Hullo! So... The other day I decided to write a story about a love interest to the Doctor who is just brilliant in every way because the Doctor deserves a ten, cos' he's worth it :) Hope you enjoy! ;)
"I know! I mean did you see her face when he told her?" Alena Holloway asked her best friends, Ashling Miller and Annabeth Caverly. "Yeah! She spit her water all over him!" Ashling said, flipping through a magazine on Annabeth's bed. Annabeth was sitting on her bed and messing with her viola, playing it like a guitar. "Ash, Beth, are you two gonna start getting ready? Matt's party starts at eight." Ashling rolled her eyes at Alena. "Why are you so eager to go? It's Beth who should be excited. You know, going to go see her lover boy and all."
Annabeth smirked while playing her viola the proper way. She had liked Matt for a really long time, but since she was with her ex-boyfriend, David, she couldn't tell him. "She's right you know, Beth! You need to set that blasted instrument down and start getting ready, girl!" Alena told her while she was doing her makeup. "You two would make such a cute couple. I mean, look at you! Then look at him!"
Annabeth stood up from her comfy bed, and looked in the mirror. Annabeth wasn't a big fan of her appearance. She had long dark curls, pale skin, a lanky body, and intimidating grey eyes. People always told Annabeth she looked like her mother, but Annabeth wouldn't know. Her mother had died and her father had thrown out every picture of Elizabeth Caverly in their house.
"Yeah, you guys would make an adorable couple, and now that you're done with David, you can be with Matt! I mean, you've liked Matt for so long!" Ashling said, taking the make-up out of Alena's hands. "Now, let me use it. I need it more than you do."
Annabeth laughed. Ashling was very pretty, with her long brown hair, tan skin, and blue eyes. But, Ashling didn't think she was pretty. "Look at me compared to you two!" She always said. "You're both gorgeous. And I'm so fat and ugly. "
Annabeth looked over at Alena, who was curling her light brown hair. Alena rolled her perfect green eyes at Ashling. "Ash! You're beautiful, and don't you forget it!"
A buzzing went off, and Annabeth looked down at her phone. It was ringing, and the caller I.D. said "Unknown number." Annabeth sat down her viola, and picked up the phone. "Hullo?"
"Is this Anastasia Elizabeth Caverly?" The unfamiliar voice asked. Annabeth frowned. She hated her real name, and wondered how this guy knew it.
"Yes? Who might be calling?" She asked. Alena and Ashling looked over at her, with confused expressions on their faces.
"Okay, good. Now, Anastasia Elizabeth, whatever you do, do not go to that party tonight? Do you understand?"
"What?" She asked, wondering who this bloke thought he was, bossing her around. Nobody told Annabeth Caverly what to do, except her parents and her teachers.
"Don't go to Mathew Sable's party tonight."
"I can do whatever I please, and I please to go to Matt's party tonight." Annabeth said firmly.
"Well, I did warn you." The voice said.
"Warn me about what?"
"Not going to the party. Like I said, don't go."
"I'm not letting some random bloke tell me I can't go to my best guy friend's party, so I am going, wither you like it or not."
"Alright. Fine. Go, but just remember, something very bad is going to happen. So keep your eye out." The voice said, and hung up on her.
"Wait, what?" She asked into the phone. "Hello? Helllooooo?"
"Who was that?" Alena asked her. Annabeth shrugged. "I dunno! Someone telling me not to go to Matt's party! Telling me there was 'a terrible danger'." She said with finger quotes.
"Probably a jealous ex. Maybe it was David? He knows you like Matt." Ashling asked while straightening her hair. Annabeth shrugged. "It didn't sound like David."
"Maybe Daisy got someone to call you. She's hated you ever since Matt dumped her." Alena told her.
"Well, I'm not letting that get me down, because I'm going to have a brilliant time with my two best friends, and my new hopefully soon-to-be-boyfriend!" She said with a smile. Alena and Ashling looked at each other, and said at the same time "Holler!" The three girls laughed, and continued to get ready.
~DW~
Within an hour, the girls were dressed and ready, and walked outside of Annabeth's house. "Bye Dad! Love you!" Annabeth called out the door. "Be back by 1:00!" He called, as she ran down the street to her car.
"I'm so excited!" Alena said with a smile. "This is going to be the party of the year!"
