"Jack you really did make a great dinner" Clara complimented Jack as the three were finishing up the Christmas dinner. Jack had cooked for them all and honestly, Clara was glad she didn't have to cook.
"I'm just glad Clara didn't cook" the Doctor grinned, Clara jokingly send him a glare as he just smiled to himself.
"It was no problem, I'm glad you guys enjoyed it" Jack smiled as he stood up and started to gather the dishes. Clara saw this as her cue to help.
"You cooked so the Doctor and I will wash the dishes" Clara said as she waved at the Doctor to get up from his chair and help gathering the dirty plates.
"Alright" the Doctor stood up and helped Clara gather the dirty plates as they brought them to the kitchen.
"A Christmas Carol will be on the telly in about an hour we should watch it" Jack announced as he walked to the living room and sat himself down on a couch.
"I don't even know how many times I've watched that movie" the Doctor admitted. Clara grinned.
"Nobody knows how many times they've watched it Doctor, that's the thing with Christmas movies, you watch them every year whether you've seen them before or not"
Clara piled up all the dirty dishes as the Doctor started to fill the sink with hot water and soap. Clara smiled to herself as she saw the Doctor do something domestic like this, she secretly really enjoyed it when he acted so human.
"So Clara, how was your first Christmas with me?" The Doctor grinned while cleaning the dishes, Clara dried them everytime he was done with one. When the Doctor didn't get an answer he looked at her noticing that she was thinking about something. Then the Doctor realized something, for a second he had forgotten that this isn't the Clara he was traveling with anymore. This was future Clara who traveled with a future him. Who was he to say that this was her first Christmas with him?
"Have you spend Christmas with me before?" He dared to ask even though it would be a little spoiler for his future. He looked at Clara who was staring at him before she slowly nodded.
"Yeah, we've spent Christmas together before. Last year I invited you to spend Christmas with some of my family and I" Clara told him leaving out the part that the Doctor showed up naked and was pretending to be her boyfriend... oh and of course that he regenerated later that day. Well for Clara it had been later that day, the Doctor had already spent countless of years on Trenzalore.
"I'm glad" He smiled to himself completely oblivious to what's going to happen when that day arrives for him.
"I'm just glad we had Jack to prepare the turkey this year so I wouldn't have to use your TARDIS again" Clara smirked putting a couple plates she dried off in a cupboard.
"Oi" The Doctor yelled, Clara's head shot up towards the Doctor in confusion just before soap landed on her that the Doctor had thrown.
"Why did you throw soap on me" she exclaimed shocked.
"How dare you use the TARDIS to prepare a turkey" he scooped more soap from the sink on his hands and threw it towards Clara's direction, this time she came prepared and quickly ducked out of the way. She ran up towards the Doctor and tried shoving him out of the way so she could grab some soap herself.. she failed. The Doctor burst out laughing as he scooped more soap on his hand and put it all over Clara's hair.
"I'm so going to use your TARDIS for the most pointless things whenever you've repaired it" Clara said giggling when the Doctor pouted.
"You won't" the Doctor tried crossing his arms fakingly being angry.
"Oh no?" Clara smirked seeing this as a challenge. The Doctor shook his head no. Clara leaped forward catching the Doctor off guard and managed to scoop soap on her hands before throwing it at the Doctor.
"You didn't!" He yelled grabbing Clara's arms so she couldn't grab more soap as she was laughing at him. He managed to trap Clara's arms with on hand as his other found his way towards the sink. In the sink was an empty cup that the Doctor had just cleaned. He grabbed it and held it under water so the cup got filled with liquid.
The Doctor smirked as Clara noticed what he was going to do.
"Oh no" She screamed before the Doctor dumped all the water that he had gathered in the cup on top of her head. He released her and immediately got karma as a soaking wet Clara grabbed a cup for her as well and started throwing water at him. A huge water battle broke out in the kitchen which didn't go unnoticed by the immortal who was sitting in the living room.
"Ladies stop making a mess" he called out before he appeared in the kitchen. Both the Timelord and his companion stopped as if they were caught in something they weren't supposed to be doing.
"We're not making a mess!" The Doctor tried referencing to what Jack had said, his clothes soaking wet and his hair all messy.
"I can't even leave you two alone for a few minutes" Jack joked before he helped them clean up the mess and quickly finish the dishes. After everything was clean Jack went back towards the living room. Clara and the Doctor both retreated back to their own bedrooms to change clothes and dry themselves as they were still soaking wet from everything that'd happened.
