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AN: I finally wrote Martha!


One of these days he's going to get the coordinates right. Today is not that day.

Martha has never seemed to care where or when they go. Although, every once in a while she makes a pointed comment about how many near-death experiences they've chalked up and that maybe, just maybe they should take a day off?

Usually that's when it all goes wrong. Their last three holidays have been disasters…at least as holidays. But then, sitting around is not something he has ever been able to do well. Still, he really wanted to give her that holiday this time. She's tired and a little universe weary, he can tell, and she deserves a break more than ever right now. Three months putting up with human him and he should probably make some grand gesture like buying her a planet or something as a thank you. It's the least she deserves. He also knows she's saved his life again.

Maybe the TARDIS is playing tricks with him again. Or maybe she's taken a sudden dislike to Martha (he has no idea why). Or maybe she's taken a dislike to him. But punishing Martha doesn't seem a good way to go about it.

His train of thought trails off once more as he yanks Martha to the right down another side alley, desperately hoping that this time they will lose their pursuers. Another left. Another. And he allows himself a second of relief when he can no longer hear running footsteps behind them. He drags her into a nearby doorway and allows her to catch her breath."You promised," she splutters.

He cringes. Maybe a solar system. Yes, definitely going to be buying her a solar system."Yeah." He glances around the door. Still no sign of pursuit. Martha is no longer gasping for breath, and so he takes her hand and leads her down the alleyway. Now he just has to remember where the TARDIS is.

"You know, you could always spend a day lounging around the TARDIS pool."

Martha gapes at him. "The TARDIS has a pool?"

Oh, did he forget to tell her that? Galaxy. A nice dwarf galaxy somewhere a very long way from Earth.