"Noooo!"

I screamed as I jolted up. I looked around to make sure where I was. It was my room in the TARDIS. I sighed in relief, It wasn't real, it wasn't real, I repeated to myself. I tried to remember my dream, but all I could recall was running through red fields and tornados and symbols on walls. There was something else too, excitement, which was what had scared me the most.

"Lily!" I heard echoing through the halls. I sighed and smiled to myself, He always comes running. I always found it heartwarming that the Doctor was so concerned with me, even if it was unnecessary.

My door slid open and the Doctor ran in, sighing in relief when he saw that I was sitting up. I regretfully remembered the last time one of my nightmares had caused him to come check on me, when I had accidentally scratched his face while writhing around.

"Another one?" he asked as he sat on the edge of my bed. I nodded slowly due to the throbbing headache I always got after nightmares. He gave me a worried look, "They seem to be happening more often now," he observed.

I gave a wry laugh, "Yeah, no kidding." Ever since we had left London, I had been having nightmares at least once a week, and they were getting worse each time. The images themselves never changed, but the feelings behind them were getting stronger and stronger. I felt like something was coming, something I dreaded and couldn't wait for at the same time.

"Lily ... perhaps I should take you to see someone about your nightmares," he said hesitantly.

"What, you mean like a doctor?" I said, my voice rising in anger.

"Lily-"

"I'm not crazy- you said I wasn't crazy! And now you're giving up!" I hit his shoulder and he grabbed my arm, trying to restrain me without hurting either of us, "Just like everyone else- you can't wait to get me off your hands!" I was holding back tears at this point, still flailing while trying to hit every inch of him I could find.

"Lily- Lily! Stop! You know that's not true!" He gave up on my hands and instead reached forward to hold my face close to his, "Lily, listen to me. I am not going to drop you off at some institution, understand? We've been together for months now, months, and I still haven't gotten any closer to figuring you out," he sighed, "If anything, you've become more of a mystery... I just don't want to take the risk of something actually being wrong, something the doctors of your time couldn't detect."

I finally looked him in the eyes. There was nothing but concern in them and I believed everything he had said, but I absolutely hated hospitals.

"What about what the Thermo Natio said?" I asked suddenly, "About their prophetess, can we see her instead? Get her opinion about my whole "psychic" thing?"

The Doctor nodded to himself, "I put in the coordinates Jara gave me, but nothing was there. I have the TARDIS constantly monitoring the area for activity, but so far, nothing." He ran his hands through his hair and groaned slightly, "I don't understand," he whispered to himself.

I smiled, "Maybe we're not always supposed to understand everything. Maybe I'm just ... peculiar- nothing to figure out, just something to be confused by."

That made him smile, "A miracle?"

"Well, I'd sound conceited if I said I was a miracle," I laughed and he nodded in agreement.

"That's a nice thought... But neither of us believe it," he stated.

I shook my head, "Nope ... But you're right, it was nice to think that for a minute. It was easier. Then again, maybe it's not supposed to be easy," I reasoned.

He laughed, "Since when did you become keen to discuss philosophy?"

I thought for a moment, "I like to think of it more as ... human psychology."

"Ah," he said with a smile, taking both of my hands into his, "There's just one problem with that: I'm not human."

"I think ... you're the most human person I've ever met." He smiled at my comment, and I could tell that he considered it a complement.

"Well ... I'll let you get some sleep." He started to stand up but I caught his arm before he could get too far away.

"Will you stay with me?"

The Doctor gave me a sympathetic look and nodded. He then climbed next to me in bed in a more awkward way than I had ever thought possible, causing me to laugh and him to scowl. "Should I leave until you're done laughing at me?" he said sarcastically.

"I'm sorry," I said in a tone that conveyed how completely un-sorry I was. "You just move like a five-year-old," I gasped through fits of laughter.

After he was satisfied that I was done making fun of him he turned off the lights and took my hand. I turned onto my side and laid my head and arm on his chest, feeling the soothing sensation of his two heart beats against my body. He remained still for a moment before kissing my head, "Sweet dreams, Lily."

I smiled into his shirt, "I knew I'd get you into my bed eventually," I teased him.

After I heard his indignant sigh I could practically feel his eyes roll. But that didn't stop a smile from coming into his voice as he said, "Goodnight, Lily."

"I told you!"

"Oh well, good for you," the Doctor snapped back at me. We were walking out of a hospital in the 24th century, and the cat nurses had just tested for every disease known to man (and several known to cat, apparently) and had found nothing wrong with me.

"At least we can cross off any medical reason for your visions and nightmares," he reasoned.

