No Such Thing as Carefree
"We were just sort of wandering," Rose shivered and adjusted her jacket again, "And we heard someone sort of… groan. He was askin' for help, so we went toward the voice… and we found Charles."
"And the attacker?" Catherine crossed her arms and leaned back. Just another day at the office… the guy's guilty and she's covering… so predictable.
"We saw him runnin' past us… didn't think to stop him," she sniffed, tears were beginning to form at the corners of her eyes, "We didn't know. The Doctor was half out of his head at the time, and I wasn't thinkin'. Please, tell me you believe me."
"Your friend was drunk?" Girl's a good actress. Thin, cute, and lying… but a good actress.
"No… he wasn't… not that," Rose wiped the tear from her eye before it fell, "He was just a little… funny. He always is when we go someplace he hasn't been before. He was up for exploring, and not much else."
"When you say exploring, how do you mean?" Catherine was still skeptical about the authenticity of Rose's little story.
"I mean exploring," Rose replied matter-of-factly, "What do you mean?"
"Nothing, I guess," Catherine shrugged. She's too young for him anyway… not that that's ever stopped people in the past… "So, you get back to the man, and then what."
"Well, we got back to him, and he was just… covered in blood," Rose was holding back the waterworks as much as humanly possible, "And I said to the Doctor that… I told him to go find a copper. Tell 'im that someone was hurt."
"Alright, Doctor goes, he finds Nick," Catherine nodded her head slowly, "What did you do?"
"I stayed with—with Charles," the sleeves of Rose's pink jacket were wet with tears, as were her cheeks, "I held his hand… and I tried to keep him talking, but…" she broke down in sobs. "But he j-just… l-let go."
Catherine moved to her side and put an arm around her shoulders, "It wasn't your fault, Rose. You can't blame yourself for this."
"I shouldn't have come… I should've stayed home," Rose cried into Catherine's shoulder, "Wake up, go to work, eat chips, watch telly… simple, carefree."
"There's no such thing as carefree, sweetie."
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