Chapter Thirty-Four (Doctor`s Point of View)

"You know what`s good about stargazing around here?"

"What?" Ditzy asked.

"There isn`t any light pollution to contradict our vision from seeing the stars. Now we can truly and naturally rely on our own ability to see instead of being blinded no matter where you look," I informed her.

She turned to face me, now lying on her side. "I didn`t understand a single word you just said."

"Oh, thanks," I pouted, making her laugh. "See, look? Meteor showers-" I pointed up to the sky towards the cluster of shooting stars.

"Meteor-what-now...?"

"They are falling rocks from outer space falling to Earth – they`re going to burn up in the atmosphere, specifically the mesosphere, and disappear before they can harm us."

"You`re too smart for me," she sighed after a pause, now lying on her back again.

"Or maybe you`re just not keeping up," I teased her.

"Oh, I am alright! See, look, there`s a meteor!"

"Yes, Ditzy, we see many meteors. That`s why it`s called a meteor shower, they just keep coming in bunches."

"I still can`t see right," she reminded me. "Darn crossed eye always messed me up."

"Am I going to have to lecture you again?" I laughed.

"Not if I can help it."

I kept my head from looking at her but she was already looking at me, so I gave up and turned to face her.

"What?" she asked.

"Is this how you feel when I do that to you?"

"Most of the time," she shrugged, a faint smile creeping onto her face.

"Actually, that means that you have a lot of things you want to do but aren`t."

"Huh?"

"You said that`s how it feels when I stare at you, and right now, I`m holding myself back from kissing you," I laughed.

"Why are you holding yourself back?" She asked, her smile fully returning.

"Can`t we just watch the stars?" I said sarcastically.

"That`s no fun," she giggled, leaning up to me. I laughed, leaning over her and joining our lips feverishly for what seemed to last forever. We tangled our hands in each other`s hair and stayed like that for several minutes. She smiled at me, giggling again.

"I`m so happy you decided to travel with me," I grinned back at her.

"I figured you`d say something like that."

"Mmhmm," I laughed at her remark. She sat up too and leaned against me.

"Oh, look, another star!"

"Where," I asked.

"Oh gosh, is the Doctor seriously asking his assistant where a STAR is?!" Ditzy teased me.

"Yeah I know – I must be sick or something!" I wrapped my arm around her and we stayed like that for a few minutes, just enjoying each other`s company and pointing out obvious stars.

I woke up at around 8 o`clock that next morning. I sprung out of bed and looked around, trying to see if I wasn`t the only one awake or not.

"Oh, hey, Doctor!" Ditzy called from the swimming pool.

I walked backwards and entered the room. "There you are," I laughed.

"What are we going to do today?" She sat on the edge of the pool, her feet dangling in the water.

"Well, for starters, we can definitely head out to Arcadia," I smiled, "and then we can probably just camp there. I really don`t know how long we will be there for."

"Sounds good with me," she smiled back. "Don`t you want to swim?"

"You know what, I do, pajamas and all." I smiled at Ditzy and then jumped in.

Water splashed everywhere and she shrieked when it touched her skin, saying something about it being cold. I grabbed her by her waist and carried her over my head to a deep part of the pool before tossing her in.

She screamed again and jumped onto me, and I caught her in my arms.

"What, too cold," I asked her.

"Obviously," she shivered, "it is freezing!"

"Now, not everything is as bad as it seems," I laughed.

"What does that mean?"

"This-" I interrupted myself, planting a warm, long kiss on her lips.

"Aw, that`s adorable," Dinky laughed after about one minute.

Ditzy leaned her forehead against mine, smiled, and jumped out of my grasp, swimming to the other end.

"Mom, where did you find a bathingsuit?" Dinky asked when she was out of the pool, looking at Ditzy who was sporting a grey one-piece.

"The main question is why YOU aren`t wearing one!" Ditzy answered.

"But I`m not going to swim-" Ditzy interrupted her, grabbing her and tossing her to me.

Her high pitched squeal that almost resembled her mothers` rang out once the water touched her, and I laughed because of the similarity.

She resurfaced above water several seconds later with a giggle. "IT IS SOO COLD!"

"Why am I not freezing right now?" I asked them. They answered with shrugs and laughs.

Dinky swam out of the pool and began to use the diving boards, Ditzy swimming over to me again.

"You know," she starts, "I really enjoy spending time with you."

I felt my cheeks warm at her compliment and I dragged her underwater with a silent laugh.

She was worried at first but then she saw how relaxed I was, and it relaxed her, I believe. She opened her eyes, surprised to see it didn`t burn, and then looked around. You could hear absolutely nothing except for whatever was underwater, and the color of our vision turned a crystal aquamarine.

We floated back up, panting from the amount of time we held our breath. "It`s beautiful underwater, huh?" I asked her.

"Definitely," she laughs.

"Watch out!" Dinky giggled, jumping off of the diving board and just missing my head.

"Oh you are SO lucky you missed me!" I laughed towards Dinky.

We all got out a long time afterwards, about 20-40 minutes since it was now 9:00 AM.

"Where are we going to go now?" Dinky asked.

"Ditzy and I were just talking about that-"

"Before you two started making out?"

Ditzy and I`s cheeks blushed brightly.

"Uh, yes," I said nervously, "and we decided on Arcadia."

"Oh, Arcadia, where is that?"

"It`s a planet outside of a sun," I laughed. "Of course we already missed the Giving Festival, but I don't see any reason we can`t go back in time."

"And what`s the Giving Festival?"

"It`s an entire day for trading, but you don`t have a money there. The currency is something valuable, and if you trade something valuable you get something valuable from someone else," Ditzy explained for me.

"Tell me when we get there, then." Dinky smiled, walking into her room.

"How do you think she knew that phrase?" I asked Ditzy.

"I`m just as confused, and embarrassed, as you," she laughed.