Chapter 4: The Kitchen Mishap

Rose awoke the next morning and quickly realized that the Doctor wasn't next to her.

She closed her eyes and stayed in bed, It was such a wonderful dream… Why didn't I stay asleep and just dream of the Doctor. I had finally found him, I wonder if he knows I dream of him on occasion. It's strange though, now that I think of it… He looked different. How could I know if he has regenerated or not?

At that moment, a knock came at the door. It's probably Mum. Maybe I should just pretend to be asleep.

She heard the door open and a voice say "Rose, are you awake?"

Rose opened her eyes and looked around quickly. It wasn't a dream! She looked at the smiling face of Amy Pond, nodded, and signaled her in. "Hi Amy."

"The Doctor wants you to come to the kitchen", the red-head said with a grin.

"Oh no, is the Doctor trying to cook again? I'm guessing that's why I awoke alone, right? I'm surprised he hasn't blown something up", Rose said with a laugh.

"You'd be surprised at all the stuff he can do without even trying… Want to bet he's broken something?" replied Amy as Rose put on her slippers.

Amy and Rose had begun walking when all of a sudden an alarm rang through the inside of the Tardis, bouncing off of every wall. They looked at each other in alarm and ran in the general direction of the kitchen, when all of a sudden they heard a 'Yelp!'. They stopped in their tracks and saw the Doctor being flung out of the kitchen, followed by Rory.

"What did you do that for!", the Doctor bellowed as he looked up, "I was only trying to cook breakfast for everyone and be nice for once!"

"Not rude and not ginger?", said Rose with a snicker; "I don't think that's such a good idea for you Doctor".

Amy laughed, as she walked over to Rory.

She looked down at him and extended her hand towards him, "Did you try to cook too?"

Rory took her hand and said quickly, "No.. Of course not!… Okay, fine. Yes. We wanted to surprise you girls with breakfast… it didn't exactly work out"

"What was going to be on the breakfast menu Doctor", Amy asked him, as Rose helped him up. "No wait, let me guess. Fish fingers and custard?"

"How did you know?!" the Doctor said indignantly. "Please Doctor, that's all you eat!"

"No chips? I thought you liked chips", asked Rose, as her eyebrow rose while a grin spread across her face.

The Doctor replied slowly, "Well, I like them but fish fingers and custard are delectable!"

"Alright Rose, let's go see the damage. Hopefully it isn't too bad" said Amy, as she linked their arms.

"You two should probably go clean up", she added as an after-note, while looking at the Doctor and Rory over her shoulder.

Rose peeked her head in the smoking kitchen. "Oh this is just gross Amy! She held a hand up to cover her nose and mumbled, "I think he tried making it from scratch".

"Yep! Look at the book on the countertop. I don't think it survived the impact of whatever these men tried to do.", Amy pointed at a half burnt book.

Rose thought to the TARDIS, Sorry old girl. Do you want me to get the Doctor out of here for a while you fix the kitchen up again?

The TARDIS gave her a short and appreciative hum. As soon as the two women had exited the smoking kitchen, a thick metal door appeared which enclosed the kitchen.

Amy and Rose walked back to the main console room where the Doctor and Rory were sitting talking quietly. They stopped talking as soon as they saw them.

Rose said to them, "How about we go out for breakfast on the nearest planet? The Tardis will have to do some repairing to fix the mess you made. It'll take a few hours. But please Doctor, a place suitable for breakfast. No running just yet."

The Doctor muttered under his breath, "Fine. I suppose you lot have to eat."

"Yeah, yeah, yeah, your superior Time Lord biological status makes it so you don't have to eat as often as we do, we've heard it before Doc." said Amy, with a slight hint of annoyance.

"Are you hungry Amy?" asked Rory.

"Why do you say that?", replied Amy, as she turned her head towards him.

"Well… uhh… you're a little mean when you're hungry", he said quietly as he slowly inched away from her.

Rose stifled a laugh and said, "That makes two of us then!".

"Hold on!", the Doctor said, as he ran around the console pushing buttons and levers. Moments later the TARDIS stopped moving, and the Doctor rushed to the doors and held them open.

"Welcome to the Diadem! This lovely planet is considered to be one of the most relaxing planets in the Mutter's Spiral. Of course, we've arrived before the Union, and plenty of time before my fifth self arrives. If we're here for a few hours, we should be fine."

Amy and Rory linked hands and walked out. The sky looked similar to that of Earth's; a deep shade of Turquoise, but with a special and unique shine, almost glittery, to it. Rose followed, and the Doctor stepped out after her.

She stopped and linked her arm with his and said, "Wow, you've really outdone yourself Doctor. It's gorgeous here."

The fields were lined with silver, and at the base stood a small village. In the far distance a lake was visible with the water a light shade of pink.

"Now let's go find some breakfast please", Amy said as she began to walk towards the small village.

Off they went into the village to find some breakfast. Perhaps the time would soon arrive in which Rose would tell him what happened, how she managed to find him again, and what exactly happened in Pete's World. That conversation was something to be handled delicately.

The Doctor interlinked his hand with hers and grinned at her as they followed Amy and Rory. He was just happy to finally have her back with him.