A/N: Reviews have been lacking again...I am sad again...I update slow now...

Chapter Eleven:

The Doctor and Lily walked quietly out of the ice cream parlor and down the street. It was a good minute before either of them said anything. Finally, The Doctor spoke up.

"When does school start?" He asked. It was a thought that had crossed his mind but he had quickly banished it. He wasn't ready for another goodbye. After all, Lily had just decided to stay with him for a little while.

"September first," she said, a sadness in her voice. The Doctor picked up a newspaper.

"August 28," he read the date. Lily sighed.

"I ought to just go on home," she said with a bitter laugh.

"Time Machine, remember?" The Doctor said with a smile. Lily half-smiled back as a tear slid down her cheek. He reached up and wiped it away. "What's the matter, Lily?"

"I'm just so sick of dealing with Potter! And now that we're Head Boy and Girl, I'll have to be around him constantly! We have to bloody live together!" She said as more tears began to flow. She quickly wiped at them. The Doctor pulled her into a hug.

"It'll be alright!" He pushed her back by her shoulders and took her face in his hands. "You'll go to school and you'll be brilliant! You hear me?" Lily looked into The Doctor's eyes and it was as if she found the answer she'd been looking for.

"No," she said quietly. He stared at her dumbfounded.

"No?' He asked.

"No!" She said, more resolutely.

"What do you mean 'no'?" He asked, as he slightly shook her, afraid she'd gone into some sort of shock or something.

"No, I'm not going to school. I wanna stay with you. Forever," she said. The Doctor shuddered slightly. Rose and Donna both ran through his mind. Both of them had said forever too. Both of them were now gone forever.

"You can't," he whispered. Lily stared at him, shell-shocked.

"You don't want me?" She asked, but suddenly realized the implications. "To stay that is. You don't want me to stay?"

"Of course I want you to stay," he said, shaking his head. "But I can't have you missing out on your life! You're just 17, Lily! You've got more of a life ahead of you than anyone else that's ever traveled with me!" He lied. Rose had just been 19 when she joined him on the TARDIS.

"I don't care! I've seen another planet and witnessed history! How am I supposed to leave that behind? And besides, I don't want to brag but, I was made Head Girl for a reason, ya know?" She said with a smile. The Doctor couldn't help but smile too. She was brilliant and compassionate and even fearless. Everything The Doctor looked for in his companions.

"What about your family?" He asked with a sigh. He wanted Lily to stay more than anything; more than he knew he should. But he couldn't let her give up her entire life for him. So many had already done that and where were they now? Trapped in parallel universes; memories wiped; some, dead even. Lily shock her head.

"I can see them every so often," she said. "Going to Hogwarts was always my choice. Since they're muggles, they didn't wanna force it on me. If I decided I wanted to 'travel' with a friend, they'd trust me." The Doctor stared at her for a moment. He had no other arguments.

"I'll have to find you a bedroom," he said with a sigh. "And you'll be needing this!" He reached into his pocket and pulled out a small key.

"What is it?" Lily asked as he dropped it into her palm.

"A key to the TARDIS," he said with a crooked grin. Lily smiled widely and hugged him tight.

"Oh thank you so much Doctor!" She exclaimed. The Doctor smiled and hugged her back.

"Don't mention it," he said. He pulled back and looked at her full on. "Now, let's go get Jack before he gets himself into trouble!" Lily laughed as The Doctor took her hand and the two ran back to the ice cream parlor. They quickly got Jack and all three returned to the TARDIS without a second glance at James or Sirius.

"Lily, you go pick out a bedroom!" The Doctor announced, as he bounced around the console. Lily smiled and ran down the hall. Jack looked at The Doctor. "You ready to go home, Captain?"

"Don't change the subject," Jack laughed. The Doctor eyeballed him.

"There was no subject!" He said.

"There was about to be and you know it!" Jack pointed an accusing finger at The Doctor. "Lily staying?" He asked.

"Yes. She said she didn't want to go back to school. She wants to stay with me," The Doctor said, proud; a little too proudly he quickly realized. Jack nodded, thinking.

"Yea, go ahead and take me back," he conceded.

Lily was practically skipping down the hallways of the TARDIS. She stopped once she realized this.

"Hmmm," she thought aloud. "Which room do I want?" She looked at the door beside her and realized she was outside Rose's room. She went to the door right across the hall, knowing it would be easy to remember, and pulled it open. The room was bare, aside from the essentials. "This one will do! I'll just decorate some and it'll be beauti…" She was quickly cut off by the TARDIS jolting abruptly. Lily fell to the floor, hitting her head in the process. She immediately blacked out.

To Be Continued...

A/N: Dramatic cliffhanger! That means you should review so I'll update faster! So do it! Now! Please :D