Disclaimer: I own a sonic screwdriver, but not Doctor Who.

A/N: Sorry it has taken so long to update. I've not been too well and have been having issues with my computer. Should be sorted soon. Please forgive me.

Kari felt the pain in her head fading fast so she slowly opened her eyes and looked at her hands. They weren't glowing, wherever she had been wanted, she was there.

"Who the hell is Nerys?" She heard a man's voice say.

"Oh, my God! Are you okay?" A woman asked Kari as she helped her up. "Come here, come stay with me."

Kari looked around and grinned a little when she saw the Doctor standing on the other side of the console, a very confused look on his face. She turned her head to the woman who was holding onto her tightly. A very lippy ginger woman, in a wedding dress.

"Sorry, not interrupting anything am I?" Kari asked, looking from the woman and over to the Doctor. When her eyes were set on the Doctor she gave him a wink, she wanted to have a little fun here. "Is anyone going to explain to me what's going on?"

"Hold on, wait a minute. What are you dress like that for?" The Doctor asked, looking at the ginger, completely ignore Kari's question.

"I'm going ten pin bowling. What do you think, dumbo?" Kari couldn't help but laugh a little at the comment. "I was halfway up the aisle! I've been waiting all my life for this. I was just seconds away, and then you… I don't know, you drugged me or something. And you done the same to this poor kid here as well." Kari frowned, she was not a kid and certainly did not look like one.

"I haven't done anything." The Doctor protested. Kari tried to pull away from the woman but was just pulled back, the grip on her tightening.

"I'm having the police on you! Me and my husband, as soon as he is my husband, we're going to sue the living backside off you!" She turned and saw the door down the bottom of the ramp and headed towards it, taking Kari with her.

"No, wait a minute. Wait a minute, don't!" Kari cried, trying to pull the woman back. She was really rather strong and Kari couldn't get the woman to stop.

She pulled the doors open and stood there in awe. "You're in space. Outer space. This is my… space ship. It's called the TARDIS." The Doctor said, coming up behind them. He kissed the top of Kari's head while the woman was distracted.

"How are we breathing?" She asked, staring at the amazing view before her.

"The TARDIS is protecting us." The Doctor told her, keeping his eyes on Kari.

"Who are you?" The woman asked, turning to face the Doctor.

"I'm the Doctor. You?"

"Donna."

"Human?" He asked, looking Donna up and down. Kari just rolled her eyes.

"Yeah. Is that optional?" Donna asked, seemingly forgetting that Kari was there.

"Well, it is for us." The Doctor said, earning a whack from Kari.

"Oi, we don't know that." Kari said before quickly covering her mouth with her hand.

Donna turned to her, she didn't look very impressed. "You know him?"

Kari moved her hand and rested her head against the Doctor who was standing directly behind her. "Unfortunately, yeah, I do." The Doctor swiftly swatted her head, causing Kari to elbow him in the stomach. "I'm Kari, by the way."

"You're both aliens?"

"Yeah." Kari and the Doctor said at the same time.

"It's freezing with these doors open." Donna said. Kari immediately closed them while the Doctor ran to the console.

"I don't understand it and I understand everything. This… this can't happen. There is no way a human being can lock itself onto the TARDIS and transport itself inside." The Doctor rambled.

Kari let out a sigh. "I get dragged through time and space and he just runs around. No 'hello', no hug, nothing." She mumbled.

Clearly the Doctor had actually heard her because he stopped what he was doing and walked over to Kari. "Hello, you okay?" He asked her as he wrapped his arms around her.

Kari hugged him back and smiled. "Yeah. Bloody starving, still. And I could do with a bath, and some sleep would be nice." She told him, trying to think of the last time she actually slept. From what she could remember, it was back before she met Martha.

"Been busy then?" He asked her as he pulled away a little.

Kari grinned at him. "Always busy when I'm running around with you." The Doctor smiled back at her and gave her a light kiss on the lips, which was a complete shock to her. She knew what had happened and where he had just been. She knew who he had just lost, so why was he giving her little kisses?

