Soooo. With the 50th Anniversary Special (AMAZING) the last chapter is now "not canon" however (and then pine before is a little not cannon) I may leave it. Should I or shouldn't I? I'd only have to change the very beginning to make it fit. Have him show up, freshly regenerated, rather than regenerate in front of her. Thoughts?

The Doctor landed the TARDIS in Ace's living room then slowly stepped out and looked around. "Ace?" He called. "Ace?" He heard a thump upstairs, followed by footsteps.

She stood in the door within a moment, "Professor?" She asked groggily, "That you?"

He beamed at her, "The one and only."

"Everything alright?" She mumbled, squinting to try and gauge if any damage had been done.

"Everything's fantastic!" He grinned. "Absolutely, completely, entirely-"

"Someone didn't want to be your companion." Ace said bluntly, crossing the room to sit on the couch.

"Something like that, yes." He confessed, dropping onto the couch next to her. "Am I that predictable?"

"Only to me." She promised.

He smiled. "Good."

"So," Ace gave him a sly smile, "Who was it this time? What's the story, Prof?"

"Prof!" He said indignantly. "Young lady, I tolerate 'Professor,' but I draw the line at 'Prof!' Before it actually!"

"Might I remind you I'm not as young as I was then?" He sized her up, agreed mentally, but said nothing aloud. "Anyway, I'm not sure this face is the face of a professor. You look more like a warrior. That'd be something. I'm not sure the galaxy could survive a War Doctor."

"Stop." He snarled harshly.

She jumped a little, "Sorry. I forgot, about, you know." She studied her hands, clasped in her hands. "Tea?"

"Tea." He repeated, then realized he'd been handed a way out of this conversation. "Yes. Tea. Coffee! I'd like coffee actually."

She narrowed her eyes. "You still haven't fixed it." She didn't even have to be specific for him to know that she meant the singing coffee maker.

He gave her a soft smile, "I still rather like that song."

With a groan she returned to the kitchen to fix a cup of coffee and, as he expected, the coffee maker hummed 'Madame Butterfly' merrily.

She returned and handed him a cup and slowly drank one herself. "Spill." She ordered, sounding a bit like a teenager who just wanted gossip.

"I was tracking autons through London, something just told me to go to London! and lo and behold! I found autons."

"Why are you surprised? Trouble follows you everywhere." Ace grumbled.

"Yes, well. Shut up." She laughed at him. "I was trying to say, I met this girl-"

"Aww!"

"Named Rose-"

"Aren't they all?"

He glared at her and she just smiled innocently in return. "To make a long story short-"

"Too late!"

"Her boyfriend was replaced with an auton, then we found him, defeated the nestenes with Anti-plastic," she laughed at that, "And asked Rose to come with me."

"Oh." Ace said, "And she say no after you said time travel? Was it too much of a commitment?" He could Ace was just poking fun at him.

"Time travel." He mused slowly. "I forgot to mention time travel."

"That was well brill."

The Doctor jumped to his feet. "Thank you!" He gasped, "That's just what I needed, oh Ace!" He ran to the TARDIS door, "Coming?"

"Who? Little ol me?" Ace snorted, "Don't be ridiculous. One last question thought?"

"Yes?"

"Is Rose blonde?"

"Yes. Why?"

Ace giggled, "See you around Prof!"

The Doctor shook his head as he hurried to the console. 'I will ever understand women.' He decided. He flicked the fast return switch and leaned out of the TARDIS, "Did I mention it also travels in time?"

One last thing (Or 2 or 3) For those of you, like me, who live in the U. S. but still want to see The Five(ish) Doctors its available on a site called dailymotion. The Five(ish) Doctors is incredible! Also, feel free to P.M. me (or just review) and we can rant about how AWESOME November 23 was. Did you see Matt Smith flip off 1D?!