Time's Song
Disclaimer: THIS IS NOT RELATED TO RIVER SONG, REALLY IT ISN'T; THIS WAS MADE BECAUSE I HAD CATHARINE BECOME A MUSIC TEACHER! I do not own Doctor Who; if I did I would have made the Master…be a Shakespearean nut! It is an AU, set after my first story War Torn Hearts; if you haven't read it you're going to be lost.
Summary: Three years ago the Doctor had to turn Catharine into a human again, with the Chameleon Arch, now he's come back to see how she's doing. Will he have her open her pocket watch or will he let her live out the rest of her life as a human again? 10xoc.
Chapter One: The New Substitute
Catharine ran towards her class room, late as usual. This time it was a staff meeting not a run to the coffee shop like she usually did. She was brought to the meeting to meet the new substitute Mr. John Smith; he was replacing the Physics teacher for a while. It was not strange for them to request that all staff meet the substitutes, it was to encourage them to make friends with the people and possibly have the teachers hired again for other occasions. Catharine became rather fond of the man the instant she saw him. He was tall, thin and wore a blue dress suit. His brown hair was messy and seemed to defy gravity but it was nice to see someone flout the school's dress code ever so slightly.
Once inside the class room she heard snickering from a few of the students but Maria and Luke were paying full attention to the person in the front of the room. When she turned to see that it was Mr. Smith she blushed deeply. "I'm sorry that I am late class, thank you Mr. Smith, but you didn't have to. Usually my top pupil takes the center stage for this."
"It was a pleasure to teach them." He said with a smile. She could feel the blush deepen but she took out a CD and moved towards the CD player. "Behave for her young ones." He said quickly then left the room.
"All right class, today we will be studying a musical." She put the CD in and pressed play, but before she had even pressed play most of the class was groaning like she was terrorizing them. "I believe you will like this one, I actually found it very surprising that most of you put this one down as one you would like to study." The music started and everyone's faces lit up to the sound of Lion King. She let the CD play through and let everyone get their thoughts together before asking: "Now what was the key signature for the first three songs?"
Luke answered the question correctly, as usual. She talked until the bell rang at which point she went into her office and started typing up the daily scores for the day. When she was done she went out to her piano and started playing; she didn't have a class this period so it made sense that she was bored. A knock on the door startled her from her thoughts. When she turned around Mr. Smith was standing in the door way.
"I'm sorry if the music was too loud, I'll stop playing if you would like." She stood up and pushed the bench in.
"No, I came to ask you something." He said very calmly.
"Go for it, I've got all class period to answer you." She said as she made her way back to the office to grab her cup of coffee, which had somehow gotten in there.
"I was wondering, if it's not too much to ask for, if you could eat lunch with me?" He gave her a sheepish grin and she laughed softly. "I'm sorry…I'll leave if you—"
"It's not that, no one has ever asked me to join them for lunch, except Luke and his friends or Sarah but that's because I live with them." She rubbed the back of her head then looked at her wrist watch. "I'll see you at about noon in the Teacher's Lounge?"
"Or in here?" He offered while looking at her necklace. "Where did you get that?"
"You're off topic," She said with a chuckle. "Over lunch, that's when I'll tell you, now you have a class Mr. Smith."
The rest of the day went by with relative swiftness but Catharine could not wait. She had offered to meet with Mr. Smith and show him her favorite spots in the city. She sat her piano again playing 'Can you feel the love tonight' by Elton John. She had also started singing it without even knowing it. When she was done she heard clapping from the doorway. Catharine fell off the back of the bench and hit her head hard on the ground. "Fuck," She whispered while rubbing the spot gently.
"I'm sorry." Mr. Smith said while walking up to her. "I should have waited until you turned around shouldn't I?"
"I don't mind; guess you heard my lousy singing?"
"It was not lousy, spectacular if I don't say so myself." He said with a grin. The grin was all too familiar to her. She couldn't pin it but the familiarity was there.
"Thank you, I should um…probably grab my coat." She got to her feet and looked down at her high heeled shoes. "And change into a different pair of shoes…if we're going ot be walking all day."
Mr. Smith smirked then handed her, her coat. She looked through her office to find a decent pair of flat slipper like shoes. They walked out and around the town then finally stopped at Sarah Jane's house. "Looks like we made it…come on in." She opened the door and walked in with him. Sarah came running down the stairs with a look of fright but then calm. "Sorry, Mr. Smith here asked me to show him around town and I was wondering if we could have him over for dinner?" she wanted to laugh at herself for sounding like a giddy school girl. Sarah nodded her head then took their coats. She led Mr. Smith to the dinning room to see Luke, Clyde and Maria sitting around her laptop, again.
"Mr. Smith, I wasn't expecting to see you here." Luke said with a grin.
"So you live with Ms. Jones, is she your cousin or sister?" Mr. Smith said with a smile. He was trying to flirt with Catharine but she just ignored it.
"Actually she lives with me Mr. Smith." Sarah said coming out with a large pot in her hands. Catharine practically ran over to her friend and took the pot from her. "Hot soup for a cold night, eat up." She said while putting the bowls next to the children. "Luke, put Catharine's laptop back in her room." Luke ran up the stairs with the laptop and then came back down.
After supper Catharine walked Mr. Smith to the door. "Thank you for showing me around the town." He said kindly.
"You're welcome Mr. Smith." She watched as he walked away. She was slightly jittery from the encounter and the fact that her heart was racing while around him. Maria walked up and put a hand on her shoulder.
"You all right Ms. Jones?" Maria asked.
"Yeah, you should be getting home; I'll give you and Clyde a ride if you need one."
"No, I've got it covered Cattie," Luke said taking the car keys from his mom.
"See you three first thing in the morn then."
A/N: That's the first chapter, please review...also there won't be a second for a while, i've got final's coming up in about two weeks so yeah...
