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You're Invited For Diner

The Doctor Who finale made me cry so much, help, I'm still not over it. Enjoy this next bit and thanks for 70 reads :)

"Sure. What for?"

He asked Paul.

"I just have something that might help with the case." Paul replied.

"Ok. Bye." Alec replied and hung up before Paul could say anything else. Alec was desperate now. He would take anything he could get.

Jenny went into the police station. It was very quiet on the first floor but when she reached the third floor it was loud with the sound of busy workers.

She entered and to her relief nobody stared at her. She made her way down the hall and came to Alec's door. She knocked on it gently.

"He's not here." A voice came from behind her.

"Do I not know anything?" Jenny mumbled under her breath. She turned to see who owned the voice. On the ladies name tag it read DS Ellie Miller.

"Um...hi." Jenny said to Ellie. Jenny didn't recognise her.

"Hi, who are you?" Ellie asked her. Jenny shifted uncomfortably.

"Jenny." She replied. Her voice shook a bit as she said her own name. It felt unreal to her. Ellie looked at Jenny as she searched her memory for the name.

"Wait a minute. You're Jenny? The one Alec's been looking after?" She asked Jenny coming to the realisation of who she was. Jenny nodded.

"Yeah. That's me." Jenny said. Ellie gave her a weird look.

"Wow." Ellie said in amazement.

"What?" Jenny asked her.

"I just can't believe he would do this." Ellie said in complete shock.

"Um...do what?" Jenny said confused.

"Look after a kid. That's just not like him." Ellie replied. Jenny stood up taller.

"Well it is now." Jenny said confirming her own thoughts. Ellie paused for a moment.

"He went out just a bit ago. He didn't say where." Ellie told Jenny. Jenny nodded and gave her a smile. She turned to head back down the corridor.

"You're invited for diner." Ellie yelled down the hall. Jenny turned to look at Ellie. She was confused. Why would someone invite her to diner? She didn't even know who Ellie was.

"You and Alec." Ellie finished her sentence.

"Ah...ok. When?" Jenny said in complete shock.

"Tonight." Ellie told her. Jenny nodded slowly.

"Ok..." She finished. She quickly turned and left before Ellie could say anything else to her.

Alec walked up the path to the church. Paul was standing in the doorway with a box in his hands.

"What's this?" Alec asked Paul as he made it to him. Paul looked down at the contains of the box.

"This is Tom Millers laptop. I found him smashing it up last night in the woods." Paul told Alec.

"Why where you in the woods?" Alec asked Paul suspiciously.

"I take my walk there every night." Paul said confidently. Alec raised his eyebrows.

"Ok." Alec said uneasily. He motioned for Paul to hand him the box. He did. Alec looked down at the contains. The computer was all smashed to pieces.

"I should tell you, Tom threatened to tell you I abused Danny if I gave this to you." Paul spoke up. Alec looked up from the box. He opened his mouth to say something but stopped. He thought his words through more carefully.

"And did you?" Alec chose his words finally. This time it was Paul choosing his words carefully. He opened and closed his mouth a few times.

"No." He finally managed to say. Alec raised his eyebrows again.

"Ok." He said. He looked down at the box as if looking for inspiration. He couldn't think of anything. He looked back at Paul and whispered 'Thanks' to Paul as he turned to go. Paul nodded and watched Alec walk away.

When Paul was out of hearing reach Alec pulled out his phone and dialled a number. It rang for a few seconds.

"Hey, could you get the software off of Tom's computer? Send it to my personal email. Thanks, you're a star." He said into the phone. He then hung up and continued down the path.

Jenny was on High street looking for Alec. She thought through what Ellie had asked her. Diner? Was that really a good idea? What would Alec say when she told him that she had agreed to it? It all freaked her out. It would be like a family and she didn't want a family.

Up ahead she noticed a man in a black suit. It looked like Alec. She walked faster and faster and then made it to him.

"Alec." Jenny said to his back. He turned to face her with his eyebrows raised.

"Oh...hi." He greeted her uneasily. She smiled a bit.

"Thanks for letting me stay with you last night..."