Chapter 2: Picnic at Asgard
There she was, sitting under a big oak tree wearing a yellow dress. He took in her sight and strolled up to her.
"What a pleasant surprise. What brings you here?"
"You didn't send me a message on my physic?"
"No. That was meant for someone else, but seeing as he probably won't show up, would you like to join me?"
"You'd do that to a date?"
"Who said it was a date? I was just going on a picnic with an old friend."
"Oh, sorry. What've you got?"
"Turkey on rye, some fruit, and cookies I made for dessert. Nothng special."
"You had me at cookies."
At that he sat down and she made him a plate of food. He happily munched and took in the atmosphere until River broke the silence.
"Where's Donna?"
His face fell, and she immediately regretted asking. But he explained what happened to everyone and she remembered her studies on 'The Most Important Woman in the Universe'.
"Doctor? You don't sound like you need to be traveling alone."
"What are you getting at?"
"Well the semester is over so I have a lot of free time on my hands. You wouldn't want to take me somewhere would you?"
"Of course! We can travel to different planets, or to the past or future, we can meet new people from so many different place.."
He continued talking, becoming more and more excited. River just sat and listened to him talk about some Moon of Poosh or something. She was starting to love the way he talked about his adventures.
They headed back to the TARDIS and he took her home so she could pack for what lied ahead. About a week passed and they had traveled to 10 different planets and saved 16 different civilizations. Today they decided to just rest. They both sat on the sofa in the library, he was reading 'How to build a hairdryer: for dummies' and River was reading up on Cleopatra.
"How about some tea?" River asked. "This reading is really getting boring, you were right the real thing is so much better."
"Of course I'm right. What about a planet that contains the best tea in the universe."
"I bet I can make some really good tea. You might never go there again and just come to me for some tea." She smiled at him over her shoulder as she headed to the kitchen to make them some tea.
"That, my flirty friend, is impossible. Almost completely."
"Loving the almost."
She took a turn for the console instead and started typing in coordinates. He taught her how to fly but she was secretly getting lessons from the TARDIS when he wasn't there so she flew it better than he did. She typed in the coordinates to the planet Adagio, the best place to get some really good tea.
"Adagio? I thought yours was better."
"Yeah, but you have no tea in the TARDIS. I guess we must've drank it all."
"Well isn't that wizard? I thought I'd never run out." The TARDIS parked on a street across from his favorite tea shop.
"Come on Sweetie, we have some shopping to do."
They bought tea of all different flavors blueberry, cupcake, peppermint, sugar cookie, banana, even a special tea that stays hot so you don't have to worry about it getting cold. They went back to the TARDIS and drank their new flavors of tea, each getting a sample of the others. But then Rivers phone rang.
"Hello…? Yes sir... Of course sir. Yes, I'm on my way." She turned to the Doctor.
"That was Mr. Mortis, I have a conference this afternoon. I guess I'll have to be dropped off for a while. Will I see you again?"
"I would never leave you for too long, River. I might find someone to travel with if you're gone too long, but don't worry. I will defiantly be back."
She smiled at him and left to pack up her things. She had the best time of her life traveling with him and she didn't want it to end yet. Especially if he was going to start traveling with someone else. She had grown very fond of him and wanted to tell him about herself but she didn't know if she could just yet. And she knew he would see her again because she had met him when she was younger, he was a different version of the one she was with now.
When River finished packing she headed back to the console room. "I believe this is your stop. See you later River Song." He said when she walked into the room. River kissed his cheek and said her usual "See you, Sweetie." with a smile on her face, and she walked out of the doors. Once she got to her door she turned and waved then he closed the doors of the TARDIS and it materialized.
