Chapter 28:
"You did it!"
"Wasn't nothing the sonic couldn't fix," he said, tapping the small tool against his forehead. His chestnut hair looked unraveled but that wasn't anything new.
"So what now?" I asked, my hands bracing me on his console. The familiar green lights dimmed everything to a hypnotic calm.
"Now we head to Barcelona," he smirked. "A lot of good things there to see, especially in spring. Everything is in bloom, but that also means a lot of pollen. Hope you don't have allergies!"
"Doctor?"
"Yes?" he answered without even lifting his eyes to me. I paused not knowing how to say the next few words. The girl from my dreams, I know who she is now. She's important. She would save us. She would find me.
And she is also his daughter.
I don't know how I knew she was his daughter, I just knew.
"It's the dreams again, isn't it?" he asked when I didn't say anything.
"Yes."
"Are they still changing?" his voice came out cold and disconnected, but I knew he was just was frightened as I was. When things change, they get unpredictable. Time gets messy and...wibbly as he would say.
"Yeah, leaps and bounds," I confessed.
"Which parts?" he asked, crossing his arms across his chest.
"Everything. Some good, some bad. Apparently, she'll definitely save everyone now."
"Even you?" he whispered.
"No. Unfortunately, that part hasn't changed."
"Then what has?"
I could feel myself smile, her face suddenly appearing on the back of my eyes lids. Her bright grin shedding light on everything it touched. She's special.
"Us."
"Us?"
"No, us. Her and I. We...become close. She has a purpose to stay and fight instead of just running away. Her mind use to change between staying and fighting and fleeting so much when I was younger. But now, she stays, every single time."
"Huh," he puffed. He scratched the back of his head, the news tumbling inside that huge vast brain of his. "Still don't know who she is, then?"
I stared at him for a moment. The weight of the question felt too heavy, my eyes dropping from his. I didn't want to lie to him, but what else was I suppose to do? I cleared my throat and shook my head, "Not-a clue."
"Well, when the time comes, I can't wait to meet this girl. Whoever she may be," he beamed, pulling on a few levers.
"You and me both," I whispered under my breath. He had no idea how much he would actually mean that statement.
As I closed my eyes, I could still see her laying in the grass, her smile bright against the night. I could feel her soft skin grazing mine while the sky above us was painted blue from the old barn light. I felt a gentle tug in my chest, I knew not to get too attached. For one, I didn't even know her. Or maybe I did, more than anyone else in the world. We were connected. Ever since I was young, there was a bond that has been drawing us together. A bond that would change the world, or at least my world. She was the most important girl in the universe.
Watching the Doctor dance around the console, I remembered a time in my life when I tried to forget who I was. Who I needed to be. I just wanted to live a long life, away from all this mess with my mother, the war, and the Cybermen. I found a good girl, Talia. We were settling down to get married. I thought that would solve everything. But then she died during childbirth, and I couldn't save her. I was right there, and I couldn't do anything but watch as her life slipped slowly from her eyes into the invisible abyss surrounding us. I begged the Doctor to take me back. He told me it would create a paradox. Someone would be alive that shouldn't be alive. Either the universe would fix the oddity or it would destroy itself. After a long debate, he promised he would take me back just to say goodbye.
It's been three months now, and I still haven't went back to that day. I have a feeling he wants me to reconsider. To think over my actions and what they may cause.
Even if my time with Lilian was inevitable, I had things in my past to clear up first. I needed to try to save her. To save Talia. I let her die, the least I could do is try to give her life. I owed her that much for not giving her my all.
I loved Talia. I did. But I think I always knew...knew Lilian would be my down fall. I accepted that at an early age, and my resolve never wavered. Could I ever really given her up? Give up everything for a normal life?
My dreams told me no. Never in a million lifetimes. Lilian...Red, I'd follow her to the end. She's my savior. My only hope.
A/N: I know it's a short chapter. The next one will be much longer, I promise. Until then, I'll list all the previous chapters that were song titles so you have music to hold you over and think about Benny and Red and some of their past endeavors before this one continues.
Say Something- A Great Big World; Safe in the Dark- Ludo; Mr. Brightside- The Killers; Dirty Little Secret- The All-American Rejects; Playing God- Paramore; For a Pessimist, I'm Pretty Optimistic- Paramore; Hum Along- Ludo
