Disclaimer: See the introduction.
Author's Note: Here's the firsr part of School Reunion! OMG! I am just so excited for this episode. I was watching it earlier today and I couldn't help but laugh uncontrolablely because I was thinking of Sophie and how the Doctor and Rose would react to her being Sarah Jane's niece. I could already picture the Doctor's face in my mind and to say it's hilarous would be an understatement. Like I said in the beginning there is original stuff before the actual episode starts just to let you know. Anyway, please leave reviews and tell me what you think! :D
A huge thanks to DreamonAlina, BadWolf666, grapejuice101, Ann4ever17, Guest, lalalazy123, The Yoshinator, The Wicked Heart, and Nymartian for your wonderful and amazing reviews! :D
Third person POV…
The Doctor woke up to the feel of another body on top of him and his eyes flew open in surprise, forgetting who was there. When he realized that it was Sophie, he relaxed but was still tense. How did Sophie get on top of him anyway? Before he could think about it more, he heard Sophie mumble in her sleep and he couldn't help but smile to himself as he looked down at the girl's blonde head which was rested against his chest. She mumbled some more as she cuddled against him while one of her clenched around his sleep shirt.
It was then he noticed his arms were wrapped around her waist and that his legs were tangled with hers. He couldn't help but think to himself about how well Sophie seemed to fit against him and how comfortable it felt to be like this with her, but he shook his head out of it with a slight frown on his face, knowing he shouldn't be thinking that. He just met the girl but there was something about her – something that he couldn't explain that made him feel comfortable around her. It frustrated him that he didn't know why he felt this way around Sophie. It wasn't like this with Rose so why was it with this girl that he just met?
He was snapped out of his thoughts by a groan coming from Sophie and he glanced down at her. It looked like she was waking up and it turned out he was right because her eyes fluttered open. She stretched against him almost like a cat that just woke up from a nap before she lifted her head and met his eyes. Her eyes furrowed in confusion for a moment as if she forgot what she was doing here. But when she did, she giggled nervously and blushed.
"Hello," she said nervously.
Before he could stop himself, he grinned at her widely. "Hello."
They continued to lie there together, just silently staring at each other. Looking into Sophie's eyes, he couldn't help but think how beautiful they looked up close but he pushed that out as well, scolding himself for it.
"I should probably go," Sophie said softly though she didn't move off of him.
The Doctor nodded but found that he didn't want to let her go yet. "Alright." He moved his arms off from 'round her waist and Sophie rolled off of him before getting out of the bed.
Sophie turned to him, wrapping her arms around herself as if she was cold and she probably was considering what she was wearing. She smiled softly.
"Thanks for letting me stay here last night," she told him and the Doctor nodded, smiling back at her.
"You're welcome." Then he paused before asking, "Why did the TARDIS bring you here? I never asked, I don't think…"
She blushed. "I don't know," she said but from the look in her eyes, she did and of course, he was curious as to what the reason. She bit her bottom lip while twirling her thumbs together. "Well…" She hesitated.
"What?" he pressed, sitting up in the bed as he looked at her.
"I think that, uh, maybe the TARDIS is trying to set us up."
A confused look crossed his face. "Set us up?" That must be an American saying he realized a moment later.
"I mean … that she's … uh… trying to get us together…you know as a…" She gulped, running a hand through her hair before tucking it behind her ears. "A couple…"
"Oh! Oooh!" The Doctor exclaimed, eyes wide. Why would the TARDIS be 'setting them up'?
"Yeah." Sophie blushed again before laughing nervously. "But that's stupid, right? We don't like each other way…you're just a friend…that's all so…she can't be doing that."
"Right, yeah, of course she couldn't," The Doctor agreed.
"Yep." There was an awkward silence in the air now. Thankfully it only lasted a couple minutes because Sophie spoke up again. "Okay, well…bye." She finished before hurriedly making her way to the door and she threw it open and there was Rose. The Doctor's eyes widened at the sight of her.
"R-Rose," he sputtered.
She didn't say anything just gaped at them in shock and her hand tightened around the phone in her hands, a voice coming through it.
"Rose? Rose? Are you alright?" It was Mickey's voice and he sounded concerned.
"Rose, it's not what you think!" Sophie blurted out and the Doctor nodded quickly in agreement.
And just as quickly, he changed the subject. "What's Mickey Smith on the phone for?"
Rose didn't say anything for a couple minutes and she opened her mouth to say something but closed it when she couldn't think of anything to say. Finally she spoke.
"There's something going on at this school and Mickey wants us to check it out, said that it might have something to do with aliens," she explained.
"A new adventure! Brilliant!" The Doctor said happily with a grin, throwing the covers off of him. "Meet you in the control room in a couple minutes!" He hurried it out of there leaving Sophie and Rose standing there.
