The Doctor only thought he was helping. He only ever wanted to keep the most important things in his life safe. Rory, Amy and Jack but most importantly his amazing time machine and his best friend, Luna. It took him a lot to realise he was in love with her. He had moved on from Rose when he regenerated. Different personality, different tastes and to him, Rose seemed a little dull now. Too ordinary for his 11th regenerations liking though he would never admit it. He had loved her for 2 regenerations and still cared for her but more like a little sister if he was honest.

No, Luna was the perfect girl for him. She was polite and sweet but could be very sarcastic and cocky when the mood struck her, or if it was the only way to get him to listen to her. She would blush at the smallest compliment he paid her and that was something he loved about her though he knew that was because of her past. He very much doubted people complimented her all the time.

When she told him everything about her life before she met him, he swore to himself that she would never feel like that again. They she would always feel wanted and welcome in the TARDIS, always safe and protected with him but also, that she would always be loved. Even if she didn't know that he was in love with her, she would forever own both his hearts.

That's what made him send her back to Cardiff with the TARDIS, Rory, Jack and Amy. He was keeping her safe. She couldn't get hurt with them. The planet he was on was about to explode and he couldn't risk their safety. He couldn't let them die because they chose to travel with him.

There wasn't a huge chance for him to escape so he did what he needed to do, or that's what he told himself anyway while trying to re-wire an abandoned ship. It was his last chance. He had evacuated the planet and now, he was the only one left. But maybe it was time for him to go... he had seen so much in his 900 years. Most then anyone could possibly imagine. Maybe it was time for him to leave the universe for some unexplored territory but he had to admit, even if it was just to himself, he would miss it so much.

Luna sat in the TARDIS, replaying the message he had left her over and over again as the tears ran silently down her face. She couldn't bring her eyes away from his projection for a second, scared that if she did then it would disappear and never come back.

" Just let her hide away on some street corner and let her die...Amy, Rory, Jack it's your job to take care of Luna now. She's my best friend and believe me when I say she is one of the most important things to me. Only one more thing to ask now... Forget me. All of you. Just imagine me as a dream. The story of the mad man with a box who had some of the best friends a man could have. The man who took his moon with him everywhere he went because she trusted him... at first. Well, I guess this is goodbye for good but I want you to remember Luna, I will always be with you because you can't get rid of me that easily. No matter how hard you try... and GOTCHA!" She cried harder at the end. It had become a running joke for them all.

Gingerly, she reached out to touch the projection but her hand fell through and hit the floor instead.

" I never wanted you to leave me" She sniffled, hugging herself a little tighter, hoping it would hold her together a little longer.

Amy and Rory watched their friend break down before their eyes. She was usually so strong like him but a little reserved at first, keeping her cards close to her chest until she got used to them but seeing her in this light, they knew she was broken. Part of her had died with the Doctor and that fun loving part wouldn't ever be coming back. She would forever be incomplete without the Doctor. That much was obvious.

Those two were like yin and yang. Anyone who saw them would think they were together because when you watched them, it was like one person. If one moved, the other would move as if to accommodate them and when they were separated, the light would leave their eyes until the moment they were together again. Luna was the only one who she knew that the Doctor would actually slow down for.

Amy and Rory knew her story, how the Doctor had met her and what her father did to her though the Doctor told them that to explain the slight trust issues. They could just imagine her like this. Shy and with drawled from the world and if in denial the whole thing was happening. What they didn't understand was how their Luna, the one who would make fun of an alien to it's face, hardly smiled or talked before? But now they saw it. The Doctor had made all the difference in her life. He had given her a friend. Someone to talk to and a person to lean on and in return, she gave him a companion who would do anything for him. They were companions. They were best friends. They were in love.

" Come on Luna, you need your rest" Jack cooed softly into her ear.

He could remember when he first met her a few months ago when the doctor brought the ship to refuel. At first it stunned him slightly to see his friend had regenerated and moved on from rose but when he saw them together, he knew he had found the one. Even jack could see the love they shared for each other though it also didn't escape his notice that they tried to hide it. This girl who had been through so much hardship in her life, the girl who could understand him, the girl who had been told everything. About his planet, about what he did to the other time lords yet stayed by his side. Every day spent running away from trouble.

