The clock ticked rhythmically. The Doctor was sat in light blue coloured room with another empty chair. He presumed that the other chair was for Max, whenever she would show up. He was bouncing his leg and tapping his fingers on his leg, the working one.

He figured that they were basically telling Max that he was called the Doctor. He half expected the woman to come in saying they were switching partners. But he figured that they wouldn't do that because of the chance that certain people wouldn't be a good fit for certain people.

While he was waiting, he thought about Max. The last time he had seen her, she was going into cardiac arrest. He thought that she had died. He had never considered the idea that she was alive. Then he realised that the last time she saw him, he had gotten shot. She must've thought that he had died to. Maybe that's why she would attack anyone who had Doctor in their name. He wondered how she would react.

After a few minutes, the woman walked into the room. She was with someone, Max. Max went to the chair and sat down. She was wearing a white t shirt that seemed to be a men's large along with long light blue jeans. With the long hair, she looked like a completely different person. The woman looked at both of them.

"So, you'll have this week to come up with something to present. Both of you have agreed to participate in the talent show so I don't expect much resilience. The rules are, don't do anything that we would have to stop. As you know, there is a reason that we don't have a single room or section for both boys and girls. So please don't go out of line." She warned. The Doctor nodded, while Max didn't do anything. The woman walked out of the room, leaving the door open.

They both sat in silence across from each other. The Doctor noticed that she wasn't making eye contact. She hadn't even gotten close to looking at his face. The Doctor took a deep breath.

"So, what are you in for?" He asked, trying to emphasise a positive tone. Max didn't respond at first.

"I crashed a car into a house. They also think I suffer from hallucinations." She said. The Doctor noticed her voice was much more somber then he remembered.

"Oh, me too. For the hallucinations I mean. I hallucinated something from my past in not the best way possible. They were actually drug induced. What did you hallucinate?"

"I didn't hallucinate." She said, her voice becoming more angry.

"Of course not, sorry. What did they think you saw?" He asked again. Max stayed silent for a little bit.

"Happiness. I saw happiness. I saw someone that made my life actually worth something. Someone who didn't judge. Then they took him away. He was killed." Max explained. Then the doctor realised that she didn't recognise him. He decided to not tell her and let her figure it out herself.

"Ok, um, so what's your name?" He asked, pretending not to know.

"They didn't tell you?" She asked.

"Sorry, just trying to make conversation."

"They told me what you call yourself." She said. The Doctor suddenly got uneasy.

"Yes, I would expect so." He said cautiously.

"Why do you call yourself the Doctor?" She asked. Her tone didn't have an angry side to it. She was just asking with curiosity.

"I call myself that because I like it." He said, making a small effort to be defensive. Max nodded.

"He called himself that." She said. The Doctor figured who she was talking about.

"I'm sorry you lost your friend." He said. Max nodded, still not making eye contact.

"Thanks. You're the first person to think that he was real since I got here. For a while, I wondered if I was crazy." She said.

"What was he like?" The Doctor asked. Max's leg started bouncing.

"He was, like I said, something that gave my life worth. He would accept me when no one else would. He was the most different person that I had ever even met. You wouldn't believe me if I told you everything about him." She explained. The Doctor smiled to himself, then quickly lost the smile.

"You said that he was killed?" He asked.

"Yeah, he was shot by these bad people. He was taken away. Although to be honest, I don't really think that he was dead." She revealed. The doctor rose an eyebrow.

"Why not?"

"Well, I can't tell you all of it, but I met someone. He was english, and he had the most ridiculous clothing. It was like joseph and the technicolour coat. He had known the doctor, and he really didn't believe that he was dead." She explained. All of the sudden, he got uneasy. He had to ask something.

"Did he have a cat on his lapel?" He asked. Max suddenly looked a bit confused.

"Yeah, how did you know?" She asked, while looked up to make eye contact. She suddenly stopped. Her face changed from a confused look, to a look of absolute surprise. She recognized him. The Doctor just looked at her with a blank look.

"Hello, Mad Max." He said. Max seemed to choke on her breath.

"It's you." She said. He nodded.

"Yes, it's me. I'm not dead. Neither are you." He said.

"Oh my god." Max said, quickly leaping from her chair to hug him. "Where the hell have you been?" She asked.

"Here, Washington. I've been looking for the TARDIS." He said. Suddenly, Max let go of the hug and got a good look at the Doctor. She saw how much he had changed.

"What happened to you?" She asked, looking at his leg.

"I was shot in the leg, remember?" He asked. Max suddenly looked really guilty.

"Oh my god, I am so sorry. It's my fault isn't it."

"No, it was the bad people. They stopped my regeneration cycle while my leg was damaged, so it tricked my body into making my leg permanently like that." He explained.

"Oh, I'm sorry. So what have you been doing for the last year." Max asked.

"Well, I went undercover at another high school. I've been trying to find Chelsea, who I think is back in her original police box form." He explained.

"Oh, you didn't replace me did you?" She asked, teasingly. The Doctor immediately thought of Chloe. He debated telling Max about her, but decided against it.

"Trust me, it's very hard to do that." He said. Max smiled. The Doctor noticed that that was the first time he had seen her smile in a year. He relished the moment for little bit.

"It's so good to see you." Max said. The Doctor nodded.

"It's good to see you too." The Doctor said. Then Max took a look at the doctor again.

"Dang, you got emo since last I met you." She said. The Doctor laughed a tiny bit in response.

"Hey, I'm not emo." He said.

"No of course not, you don't listen to Fallout boy." She said jokingly. The Doctor looked confused.

"Fallout boy? What is that, a child with nuclear power? I don't think he would make a good singer, especially with all of that radiation sickness." He said. Max put her hand to her face with a smile.

"Oh, I really have missed you." She said.