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Now that the technical jargon is out the way on with the story.

As John sat behind his desk with the boys taking a test he couldn't help wishing that he was the man from his dreams. He felt that he would have known what to say to Joan. As himself he was lost. How could he fault Joan for expressing a view point most of society agreed with. More importantly how could he fault her for a view that his own actions seemed to endorse until about a week ago. To fault Joan now seemed hypocritical to John, but the idea she expressed, as if Martha had no more capability than a child because of the color of her skin, infuriated him. John was considering that he would have to find some way to break things off with Joan. This was not something he wanted to have to decide just two days before his birthday celebration. Again he wished that he was the man from his dreams. This wish was becoming a frequent thought over the past week. Though usually the wish had more to do with the fact that as the man in the dream John was sure that he would be able to have Martha. He was sure that society's rules would mean little to him. He was sure that Martha would be swept off her feet by a man that could take her on so many adventures. She would see him as more than a brother. In fact he wondered if the man in the dreams had dream Martha's affections. It may of only happened once, that he could remember anyways, but they did kiss though his running off after-wards did seem strange. He so wished he could remember more about what happened around that kiss. That he had initiated it was quite obvious, but he didn't remember why.

At this time Joan was in her office. Today had been a slow day and she was preparing the evening medications for the boys. Which really meant the one dose of penicillin for the one boy that had been sick last week. This simple task took up neither enough time or enough attention to stop Joan's mind form wondering. Joan was a woman of science. She didn't put much stock in intuition but she couldn't shake the feeling that Martha would be the cause of her loosing John. Perhaps I haven't been the kindest Joan thought, but society is set up with divisions for a reason is it not. I do love John's big heart, but I'm afraid that he takes his affection for Martha too far. What will people think if he acts that way towards her in public? I would be humiliated. Yes, I did the right thing by talking to him today.

Since lunch Martha's day had been looking up. As she sits in the Kitchen with Jenny another maid at the school a thousand thoughts of far off planets, past adventures and a home not so far away, but unreachable without The Doctor.

"Jenny do you ever think about leaving here and seeing far off places?" Martha's question was absent minded as they polished the silverware.

"Well now, you say that as if that's exactly what you intend on doing Martha. I'd think you'd never think of leaving. Not without John at any rate." Jenny replied with a pointed look at Martha. This brought Martha out of her haze with shock.

"I don't know what you're getting at." Martha said this in a monotone defense.

"Now don't try and fool me. Most people don't think I notice much because I'm so happy all the time, but I have brains and I recognize desire when I see it. Maybe it's because I got so many of my own, but I've seen the way you've looked when I've mentioned him."

"Oh no, really this isn't good I haven't meant I mean I didn't know I wasn't trying."

Jenny cut her off gently. "Don't worry it took you a month before you let down your guard enough around me for me to start wondering. I don't think you've let on to any body else. I think you just had a bit to much to keep in. I like to think once you knew I was trustworthy you decided to relax a bit around me."

"Jenny you know of all the people I've ever met I do believe that you are one of the best. I wish I could take you with me when I do go, you'd love it." Martha spoke more freely now that she felt at ease with Jenny, though she was still mindful not to say to much. It was funny a second ago Martha would of told her and thought nothing of it, but now that she realized how much Jenny really understood things she felt it best not to say to much.

"So you do plan on leaving us. Where you gonna go?"

"Can't tell you yet but it's going to be soon. Saturday actually, at least I hope so. Tell you what I"ll tell you where I'm going before I leave though I don't know if you'll believe me."

"I want press you. Oh, and I do." Jenny replied with a smile.

"What?"

"I do dream of leaving here sometimes, but I don't think I dream of going as far as you. There's this man I think fancies me. I like him quite a bit. I just hope that one day he'll get the nerve up to ask me to marry him." Now it was Jenny's turm to have that far away look in her eyes.

"Ah I see. Well then, here's hoping we both get just as far away from here as each of us desires in the way we so choose."

"I can second that feeling."

Both woman laughed at there own boldness, and they both felt that in that moment they had experienced a true connection. The type that you only ever get with a few people. It seemed a shame that they would part so soon likely never to see each other again, and they both knew they were unlikely to see each other after Martha left though was the only one that understood why.

AN: First off I know it's short and I know it's been almost two weeks forgive me pleeeeeeeeease forgive me. Secondly I know I made Jenny more wise and sagely, but I like to think Jenny understood more then we knew. I mean she was the one Martha did tell she was going away, and the only one Martha confided in. So since I loved her so much, but needed another character to move my story forward I took that sort of 'kind and she tends to except the occasional odd comment' persona and cranked it up to 'motherly and she sees almost everything you thought you were hiding so well.' I claim creative license. So tell me if you like or dislike what I did with Jenny's character and anything else you think I should know by reviewing.