"I know!" Ashling squealed. "Only thing that would make it better was if I could stick my tongue down Corey's throat for a bit."
Alena rolled her eyes. "He's dating Vanna now, smart one! Everyone knows that."
"Yeah, well, he's just so hot!"
Alena scrunched up her nose. "He's disgusting."
Ashling shook her head as she got in the back seat of Annabeth's car. "Sort of. But Beth had the best guy around!"
Annabeth smiled back at Ashling. "I know. You're so lucky, Beth. You can get any guy." Alena told her, buckling up in the passenger's seat.
Annabeth frowned, and started the car. "Now, Alena Holloway, don't start trying to try and flirt with Henry again, and then have a meltdown because he won't date you. Be a big girl." Ashling said in a pretend stern voice.
Alena scoffed, and folded her arms over her chest. Annabeth playfully punched her on the arm. "Come on! She's just teasing you. Lighten up a bit and have a good time."
Little did she know that this would be the night that would change her life forever.
~DW~
Annabeth pulled into the Sable's drive way, and hopped out of the car. She walked to the front of the car, and Alena and Ashling followed her. "You ready?" She asked them, and they both nodded. "Let's go!" Annabeth walked inside, with Alena on her right and Ashling on her left.
The party was in full swing, music blearing through speakers, girls in huddles gossiping, guys trying to flirt with girls, people snogging in corners, guys running around, doing stupid things, not really caring about what everyone else thought.
"Annabeth!" A voice called from behind them. She turned around, and there was a very adorable boy, with a long brown fringe, a lanky body, and bright blue eyes smiling at her. "Matt!" She said with a smile. He walked up to her, and hugged her tight. "How are you?" He asked her. Annabeth smiled. "Lovely. Better than I've been in a long time."
"That's good!" Matt said with a smile.
"Yeah! And I was wondering, could we-"
"Mathew! Where are you Mathew?" an obnoxious voice asked. Just then, a pretty girl with long blonde hair, piercing blue eyes, and a sickly sweet smile walked over to Matt. "There you are!" She said, and through her arms around him. She crushed her lips to his, and he reluctantly put his hands around her waist. The girl, Daisy, turned, and frowned at Annabeth. "Oh, hello, Annabeth, Alena, Ashling." She said with venom in her voice. Annabeth frowned. "Look what the wind blew in. Hello, Daisy."
Daisy frowned at her. "Matt, you never told Annabeth you were dating me again, did you?" Daisy asked. Annabeth shook her head and said "Obviously not."
He nodded, blushing a little. "Yeah, well."
Annabeth laughed sadly. "Well, we're gonna go…. Somewhere else." Ashling said while the three girls turned around. "Oh, have fun! See you around!" He said, grabbing Annabeth's arm. She turned around and smiled at him. "Thanks, you too." Annabeth, Alena, and Ashling walked away from Matt and Daisy, and went into the kitchen.
"What a skank. I hate her." Ashling muttered.
"Me too. She's pure evil." Alena agreed.
"Don't hate her just because of me." Annabeth said with a sad smile.
Ashling and Alena looked at each other, then at Annabeth.
"We don't hate her because of you!" Alena said with a confused look.
"Yeah. I hate Daisy because when we were twelve she told me I was an ugly, fat cow." Ashling told her. "So I punched her in the face and she had to get a nose job."
Annabeth laughed. "I remember that!"
"And I hate her because when we were fourteen she put glue in my hair! It took a week and two haircuts to get it out! I looked awful!" Annabeth snorted at the memory of a short haired Laney.
"Thanks." Annabeth said, hugging her two friends. They hugged her back, and Ashling said
"Boyfriends come and go,"
And Alena finished "But girlfriends will always be there for you!"
Just then, they heard a loud boom, and a scream. Annabeth left the kitchen and ran into the living room to see what was going on. She looked in the living room, and saw a boy that she knew on the floor, with a blood stain in his shirt. A girl was standing over his body, sobbing. "Oh my God!" Annabeth whispered, and ran over to the girl. "It's okay." She said, taking the sobbing girl in her arms. "He…. And …. His…. It wasn't… "She wept. "It's okay." She muttered, patting her head. She led the girl over to the couch. Annabeth knew this girl… Didn't she have a class with her or something? Now she remembered. Her name is Emilia Stone, and she had physics with her. Her parents were dead, and she lived with her aunt and her little sister. Annabeth looked her up and down and could tell that Emily, as people called her, came from money. "Emilia, you need to tell me what happened, okay? Can you do that for me?"
