Middles
Notes: Rose finds out a little more about the alien she jumped ship with.
Prompt: Middles
Claim: Ninth Doctor
Rating: K. Rather cutesy and fluffy.
Spoilers: Well, the bottle idea was from one of those series' that S Club 7 did. How I loved those. There's some sort of quote in here too but I can't remember who said it. Might've been Churchill…
Disclaimer: Just cause I find them entertaining to write -. Um, OK, I don't own S Club 7 or any of their very entertaining programmes. As for Doctor Who…if I did own it, I'd be rolling around naked in rooms of money, laughing myself stupid. Hows that for an image you didn't want, huh?
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"OK…is the glass half empty or half full?" Rose asked, grinning, her face illuminated by the central column. The Doctor reclined in his chair lazily.
"Why bother with a glass when you can drink out of the bottle?" he replied, grinning back.
"That's cheating!" she protested.
"Nah, it's logic," he retorted. "Any more questions Miss Tyler?"
Rose, with a brashness and confidence that he'd never experienced before, had confronted him that morning, demanding answers to some of her questions. To get to know him better, she'd said. He's been reluctant at first, but was now beginning to enjoy her interrogation and the inane questions she was asking. She was so human, so young, and instead of making him feel old and alien like she should have done, she made him feel more alive than he had been for quite some time.
"Beginning of the end, or the end of the beginning?" she quoted.
"Humans," he replied, rolling his eyes. "If you're not ignoring the blatantly obvious, you're coming up with ridiculous, long winded ways of saying the most simple things. The middle Rose, the middle."
"Speaking of," she said smoothly. "Innie or outie?"
He paused. "What?"
"Innie or outie?" she repeated, laughing. "Come on Doctor, don't be shy."
He gulped.
"Your tummy button," she said, laughing again at the relief on his face. "What did you think I meant?"
"Never you mind," he said quickly, thinking about it. "Dunno. Haven't paid it that much attention this time."
She somehow contrived not to hear the words 'this time' because she was already springing across the room towards him. "Guess we'll just have to check then, won't we? You do have one, don't you?"
He swatted her away as she grabbed the edge of his jumper. "Do you mind?" he asked, offended.
"Not at all," she shot back, yanking up his jumper. He flinched. "What?"
"Cold hands," he said, rather pathetically.
"Baby," she said. "And innie, definitely." She noticed that he seemed to be holding his breath. His rather skinny torso quivered underneath her fingers. She quickly pulled the jumper back down and moved away, trying to cover the blush she could feel rising on her cheeks. Sneaking a glance at him, she was amused to see that he didn't look as cool as usual either.
"You're such a wimp Doctor," she said. "And I bet you're ticklish."
He quickly got out the sonic screwdriver. "Right, time to get this thing moving," he said, sliding under the console before she could find out.
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