So, to try and get my creative juices flowing I asked on Tumblr for an idea for a drabble. This is what came from that. Written in just over a hour, read through once and barely edited, enjoy :P
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"If you hadn't interfered," The Doctor snapped, "Then we wouldn't have been tied up." He stormed into the TARDIS, slamming the door open as he did. Danni stormed in after him, Rose behind with a look of resignation on her face. There they go again. Ever since he'd regenerated all he had done is shout at the time-jumping girl whenever she appeared.
"No, actually," Danni bit back, "If I hadn't have interfered we'd have been eaten instead."
"I had it all under control until you began gabbing off to the chieftain."
"Again, no." Danni retorted, "You said that her son was quite the charmer."
"Well, yes, but..."
"And it wasn't her son, was it?" She pressed.
"Well, no, but..."
"She was her daughter. You insulted the chieftain's child, so we were going to get eaten and I don't know about you, but I rather want to live to see another day. My god, River's right, you are hard work young."
"Will you stop saying that?!" He shouted and Rose sighed, walking around the fighting couple and heading towards the kitchen, neither of them noticing as she left. She understood why Danni was so defensive but why did she have to go and say that? Whatever happened, she was going to stay right out of it.
"Well, it's true!" Danni shouted back, "You're not such an arse when you're older."
"Maybe you're not such a nuisance when I'm older." He reasoned, his hands clenching by his sides. She was so annoying, just appearing whenever she felt fit and taking over when he was trying to have a nice trip out with Rose, somewhere without all the danger.
"Oh my god, you big child!" She threw her hands up in exasperation, "I'm not talking to you when you're like this. Rose?" she turned and blinked, where had the blonde gone, "Rose?"
"Good!" The Doctor snapped, still not noticing Rose had left them to it, "Actually, how about you never talk to me again?" He stormed over to her, "How about you take this," He grabbed her arm with the Manipulator on it, "And use it to get out of my life forever?" Her eyes narrowed.
"Because it doesn't bloody work, you moron!" She snapped back and he laughed harshly.
"Oh, look at that, something the amazing Danielle Fielding can't fix." He used his grip on her arm and dragged her towards the door, opening it and chucking her out onto the grass outside, "Find your own way back." He slammed the door shut and she glared up at him, outraged and shocked in equal measure.
"Well, when you remember this when your older don't you dare come crying to me!" She screamed, standing up just as the TARDIS began to fade in and out of existence, protesting loudly at leaving her behind, "You hear me, Spaceman? Don't you bloody dare you egotistic dickhead!" She panted in anger as she was left alone and she looked through the trees surrounding where the TARDIS once stood. She sagged slightly, realising she actually was stranded until her Manipulator set off again. She really needed to get some form of her own transportation, something more reliable than her Manipulator anyway. She sat down on a stump a few feet away, sighing in sadness. Why did he have to be so mean? And why did he do it in such a way that made her want to slap him in his whole 'pretty-boy' face? Of all the people in all the universe, he was the only one she'd come across she could even begin to relate to.
She reached into her pocket and pulled out her phone, flicking through the names on the screen. She immediately skipped past the Doctor's, not knowing who she'd get and really she didn't want to talk to him anyway. Her thumb hovered over Rose, but she quickly dismissed the blonde too, that Doctor was out of the question as well. As was Martha's, and Donna's really. The last thing she wanted to see was Ten. She saw Rory's name and smiled, the Roman would be good. Amy would ask too many questions, he would just be kind.
"Hello?" Rory answered, unsure and she smiled, he was probably wondering why she was ringing him and not the Doctor.
"Hello Rory." she called, "What Rory are you?"
"Er... this one?" She chuckled slightly.
"No, at what point are you? Been to the Dalek Asylum yet, or are you still not married?"
"Oh! Oh, no we're just being dropped off from Mercy... It's Danni, she wants to know when we are." He replied to a very muffled Amy on the other side, "Do you want the Doctor?"
"No!" She exclaimed, quicker than she probably should of, "Just tell him to pick me up, yeah?"
"I'll just give him the phone..."
"No Rory." She snapped, "If I wanted to talk to him, I'da rung him wouldn't I? Just tell him to pick me up."
"Err, she wants you to pick her up." He relayed the message, "He asks where?"
"Terra Grona, 42 delta 6." She repeated, remembering it from when she landed. She hadn't been to a year so far into her future it needed a Greek letter for a while now, so it had amused her at the time. Now she was just stuck there. Bloody Greek letters, she could think of two distinct ones that were really pissing her off right now.
"Terra Grona, 42 delta 6... Oh, he doesn't look too happy. Actually, he looks terrified. Can you tell me how you did that?"
"So he should." She huffed, pleased with that development. He remembered, that's good, "I'm gonna hang up now. See ya soon, my sexy Roman friend." She hung the phone up and looked around, counting to twenty. The TARDIS landing noise started at 12, and it was fully materialised when she'd hit 20. The door opened and the Doctor rushed out, looking around anxiously until his eyes fell on her. He froze on the spot and she stood up slowly, still fuming at him and she raged past him.
"Hello Rory, Amy." She greeted the two who were stood, incredibly uncomfortable at the tension that fell over the box as the Doctor also entered, "When you're back home I want to go see Jack."
"Danni..." The Doctor tried and she paused on her way to her room, turning to Amy.
"Can you tell him, Amy?" She asked loudly, "Apparently he doesn't want me talking to him again. Unfortunately the Manipulator doesn't allow me to leave his life forever, but I'm sure Jack won't mind me being with him!" She dramatically bounced off up the stairs and into the hallway as Amy sighed, a feeling of Déjà vu falling over her.
