On the run

Chapter 24

Down in Weymouth, Rose had gone off on her own for an hour and Alec had gone to buy himself a few things. After spending time on this world, he'd got used to having to feed and clothe himself instead of depending on the Tardis to do it for him. When they met up again, Rose had various sized carrier bags from several different stores.

"Bought enough?" he asked, Rose handing some to him.

"For now. What did you buy?"

"A few t-shirts and some underwear, something more appropriate to wear in bed."

"Can't wait to see you try them out then," Rose smiled. "I got some new underwear too and some more tops. We should take these to the car, then we can go for a walk. Did you know they do boat trips to the Channel Islands from here?"

"I don't know if I could go on a boat Rose."

"Aw, you'll be fine, they're quite big. Does it still bother you, about the river?"

"Sometimes but if you want to go, I could make the effort. How long does it take?"

"I don't know, I just saw a poster for it. We could go find out, take a walk down to the harbour?"

They got to the car and then walked back towards the harbour but Rose was disappointed when they got there.

"You must have seen an old poster Rose," Alec told her when they found out the ferry no longer ran from the port.

"Is Poole further away? I saw a sign for it on the way to Broadchurch."

"Yes, then it will be four or five hours, it would be easier to fly there."

"Ah but not as much fun," Rose smiled.

"Fun for who?" Alec asked, quite relieved because he really didn't think he could sit still on a boat for five hours.

Rose looped her arm in his and tried to take his sunglasses off. "Whatcha doing with these on?"

"The sun came out, you were probably in the stores."

Rose chose to ignore his remark as they came to the carousel. She gave him a little sway to say she wanted to go on. He figured if he couldn't go on a five hour ferry trip with her it was the least he could do. Helping her on one of the horses, he got some money out of his wallet then got on behind her. When the ride was over, they went to a nearby stall and got a drink.

"We should make our way back soon," Alec told her, trying to remember when the parking ticket was up.

They got back to the car and set off and were almost near Dorchester when Alec's phone rang. Rose picked it up before he connected the hands-free device, thinking it was Pete but the display just read 'Miller'. Rose answered it without thinking.

"Alec's phone."

"Oh, hello, you must be his girlfriend?" Ellie replied, a bit surprised she'd answered.

"You must be Ellie Miller? I met your sister. Something I can do for you?"

"I was going to ask if you wanted to come round for lunch tomorrow?"

"Oh, I think we were going out, hold on I'll put you on the speaker. Alec, we've been invited out for lunch tomorrow."

"What's the special occasion Miller?" Alec asked, being a bit suspicious his DS wanted to see Rose for herself.

"Does there have to be?" Ellie huffed.

"Alec, maybe we can go round later? What about afternoon tea?" Rose asked.

"Fine then," Alec replied, thinking the two of them would meet sooner or later.

"That wasn't so difficult Alec," Rose smiled at him. "What time Ellie?"