Sophie's POV (at the school before lunch)...
I sighed heavily bored out of my mind as I leaned against the palm of my hand, behind the desk I was standing behind. The TARDIS had set us up at the school that Mickey had told us about and the job she gave me was a librarian which I didn't mind at all but the weird thing was, no one ... and I mean, no one came to the library at all! There was defiantly something up with the school especially with that new principal, Mr. Finch. Like with the monk guy, he gave me an off feeling and he seemed to always be staring at me. What a creep, right?
But anyway, I couldn't help but wonder yet again, why no one came to the library? Not even to study or to check out books to study at home. I was just glad that it was almost lunch time. But this alone time did give me time to think about what happened this morning. I felt guilty about it but I knew I shouldn't. I hadn't done anything but I did feel guilty especially because Rose saw and I knew that she had some kind of feelings for the Doctor. It was obvious with the way she acted this morning and the other times when she would have this jealous look in her eyes as she watched the Doctor and I interact with each other.
I blame Sexy for making me feel this way. I kind of had this feeling that she had something to do with Rose appearing at the Doctor's room but it could have been an accident at least that's what I told myself but I knew that it wasn't simply just an accident. I sighed, straightening up as I ran hand through my hair. Deciding to get a book and read it until the lunch bell rang, I headed over to the fantasy section and picked the first title that caught my eye which was: The Chronicles of Narnia, the Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe.
I went back to my spot and opened up the book, starting to read. As I read, I couldn't help but remember when I read this book as a child. I could read it over and over again and never get bored. The movie was great too but nothing would ever compare to the books. I only got to read a couple pages before I heard footsteps. I looked up and saw a twelve year old with brown hair and bright green eyes, heading my way.
"Hey," I greeted a little too brightly when he stopped in front of the desk. Finally someone came! "What can I do for you Sweetheart?"
"Um, I need to find a book on the Great Pyramid's," he replied and he titled his head to the side. "Aren't you a little young to be a librarian?"
I smiled. "I think I'll take that as a compliment but yeah I guess I am a little too young but anyway…" I changed the subject as I walked out from behind the desk to stand next to the boy. "Follow me," I told him and he nodded, fixing the backpack on his back.
"So," I started off, wanting to start of a conversation. "What do you need a book on the Great Pyramid's for?"
"For art," he answered as we stopped at the History section and I began to search for a book on his subject as he continued speaking. "Our teacher wants us to make a sculpture of a pyramid."
An odd look crossed my face. Why would a teacher ask a kid to make a sculpture of something like that? It took years for the people who build the pyramid's to finish them. There was defiantly something up with this school. I found the book and turned around to give it to the kid.
"Here you go." I smiled as he took the book from me. "Come on, I'll check you out."
After he checked out, the lunch bell rang and I grabbed my bag before I went out of the library to go to the lunch room, ready to tell the Doctor and Rose what I found out. Hopefully it wouldn't too awkward considering what happened…
-0-
I saw the Doctor in the lunch line as soon as I got to the cafeteria. Since there was no one behind him, I went over there and stood behind him. As if he knew I was there, he looked over his shoulder and he smiled at me.
"Hello Sophie," he greeted.
"Hey."
We didn't say anything else to each other after that as we grabbed our trays and followed behind everyone else to get our food. I had never been a big fan of cafeteria food but I was hungry so I didn't really care to eat the food here. Even though it didn't look that tasty … well except the chips. Moving through the line, we got to where the mashed potatoes were at and someone put some onto our plate. I gaped in surprise when I saw that it was Rose and I held back a giggle.
Rose gave me a dirty look. "Don't even start," she warned.
"But you're a dinner lady!" I finally let out the laugh unable to help myself and I glanced at the Doctor who was smirking at Rose and it only made me laugh louder.
"It's not funny," she told me, her dirty look growing even dirtier.
"Okay…okay…I'm sorry," I managed to say through hard laughs. As the Doctor and I headed over to a table, I stopped walking and turned around, winking as I gave my friend a salute. "Have fun Rosie!"
She gave me one last dirty look and I gave her another wink before I headed over to the Doctor's table.
A little while later, I was almost finished with my lunch except for the chips. I tasted one of them but I didn't like how it tasted so I just left them on the plate. I looked over at the Doctor and saw that he picked up a chip with his fork. He nibbled it for just a moment before moving the fork back and looking down at the chip distastefully.
"Yeah, they don't taste that good, do they?" I said while using my fork to spread the chips around.
The Doctor nodded in agreement. "Yes, they're just a bit different."
"Wish it was a good difference than a bad one," I said with a laugh and he smiled at me but the smile fell and he stared at me and I stared back with a confused look on my face. "What?"
