Dreaming of a Blue Box ✧ Doctor Who ¹ ✓

36 - The Long Game (Part II)

Continuing from 'The Long Game - Part I'

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LILY, WHO HAD BEEN STARVING SINCE ALMOST DYING BY DALEK, walked up to where Adam sat with a tray of several food options after asking if Adam was allergic to anything. "I may have used up most of the money, but they didn't cut me off so I'm sure there's a bunch left." She sat in the steel chair across from him and placed her red tray on the metal table. "Now, I know it's not 'fine food'-"

"Reminds me of diner food." Adam brought up, eyeing all that Lily purchased.

"Exactly!" Lily beamed, handing him back the currency which he pocketed. "Okay!" She surveyed all that she had on the tray. "I found a little something for everyone. Taste tested everything beforehand to just be safe." Lily started listing off the food items while pointing at them. "Ro loves chips so I got these that seem to taste like pepperoni from a pizza. Peanut butter noodles for you-" She picked up the bowl and placed it in front of him along with some cutlery. "Strawberry shortcake-esk shake for myself. Gummy candies for the Doctor which I'm hoping he'd enjoy. Oh!" She exclaimed. "How could I almost forget? These are called Klinks." She handed him one of two wrapped, small butter cookies. "I've been told they're kinda like a fortune cookie. They only had two left so don't tell the Doctor and Rose." She winked.

Adam rested his elbows on the tabletop and lifted the cookie to his eyesight, examining it. "Can this thing really tell the future?"

Lily shrugged, already tearing open hers. "There's only one way to find out."

Adam grinned and went along with Lily's excitement. "I'll go first." He volunteered himself and broke the cookie in two, taking out a slip of paper. He read. "Your mind will soon be opened in a way you never thought was possible."

"Hey!" Lily gestured around them. "Look at where we are! You're doing that right now."

"Yeah, that's pretty accurate then." He chuckled and nodded to her cookie while popping pieces of his own in his mouth. "You're next."

"Okay," Lily cracked hers in half and put the cookie down on the tray before reading her paper. "In the near future, you will learn the truth of who you are from the mouth of the person you trust the most."

Lily's smile fell.

"Wow," Adam broke the silence, finishing his cookie. "Eerie."

"Very," Lily took a second to reassess before crumbling up the paper and tossing it to the side. "Anyways, try the noodles. You said you're fond of peanut butter, right?" She asked, taking a long sip out of her straw. The cup that held her shake was clear which helped show off the pink and had a dome-shaped lip. It was honestly heaven to Lily. She already asked the vendor for the recipe so she could recreate it in the TARDIS kitchen.

Adam obeyed and took his fork to wrap the noodles around. He brought it into his mouth and chewed. Lily eagerly awaited his thoughts. "It's not bad." He responded but didn't take another bite.

Lily noted this. "What's wrong?"

"It's just like everything's gone." He put down the fork and slumped down, running his fingers through his hair. "Home, family, everything."

She felt empathy for him- recalling her first-ever trip and how isolated it all felt. A light bulb went off in her mind. Lily put her cup down to take her phone out of the pocket of her jacket, which was nestled next to her shake recipe. "Here, this helps." She hands it over to Adam. "The Doctor fixed it up for me. Got a mum and dad back home?"

Adam nodded. "Yeah."

"Phone them up."

He blinked. "But that's one hundred and ninety-eight thousand years ago."