A/N: Sorry about the delay in posting. I just started up the semester at school and, as most of you university students should be able to attest to, the first week or so is always the craziest (excluding midterms and finals week). Anyway, I'm hoping things will begin to calm down soon and I'll be able to update more frequently. Hopefully this Chapter will be able to hold you guys over until then. Enjoy! And, as with all of my stories, please review. Thanks so much!
"Now, Violet, you must be exhausted. I'm going to let you get yourself ready for bed." The Doctor turned his back towards me, but made no signs of leaving. Did he really expect me to get changed with him standing right there? Did he not understand how inappropriate that was?"
"Don't I get any privacy?"
"I'm not peeking" he said, covering his eyes, his back still turned. I opened up my closet door to find it filled with clothes for every possible occasion and situation imaginable. "Hmm…PJ's. Where are they?" I thought to myself. Suddenly, hanging right in front of me was a lavender button down cotton t-shirt with white clouds and matching sweat pants. I quickly changed, not wanting the Doctor to turn around and catch me half nude or something. Thankfully, when I was finished, the Doctor still had his back to me with his hands covering his eyes.
"I'm done. You can look now." He quickly spun around.
"Brilliant! Oh! You look lovely, by the way. Now get those teeth of yours brushed and then we'll go over the new sleeping arrangements."
"What exactly do you mean by 'new'?"
"Get yourself ready and then I'll tell you, yeah?"
"Fine," I muttered. I went into the bathroom with him right behind me and saw a red toothbrush lying next to a tube of minty toothpaste. I quickly washed the make-up off of my face and brushed my teeth before heading back to my room.
"So, new sleeping arrangements" the Doctor started. "You'll get his nice big comfy bed all to yourself." He walked over to a cot situated in the corner that I swore hadn't been there earlier. "And I'll sleep on this quaint little number. Not that I'll be doing much sleeping. After all, fully grown Time Lords only require an average of five to six hours of sleep per week. But don't worry. I'll be sure not to disturb you. In fact, you'll forget that I'm even here."
"Um…this may seem like a really stupid question, but where did that cot come from?"
"No question is stupid, Violet. In fact, I love questions! Not as much as I love answers but, all the same, questions show that you're taking an interest and I love that you find me interesting."
"Ok. Now that we've got that settled, can you please answer my question?"
"Right. Sorry. I tend to go off on tangents sometimes. Anyway, I had the TARDIS place one here for me. I also had her fix your door and night table in addition to adding on a built-in bookshelf filled with books that both you and I should like. I looked around and saw that there was indeed a double-shelved mahogany book case lining the entire wall behind my bed. It was filled with a wide-array of leather bound books. I got up and walked along the bookcase, examining each title until I came across an Anthology of all of Poe's short stories and poems. I picked it up and laid it down on my night table.
"A fan of Poe, Eh?" I nodded.
"He's my absolute favorite author of all time! Just some of the stuff he's come up with is absolutely amazing. I'd love to find out where he drew some of his inspiration from. I mean, it'd be a dream come true to actually meet him in person."
"Your wish is my command."
"Excuse me?"
"Don't forget. This is a TARDIS. Time and Relative…"
"I know what it is." He looked a bit put-off that I interrupted him. "I'm sorry. I didn't mean to cut you off."
"No, no. It's fine. Sorry if it seemed like I was dumbing this down for you. I've been around humans for so long that I've forgotten what it's like to have a quick-witted Time Lord, such as myself, around." I smirked. "Any who, Poe. I can take you to meet him if you'd like."
"Really? You'd do that for me?
"Absolutely! I haven't seen Poe in quite a while. 512 years 4 months and 3 days if I do recall correctly. I suppose I owe the fella a visit. Now, Time Lady or not, you still need your rest. We'll talk more about possibly visiting Poe once you wake up."
"Alrighty. Night Doctor."
"Goodnight Miss Violet Loretta Smith" he said. "Glad to have you back" The Doctor whispered under his breath, probably thinking I hadn't heard him. He then snapped his fingers and the lights shut off. I laid my head down, closed my eyes and fell into a deep slumber.