"About this morning…"
I cut him off. "It's fine, we don't need to talk about it. It's done and over with." I glanced away from him and looked down at the chips, still spreading them around with my fork. I really didn't want to talk about what happened this morning. Didn't need to bring the awkwardness back…
"Alright…if you're sure."
I looked back up at him and nodded. "Yeah, I'm sure." I gave him a faint smile just as Rose came up to us with a dishcloth in hand.
"Two days," she grumbled to us, starting to wipe the table.
"Sorry, could you just – there's a bit of gravy." The Doctor pointed at it with his fork but not before flashing me a smirk and I shook my head at him amused, knowing what he was doing. Rose wiped it off where he pointed at but it apparently wasn't enough or in the right spot because he said, "No, no – just there."
Rose wiped the gravy off. "Two days, we've been here," she said and the Doctor looked at her.
"Blame your boyfriend, he's the one who put us onto this. And he was right."
Rose straightened up as I nodded in agreement, remembering the boy who came into the library. "Yeah, there was this kid in the library who asked for a big on the Great Pyramid's because apparently his art teacher wanted him to make a sculpture of a pyramid," I told them.
The Doctor was surprised by this. "Really?" When I nodded, he said, "Well there was this boy in my class this morning – got knowledge way beyond planet Earth." He went on telling us that he knew all the answers to every question he asked about Physics.
"Wow," I muttered in amazement. "I wonder what's going on here. But at least we know it probably has something to do with aliens and to be honest, when doesn't it?" I looked at the Doctor and grinned at him teasingly. "It's almost like you're the flower and the aliens are the bees. The aliens are really attracted to you apparently."
The Doctor grinned back at me. "Well, I never thought about it that way, but yeah I guess you could say that."
"You two eating those chips?" Rose questioned.
"Yeah, they're a bit…different," The Doctor told her.
"They really don't taste all that great, you can have them if you want," I said to Rose and she nodded.
"Well, I think they're gorgeous," she said as she sat in the chair that was settled in front of the next and she took a chip from me, popping it into her mouth. "Wish I had school dinners like this."
The Doctor started to look around the cafeteria. "It's very well behaved this place," he commented.
"Mm." Rose mumbled, her mouth full of chips.
"I thought there'd be happy-slapping hoodies. Happy slapping hoodies with ASBOs. Happy slapping hoodies with ASBOs and ringtones."
I gave him an odd look but he gave both Rose and I an impressive one, nodding his head as if he was bouncing to the beat of a song.
"Yeah? Yeah? Oh yeah! Don't tell me I don't fit."
"Never said you didn't, Doctor," I told him. "And besides fitting in is vastly overrated."
Before he had time to respond, a lunch lady came marching up and she looked angry, her eyes narrowing at Rose. "You are not permitted to leave your station during a sitting," she told her. Wow, intense much?
Rose stood up quickly. "I was just talking to this teacher and this librarian."
"Hello!" The Doctor and I greeted at the same time, grinning.
"They don't like the chips," Rose told the lady.
The lunch lady looked affronted and it showed in her voice when she spoke. "The menu has been specifically designed by the headmaster to improve concentration and performance." Her face hardened, looking serious now but still just as angry. "Now, get back to work."
She walked off and Rose started to leave the table. "See? This is me?" She gestured to her outfit as she walked backwards. "The dinner lady." She turned around and the Doctor called after her with a manic grin on his face,
"I'll take the crumble."
I laughed but it sounded muffled because I covered my mouth with my hand. The students on the table behind us was watching us, looking amused but we didn't take notice to it.
"I'm so going to kill you," Rose said loud enough where the Doctor and I could hear her.
This only made the Doctor grin even more manically. I laughed again as I moved my hand from mouth.
"Good one Doctor," I congratulated him with a grin of my own while patting him on the shoulder.
The Doctor turned towards me and his eyes sparkled humorously. From the corner of my eye, I saw the teacher who I recognized as Mr. Wagner came up to this girl who was sitting with her friends a few tables as way and I watched them curiously and I didn't have to look at the Doctor know he was watching too.
"Melissa," he said to the girl named Melissa. "You'll be joining my class for the next time period. Milo's failed me…so it's time we moved you up to the top class." Then he spoke to this kid named Kenny if I remembered correctly. "Kenny? Not eating the chips?"
Again with the chips, what was so important about the chips?
"I'm not allowed," he replied.
"Luke—extra class. Now." Mr. Wagner took his leave with several kids following him.
Feeling as if someone staring at me, I glanced up and saw Mr. Finch watching me and the Doctor and the uncomfortable feeling I got from him before came over me again. I quickly glanced away and went back to eating my lunch.