Emilia nodded, and wiped her nose. "There was this… Man. I was talking to Garret, and he just walked up, lifted up his hand… and… it wasn't…. it…" Emilia started crying again. She leaned on Annabeth's shoulder, and Annabeth started patting her head.
"What happened in here?" A voice asked. Annabeth looked up, and saw Matt looking at the dead body, then at Emilia and Annabeth. "What happened?" He asked, walking over to her. Annabeth over at Ashling and Alena, and then pointed at Emilia. They both nodded, and sat down next to her. "Poor Emilia!" Ashling said, rubbing her back. Alena pulled a hay-coloured strand of hair out of Emilia's face. "It's okay. Tell Alena about what happened." She purred. Annabeth mouthed 'Thank You!' Both of the girls rolled their eyes. Annabeth walked over to Matt. "So? What happened?"
"I really have no idea. Apparently, a guy that nobody knew came into the house, hurt Garret Anderson with his hand, and left." She told him honestly.
"What?" Matt asked, leading her into the kitchen. There were a couple of people in there, but Matt politely asked them to leave, and they did. "That's all? That's a hard story to tell the police."
Annabeth shook her head. "I know. But until I can examine the body, it's all we have. She's just too emotional to talk about it, I guess."
"Yeah." He agreed, turning to leave the kitchen. "And then later maybe we can figure out what she's keeping from us."
Annabeth nodded. "But when can I find out what you've been keeping from me?"
He immediately spun around. "What do you mean?"
She walked up towards him. "Like you dating Daisy again. What is with that? I thought the last time you broke up with her was going to be the last time you ever dated her again!"
Matt frowned. "You do realize that makes absolutely no sense."
Annabeth through her arms up in anger. "Matt! Do you not realize that I love you?" Annabeth put her hands over her mouth. Matt's eyes widened.
"What?" he asked.
Annabeth sighed. "I love you. I realized that whenever I was dating David. That's why I dumped him, because I love you."
Matt looked at her with a shocked expression. "That's what I wanted to talk to you about tonight. I wanted to get my feelings out in the open."
Matt ran a hand through his hair. "I understand, sort of."
"But, I guess I knew all along that you probably wouldn't like me back." She said, and started to walk out of the room, but Matt grabbed her shoulder, and spun her around to face him. He put his hands around her waist, and crushed his lips to hers. Annabeth's eyes were wide, and shortly she closed them, and wrapped her arms around his neck. Finally, they broke away. "Did that tell you wither or not I love you back?" He asked her cheekily. Annabeth made a fake quizzical face. "I don't know. Hm, I made need to see some more evidence before I decided wither or not this fact is true."
Matt rolled his eyes. "Always the little detective, you were!" he muttered and kissed her again. "Annabeth, some guy is- MATHEW!" A familiar annoying voice called. Annabeth turned her head, and saw Daisy standing right in the doorway. "Daisy!" Matt yelled, and took a step back from Annabeth.
"It wasn't-"
"Oh I know what was going on." She interrupted him.
"Oh?" Annabeth asked with a snarl on her face. Annabeth looked at Daisy.
"Yeah. You've always wanted what you couldn't have, isn't that right Miss too cool to care?"
Annabeth frowned. "I don't know what you're talking about." Annabeth looked Daisy up and down. He shirt was rumpled, her hair was messy, like someone had their hands in it, and her lipstick was almost off. Annabeth raised an eyebrow at it.
"You never like Matt, did you? You just wanted to use him to get to me! You've hate me because your stupid best friends do. And since you three are so close, you wanted to get back at me for them. I see what you're playing at, Caverly. You're nice girl act doesn't fool me." Daisy said, with venom in her voice. Annabeth had tears in her eyes. Matt looked shocked, then angry. He walked up to Daisy and put his arm around her waist. "Is this true, Annabeth?"
Annabeth shook her head in shock. "You don't believe her, do you?"
"Well she is my girlfriend. And you always try to get what you want, no matter what the cost."
Annabeth scoffed. "You're kidding! Like Daisy has room to talk."
