I don't own Doctor Who If I did the Bad Wolf episode would have been put off a bit so we could have more episodes with Jack traveling with the9th Doctor and Rose.

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Lynda was leaning back against the console with her arms folded across her chest as Rose and the Doctor entered the Tardis not minutes after she had.

Rose came in first whilst looking distractedly over her shoulder. Sighing a little she once again faced forward and headed towards the console just as the Doctor stepped into the Tardis a solemn look upon his face.

Rose had just moved over to the spot next to her and had sent her a weak smile which Lynda returned before her eyes once more settled on the Time Lord who'd just closed the door and was currently staring vacantly at nothing in particular.

Almost as if sensing her gaze he quickly snapped out of it, his head turning towards her as a grin that seemed a little too wide to be real spread across his face, "time we were off" he informed them exuberantly whilst throwing his trench coat over one of the coral structures and striding towards them.

Lynda turned around to face the console as he approached the other side of it watching inquisitively as he began to press an array of buttons which seemed to active the centre column making it light up as it started to rise and fall.

Lynda noted it was a lot smoother leaving than it had been arriving although she still clutched the edge of the console as the ship made the now increasingly familiar noise which signalled them taking off.

"There we go" the Doctor announced as he pulled a final lever and the ship came to a still only the usual soft hum of the engines remaining now that the whooshing noise had diminished.

"I've let her drift in the vortex for now" he told them as he moved around the console to lean on one of the columns across from them before continuing, "give you two some time to rest until our next trip."

They both nodded at this and once more the three of them fell into a heavy silence, the atmosphere filled with the unsaid emotions from their latest journey.

Lynda felt the urge to break it but couldn't quite bring herself to form the words.

It was weird this adventure, they all had different experiences of it due to them never really being 'together' throughout the day. She'd been with Rose for a while but then they'd gotten separated, with the Doctor she had barely been with him before he was possessed and then for the rest of it all she'd been the one possessed. All of which made it hard to relate to them as she wasn't certain what they'd been through as she hadn't been with them.

Surprisingly and much to her relief it was Rose who spoke first with a somewhat wry edge to her tone of voice.

"You know if my mum had been here she'd have suggested a cup of tea right about now" she told them whilst relaxing her stance and breaking the stalemate.

Lynda almost let out a sigh as the tension in the room seemed to ease away, noticing how the Doctor's eyes no longer seemed as shadowed.

He actually snorted at what Rose said whilst running a hand through his hair, "Jackie Tyler traveling in my Tardis, when the dead rise perhaps" he sniggered.

They all shared a laugh at the idea of Rose's mum traveling alongside them even though Lynda didn't think Mrs Ty- Jackie was that bad. A little overbearing but she seemed likable enough…then again the idea of traveling with Rose's mum would be pretty awkward so she did chuckle lightly alongside them.

Rose walked up to his side and hit his arm playfully, "hey, that's my mum!" she mock scolded him as the two shared a grin.

"Mind you" he continued simply shrugging off her comment, "I reckon a cup of tea would be good about now…or maybe a banana."

"A banana?" Lynda questioned whilst Rose frowned at his comment.

He looked at her whilst nodding seriously, "one of the best foods out there" he informed her before smiling, "better than a satsuma at any rate."

She blinked baffled how he could go from dark and brooding to childish and playful recognising it as another one of his mood swings before grinning at Rose's next comment.

"Oh you're not still going on about banana's are you?" she said almost exasperated with him whilst also implying he had done so before.

"Oi!" he complained looking offended, "Just what are you trying to imply Rose Tyler" scoffing he added, "it still surprises me how ignorant you humans can be, tell you what for that you can make the cuppa's."

Rose's mouth was now hanging open at the comment and Lynda wasn't sure if she should be offended at the human's remark, regardless of this she felt inclined to volunteer to make the teas instead of Rose not wanting to impose on the girl.

"I don't mind ma-…" she started to say only to be cut off by the Doctor as he walked over to her side.

"Nonsense" he interrupted her, "now how you like your tea? I'm guessing you like it white with two sugars" he guessed correctly.

"Yes but how did you-..." she began only for the Doctor to once more talk over her, really he could be quite rude sometimes.

"Well then there you go" he said whilst giving a nod in Rose's direction, "you already know what I like, off you pop" he told her with a smirk.

Lynda was surprised when he grabbed her hand and started to pull her towards the corridor, "meet you in the kitchen, won't be long just going to the med bay" he hollered back at Rose who was standing stunned at having been dumped with the chores when Lynda looked over her shoulder at her.

