A/N: The final chapter of this fanfic... Just in time of Jenna Coleman's birthday XD Hope u enjoy. Brace for feelz. If you thought the last chapter had too much pain... It will only get worse. I'm sorry.
The Doctor sat down on the chair as the screen lit up. He was still shaking. The Time Lords had reversed the neuroblocked memories and could remember everything. He understood all the things he had said to the waitress... It was her. He was narrating her story.
Their story.
But he hadn't recognise her, and he had told the young waitress that if he would ever meet this mysterious Clara again, he would absolutely know...
A hologram of Clara in her waitress clothes appeared just a few steps away from him.
"Hello daft old man." Clara's smile pierced his soul. He hadn't seen that smile in so long. It was almost automatic for him to smile his brightest grin and it brought tears to his eyes.
The same as he had last seen her... With her saucer eyes, her short stature...
"I know you'd come here. Because you can't stop until you've got answers for everything don't you, Doctor?" She laughed so hard, but he could see the brokenness in her eyes, even though she was just a hologram.
He hadn't come in time to stop her from going back to her death.
"This is why I've recorded this. So you could bring your memories back and rest assured that I am at peace. I didn't want that last conversation of ours in my TARDIS to be my final message, Doctor. And this is the only way I could get to you without hurting each other.
I've watched your every step, I've heard your every thought from a distance. I just couldn't bare that you'd be living the rest of your lifetime trying to find a companion who was condemned to death so many years ago. You have to do what you've always done; move on, and be a Doctor.
Don't let this anger of yours take over your life. It already took you 4 and a half billion years and threatened the Universe. But this is my destiny, why I ran so fast and why I never died before. Because I've decided to take the chronolock upon me and face the Raven. It was my fault and I am ready to suffer the consequences bravely.
I never wanted you to follow me. I always want you to remember me as Clara, with wide smiles and inflated saucers for eyes."
Clara breath a smile as her eyes filled with tears, and the Doctor couldn't help himself but do the same.
"All I ask you is one thing. Run you daft old man, and remember me. And you better do that... Because quite frankly... forgetting me was offensive."
They both laughed.
It was his same old Clara after all, always laughing and joking, even in the most serious of times.
The Doctor sat up from the chair, his knees threatening to give way, and feebly walked in front of the hologram. Her hologram was focusing at his shoulder. After all, it was only a projection.
He tried to caress her hologram cheekbone with the back of his fingers as more tears made their way down his face, trying his best to feel her soft skin. They both were broken on the inside, but at least this is the best they could've hoped for.
Loving each other so much, that they were willing to tear the Universe apart.
Two souls condemned never to meet each other again.
"Thank you Doctor, for all the wonderful adventures you've given me, for the love and patience you've always showed me, even in the darkest of times."
Oh yes, the Doctor though. P.E.
"I love you too, Doctor. Have and always will."
That loving smile...
"Remember me."
And the hologram faded, leaving the Doctor alone, his hearts stuck in his throat and bloodshot eyes.
A/N: Hope you loved this fanfic. Reviews appreciated as always!
