I'm in the TARDIS with the Doctor. He jabbers excitedly; I laugh. We smile and lock hands, same as always, ready for our next adventure.
But he lets go of my hand and runs to the TARDIS door, disappearing through it. I follow him.
I step outside.
"Hold on..." I hear myself say. I am on a beach, but not just any beach – Bad Wolf Bay.
"Doctor?" I call. There is no sign of him. I turn to look behind me, but the TARDIS is gone.
My eyes search madly for him. Then I see him, ghost-like and translucent as he had appeared the last time.
I run to him, but my legs will not travel fast enough. He looks directly at me, his eyes boring into mine. He smiles at me. My final words from before resound and echo across the beach. "I love you."
I close the distance and throw my arms around him. But he is not there. I fall face forward onto the sand. I struggle to get onto my hands and knees and turn to look at where he had been standing. He is gone. My heart groans and the threads holding my insides together begin to unravel.
"Argh!" I shriek from within. I am too weak to stand, so I crawl forward to where he stood previously, groping at the sand. I am broken. I grab handfuls of sand and press it against my face, crying in anguish, allowing my nails to scratch my face and my mouth to taste the dry gravel and my nostrils to fill with sand.
I suddenly lose all will and ability to react and collapse on my side, curling up into a ball.
As desperate as I feel, I know he would not want this. If he knew, he would be in so much pain, just as I am now.
I opened my eyes. The first thing I saw was the clock on the bedside cabinet. I could feel the bed sheets encasing me. I was home, but my heart was not here.