She was his equal. Maybe not in species but in everything else and it hurt him deeply to see her crying on the floor, gripping his tweed jacket around her small frame like it was her only life line to keeping her in the ship. It hurt him to see something so obviously precious to his oldest friend crumble to the ground screaming.

Luna looked up at him with watery red eyes. She felt like her heart had been ripped out and stamped on over and over again right before her eyes. It wasn't dulling or fading, just a constant thing that wasn't wavering for a second. All she could do was sob and cry. She didn't feel like her legs would be able to support her weight. She had made the classic mistake. She had fallen in love with her best friend and it took losing him to realise exactly what she felt for him. It wasn't love for a friend, it wasn't love for a brother. It was the one love that can stop a heart which is exactly what it felt like.

" He's gone Jack. H-He left me alone... he promised me he'd always be there. He said he'd n-never leave me" she stuttered pathetically while jack walked over to her. Crouching down in front of her, he brushed a piece of hair out of her eyes before wiping all the tears off her cheeks though he did that in vain as they were replaced seconds later.

" You're never alone. Now while you have us. He said we have to look after you and that's exactly what we're going to do okay? So we'll take you back to the hub. You need your rest" Luna just nodded but didn't move a muscle causing jack to sigh and gently help her up before placing an arm around her shoulders. She just curled into him helplessly, letting herself be taken away from the ship she had called home for the last 12 months.

With every step they took though, it unearthed a memory of them singing into hair brushes or playing cards with each other. When she pushed him into the pool then hid under the console while he went looking for her, the biggest grin on his face. Each added another blow to her heart until pain was all she could feel.

It didn't take long for the group to reach the hub and get settled down. Jack sat on the sofa with Luna snuggled into his side with her face buried into his chest. His once blue shirt had wet marks all over but he couldn't bring himself to care. He only wanted to help her and the only thing he could do was hope she'd cry until she tired herself out.

Amy sat across from Jack and Luna with Rory beside her, both looking at their friend with increasing amounts of worry. Her once lively blue eyes were cold and dead, her skin was much paler then it was before and she seemed so fragile. She wasn't the doctor's Luna any more. She wasn't the one everyone knew and loved. She was the old Luna now. The one who suffered.

The doctor groaned in frustration, his eyes watering slightly as he tried to keep the thoughts of Luna at bay. No matter how hard he tried, he could hear her giggling like she was right beside him and could feel a ghost of her hand on his cheek.

His fists connected with the metal ship in anger. The wires were connected and everything was ready but he needed a descent power source. The ship was on 67% power but needed it to 90% before he could take off. Without the TARDIS, there was no hope in hell that was going to happen.

He just wanted everything to be over. If he had listened to her and not stopped on the planet, he'd still be in that box. Him, his friends and the girl he had completely fallen for just chatting away happily. Everyone would be care free and her eyes would sparkle with glee as she talked about one of the adventures she had been on with him. Eating fish and chips in the console room, reading together in library or eating ice cream in the movie room. He didn't care what as long as he got the simple times back, even if he could never kiss her and tell her he loves her.

He missed that about her now as he sat by himself beside a piece of dated machinery. He missed her warm embraces when either of them had nightmares. The way her hair smelt like freshly picked strawberries and the spring time.

He just missed her.

Every little thing about her that festered in his hearts, aiming to make him even more upset then before. His memories were haunting him with images of her sleeping when he went to check on her, that calm smile on her face as she dreamt peacefully. When she read in the library and her nose would scrunch up slightly in concentration.

He just wanted to be with her. Whispering small compliments into her ear to make her blush then kissing her warm cheeks, trying not to imagine what it would feel like if her kissed her rosy lips instead. Thinking about how she would never be his only made him feel worse.

The doctor closed his eyes and for the first time since Rose, he cried for his lost love.

" I miss you" he choked, looking into the cold unforgiving darkness of space.

Jack and Amy managed to convince Luna to go to bed an hour later, when she could hardly keep her eyes open, or more so carried her into Jack's bedroom at the hub. After tucking her up in bed, they watched from the doorway as she slowly placed the jacket on a pillow before holding it close to her. Exchanging a sad look with each other, they left their friend to grieve and sleep in peace.

