A/N I wrote this because I'm bored and ill. *explosive sneezing* I apologise if it's OOC. I'm too ill to think about it. And too ill to think about if it's a good idea to actually post it.

Disclaimer: I own a cold and not much else.

The TARDIS. The greatest spaceship ever invented, according to the Doctor. So why oh why could it not keep the cold germs out?

Donna was sick. Donna was not happy.

The Doctor had established this within three seconds of seeing her. She was in her dressing gown, holding a scrunched up tissue and had a very red nose. Which matched her hair quite nicely, thought the Doctor. He did not voice this thought because he didn't have a death wish.

"We. Have. Run. Out. Of. Tissues," she announced, sniffing.

"Um...I'll find some more. There must be some somewhere in the universe. Maybe you should just rest..."

"But I'm bored of resting!"

"Yes, but we can't go out with you like that. You're a health risk! What if that cold was unleashed on a planet where it was fatal disease?"

"Can't you take me to the year three thousand and eighty or somewhere where they've invented a cure for-" Donna broke off as she was hit by an attack of sneezing.

Achoo! Achoo! Achoo!

She sniffed miserably.

"Well, you see, we can't do that because if you get a check up back in the twenty first century and they discover traces of the cure, time will go wrong. This could cause a great big hole in the universe and-"

"Great. Thanks. And can't we do anything without causing a hole in the universe?"

"You could stay here in your cosy room in the TARDIS and get better."

Donna just gave him her famed and feared Donna-Is-Not-Amused Look™.

"O.K, O.K. I could rig the T.V in your room so it shows you the latest episodes of Eastenders."

Donna continued to look at him.

"And Merlin."

Donna's gaze did not linger.

"Donna, please don't make me! I can't take it for another year! All the drama, all the anticipation, all the emotion, all the sob stories, all the...hype."

Donna stared at him, red nosed and demanding.

"Fine. I'll get The X Factor too."

"Oh, thank you, thank you, thank you!" she squealed. "I'll feel so much better with a few doses of top Earth telly!"

A/N Reviews would make me feel better *achoo* *sniff*