Well, who else stuffed themselves yesterday? And who else enjoyed relaxing and eating good food with their family? Hopefully I'm not the only one.
Now we can think about Christmas! :) I'm already planning the perfect gifts for my best friends and family. I know exactly what to get one of my friends, but I'm not sure about the other. However, I think that's the best part of picking out presents: thinking about exactly what to get that special someone. (It's certainly not wrapping. Bleh.)
Anyway (I need to quit using that word), without further ado, I present Chapter 21 of Songs of the Stars! Hope y'all enjoy!
"Just stomp your feet and clap your hands...now spin around and feel the groove."
One morning over breakfast, when Rose expressed her desire to go roller skating, the Doctor was more than happy to indulge her. He was especially excited since he'd never been roller skating before.
Rose was appalled when the Doctor confessed this fact after landing them outside a roller rink in 2001. "Never?" she almost shrieked. "All of time and space, and you've never been roller skating!?"
"Never really had an interest in it," the Doctor stated. He shrugged.
"Then you're in for a treat," Rose promised, slinging the skates she'd found in the TARDIS wardrobe over her shoulder. "Ready?"
"I suppose." The Doctor followed Rose's lead and slung his own skates over his shoulder.
Rose turned to give him a smile, then stopped. "You've gotta lose the coat," she said.
Now it was the Doctor's turn to be appalled. "But I like the coat," he pouted.
Rose tilted her head. "It's your first time roller skating and you want to wear a long coat that flies out behind you. What d'you think it's gonna do to your balance?"
Seeing her point, the Doctor grudgingly slipped off his coat and laid it on the jump seat.
"That's better," Rose gave her approval. "Ready to go?"
The Doctor grinned. "Allons-y, Rose Tyler!"
"That's what I like to hear," Rose giggled, opening the door of the TARDIS.
Inside the roller rink, the lights were dimmed, and a disco ball spun above the rink. People shouted to each other, struggling to be heard above the loud music. The Doctor paid with a few American bills he found in his pocket, and Rose led him to a bench to sit down and tie on their skates.
"It looks crowded," the Doctor observed, glancing up from his skates.
Rose laughed. "It won't look so crowded when we get out there. Trust me."
The two finished, and the Doctor stood up. "Whoa!" he said, nearly slipping on the floor. He caught his balance and reached for the nearest solid object, which happened to be the wall separating the rink from the rest of the room.
Rose laughed. "Need some help?"
"No!" the Doctor insisted. "'Course not!" He walked forward, one hand on the wall as he tried to get his balance, to prove his point.
Rose shrugged, but her eyes twinkled. "If you say so." She skated toward the entrance of the rink and stepped into the crowd of other skaters. The Doctor followed, slowly becoming more confident on his feet.
After a while, the Doctor glided along on the waxed floor and searched for Rose. Finally he spotted her, hands behind her back and a grin on her face. The lights from the disco ball caught in her hair, making it look as if stardust had settled there. The Doctor smiled at her obvious contentment as he skated faster to catch up with her.
By the time the Doctor had skated to Rose's side, she'd started skating backwards. "I've got a dare for you," she called to him over the music.
"Oh, really? What is it?" he asked, interested.
"I'll bet you ten quid you won't dance to the next song." At his astonished face, Rose laughed. "'M not asking for a waltz! Just do a hula move or a disco move or something."
"The entire song?"
"Yup."
The Doctor considered this. "All right," he agreed. "Ten quid, then."
"Deal." They shook on it.
A minute later, an odd, squeaky voice came on over the sound system. The Doctor's jaw went slack while Rose doubled over in laughter. "You've got to be kidding me," the Doctor groaned, for it was an incredibly cheesy song relatively well known in the early 2000s called The Hamster Dance.
"Still doing it?" Rose asked through her giggles.
The Doctor scowled and started to dance.
Rose guffawed as she watched the Doctor perform his little disco move, a scowl still contorting his face and knitting his eyebrows together in a manner that looked incredibly painful. "Don't forget to follow the instructions in the middle of the song!" Rose sang out, laughing even harder at him.
The Doctor did not like that reminder one bit.
Those three minutes of "bouncing to the beat" and "spinning around" felt more like three years to the Doctor, who was certain every person in the rink was laughing at him (which was not true, although he did receive a few odd looks). However, it was only Rose that was close to crying from laughter.
When the song at last ended, the Doctor returned to Rose. "Hand it over," he demanded, too grumpy for getting sidetracked. Rose complied and placed the quid in his hand, still giggling. "It's not funny!"
"Yes, it was. That was worth ten quid any day," Rose said with a tongue-in-teeth grin.
The Doctor huffed. "Remind me never to make a bet with you again."
"Not a chance," Rose replied, waving as she skated off, the Doctor grimacing after her.
DON'T JUDGE MY CHOICE OF SONGS. PLEASE.
Maybe it made you laugh? Maybe? Can anyone else see the Doctor and Rose going roller skating?
In case y'all are interested, my good friend TARDISOfDoom has created a Doctor Who roleplay forum. It's kind of based off of my forum Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Blue, but my forum died because we needed the Doctor a lot of the time, and katierosefun (who played the Doctor for that forum) was very busy. Plus there were only three people playing.
Anyways, this is the link: forum/Spoilers-A-Doctor-Who-Roleplay/163603/ You can make an OC or audition for a canon character. We hope to see y'all there! :)
If you liked it, hated it, or wanted to light it up and watch it burn, leave a review, please! :)