AN: Here's my first fanfiction! Hope you guys enjoy. This is an 11th Doctor/Rose Tyler pairing, though it doesn't come in until later. River and Doctor aren't married, and a few things have been switched a bit. Some of which you can hardly tell.
Chapter one:
Picking on Rory
"So, where to today, Pond?" Asked the Doctor, racing to the other side of the TARDIS where the controls were, "Well, er, where does Rory want to go?" He glanced at Amy and Rory from across the TARDIS.
"Well, I dunno about Amy, but I'd like to stay on plain old earth for a day or two. I'm getting rather sick of vampires and robot jellyfish threatening to kill us, or killer statues posed to look like angels." Said Rory. Amy rolled her eyes.
"You're so BORING Rory. Not every planet is dangerous, you know. And you weren't even there with the Weeping Angels. That was Doctor, River and me." She playfully punched him in the shoulder.
"It was a good description." Rory said defensively, rubbing his arm.
"Where is River, anyway?" Asked Amy, rolling her eyes again as she turned to face the Doctor. He laughed.
"She's on Galtorica. Wherever we choose to go, we'll have to make a quick pit stop to pick her up." He smiled at them. "Let's drop Rory off on earth, and then after we grab River, we can choose. It'll be a ladies' day out. Well, two ladies and a Time Lord." He pressed some buttons and pulled some levers.
"You two better hold on to something." He glanced at Amy. "You should know this by now, of all people." He laughed.
Amy smirked at his little remark of a time when she'd fallen as they took off. He's certainly found that entertaining.
Amy and Rory gripped a bar tight. Doctor looked up, grinning.
"Off we go." He said. He pushed one last button, and off they went. He grinned bigger as the screeching sound filled the TARDIS as it took off. Amy rolled her eyes yet again and let go of the bar, regaining her balance and walking over to the Doctor.
"I honestly wish you'd take the breaks off." She said. "I wondered why it made that noise. Figured it was just a side-effect from the whole Time machine thing. But River oh-so-kindly pointed out that I was wrong." She smirked again.
Doctor sighed. "Be that as it may, I love that noise. 'Oh-so-kindly' she pointed it out, I wanted people like you to think it was a side-effect." He winked at her.
Amy looked thoughtful. "People like me." She muttered.
Of course she'd known the Doctor had traveled with others. Many others. For years, he'd traveled, sometimes alone, sometimes with people. But, hearing it in this context made her wonder. 'People like her'...
Doctor glanced up. "Companions. People I've traveled with."
She nodded. "I figured as much."
It was a bit silent for a moment. Rory wasn't quite sure what to do; he felt awkward. He put a hand in his pants pocket and pretended to be searching for something. Amy and the Doctor both looked down at the controls, the only sound being the screeching of the TARDIS.
After a few awkward moments, there was a bump, and the screeching stopped.
"We've landed!" Said the Doctor, swinging around the controls and pushing the door open. He inhaled the air deeply. "Ahh. Fresh, clean earth. Where anything can happen." He glanced back at Amy and Rory. "No, literally anything." He grinned and stepped outside.
Rory gave Amy an exasperated look. She grinned at him and followed the Doctor out. Rory followed close behind her. "Earth, the alien magnet. Home sweet home." He muttered as he stepped out. The TARDIS doors closed behind him.
"Well Rory, off you go. Amy and I have a bit of a distance to travel to get to Galtorica if we want any time to travel freely." Doctor said.
Amy grinned at Rory's expression. He looked as if he was being abandoned. "Oh, come on Rory. You wanted to stay on earth for the time being, so on earth you will stay. See you later!" She kissed him on the cheek and turned, walking back into the TARDIS looking pleased.
Doctor laughed. "I get why you married her." Then laughed again at Rory's next expression. "Joking! See ya Rory." He turned then, and followed Amy into the TARDIS. The doors closed behind him, leaving Rory with a final bemused expression.
AN: Rose will most likely come in towards the next chapter or further. Reviews, please!
