Chapter 3
"Lily? Are you in there?"
Lily sat up and looked around; it was slightly darker in the room. She stood up and turned on the light and opened the door. On the other side was Suzie laden with bags, "Here's hoping all this stuff fits," she said, clearly exasperated.
Lily took a bag and went in, she set it onto the bed and looked at Suzie as she laid the other bags on the bed, "Were you asleep?" she asked.
Lily nodded; she then glanced in one of the bags and sat down.
"I had to guess your size, but I think I did alright. I had a scan of you from the Hub's security cameras. I bought you a couple of dresses I thought you might think are cute, and they definitely have that forty's flair thrown in. For now I held off on shoes, we can take you to a shop downtown where they can measure your feet and then we can buy you a couple of pairs of shoes," Suzie paused, smiling slightly as she looked at the other bags, "Oh, I also went by the drug store and bought you a hair brush, tooth brush, tooth paste, soap and shampoo," she finished as she handed Lily the bag from the drug store.
Lily took it and emptied the bag onto the bed, "Thank you so much," she said.
"Well it'll make Jack happy, he can get pretty anal when our…'guests' the human ones that is, aren't taken care of. Well…I should say our human guests that just fall through the rift," Suzie replied with a slight sight.
The younger woman smiled slightly and then pulled out a dress, it was black with little red flowers on it, Lily smiled. "It is lovely," she commented.
"Do you think it will fit?" Suzie asked.
"I will go and try right now; this bathing suit is getting a bit annoying," Lily answered.
She then walked past Suzie and disappeared into the bathroom. She came out a moment later wearing the dress.
"It's quite lovely, complements your bone structure," Suzie said kindly.
"Thanks…I think," Lily said, a bit awkwardly.
Suzie laughed as she began to empty the rest of the bags.
"You and…Torchwood, you have been very nice to me…why?"
"We just felt the need to I suppose."
"I wish I could repay you," Lily muttered; a slight tone of complete misery in her voice.
"Don't worry about it," Suzie responded.
Lily sighed and helped Suzie to finish emptying all the bags. Once they were done Suzie smiled slightly, "Alright, would you like to go out and get some more clothing and shoes?" she inquired, smiling still.
Lily nodded, she picked up the sweater that Suzie had bought, put it on, and the two left the house.
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"Coffee sir?"
Jack looked up from his case file he was writing about Lily and nodded, "Thank you," he said with a some what cheeky grin as he took a mug off of Ianto's perfectly polished silver tray.
"So that was pretty strange, someone just falling through the Rift like that. Has it ever happened before?" Ianto asked.
Ianto was still new and so Jack smiled slightly, "Well the aliens, in the past only one or two other humans. But not in this decade, though of course ever since that 'earthquake' last year, things have with the Rift have been a bit more unstable," Jack finished talking and attempted to not grimace as memories of what had been over a hundred years for him, was just last year for the Doctor.
He sighed and then saw Ianto was still there, "Anything else?"
Ianto looked like he might say something but then decided against it, "That's all sir, if you need anything…just call."
The man nodded at his superior and left the office.
Jack continued to look over the file he had been writing but let out a sigh upon realizing that he could not focus. He stood up, grabbed his coat and left the Hub without saying a word.
Tosh watched as the Cog door closed and then looked to Owen who merely shrugged.
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"This is a nice pair of shoes," Lily commented as she showed Suzie some classic red pumps.
Before Suzie could respond her phone began to ring, she held up a finger and answered the device, "Hello my Captain, what's up?"
"Is Lily with you?" came the distinct American voice of Captain Jack Harkness.
"Yeah, were just getting some shoes; then were going to the Top Shop…" she paused, "Why? Is something the matter?" she asked, concern spreading through out her face.
"Oh yeah, everything is alright. I just wanted to check in. Look I've left the Hub, have Lily meet me at the Park once you girls are done shopping. I want to question her a bit and I thought I could introduce her to the tech of the 21st century. Also it will give you a chance to get off your feet," he answered, quickly so as to relieve Suzie of her worries.
"Okay, we are almost done here with the shoes. So give us about an hour and then I'll drop her off at the park, alright?"
Both agreed and a second later they hung up. Suzie explained the plan to Lily who nodded in understanding. They finished shopping for shoes went for the clothes and then left for the park…
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A/N- Please forgive any mistakes, I did send this to my beta, haven't gotten it back yet and I've grown impatient…so all mistakes are mine…sorry! Review please and I will love you for all eternity!!