Chapter 2
Moments after they left Pete's World Rose and her daughter landed outside a school in London.
"Mummy, where are we?"
"I don't know honey, I was expecting us to land in Cardiff"
"So why are we here then mummy?" asks Sarah Jane.
"I don't know, just give me a minute to think about what to do next okay"
Seconds later the school bell rings and all the parents that were waiting at the gates are greeted by their children with the rest of the pupils walking off on their own.
Not long after the parents and kids have gone a young woman in her early 20s comes running out of the school, followed by a man of about the same age.
"Clara, where are you going, what was that text about?" asks the man.
"One of my kids got hurt in PE, his sister's gonna walk him home, but I have to go see how he is, will you cover my after school club?"
"Sure, oh and Clara?"
"Yeah, what is it?"
"What was all that about last Wednesday, when you ran off to the Doctor's, you're not ill are you?"
"He's not that sort of Doctor, he's just a friend, a very old friend, okay, I gotta go, see ya tomorrow"
"Bye"
"Okay sweetie, I need you to get her attention, go, now"
"Okay mummy"
Sarah Jane then runs away from her mum and walks into Clara, Rose follows her, saying "Sarah Jane Smith, what have I told you about running away?"
"Sowwy mummy"
"I should hope so, listen, Miss, I am so sorry"
"It's fine, really" answers Clara, who recognizes Rose, but decides to stay quiet and not freak her out.
"Umm, I couldn't help but overhear, do you know the Doctor?"
"I know many Doctors"
"I'm not talking about any old Doctor. I'm talking about a man, the most impossible of men, a man you travel with in a box that's bigger on the inside and the out throughout Time and Space" explains Rose.
"You've met him!"
"I've travelled with him"
"You have!"
"Yeah"
"I've not many any of his old travelling companions"
"I have, we had a couple of people travel with us as well"
"Cool"
"Can I just ask, where is he, the Doctor I mean?"
"Somewhere, I don't know, he doesn't pick me up till Wednesday"
"He picks you up once a week"
"Yeah, I have a job and friends here, he always brings me back to not long after I left though"
"So he's gotten better at operating the TARDIS then"
"I wouldn't go that far"
The two women then have a little laugh about the Doctor's driving ability before Rose asks "Do you know anywhere we could stay?"
"Yeah, with me"
"Are you sure?"
"Absolutely, I live with a family of three but George, the dad is away for the week, you can have his room, he won't mind"
"Thank you, I've Rose Tyler-Smith by the way, this is my daughter Sarah Jane.
"I'm Clara, Clara Oswald, okay let's go then"
The three of them head down the road, walking to the Maitland's.
End of Chapter