Chapter 10

Aliens of London

Part 1

My eyes roamed as I looked around the apartment lot, it felt strange now more quiet, it didn't feel right any more it held the feeling of ignorance now how people do not know about the world around us and the world seemed so small now. Though I still believed in aliens before my trip with the Doctor actually seeing it truly in real life changes it. The world sounded peaceful as well due to this, it was soothing but also sad at the same time.

"Well it looks like were back." I announced and then made a small smile. "How long has it been?" I questioned turning my head to the Doctor who just exited the Tardis.

"About 12 hours." He answered and I nodded my head and my small smile turned into a grin.

"Are you sure?" I joked before turning my head back to the apartments.

"It doesn't happen all the time." He responded back to me.

"But it does happen quite a bit" I brought up before Rose began to speak.

"Okay! Right, we won't be long, we just gonna see my mum."

"And also change." I added and then the doctor asked.

"What're you going to tell her?"

"I don't know! We've been to the year 5 billion... and only been gone, what, 12 hours?" She laughed. "No, I'll just tell her we've spent the night at Shareens. See you later!" She began to walk toward the doors entrance, which I followed before turning back to the doctor and telling him.

"You better not disappear while we gone otherwise I'll hunt you down otherwise, you won't be able to get rid of me easily." I warned but with a smile and Rose snorted.

"Yeah, I tried." I nudged her once she said that though I know it was joke and began walking again before saying that I will see the Doctor in a bit.

Once we got further from the Doctor, and began to head up the stairs to the apartment, Rose began to speak.

"Is it just me or did you really say that you would chase after a guy."

"I didn't mean it like that." I brought up my finger. "He's the only person that has given me a chance to go travelling, even in space and time, there is no way I am going to let him out of my grasp now, plus you know I don't see him in that way, just like all the other guys and plus he probably really old and an alien." I explained.

"Like that would ever stop you, knowing you it obvious you would most likely get with an Alien then an actual human, also you said plenty of times you don't care about age as long as there legal, plus you have never had a crush and you won't know what one is like and from what I have seen he is the only person you have ever kept a long conversation with apart from me or my mother, not even Mickey." She started.

"That's a lie I have had long conversations with Mickey." I defended.

"Yeah only when I've been there. When have you literally gone out of you way to go and hang out with and talk to him on your own." She retaliated.

"Well that's just because we don't have much in common, but still talk to him more then others he is like a brother."

"Yeah but within these two days we've been gone when ever we have been in the Tardis you have talked more to him then even me."

"Well that's because I find him interesting, he's gone on so many adventures and I want to know about them."

"You also ask how the Tardis works, and if one day he could teach you to fly it, I'm pretty sure you would ask him about his planet as well if it wasn't such a touchy subject."

"Yes because he is an alien! Look I won't deny it I like him as a friend, and for some reason I feel like it is easy for me to talk to him, but its not anything more then that. I wouldn't even want it to."

"You won't be able to stop if it does, when it happens it happens."

"I know, but it won't stop me wishing that it won't, it would just cause problems."

"You won't know unless it happens." Rose finished once we got to our door. I breathed after a moment of silence for what we just talked about.

"Okay RoRo you first." I spoke and she nodded opening the door and announcing.

"We're back! It was Shareen. She was all upset again. Are you in?" We entered into the hallway.

"Hello Jackie!" I called and Jackie soon steps out of the kitchen holding a cup of tea, with a shocked face.

"So, what's been going on? How've you been?" Rose grinned, but I could tell Jackie looked like she had seen a ghost.

"What? What's that face for? It's not the first time we've stayed out all night." Rose questioned, but Jackie still stood in her spot frozen.

"Jackie are you alright?" I asked worried and the tea cup from Jackie's hand fell to the ground.

"It's you." She breathed at both of us.

"Of course it's us!" I insisted alarmed by the smashing of the glass.

"Oh, my God. It's you, both of you. Oh my God." She began to cry bringing us into a hug. I stared behind her confused only to see posters of 'Where is Rose' and 'Where is Rebecca' scattered all over the table. I suddenly heard the door slam open and the Doctor rushing in. I turned around to him.

"It's not 12 hours, it's er... 12 months. You've been gone a whole year." He told us nervously, but then laughed apologetically "sorry."

…...

"The hours I've sat here. Days and weeks and months all on my own. I thought you two were dead. And where were you? Travelling. What the hell does that mean? Travelling? That's no sort of answer." Rose's mum shouted furiously at Rose and I. I looked down at the floor, I didn't like Jackie being mad at me, she was the closest I had to a real mother and I didn't like disappointing her. She had the right to be furious at us, we must have caused her so much trouble. "And you Rebecca, must go and call Lorraine as soon as were finished here."

"Like Lorraine would care, I haven't had a conversation with her in about two years." I brought up to her not wanting to call her knowing she would be shouting at me and she wasn't like Jackie who I knew actually cared for me and not just because she ended up adopting me.

"It doesn't matter you have to call her." She retorted before turning to the police man in the room, with a huff. "You ask them. they won't tell me! That's all they say. Travelling."

"That's what we were doing." We admitted in unison.

"When your passport's are still in the drawer? It's just one lie after another!" She exclaimed.

"We meant to phone, we really did, we just... we forgot." Rose tried to make an excuse its not like we could tell them the truth I doubt they would believe us, also what would happen if they did.

"What, for a year? You two forgot for a year? And I am left sitting here? I just don't believe you girls. Why won't you tell me where you've been?" Jackie yelled at us.

"Actually, it's my fault. I sort of er, employed Rose and Re as my companions." The Doctor finally began to speak.

"When you say 'companions', is this a sexual relationship?" The policeman asked and all three of us yelled no.