"Which still doesn't give us any idea of what's actually wrong with me," I sighed. It was strange, for some reason a part of me was glad they had found nothing. Whatever was wrong with me, I had the feeling that nothing good could come from us knowing about it. He took out his TARDIS key and unlocked the door before turning back to me.

"I'm not giving up," he assured me, "1200 years and I've never given up on anyone."

I smiled gratefully at him and pulled him into a hug. "At least you're still in a good enough mood to hug me," he whispered into my ear.

I stepped back and smiled before stepping into the TARDIS. "And why can't I be in a good mood? I've got my man, my time machine, all of time and space-"

"Oh, so I'm your man now?" the Doctor asked with a laugh.

I laughed back at him and began circling the console, "Obviously."

"Oh, I see," he said, playfully following me around the room, "And this is now your time machine?"

"Yep, and you're my companion."

He nodded in mock seriousness, "So where would you like to go, Ms. Time Lord?"

I smiled at the nickname and started pressing buttons and turning knobs like I had seen the Doctor do so many times, even spinning a few times like he did before I halted next to the thrusters. "Somewhere ... fantastic." Then I pulled the lever and the TARDIS thrusted upwards.

A few weeks later...

"Must we really wear these?" I complained to the Doctor.

"Unless you want to be crushed by the pressure of ten tons of water then yes, I would keep the suit on," he said while putting on his helmet. We were on a planet that was completely covered in water, and there were life forms that had created underwater cities and societies. Ironically, the planet was called Atlantis.

Unfortunately, to swim through an ocean planet required ridiculous looking scuba gear. "That is some good incentive."

The Doctor smiled, "I thought so."

Just as he was about to put on my helmet for me, an alarm in the TARDIS went off. He froze for a moment before turning to the console and checking the readings from the matrix.

"Is it the external dampener again?" I asked curiously, moving to stand next to him. He shook his head but didn't offer any further explanation. "Is the parking break on?" I inquired with a smile.

He smiled, "Of course the parking break's on, that's what makes all the fun noises!"

"Why would you keep the break on just for the noises?"

"Because I like the noises, the noises are cool."

"Like bowties?"

"And fezzes," he said with a laugh. Any time he said something was cool, we would always bring up bowties and fezzes. It had become ritual at this point.

After a moment he stopped what he was doing. "Oh," he sighed.

"'Oh'? What's 'oh'?" I asked worriedly.

"Remember how I fed in the coordinates that Jara gave me a few weeks ago?" I nodded in response. "The TARDIS has just detected a ship in that area... It could be unrelated, or-"

"-It could be the ship that the Prophetess is on," I finished for him.

He nodded and took off his helmet, "Yes."

I sighed and put my head in my hands. Every time I even thought about what the Thermo Natio said my head flashed with pain. It was like there was a war going on inside me. One side telling me to go to the Prophetess and the other warning me to turn the other way.

I had told the Doctor about this a few weeks ago and he had been wary to approach the subject ever since. "Lily," he started cautiously, "I know that you're scared, but if we don't go now, we might never find her again."

I nodded, "I know, I know... And I want to go as much as you do, seeing as it's our only lead. It's just ... this feeling I get ... like something bad is going to happen."

"Lily," he put his hands on my shoulders and waited until I was looking him in the eyes before he continued, "You know I'd never let anything happen to you."

"I know that, but you can't protect me from everything... And I'm not only worried for myself," I finished with a meaningful look.

He sighed and dropped his hands, "It's up to you."

I closed me eyes and thought for a moment. Was I really going to pass up this opportunity because I had a bad feeling about it? I'd been searching for answers for more than half my life, could I give up now that I was so close?

I looked at the Doctor and realized we both knew what the answer was already. He gave me a small smile. "I suppose Atlantis will have to wait."

I laughed and threw my fist up in victory, "Yes! That means I don't have to wear this in public!"

He snorted and began unzipping me, "Yeah, it's not really your color."

"It's not anyone's color," I deadpanned.

"Oh, I don't know," he said, looking himself over, "I think I look great."

"Yes, yes, you're gorgeous," I said with a laugh, giving him a small kiss. "Now let's get this over with."

"Alright then," he said as turned his attention back to the console, "let's see if we can solve this riddle."

He entered in the coordinates and soon we were blasting through space.

Ok so ... I don't know what's up with this chapter. It's kind of choppy and short because it's another transition chapter (I swear it's the last one) and it ended up really fluffy... Maybe I'm just trying to make up for what's coming *evil laugh*. The next chapter will be the last of part two and it should be REALLY long but I'll probably have it up within the next week because I have so much time to write now!

P.S. I know the Doctor is becoming a bit more out of character than usual, but that's just because I think being with Lily for so long would change him. Just in case you were starting to become a bit annoyed- I am doing it for a reason.

Thanks for dealing with me and please keep reviewing!