Facing forward she half stumbled as she tried to keep up with the Doctor's long legs and she found much to her disappointment that she'd already forgotten the route they were taking because he was moving so fast.

Finally regaining her voice she spoke "Doctor" just as he turned right and entered a room through a white and silver door which slid open as they approached.

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Doctor's P.O.V

"Hmmm?" he responded to Lynda as he pulled her into the room and over to the centre of the med bay, before going over to the adjacent wall.

When she didn't reply he turned away from the panel of buttons on the wall he had been next to so he could face Lynda who was currently gawking at the room.

His mouth which had opened to say something froze and he glanced from side to side to try and see what was so interesting.

Before he could inquire as to what she was looking at she exclaimed, "But, but this can't be it" surprised eyes meeting his as she continued, "shouldn't there be at least some form of equipment?"

"Ah" his eyebrows rose in understanding even as his lips silently mouthed the thought.

Well…he supposed it made sense, after all Lynda may be from the future but that fact alone didn't mean she would understand the complexities of alien technology.

Looking around the room from its hard white flooring to familiar coral themed walls he didn't blame her for being surprised since the room was basically bare other than the buttoned panels on the different walls.

"Lynda" he stated patiently like a parent beginning to lecture a child, "if there's one thing you should know whilst you're here is that there is always more to the Tardis than first meets the eye" as he finished up he pushed in the grey panel in front of him causing it to make a distinctive clicking noise.

He turned around to give her a grin just as she gasped and raised her sights up as the ceiling began to open whilst the scanner began to lower from the gap.

"Don't worry" he once again began expecting her to worry "this won't hurt a bit, ah there we go it's starting now" he said as what appeared to be a blue spotlight fell on her from the scanner and began to slowly fade in and out over her form.

"Yeah…but what's it doing?" she asked her form rigid as if she was afraid to move.

"Just your basic life form scan" he stated before elaborating with his hand in a circular motion "the Tardis is equipped to deal with all sorts of species, humans aren't the only passengers. Of course depending on the life form the type of treatment required changes so every time a patient enters the sick bay she resets herself so she can change the room to fit the species."

He noted with some pride that Lynda looked suitably impressed as he spoke about his Tardis before she finally commented, "I suppose with having a space and time machine you'd have to be prepared, that's quite clever of her."

He grinned whilst patting the wall affectionately "yeah the old girl has always been that way" earning him a hum of gratitude in the back of his mind.

A beep sounded signalling the end of the scan and the blue light stayed off for good as it faded away. A piece of the wall next to him lifted up to reveal a screen full of the results as the scanner began to lift back into the ceiling.

"Confirmation of analysis: Human" he read from the screen followed by a list of all injuries on said human pleased to note other that her head injury the rest was limited to some minor leg bruising.

A count down from fifteen then appeared on the screen and he took a confused Lynda's hand and led her out of the room. Standing outside the door he made a shushing gesture at her as he kept track of the countdown in his head. When he reached zero he lead her back in.

"No way! How did she do that in such a quick amount of time? We were barely even gone!" Lynda marvelled at the now transformed room causing him to let out a laugh.

"If there's one thing the Tardis is good with its time" he chuckled out as he pulled her over to the bed now in the corner of the room.

There was also a sink now on one of the walls as well as a steel trolley equipped with bandages and a few other pieces.

Just as expected the Tardis had provided them with exactly what they needed, no more, no less.

She was still babbling about the room even as he gently got her to sit on the edge of the bed and pulled the trolley over to the bed.

"I told you the scanner lets the old girl know what species you are and your injuries, then as soon as the room is vacated she reorganises it to fit your needs" he explained whilst going over to the sink and washing his hand. "Unless you're seriously injured then she'll work around the patient even if it is a bit tricky" he added.

"It's that simple?" he heard her ask.

"No not really" he replied as he finished up and walked back over to her "but if it helps then yes."

After all it was very difficult to explain the inner working of Time Lord technology to such a primitive mind, not that he thought she was stupid just by comparison his brain was more advanced.

She sighed before blinking up at him as he took the sides of her head in his hands to steady her and asked uncertainly, "w-what are you doing?"

Ah yes, he'd already noticed her avoidance of physical contact from how she had cringed away from such actions at the Tyler's. At first he had put it down to as a result of Jackie's personality being to forward for the girl but disregarded this notion as it seemed Lynda was quite fond of her…something which baffled him, perhaps it was another part of her personality, which is exactly what he ended up putting it all down to, her personality. He figured she was just a bit shy which may be slightly problematic as already he was already starting to discover this regenerations apparent disregard for personal space.

