It was later that morning after the night before that Alice now stood in the kitchen cleared of glass, wearing nothing but the Doctor's white shirt, her pyjama shorts and a smile on her face as she made coffee. Even though she knew they had done this all the wrong way around. The Doctor had explained to her that they now had a special connection together that could never be broken. Alice could sense that the Time Lady within her locket always had strong feelings of love for him but never got the chance to but now part of her had.
A pair of familiar arms wrapping around her waist from behind brought her back to reality, "Well, good morning Miss Noble," he whispered seductively, kissing the side of her neck where there was a bruise, now wearing a t-shirt and pyjama bottoms as he pressed against her.
"Morning," Alice hummed in content and turned her body to greet his solid warmth, wrapping her arms around his neck bringing his lips to hers before there's distant slumped footsteps approaching the kitchen.
"Donna, I'm not ready for her to find out about us yet!" Alice broke apart from him in a panicked whisper.
"She'll figure it out anyway, your wearing my shirt and have a love bite on your neck," he gestured to her disheveled appearance, being rather at ease about the whole situation, "We might as well admit defeat," he brings Alice into a loving hug, wrapping his arms around her protectively.
"Oh, God she's gonna give you 'the speech'," Alice moans in complaint, hiding her face in the Doctor's chest, knowing there's no escaping it.
"'The speech'?" he asked gulping slightly, not liking the sound of it a hand running through Alice's dark fiery red locks as he held her close.
"The speech Donna has given to every single guy I've ever dated that made most of them run for the hills," Alice looking up at him feeling slightly terrified, "Just a fair warning Doc be prepared."
"Oh, I will be Al it's just…" he reassured her but didn't sound so sure of himself.
"What?" she looked up him.
"Sometimes your sister just terrifies me," the Doctor confessed honestly, kissing Alice's forehead affectionately and then resting his head on top of hers.
"That she does," she returned with small laugh, arms now wrapping around his waist, her ear against his chest listening to his hearts beating in content
It's now they both looked up in the direction of the doorway as Donna entered the kitchen half asleep. Their waiting what seems like forever for the very moment that she now turns to register them holding each other. What Donna sees before her wakes her up instantly, mouth hanging open. Taking in not only the appearance of Alice wearing the Doctor's shirt, but how happy they both looked together.
"When did this happen?" she gestured between the pair eyebrows raised.
"Um, last night actually," the Time Lord replied truthfully, as they both faced her and he put his arm around her waist, being protective keeping her close.
"Good," she simply returned with a smug smile and nothing more, putting the kettle on as Alice waited for the inevitable and dreaded speech that never came for the Doctor.
"Your fine with this then?" Alice asked, pointing between her and the Doctor. "Your not going to even bother scaring the living daylights out of him."
"No, I don't think he needs it's I'm just happy that you've finally got your heads and hearts in the right place that's all," she smiled at them both lovingly, as the couple let out internal sigh of relief.
-Doctor Who-
Many hours later the Doctor and Alice are on a luxury planet called Midnight, minus Donna who was at the spa not wanting to be a third wheel in her little sisters adventure with the Time Lord.
"I said, no!" Donna answered sounding irate through the loudspeaker on a mobile phone, "Alice why did you let him call me?"
"Donna, I tried but he wouldn't accept it!" Alice called to her with annoyance, as she saw the Time Lord make a face.
"Sapphire waterfall," he started to make another pitch to her, "It's a waterfall made of sapphires! This enormous jewel, size of a glacier, reaches the Cliffs of Oblivion, and then shatters into sapphires at the edge. They fall 100,000 feet into a crystal ravine."
"I bet you say that to all the girls," Alice hears Donna tease him, glancing over at her with a look and slightly pink cheeks.
"Well, your sister is the only girl that I describe stuff in more detail to," the Doctor gave the young Noble a smirk, that caused her to blush. "She's beautiful as that glittering waterfall," well she was, seeing as she was wearing glittery eyeshadow, nail polish and sequin covered Converse.
"Doctor, stop it," Alice blushed again whacking him playfully on the arm.
"Why should I? Your gorgeous," he returned cheekily putting his arm around the young woman's shoulders to pull her close and Alice could imagine Donna cringing on the other side of the phone. "Oh, come on! They're boarding now! It's no fun if we see it on our own. Four hours, that's all it takes."
