Thanks to those who reviewed the last chapter! Finally this prompt has some nice fluffy humour with Eleven, Jenny and Aliya [OC]. These three are always cute as a unit and the prompt was too perfect for Aliya to resist, so I had to.

Enjoy!

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I got kicked out of Barns and Nobles cos I put all the bibles in the fiction section

(Aliya with Eleven and Jenny)

"It's awfully kind of you, Owl, but no," the Doctor read aloud, "I'm going to have tea with a gruffalo." He glanced up from the picture book in his hands at his daughter. She was listening intently, all big green eyes and childlike grin of amusement. Smiling to himself, he continued. "A gruffalo? What's a gruffalo?" There was murmuring coming from a nearby section. He and Jenny tried to look through the shelves, but the attempt was fruitless and they soon went back to their book. "A gruffalo! Why, didn't you know? He has knobbly knees, and turned out toes, and a poisonous wart at the end of his nose."

Jenny giggled. "This is a great story. See, no one at Torchwood would ever show me books like this, they're too boring."

The Doctor bopped her on the nose and beamed. "Exactly. Never put too much stock into grown ups, it'll age you. And for a bright and shining almost four year old such as yourself, that's something to avoided for a couple of centuries at least."

"Oi!"

"I'm sorry, Ma'am, I have to ask you to leave."

The Doctor and Jenny crept along to the end of the bookshelf to see none other than Aliya being physically escorted towards the door of Barnes and Noble store.

"I've got just as much right to be in here as anyone else!" She protested. When she spotted her two friends, she brightened a little. "Doctor, a little help here?"

"Sorry, er," The Doctor looked at the shopping centre's security guard's name tag, "Fred. What exactly has my friend here done to deserve getting kicked out?"

A pissed off female attendant with bushy hair shot a glare at Aliya. "She put all the Bibles into the fiction section. I'm just glad I found her before she got through with more than three Qu'rans."

Aliya pulled a childish face at her, rolling her eyes. "I still don't see what I did wrong. I was just putting them in their rightful place."

"With respect, Ma'am," The attendant, whose name tag said Maggie, said politely, though not without apparent difficulty, "They're not fictional books."

The blonde Time Lady just snorted. "That's what you think. Just because you don't know you're wrong, doesn't mean you aren't." She shot the Doctor a look that read, 'can you believe this?'.

He just scratched his cheek sheepishly. "You know, Aliya, we were about to go and get some ice cream anyway, weren't we?"

For a moment, the prospect excited her until she worked out that it was a distraction tactic. "Yes, we were," She replied, "After I bought a book. And I haven't found anything yet."

"Aliya, maybe we should just-" Jenny tried to suggest, only to get cut off.

"No, Jenny, I haven't done anything wrong-"

"I'll pay for you to get every single topping you possibly can," the Doctor said.

Aliya glanced from Fred to Maggie to him, and finally just relaxed her body with a small sigh. "Done." Two minutes later, they were in line at the ice cream parlour and the father and daughter were laughing at their friend.

"Honestly, you're like a teddy bear with a bad bite," Jenny said, nudging Aliya playfully.

"And you're a teddy bear without a bite at all, which is why you're my favourite," Aliya answered, prodding the girl in the stomach and making her squirm.

"I thought I was your favourite," the Doctor said with a frown.

"No, I'm your teddy bear, not the other way around, idiot." Aliya poked her tongue at him.

"Oh, so you're the one who gets kicked out of Barnes and Noble but I'm the idiot."

"Yes."

Well, at least if I'm writing these I'm writing something. But why does IBTS have to be so difficult?

Thanks for reading, and feedback is appreciated!

-MayFairy :)