So here is the first of my little one-shot series. Hopefully, you will like them. Not going to promise anything at the moment. These will be few and far between. But just rejoice in getting the first one. It does mean that I am trying to work something out.

More I am posting this because I wanted to address something and tell you guys what is happening.

I am writing my next long(ish) fic but I am currently writing chapter 4. Just bear with me for the moment guys. You can believe me this time when I say things are changing. In 25 days time, I will no longer be working at the farm and I will have a lot more time on my hands, and you won't hear me moan about work like I have done. I need time and it has meant that I have allowed the writing to slip. Just bear with me for this month. I hope to be back soon.

Anyway, enjoy this.

Please make sure that you have read Car Share before reading these stories. Things will make more sense that way

What If?

Alternative ending/beginning to Chapter 6 and 7 of Car Share. What if the Doctor didn't let Clara go so easily after kissing her? Would things have turned out differently?

Word count: 1,257

"I'm sorry." She said as she collected up her bags and got out of the car.

The Doctor sat there for a moment before he realised what had just happened. He knew that he couldn't let her go and if he left it any longer, then he wouldn't be able to find her. He took his seat belt off as fast as he could and turned off the engine as he left the car. He just managed to pull the keys out of the ignition as he ran around the car, locking it over his shoulder.

He took the steps two at a time and called out her name to try and get her to slow down. He could tell that she was trying to ignore him but he wasn't going to go away. He hadn't felt this way in a really long time. He couldn't just let her go.

"Clara." He said as he finally caught up with her and stopped in front of her, blocking off the stairway to stop her from going up any further.

She didn't look too impressed that he had followed her and stopped her but he could tell that her eyes held tears that she hadn't shed yet.

"Why did you do that? Why did you kiss me? I just told that I was confused and… Just go, Doctor."

"I am not going."

"Please, I need to sort this out."

"Leave Danny."

She looked up at him shocked. "What?!"

"Leave Danny. That is the only answer."

"I… I can't just do that."

"You can. Clara, you know you want to be with me."

"How can you be so sure?"

"How many times did you use to go out with Danny before the car sharing? It used to be once a week. I would watch you on a Friday, a big group of you, all going to head to the pub for a few. How many times have you been out since we started car sharing?"

"That means nothing."

"Clara, you get it easier than most from me. Why do you think that we are car sharing? I have doubled my journey into work to pick you up because I want to know you better."

She sighed. "Please Doctor."

"Leave Danny. Be with me. I know I can love you better than he can."

There was a moment when the Doctor thought that he had put his foot in it by being too forward and was surprised when she turned to the window before turning back to him.

"63."

"Sorry?"

"My flat is number 63. You might want to move your car before you get a ticket."

He allowed himself to smile as she pushed passed him to go to her flat. He started heading back down the stairs to move his car. He knew exactly what he was going to do next and he only hoped that it would go in his favour.

Clara was more than aware that she wasn't in her bed by herself and that there was something that was disturbing her sleep. She opened her eyes to be faced with her phone moving slightly on the table as it rang. She was glad that the Doctor didn't have a tight grip on her as she pulled herself from his arms and picked up her phone.

"Hello."

"Hey, where are you?"

She found herself looking at the clock and cursing. She had totally forgotten that she had said to Danny that they should meet up to talk about earlier. She knew that she shouldn't have said it but she knew that she should have text him as soon as she got back to her flat to cancel it. She was going to after the Doctor had kissed her but he had obviously followed her, leading to her being in bed with him. She knew that she was in trouble now.

"Sorry, I started doing a bit of marking and must have fallen asleep. You know how some of the essays can be."

"So you aren't coming out?"

"I know it was my idea but I am obviously tired and I should really get these essays marked. Look, I will book something for Saturday night and we can talk about it then."

"Clara, is it okay that I feel like you aren't all for us any more?"

Clara felt the bed move and she stopped herself from moaning when the Doctor placed a kiss on the top of her spine. He moved to her free ear.

"Break up with him." He whispered.

"Danny, we will talk on Saturday. It will be my treat."

"Clara, tell me now. Will I be wasting my time on Saturday?"

Clara wanted to both push the Doctor away and bring him closer to her. She didn't want to break up with Danny over the phone.

"I'm sorry." She said.

The moments of silence felt longer than they probably were. It seemed like time froze for those few moments that Clara waited for Danny's reply.

"Right."

"This is the way that I wanted to do this."

"I can guess."

"Do you still want to do Saturday to talk properly? We might not have made it between us but I would still like to be your friend."

"No. I think… we should probably spend some time apart."

Clara couldn't really understand why her heart was breaking so much. She thought that this was what, deep down, she wanted. She wanted the man in her bed rather than the man on the phone. Maybe she just felt bad that she was doing it on the phone. Although she wasn't quite certain that she would have wanted to do it face to face.

"If it is any consolation, I do love you. Maybe not as strongly as I should but I do love you."

"No Clara. That is no consolation."

Clara was just left with the hanging up tone and found herself closing her eyes as she dropped her phone back on the bedside table.

"Are you okay?"

"No."

"Good because there would be something wrong if you were okay."

She found herself turning to him. "Do you think it is going to be awkward now?"

"Yes. But we won't let him know the reason behind it. People fall out of love or just realise that things aren't working without there being someone else involved."

"But there was someone else involved. You are the other man."

"I suppose a better question would be, do you regret it?"

Clara knew that she had to spend a moment thinking about it. Did she regret what she just did or did she just save herself from future pain?

"No. I don't regret it."

He smiled at her. "That is even better. We can take it slow."

"Because we have done so far." She said sarcastically.

"But from now. You can work things out with Danny and then once you have done that, then we can move on further. I will wait."

She smiled at him before pushing down into the mattress. "And what about what I want? What about we carrying on this, keeping it a secret, while I sort everything out with Danny."

"I suppose that could work."

Clara bent down and kissed him before squealing when he flipped them. She was quite certain that they weren't going to take things slowly. But that just seemed like the way that they would do things. She just hoped that Danny wouldn't find out the truth sooner than he should.