One Year Later
I walked into the restaurant and immediately into the kitchen. John was standing there, with his arms open. I ran into them and hugged him. Then I burst into tears. He held me as I cried. When I was done, I pushed away and looked at him. I sniffed and sighed. John smiled at me.
"What's wrong, Luna?" he asked.
I sighed again. "It's final. I'll never travel." I started crying again. "Mum took away everything that I cared about. She took away my journal and my passport! She's making me stay and help take care of Janessa. Mum can take care of her!"
John just hugged me again. "I know, Luna, I know. It's going to be alright."
After a while, I started my shift but was gloomy the whole day. At the end of the day, I started walking home. As I was walking, I saw a statue of an angel that wasn't there before. Her hands were over her eyes. I thought the statue was pretty and just looked at it. Just then, a voice yelled, "Don't blink!"
Then I was tackled and I fell to the ground. A hand grabbed me and pulled me away from the angel and behind a dumpster in an alley. I finally pulled away.
"Hey! Watch it!" I shouted.
It was a man who had grabbed me. He was taller than me and was in a light brown suit with a white shirt underneath. Clipped to his white shirt was a maroon bowtie. He had long, curly, dark, brown hair and brown eyes. He had a flat nose and pointy ears. His lips were thin but smiling. He was gasping and he just stared at me.
"What were you thinking, Aridena?!" he shouted.
I backed away. "How…how do you know me?" I whispered.
He groaned. "Oh, come on!" He had a high pitched voice, but it was gorgeous. "How can you not−" He inspected himself. "Oh, yeah, that's right." He sighed and looked up at me. "Do you remember, about a year ago, when a sick man stumbled into your restaurant? He was called the Doctor."
My mind flashed back to the amazing day. I smiled. "Yes. Wait, how do you know that?"
He stepped back and opened his arms. "Surprise. It's me!"
I raised an eyebrow and scoffed. "You? No, the Doctor was much hotter. And he had a deeper voice."
The man looked me in the eye. "Aridena, you helped me get better by giving me tea. I refused because I said I could walk but you and your sister, Janessa, had to help me inside. I slept on your guest bed and you sat in a chair next to me. You brought me more tea and then I left."
I just stared at this man and backed away. "It can't be. You looked different!"
He took my right hand and pressed it to his heart. I felt it beat. I shrugged. "So?"
He shushed me. He took my left hand and pressed it to his right side. I felt his heart beat. I felt his heart beat under both my hands. I pulled away.
"But…how?"
He took my hands and looked me in the eye. "I have two hearts. I'm a timelord, from the planet Gallifrey. I'm the last timelord. I'm over nine hundred years old. I travel in the TARDIS. I travel in time and space. When my body is injured, I don't die; I regenerate. This means, I get a new face. It's me, Aridena."
I tried to take this in. So I simply said, "Show me."
He smiled and dragged me behind him. We ran to a blue police box with a light on the roof. I gasped.
"I saw this box when I put the Doctor in my car."
The man smiled. "So you saw it? Cool."
He opened the door and went in. Then he ushered me in. I groaned. "We won't be able to fit inside."
He pulled me in and my breath was taken away. "It's bigger on the inside."
He smiled. "Yes, yes it is."
The box, which I assumed was the TARDIS, had gadgets everywhere. It was like a giant computer. In the middle was a consul with a tube running above it. I just sighed with content.
"So it's true." I turned to him. "You're the Doctor."
He smiled a boyish grin. I ran to him and hugged him. He picked me up and spun me around. I laughed as he put me down and smiled. Then, there was a banging on the door. The Doctor chuckled.
"I guess we better take care of those angels."