-0-
In the staff room, the Doctor was sitting on a desk, nibbling on a biscuit while I leaned against, crossing my arms over my chest as a teacher named Mr. Parsons paced up and down in front of us.
"But yesterday, I had a twelve-year-old girl give me the exact height of the Walls of Troy…in cubits." He had stopped his pacing and turned to look at us to tell us this.
"How long has this been going on?" I questioned curiously.
"Ever since the new headmaster came," Mr. Parsons answered and I nodded and he continued on, "Mr. Finch arrived three months ago. Next day, half the staff got flu. Finch replaced them with that lot." He nodded over to a group of smart looking teachers and both the Doctor and I looked over at them from over our shoulders. "Except for the teacher you replaced," he said to the Doctor and he looked back over at him. "And that was just plain weird, her winning the lottery like that."
I hid a smile as the Doctor asked,
"How's that weird?"
"She never played! Said the ticket was posted through her door at midnight."
The Doctor popped another biscuit into his mouth. "Mm! The world is very strange."
I shook my head just as I heard Mr. Finch's voice but I barely heard what he said because I saw …
MY AUNT, SARAH JANE STANDING RIGHT THERE! Shit! I quickly found a place to hide – behind a cabinet that was nearby – not wanting my aunt to know that I was here. What was she doing here of all place?! I didn't really want to the Doctor about me being his old companion's niece. I don't know why I didn't want him to know I just didn't…
As I stayed hidden, I listened in.
"May I introduce Miss Sarah Jane Smith. Miss Smith is a journalist who's writing a profile about me for the Sunday Times."
I almost laughed at that. My auntie always came up with the best lies. So that's why she was here? She must have heard about the weird stuff happening at this school I realized, causing me to wonder why she didn't call me. I would have told her about the Doctor and me being here. Well I guess she was going to be in for a surprise…
"I thought it might be useful for her to get 'a view from the trenches', so to speak." Mr. Finch continued saying. "Don't spare my blushes."
I rolled my eyes at that. Not only was he weird, he was annoying. It was then I heard my aunt say hello to someone and that someone turned out to be the Doctor.
"Oh, I should think so!"
I shook my head exasperatedly but I couldn't help but smile. He was just happy to see his Sarah Jane back. I couldn't blame him one bit. My aunt was a amazing person and I was really glad to have her in my life.
"And, you are…?" I heard my aunt ask.
"Hm? Uh, Smith. John Smith."
"John Smith." She repeated. "I used to have a friend who sometimes went by that name."
"Well, it's a very common name!"
"He was very uncommon man." She sounded as if she was reminiscing about her adventures with the Doctor, not even knowing that he was right in front of her. "Nice to meet you!"
"Nice to meet you! Yes! Very nice! More than nice – brilliant!"
Again I shook my head at him exasperatingly.
"Um…so, um, have you worked here long?" She sounded a little freaked out. Nice job, Doctor.
"No! Um, it's only my second day."
"Oh so you're new then? So, what do you think of the school? I mean, the curriculum?"
I didn't hear the Doctor respond so I guessed that he was too caught up in staring at her like she wasn't even there so my aunt continued.
"So many children getting ill – doesn't that strike you as odd?"
Though I couldn't see him, I knew that he was grinning at her. "You don't sound like someone doing a profile?"
"Well, no harm in a little investigation while I'm here."
"No. Good for you." I could hear light footsteps walking away so I knew that she was meeting some other teachers, no doubt to talk to them. "Good for you. Oh, good for you, Sarah Jane Smith."
I smiled at how proud he sounded and I went to move out of my hiding spot, accidently tripping over my feet, falling face first.
"Ow!" I moaned.
"Are you alright?"
I froze at the sound of my aunt's voice and I tried to make my voice, not sound like me. "Yes, I'm fine. Just fine, yep." I sat up but didn't look up at her and I winced at how deep I made my voice.
"Alright." I heard her say slowly before she disappeared and I finally looked up and saw the Doctor staring at me.
I smiled at him sheepishly. "Hello."
"What was that voice for?" The Doctor questioned me confused as he helped me to my feet.
"Oh! Uh, I was practicing my man voice! Yeah that's it!" I laughed nervously.
The Doctor looked at me oddly but he had an amused look in his eyes. I blushed, embarrassed out of my mind. THAT could have gone better…
TBC...
Okay well I'm being evil today and making you wait until the next part for the Doctor and Rose to find out about Sophie ;) Don't get too mad but trust me, I'm the Doctor! Haha jk but seriously though, It'll be worth the wait so no need to get too mad! Lol. Oh and Sophie's outfit for this part of the episode is on my polyvore so check it out! :D I would love know what was your favorite part of this par wast? Who knows we might have the same ones lol. Anyway, please leave reviews and tell me what you thought! Until next time on WITS! ;)