She didn't sleep though. She couldn't. Every time she closer her eyes, she was met with his smiling face. A smile that nearly fell of his face, his grey eyes sparkling like polished silver, his cheeks lightly tinted pink and his hair flopping adorably over his eye. It hurt her but what could she do? He was gone without even knowing how she felt about him.

Luna laid alone on the bed, only a jacket and her memories for company. Everything reminded her of him in some way yet she found herself no minding the pain after a while. It was a reminder that he was real. That the love she felt for him was as real as it could be. She knew she didn't care if he never felt the same away about it. She would happily leave the TARDIS without a backwards glance if he just came back to her. She would walk into her house with her head held high,letting her father do what he wants because for those 12 months she had with the doctor, she felt wanted. All she asked was him to return to her and hold her one more time.

" I miss you so much" she whispered into the darkness, trying to send it to him some how. Her eyes began to water again and she didn't stop them. Usually she wouldn't like how weak it made her look but they seemed to help a little. She needed to get all the pain she felt out but the doctor always told her she that she was strong. He had changed her and she knew that now. The doctor was the reason she was like how she was now. He kept her together. He kept her strong and without him, all she could do was hug her knees to her chest and weep.

In desperation, the doctor sprinted around the abandoned planet, looking for anything that could help him in the slightest way. As he ran, dust swarmed around him, leaving him temporarily blind. In this blindness, he fell face first into the ground.

He laid still a moment before pulling himself over to the thing that tripped him up. The second he realised what it was, his hearts began beating frantically in excitement.

The device he held in his hand was a small device with a leather strap that held it tightly to a person's wrist. The plate in the middle to program a date before jumping. It was what made Jack such a pest at times but right now, it was saving his life. It was the time vortex manipulator.

" Jack! I love you right now!" he yelled, pulling his screwdriver out of his trouser pocket. He worked as fast as he could to fix the thing up and before he knew it, the screen lit up and asked him for the destination.

Typing in the coordinates of where he wanted to go, he gave one last look at the barren planet that almost cost him his life and his love. In a matter of minutes, he could be holding his dear Luna, kiss her and never let her go again. He could tell her everything he's been thinking and feeling while he was stuck there. He could survive this!

Slipping the device on his wrist, his hands pressed the button and he was gone in a flash of blue light. A few moments later, the whole planet finished it's self destruct sequence and blew up.

Sleep had finally come to Luna but it didn't seem long until Jack was shaking her awake gently. It had been a few days since she had eaten and he wanted to make sure she didn't get sick. Moaning, she buried her face into the pillow, smelling the doctor from the jacket.

" Doctor... five more minutes" she mumbled, half asleep.

Jack stopped and sighed to himself, stroking her hair instead. He didn't want to break it to her that he was dead, he wanted her to enjoy those few blissful seconds where everything was the same as it used to be. She was laid there, her eyes closed but smiling slightly as she opened them. The moment she saw it was Jack instead of her doctor, she sobered instantly.

" Oh, Jack. It's you" she murmured, sitting up and rubbing her eyes. When they moved, he could see that her eyes were still red and sad. He would do anything to make her smile again. Over the time he knew her, she was becoming a sister to him. He could remember when she slipped up once and called him brother. He had never been happier.

" Hey honey... I made some blueberry and banana bliss smoothies" he told her, playing with one of her chocolatey curls as he wrapped it around a finger. He saw her face straining as she tried to smile. She managed it for a few seconds before it disappeared again.

" Banana's are a good source of potassium... we went to the 17th century once and he ended up inventing the banana daiquiri a few centuries early. He already did it France but he decided that the Italians should have them too" Luna muttered, reminiscing. He always told her the same thing when it came to banana's. Always... and I mean ALWAYS take a banana to a party Luna... Banana's are good.

Jack gave her a brief smile then nodded before grabbing her hands gently in his own. She allowed him to help her up then took the jacket from the pillow, slipping her arms into it and smelling the lapel. It still smelt of him. Something metallic and minty but so him.

They walked out of the bedroom then down the hall until they came to the main hub. It seemed weird to have a rather clean and very technical room with a blender in the middle of a table, purple goo everywhere around it.

Amy noticed her friend's eyes instantly, dead and tired. She watched closely as Luna walked over to the desk and poured some of the drink into a glass, taking a sip of it.

