Doctor climbed over too help me. I was able to reach it, but I slipped, leading me to fall out of my pod. I'm telling you I'm really short so that fall was scary, especially sitting in a pod that was 4 feet off the ground. Someone caught me, I honestly thought I was going to end up in the hospital. Oh, it was the handsome stranger. Why's he staring at me? His eyes are so green. It was like a pool I could get lost in. Okay. Mental slap, ow! This is getting awkward. He put me down after staring at me for the past 2 minutes. "Oh, are you okay?" He was stammering, so cute. "Uh, yeah! I'm fine! Had a bit of a scare there, thanks for catching me!" Oh, he turned pink now. So did I. This felt way to cliche. It felt like I was watching a movie except I was the actor. "Just wondering what's your name?" I was more focused now. "John Smith, but you can call me the Doctor." He smiled, was this that kind of moment where it felt awkward where you thought something was silly but it was an actual fact? Yeah, it was. "Doctor? Doctor Who?" He smiled pretty sure he got that question a lot, I could tell he liked the question when he grinned. "Just the Doctor!" That's quite odd. "I'm Clara Oswald, some people call me Oswin, but you can call me Clara." I was grinning now. "So are you a Doctor?" He looked down. "Yeah! Well, I was once..." I noticed his bow-tie, how funny, nobody wore one of those anymore. "I assume you're an English teacher?" I nodded. "Well, it was nice talking to you Doctor! But I best be off back to work you see, have to grade the students quizzes. Not the sort of activity I enjoy doing." He looked up, and put his hand out for a shake. "Well, Clara, it was very nice talking to you! I also have to get back to fixing the Tardis!" Oh, why'd I say that? I hope she doesn't know I'm an alien...she'll probably think it's a type of car or something. She looked a tiny bit confused but, didn't ask any further questions and shook my hand. Her hand was quite small compared to mine. I felt a spark, like an electric shock. I knew that people or other species, said that meant you found your true love, but what's that term modern people use these days? Cliche. It was way too cliche. I noticed I had been standing there, as Clara went to sit down again. I went back to the Tardis, which was parked in one of the bathroom stalls. Now, I wasn't stalking Clara. I was just wondering who she was. She showed up all throughout my timeline, and all she ever did was save me. I never, even once, saved her. She always made sure that I'd be safe. Now I was searching the universe for her, and I found her. A simple English teacher who wanted more in her life than just grading papers. I was looking for her, so I could keep her safe. I no longer wanted to watch her die, I wanted to keep her safe. I walked into my Tardis and closed the doors, I would return next Wednesday.