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Eventually Doctor shot up and pulled the duvet with him, Phil wriggled and sat up crossing her arms over her baggy bed top. "Spill the beans, don't actually because beans are bad, bad beans." Doctor dropped the duvet on the floor and crossed his arms, Phil frowned and looked down at her legs, Doctor didn't approve much of this. It was like being back to square one with her considering she was being so silent. Walking back over he sat down in front of her and looked up at her slowly, "Are you ill?" He questioned, she nodded her head no. Sighing lightly he put a hand under his chin in thought. "Have you lost your voice?" Phil just rolled her eyes, "I take that as a no." Doctor popped into her line of vision and looked her in the eyes. "You look so sad Phil," he said which just caused her to look away from him. "Why are you so sad?" Doctor jumped up from the bed and walked into her line of vision again, "Did something happen? Oh!" He exclaimed which caused her to jump and look up at him.
"You've remembered something?" He got a head shaken no, "Ok...you've had a vision." Phil shook her head slowly although hesitantly. So she had seen something but it wasn't the main reason for her current mood.
"You're just being a stroopy teenager then!" Doctor exclaimed and then yelped when Phil had grabbed a hold of one of his braces and pulled it and then let it go. He rubbed his shoulder from the braces impact and looked at her. "Oh come on! You're not making this very easy Phil! I don't know what's wrong with you there could be a long list of things! You people there's always things wrong with you-" Doctor got cut off by Phil jumping up and head butting him, "Oh ow – oh! It's your birthday! Happy birthday Phil! Has it really been two weeks since we've known each other? Wow that's so...good...isn't that good Phil? Isn't it? You're no longer a teenager! An adult at last...isn't that good...Phil...? Oh," Doctor rambled and then suddenly realized the reason for her mood. Sitting down in front of her again Doctor put his hands together. He rubbed his forehead where Phil had head butted him, it was a quick way of telepathically linking to tell him and there wasn't any need for her to actually say the words. He looked at her sadly, "Birthdays are meant to be fun Phil don't look so down." He paused and then looked back at her. "Want to go home?"
"And do what?" She spoke at last and pulled her knees to her chest to lean her head against her knees. "What would I do?" She said quietly and flicked her eyes to look at him, Doctor looked up at the drawings on her wall and then looked back at her. Standing up and unpinning a picture he turned it to show her.
"You have a family Phil, you should celebrate it with your family." Phil sat up straight and took the drawing from his hands, she looked over the drawing of her aunt uncle and cousins.
"But...Ulian sounds good."
"Ulian can wait Phil," Doctor smiled slowly although family visits never boded well with him.
"I..." Phil trailed off and put the drawing to one side, Doctor looked at her and nodded for her to continue. "I wanted to ignore it was my birthday, only the ignoring part isn't working. I'm jealous of you," she said which caused him to look at her confused. "I wish I could forget when my birthday was. I can't though because as a person I look forward to things, just not my birthday. Actually now that I mention it I don't much look forward to holidays either...I think that's because I'm on my own."
"But you're not on your own."
"Not anymore," Phil said thoughtfully and then smiled slowly, "Thank you."
"I haven't done anything."
"You are here, that is enough to be thanked for." Phil explained simply Doctor looked at her and nodded, "Cornwall."
"Huh?"
"My family lives in Cornwall."
"Would you like to visit them Phil?" Doctor stood up slowly, Phil looked up at him and nodded slowly before jumping up too. "Right! Cornwall with its yummy ice cream...come along then Phil! Get dressed and ready."
Soon standing in a street in Cornwall the two of them looked around the small village, "Phil can you actually remember where your family live?"
"No."
"Now you tell me! Phil...you're meant to know!" Doctor whined yet started to walk away from the TARDIS and the brooding teenager. He wasn't completely against visiting family, just things usually got complicated when family got involved.
But then again, Phil lived in London and the rest of her family were down here it was rather obvious that they couldn't see each other often.
"Philippa?" A voice exclaimed, Doctor stopped in his stroll to see the teenager get enveloped in a tight hug by an elderly lady. "Little Philippa Knight! Look how much you've grown! I can't believe you're down here."
"Hello," Phil said awkwardly obviously trying to remember the ladies name. "Mrs Cox."
"What are you doing down here huh?"
"I'm visiting my aunt...it's my birthday."
"Oh happy birthday dear! How old are you?"
"Twenty."
"You're growing up so fast! Obviously to fast I see you've already got a boyfriend."
"We're not together."
"We're not a couple," the two of them said together once the Doctor had strolled back over. He was starting to look a little suspicious standing in the middle of the street staring at them both. The old lady chuckled and waved a hand at them, "Oh I get it I shall stay silent! You young people," she said, Phil coughed a laugh and put a hand over her mouth. "Are you alright dear?"
"I'm fine," she said while trying not to laugh, it was incredibly funny considering the Doctor had lived so many of her life times. Even Doctor looked at her confused, "Hello there!" He said to the old lady who was eyeing him up eagerly, this just caused Phil to cough a laugh out again.
"Hello love." This just caused Doctor to smile widely and wave a hand down at her.
"Oh behave you," he said which caused her to laugh, Phil shook her head and put her hands in her jackets pockets. "You two better get going don't waste the day chatting to me."
"A day can be wasted on your Mrs Cox."
"Oh Philippa you're still so polite and lovely," the elderly woman tugged on her sleeve so she was her level. "Keep a hold of this one darling." She nodded towards Doctor who was looking around the small village street. Phil raised an eyebrow at her and nodded, Mrs Cox pushed her into him and that equally got them walking down the street.
"Well wasn't she just a lovely little lady? I like her! She seems like a nice person to go drink tea with."
"I used to go round her house after school and drink tea...she used to have a dog called...Marty?" Phil said slowly while she was slowly trying to remember details, Doctor gave her a smile and clapped his hands together. "Your memory is returning!"
"Uh-huh."
"So...your aunt..." He said nervously while putting a hand to his chin in thought, Phil looked up at him. "Am I about to get interrogated?"
"Perhaps."
"Fill me with confidence there Phil you really do."