Gazzy's eyes snapped open. He was lying face down on the metal grate floor of the TARDIS, his arms and legs sprawled out in every direction.
He slowly lifted his face of the cold floor, rubbing his cheek with his hand and feeling the grooves that had been imprinted onto his cheek.
Gazzy looked around the room. Everybody else was still asleep. Even Donna was still curled up on the ground, right next to the center council of The Doctor's spaceship. Everyone was there except for one person. The Doctor wasn't anywhere in sight.
Gazzy slowly pushed himself to his feet and then silently glided over everyone on the floor until he got to the door of the TARDIS that was slightly open. He poked his head out and looked around the living room before completely stepping out of the blue box.
Silently, he made his way to the kitchen that seemed to be producing quite a bit of noise. When Gazzy pushed open the door to their cooking area, he saw The Doctor digging through their pantry. Gazzy stood in the doorway for a second, watching as The Doctor pulled out a jar of fresh strawberry jam and popped the lid off.
Gazzy watched, frozen to the spot as The Doctor stuck two of his fingers into the jar and then licked the jelly off of them. He stuck them into the jar again and shoved his fingers into his mouth, spinning around to go sit at the table but stopping when he saw Gazzy staring at him. The Doctor froze in mid step, his fingers still in his mouth, staring wide-eyed at Gazzy who had caught him eating their jam.
"Sorry." said The Doctor, pulling his fingers out of his mouth. "I got hungry."
"So you're eating jelly?" Gazzy asked, letting his head tilt a bit to the right, giving The Doctor a questioning look.
"Well…" The Doctor started but was cut off when Angel entered the room.
"Because strawberry jam contains fiber, essential vitamins and minerals, along with amino acid that, together, reduces the risk of potential cardiovascular diseases, provides energy and endurance during stress and exercise, and also improves the health of your fingernails, skin, and apparently your hair. At least that's what he's thinking." Angel said to Gazzy, gesturing toward The Doctor who was staring at her in disappointment. He was just about to say all that.
Gazzy looked to Angel, then The Doctor, then to Angel again.
The Doctor just stared at Angel for a couple of seconds before shrugging his shoulders and sitting down at the table next to Gazzy, continuing to lick strawberry jam from his fingertips.
"Okay. What?" asked Gazzy, completely lost considering Angel had just said all that at about ninety miles an hour.
"Strawberry jam is good for your health." Angel said, matter of factually.
"Oh. Okay."Gazzy said flatly. "Couldn't you have just said that the first time you tried to explain it?"
Angel shrugged her shoulders, going to the fridge and pulling out a can of root beer soda. She cracked it open and took a big sip.
Phoenix shuffled into the kitchen, rubbing her eyes before looking up.
"Can you pass me one of those?" Phoenix asked, gesturing to Angel's soda can.
Angel reopened the fridge and removed a second can of root beer from its contents. She then tossed the can to Phoenix who cracked it open and sat down at the table.
Fang walked in right after, surveying the room.
"Since when did we have soda for breakfast?" Fang asked groggily.
"Since Max wasn't awake to tell us off for it." Angel said, taking another sip.
Fang shrugged his shoulders, taking a warm Mountain Dew from the counter and cracking it open as well. He was about to sit down at the table but froze when he saw The Doctor sticking his tongue into their jar of jam, trying to get the extra jelly off the inside of the container.
Following Fang's gaze, Gazzy saw what Fang was staring at.
"Don't mind him." Gazzy said to Fang. "He's trying to make his hair stronger. He's just weird that way."
"Who is?" Nudge said, joining the group in the kitchen with Total in her arms.
"Apparently he is." Fang said, gesturing toward The Doctor.
"Oh. Ya. He is weird." Nudge said looking at The Doctor strangely.
"Totally. Has he ever heard of a spoon?" Total added, his head perking up from Nudge's arms to get a better look at The Doctor.
"Or at least some bread to go with it." Phoenix said, finally noticing the strange man across the table from her.
"I wonder how poor Donna can stand him. No wonder they argue so much." Gazzy added to the list of comments about The Doctor that seemed to be getting longer and longer.
"I'm sitting right here you know. I can hear everything your saying." The Doctor said, looking up from the jar of jelly. "I may not have your super hearing or anything but I'm not deaf."
"Unfortunately." Donna said, wandering into the room. "You know, sometimes I wonder how great life would be if you were deaf. Then, you wouldn't be able to argue with me because you would have no idea what I'm saying."
The Doctor rolled his eyes.
"Donna. Really?" The Doctor asked. "It hasn't even been a full minute and you're already at my throat."
"What throat?" Donna asked. "You mean that little stick of skin that connects your head to your shoulders?"
"Now…" The Doctor started, preparing to make an argument toward Donna's insults but never got the chance.
At that moment Max shuffled into the room saying, "Are you guys ever not going to argue?"
"Nope." Donna and The Doctor said together.
Max rolled her eyes before looking at everyone in the room.
"Soda?" Max asked, her hands her hips. "For breakfast? Really guys?"
"It was Angel's idea." Gazzy said. "She forced us all to drink it."
Max sighed.
"Whatever." she said. "I just have one question."
"What's that?" asked Fang.
Max closed her eyes and bowed her head. "What in the world is he doing?" Max asked, lifting a finger to point at The Doctor who was still attempting to get the last of the jelly out of the jar.
"He's trying to reduce his chances of a hearts attack." Angel answered.
"Hearts attack?" Max asked. "Angel, I know we never officially went to school but I'm pretty sure we all know how to speak correctly."
"I am speaking correctly, Max. The Doctor is reducing his chances of a hearts attack."
"Do you mean heart attack?" Gazzy asked.
"No. I mean hearts attack." Angel said. "He's got two hearts, therefore, he is reducing his chances of a hearts attack."
"Wait, wait, wait." Max said. "Back it up. Did you say he has two hearts?"
"Ya." Angel answered flatly like this was nothing new to her.
"Two hearts?" Max asked again.
"Yes. And you have four lungs." The Doctor answered. "We all have extra organs but I don't react dramatically about it like you do.
"But two hearts? How do they both fit in your body?" Max asked.
"What? Now we're asking personal questions?" The Doctor asked.
"Well, I'm just curious." Max answered.
"Well than." The Doctor answered. "I'm curious too. How do all four of your lungs fit in your body?"
Max hesitated before answering. "I don't know."
"You see?" The Doctor asked. "You were just born that way so you have no idea how it works. Same with me. It's genetic. I didn't choose to have two hearts. It just happened."
"Oh, well, that makes sense." Max said.
"Yes it does." The Doctor answered before going back to the almost empty jar of jelly.
Max stared at him for a bit before finally saying, "Let's go for a flight."
"What about Donna and The Doctor?" Fang asked. "They don't have wings."
"No, but they do have a flying blue box."
"Actually," said The Doctor. "For a ship, it actually doesn't do much flying."
"Then what does it do?" asked Max.
"It travels through time and space." answered Angel for The Doctor. "It disappears in one place then appears in another."
"Really?" asked Gazzy, his voice rising in excitement. "Can we take a trip?"
The Doctor looked around the room at the eager faces that surrounded him.
"Well," he said. "I don't see the harm of one little trip."
Gazzy started jumping up and down squealing in excitement.
Iggy walked into the room covering his ears.
"What is that noise?" he asked.
Gazzy ran over to him, almost knocking him over. "We're going to go on a trip through time and space!"
