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The next morning after a breakfast of delicious pancakes thanks to Mum, I repacked my bag with clean clothes Mum had washed. Now standing outside the Tardis, I was saying goodbye to Mum again. Not an easy thing to do. I put on a smiling face for her.
"Bye Mum. Love you lots."
"Be safe dear. You are all I have left. Come home soon."
"I will."
"Doctor!" she cried, "You look after my Rose alright?! Anything happens to her you'll have me to answer too."
The Doctor poked his around the door. "Don't worry Jackie. Rose looks after me most of the time anyway." Mum glared at him, "but I will look after her. Always have and always will."
I was touched by the Doctor. I knew we always watched out for each other. It just seemed like habit that is was nice and strange to hear him say it allowed. It made me feel warm inside.
"I've got to go. Love you always Mum." I said stepping inside the Tardis.
"I love you too." I heard mum call before we set off. Looking around it felt like I was coming home. God, I loved this place. Everything about it amazed me. Even after all this time. I still wondered how so much space could be inside a small wooden box.
"Off we go then!" cried the Doctor with his wicked grin on his face; he was dancing around the controls. "Where do you want to go? Future? Past? Your choice. My birthday gift to you."
This was my chance to finally see if the Doctor would grant my wish. I plucked up the little courage I had and started the conversation lightly. Fiddling with some wire from the control panel I said, "Um Doctor, do you know what I wish for yesterday when I blew out my candles?"
"No, but I get the feeling you are going to tell me anyway." He replied, "Don't you know its bad luck to say a wish aloud, it won't come true." He was looking slightly worried now.
"Yes I happen to know that but my wish will only come true if I say it aloud. I also have to ask the right person."
"Well… Okay… who do you want to ask?" the Doctor was really worried now. It was his turn to fiddle with the controls. He looked down.
"You." The Doctor's head snapped up to look at me. He remained silent, "Doctor, I wished that I could see Gallifrey." His face fell when I said that last word. I hurt me to see the pain in his eyes but I had to continue, "Please Doctor can you take me there?"
The doctor didn't move or speak. Oh I how I wanted to know what was going through his mind at the moment. I tried again.
"Please can you take me?" I repeated, "We don't have to land. I just want to see it. We could fly above it. Please?" It seemed like forever that we just stood there. I was staring at the Doctor while he stared at the controls. I knew he could easily take me back home and leave me. He had been standing still for so long I was surprised when he started moving around the controls slowly. He was not his usual happy self. I could only hope that he was granting my wish and not taking me home again.
The Tardis stopped. I looked across at the Doctor. He was in more pain then I'd ever seen him in. He still hadn't said a word since I told him where I wanted to go.
"Are we here?" I asked not sure of what to do, afraid of his silence. What if it was earth outside? What would I do then? The Doctor gave a small nod. I would've missed it had I not been concentrating on his every move. He wasn't even looking at me. All his attention was on something obviously very interesting on the floor of the Tardis. Slowly with deliberate care I moved towards the doors of the Tardis without looking back at the Doctor.
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