𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐮𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐘𝐨𝐮 [II] (The Rescuers Encomium)

ONE

This chapter isn't like some of my others and is longer than I anticipated it to originally be. I thought I'd try something different and for the most part I'm quite happy with how it turned out. Let me know what you think.

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WHO IS HOLLIE ARIA?
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EVEN THOUGH MONTHS HAD PASSED LOSING HOLLIE ARIA FELT TO THE DOCTOR LIKE HE HAD BEEN HIT IN THE CHEST WITH A TON OF BRICKS. There was simply no other way to put it. Since losing her when he went into every room there was something of hers there or a memory of the person she once was whether it be her sketchbook in the library left on the coffee table by the fire, her coffee cup in the kitchen or even one of her jackets randomly lying in the middle of the corridor or even the memory of her laughing in the cinema when she forced him to stop working on the TARDIS for an hour and watch something with her.

He couldn't even remember what they were supposed to be watching and instead just talked the whole way through.

The memory of Hollie Aria was everywhere and he hated it.

It annoyed him more when the said things and memories he had reminded him of her and her beautiful face with her stupid smile it only reminded him of the pained look on her face and her falling to the dusty ground when she was killed. He wanted to kick her out, drop her back at Leadworth and never see her again over the pain but, he couldn't let her go because she was still his Hollie, his amazing, incredible and wonderful Hollie Aria but, she also wasn't at the same time, she died, and he couldn't quite shake that feeling away of her being gone away because whether she was still alive or not she had changed, but also she had gone through immense pain because of him— and he never wanted her to feel like that again.

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The Doctor found himself standing in the console room one quiet night, he had just dropped off Amy and Rory at their next honeymoon destination watching the pair board a space cruise ship with the blonde nowhere in sight. The TARDIS was eerily quiet and he wondered where she had got to on the TARDIS. He was growing bored and as much as he wanted to avoid her he knew that he couldn't do it forever without arousing suspicion again. He didn't want another conversation about why he was avoiding her, it wasn't fun the last time he had it and he knew it and would only end up admitting his second point for keeping her away.

So he first checked her bedroom, knocking on the door and waiting for a minute. Just in case she was busy doing something or she was asleep and he woke her up but he got no response, then he tried the kitchen and again, no response or Hollie in sight.

The library? Nothing, her art room? Nope, no Hollie in there.

The Doctor frowned, where else could she have possibly been? They were the only rooms he often found her unless she happened to go exploring. It made sense, they had been on the TARDIS straight for almost a month now, at least it was a month to them and not the newly married couple who had probably only been on their honeymoon for two weeks.

That was time travel for you though, it is very confusing.

The Doctor aimlessly wandered through the TARDIS corridors, he wasn't too worried about wherever Hollie had gotten to, the TARDIS would look after her and would make sure she was safe but he did begin to wonder where exactly she had gotten to.

Until he walked past the TARDIS pool and caught a glimpse of blonde out of the corner of his eye and smiled almost sadly.

It wasn't their first date, they hadn't actually had the chance to go on one of those before she died but it was where they had gone with Amy and Rory after the first time they kissed way back when she had a different face and the bad version of himself managed to take over the TARDIS thanks to some psychic pollen.