Winter Rose, Book 1

Prove Me Wrong

Win groaned as she rolled into consciousness. Blinking her eyes open slowly to find a steaming mug sitting on her bedside table. She raised an eyebrow at it curiously and sat up. Lifting her hands above her head and stretching until her back released a satisfying crack. Sighing with a content smile Win turned back to the mug beside her bed.

From her new vantage point she could now see the frothy warm brown liquid in it as well as a slip of paper tucked under the deep blue mug with a gold rim. Carefully lifting the mug to her lips and tasting the fresh hot chocolate Win grabbed the paper and held it up to read as the lights in her room brightened at a slow and comfortable rate.

'Good Morning' was all that was written on it in very fancy swirling lettering. Win frowned and flipped the paper around to check the back. TARDIS was written in the same font, making her frown curl up into a smile.

"Good morning TARDIS. Thank you for the hot chocolate." Win hummed, reaching over to pat the wall. With that she threw back the covers and slipped out of the comforting warmth of her bed, humming an upbeat tune under her breath as she wandered over to her walk in closet to get ready for the day.

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"Good morning Doctor! Did you have a good sleep?" Win beamed as she skipped into the console room, seeing the Doctor typing away on the console's monitor. He grinned at her as he looked up.

"Morning, Triah. And I didn't sleep. Alien, remember? Don't need as much sleep as you Humans do." He greeted her, chuckling when he saw the confused look on her face.

"Interesting, so what did you do while we slept?" She hummed leaning against the console next to where he was working. Observing the intricate circular language scrolling across the monitor.

"Did some tinkering on the console, some reading in the library, stuff like that." He waved off then pointed at her outfit.

"You're wearing the same thing as yesterday, did the TARDIS not give you any clothes?" He asked with a slight frown, but Win just laughed.

"No she gave me lots of clothes, but I happen to be very attached to this outfit at the moment. I'm always doing that it seems. Buying a bunch of the same thing so I can constantly wear the same outfit everyday and not have to worry about being stinky." Win explained with a shrug. The Doctor couldn't help but notice it was a very Time Lord-like behavior. Usually keeping to one outfit for a regeneration. One more odd thing about Wintriah to add to the growing list in the Doctor's head as he tried to figure out her mystery.

"I see you're both awake already, no wonder you didn't answer when I knocked on your door, Win." Rose sighed as she walked into the console room, finishing the last bite of a biscuit. Win grinned at her.

"TARDIS woke me up, sorry." Win apologized, but the wide, excited smile didn't leave her face. The Doctor frowned at her.

"What?" Win shrugged.

"I'm a deep sleeper, but the smell of fresh hot chocolate will wake me up almost instantly." Rose grinned at him, leaning over to stage whisper.

"Good thing to, if you get too close to her when she's sleeping she'll latch onto you and start cuddling you to death. Mum found that out the hard way." Win groaned.

"Please don't remind me, that was bloody mortifying!" Rose and the Doctor laughed at her, making her roll her eyes at them.

"So," She decided to try changing the subject. "Where are we headed today?" Excitement returned to her expression and voice.

"Where do you want to go?" The Doctor questioned her back. "Backwards or forwards in time?"

"Forwards." Both girls said together, making them grin and high five each other. The Doctor grinned back.