The Girl Who Stayed (Doctor Who fanfic)

A Look At The Past

"Hold that one down!" The Doctor commanded Rose.

"I'm holding this one down." She told the Doctor, gesturing to the lever she was holding down.

"Jordyn! Hold that one down!" He pointed to a lever across half the console.

"Are you trying to kill us?! I'm already working with the stabilizers!"

"Then do both!"

"It's not going to work!"

I tried to stretch across half the Tardis, and I almost fell on my butt doing it.

"Oi! I promised you lot a time machine and that's what you're getting. Now you've seen the future, let's have a look at the past. 1860. How does 1860 sound?"

"What happened in 1860?" Rose and I both asked at the same time.

"I don't know, let's find out. Hold on, here we go!"

He sent the Tardis flying for 1860 and Rose and I both screamed as the Doctor laughed at the two of us.

The landing sent us all flying back to the floor.

"Blimey!" I exclaimed.

"You're telling me. Are you two alright?"

"Yeah, I think so. Nothing broken." Rose told him.

The Doctor walked over to me, and offered me a hand to help me up. "You?" He muttered.

"I'm good." I whispered, rubbing the back of my head.

"Did we make it? Where are we?" Rose questioned.

The Doctor headed over to the console.

"I did it. Give the man a medal. Earth, Naples, December 24th, 1860."

"That's so weird. It's Christmas." Rose commented.

"All yours."

"But, it's like, think about it, though. Christmas. 1860. Happens once, just once and it's gone, it's finished, it'll never happen again. Except for you. You can go back and see days that are dead and gone a hundred thousand sunsets ago. No wonder you never stay still."

"Not a bad life." I shrugged.

"Even better with three. Come on then." She grabbed my hand and started to pull me outside, but the Doctor stopped us.

"Where do you two think you're going?"

"1860." Rose and I told him.

"Go out there dressed like that, you'll start riots, Barbarella. There's a wardrobe through there. First left, second right, third on the left, go straight ahead, under the stairs, past the bins, fifth door on your left. Hurry up!" He waved us off, and we ran to the wardrobe. It was lucky we had each other, otherwise we would've been lost in the Tardis forever.

"Second right?" Rose asked.

"Yeah, then third on the, er, right?"

"No. Left. What was after that?"

"Under the stairs. Then the bins?"

"I think that's it. Fifth door on the-?"

"Left." I opened the door as I said that.

"Right. 1860. What do you want to wear?" Rose asked, looking through the outfits.

"Something dark. Maybe blue? What about you?"

"I think I want... This!" She revealed a beautiful black top with a floor length skirt.

"That's beautiful! Oh, and this can go with it." I showed her a hair clip that I saw.