Again, they were running. Yaz knew that she would never grow tired of it all: the adrenaline, the adventure, The Doctor. She didn't know what she would do if she ever had to go back to her old life. Eventually, they came to a halt. "I think we lost it" said The Doctor, struggling for breath. "What was that thing anyway?" asked Ryan. "Uhhh, not sure. Never mind, it's gone now. Come on everyone, back in the TARDIS." The four turned towards the TARDIS and walked in while trying to catch their breaths.
"So, what now?" The Doctor said, leaning against the TARDIS console. "How about lunch at the first ever moon restaurant's grand opening? I'll book us a table in one of the anti-grav rooms!" Yaz loved how childish The Doctor could be sometimes. "Uh, maybe not anti-grav, not after last time" said Ryan. "But it was fun!" "For you maybe, but it wasn't for us." "Fine. I'll book a regular table." The others nodded in agreement.
Once they arrived at the restaurant and got themselves seated, they looked out of the window and saw the earth in the distance. "Isn't the moon brilliant?!" said The Doctor. "Once, these big space rhinoceros things called Judoon transported an entire hospital here and we all ran out of oxygen and a blood-sucking alien drank all my blood through a straw!" They all stared at The Doctor, unsure about whether she was telling the truth. "Are you sure 'brilliant' is the right word to describe that?" "It was brilliant, that's where I met…" All of a sudden a sad look came over her face. "Met who?" asked Yaz. "Never mind. Anyway, let's get some food!" said The Doctor as she smiled sadly at Yaz.
Back in the TARDIS, Graham and Ryan told The Doctor that they wanted to go home for a bit. "Not for long, just a day or two. Catch up with some family and stuff you know?" "Sure, that's fine," said The Doctor, "I'll drop you there now. What about you Yaz? Do you want to go home for a bit too?" "No thanks, I'm good for now." "You sure?" "Yeah." "Ok, let's go then, back to Ryan and Graham's house!"
The Doctor dropped off Ryan and Graham at their house, and then turned to Yaz. "So, what do you want to do? If you want, we can just skip ahead to a few days' time and pick those two up again." "No, let's go and do something, just us two." The Doctor smiled, "sounds great" she said. She hoped Yaz wouldn't notice the faint blush crawling up her cheeks. She didn't know that Yaz was hoping The Doctor wouldn't notice hers. "Anyway," said The Doctor, "where should we go?" "I don't know." Said Yaz. "You choose. Surprise me!" "Ok, I know where we could go!" The Doctor began to run around the TARDIS, pulling levers and pressing buttons. Yaz loved watching The Doctor drive the TARDIS. "We're here!" said The Doctor.
Yaz stepped out of the TARDIS and gasped. "You like it?" asked The Doctor, stepping out from the TARDIS behind her. "It's beautiful." Said Yaz. The Doctor had taken them to a beach . The sun was changing colour and reflecting rainbows across the sea and the sky. "Glad you like it" said The Doctor. Yaz turned and smiled at The Doctor. "Where are we?" "A faraway planet, hundreds of galaxies away from Earth. It's the year 17,491 here, I think. This is a natural phenomenon, happens every 648 years. "Doctor?" "Yeah?" "If this only happens every 648 years, why is no one here to see it?" "This planet was abandoned not so long ago, no one really know why. Oh look, there's a restaurant over there. Shall we get a drink?" They turned around and walked towards the restaurant.
The Doctor poured two glasses of a purple liquid. "It's like wine, but stronger." "You'd better not be trying to get me drunk!" Yaz joked.
The Doctor had almost finished her second glass, but Yaz was only halfway through her first. "Yaz?" "Yes Doctor?" The Doctor started to giggle drunkenly. "You're very pretty." Yaz paused. She blushed uncontrollably. "What?" "I said you're very pretty." "Well, you're very drunk." "I'm not that drunk." "Yes you are. Come on, maybe we should go back to the TARDIS and go to pick up the others." "It's a time machine Yaz. We can stay here for as long as we like, you and me." "Doctor, come on, you're really drunk." "Please Yaz, let's just stay a tiny bit longer." Yaz couldn't resist The Doctor's smile. "Fine. But once I finish my drink, we're leaving." "Yaaay!" The Doctor knew that in the morning she would regret it if she got too drunk and did something stupid, but for now, she just wanted to enjoy this time with Yaz. She stood up and almost immediately fell over. Luckily, Yaz caught her before she hit the floor. "Hey hey, come on Doctor. I think that's enough alcohol for now." She put her arm around the doctor and walked her back to the TARDIS. The doors opened by themselves, and closed behind her. Yaz realised that she had no idea where The Doctor's room was, if she even had one, so she walked The Doctor back to her own room instead. The Doctor sat down on Yaz's bed. "I'm not tired" she mumbled. "Shh," said Yaz, "just lie down." In a few seconds The Doctor had drifted off to sleep. Yaz now had nowhere to go, so she sat on the edge of the bed and waited for The Doctor to wake up.