Oh well, if she kept on traveling with him she'd probably get used it, put it down as one of his quirks, besides Rose didn't seem to mind too much…

"Checking on your injury" he absently replied as he lowered his face to scrutinise the cut on her forehead.

Focusing so much on her wound he missed the look of realisation on her face as she recalled hitting her head on the floor however her did notice the redness of her cheeks making him smirk lightly as he turned to the tray.

"I don't think the wounds to deep, head wounds tends to bleed a lot so they can be very misleading at times" he told her as he let out an internal sigh of relief.

When he'd first seen all that blood at the top of her head he'd been so worried that he'd failed another companion. He'd wanted to ask her about it but then Cassandra had interrupted them and with the infected chasing them, not to mention she'd been possessed…there just hadn't been time. Hence why as soon as he had gotten a hold of himself in the Tardis he had rushed her off here just to be sure there was no serious damage.

He muttered out an apology when she winced as he was wiping the dried blood away which she was quick to wave away. When he finally did get it cleared up it revealed a small cut which although fairly deep was not enough to need stitches although there was a small amount of bruising developing around it.

"Well I don't think you'll need stitches but I'm still going to bandage it to prevent any infection" he told her before grabbing the small bottle off the trolley and spraying the liquid from it on her wound.

She let out a sharp "ah!" whilst automatically covering her injury with her hand before continuing, "what was that?"

Giving her a apologetic smile he replied "antiseptic although this one also has the added benefit of speeding up the healing process which is why it probably felt like it was scalding you…sorry" whilst putting the spray down. "Even though the pain lasts a couple of seconds I thought it best to get it over with" he added before picking up one of the sterile gauze pads after debating which type of bandage to use.

Quickly unsealing it he applied it to her wound, holding pressure momentarily to make sure it stayed put before stepping back with a jolly "done!"

"You didn't have to but thanks anyways" she said with a small smile as she stood up whilst lifting a hand to gently probe at the bandage.

He returned the smile whist remarking "well your traveling with me now that makes you my responsibility"

She nodded in reply and if he noticed the slight red dusting on Lynda's cheeks at his words or how she looked away he refrained from mentioning. Instead he bounded towards the door stopping just as he reached it saying, "Well now that's sorted time to head to the kitchen after all we wouldn't want our tea's to go cold."

She nodded in agreement sending him a polite smile as they exited the room together, "especially not when Rose went to all that trouble" she replied making his own smile stretch.

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Lynda's P.O.V

All in all it hadn't taken long for the Doctor to take care of her injury, five minutes at the most before the two of them were once again walking down one of the Tardis's corridors.

To be perfectly honest Lynda had forgotten all about when she had banged her head and even when she did remember she didn't think it was serious enough to be looked at. Despite this Lynda felt warmed by the Doctor's concern his words still echoing in her mind.

"Well you're traveling with me now that makes you my responsibility"

Although with a rueful smile to herself, she suspected the Doctor would have helped her even if she hadn't been traveling with him. He just seemed like that sort of man

Still the fact he had basically admitted to looking out for her filled her with a sense of comfort. Being away from home, she knew so few people that it was nice to know he cared. She had thought as much when he had invited her to travel with him but her insecurities often made her have her doubts.

Some things never changed, even when in the Big Brother house she had constantly doubted herself, it seemed that such a trait had stayed with her so his words really did mean a lot despite how embarrassed she had felt at the time at hearing them.

Outwardly she hadn't said much just trailed behind the Doctor at reasonable pace. Fast enough so that he was always in her sights but at the same time slow enough so she could memorise the route.

She may not know how to get from the console room to the sick bay but if she memorised from the sick bay to the kitchen then she could always do the reverse. Then if the need arose she could always find the kitchen and follow the route she had memorised.

She saw the Doctor go into a room two doors down on the left; surprisingly the kitchen had not been that far away. She hurried her pace up having committed what she could to memory before passing through the coral archway briefly amused by the fact there was no actual door however she felt it made it feel more accessible as if anyone could use it freely without feeling as if they were intruding.

She entered just as Rose was passing the Doctor a very familiar shade of blue mug.

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Rose's P.O.V

When Rose had finally recovered from the sheer nerve of what the Doctor had done she had begrudgingly made her way to the kitchen to do as he had asked.

After all he was the Doctor, the man who had saved her life on so many occasions the least she could do was make him a cup of tea.

Still the fact he had tricked her into this little task and then just ran off without another word did make her pout a little.

Going into the cupboard which seemed to be made of some alien equivalent to metal she pulled out the Doctor's usual blue mug and her own pink one, pausing she scanned the shelf for another before grabbing a beige mug with leaves on it for Lynda.

