'Mia, I need you to understand' I held her shoulders, she needed to know this. 'This watch is everything that I am.' I was holding a pocket watch up. The Silence are going to chase us through all of time and space. If they catch me the universe is doomed. I'm going to have to erase your memory as well ok? If I don't who knows what they'll do to you.' 'Ok, doctor I understand.' She says 'Really?' 'Yes' 'Ok, 'I took a deep breath 'I'm going to turn myself human. I'll have to rewrite my entire biology.' 'Doctor, if you're human how will you erase my memory?' 'I've set the TARDIS to erase your memory and take us to England, 2014. If you see the markings on this watch you'll remember.' 'Oh... will it hurt?' 'Not for you.' 'What do you mean?' 'Please Mia, just don't look... I don't want you to see this.' An object lowered from the ceiling, I gulped. 'Here we go again...' I muttered.
I opened my eyes to see my ceiling. I sighed. Why would she be in my dream? I've never even spoken to her. I don't think she even knows I exist. And why did I look so much older? I don't know. I'll never know. I got up and walked into the kitchen, I looked at the clock. It was already 7:56! I'd never catch the bus if I stopped for breakfast. So I grabbed my lunch money and my bag, and sprinted to the bus stop. When I got there the bus was about to leave, when the driver spotted me they sighed and opened the doors again. I walked in and sat in the first empty seat I saw. I was fine until next stop. Being the first stop, I was the only one on so far, but next time we stopped others would get on, including the Sports idiots... and Mia. I sat with my head against the window dreading when they got on. The bus stopped, I sank as far into my seat as far as possible, hoping they wouldn't notice me, but as always they did.
'How's it going loser?' One of them snickered. 'Sleep well?' said another, flicking the side of my head. As the last one passed me, laughing, Mia climbed into the bus, glared at the idiots and took a seat two rows behind me. I sat watching the houses pass by until we reached the school. I waited for everyone else to get off before I left my seat, once Mia had stepped off, I stood up grabbed my bag and left the bus. When I got inside the school gates I moved under that one oak tree no one ever went near. I always went there, mainly because only I know about it. I read until the bell went and we had homeroom. I stood up and dragged myself to Mr. Cole's classroom.
When Mr. Cole saw me he said 'you're lucky Matt, I was about to mark you as absent.' 'Sorry Mr. Cole' I muttered. Luckily, none of the Sports idiots were in homeroom. So I sat in the corner, doodling. Then the bell rang. I went to my locker, dreading the fact the head of the Football team, known to me as head idiot, had to pass to get to his locker. I hitched my bag onto my shoulder and got ready to endure whatever he had in store for me. When he reached me he knocked my books out of my hands, pushed me against the locker, and said 'Have a good day, freak.'
I sighed and began picking up my books, when I was bent over I saw a pair of feet wearing Boots with the highest heels you could imagine. I looked up to see the most "popular" girl in school looking down to me. 'Having fun there, Geek?' she sneered 'Loads' I sighed, and continued to pick up my books, she was still there though, she kicked the books out of my hands and walked off, laughing. I tried again to pick up my books and another pair of feet arrived, this time wearing trashed purple converse high tops and very faded jeans. The person bent over and helped pick up my books. I looked up to see who would even bother to help me with anything. It was Mia.
I stared at her, she had green eyes that sparkled in the light, her hair was brown and the tips were blonde. She was wearing a Five seconds of summer t-shirt and on the t-shirt was a badge saying "I'm not a psychopath I'm a highly functioning socio-path". The badge was small and didn't take up much space.
'You ok?' she asked me. Her voice had an Australian accent but it was kind, almost like she didn't care that she was ruining whatever reputation she had 'Yes...' I said 'You must be pretty unpopular for Charlotte Gordon to stop and make fun of you' 'I guess you don't know me very well then. In case you didn't notice I'm sort of branded as a geek here.' 'Well, no I haven't been here very long.' 'Well you should get going if you don't want to ruin your reputation.' She laughed 'What reputation?' 'Huh?' 'If Charlotte Gordon doesn't like you, then you don't get spoken to.' 'What did you do to make her not like you?' I asked, standing up. 'Existing' she said simply 'What do you mean by that?' 'Not a clue, just the moment she saw me she decided not to like me.' 'Huh...' 'Why are you branded as a geek then?' 'According to the sports idiots it's because of my "freakishly good grades" ' She laughed 'what?' I say confused 'that's what I call them too!' 'Call who, what?' 'Sports idiots!' I laughed too now. 'What've you got next?' she asked me 'Err... Science.' 'Same! I've been needing a lab partner, I was going to ask you but I never got around to it.' 'Really?' I ask 'Yes really' she says 'I'm not a sports idiot am I?' 'Definitely not' 'Well the bell is about to go, she we head to the Science Lab.' 'Sure' I smiled. 'I'm Mia Jacobs by the way' she told me 'I'm Matt, Matt Smith.' I think I just made a friend.
I groaned 'What?' Mia asks 'I left it behind!' 'Left what behind?' she yelled 'I need it!' I yelled and ran back to my locker 'Need what?!' Mia yelled after me 'I'll just wait here then?' she finished sadly.
I opened my locker and searched around frantically. I felt a cold chain, and sighed. It was still there, and I hadn't lost it. It was a pocket watch that I'd had ever since I could remember. I don't know why I kept it with me, I just... did. I maybe felt it was a good luck charm of sorts. It didn't even work, I couldn't open it. I ran back to Mia, bumping into a few people on the way, I was in too much of a hurry to say sorry. I wouldn't have bothered if I wasn't in a hurry, they wouldn't have accepted it. When I reached Mia again and she saw me a smile lit up her face. 'I thought it had happened again.' She said when I stopped running 'thought what happened again?' 'Usually when I think I've made a friend they leave as soon as they find out the Charlotte hates me.' 'Do you really think I'd care about that?' 'Well, you never know, people can be pretty dodgy. What were you doing anyway?' 'I was getting my pocket watch, it doesn't even work, but I keep it as a luck charm' 'Can I see it' she looked surprised when she said this, like she didn't even mean to say it. 'Sure you can.' I pulled it out of my pocket so she could look at it. She stared at it, and then turned it around to the side with weird markings on it. She froze the moment she saw it, she blinked. 'No...' she muttered 'What?' I asked. She shook her head and smiled 'nothing!' she said brightly.
Just as she said that one of the sports idiots grabbed the watch out of my hands. 'Oooh, what's this?' he sneered 'a gift for your girlfriend?' I looked over at Mia to see her reaction to this; she was turning red, not so much out of embarrassment, more out of anger. 'The two losers of school, going out' he sniggered. Everyone in the hall had turned to look by now, they all laughed. 'Get lost idiot!' Mia yelled unexpectedly 'oh, she's a feisty one isn't she?' he said menacingly. That was what pushed Mia over the edge. She walked up to him, he was much taller than her but it didn't put her off. 'Gonna fight me are you, Loner?' he asked, laughing 'Yes actually' Mia hissed. 'You're lucky you're a girl you know that.' He snarled. She kicked him in the chest and he fell back. 'You're lucky I can't bring a bow to school.' She spat. The bell rang and she turned to me. 'We better get to Science' she said like nothing had happened. I nodded, I had a goofy smile on my face and I was completely in awe.
