I crawl into bed and shut my eyes, ignoring the tears that squeeze through my eyelids and eyelashes, and fall into a restless sleep.
I shoot up, my heart racing. I can't hear anything but I know something is wrong. I bolt out of my door and to Rose's room, flinging open the door to find her writhing in pain in a nightmare. I shake her to try and wake her up.
"Is she alright?" I hear The Doctor's worried voice behind me.
"Nightmare." I shortly explain to him "Rose?" I hiss trying to wake her up. Her eyes fly open and her arm swings around, her hand colliding with my cheek and jawline, sending me to the floor.
"Wolfe!" gasps The Doctor helping me to my feet. I am cradling my jaw, tears filling my eyes with the pain.
"Ow" I mutter
"Oh, Wolfe I am so sorry!" gasps Rose, now understanding the situation.
"It's okay." I mutter around my swelling cheek. "Are you okay?"
Rose nods. "Nightmare." She explains, breaking my gaze to look at the Doctor.
"Want to talk about it?" he asks, her softly
Tears glisten in her eyes "You left me. By myself back on earth and found someone else." Her voice shatters and she presses her face into his shoulder.
The guilt on his face is painful as he wraps his arms around her shaking shoulders and presses a kiss to the top of her head.
"I am never going to leave you Rose. Not you. Never you." He whispers
"Promise?" her voice is muffled
"Promise." His voice soft but firm.
He gently rocks her in his arms and soon, she dozes off.
He lays her down in bed again. He goes to get up and I stopped him.
"You promised. Not her." I whisper and he freezes, turning to look at me.
I nod at the empty spot beside Rose in bed. He smiles slightly at me before snuggling under the covers next to her.
"You coming?" he asks, rolling onto his back to allow me room between them.
I smile and snuggle into the warm spot between them and fall asleep.
"Rose? Do you know where the Doctor is he wasn't in his-Oh." I wake up to the sound of Sarah Jane bursting into the room.
I realize quickly this will not help the animosity between Rose and Sarah Jane, but my arm is pinned underneath the Doctor's sleeping form and I can't sit up.
"Good morning Sarah Jane." Yawns Rose, sitting up and ruffling her hair.
"Good morning." She responds in a clipped manner "I was just looking for the Doctor."
"Oh." Rose looks at the Doctor, next to her. She smacks him on the shoulder. "Wake up." She orders and The Doctor sits up, panicked.
I sit up, to now that my arm is freed.
"Wolfe?" asks Sarah Jane in surprise, "What are you doing-nevermind." She sighs "What happened to your face?"
My hand flies to the cheek where Rose accidentally hit me last night.
"Wolfe was waking me up from a nightmare and I accidentally hit her." Rose explains as she gets out of bed.
"You hit a four-year-old?" demands Sarah Jane, having only heard that
"No, well yes, but it was an accident." Rose says, annoyed
"We need to get going Doctor." Sarah Jane ignores Rose's comment before turning on her heel and leaving.
The Doctor breathes out heavily, running his fingers through his hair.
Rose smacks him.
"Oi! What was that for?"
"Not standing up for me! Now Sarah Jane's gonna call child services or something!"
"Call what?" Asks the Doctor.
"Ugh." Groans Rose, getting out of bed. "Go get dressed. I don't have time to explain this stuff to you."
The Doctor got out of bed and sulked out of the room.
"I'm sorry about your face, Wolfe." Sighs Rose
"It's okay, it hardly even hurts." I answer, going to my room.
I change into the clothes, which The Doctor pulled out of his endless pockets. I truly hope today won't be as awkward between Sarah Jane and Rose as it was yesterday.
The school bell rings and the children flock towards the building. The five of us get out of Sarah Jane's car and stride towards the school. The Doctor pauses for a moment to give instructions.
"Rose, Sarah, you go to the Math room. Crack open those computers, I need to see the hardware inside. Here, you might need this." Rose holds her hand out, but he hands his sonic screwdriver to Sarah Jane. I wince as Rose looks peeved. "Mickey, surveillance. I want you outside." Continues the Doctor
"Just stand outside" Demands Mickey
"Here, take these, you can keep K9 company." Sarah Jane smiles as she hands Mickey the keys to her car
"Don't forget to leave the window open a crack." Informs The Doctor
"But he's metal!" Cries Mickey
"I didn't mean for him." Grins the Doctor
"What're you gonna do?" I ask The Doctor
"It's time I had a word with Mr Finch. Wolfe want to come?" The Doctor grins at me
"She is coming with us, Doctor." Informs Sarah Jane, smiling at me.
I smile back, wondering just what she has in mind.
We enter the building and weave up the stairwells until we find and empty math classroom.
"Let's try and turn on the computer." I suggest.
"Good idea." Nods Sarah Jane, crawling underneath one of the computer desks and starts trying to switch on the sonic screwdriver. She comes out, hits the keyboard and stares at the sonic screwdriver. Rose is with her legs crossed on one of the chairs. I see the amusement in her eyes.
