Author's Note: This is going to be a bit confusing, please hold on tight and make sure you are fastened in securely. Cause this is the reason the story is labeled Romance/ Humor. Carmen is an original character, so don't go looking for a show called Dimenshia. All will become clear later in the story, so no worries if doesn't in this chapter. It's not supposed to.

Rose will be in the next chapter and Rose/ Doctor will come later. This chapter will be...interesting, I promise. I give full permission to flame me if you think it is necessary. But as always, enjoy and review!


The woman staring up at him was a far cry from the one the doctor had just booted off his ship.

Short black hair that just touched her chin and vivid blue eyes that looked like Alaskan ice caps. She was dressed in a pair of cargo pants, a simple grey tank and a denim jacket with the sleeves rolled up. On her right wrist was a strange looking data pad that was beeping incessantly.

And for all the world he couldn't shake the nagging familiarity she presented to him. It was obvious they'd never met before but he knew her none the less.

" Hello Doctor," the woman suddenly said and the time lord realized she was smiling at him. He had to double take on her voice, it was so obviously American. 'Did she just called me doctor?'

Before she could even blink, the doctor had a familiar glowing object pointed at her.

" Who are you and what are you doing on my ship?"

The doctor's voice was not friendly or welcoming to this stranger. She had appeared out of nowhere and knew who he was. Things like this never bodded well.

But even with a alien weapon pointed at her, the woman eyes seemed to light up at the word ship. She quickly took in her surroundings and chuckled.

" That's right I'm on the Tardis aren't I?"

" I asked you a question," The doctor reminded her and she had to blink when he practically shoved the sonic screwdriver in her face as some sort of a threat.

" Oh come on, we both know that thing is better as a lockpick then a laser gun," she scoffed. " So please get it out of my face."

The doctor backed off, not entirely sure how to take that. After Torchwood, he realized that people were in fact watching him very closely. Who's to say she wasn't one of their operatives who hadn't been killed during the cyberman/dalek invasion? He didn't want to think of that day. Not now.

Right now he had one thing to do. Eject this suprise guest from the Tardis.

Unfortunately after coming to this resolution the doctor found that the woman was no longer where he'd left her.

" So what happens if I press this button?"

The doctor nearly had a heart attack when he whipped around to see the woman standing at the Tardis's control station with a mischievous smirk on her face.

" Just kidding," she said and backed away from the controls before the livid doctor decided to pounce her and toss her out the door while they were still in space.

" That's enough, now answer my question. Who are you?"

There was no arguing with the tone of the doctor's voice now, he was beyond losing his patience. If she didn't answer pretty soon there would be hell to pay.

" I'm the cheeky American," she said matter of factly.

" Really? I didn't know there was just one."

" Only one who likes to mess with other dimensions," she said dismissively while she stared at one of the masses of wiring under the floor grates. But not a moment after she said that her eyes locked on his and widened in disbelief.

The doctor's face suddenly lit up when it dawned on him. " That's it!" He said, jumping up so quickly from where he was still crouched that it startled the woman. " That's who you are. Carmen Gentry from Dimenshia! The show about parallel dimensions jumping. Oooh, I love that show! Completely impossible mind you but still fantastic to watch..."

Carmen, the woman in question was still watching him with a mixture of amusement and bewilderment. 'He's like a hyper puppy on sugar.'

Carmen just shook her head and smiled. Though she had to wrinkle her nose at the name of her so called show. 'Dimenshia! Ugh!'

"I didn't know what to expect when I made this jump. But the last thing I expected was to find was the tables turned on me."

" What do you mean by that?" The doctor asked curiously.

" Well where I come from, and I mean my own dimension when I say that. We have a fun little show called Dr. Who. All about a time lord who simply goes by the title of doctor and instead of dying regenerates himself a new body. I believe you're on your tenth regeneration at the moment aren't you doctor?"

Carmen looked like the cat that ate the canary as she watched the doctor mull that over in his head. It was really fun to watch him go from confusion to the toothy grin that was plastered on his face now.

" What? You mean people turn on their telly to watch me? Blimey." He said, stuffing his hands in his pockets and laughing. " That's just mind boggling that is."

" You even have your own song," Carmen continued and started snapping her fingers. " It gets stuck in your head too. ' Dr. who...Dr. Who, Dr. Who...The Tardis.'"

It was a bit ridiculous to see the two travelers standing there. The dimension traveler singing and jumping around while the time traveler bounced on his heels like a kid at a carnival.

" That's brilliant, just bloody brilliant. But I only get one verse... I mean it's very catchy yeah. But only one?"

Carmen laughed. " Well aren't you greedy? You should be happy with just the one verse."

" Well there always could be more." He said sheepishly. " I could of easily come up with that."

The doctor watched as he lost Carmen's attention all of a sudden. She looked around the Tardis in search of something.

The two travelers immediately sobered when they realized who was missing. Carmen gave him an apologetic look.

" I really wanted to meet her too. I'm sorry..."

" It's not your fault, why are you apologizing?" The doctor asked as he brushed past her to fiddle with something on the controls that didn't look like it needed to be fiddled with.

Carmen watched him do anything but look at her. The conversation from before was gone and it was suprising how neither of them had any questions for each other. But the discussion on Rose was obviously off limits. Maybe.

" Can I make a deal with you doctor?"

The doctor looked up and narrowed his eyes.

" Completely depends upon the stakes I think."

" Oh no worries, it won't cost you anything you don't already do on a regular basis," Carmen reassured him.

" And that would be?"

" I want to travel back to a particular date on earth. That's all, just one trip back and forth before I move on to the next dimension."

The doctor started to say something about that but Carmen stopped him.

" Why is my business. By the time you take me there though, your end of the bargain will be paid in full. I promise."

He could tell by her tone there was no getting it out of her at this point. But who knew how long he had to pry it out of her later.

" You haven't told me what I get in return for this little trip you're planning." The doctor was curious as to what Carmen was offering.

Carmen merely smiled.

" If you take me on this one trip I'll help you get Rose back."