"Why do people think that!" I snapped. "Jackie, you know I have been wanting to travel for my whole life, why is it so hard to believe that I went to go travel. Also I still have never been in a relationship, never mind a sexual one!" I stood up and walked out of the room. I never liked shouting or being shouted out and I knew I had to step out of that room. I know that I will apologise to Jackie once I calmed down though. I stepped into my bedroom, which seems to not have been touched in a year minus dust. I sighed and took out some clothes that I could change into. I didn't really care what I wore and just decided to go with a purple tank top, shorts, bunny tight, a scarf, a sleeveless jacket, some purple boots and some gloves. I brushed my hands through my hair and closed my eyes once I finished changing and took a deep breath calming myself down. I nodded before head out of my room towards the kitchen to apologise to Jackie. Once I got there I saw Jackie hugging Rose and I fiddled with hands nervously as I felt bad for everything.

"Uhhh... Jackie." I called her name to get her attention quietly, which I did and she let go of Rose. "I'm sorry... I'm sorry for just walking out of there and also for not phoning you. You are like a mother to me and I'm sorry I forgot to phone, please believe me when I say I did not mean to cause you to worry, or snap at you." Each word I spoke truthfully and I began to rub my arm waiting for what she was going to say, but instead she began to hug me, which I returned.

"I forgive you Re, but I am going to say what I said to Rose which is that, it terrifies me that you still can't say what happened to you, and What could be so bad that you can't tell me." She spoke sadly to me and tears soon left my eyes. I hated seeing Jackie upset.

"I'm sorry I can't It's difficult to say Jackie, but its not bad at least not to me. It's just complicated and what has happened has given me a chance to follow my dreams, maybe one day in the future I can tell you, but not right know please believe me Jackie."

….

I lay on top of the wall that Rose sat on as the Doctor leaded was leaning on.

"I can't tell her. I can't even begin... she's never gonna forgive me, I know she forgave you Re, but that's because you always said you were going to leave to go travelling if you had a chance. And we missed a year? Was it good?" Rose talked to us about what she was thinking and the Doctor answered.

"Middling."

"You're so useless." She sighed.

"Well, if it's this much trouble, are you gonna stay here now?" The Doctor questioned and I shook my head, which I believe the Doctor had the feeling I would, Rose on the other hand answered.

"I dunno. I can't do that to her again, though." and I agreed with her, but I know if I told her this time, she would understand, plus she knows that I am actually bad at keep connections.

"Well, she's not coming with us." The Doctor announced and we all laughed at that.

"No chance." Rose responded to him.

"I don't do families." He mentioned to us.

"But didn't you think Rose and I were siblings when we first met, but then again Jackie can be a bit much." I brought up.

"So can you." Rose grinned.

"Ah but in a different way." I grinned back. "Anyway." I started as I sat up. "I heard that Jackie slapped you once I left." I laughed though it must of hurt.

"900 years of time and space, and I've never been slapped by someone's mother." He revealed.

"Your face." Rose grinned.

"It hurt!" He argued as he rubbed his cheek.

"I wish I didn't storm out of the room now" I admitted while laughing, but then I thought back to what he said. "900? your 900 years old?" I was taken back.

"Yeah" he simply replied, and Rose shook her head also realising what he said.

"Well then I have to say you look young for an old man." I grinned.

"Talk about the age gap." Rose retorted, bringing up the conversation this morning.

"It the opposite to you Rose." I joked back and she nudged me before jumping off the wall before speaking to the Doctor.

"Every conversation with you just goes mental. There's no one else I can talk to. I've seen all that stuff up there, the size of it, and I can't say a word. Aliens and spaceships and things, and Rebecca, and I are the only people on planet earth who knows they exist." As soon as she said that we suddenly hear a horn blasting off and I looked up to see a spaceship crashing down straight towards Big Ben and we soon duck as it goes over our heads.

"Aw this means it can't be our secret." I whined jokingly as I began to stand up watching as it hit the tower. The Doctor laughs gleefully and then grabs my hand beginning to run, but just in time for me to grab Rose's hand. We looked and saw the streets were in complete mayhem, as the three of us entered the scene.

"It's blocked off." The Doctor told us.

"We're miles from the centre. The scene must be grid locked. The whole of London must be closing down." Rose explained and I nodded.

"I know, I can't BELIEVE I'm here to see this! This is fantastic!" The Doctor was ecstatic, and it made me smile watching have a big grin on his face, for some reason it made me happy to even though, there has just been a crash.

"Did you know this was going to happen?" I asked seriously, but couldn't help myself from grinning.

"Nope!" He admitted happily.

"Do you recognize the ship?" Rose questioned.

"Nope!" He repeated.

"Do you know why it crashed?" I then asked serous as he knew nothing of the sort, even though I had a feeling of what he was going to say.

"Nope!"

"Well okay then. I dunno if I should be worried or amazed." I spoke while Rose complained.

"Oh, I'm so glad I've got you."

"I bet you are! This is what I travel for, Rose! To see history happening right in front of us." The Doctor explained.

"I never actually thought about it that way, I just wanted to explore but that makes it sound even better." I grinned.

"Well, let's go and see it! Never mind the traffic, we've got the TARDIS!" Rose smiled, and I shook my head.

"Probably best not to, they already have to deal with one spaceship. They probably wouldn't want another one" I warned and the Doctor nodded.

"Yeah, but yours looks like a big blue box. No one's going to notice." She replied with a confused look.

"You'll be surprised, an emergency like this - there'll be all kinds of people watching. Trust me, the TARDIS stays where it is." He stated and Rose looked a bit annoyed.

"So, history's happening and we're stuck here." Rose stated and I nodded.

"Yes, we are." He claimed.

"Then why don't we watch it on the TV then like everybody else, it better then just staring at a crowd" I shrugged and I soon began walking back home.