Just A Dream To Wake Up From
One
Please Don't Change
Authors Note: The Eleventh Doctor and Clara in the 1920's. Then the Doctor announces he's hiding from something or someone and gives no warning to Clara. Against all odds Clara gradually, but surely falls in love with him.
Clara heard the familiar sound of the TARDIS engine wheezing and materializing in her bedroom. She loved that sound especially when the Doctor is beaming with a wide familiar smile. He opened the TARDIS doors allowing her to come in. "Hey Clara!". She closed the doors behind her and said . "Where are we going?"
"1920's," he said typing the coordinates into the TARDIS console. "How does that sound?".
"Depends," she said coming towards him tracing the TARDIS console. He kept his distance from her not used to her flirting of course. He gawked desperately trying to keep his hands away from her face, to hold her and caress her and call her his Clara. The Doctor straightened his back and fixed his bowtie has he had always done when he was nervous. "Can't we just visit Vastra and Jenny?".
"I need your help I'm running away from something. I'm sorry we can't visit Vastra and Jenny".
Clara's face grew seriously has finally they stopped dancing around the console chasing each other. His usual happy face turned sad, he took his sonic screwdriver from his coat and turned it up to the ceiling bringing down of what looked like a helmet. It was a Chameleon Arch.
"What is that?" Clara asked bewildered at the device.
The Doctor put a fob watch into an insert.
"The TARDIS will write a story for you. I'll recognize you enough to be friends with you".
"Wait," she said following him around the console. What is that fob watch. What does it do? What do I do?".
"This watch is me," he gave her the watch. A silver watch with gallifreyan doodles decorating it. "Everything I am will be in here. Protect it".
"Wait-Doctor? How does the TARDIS know how to do that? I mean rewrite our history?" he could tell she was curious.
"Well…Time Lords discovered if you put wormholes into the TARDIS matrix…its timey-wimey".
She chuckled at that ridiculous word, it was one of the reasons she loved him for being who he is. Despite being alien, despite being a Time Lord he was the most human person she knew despite the title he was given as "alien". She hadn't asked how long he will be human, they hadn't worked out the rules of what relationship they will even be in.
"Will you even recognize me? It will be difficult, you won't be you. You'll be-different," she dared to swallow the word "different". "I won't see you for a while".
He cupped one side of her face and said softly "I'll miss you, too". The Chameleon Arch was placed around his head. Before he said goodbye she whispered "Please don't change". He smiled before changing every cell in his body, before becoming John Smith. There was something in his smile, something more then a friendly smile something intertwined in his world of secrets.