049. Paracetamol


"Pond, I think I contracted the fatal disease of neothipea yesterday."

Amy put down her latest novel and turned to face the Timeload. His eyes looked drained, the bow tie hanging round his neck instead of tied into a perfect bow.

"In English please?"

"I feel sick but not sick and hot then cold then hot then cold again. I feel faint when I sit down but when I stand up I'm fine which is really strange, I mean what could that even mean?"

"It means" She kissed the Timelord on the nose, "You need to take some paracetamol and go to bed."

"But –"

"No buts."

She made him chicken soup, much to his disgust, and read her novel next to him while he slept. He was back to his normal self in less than three days.