On a desert planet, a silver bullet tram, carrying ten passenger, made its way across the intertwining tracks built into the ground.

At the end of the route, there's a resort town with it's own state-of-the-art weather dome, lakesides, and more, it's the only thing available on the planet. Everywhere else, crags and steep enclaves with heat levels exceeding 50 Celsius.

In their seats, sitting across from each other, Matt and Ripley glimpse out the shielded window as the tram moved. They've witnessed mountains, flatland, crags, and everything else, it's a miracle that the man who created the resort didn't lose everything when he bought land on the planet.

It's harsh environment proved that no one could've lived comfortably on it, but Dillion Humphrey didn't stop, and his determination resulted in the Humphrey Resort Town on Planet Helios.

The sole tourist and habitable location of the entire planet.

Jodie badgered them into going solely because of Samuels.

She couldn't wait for them and didn't bother to let them come with her when she got an electronic telegram from him.

Hence, they're taking the tram to meet her at the resort town.

Apparently, unbeknownst to the pair, Jodie had been talking to Samuels for some time.

Despite their differences in the past, it's evident that something's budding between time machine and android.

That is a sentence that the pair thought would've never uttered in the history of time itself!

However, they concluded that Jodie deserved her happiness.
It's only fair.

"Well, at least it's a resort town," Matt sighed as he settled in the soft seat of the tram cart.

While Samuels and Jodie hit it off, Matt and Ripley would've had things to do on their accord while they wait for their time machine companion to return to them.

"She could've brought us there," Ripley noted that they would've saved time if Jodie just brought them to the resort town with her instead of leaving them in the tram station.

Matt couldn't disagree, but said that at least she let them know ahead of time what she planned to do, and at least they'll know where she is.

"I can't believe it, a time machine hitting it off with an android, how often does that happen!" Ripley couldn't believe it when Jodie told them about Samuels and how she wanted to see him, again.

Not that Ripley didn't mind that Jodie had a bit of her own brand of fun, it's the matter that she never expected Jodie to actually like Samuels.

Matt shrugged his light tan tweed shoulders as he said, "Well, as long as she's happy."

That's true.

The pair sat and looked out the window, they've not seen anything since they boarded the tram and left the station. Nothing but the blinding sand and mountainous range.

"You know, I read in the brochure that they have some amenities for couples," Matt began as he recalled what he read from it while waiting for their tram to arrive at the station.

Well, the pair are a couple and Jodie made it clear that she's taking all the time she needed to spend it with Samuels before he left for his new job.

Apparently, he gotten a commendation for his work and promoted to curator for a museum somewhere.

A guess as to who put in the commendation.

"Oh really, now?" Ripley turned her head slightly and raised a brow at Matt as he nodded, not hiding the sly smile on his face.

He tells her that the amenities are just what the pair needed to relax after an arduous period of working and saving worlds over.

"And it's got a buffet!" Matt topped off the long list of amenities he skimmed from the brochure. "With free refills!"

If that's not enough, he told Ripley that he made sure Jodie got them a private suite, with the works.

A favor of sorts.

"Going all out, are we?" Ripley noted Matt's effort.

Smiling, Matt tells her that they need some alone time together that isn't running around with their heads cut off, getting hurt, all that, and Ripley agreed with him. They can only run so many times before their legs beat them to death.

Smiling herself, Ripley playfully told him, "Well, now you had my curiosity, now you have my full attention!"

Matt chuckled as he teased her that he made sure it's a king-sized bed waiting for them at their suite and she looked at him funny.

"Well, I seem to recall someone telling me they always wanted a king-sized bed," Matt teased her.

Ripley sighed as she admitted she did tell him, but said that the queen-sized bed she had already worked enough for her needs.

Matt hinted the reason for making sure it's a king-sized bed, "Might actually room for myself this time!"

Catching that instantly, Ripley told him she wasn't a bed hog, which Matt held a hand over his chin as he disagreed. He responded that he's lucky to get the sheets to cover himself, especially as cold as it's been.

"I'm not used to having someone in my bed," Ripley frowned at the thought she's a bed hog.

Since it's been her for most of her life, she's used to taking up the entire bed, and now that she's with Matt, she had to learn to keep space for him.

Matt tapped his foot against hers and smiled, "Rip, it's okay. I do like it when you use me as a pillow, though."

Humorously, Ripley sometimes grabbed Matt in the middle of the night in her sleep and use him as a pillow. Not that Matt minded, he found it cute as she held him close to her. It's when he needed to use the loo, getting her to release him that's a pain.

Thankfully, tickling her got her to release him.

Ripley blushed at this and Matt couldn't help but laugh.

He reached out to touch her hand and as he did, he smiled at her.

Overhead, the automated voice came on and told passengers that it's now time for lunch. It told patrons how to access the hidden table and instructions on how to avoid getting hurt.

Retracting his hand, Matt's eyes moved towards a glowing button under the windowsill, clearly labeled 'table' and hit it.

Slowly, the table pushed it's way out in front of the pair and their tram cart door opened with a robotic waiter bringing them cups, utensils, napkins, and plates with bowls on top of them.

"Here are your menus," the robotic waiter gave them the menus for the tram.

It's not liked a typical menu like one'd think, this one's a touch screen tablet with remote access to the kitchen.

Easy to use, has Haptic feedback, audio, multilingual, and a bubbling enabled screen for blind patrons, the pair used their menus to order their appetizers, drinks, and their entrees.

"Thank you for ordering," thanked the robotic waiter as it claimed the menus and disappeared.

As they waited for their drinks, the pair talked about the goings in their lives, and the matter that Karen and Arthur are set to return from their honeymoon in two months.

"Gonna be an interesting transition back," Ripley noted as the pair have been gone for nearly half a year. They'll be back before Christmas, at least, and they can't wait to see Matt and Ripley as well as their respected families.

Matt shrugged as he brought up that they traveled together in the TARDIS for so long they forgot what time is in their universe. He doubted that the pair would've had any problems settling back into their normal lives.

Well, normal as can be considering the TARDIS, but at least Arthur has books upon books to publish when he got back, enough to stagger and keep up the momentum.

"So, how do we tell them?" Ripley sheepishly asked Matt what they should say to the pair when they come back.

To them, they've been gone for six weeks.

Telling them that Jenna and Matt broke up and Matt ended up with Ripley, that's a sight to see.

Matt reached over and held her hand as he said to her, "We just tell them. Nothing to it."

It'll be an interesting sight seeing their reactions, but Matt suggested they tell them outright.

Rather than make it a spectacle, just keep it simple.

The two were together and have been intimate on more than one occasion, nothing more, nothing less.

Ripley mused that Matt had in the bag and he smiled as he squeezed her hand.

"I've had my share," he smirked.

Their robotic waiter arrived with their drinks and told them precisely when their appetizers should arrive.

Thanking their waiter, they watched as the door closed, and drank from their cups.

"Still thinking about your birthday plans?" Ripley asked Matt as she rested her glass on the coaster.

Matt smiled as he concluded that he didn't want to travel anywhere and instead stay with Ripley in his flat, dining on food they ordered, watching movies all night, and relaxing on his couch.

"And what movies does my Doctor have in mind?" Ripley wondered as she held a hand under her chin, smiling.

Gesturing, Matt summed that he's keen on watching some old movies of his that he hadn't seen in forever and some new ones that released a while ago.

"You're on, cowboy," Ripley winked at him.

Matt had a grin on his face that kept long before their appetizers arrived and the robotic waiter told them when their entrees would've been out.