Hello! This is Barefoot Beach Bum! This is my first Doctor Who story, so if I get any facts wrong, blame my friends. I do watch DW, I just skip around... a lot. I haven't quite picked what episode this takes place after; so be creative please! I don't have a Beta right now...hint hint nudge nudge. (You know who you are). I'm so sorry it's this short too...

River, Rory, and anyone else might be OOC because I like watching David Tennant. Dang, that guy is so freaking hawt! Too bad he is taken...and nearly 40 (I think) *sigh* Off my fangirl rambling...

Geronimo! Allons-y! Whatever tickles your pickle!

Do I look like I own Doctor Who? I mean, I'm not ever British! Be lucky you have DW, Moffat. Cause I'm out to get it! (Yeah...and I'm going be a professional singer...pfftt.)


River looked expectantly at the Doctor. He held his head in his hands.

"Who is she?"

"Was," The Doctor corrected. "Who was she. She…isn't…with us anymore."

"Who was she, Doctor?" the dirty blonde asked him. The Time Lord looked up, his face streaked with tears.

"I…I can't… I can't tell you…"

"You can tell me anything!"

The Doctor glared at her through the corner of his eye.

"No, River. I can't."

River sighed, stood from her seat, and walked behind the Doctor. She started to rub his back. He flinched when she made contact. She kneed the tense shoulders.

"Please," she whispered into his ear with a sultry voice. He shrugged away from her grip and stood up. The Doctor walked over to the TARDIS. He ran his hands along the smooth metal.

"I can't. River, you don't understand."

"Tell me, and then I will."

The Doctor bit his lip at her statement. He wanted to, but he just couldn't bring himself to do it. He couldn't betray her like that. He didn't want to relive probably the best form. His tenth form…the Doctor put it above the rest. Way above the rest.

"No," he said firmly. "I-" The Time Lord was interrupted by the married couple on board coming into the control room.

"Where to next? I wanna find a planet that hasn't been found yet. Or maybe go back to Earth…or any other peaceful planet." Rory asked, throwing his arms around River and Amy.

The Doctor put on a bright face at the request, glad for the change of topic. River noticed the changed and scowled. She had been so close to breaking down his walls.

"For sure you have to be lost to find something that can't be found."

"…What?" Rory asked. The Doctor smirked and ran around the control center.

"It means I'm going to set the TARDIS coordinates to random," The brunette replied, his fingers feverously moving over the control keys.

River sat quietly in the corner. If only she could get into his head…

"River, would you go help Amelia make some tea?" The Doctor asked her. River nodded and went to follow her mother.

She inwardly scowled. She had to figure out who this girl was. The girl was extremely important to the Doctor. It was obvious that the girl was a very sensitive topic for a particular Time Lord. Even if she did die, what was the big deal? It must've been a couple of regenerations ago!

River sighed. There must've been a reason the Doctor would hide information. But if he didn't want people to snoop; he should've asked the TARDIS to lock that room. Or maybe…No… what if the TARDIS had purposefully shown her the pink room? That meant the TARDIS wanted her to snoop…

"River?" Amy's voice snapped her out of her thoughts. She hummed back a reply. "Are you going to help with the tea?"

"Oh. Yeah. Sorry…" She trailed off and went back to her thoughts. She contemplated theories…many theories. But none seemed to fit. River didn't know who this girl was; but she will find out who Rose Tyler was.


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