Daisy's eyes widened in fear and Matt shook his head. "Maybe you should leave, now, Anastasia Elizabeth." His last words were like knifes in her heart. "I thought you were different like me, Matt. But I guess I was wrong." She told him with tears in her eyes. She walked out of the kitchen, and was about to walk out the front door.
"Has anyone seen Anastasia Elizabeth?" A familiar voice said. Annabeth turned around. "Ah!" A man said and walked over to her. "There you are!"
Annabeth looked the man from head to toe, and made a list in her head. He wore a dirty blue suit with battered red converse, which meant he was on the run a lot, and very rarely wore anything different. He had spikey hair, and kind old eyes, which meant he was young, but had seen a lot. He was quite a good looking bloke, which meant, well, he was good looking. "Who are you?" She asked him.
"Hello! I'm the Doctor!" He said, holding a hand out. "And you're Anastasia Elizabeth, right? Lovely name, by the way. Very regal. Sounds like a queen!"
Annabeth reluctantly took the hand. "Call me Annabeth."
His eyes widened. "Oh! Annabeth! I like that, too! That's brilliant."
"Thanks." She said with a nervous laugh. "How do you know who I am?"
"Well, that's not really important right now. I mean it is, but it isn't."
"Well, alright then."
"I need you to help me with something. You know that boy who was murdered?"
"Garret Anderson? Yeah, I know him. Nice bloke. Kinda strange." Annabeth told him, walking to the door. The Doctor grabbed her hand, and laced his fingers with hers. It was weird, because it felt so natural for him to do that. "Don't leave just yet. " He asked her pleadingly. "I need you to stay. We need to figure out where Garret Anderson's killer is. Because I can tell you one thing, it sure isn't human." He said, letting go of her hand. Annabeth's hand almost immediately cold, wanting this strange man whom she had never met to hold her hand again, to warm it up, and to comfort her, telling her that mean boys won't hurt her anymore. She picked her hand up, and rubbed it. "Not human? What do you mean?"
"It's not from this planet. It's not a human life forms. It's too complex to be a human like you."
Annabeth raised her eyebrow. "You act as if you're not."
"It's because I'm not." He said, shoving his hands in his jacket. Annabeth's mouth dropped to the floor. "What do you mean 'because I'm not'? You look human!" She said.
He looked down at himself, and then up at Annabeth. "Yeah, I suppose I do."
Annabeth rolled her eyes. She decided to ask him about it later.
"Okay, so find the killer?" She asked him.
"Find the killer!" He agreed, ran into the living room, Annabeth trailing behind him. He sat down in front of Emilia, and put a pair of glasses.
"Hello. I'm inspector John Smith. I'm working with the local police to help solve this murder. I'm going to help figure out who killed Garret, okay? First you need to tell me what happened. " He asked her kindly. Emilia nodded, and wiped her eyes. Ashling looked over at Annabeth and mouthed 'who the heck is this guy?' Annabeth shrugged. "I was talking to Garret, and this guy walked over, said something, lifted up his hand, and his hand…. It wasn't a hand. It was… it was a gun. He said something like 'Find the girl, find the girl. Then he muttered a name, but I couldn't make out what he said."
the Doctor patted her hand. "Can you tell me more? What did he look like?" Emilia nodded, and started to describe the mystery killer. "He had black hair, blue eyes, and freckles. He kind of looked like David Taylor, Annabeth!"
Annabeth gulped. "Really? Can you tell me which way he went?"
Emilia bobbed her head. "He went into the hall, and I think into the first bedroom."
The Doctor shot up, and grabbed Annabeth's wrist. "Thank you! That'll be it!" He led Annabeth into the hall Emilia was talking about, and opened the first bedroom. The room, to Annabeth's disappointment, was Matt's. It had football posters, a blue bedspread, and old pictures of Annabeth, Ash, Laney, Matt and all of their friends on the wall. Annabeth looked at the most recent one. It was of her and Matt, at Matt's birthday party. He had his arm around her waist, she was smiling at him, and he was smiling back at her. She walked up to it, and placed her hand on the picture. "Annabeth!" The Doctor said impatiently. "Don't get distracted! Focus on what we have to do!" Annabeth rolled her eyes.
