I woke up slowly. I could feel the cloth in my hands and the bed beneath me. I could sense a presence nearby. I heard a whirling sound and whomever was next to the bed brushed hair off of my forehead. Keeping my eyes closed, I just laid there and marveled at the wonderful feeling of no pain.
"Hello. What is your name?" It was a male voice, but it had the strangest accent I've ever heard. It was melodic, like what you would expect an elf from Lord of the Rings to sound like while speaking English. It rang a bit. He kept moving his fingers gently across my head back and forth. It was soothing.
"Maura. Maura Outisson." I sighed back.
"How old are you Maura?"
"18." The fingers paused for a moment in what I assume was shock, but started up again when I frowned. I laid for a few more minutes, still keeping my eyes shut. I was almost back asleep when he asked:
"What are you?"
I paused. It was a weird and unexpected question.
"Human." The hand on my head pulled back completely at that. I frowned and decided to stop being lazy. I opened my eyes to a room that was a little too pink for my liking (and by a little I mean I despise pink). I glanced over to the man standing next to the head of the bed.
It was the Doctor. My eyes went wide and I stared in shock. He was looking back at me in shock and with what looked a bit like concern and worry. Just then, Rose knocked and entered. She saw I was awake.
"Hello. You scared us when you collapsed like that. Are you okay?" All I could do was nod. "Are you hungry?" I nodded again. She seemed a little flustered at the lack of words I gave. "We grabbed your things when we carried you back, if you're wonderin'." I just kind of stared back. What was I supposed to say? "I hear you play well. Where'd ya learn?"
I could feel the Doctor's eyes on me as Jackie walked in then.
"Is she awake yet?" Her eyes landed on me. "Oh, sweetheart, you're up! Do you want some tea and biscuits?" I shake my head no even though I just admitted to Rose I was hungry. "Scared the livin' daylights outta me, you did. I almost didn't recognize you at first until I saw your violin case. I couldn't possibly forget that wonderful music you played a couple of days ago." I blushed a bit at that. "You're the talk of the town. No one has seen ya before and everyone is wonderin' where you come from…." On and on went train Jackie and as she started to pry a bit, I glanced at the Doctor, pleading for some peace.
He gave some signal to Rose and she managed to get her mom out without me having to answer any questions. He then walked over and gently shut the door before turning back around to face me.
Oh, boy. What have I gotten myself into?
