Differences

Chapter 10

Serena's POV

So, these must be Slitheen.

About five green-skinned monsters faced myself, Newbie, Amy, Rory and The Doctor. They must've been eight feet tall, and rather fat with long forearms. Their fingers extended into powerful claws, and their infantile faces had surprisingly large, black eyes. They seemed very young in their faces, but their bodies said otherwise.

'Umm, yes, okay, hello.' Said the Doctor awkwardly.

'Invaders!' Exclaimed one of the Slitheen.

'What?' Said Amy. 'Oh, no, we're just visiting.'

'Get out!' Said another of the green monsters.

'Oh... Umm, yeah, maybe we should...' Muttered Rory awkwardly.

'Why are you so annoyed now? You knew we came here.' Said The Doctor. 'You could smell us as we landed.'

'You cannot enter the village unpermitted.' Hissed a third Slitheen.

'Okay, well... We'll just be going.' I said calmly.

'Yes...' Said Newbie.

Newbie left the room, followed by myself, and then Rory, Amy and The Doctor. Then, we all sprinted back to the TARDIS.

We all went into the big blue box. 'So, they're Slitheen?'

'Yes.' Replied The Doctor.

'Well, they don't seem very friendly, do they...' I muttered.

'Maybe you're a Slitheen.' I heard Newbie mutter under her breath. She thought I couldn't hear her remark.

But I did.

Well, I don't care about friends. People don't generally like me. My hair - weird. My music taste - weird. My clothes - weird.

So why did it matter, coming from Newbie's mouth?

'Or maybe,' John had said jokingly once, after a classmate had come over to work on some homework (they didn't actually do anything), 'it's because you're as much of an annoying dick as your father is.'

Sherlock and I had smiled at him, both sarcastically and, weirdly, appreciatively. We had a weird connection - John, Sherlock and I.

Why wouldn't they just admit that they were both gay, and secretly in love? It'd be pretty cool to have two dads.

But, as John constantly reminded everyone, John was not gay. And Sherlock didn't have relationships.

Which made me wonder how my mother had managed to get pregnant with his child, and why he had taken me in.

Apparently my mother was on the run or something, though.

Well, prostitution was very...

Illegal.

I just went and sat on the steps of the TARDIS. Behind me, Newbie was talking to Amy, Rory and The Doctor. She was offended that I didn't know her name.

Why was it such a big deal?

Apparently, she had wanted to be my friend.

Once again, she didn't notice that I could hear what they were saying.

Once again, I didn't know why it bothered me.