::10th in line::
Miscreant
The sparkle is what had captured his attention. He'd been on his way back from the chippy when he'd passed a window with the rose-colored bracelet that currently glued his attention. He wanted it for Rose. Maybe as a thank you. Thank you for coming with me despite the dangers you face or Thank you for smiling at me every time I need you to or even Thank you for being Rose. He gazed dreamily into space, thinking of the look on her face if he were to present her with such a pretty thing.
Someone bumped him and he felt something rummaging in his coat pocket. "Oi! You'd better put back what you just took from me!" Whipping around, he caught the miscreant as she'd been about to turn and run. Surprised, the little girl dropped the item she had tried to steal. It fell and just before it hit the concrete, started spinning mid air. Her brown eyes were wide in wonder, her mousy brown hair falling out of her ponytail. He smiled wide, an amused snort escaping at the would-be thief's expression, a cross between fascination and fear.
Slowly she tore her eyes away from the floating, spinning top. Her small hands worked anxiously at the ends of her scarf as her eyes met the slightly crooked grin of the Doctor's. "'Ello!" he greeted her enthusiastically. She yelped and without another word, turned and ran in the opposite direction.
Staring after her, slightly confused, the Doctor shrugged and grabbed the floating top, moving it around with his hand as he made his way back to the TARDIS. As he stepped through the doors, Rose greeted him with a sparkling smile that sent tingles through his insides. He grinned goofily back at her and tossed the top in her direction. Automatically, she reached out to grab it, but it halted in mid air, spinning just in front of the console.
Her brown eyes widened in shock and her mouth rounded in surprise, as realization entered in. Pointing a finger at the baffled Doctor, she exclaimed, "It was you!"
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Smiles mysteriously and asks, "A penny for your thoughts?"