Her stomach felt strangely hollow as she put the tea bags into each of the individual mugs whilst she waited for the kettle to boil.

Was she really that upset about having to do this?

No that wasn't it, making the teas wasn't what had upset her.

Replaying the events that had taken place in her head she was able to locate what was bothering her as her stomach dropped as she recalled a specific moment.

The scene of the Doctor taking Lynda's hand and running off whilst leaving her standing there flashed in her mind.

He'd just left her. Ran off without a backwards glance…

Yes she understood Lynda was hurt but still….

It all happened so quick, she'd been trying to lift the mood and he had just left. Discarded her like an old toy.

She finished adding the one sugar to her own cup, the two sugar's to the Doctor's and moved on to Lynda's.

Lynda…she had promised herself she wouldn't let her replace her, that her and the Doctor would continue on as always…and yet…

If Lynda wasn't here he wouldn't have left…she'd have him all to herself…

She discarded the thought as quickly as it popped into her head, picking up the kettle as it conveniently boiled and adding the water to each of the mugs instead.

Lynda had been nothing but nice to her today, she could at least try to make the effort back.

Still even as she tried to brush off the incident, he was just looking out for Lynda he would have done the same for her she couldn't ease away the hollowness that remained.

She was awfully fond of this new Doctor...but sometimes he could be rude, even if he didn't mean to be.

Dumping her with the chores didn't bother her but him just leaving her like that…

She couldn't deny it anymore as she discarded each of the tea bags into the bin and went to collect the milk from the fridge.

It hurt.

She sighed as she poured the milk into each of the mugs, guessing the amount of milk Lynda liked whilst making the Doctor's how she had made his last incarnations.

Rose didn't like feeling vulnerable, not one bit, she would often lash out when she did and she couldn't have that.

"Perhaps I'm overthinking thingsit had been a long day…" she thought to herself in reassurance trying to let the matter drop, a job that was made infinitely easier when she turned around to see the Doctor striding through the door with no sign of Lynda.

"Hi" he greeted with a grin which she easily returned.

"Hi" she replied before adding, "the teas are done" to which he all but beamed at her.

Turning to her side she grabbed his mug off the bench and handed it to him whilst saying, "erm I er made it how you used to have it..."

"I'm sure it'll taste fine" he reassured before ruining it as he added "probably, this mouth is still in its early stages…one way to find out."

Sometimes she couldn't help but wonder what she saw in him as his second comment made her bite her lip nervously. The smile that spread on his face as he lowered his cup brought her instant relief.

"Mmmm, seems by appreciation for tea hasn't changed. It's lovely, thanks" he added with a wink causing the hollowness in her to disperse as if it had never been there.

Movement in the corner of her eye caught her attention and her gaze slid over to Lynda as she walked towards them through the doorway.

The Doctor followed her gaze and exclaimed, "there you are, thought you'd gotten lost for a second."

Lynda looked away embarrassed thus meeting her own eyes. Rose reminded herself that she was going to be nice and gave the girl a small smile, finding it easier to be kind when she noticed the girl's bandaged head.

"You okay then?" she asked whilst turning to pick up Lynda's mug.

"Yeah" she replied before adding, "oh, erm thanks" as she received the mug which Rose had just handed to her.

Picking up her own the three of them moved towards the table at the end of the room, Rose being careful to pick the seat next to the Doctor whilst Lynda took the one facing them.

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No one's P.O.V

For the next hour or so the three of them of them sat together sipping their tea whilst each recounted their version of the day's events.

Small things like what Lynda had seen whilst in Cassandra's mind were left out and each looked thoughtful as the others spoke. Lynda gave the Doctor an awed look upon finding out it was he who cured the infected and seemed to pale a little when finding out about the elevator stunt that the Doctor and her had took part in whilst she'd been possessed much to said man's amusement.

Afterwards the Doctor finally realised Lynda didn't have a room and promptly told that if she were to look for it she would find it much to the girl's confusion.

The Doctor then wished them goodnight and retreated to the console room whilst Rose went for a bath and Lynda began to 'search' (wander aimlessly for her room) until she found it.

Despite being stunned by her room Lynda was quick to get changed into some pyjamas already lying out on the bed before slipping under the covers and falling asleep.

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Okay just want to say reason the last bit seems so rushed is simply because it was. I like to place a word limit on the interludes and I realised as I reached that part I was fast approaching it. Next time at the start I will go into some sort recollection on Lynda's part of said events but for now this is it. Despite this I hope you enjoyed reading it and I will update soon-ish.