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Chapter 2

Clara wanted to start off the first trip of the car share off on a positive note but with the weather being colder than normal and the fact that she had been standing outside her building for ten minutes waiting for the Doctor to turn up hadn't put her in the best of moods. As she checked her phone to see that he was five minutes late, she huffed before muttering under her breath that he was the one to tell her not to be late. The problem was that the later he got the more annoyed that Clara got, so when he finally turned up, ten minutes late, she couldn't hide her anger as she opened the door and threw her things into the footwell before slipping into the seat and slamming the door closed a little hard than she should have done.

"I was going to say good morning but it seems like your morning isn't good." The Doctor said.

"I thought you told me not to be late."

"I ran into traffic." He said as he pulled away

"Well, I have been standing out in the cold for 15 minutes waiting for you. I wouldn't get stuck in traffic with my motorbike."

"That death trap! That is because the risk that you are going to be hit by a car because of your own stupidity is doubled."

"I don't take half the risks that I have seen other motorcyclists take. I always think about my safety and those around me."

The Doctor huffed.

"Fine. Don't believe me."

There was a moment of silence and Clara found herself weirdly wanting him to say something that might spark another argument. Maybe she felt like that was the type of person he was. Just someone always looking for a fight with someone else. She sank into her seat a little, knowing that she shouldn't have exploded the way that she did.

"Someone obviously got out the wrong side of the bed this morning." He muttered to himself.

She allowed herself a little smile but turned towards the window to let it show. Maybe once she had a cup of tea in her hand and got her first few classes out of the way and she would go and find him to apologise. She already knew that she would end up looking bad but she felt like she didn't really care. She just hoped that he would be in a good mood as well.

With a tea and some biscuits as a peace offering, Clara found herself heading towards the Doctor's classroom. She had thought about what she was going to say to him but she had little idea how he might take it. It was the only reason she had the biscuits. She hoped that he would take it better than she hoped. She placed the biscuits underneath her arm and raised her hand to knock on the door.

"Come the hell in or go the hell away."

She pressed on the handle and opened the door. He hadn't looked up from whatever he was writing and part of her wondered whether he knew it would be her.

"Do you want the peace offering or the apology first?"

The Doctor looked up at her. She held up the two mugs and the packet of biscuits in her hands. She didn't care if he wanted them or not as she placed the two mugs on his desk. She placed his closer to him and opened the biscuits before picking her tea back up.

"Two sugars, as you ask for it to be made."

"Thank you." He said.

Clara could tell that he was unsure about what was happening. He was respected as a teacher but he wasn't particularly liked as a person. It did mean that he would spend most of his time away from the other members of staff.

"Friday I said that we should start today as a fresh start and I didn't keep to that. We live in London. Of course, there is going to be traffic at 8 o'clock on a Monday morning. I am sorry that I was a little short with you this morning. It was uncalled for."

He blinked at her before picking up his tea and a biscuit. "Apology accepted."

"Good because I didn't want it to be awkward on the way home because this morning was still hanging over us. Doctor, we are going to have to get to know each other. We are going to be sharing a car for 15 minutes, twice a day, five days a week. At the least, we should get on."

"Agreed. Tomorrow morning, I will text you when I leave. It will take me between five to ten minutes to get to you. Therefore you will have more of an idea of when I will get to you."

"That would be great."

He cleared his throat. "I have a meeting tonight so we will be leaving a bit later."

"That's fine. I can start on my marking."

He nodded at her. "Thanks for the tea."

"No problem." She smiled at him.

"But just for future reference. I know that on the tea list it says I have two sugars, I actually have four. One of the PE teachers always used to corner me when I would say four or place four sugars in my tea or coffee and say how unhealthy it was. Just to shut him up, when we made that list, I put down two and said to him that I was trying to cut down. So whenever he wasn't in the staffroom, I would make it how I wanted it but when he was around, I had to have two sugars. Luckily he left not too long afterwards but by that point, everyone was making my tea with two sugars and I thought it would be weird if I then upped it so I just left it but obviously it isn't how I am used to it."

"Noted," Clara said, smiling widely at him. "I will see you later."

"Meet you by the car? I should be finished at about half four."

"See you at half four."

Clara smiled again at him as she left and she was glad that he gave her a small, shy smile. She knew that she had at least made it up to him today and she knew that she would have to make more of an effort in the future to try and keep things at least civil between them. Maybe Adrian was right. Maybe she could change him.