Hello! This account is a shared one between me and my best friends. Peanut Butter (more commonly known as Peanut) is my best friend and I am Jelly! It's good to meet you. We're both going to be writing the chapters together - so updates wont be every other day - but we'll try and update as much as possible! We really hope you like this as we have put a lot of effort into planning this and making sure that it all works out in the end.
If you like UNIT, Torchwood, Zygons, aliens, the Doctor (come on, who doesn't?), Sarah Jane Smith and lots of possible confusion; this is the story for you!
We hope you enjoy it!
A Day to Remember
Chapter 1
The train travelled quickly, the scenery passing in a blur. Fields of uncut grass swayed violently as the train thundered past. Cows, horses and sheep looked up as the train disturbed their peaceful grazing.
Upon the train, every seat was taken and it was noisy as families and couples travelled towards holiday destinations and to visit relatives; the school Christmas holidays starting only the previous day. One couple in particular sat together; talking quietly.
Luke Smith was sat in the window seat and to his right sat his boyfriend Sanjay. The two were travelling through London to spend Christmas with Luke's family.
Luke was evidently nervous. He refused to look Sanjay in the eye and he seemed very on edge. He kept bouncing his knees up and down and biting his fingernails.
"Stop worrying Luke; it'll be fine," Sanjay assured him. Luke opened his mouth to reply, but couldn't put what he was feeling into words and so shut his mouth again. "If anyone should be worrying, it's me; I've never met your Mum before."
"But what if…" Luke froze, unsure of what to say.
"What?" Sanjay encouraged placing a comforting hand on Luke's knee. Luke finally turned to look at Sanjay.
"What if Mum doesn't accept us; I mean me and Mum always talked about me growing up and meeting a girl… but we never talked about me meeting a boy. And stereotypes these days aren't exactly the best; I mean we aren't your typical gay couple are we?" Luke paused to take a breath and went to continue but was stopped by Sanjay.
"Luke!" He interrupted. "Calm down; everything will be okay. From what I've heard about your Mum (and I've heard a lot) she's a lovely person and I'm sure she'll be fine with it."
Luke stared at Sanjay for a moment before nodding slowly.
"So what do you do in your spare time at home?" Sanjay asked, trying to change the subject ever so slightly.
"Sometimes me and Mum go out and…" Luke stopped before he revealed too much information.
"Yeah?" Sanjay asked after a moment of silence from Luke.
"We… we… we… go out for long bike rides."
"Oh… awesome."
Luke and Sanjay had met at University at the beginning of the academic year. Sanjay had a room just down the hall from Luke. The two had crossed paths one lunch time when Luke had got into an argument with a lad that he thought was his friend, right at the beginning of the year. Luke and his fake friend had just come out of one of their classes and were walking towards the picnic area to have their lunch. It was in that moment that Luke found out the real intentions of the lad wanting to be his friend; he wanted Luke to complete all of his work. When Luke refused to comply with his fake friend's wishes, the lad lashed out and started arguing with Luke – catching Sanjay's attention. Luke stood his ground until the lad got frustrated and pushed Luke to the ground, sending paper and books flying everywhere.
"Hey! You! Stop it; leave him alone!" Sanjay yelled as he got up from the picnic table he was sat at and rushed over to the scene. "Who do you think you are?"
Luke, who was still on the floor, got up onto his hands and knees and began collecting all of his stuff. Onlookers stood to the side – watching it all unfold.
The lad, Luke's fake friend, opened his mouth to make a snotty remark to Sanjay; but Sanjay beat him to it.
"Don't. Get out of here, before I report you," Sanjay snapped. The lad stared up at Sanjay, before storming off, cursing under his breath. Sanjay stood and watched Luke collecting his work for a moment, before bending down to give him a hand. "Are you okay?"
"Yes, thank you," Luke looked up at Sanjay, surprised to see him helping. "Thanks for that; you didn't have to."
"Yes I did; nobody should be treated like that," Sanjay stood up, a load of paperwork in his hands. Luke followed suit. "You've got all this paperwork already? We've only been here 3 days," He joked.
"Well, you know; just some brief notes," Luke shrugged.
"Yeah – brief," Sanjay chuckled sarcastically, handing them back to Luke. Luke placed them on top of his pile.
"Luke," He introduced holding out his hand.
"Sanjay," Sanjay replied, taking a firm hold of Luke's outstretched hand. "Nice to meet you."
"You too."
There was a moment of silence, almost awkward.
"Did you want to come and sit with me for lunch?" Sanjay asked. "Unless you have other friends to meet up with," He added hurriedly.
"No, no; I'd love too," Luke agreed.
The sound of the musical tannoy introduction played through the speakers above them on the train, announcing the next stop.
"This is our stop!" Luke declared. Sanjay stood up and reached above them, into the overhead compartments to get their luggage. Luke picked up the rucksacks that were down by his and Sanjay's feet, and they both made their way towards the exit.
The train began to slow down as it came into the station – hoards of people waiting to board the train hurried forward. Passengers on the train also began to make their way towards the exit as the train finally came to a stop. It took a moment for the train doors to open. When they did, Luke and Sanjay joined hands – so not to lose each other – as they were washed away with the holiday crowd. Luke gained sight of the station exit that they needed to take. He pulled on Sanjay's arm to get his attention, as they would not have been able to hear each other over the noise of the busy station, and pulled him towards the desired exit.
Their faces and hands were met with the icy bite of the London winter air. They both pulled scarfs out of their rucksacks and wrapped then round their necks. Luke pulled out his mobile to phone his Mum – just to let her know to expect them in the next 10 minutes. But unfortunately, the screen of his iPhone stayed black. He cursed and tried turning it on, but the battery sign lit up the screen before it went black again.
"Great," Luke mumbled.
"What's wrong?" Sanjay asked.
"My phone's dead – remind me to put it on charge when we get home."
"Sure," Sanjay agreed.
"Come on – it's this way," Luke nudged Sanjay. Sanjay linked their hands and Luke began leading the way.
Luke knocked on the door of 13 Bannerman Road, smiling like an idiot. He hadn't seen his Mum, or his sister in a little while.
Sanjay was stood just a little off to the side, observing the large house.
"When you said your Mum's house was big – I didn't think you meant this big!" He wowed.
"I know," Luke dismissed easily. "Where are they?" He asked mainly to himself.
"I don't think they're in Luke," Sanjay observed. "There's no lights on."
"Maybe they've just gone out for a little," He said, a little disheartened. He reached into his pocket and pulled out his house keys. He stuck the key into the lock and turned.
The door opened with an old squeak – sure enough all of the lights were off and the house was still and silent – as if no-one had been inside for a day at least. Luke took a couple of steps inside.
"Mum?" He called loudly to the empty house.
Sanjay stepped up beside Luke.
"They're not here," Luke stated, turning to look at Sanjay.
As this is the first chapter there isn't a lot of action and isn't very long. The chapters will get more interesting and longer! I hope you all stick around to find out more!
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xxJellyxx