"It's not working!" Sarah Jane sighs, annoyed
"Give it to me." Sighs Rose as she hops up and takes the sonic screwdriver off Sarah Jane, rolling her eyes, and ducking underneath the desk.
"Used to work first time in my day." Sarah Jane says to me
"Well, things were a lot simpler back then." Rose responds. She turns the sonic screwdriver on and it whirrs and buzzes as she holds it to the back of the computer.
"Rose, can I give you a bit of advice?" asks Sarah Jane
"I've got a feeling you're about to." Sighs Rose as she straightens up
"I know how intense a relationship with the Doctor can be, and I don't want you to feel I'm intruding..." Sarah Jane continues
"I don't feel threatened by you if that's what you mean." Rose states, firmly
"Right. Good. Because, I'm not interested in picking up where we left off." Sighs Sarah Jane
"No? With the big sad eyes and the robot dog? What else were you doing last night?" Rose responds, sharply
"I was just saying how hard it was adjusting to life back on Earth..." Starts Sarah Jane, now trying to repair the mess she made.
"The thing is... when you two met... they'd only just got rid of rationing. No wonder all that space stuff was a bit too much for ya." Smirks Rose, walking away from Sarah Jane
Sarah Jane indignantly walks over to Rose "I had no problem with space stuff. I saw things you wouldn't believe."
"Try me." Rose smirks, coldly in her face
"Mummies."
"I've met ghosts."
"Robots. Lots of robots."
"Slitheen. In Downing Street."
"Daleks!"
"Met the Emperor." Rose snorts
"Anti-Matter monsters."
"Gas masked zombies."
"Real living dinosaurs!"
"Real living werewolf!"
"The Loch Ness Monster!" cries Sarah Jane
"... Seriously?" Rose gasps
Sarah Jane puts her hands over her mouth and shakes her head.
Rose smiles and laughs slightly. "Listen to us. It's like me and my mate Shireen. The only time we fell out was over a man, and... we're arguing over the Doctor." Smiles Rose
Sarah Jane relaxes against a desk, and Rose looks at her for a moment. "With you, did he do that thing where he'd explain something at like, ninety-miles-per-hour, and you'd go, "what?" and he'd look at you like you'd just dribbled on your shirt?" Rose asks
"All the time!" Sarah Jane responds and we laugh.
"Does he still stroke bits of the TARDIS?" She asks
"Yeah! Yeah! He does! I'm like, 'do you two wanna be alone?'" Rose giggles and we laugh madly, and then the Doctor walks in.
"How's it going?" He grins
The sight of him makes us laugh even harder.
"What? Listen, I need to find out what's programmed inside these."
We take no notice of him and fall about laughing hysterically, Rose pointing the sonic screwdriver at him.
"What? Stop it!" he orders, genuinely lost.
Suddenly, the door opens and children clamber to get inside the IT Suite Rose shoos them away.
'No, no, this classroom's out of bounds. You've all gotta go to the South Hall. Off you go, South Hall!" she orders
The children move away and Rose shuts the door.
"Nice job." Compliments Sarah Jane, and Rose smiles
The Doctor is already ripping out wires and zapping things with his sonic screwdriver. The Doctor, sonic screwdriver clenched between his teeth, rips a handful of wires out of a computer and hangs them around his neck as runs the sonic screwdriver along the back of the computer. We watch him, looking slightly anxious.
"I can't shift it." Groans the Doctor
"I thought the sonic screwdriver could open anything!" Sarah Jane says
"Anything except a deadlock seal. There's gotta be something inside here. What're they teaching those kids?" Groans The Doctor.
Suddenly the room lights up, with every computer showing a weird green code, including the large screen at the front of the room.
"Some sort of code..." Mutters The Doctor, staring at it. He paces, glancing every so often at the strange code.
"No... no, they can't be..." he gasps.
"What?" demands Rose, Sarah Jane and I, together
"The Skasis Paradigm. They're trying to crack the Skasis Paradigm." He says, sounding horrified
"The Skasis what?" sighs Sarah Jane
"The... God-maker. The universal theory. Crack that equation and you've got control of the building blocks of the universe. Time and space and matter, yours to control." Explains the Doctor, and the pit of my stomach sinks.
"What, and the kids are like a giant computer?" I ask
"Yes." He says, as he paces around, working it out. "And their learning power is being accelerated by the oil! That oil from the kitchens, it works as a... as a... conducting agent. Makes the kids cleverer."
"But that oil's on the chips. I've been eating them." Rose says, looking horrified herself
"What's fifty-nine times thirty-five?" He demands of her
"Two thousand and sixty five." Answers Rose instantly
The Doctor gives a "that says it all" look.
"Oh my God... " mutters Rose
"But why use children? Can't they use adults?" Asks Sarah Jane
"No, it's gotta be children. The God-maker needs imagination to crack it. They're not just using the children's brains to break the code... they're using their souls." He explains again, running his hands through his hair in distress. Behind him, we freeze as Mr Finch walks into the room
"Let the lesson begin" his slimy voice says