Gideon didn't know where he was when he first opened his eyes. A normal ceiling, a normal bed with normal blankets and a normal pillow propped under his head. But this room was far from normal, he could sense it.
Gideon tried to sit up and was rewarded when his head swam in dizziness.
"Don't strain yourself," came a familiar voice. The Doctor stood at the door, his expression carefully guarded.
"Where am I?" Gideon asked.
"In the sick bay of my TARDIS," the Doctor replied.
"What's a TARDIS?"
"Somewhere safe," the Doctor said edgily.
"What happened?"
"Don't you remember?"
"No, I…" then it all came rushing back.
Gideon opening the watch… The mysterious energy filling him up… changing him… changing him into…
The Doctor watched as Gideon's eyes widened.
"Ah, so you do remember. Do you know what you are Gideon?" the Doctor asked.
"No, Doctor, please tell me what's going on." Gideon was getting really scared. The Doctor looked at Gideon sympathetically.
"Gideon, you are a Time Lord. Just like me."
"No I'm not! I'm human. I want to go home! Take me home, Doctor!" Gideon shouted, sitting up. But he sat up too quickly and a wave of dizziness shot through his head.
"I told you not to strain yourself and I can't take you home. You've spent so long as a human that your cells aren't stable. There's energy looping through your body. You may experience some unusual effects before it settles."
"I don't care. I am a perfectly normal human being. Take me home," Gideon insisted. The Doctor gave him a look like he was addressing a dim-witted child.
"If you're human, Gideon, then how do you explain having two hearts, superior senses and various other things not normally associated with human beings?"
"I don't have two hearts."
"Yes you do. You know you do."
The Doctor was right. Gideon could feel that he had two hearts. He no longer felt human. That scared him. What happens if he was no longer Gideon? He knew who he was as a human, but who was he as a Time Lord?
"Doctor," Gideon said softly. "Please take me home."
The Doctor sighed.
"Alright. But I'm telling you, you're not human. You'll come back to me eventually once you realise how much you don't fit in with the humans. Until then… enjoy your ignorance," the Doctor said a little harshly. He reached over to Gideon and pressed his hands against his head.
"What are you doing?" Gideon asked. He panicked when he felt the Doctor in his mind again. That panic was short-lived as the Doctor told him to go to sleep.
And so he slept.

Gideon woke up in his bed, in his room, in his house, extremely disorientated. What had happened? Had he dreamed up his encounter with the Doctor? Gideon felt his chest.
Two hearts.
It was true after all.
There was a knock on his door and Gideon realised that it was sunlight. How long had Gideon been gone?
His mom came in Gideon's room carrying the phone.
"Sorry for interrupting your sleep-in honey, but Isaak wants to know if you're coming to band practise this afternoon. I know your still grounded but I think I can allow you this one exception."
Gideon almost laughed. After all the weird stuff that had been happening, something as normal as band practise was hilarious.
"Yeah sure," Gideon told his mom.
"Make sure he's home by seven," Mrs Summerville said sternly into the phone.

Isaak's band was made up of five people. Isaak played the drums and Gideon was on the electric guitar (he could also play acoustic). Then there was Codi, who played the bass, Eric who played a keyboard and Manny who could use a tambourine and play the electric guitar. Sometimes Eric's older brother, Eddy, came along and played the saxophone but that was only when he wasn't working. Codi was the only girl in the group but she held her own against the boys.
Gideon was the last one to arrive at the garage owned by Isaak's dad. Isaak had some news to tell the band.
"Hey guys, guess what!"
"What?" Eric asked.
"My older cousin owns a bar in the city. His bar is holding a Rock and Roll themed night called 'Old Timer Rock'. He had a band playing for him that night but they cancelled out on him. So now he has asked us to play for him!" Isaak said excitedly.
"Say what?" Gideon asked.
"Wow, that is so cool!" Manny said.
"Whoa, slow down boys. You are forgetting something," Codi said, ever the thinker.
"What could we possibly have forgotten?" Isaak said smugly.
"Do we have to sing?"
"Yes."
"We don't have anyone who can do vocals," Codi said. The smile dropped from Isaak's face.
"Um, good point actually," Isaak said uncertainly.
"Well, that's simple. Can anybody here sing?" Eric asked. Everyone looked uncomfortable. There was an awkward silence that lasted a minute until Gideon thought to himself what the hell and plugged his guitar into the amp. He strung a familiar tune and started to sing.

'Just take them old records of the shelf
I'll sit and listen to 'em by myself
Today's music ain't got the same soul
I like that old time rock 'n roll'

Everybody's mouth drop open as Gideon continued to sing, revving up his guitar.
"Where the heck did he learn to sing?" Isaak asked.
"No idea, but I'm joining him!" Codi wooped. She whipped out her bass guitar and joined Gideon for the chorus.

'Still like that old time rock'n' roll
That kind of music just soothes the soul
I reminisce about the days of old
With that old time rock 'n' roll'

Eventually, they all started playing their instruments, with Gideon and Codi singing perfectly. Once they had finished, Gideon looked around each of the band members and smiled as he felt a sense of belonging. Human or not, his group would forever accept him. Gideon swore to himself he would never let them down.
However impossible that may become.
Gideon frowned. He could have sworn he felt a presence in his mind. Almost as if the Doctor was still there…

From his TARDIS, the Doctor quickly retreated out of Gideon's mind. That was close. If the Doctor had been in there a few more seconds Gideon would have discovered him. The Doctor knew being in his mind without Gideon's permission was unacceptable. But he had no choice- he needed to keep an eye on the boy. He was one of the very last Time Lords and he wasn't getting away from the Doctor that easily.