" Never as good as his... you didn't use enough banana's." she told jack, a hint of a smile gracing her face. Jack chuckled, ruffling her hair.

" You'd know. You helped him improve the recipe". She looked as though she was about to say something but then a flash of blue light lit up the room.

All eyes turned to see the doctor on his knees, gasping for air. His chest rising and falling frantically as he tried to steady his breathing. After a few moments, he slowly lifted himself off the floor but only to have his eyes meeting the dead eyes of his companion.

Luna looked at him, frozen in shock. Her mind was yelling at her to do something but all she could so was stare at him. Two parts of her mind were at war with each other. One part telling her to run over and hug him but the other accusing her mind of trying to fool her. That he wasn't really there because he was dead.

The doctor watched the internal war play across his love's face. Her eyes weren't as bright as they were. They seemed washed out and dead. He did that? All he wanted to do was hold her so he took a step forward but watched as she took a step back, keeping distance between them. It hurt him to see her look so vulnerable and scared of him but he stayed where we was, not wanting to force her into anything.

The other 3 companions watched them both carefully. All their hands intertwined with each other in a silent prayer, hoping the couple would finally be together like they were supposed to.

After a few minutes, Luna closed her eyes, counting to 10 before opening them again. He was still there. That could only mean one thing. He wasn't part of her imagination. He was there with her.

" D-D-Doctor" she stuttered, seeing if he'd reply.

The moment his name escaped her lips, the doctor's hearts began to beat again. She couldn't be that angry at him. He looked and saw the sadness in her eyes slowly turn to fury. Oh, he was in for it.

Anger took over Luna's body and she couldn't control it. It felt like her heart had burst into flames and they were all channelled at the alien before her.

Jack observed the pair before him, his mood becoming better as he watched a fire ignite in Luna's eyes. They were beginning to gain their colour back as she took a step towards the doctor with every word spoken.

" You stupid... idiotic... moronic...imbecile!" she shouted until she was practically nose to nose with him.

" You know stupid, idiotic and moronic all mean the same thing right?" he asked her cheekily. She growled at him, her eyes darkening. Strangely, it made his hearts beat faster at the sight of the practically glowing sapphires.

" You left me!" he nodded, his mood sobering instantly . Cautiously, as not to be injured by her, he wrapped his arms around her waist, pulling her into him. She didn't struggle like he though she would but wrapped her arms around his neck in return.

" I'm sorry" he whispered as he buried his face into the side of her neck, inhaling her scent and enjoying the feel of her soft body pressed against him. She stood there, her arms around him with her head resting against his chest so she could hear his heart beats. After a few moments though, she felt something wet hit her neck. She pulled away, seeing that the doctor was crying.

" What's wrong doctor?" she whispered, her anger vanishing instantly.

" I t-thought... Y-You'd never know how I f-felt about you" he sobbed, his grip tightening on her. He didn't want to let her go. He couldn't.

" What?"

" I love you" he told her sincerely.

Amy had tears running down her cheeks as she watched them both. Jack placed an arm around her shoulders but she noticed the tears in his eyes too.

" I love you too". The doctor smiled, pulling her into him as his lips touched her. His hearts hammered against his ribs and Luna could feel it. She smiled against his lips, giggling quietly as his tongue swiped her bottom lip, begging access. She allowed him entry and he practically moaned when she tasted like banana's and blueberries.

A hand moved from her waist and tangled in her hair, keeping her mouth firmly on his while her hands laid flat against his chest.

Both of them had never felt happier in their lives then they did in each other's arm. Their bodies close to each other. He pulled away first, throwing her a cheeky grin.

" Always take a banana to a party Luna. Banana's taste good but you know what?" he leant in closer so his lips brushed against her ear.

" You taste a lot better". She giggled, cuddling into his arms like a little kitten. He smiled at the thought. His little kitten.

Amy, Jack and Rory were openly weeping by then, happy that they finally admitted how they felt for each other but each knew one thing.

It isn't easy falling in love with the doctor. He says one thing and means another, there's never a quiet day with him and he will put your life in danger more times then you can count on both hands and feet but that was the risk you had to take. Luna had taken the risk and they knew if anyone could survive it was her because she wasn't like other people. She understood the doctor and could hold her own against him.