So this one takes place with the 11th doctor when he shows up in Rivers classroom.
The doctor was ecstatic, the ponds just went to bed, and he had a date tonight. Well, it could be any night really, but he was saving it for a special occasion. 'Well, ' he decided "Todays special as any." He justified to himself as he regrettably pushed the stabilizers, boringers, as he called them. They really did make traveling dull. But only when he was without a wife, because with her, nothing is ever boring.
It had been a normal day, like any other. Well, there were no days like any other, it was a Tuesday, and there would never be another Tuesday the 22 of March 5024 again. River had gotten into her classroom perfectly on time with the bell, all of her students already waiting for her. She smiled as she got to her desk, seeing the bright faces eager for her to start her lesson. Rivers lessons were always the highlight of their day. She wasn't dull like all the other teachers, she didn't pick her lessons from the book. She spoke as though she knew exactly what she was talking about, never faltered, never stumbled, and every time a student would ask her a question, she always knew the answer.
"Alright, so today we with be talking about the most feared creature in the universe, the thing you don't stand a chance against, a creature so evil, it doesn't even have a word for love," River said, getting the college students excited as she switched the slide on the projector.
"A trashcan with a plunger and a whisk is hardly going to be the end of the universe." one of her trouble students scoffed. She rolled her eyes, as she was about to answer, someone else interjected.
"I beg to differ." 'Oh.' River thought, she knew that voice anywhere, well at least 4 of them. "You think you would live against a Dalek?" He asked, not bothering for an answer before he continued on his rant, "Daleks are the most feared creatures in the universe, and do you know why? Well, of course, you don't know why! I interrupted your Professor before she could teach you. Not that that would help, even if I told you everything there was about a Dalek, you wouldn't believe me unless you faced one. Well, the thing about a Dalek is that you can't beg for mercy, it doesn't know the meaning of the word, it won't hesitate to kill you, and let me tell you, getting killed by a Dalek hurts." He paused taking long strides toward the student while saying," Not fun, defiantly don't recommend it." He then got up-close and personal with him 'God, he really doesn't know what personal space is' Thought River, though she usually didn't mind. "You can't talk your way out when your up against them, and they know everyone, they have one mind, one big brain, what one sees they all see. They aren't programmed to know how to love, or show mercy, or..or...or..Chat! as you would call it. They would kill you in a split second no hesitation, no second thought. And do you know why? Just because you aren't like them. Just because you are not a Dalek. Anything not-Dalek is an enemy of the Daleks. They fear no one because they believe they are better than all." He finally finished.
The students were shocked, to say the least. They loved their professor, yes, but she was a bit strict. She would have no funny business unless she started it, which would happen on occasion. Everyone knew not to make her mad, and interrupting her lecture, AND start teaching it for her, would make her mad. The students felt bad for this poor soul, because who wouldn't feel bad for a man about to get clawed.
"Hi honey, I'm home." He said once he caught his breath, staring at River. Yep, they were never going to see him again. It was one thing to interrupt, and take over, but to FLIRT? The student wouldn't be surprised if he turned missing or dead. They knew very well that flirting with her would land them in serious trouble. And not school trouble, no, no, she didn't give out detentions. Detentions were to punish for what the student has already done, she wanted to make sure they would never do it again. Most didn't know what happened, but when she asked to see a student after class, he would be in there no more than 5 minutes and then come out screaming about spending days in a jungle with dinosaurs. Needless to say, they never behaved badly again, in ANY class.
River thought for a moment, she didn't know if she should be mad at him, if she should act like she didn't know him, or if she should just not give a damn that she was in front of her student and say her line. This time, it had been months, 9 to be exact. 9 months since she last saw him, he took her dancing in the 18th century and promised he would pick her up the next week for a special date he had planned. So she was definitely mad, he was very late. "And what sort of time do you call this?" She said, not in her flirty voice he usually receive it in, but in her professor's voice.
"Sorry," the Doctor said improvising,"I'm new, the names John Smith." He said smoothly. He was definitely closer to the end of this regeneration than the beginning, River knew as she notices the confidence he wore that came with being her husband.
"Yes." She said, trying hard not to smile, but she shouldn't be happy with him, "I've been expecting you." 'For way too long' "Please take a seat." 'While you still can' She thought because there's no room to sit in the dog house.
Definantly going to make this chapters prompt a series!
