Lost In Thought

Huh, Small World

LizBeth:

I was scared.

Really, properly scared and had no way of stopping it.

Donna 'Shiny' Noble was flying my TARDIS, the strongest and best TARDIS in history. She could barely drive a car.

"I can't believe I'm doing this!"

My brother, who came up with this idea to say thanks for looking after me while I was sick, sounded just as scared. "No, neither can I. Oh, careful." Only he hit my poor girl with a hammer, pulled the wrong lever, and let Shiny have control again. "Left hand down. Left hand down! Getting a bit close to the 1980's."

"What am I going to do, put a dent in them?" Someone did. Which was when the phone I put on the console started to ring, with me sitting up quickly on my bunk. "Hold on, that's a phone." I lifted it towards me as I climbed down the ladder. "You've got a mobile? Since when, Remy?"

"It's not hers. Her best friend gave it to her."

Hitting answer, my hearts pounded as I tried to say hello, say anything, but only a squeak came out. Only Martha still knew it was me. "Lilly? Oh, my God, Lilly-Beth. It's Martha, and I'm bringing you and that brother of yours back to Earth."

So I started to show Shiny how it was really done, running around the console to expertly land us next to the phone call. And I ran out the moment we were down, hugging my best friend tight. I'd missed her, so much... "Oh, Lilly... Look at you." She whispered, hugging me back, before pulling away to touch my shorter hair, then the pinprick scar in the crook of my elbow. "Sorry, that's not even your name, I just. You're Lillian-Bethany still to me, Beth." I just looked down, unable to say anything.

What could I say? I was sorry that I just stood there with my husband as we tortured and terrorised your family? That the man I loved destroyed the whole planet with some twisted 'children' he adopted, as we hunted you across the 7 continents? That I missed him, and wished that I had died like I was supposed to so I was with him.

But before she could say anything further to me, the Doctor came out and beamed at her. "Martha Jones." Now they hugged. "You haven't changed a bit."

"Neither have you. How's she? She's at least responsive."

"Yeah, its. It's been hard, but we're getting there. Yeah, sis?" At least you were addressing me like I was here this time. Normally you forgot that bit. "No speech, though. You still haven't said a word since... Well, you were both there." To see me shoot my husband and then shoot at myself. Only for there to be no bullets left. "How's the family?"

Martha shrugged. "You know. Not so bad. Recovering. Leo and Tish send their love to Lilly, uh, sorry, Lizzy."

"Remembrance. Uh, I. You should technically shouldn't know her name. Remembrance, or Remember." She nodded slowly as I looked down. Why did we still have to hide our names? "What about you?"

Now Donna came out of the TARDIS. "Right. Should have known. Didn't take you long to replace me, then."

He pulled a face as I rested my head on her shoulder. I missed her so much. "Now, don't start fighting. Martha, Donna, Donna, Martha. Please don't start fighting. Can't bear fighting."

Shiny rolled her eyes. "You wish." They shook hands. "I've heard all about you. He talks about you all the time and Remy has a tonne of photo's of the two of you in her room."

"I dread to think."

"No, no, no. No, he says nice things." She smiled. "Good things. Really good things."

Her face fell. "Oh, my God. The drunk photo's and he told you everything."

I just raised her hand, looking at the pretty sparkly ring. Tom. Someone she met in the Year and decided to find him again after. She was happy. That made me happy. "Oh, sorry, um, Remembrance. Right." Now got out a walkie talkie. "This is Dr Jones, Operation Blue Sky is go, go, go. I repeat, this is a go."