Child of Nowhere

Boom Town

'You know, I'm getting really tired of the Doctor's shit.'

This was my thought as we came to a hard stop, landing in what I hoped was the Cardiff of Rose's time.

It had been a month since my birthday party. The four of us had been running to all the corners of the galaxy, just running. I actually stopped complaining about his driving.

Until today. It was back with a VENGEANCE. "Learn to drive you blind old coot!" I groaned, pushing myself to my feet. My head was spinning a bit. Sometimes it felt like he drove poorly on purpose.

The humans on board agreed with me.

"Yeah, sorry about that one." The Doctor winced. He was rubbing a spot on the back of his head. I hope he hit his head on the handrails. "The TARDIS gets a bit cranky without a good charging up."

His explanation didn't make me feel any better. I rubbed at my sore neck, glaring and sending all the mental waves of annoyance at him that I could. "Next time, don't wait until the last minute."

The Doctor nodded in agreement. He winced as the pain returned to his sore neck. The pain must have reminded him of something, for as soon as the pain left his face he was staring open mouth at me. "Oi! Who's in charge of the ship?"

"The ship herself." I voted, pointing up at the console.

"Whatever Terra said." Jack agreed, pointing my general direction. He was just getting up to his feet as he did.

"Her." Rose answered, pointing at me. I blushed a bit at the praise.

"Et tu, Rose?" The Doctor pressed, without heat. He got up, walking to the computer.

The blonde concubine nodded. "If she could drive, we'd be there on time."

"No way. We'd get there early. With time to go to a shop and get a welcome gift." I argued, adding a smartass smirk the Doctor's direction.

He stuck his tongue out at us.

Jack, Rose, and I laughed at him.

"Are we in Cardiff, at least?" Rose asked after she finished straightening herself up. She walked over to the Doctor's side.

"We better be." Jack commented. "Terra promised good food."

The Doctor chuckled under his breath. "Yes, this is Cardiff. It's even in Rose's time."

"Yes!" I cheered in a stage whisper. "Now time for food."

"You've got a stomach that's bigger on the inside." Jack teased.

"Time Lady technology, everything's bigger on the inside." I reminded matter-of-factly.. "Plus, I'm a growing Time Lady. I need enough food to keep me healthy for centuries."

The Doctor shook his head. "Sorry 'growing Time Lady', but it looks like the landing was rougher than we thought. I need to make a few repairs- don't you even start with the jokes."

Jack and I made sounds of disappointment. It stopped when the Doctor put a light on his head. Then they became noises of amusement.

"I said don't." The Doctor pointed warning fingers at us. He shook his head, grinning. "Honestly. You're all worse than children." He went to one of the bits of coral, climbing up to reach the metal grating on the ceiling.

"Oh come on." I groaned. He made it too easy, but it would annoy me all day if I didn't say anything. I made my way to the Doctor's side, looking up at him. "You can't call us kids when you're playing on a jungle gym."