"Doctor!" Amy yelled as she stepped inside looking around with disgust. "Are you buying pastries here?"
He quickly straightened himself off the counter. "Why of course! You may not know this about me Miss Rorry Williams, but I do have a sweet tooth."
"Don't call me that." Amy said crossing her arms over her chest.
"Call you what?" asked Rorry coming up behind her.
"Hello" Amy said tentatively to the blond girl staring at her, ignoring Rorry's question. "I'm Amy, who are you?"
"Ah this..." The Doctor said turning to Rose in a grand gesture which had his arms flying towards the girl "is Rose Tyler!" He shifted in his feet, arms perched in a presenting motion.
Her big brown irises locked straight into his and froze him into place. Rose didn't need to speak, he knew right away she disapproved of the grand introduction. She smiled, turning to Amy to shake her hand with sincerity. "Hi, you must be The Doctor's traveling companions then? It's a real pleasure to meet you."
"And who's Rose Tyler?" Rorry asked flatly.
"Well..." The Doctor seemed to ponder as he gathered his composure by adjusting his bowtie, his eyes never leaving Rose. And in a serious tone decided to go with "That would be a rather long story."
Amy observed suspiciously scanning the girl in front of her.
"Sorry to have kept you waiting love..." They all looked at the man who had spoken, all of them but Rose; she looked at the man with the bowtie.
Amy and Rorry didn't see the ghost that passed over The Doctor's face but Rose did. "Why hello." The man addressed the group. "You made friends I see."
Amy cocked an eyebrow, eying the man up and down, from hair to shoes. She gave a pout, obviously satisfied at the sight before her. "Nice hair." she said.
"Thanks" the man replied absently passing a hand in them. "So... who are you lot?" he asked taking a sip of the coffee on the counter.
"I'm Amy, this is Rorry and this, is The Doctor."
The two man's eyes locked as the newly arrived slowly put down his coffee.
"Nice bowtie." One said.
"Thank you, nice..." The Doctor looked at Rose, back to the other Doctor. "Well..."
"Yes. Thank you."
"Yes... yes..."
Rose stood up between the two. And neither of them said anymore as they stared at each other for a long moment, no one was smiling. The only sounds coming from the scene around them were the man by the window who turned a page of his paper loudly fighting with it, and the faint, very faint sound of the radio in the background.
Amy looked at the two man, arms still crossed, eyes narrowing.
"Doctor?" she asked suspiciously.
The other man answered "I'm The Doctor." and flashed his broadest smile sticking his hands in his pockets.
There was a pause as all of them took in their parts.
"But that's impossible" Amy said matter of fact.
"Ok! Time to go! " her Doctor said clapping his hands together. "Come along PondS!" Pushing passed Rory and her, he bolted towards the door.
Amy stared at the couple in front of her but finally turned to run after The Doctor leaving Rorry behind.
"So..." he started tentatively. "You're The Doctor...?" he asked confused.
"In the flesh." the man said amused.
"Forgive me for asking but... how can there be two of you?"
"Ah! That's an excellent question Rorry, but you're asking the wrong Doctor."
Rorry gave a small snort "Well HE'll never answer me."
"You're probably right." Rose said. "But it's not because it's you." She gave him an awkward smile.
Rorry turned to the lady behind the counter. "Excuse me, I'll have 3 bagels to go please" he said. "I heard Montreal bagels were incredible" he said to no one in particular.
She wrapped the goods in a brown paper bag.
"Oh they are!" The Doctor exclaimed.
"That'll be 3,50$."
Seeing Rorry's embarrassed face was enough for The Doctor to say "Well, go on then! My treat. Go catch up with your friends."
Rorry turned to thank him and noticed the blond girl still looking at him. "Thank you." he said awkwardly shifting.
"It's not you." She repeated. "It's probably a story he doesn't want to think about anymore."
"That's an understatement." the other Doctor agreed.
"But when he does, can you tell him we need him? Can you please tell him we need him then? Only then."
The way she earnestly looked into Rorry's eyes made him blush. He nodded but just before he turned to head the way Amy and The Doctor did, he noticed the way the other Doctor looked at Rose; he knew that look all too well. Love.