"No, that's four hours there and four hours back, it's like a school trip. I'd rather go sunbathing. Besides, Al is with you, don't need me as well."
"I said so didn't I!" Alice exclaimed triumphantly, receiving a poke from the Time Lord in her side. She only poked her tongue out back at him in return.
"Thanks," Donna got his attention again.
"You be careful," he warned her, "That's Xtonic sunlight."
"Oh, I'm safe," Donna assured it's safe, "It says in the brochure this glass is fifteen feet thick."
The Doctor nodded, "All right, I give up," he continued, "Alice and I will be back for dinner, we'll try that anti-gravity restaurant. With bibs."
"That's a date," Donna paused realising what she said, "Well, not a date for us," she groaned in disbelief, "Oh, you know what I mean. Oh get off!"
"See you later, Don," Alice gave an awkward laugh.
"Oi! You be careful! All right?" Donna now warned, "Look after my sister and don't get into any trouble."
"Wouldn't dream of it," he kissed the top of Alice's head affectionately, "Besides, taking a big space truck with a bunch of strangers across a diamond planet called Midnight? What could possibly go wrong?"
"Anything can knowing you," the young Noble muttered to herself.
He ended the call, looked down at Alice and grabbed her hand, "Come on, allons'y!"
-Doctor Who-
Now sitting in the first few front rows, Alice glanced out the window briefly inspecting her reflection, "I'm now starting to think the glittery eyeshadow was a bad idea," she complained, nose scrunching up in that cute way the Doctor loved.
"Alice, you'd look beautiful without makeup and I wouldn't care," he told her with a honest compliment, pecking her cheek lovingly.
As the dark-skinned hostess made her way through the compartment, now stopping at a blonde woman. "Complimentary juice pack and complimentary..."
"Just the headphones, please," she replied instantly, cutting off the hostess before she said anymore.
The hostess passed them over to her, "There you go."
Alice glanced briefly at the blonde for a couple more seconds, before picking up the fashion magazine that had been resting on her lap. She had brought it from the TARDIS for a bit of reading which she never gets the chance to do these days. The hostess has now showed up at the pairs side.
She moves to the Doctor and starts to hand him things. "That's the headphones for Channels 1 to 36; modem link for 3D vidgames; complimentary earplugs; complimentary slippers; complimentary juice pack; and complimentary peanuts."
"Peanuts, lovely!" Alice shrilled happily, not really bothered about the other freebies and opening up the packet. She started to munch on them in content just as the hostess finished.
"I must warn you some products may contain nuts."
"That'll be the peanuts," the Doctor joked.
As the young Noble took a sigh of embarrassment and shook her head. "Oh, God."
The hostess looked at him as if he'd grown an extra head. But she just shrugged it off. "I hope you and your girlfriend enjoy your trip."
There was no protesting on the subject seeing as they were together intertwined their fingers together and the Doctor grinning at the hostess.
"Oh, we can't wait! Allons-y!"
The hostess only then but frowned in confusion at him her expression blank. "I'm sorry?"
"It's French for 'let's go!'"
"Fascinating," the hostess dryly returned, only for Alice to giggle uncontrollably only to stop instantly the woman looked at her wondering what was funny.
"Sorry," Alice apologised to the hostess calming herself down. "It was just the way you said it that's all. Many people don't get him sometimes you see, except for me though I get him."
She nodded understanding what the young woman was trying to get across. As she was about to take her leave Alice stopped her, wanting to know her name and not just know her as 'the hostess' for the rest of the journey.
"Can I ask what your name is?"
Turning her head to look at the red head a smile came to her face after the question. It was like nobody had even asked her name before.
"Monica." She simply responded, with that same smile.
Which Alice returned in kindnesses and Monica turned away knowing she's probably made her day. Who continued on to the row behind them that sat an middle aged man and young African woman.
"You're an utter embarrassment sometimes," Alice comments under her breath, opening the magazine that had been abandoned and began to read it.
"How am I embarrassing?" the Time Lord turned to his other half rather offended.
"Oh 'that'll be the peanuts' comes to mind," she mocked him, "I swear your jokes are more corny than my dad's used to be."
"Come on Ally," he jested with a poke in the side, trying to get a rise out of her, "You love me for it really. You know you can't resist my charms."