A/N: Sorry it's taken a while to update... its a case of too many stories on the go at once and there was a story I kind of got lost in yesterday... but its finished so this has my undivided attention.
Alex's first day at Torchwood went by quickly. He was genuinely amazed at how much alien technology Torchwood had amassed; even if most of it was obsolete. He'd enjoyed sorting through the technology it was something he KNEW something he could do to pass the time.
Time, he was at it's mercy. No longer could he choose to avoid a certain date, or go back in time just for the heck of it; he was stuck within it. He could see time and space running around him and it irked him to know he could look but not touch. He supposed he had sixty years of life ahead of him, maybe more if this Earth's medical science advanced at the same pace as the other Earth. But the thought of a life in this universe didn't have much appeal; sixty years without Donna and the Tardis spelled BORING in big letters.
Alex glanced at the clock on the wall, he knew what the time was but it was strangely comforting to check that his perception of time was still correct. It was time for him to go home. Alex paused as he reached the door to the lab, home, it would never really be home for him. He shook his head and left the lab.
Rose stood outside the lab waiting and she reached up to him and gave him a hug "Hey, how'd it go?"
Alex shrugged and ran a hand through his hair, "It was interesting"
"I heard that you've managed to identify and catalogue all the technology, and that's a lot of work I should know I had a go myself when I was first stuck here"
"Yeah well I'm brilliant, 900 years I've picked up a thing or too," Alex suddenly noticed Rose was carrying a drinks cup with a bow attached, "Hey what you got there?"
Rose held out the drink to Alex, "I thought you deserved a treat as it's your first day"
Alex took a sip and grinned, "Banana!"
Rose giggled, "A banana smoothie, I saw them being sold in a café close by and I thought of you"
"Wow, it's fantastic would you like some?"
"No, no wouldn't dream of it. Pete's waiting outside in the car so we'd better make a move times dragging on"
Alex frowned and followed Rose as they made their way out of the building.
