A/N: right, part two, not much linkage to the first chapter except in the charcters of the Doctor and Ella. Based on a quote by J M Barrie who wrote Peter Pan, genius.
By the way I don't own Doctor Who.
"Let no one who loves be called altogether unhappy. Even love unreturned has its rainbow." – J. M. Barrie
The door slammed shut and the bolts were shot across. Both of the young women collapsed against a wall, breathing heavily. Being chased for a mile and a half and only just escaping will do that to you.
The taller girl stood up again after a moment and began to look around the room they had ended up in.
There was a bank of computer screens, a couple of keyboards, a mixing desk and a few chairs. As she sat in one of the chairs and tried to take stock of the situation she noticed that a man had appeared on one of the screens.
That screen showed the view of the camera in a studio nearby and was at this point filled with his image – hair slightly ruffled, long coat discarded, blue suit emphasising his height and sonic screwdriver pointing at the camera itself. She searched the mixing desk and, finding the communication button, spoke to him.
"Doctor!"
He jumped about a foot.
"Woah! Where are you?"
"In the gallery, sorry." He nodded and carried on sonicking. "The door's locked so can you let us know when we can come out, you know, not forget me this time?"
He rolled his eyes.
"I can see you, you know!" he couldn't expect to get away with that cheekiness.
"And I can tell you're smiling, you know!" he mimicked her and her smile broadened. "And that happened once, once! Anyone can make a mistake once!"
She released the button, allowing him to continue chattering away in the background, and turned to her friend to find Sophy staring her rather disconcertingly in the face.
"What?"
The girl only smirked knowingly in reply and, feeling self-conscious, the other turned around again.
"You like him!"
A look over the shoulder and a raised eyebrow.
"You do! You like him! I know you Ella and you like him – a lot."
Ella Marlowe spun on the chair and confronted on of her oldest friends, who had managed to drag herself from the floor and into a chair.
"What makes you say that?"
Just the right mixture of indifferent curiosity, patronising indulgence and preoccupation with something much more important, all artificial of course.
"You've got that look. The same look you had every time you caught sight of Will for a year and a half of college."
This is the problem with having friends who know you so well.
"So? What's going on between you two then?"
Sophy's face was plastered with a cheeky smile and a wicked glint shone in her eyes as her tone suggested that what was going on was everything of the most naughty and licentious in that wooden box.
"Nothing." Ella turned away, back to the screen where only the Doctor's foot was visible.
"What d'you mean? You and him – you're off travelling together all the time – you seem so happy –"
"As friends. He doesn't think of me any other way. Soph, please, can we drop it? I am happy. Just because he doesn't like me like that – we're still together, that's what matters, ok?"
Ella nodded firmly, turned away to consult the screens and found the Doctor had disappeared. She pressed the button and called to him, but got no answer.
Suddenly there was a loud whirring on the other side of the door and they both backed away from it. The final bolt was undone and it swung open to reveal the Doctor standing there, grinning happily.
"Did you miss me?"
Ella laughed and ran into his arms. After a brief hug, they parted, grabbed each other's hands and ran from the room.
Sophy shook her head slowly in wonderment and followed them.
A/N: the "did you miss me?" is blatantly a reference to The Christmas Invasion but it's a great line so I don't feel bad stealing it – if I could get the Lion King reference in I would.
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