Disclaimer: I own nothing. Just the Doctor. And the TARDIS. Oh, and the whole franchise.
Ch. 14:
They spent the next little while in the TARDIS. The Doctor said it was to do repairs, but Lily knew he was lying.
"He's driving me nuts!" she vented to Donna as they sat in the movie room.
They were supposed to be watching episodes of a failed tv show that Lily loved, but they weren't really paying attention.
"He's just worried about you." Donna told her.
"Ok, fine, worry about me." Lily replied. "But if I have six months, I'm not going to spend it in a cage, no matter how nice it is."
"So tell him." Donna told her.
Lily sighed.
"I feel bad for complaining." She said. "I know he just wants to keep me safe."
"So convince him you're alright." Donna suggested.
"How?" Lily asked.
"I don't know, he's your mate." Donna said, standing up. "Figure it out. I, on the other hand, am going to sleep."
"I'll see you tomorrow." Lily told her, chuckling.
Donna waved as she walked out the door.
She briefly considered watching some more TV before standing up and walking out. She made her way through the corridors to the music room.
She sat down at the piano and sang.
"We're drivin' down the road, I wonder if you know
I'm trying so hard not to get caught up now
But you're just so cool, run your hands through your hair
Absent-mindedly makin' want you.
'Cause I don't know how it gets better than this
You take my hand and drag me headfirst, fearless
And I don't know why but with you I'd dance
In a storm in my best dress, fearless.
Well, you stood there with me in the doorway
My hands shake, I'm not usually this way
But you pull me in and I'm a little more brave
It's the first kiss, it's flawless, really somethin'.
It's fearless.
And I don't know how it gets better than this
You take my hand and drag me headfirst, fearless
And I don't know why but with you I'd dance
In a storm in my best dress, fearless."
"If I had known all it took to get you to sing again was to lock you in the TARDIS, I would have done it months ago."
Lily jumped and glared at the Doctor.
"A little warning would be nice." She told him.
He smiled and came and sat next to her.
"I don't want to be locked in here." Lily told him. "I love the TARDIS, but I'm going crazy."
"I know." He replied.
"So are you going to stop breaking things, and actually take us somewhere?" she asked.
"Lily…" he sighed.
"I'm not going to break." She told him. "You can't keep me safe forever. Even we were to stay in the TARDIS, in the vortex, indefinitely, I'm still going to die. There's nothing you can do to stop it."
"I know." He said softly. "But I wish I could."
She gently cupped his cheek.
"I know you do." She said. "But I won't sit around and wait to die. Please don't ask me to."
He hesitated a second before nodding.
"No more hiding in the TARDIS?" she asked.
"No more hiding." He agreed.
She smiled and kissed him.
After a little while they pulled apart and she leaned her head on his shoulder.
"You should go to bed." He told her softly.
"Only if you come too." She replied.
"I'm not tired." He told her.
"Did I say anything about sleeping?" she asked with a grin before getting up and walking out the door.
He sat for a moment before it sunk in and he ran after her.
The next morning, Donna found them in the control room, the Doctor under the console and Lily sitting on the jump seat, glaring at him.
"What's going on?" she asked.
"In his effort to come up with reasons why we couldn't go places," Lily said, "the Time Lord moron actually broke the TARDIS."
"You speech pattern is doing that thing again." The Doctor called.
Lily leaned over and kicked him.
"Fix what you broke and don't talk." She told him.
Donna laughed.
"Does he have a time estimate?" she asked.
Lily sighed.
"He just keeps saying that time in the TARDIS is relative, which I take to mean a very long time." Lily told her.
"Do you want to go swimming?" Donna asked.
"That sounds like a great idea, I'd love to." The Doctor said, sliding out from underneath the console.
He caught Lily's glare and changed his mind.
"On the other hand, I do have a lot to do." He said.
"Un huh." Lily agreed.
"I should probably…" he pointed underneath the console and Lily nodded. "I'll just keep working."
"Good choice." Lily told him.
She hopped off the seat.
"Come on." She said, leading Donna out.
A few hours later, he found them sitting around the pool.
"All done?" Lily asked, cracking open an eye.
"Yep." He said, popping the p. "And I found a planet to go to."
"Come on." Lily said, throwing a towel at Donna, who threw it right back. "We'll be ready in a couple of minutes." She told him.
"A few minutes." Donna amended.
"15, tops." Lily said.
"Maybe a half an hour." Donna replied.
"She right." Lily agreed. "Maybe you should just give us an hour."
"Yeah, an hour should be good." Donna agreed.
"Fine, you have an hour." He begrudging agreed.
"Thanks." Lily said, kissing his cheek as she passed.
He stood there for a second.
"What am I supposed to do for an hour?" he called after her.
"I'm sure you can find something to do." She called back as she left.
A second later, she popped her head back in.
"Just don't break anything."
A/N: Planet of the Ood is up next! Let me know what you think.
Abbey