"Look under the bed there, I'll look in the closet. Be careful. I know what this thing is, and they're not friendly. " Annabeth did what she was told looked under the bed, and saw a pair of familiar blue eyes staring back at her. "David!" She said with a scream. "What's wrong? Are you okay?" The Doctor said as he ran over to her. "David's under there!"
The Doctor got on his knees, and then looked under the bed. He pulled out a tiny device that was in his pocket, and pointed it at David. "Ah!" The Doctor cried. "Looks like we've found the killer." Annabeth shook her head. "David's our killer?" David(?) was trying to get up from under the bed, and the Doctor pointed his little thingamabob at him, and he stopped moving. "Ah that should do it. But you see, this isn't David. David's probably dead now." The Doctor explained to her. Annabeth put a hand over her mouth. "What?"
"This is an Auton, a robot made from plastic. They are made to be exact replicas of any living creature. This one, was made to look like David Taylor, which means..." The Doctor ran over to the window, opened it, and peeked out side. "That this is the real David."
Annabeth got up from her spot, and walked over to the window. She looked down, and saw a familiar face. "Can you pull his body up? I wanna make sure." She asked him. The Doctor nodded, and pulled David up from the bushes below Matt's window. He set David on the bed, and Annabeth did what she did what she was best at: forensics (Annabeth was studying to be a forensic sciencetist/detective at University). She felt his neck and wrists, then opened his mouth. "No pulse, but his body is still a little warm, so he hasn't been dead long." Annabeth sniffed him. "Dead exactly three hours. Cause of death is gun shot." Annabeth looked at the blotch of red on his blue shirt. The Doctor looked at her, then at his sonic, mouth open wide. "How did you know all that?"
Annabeth shrugged. "It's my talent. That and the Viola."
He shook his head in amazement. "That's brilliant."
Annabeth put her hands in her jacket pocket. "Yeah, well."
"Now, come on. Better get this body out of here, and get rid of this lump of plastic." The Doctor told her with a smile.
~DW~
Hours later, after Garret and David's bodies had been taken back to their families, Annabeth stood next to Ashling and Alena. "Wow." Ashling said. "Quite some party."
Annabeth laughed. "You can say that again." Alena nodded. "I'm still in shock."
"I'm ready to go home." Ashling said. Annabeth nodded. "Same here." The three girls piled into Annabeth's car, and she dropped of Alena, then Ashling, and made her way home. Annabeth ran to her bedroom saying hello to her father, and held up her viola. She started to play it, and thought. Ever since Annabeth was three, she had always played to viola as a way to help her think. Whenever she was in deep thought, she wouldn't leave her room for days, just practicing over and over again, non-stop. The thing Annabeth was thinking about this time was that mysterious man, the Doctor. How had he known who she was? Just then, there was a sound coming from outside her window, and Annabeth opened her curtain and peered out side. Standing in front of a blue telephone box, was the Doctor himself. Annabeth smiled, put her viola in her case, and ran outside, not setting her viola down. "Hello again." He said as she approached him. "Hello."
"Long time no see." He muttered to her. "I suppose so."
He smiled at her, and ruffled her hair.
"Look. I have questions." She said firmly.
"I would imagine so."
"Obviously. First off, you know who I am, but I don't know you. Were you a friend of my mother's?"
The Doctor shook his head. "What a genius. Yes. I was a friend of your mum's."
Annabeth nodded. "Second, what did you mean when you said you weren't human? Are you an alien?"
"I'm a time traveler. I can travel through space and time with this." The Doctor pointed to the blue box behind him. Annabeth raised an eyebrow. "Oh right. And I'm a Hobbit."
"You don't believe me? Come and take a look!" He opened the door, and pushed Annabeth inside. She almost dropped her viola. There was a control box in the middle of the room, and there were orange, coral-like pillars surrounding the place. Annabeth's eyes were wide. "Is this a parallel dimension?" She asked him. She turned around to face him, and he wore a smirk. "You bet. It's bigger on the inside."
Annabeth was in awe. "And you can go anywhere in space and time?"
He nodded. Annabeth smiled. "This is brilliant."
"Would you like to travel with me for a bit?" He asked her. Annabeth's eyes widened again. "Are you serious? Really?"
He laughed. "Of course! Now, come on!" He grabbed her hand and led her over to the console. "Annabeth Caverly, prepare to be amazed."