Chapter 1
Clara woke up to the sound of tree branches hitting her window; her face was hot and wet. She tossed in bed, twisting and turning she finally excepted that she wasn't going back to sleep anytime soon, she turned and glanced over to the clock on her dresser, it was 3:50 am. Her light weight legs dropped to the floor and jumped back up a bit when they touched the icy wood floor.
She made her way down the stairs and into the kitchen to make her some tea; she began to think of the Doctor, her Doctor. She remembered the time they spend together in the TARDIS, how safe she felt with him and how her face got cherry red every time he looked up and smiled at her, she quickly pushed the thoughts of the Doctor aside. Her knees began to shake and seconds later she was down on her kitchen floor, unable to get up she crawled to the living room, she was too weak to pull herself up to the newly bought sofa so she stayed on the ground, she rested her head on the cold floor.
The Doctor ran around the console room with a huge grin on his face. He just got back from an alien flower festival and he got Clara a bouquet of beautiful baby blue lilies, he stopped running and looked in the mirror to fix his red bowtie. Soon the TARDIS was just around the corner from Clara's flat. He ran, almost tripping over his feet, he couldn't wait to see his beautiful Clara. The Doctor stopped in front of her door and knocked, she didn't answer and his grin disappeared a bit, she always opened the door within a few seconds, sometimes he didn't even get the chance to knock, 'maybe she didn't hear' he thought to himself so he rang the door bell but still no one answered, his grin was now gone and his eyes sad old eyes got bigger and sadder, he pulled out his sonic screw driver and soniced the door handle, he opened the door and ran in sonicing everything then he saw her laying there on the cold hard wood floor
"Clara?..." he whispered to himself "Clara!" he dropped the flowers and ran to her, he dropped to his knees and picked up her weak body. He held it close to his, her head resting against his chest. Clara regained consciousness and pulled away from him, ashamed of how he found her, she tried to stand but she just fell back down, her knees hitting the floor hard.
"Clara here let me help."The Doctor took her into his arms once again, her head fell against his shoulder and she wrapped her arms around him. "Clara what's wrong?" He asked as he put her gently down on the sofa. Clara looked up at him as he put her down, her eyes started to water up as she looked at him, a single tear rolled down her cheek, he was so kind and caring, and she was hurting him. Clara forced a smile "Nothing Doctor, I just fell and hurt my foot" she lied. He knew she had lied and that hurt him more than anything, he wanted to be there and protect her but how can he if she lied to him about things like this. She noticed the sadness in his eyes which made her wish she never woke up the night before. "Now Doctor, bring me those beautiful flowers" she said as she spotted them laying on the ground, she pointed to the flowers and turned to him, she was smiling and he couldn't help but smile back. He went into the kitchen to get a vase for the flowers, looking around the kitchen he stopped when he spotted a cup with a tea bag in it
"Would you like some tea Clara?" he yelled from the kitchen
But there was no response, he set the flowers down on the counter next to the cup and walked over to Clara to make sure she's alright. "Clara..?" he said in a calm and quiet voice, but loudly enough for her to hear him. He found her on the sofa, where he left her, she must have passed out.
He sat beside her on the sofa and looked down at her, he leaned forward and kissed her on the forehead, she flinched and smiled still asleep, the Doctor placed his hand on her forehead, she was burning up. He stood up panicking; he took her in his arms and ran to the TARDIS. AS he ran he looked down at Clara still not conscious and called her name, "It's going to be okay Clara, I promise" once they were by the doors of the TARDIS he snapped his fingers and the doors opened. He ran in and put her down softly, he was going to do something that Clara might not understand or forgive, but he had to know what was wrong The Doctor scanned Clara. He looked up to see the results, his eyes got big and watery, he turned his hand into a fist, "Oh Clara, no" he looked down at her "Clara no!" his finger nails dug into his skin as he clenched his fist