Beatrice sighed as she sat in her living room with Samantha. After the events with the War Chief, she had been given instructions to rest up for a few weeks before coming back to work.
"Okay, that is the third sigh in the past hour, what on earth has got you so down?" Samantha asked.
After hearing that there had been an "accident" at Beatrice's work, Samantha had been kind enough to come up and visit for a bit.
"I'm not down so much as confused," answered Beatrice.
"What about?" Beatrice closed her eyes. She trusted Samantha implicitly but how could she explain that she now had serious feelings for an alien criminal that she was technically employed to stop? Finally, she decided to go for vague.
"You remember how I mentioned there was someone I know from work who I was interested in?" Samantha nodded.
"Well, we kissed."
"Who kissed who?" asked Samantha after a moment.
"He kissed me but I kissed him back."
"Well, I'm not the best in the world at romance advice, after all, I wrote my last characters into a doomed romance, but it seems clear he is interested in you. So what's the problem?" Beatrice groaned slightly.
"The problem is that there are 49 different things working against me and this man getting together. Most notably the fact that even if we get together it won't be permanent!"
"Why not? Does he have commitment issues?" her friend said, a slightly confused look on her face.
"No, but because of the 49 things working against us we will eventually break it off." This was true enough.
If one combined the fact that she was a UNIT agent and he was a criminal, along with the aspect that they were two different species and the fact that he would outlive her, not to mention their drastically different morals, everything in her mind seemed to be telling her to not do this. The only problem with that was that her heart was fighting tooth and nail against what her mind said.
"You really like this man don't you?" Samantha said.
"Yes," confessed Beatrice, "I really do." She truly cared for the Master. She wasn't sure yet if she would say that she loved him but she knew for sure she felt romantically attracted to him. He had fascinated her since the day they met. She often found herself thinking about him.
"If you want my advice I would say that you go for it. You clearly care for him and if he kissed you I assume he feels the same. Sure it might not work out in the end. But at least the two of you can have some happy times together."
"Thanks Sam. I think you are right. If I don't do anything about it I'll probably just end up dwelling on my potentially requited feelings for him."
"Well, whatever you do, I think the important thing is that you are happy," said Samantha moving towards the entryway to get her coat.
"Thanks for coming over," said Beatrice, giving her best friend a hug.
"No problem. Good luck. I'll send you a draft of my next book sometime soon." Beatrice smiled.
"I would like that." Samantha waved goodbye and Beatrice watched her go. She was about to close the door when she noticed a familiar figure across the street. It was the Master.
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The Master had been quite distracted lately thinking about his kiss with Beatrice. Thoughts of her constantly occupied his mind.
He sighed. For better or worse he needed to do something about this and the only way he could think of to deal with this was to confront her about the topic.
He knew that his feelings for the woman went against everything he normally thought not to mention the multiple factor's working against any potential relationship. He closed his eyes for a moment before making up his mind and setting the TARDIS coordinates for Beatrice's street.
He stepped outside just as the door to her apartment opened and a woman with brown hair stepped out. Beatrice was standing in the doorway watching the woman leave. Suddenly she saw him and caught his eye. She inclined her head and began to walk towards him.
Author's Note: I'm sorry that this is such a short chapter but I needed a bit of filler before I officially put them together. We have one more chapter to go. I have also officially decided to split this book into two parts. Please like and let me know what you think. I adore getting feedback. Thanks for reading
