Meeting The Doctor - A Sort-Of-Matt Smith Story

Chapter 10 - Moving On

A/N: Oh goodness. I'm sorry guys! I had the chapter finished yesterday and I completely forgot to upload it! I'm so sorry. I'll work on that.

It's done. It's actually done. We've finished with Series 8 Part 1. Which means I'm no longer a cast member. We finished filming Aubrey's last episode yesterday. I had gotten the day off today, and tomorrow I'd have auditions for another show. My agent was busy the entire time we were filming, finding me another audition.

I would miss Doctor Who and its wonderful cast and crew. And speaking of, Matt and I had become good friends over the time that I'd been filming the show. I had moved on from the sort-of-crush I'd had, and so had he. We could now hang out without there being any chance of snogging or anything.

And of course there were cast/crew members besides Matt that I'd grown close to. Lynne had come to be like a second mum to me. She was my on set mum so to say.

There was also a man named Jared who I'd also come to be good friends with. He was an extra on the show and he had a ton of fun with it. He was also a ton of fun off set too.

I sighed a little and pulled my laptop onto my lap. I brought up tumblr and decided to check what the Whovians thought of Aubrey leaving. I knew the actual episode where Aubrey leaves wouldn't air for awhile, but they all knew it was coming. And they'd actually come to like Aubrey.

I smiled at how concerned some of the Whovians were about Aubrey leaving. My smile continued to grow as I read through their ideas of how Aubrey would leave. Some thought it'd be as dramatic as Amy and Rory. Others thought it might be even worse, like Adric's exit. And others tbought she'd leave a less dramatic way, like Martha's exit.

I, of course, knew how Aubrey would be leaving and I giggled every time I read something that was close to how she'd be leaving.

When I finally got bored of that I closed my laptop and turned on my telly. I scrolled through the channels until I found a rerun of Being Human. I smiled, then got up and went into the kitchen to make myself some tea. I stood in the doorway of the kitchen while I waited for the kettle to boil. I could see the telly from there and continued to watch Being Human until I heard the kettle whistle. I rushed back into the kitchen and made my tea.

By the time I got back to my seat on the couch, the show was on a commercial, so I sat quietly sipping my tea. I sighed and set my cup on the table beside me. I didn't often get to have days like this anymore. Normally I was busy with costumes, and makeup, and sound checks, and all the other assorted things that came along with being on a television show.

But I never would've asked for anything else. And of course, being on Doctor Who was just the start. Now my name was out there, and people would know who I was and what I did. I couldn't have asked for a better start.

I grinned as the show started again. Then I sat back, propped my feet up onto the foot rest in front of me, and watched as Annie, George, and Mitchell figured out how Annie had died.

I must've fallen asleep at some point, because when I opened my eyes it was dark and a completely different show was on. I got up and took my now cold tea into the kitchen. I needed to eat, but didn't want to cook anything, so I opened a drawer that my mum had stocked full of takeout menus. My mum had her plusses, and this was definitely one of them.

After ordering some chinese, I settled back down in the living room and waited for my food to arrive. Today had been very uneventful, and it was lovely; just what I'd needed after so many hours and days on the set of Doctor Who. Don't get me wrong, I'm not complaining about being on the show, that I loved. It was the hours of stress, wardrobe changes, and makeup touch ups that I hadn't enjoyed.

Tomorrow I'd have auditions for some other thing, but today, I'd had fun doing absolutely, positively nothing. And I couldn't have asked for a better break.

A/N: This isn't the end! I promise. There's still a few more chapters until the end. I'll warn you guys when the story's ending. But for now, you don't have to worry about it.