"Okay," She started slowly, facing the Doctor, "What did you do?"
"We had a bit of a fight." he replied vaguely, setting the TARDIS back on course to the Pond's house.
"Obviously." She retorted, "What did you do?"
"I may have... you have to remember, this was hundreds of years ago." He pointed out and she crossed her arms, looking at him impatiently, "I may have chucked her out of the TARDIS."
"Excuse me?" He looked sheepishly at her with a shrug.
"I was angry, and younger." He defended, "And, and..." Amy raised an eyebrow at him and he nodded, "And I'm going to go grovel at her when you're gone. I do have some dignity you know?"
"The bow-tie says otherwise." She retorted, "Go on then, Spaceman. Take us home."
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There was a knock on her bedroom door but she pointedly turned away from it, still berating herself for heading to their...HIS room twice before coming here. There was another knock and she pursed her lips together. The door then opened and the Doctor poked his head in, looking confused. He was sure she was in there.
"Oh, you are here." He stated redundantly, stepping in and closing the door behind him.
"Yes, sorry." She snapped, "Once you take me to Jack's I'll find my own way around, unfortunately you're my only form of transportation, but that'll change so don't worry." He sighed and sat next to her on the bed but she shifted away from him.
"Danni." He started, "My Danni-Girl. You should know by now I didn't mean any of that..."
"Oh, should I?" She bit back, "Another thing I'm useless at, eh?"
"No, no that's not what I meant." He backtracked, reaching across to grab her hand, "Please, I'm sorry."
"I'm sure you are." She told him, smacking him away, "But he's not, is he? The part of you that loves Rose is still screaming at me, isn't it?"
"I don't love Rose." He explained, "Well, not like that any more." She shook her head. Yeah, okay, that was probably true. She bit her bottom lip, about to apologise when another thought popped into her head.
"No, but this is after Mercy, right?" he nodded, confused, "Which means you've been to Silencio, right?" He nodded, "So, time's already collapsed, hasn't it? And you needed to restart it. Did you marry River, then?" His eyes widened and she laughed, "Oh, you did, didn't you? Screw Rose, it's River I'm contending with now, isn't it? The other time-travelling woman in your life. Visits you in the wrong order, sound a bit familiar?" She stood up and pointed at the door, "Get out."
"No." He stated firmly, standing up to face her, "No, I'm not going anywhere until you listen to me!"
"I've listened to you enough!" She shouted back, "If it's not Rose it's bloody River and I'm sick of playing second string to Melody bloody Pond!"
"You don't!" He proclaimed, "But you're the one who's going to have to believe that! I don't know how many times I can tell you how much I love you to get you to believe me!"
"I'll believe you when you mean it!" She explained, hands on her hips, "Until then, until I see you turn River away and see you not marry her, I'm never going to believe you!"
"That's not fair!" He whined, "I can't do anything about that!"
"Well sometimes life isn't bloody fair!" She cried, "Sometimes life makes you meet someone who you can't live without then gives them a prettier, part Time Lord alternative!"
"Oh, not that again!" He groaned, "That doesn't matter to me!"
"Well it matters to me!" She turned away from him, "I just wanted to spend some time with Rose. I see her less than anyone else and you had to ruin it by being absolutely heartbreaking towards me!" He deflated slightly.
"Heartbreaking?" He repeated.
"Yes, heartbreaking!" She answered with a nod, "Whenever you're like that with me, it hurts! I mean, it really bloody hurts! One minute you're lovely to me, the next you're chucking me out of the TARDIS! What did I ever do to you that was so bad? What did I do to make you hate me so much?" Her voice cracked and she cursed herself as she wiped the angry tears from her eyes. Stupid Time Lords...
"I never hated you." He told her and she snorted, "No, I didn't." He turned her to face him, "And I do want you to talk to me. And never, ever leave me on my own. And I don't think you're a nuisance, or loud, or attention-seeking."
"Attention-seeking?" She asked and he winced slightly at being caught out.
"I may have said that to Rose after you left." Her eyes narrowed, "After I left you. And whatever happened on top of that pyramid was because I just wanted you to be okay..."
"So you did marry her?" Danni whispered and he shot her a sad smile.
"Spoilers." Well, if that was an attempt to reassure her, he failed miserably.
"Just leave me alone." She begged, "Just get out."
"I'm not going anywhere until you've calmed down." He told her and she lashed out, shoving him towards the door.
"Get out!" she shouted. He grabbed her wrists to stop her shoving him again, holding her in place.
"No." He repeated firmly, "Not until you calm down." She twisted painfully out of his grip.
"Get out you infuriating bastard!" She screamed, standing up on her tiptoes and getting up close to his face.
"Not until you listen to me, you emotional human!" He snapped back, leaning even closer so their noses were almost touching. She reached up towards his neck and he winced back, expecting her to wrap them around his neck. Instead she grabbed the edges of his jacket, pulling his closer and slamming her lips angrily on his. They both held onto each other tightly, almost painfully as their tongues battled furiously for dominance, each of them refusing to let the other win. He backed her into the bed, the firm wooden frame jabbing painfully into the back of her legs.
"I'm still pissed off at you." She stated, panting from the onslaught of lips on hers.
"I know. So am I." He promised, kissing her again, "Very, very angry." He muttered against her lips.
"Good." She barked back, "As long as we understand each other." He nodded, pushing her backwards onto the bed, thoroughly intent on making it up to her.
