Thank you to those of you who reviewed. This chapter tells us what Clara and Robb do near the lake at lunch. Please message me if you want anything specific to happen- remember - this is an AU where Robb does not meet Talisa.
Enjoy!
"So, this is the lake..." Robb held his unoccupied hand out to point to the lake. "Do you like the view or do you want to go elsewhere... if it's not adequate...?" Robb asked. Clara looked at him. She saw the blush that could easily be hidden by the stubble and the early afternoon chill. Clara shivered slightly and Robb took off his furs softly.
"Oh... no then you'll be cold!" Clara protested, but he placed the furs over her shoulders and connected the wolf clasps together at the front. He smiled at her and patted some of the hairs that were standing up.
"You're warm now..." He smiled, offering her his arm. She took it softly, leaning her cheek into his arm as she clasped it. They walked slowly up to a wooden table that servants were still laying out with a feast for two, a selection of meats and other delicacies. Robb walked Clara to the chair and helped her into it. She smiled and blushed before he sat down at the other side.
"So, Clara... where are these 'Shires' that the Doctor has told me about?" He asked, helping himself to two portions of roast boar. He smiled and filled his mouth. She looked lost for words. She hadn't expected him to be so polite at the dinner table.
"Well... I'm not really sure. I wouldn't know where it was... not because I'm stupid... I literally don't know where abouts it is in relation to Winterfell." She explained, taking a mouthful of a slice of chicken from her plate.
"In relation to? I see... so... tell me more about your parents..." He said, looking at her as he placed another mouthful of boar onto his knife and ate. She smiled and thought of what the Doctor had told her: 'Your parents were nobles and you were raised as the only child and your child- should it be a boy will inherit the Kingdom when he is of age..'
"Uhm... my father was Lord Oswald of Blackpool..." The thought of a place quickly and smiled. "Tower. Blackpool Tower. My mother was Lady Oswald - but she was a... village girl who he had taken a fancy to..." Well, I might as well make it as believable as I can, she thought. "She had saved him and he fell in love with her. They were wed the year after." She said, smiling as she looked out to the lake.
"And yourself... any brothers? Sisters?" He asked, he seemed to ask a lot of questions. He looked very handsome in just his tunic, with no furs and his hair curled and his stubble bringing out his eyes dramatically..."
"No... I'm an only child... if I have a child that's a boy he'll be the heir to the Tower." She said, smiling. "You know... every year they fill the Tower with light and they have lights of all different colours... red, green... blue..." She smiled, thinking about one of her views as a child- watching the Blackpool Lights.
"I should love to see that sometime..." He pulled another chunk of meat from the boar and smiled at Clara before biting into the boar's ripped leg. "Is your food alright?" He asked, between mouthfuls.
"Yes... very nice..." Clara smiled, taking another mouthful. He smiled at her and they heard footsteps. It was Robb's sister, Arya. She waved at Clara as she stood to the butcher's boy and they sword-fought with sticks. "She's a very lovely girl... you're lucky to have a little sister..." She smiled over. Robb looked over at Arya.
"She's all yours..." He said, not realising what he had said. Clara blushed.
"Bold offer, My Lord..." She giggled, and he realised what he had said and the ambiguity of it. He put down his boar leg and looked at her blushing.
"No... sorry... I didn't mean it like that... forgive me... Clara." He stuttered, flustered with himself. He had a piece of boar dangling from his stubble. Clara walked around the table and, with a cloth, wiped his stubble. He looked at her, brown eyes meeting blue. He smiled. "Thank you..."
Robb and Clara were walking back to the castle and they saw the TARDIS being dragged by a cart. Clara giggled into Robb's arm and saw the Doctor run out to it.
"No! No! No! NO!" He yelled as he ran out. "You have no idea how to treat a lady!" He climbed up to the TARDIS and opened the doors, walking inside. The inside was steaming from what Clara could see.
"You idiots!" Came a cry from the inside and Clara recognised the sound it began to make. "You reset the HADS!" He screamed from the inside as the doors closed.
"No!" Clara ran up to it and Robb followed as the blue box made its warped sound and disappeared. Clara's eyes widened as she realised that she was now stuck in Winterfell. She looked to Robb, who was right next to her. "He's gone!" She said, burying her face into his chest. He held her and stroked her hair and looked out to where the TARDIS used to be...
R+R