Angsty story time. Enjoy! Disclaimer- I don't recall ever buying the rights when in the UK. Come to think of it I don't remember ever having visited the UK...

11. He stared at the number, feeling completely repelled but strangely attracted to the room behind the door. He took a few cautious steps towards it. This was wrong. So very wrong. Every molecule of his being knew it, his very essence could feel it. But he had to. If he didn't then he wouldn't be the Doctor. So he made his way up to the door, his hand finding the cold, brass knob. Turning it and pushing the door open he stepped inside ever so slightly. His eyes fell to the bed. More specifically they fell to what was on the bed. More specifically than that, they fell to who was in the bed. Himself. His breath caught for a second before he smiled, a mere ghost of a smile, at his own foolishness.

"Of course,' he murmured to himself. "Who else?"

The perfect mirror image looked up at him, tweed jacket and all. They stared at each other for just a moment, both studying their copy intensely before the Doctor stepped out of the room and softly closed the door.

oOo

Later, much later, back in the TARDIS after he had dropped everyone off where they belonged, the Doctor was alone with Amy and Rory. The three of them resided in the console room, leaning up against the guard room, making small talk with each other. After a while Amelia asked a question which had been in the back of her mind for a while.

"Doctor?"

"Yes Amelia?"

"Did you find your room?" She asked.

"...Yes." He responded.

"Really? What was in there, Doctor? Rory inquired, joining in the conversation. The Doctor half way opened his mouth but didn't respond. How could he possibly tell his friends that he had seen himself? That the thing he was most terrified of was not Daleks or Cybermen, nor was it the Weeping Angles or Silurians? How could he explain that it was himself that he feared most and that everything else seemed minuscule in comparison? He couldn't. It was as simple as that. The Doctor couldn't bring himself to tell the Ponds that he was terrified of himself, scared because he couldn't seem to stop. To stop taking every wonderful person that he met across the universe, showing them time and space. Or how every time it ended in some horrible fashion, their lives changed forever. That was how it happened. That was always how it happened, how it always would happen. Rose had promised him that she would travel with him forever. Now she was trapped in a parallel dimension for the rest of her days. Martha had said the same thing. Until the Master had shown up that was. The Doctor didn't blame her for leaving him. Her family had been torn apart, and she needed to be with them, help them to heal. And Donna. Brilliant, amazing Donna Noble. After Martha the Doctor had been ecstatic about Donna and her promise of staying with him forever. It seemed like such a possibility. They worked together so well, a perfect tem, always managing to prevent the worst from happening. And in the Doctor's mind one of the worst possible thing was Donna leaving him. By the actual physical possibility of that happening never weighed to heavily on his mind. And now she was back on Earth. No recollection of the Doctor, or the places she had traveled to, all the wonderful things that's he had done. Saved the universe even! She was never able to remember. And that made the Doctor so, so afraid of himself. That, even after all the companionships that had gone so drastically wrong, he as still insisted upon brining Amelia inboard with him. Later Rory had joined in the mix. And when they did leave, because that always happened, or when they were eventually killed, it would shatter his hearts.

So he didn't answer Amy's question. He just looked up at her and smiled that strange smile of his. She didn't injure any further, nor did Rory. As for the Time Lord, he walked around the TARDIS console, slowly flipping switches and levers, entering co-ordinates. He knew what he needed to do. And he knew that now was when he needed to do it.

And that's that. Feel free to leave a review, just because of how amazing you are. If some people want it I could always make this a two shot and add in what happened after he left them. So go ahead and tell me what you'd like! Have a great day and DFTBA!