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He just had time to open his mouth again when the doorbell rang. Oh, no. I completely forgot-
"My sister!" I moaned committing a face-palm. I looked at the Doctor, "I'm sorry, I have to get that."
"Oh, it's fine. I should probably get going anyway." he stated hurriedly.
"Oh." was all I could say, I don't know what else I expected, him being an alien and all, but I didn't want him to go. I felt like I had to be with him now- which was strange since we were practically strangers.
He saw the disappointment on my face and started to speak again, "Un-" the doorbell cut him off again, this time ringing repeatedly.
I rolled my eyes, "Come on, before she kicks down the door," I said, and I led him downstairs. He hung behind in the living room, preoccupied with looking at the pictures in the mantel again, so I just went on to the door.
I opened it and she was standing there- Aurora Watercreek. She was almost the complete opposite of my physically, with her straight blond hair and brown eyes, as opposed to my curly dark brown hair and blue eyes. However, personality wise, we were pretty much identical, although I was much more forgiving than she was.
"Hi, Rory," I stated with a slight smile- she hated it when I called her that.
"Hey, Lil' Bit." she smiled back at me- I didn't like that name either. "Do you have it?"
"Yep, just let me get it," I turned back into the house, praying she wouldn't follow me inside. But, of course, she did. Great, now she was going to think me and the Doctor were dating, or something equally as horrible.
When I entered the living room, followed by Aurora, the Doctor finally looked up from the photos.
"Ah, this must be the sister. I'm the Doctor," he said, shaking her hand.
Aurora got a confused look on her face, "Doctor who?"
At this the Doctor smiled as if enjoying an inside joke and replied, "Just call me the Doctor."
She returned his smile (I did say he had an infectious smile) and mouthed to me, He's cute. Oh, God-I knew she was going to do this. She was always practically hell-bent on getting me a boyfriend, something that was very hard considering everyone thought I was mental.
I gave her the most evil look I could manage.
She ignored me and instead told the Doctor, "I'm Aurora."
Before she could say anything else, I said, "Alright then, it's just over here." I walked over to a table and picked up the beautifully wrapped (well it better have been beautiful after my numerous paper cuts) present that she was going to take to a party for me.
"Here you go," I said handing it to her.
"Is it your birthday?" The Doctor asked, addressing Aurora, "Or is it Christmas? That can happen sometimes- I land in the wrong place." he said with a smile.
"Um... no." Aurora said like she didn't have the faintest idea what the Doctor was talking about. Actually, I had no idea what the Doctor was talking about. "I'm going to an anniversary party, but Lily can't go- so I'm taking her gift for her."
The Doctor nodded and turned to me, "Why can't you go? Judging by what's happened tonight, you don't have any plans."
"Well, no," I began to get a bit frustrated with him again, "It comes in waves, my episodes that is. I didn't want to run the risk of going to a crowded place and having one there, so I'm just staying home."
"So you never go out at all?" the Doctor asked.
"Well I usually do, but they've gotten worse and more frequent lately, so I decided not to go."
"The doctors think it's an undiscovered auto-immune disorder." Aurora told the Doctor. I gave her another look that said, Why would you tell him that?, and she just shrugged at me. I was really irritated with both of them at the moment: the Doctor for his incessant questions, and Aurora for her revealing answers.
The Doctor stayed silent for a moment then looked up as if he had just remembered something. He walked over to the mantel place and picked up a photograph to show us, "Now, Aurora, this is you isn't it?" He pointed to the little girl with blond hair and brown eyes, but it wasn't Aurora.
"No, that's Lily. Fifth birthday party." She saw the slightly confused look on the Doctor's face and said, "I know, right- most people think that's me because of the hair, but Lily was blond until that year."
"Did it change suddenly?" The Doctor asked, trying to feign polite interest, but I could tell he was thinking of something. He got this peculiar look on his face whenever he was trying to hide something, and I've apparently seen it enough that I can recognize it immediately.
"Yeah, one day she just came downstairs with curly brown hair and blue eyes-our parents didn't believe it was really her. The doctors just pegged it as one of her many medical mysteries." she said this with a slight smile to try and pass it off as a joke, but I knew she was always very concerned with my health. This was a good quality most of the time, like when she would beat up the kids who bullied me, but sometimes she could be so overbearing.
"Strange," he said, more to himself than us.
"Yep, that's pretty much the life of Lily Watercreek abridged." Aurora laughed.
Then the Doctor placed the picture back on the mantel but continued to stare at it as if he was deep in thought.
Aurora and I looked at each other, Yeah, he's like that, I said with a look. She nodded. We must have some kind of sister sixth sense, because we can always understand each other even without words.
It was a few moments before the room was filled with an awkward silence, "Well..." Aurora mercifully said, pulling the Doctor out of his reverie, "I'd better be off. Don't want the happy couple to get worried. It was nice meeting you Doctor," she said to him with a smile.
He returned it, "Yes, nice meeting you too. You have been very enlightening."
"Um, thanks," she gave him a final smile before walking toward the front door with me on her heels. Before stepping over the threshold, she pointed in the direction of the Doctor and nodded in approval.
I gave her my most exasperated eye roll ever, "Goodbye, Rory."
She threw her hands up in defense, "Alright, alright. Just don't have too much fun, I'm much too young to be an aunt." She gave me a mocking smile.
"Likewise," I threw back at her before shutting the door and walking back to where the Doctor was still standing by the mantel. It was starting to dawn on me that it was slightly creepy this man was so preoccupied with my baby pictures. On the other hand, he was an alien.
Okay, so it might seem a little unnecessary to introduce Rory (Aurora) now, but she will make a reappearance if all goes to plan! Please tell me what you think!