Clara quickly came out of her bedroom again already wearing her nightdress as it was way more comfortable and it already was evening anyway. She sat down on the couch next to Jack who was watching a random Christmas show on the telly. Half an hour later the Doctor exited his room not wearing his signature bow tie with jacket signature clothes - which Clara was used to seeing this Doctor in - instead the Doctor was wearing a Dinosaur Onesie.
Clara and Jack burst out laughing when they saw him not expecting this.
"What?"He frowned.
"You look ridiculous" Clara pointed out still laughing. The Doctor looked down at the Dinosaur Onesie he was wearing and then back to Clara.
"I didn't have anything else to wear, my bowtie is still wet" he explained. He walked towards the two who were sitting on the couch and he shoved himself in between the teacher and immortal even though there was plenty of room to sit somewhere else. The others didn't mind it though.
The Doctor's face brightened when he saw the telly.
"Great, A Christmas Carol is about to start!" He smiled. They all settled in on the couch as the movie started. They had all seen the movie before but that didn't bother them, it was Christmas after all.
Near the end of the movie the Doctor felt something heavy leaning against him. He looked to his left to see Clara using him as a pillow as she'd fallen asleep. The Doctor smiled to himself as he watched Clara sleep so peacefully. He was so happy that Clara had started to move on from Danny even though he knew she still thought about him lots of times.
He felt Jack watching him as the movie had ended in the background. He looked up from Clara at the immortal. Jack looked at him with a small kind smile.
"You really love her don't you" he said silently.
"I love all my companions Jack" The Doctor said letting his eyes fall back on Clara again.
"I know" the immortal quietly stood up and turned off the telly. The Doctor carefully picked up Clara making sure she didn't wake up. He carried her to her bedroom. It surprised him that she didn't weigh much. He knew she was small but also so light? The Doctor laid her down in her bed and put the blankets on her, wrapping them comfortably around her.
He walked back towards the bedroom door and just before he turned off the lights he looked around to make sure Clara was alright. She was peacefully asleep. He smiled happily to himself as he turned off the lights and closed the bedroom doors behind him.
He returned to the living room and got greeted by Jack who seemed to be waiting for him.
"You're not tired are you?" the immortal deduced, the Doctor shook his head no.
"I'm a Timelord Jack, we rarely get tired" he let himself fall back onto the couch.
"Well I'm going to sleep, I might be immortal but I still get tired. See you in the morning" Jack announced. The Doctor looked at him with a small smile.
"Goodnight Jack"
"Goodnight Doc" Jack jokingly send him a wink before he disappeared into his bedroom. The Doctor was used to being alone at night. he wasn't in the mood to read a book. instead, he quickly got lost in his thoughts about everything that'd happened to him recently. He wondered if his older version still traveled with Clara, he hadn't seen or heard about him in weeks, it made him worry. He didn't know how much time had passed before he abruptly got interrupted from his thoughts as there was a loud bang. The Doctor shot up from the couch alarmed. Before he could react the older gray haired Doctor burst through the doors looking to be in a hurry. He noticed his younger self and frowned.
"Why are you wearing that"
before the younger Doctor could answer the older Doctor quickly continued. "Never mind, no time! I need to get to Clara" he ran towards Clara's room and threw the doors open and disappeared into the room, the doors almost immediately falling shut again. leaving a stunned younger Doctor behind.
What had just happened? A sleepy Jack opened his bedroom door with a confused look.
"what was that noise?" he asked.
"Nothing to worry about, just get back to sleep Jack" the younger Doctor said, Jack just nodded and closed the door again going back to sleep. he was too tired to ask any more questions.
The younger Doctor slowly walked up towards Clara's bedroom. He heard voices coming from the inside. He placed his ears against the door so he could listen to what was happening. He knew this could be spoilers for his future but he was too curious!
"Is that any good?" he heard the muffled Scottish voice of his next regeneration.
"Oh, that's good!" The younger Doctor heard Clara agree. He frowned what were they doing?
"The TARDIS is outside" the older Doctor said.
"so?"
" So, all of time and all of space is sitting out there. A big blue box. Please, don't even argue." the younger Doctor felt a little jealous when he heard that. He still wasn't able to use his TARDIS, in all honesty he was doing everything in his power to not run outside right now and just take his older self's TARDIS.
"Merry Christmas Doctor" the younger Doctor heard Clara say. He didn't hear much else as he started to back away. They were going to come out were they?
He quickly made his way back towards the couch trying to not be suspicious. He'd barely sat down before the door burst open and the older Doctor came running out holding Clara's hand and excitedly pulling her along. They both completely ignored the younger Doctor and they quickly disappeared outside in the TARDIS.
The Doctor heard his TARDIS dematerializing outside. He smiled to himself,
"Merry Christmas, Clara Oswald"