The smell of damp vegetation hung thick in the morning air. It wedged itself into my nose as I walked the back paths. I was searching. My mind was anyways. My legs took me away, as far as I could possibly go. My mind reached out to the stars, hidden from view by the light of my own.
I remembered a time when I used to walk among those stars without even a second thought as to when it might end. It just seemed so natural to me then.
I longed for a cool breeze against my moist skin.
I felt stuck. Stuck on this rock of a planet when I knew there was so much else out there. I felt like running, but I had nowhere to go.
Forever. Such a silly word. I should have believed him when he said that I couldn't be with him forever. He was right, of course, when is he not? He told me but I'll never learn. I still long for the feeling of his hand over mine.
Run! That word echoed in my brain as I sat on an empty log. I jumped up. That voice, even in my head, still gave me goosebumps. I did as I was told. I ran and ran until my legs felt as though they would collapse. Sweat dripped from the end of my nose. I had no idea where I was. I didn't even know if I was alone or not.
And there it was.
It stood tall and immobile. It looked empty, but you never could tell. That bloody blue box, full of surprises that box was.
"What?" A voice rang out in the clearing. God, how I loved that voice.
"Doctor!" I replied, my voice catching in my throat.
"What?!" He said again. I laughed and rapped him in a hug.
"What?!" He said a final time, before I covered his mouth with mine. That shut him up.
Suddenly forever didn't seem so ridiculous.