Disclaimer: I do not own the Doctor, or the Tardis, or Time Lords, or Daleks, or anything recognizable.

A/N: Sorry to have been so long updating this...I've been busy.

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"Okay." Rixil said. "Lisa's house is about five blocks away. She's a geek, and a nerd and just plain weird. But she's the only friend I've got and I like her."

"If its only five blocks, then we can walk, okay?" the Doctor replied.

"Good idea. She's gonna freak out that you're an alien, no need to scare her more." Rixil figured that Lisa was actually quite likely to faint from happiness when she showed up with the Doctor.

It was near midnight when Rixil and the Doctor knocked on the door of Lisa's house. It was a small brick house, half hidden by huge trees. The white trim was peeling a little, and one shutter flapped in the slight breeze. Rixil fiddled with her sunglasses. She was still wearing her Vikings jersey.

"Why do you wear those again?" the Doctor asked, really only to break the silence.

Rixil knocked on the door again. "I wear them, because the United States has a section of the government entirely devoted to aliens. I am an alien, as are you, and you look a lot more human than I do. What with my teeth and my eyes. Lisa doesn't even know that I'm not from Earth—"

The door jerked open and Rixil nearly fell into the arms of a rather pretty human woman in her mid-twenties. "Tammy Harrison, you're not from Earth?"

Rixil jumped up. "Lisa! You weren't supposed to hear that..."

"You'd better explain yourself, Tammy." Lisa said, her hands on her hips.

Rixil scuffed at the ground with her red Converse high-tops, that the Doctor realized were almost the same as his, except for the color. "Do I really have to, Lisa?"

"Let me see your eyes, Tammy." Lisa said.

"What?"

"You realize that I have known you for more than three years and have never seen your eyes?"

"What makes you think my eyes are so very different from yours?" Rixil demanded.

"Why do you keep them hidden all the time then?" Lisa retorted.

Rixil sighed. "I got your note. I'm two steps ahead—"

"Stop changing the subject!"

"This is on the subject!" Rixil shot back. "I'm two steps ahead of you." she jerked her thumb at the man standing behind her. "This is the Doctor."

Lisa gasped. "Really?"

"Really and truly." the Doctor said, wiggling his fingers in their direction.

Rixil rolled her eyes. "And yes, I'm not from Earth."

Lisa gawked. "So you're an alien? My best friend's an alien and never tells me? Just goes on and on helping me find all sorts of weird alien stuff on the internet, and at the library and draws pictures for me and—"

"Shut up, Lisa." Rixil groaned. "I'm just looking for a way home."

"Well where is home?"

"Can we come in?" Rixil asked. "I'll explain it inside."

Lisa opened the door wide. "Yeah, course you can." The Doctor and Rixil came into Lisa's house. "Oh my goodness! Oh my goodness! I have aliens in my house! Real live aliens!"

The Doctor raised his eyebrows at Rixil, who shrugged. "Lisa, please calm down." he said.

"You know my name! How do you—"

Rixil interrupted. "He just heard our whole conversation."

Lisa's face fell. "Oh yeah. Wait. You're an alien too."

Rixil rolled her eyes. "Yes, I am." she pulled off her sunglasses.

Lisa blinked.

Rixil blinked back.

Lisa blinked again and shook her head. "No way. No way."

"What'll it take to prove to you that I'm not human?" the Doctor said, saving Rixil from having to answer.

"Your spaceship." Lisa answered immediately.

"My spaceship?" the Doctor said, clearly surprised.

"Yes, your spaceship."

"It's parked in my living room." Rixil said.

"In the living room?"

"In the living room." the Doctor confirmed.

"This I have gotta see." Lisa said, pulling on her shoes. She headed out the door, the Doctor and Rixil hard on her heels.

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Rixil reached the door to her apartment two steps ahead of Lisa, and unlocked the door. The three of them walked in. Lisa looked a little disappointed at the Tardis.

"That's a spaceship?" she said.

"And a Time Machine." the Doctor said.

"A Time Machine?" Lisa said.

"Yes." Rixil said. "And it's gonna get me home."

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