Elise sat in the chair next to the Doctor, reading.
The curtain surrounding the bed was pulled back.
Dr. Stoker stood there, along with a gaggle of nursing students. "Now then, Mister Smith, a very good morning to you. How are you today?"
"Oh, not so bad. Still a bit, you know, blah."
"John Smith, admitted yesterday with severe abdominal pains." Stoker turned to the student next to him. "Jones, why don't you see what you can find? Amaze me."
The student named Jones walked to the other side of the Doctor and pulled out her stethoscope. "That wasn't very clever, running around outside, was it?" she asked.
"Sorry?" the Doctor asked her.
"On Chancellor Street this morning? You came up to me and took your tie off."
"Really? What did I do that for?"
"I don't know, you just did."
"Not me. I was here, in bed. Ask my friend here."
"I've been by his side all night," Elise confirmed.
"Well, that's weird, cause it looked like you. Have you got a brother?" Jones asked.
The Doctor shook his head. "No, not anymore. Just me."
"As time passes and I grow ever more infirm and weary, Miss Jones," Stoker said.
"Sorry. Right," Jones told him. She placed the stethoscope on the Doctor's chest. She started with one side and moved to the other.
The Doctor looked at her and winked.
"I weep for future generations. Are you having trouble locating the heart, Miss Jones?" Stoker asked.
"Er, I don't know. Stomach cramps?" Jones suggested.
"That is a symptom, not a diagnosis. And you rather failed basic techniques by not consulting first with the patient's chart." Stoker picked up the Doctor's chart, but got shocked. He dropped it on the bed.
"That happened to me this morning," Jones said.
Two of the other students chimed in. "I had the same thing on the door handle." "And me, on the lift."
Stoker picked the chart back up. "That's only to be expected. There's a thunderstorm moving in and lightning is a form of static electricity, as was first proven by. Anyone?"
"Benjamin Franklin," the Doctor answered.
"Correct."
"My mate, Ben. That was a day and a half. I got rope burns off that kite, and then I got soaked..."
"Quite."
"And then I got electrocuted."
"Don't mind him. He loves telling stories," Elise said.
"Moving on," Stoker said.
Jones looked back at them and smiled.
The Doctor smiled back.
When they were out of hearing range, Elise smacked him with her book.
"Ow!" The Doctor rubbed his arm.
Elise rolled her eyes. "You're going to give us away. What if she had exposed the fact you have two hearts?"
"It'll be fine. Did you see how she didn't bat an eye?"
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The Littlest Timelord: Blast from the Past
FanfictionFifth in the "Littlest Timelord" series Last we saw Elise, Missy had sent her hurtling through the universe. Where? Back to 2006 with the Tenth incarnation of her father. This Doctor has no idea who Elise is or what she is to him. How will she navig...
