The Pizza Delivery

The Doctor had his hands deep in the console; he had been trying to track down a problem for what could have have been hours. He had ironically lost track of time. Suddenly an insistent knocking broke through his concentration and he popped his head up confused, what the hell had that been?

There was that knock again and the Doctor's eyes narrowed inquisitively; he followed the noise to the TARDIS doors. Had Fitz left whilst the Doctor wasn't looking? The Time Lord wiped his hands on a nearby rag and bounded over to the door excitedly. Curiosity over the intriguing visitor outweighed any dangers or threats from the outside world.

The Doctor opened the door and poked his head out into the world, careful to keep the door as closed as possible so the whole world wouldn't see the TARDIS' secrets. He honestly hadn't known what he was expecting but it definitely hadn't been this. Standing in front of him was a delivery guy holding a box of pizza that smelled divine.

The Doctor looked around the immediate area bewildered. "Are you lost?" He asked.

The delivery guy didn't look like he was in the wrong place. "Fitz Kreiner?" He asked reading the ticket on the box.

The Doctor suddenly felt a presence behind him and was unceremoniously shoved out of the way as Fitz bustled through. He was concerned the driver had seen more of the TARDIS than he should have done but there were no gasps or swearing when Fitz levered the door open.

"That's me thanks." Fitz held out some notes to the pizza guy and took the proffered box.

He sauntered back into the TARDIS happily leaving the Doctor to stare open mouthed at the door. The pizza guy didn't even blink before he left, and he smiled at the Doctor cheerily and walked away. It seemed delivering a pizza to a box with two guys in it wasn't strange for him, nor was the fact that Fitz had just vanished into said box. The Doctor watched the guy leave warily and only turned away from the strange events when the driver sped off into the night on his moped.

The Doctor closed the door quietly in shock not fully believing what had just happened. In all his many years he had never had a companion who had ordered a pizza to the TARDIS doors. How on earth did Fitz think this was okay? What if the delivery man saw the inner workings of the TARDIS and started asking questions?

He followed Fitz back into the console room and watched as his companion plopped down on the sofa without a care in the world, he then set about ravishing the food. The Doctor probably looked like a fish with his mouth opening and closing like it was, eventually he settled on a question from the collective racing through his mind. "How did you even order pizza?"

The Doctor hated the fact that the console room smelled so good because he wanted to remain stern, but the heavenly smell was doing a good job of distracting him. Fitz pointed at the phone to answer the question, his mouth was crammed with pizza.

The Doctor groaned and held his head in his hands. "I mean how did you get them to come here."

Fitz shrugged and chomped busily on another slice. "I went and asked someone outside where we were then just said to deliver it to the big blue box, can't miss the thing."

The Doctor stared at his companion incredulously. Fitz really was that careless. "That thing is a complex time ship Fitz. Do you really think it's wise to invite strangers to it? What if he saw anything and went blabbing."

"He didn't and won't." Fitz sounded so sure of himself. "This wouldn't be the weirdest place he's delivered too, trust me."

The Doctor had to admit he watched the delivery guy drive away without batting an eyelid, and the heavenly smelling food was beginning to weaken his resolve. Fitz noticed that the Doctor's stern expression was fading and smirked.

"Want some?" He offered the all-to tempting pizza box out to his companion.

The Time Lord scowled for as long as he could before his resolve finally crumbled to dust and he took one of the offered pieces; he couldn't resist the temptation or the allure any longer. "Just be more careful in the future Fitz." He warned.

When the Doctor took his first bite he closed his eyes in satisfaction. The pizza was just as good as it smelled and possibly worth his companion's recklessness, but the Doctor would never admit that to Fitz.

"Always." Fitz replied seriously and laid the box between the both of them. It wasn't long before the box was completely empty after the Doctor and Fitz devoured every last crumb.

Without either of them really planning for it to happen, pizza night became a regular thing. It was always the same delivery driver and the same location. The poor guy must think they were mad ordering from a wooden box.