The Tenth Impact

Fear Her

The Doctor landed the TARDIS. I watched him walk to the door, open them and then pause. "Ah." He walked back to the console. After flipping some switches, the TARDIS went off again before landing us back.

"So. Doc Brown." I began. Rose snorted to the side, recognizing my tone. "What was that?"

"Hmm?" He asked, looking back to me. "What was that?"

I pointed to the console. "That whole business. With the parking." My smile turned into a knowing grin. "What was that?"

"That? It was nothing, that...that was just some...calibrating. Making sure she wouldn't fly away when we walked out." The Doctor lied.

My grin grew wider. Rose snickered louder. "That's what you're sticking with?"

"Yes."

"Til the day you die?"

"Without a doubt."

"That it was...a matter of parking."

"What else would it have been?" He regretted asking that as soon as he said it.

"I think you parked wrong, so you have to turn us, oh, 90 degrees." I stated. The Doctor refused to look my way. "That's what it was."

"No it wasn't."

"Prove it."

"Don't need to, it never happened."

I coughed out. "He did it."

Rose burst out laughing, holding onto a handrail to keep from falling down. The Doctor looked at us with unrestrained disgust. It made Rose laugh harder, made my chest puff up all smug and arrogant.

"Can we just go?" The Doctor complained, like he was truly suffering the two of us.

"Nah, give Rose a minute to remember how to breathe." I advised, looking down at my nails. "You can double check that you parked her right."

"I parked her right the first time."

"Course you did. Why would I ever have reason to doubt?"

The Doctor made a face at that. "I can kick you out."

"Oof. Maybe I should listen. Wouldn't want to get thrown against the side of a building." I teased.

The Doctor gave me a sour look. He swiftly changed it, beaming a smile at Rose. "Rose! Fancy a look outside?"

Laughing, she climbed out of the chair. The two of them made their way to the door. Rolling my eyes I followed after them.

"Ah!" He cheered as he stepped out. When Rose and I walked out, she looked around at the scenery. A poster seemed to catch her attention. I had no idea who the musician was, even though there had been plenty of time to check since seeing the episode.

"So, near future, yeah?" Rose asked.

"I had a passing fancy. Only it didn't pass, it stopped." The Doctor admitted with a grin. He moved to walk down the street. Rose skipped behind him, while I looked at the TARDIS like Jim would look at the camera.

==TTI==

We walked on the street where everything went wrong. It was empty, save for the brave few.

"Thirtieth Olympiad." The Doctor announced.

"No way! Why didn't I think of this?" Rose asked, staring in joy at the preparations underway. "That's great."

"Only seems like yesterday a few naked Greek blokes were tossing a discus about, wrestling each other in the sand with crowds stood around baying." The Doctor recalled. "No, wait a minute, that was Club Med." He joked. Rose laughed at him.