He moved away from the stunned Kari and grabbed something from a bag hanging from the console. He turned it on and shone a light in Donna's eyes. "Impossible. Some sort of subatomic connection, something in the temporal field. Maybe something pulling you into alignment with the chronon shell. Maybe it's something macrobudding your DNA with the interior matrix. Maybe a genetic…" Kari held in her laughter as Donna slapped the Doctor, shutting him up. "What was that for?" He asked, not realising that he had been rambling.

"Get me to the church!" Donna shouted.

"Right! Fine! I don't want you here anyway! I've got Kari here with me now." He threw Kari a smile and a wink. "Where is this wedding?"

"Saint Mary's, Haven Road, Chiswick, London, England, Earth, the solar system." Donna told him as he charged around the console. Kari watched as Donna walked around the console. She froze when she saw what Donna had spotted as well.

"I knew it, acting all innocent. I'm not the first, am I?" Donna spat, picking up a purple jacket from the railings and charging over to the Doctor. "How many woman have you abducted?"

"That's our friend's." The Doctor told her. Kari stepped up to the Doctor and took a hold of his hand.

"Where is she, then? Popped out for a space walk?" Donna asked, in a very unpleasant tone.

"She's gone." Kari told her, giving the Doctor's hand a squeeze.

"Gone where?"

"We lost her." The Doctor told her sadly.

"Well you can hurry up and lose me." Donna snapped. The Doctor got back to working on the console while Kari continued to stand by him. "How do you mean, lost?"

The Doctor slowly walked over to Donna, anger and pain evident on his face. He snatched the jacket from Donna and passed it to Kari. "Right, Chiswick." The Doctor exclaimed, getting back to work on the console.

"Sorry about him Donna. He's just lost someone very special to him. He needs time." Kari said softly to her. "How are you doing?"

"How do you think?" Donna snapped. "Sorry."

Kari smiled at her. "No need to apologise. You're the poor bride who is missing her wedding." Donna finally managed to give the woman a smiled before the TARDIS landed with a thud. "Come on then." Kari said, charging to the door with Donna.

Kari pulled the door open and let Donna rush out first. "I said, Saint Mary's. What sort of Martian's are you? Where's this?" Donna asked, looking around.

Kari and the Doctor were quickly out behind her. "Something's wrong with her. It's like she's… recalibrating." The Doctor cried, running back inside and taking Kari with him. "She's digesting. What is it? What have you eaten? What's wrong?" He asked his ship.

"Donna, you've really got to think. Is there anything that might have caused this? Anything you might have done? Any sort of alien contact? We can't let you go wandering off. What if you're dangerous?"

Kari shook her head. "Shut up, Doctor." The Doctor looked up at Kari. "She's about to freak out, and you are not helping. She's missing her wedding, the biggest day of her life. Times like this you just prove that you're not human. Plus, you're rubbish at weddings." She told him, walking out of the TARDIS to go and find Donna.

The Doctor was quick to follow her out. "So, have you gotten married since I last asked you?" He asked as he caught up to her at the doors.

Kari stopped, making the Doctor walk right into her. "Asked me what, exactly?" She frowned at him and watched him carefully.

"Oh, erm. Nothing." He answered her nervously.

Kari folded her arms across her chest. "No, not nothing. Truth, now." She demanded.

"I was only asking if you had gotten married since the last time I asked you if you were married. That's all." He was still nervous, and Kari could see it clearly.

"I'm sorry, but why would me being married be any of your business?" She asked him sternly. She was forgetting about the situation with the poor bride outside, she was intent on getting some answers out of the Doctor.

The Doctor hesitated under her stare. "Well, I never received an invitation if you have gotten married."

Kari bit her lip, there was something on the tip of her tongue, something she wanted to say to him, but she didn't think it would be a good time. He had just lost Rose, now was not a good time to flirt with him or make jokes like the one she was thinking.

Unfortunately for her, the Doctor had noticed. "Oh, look who's keeping secrets now. Come on, out with it."

Kari took a deep breath and decided to just let it out. He asked for her to tell him. "Maybe you were one of the two people who didn't need an invitation." She said before quickly darting out of the blue box.

The Doctor stood there in shock, just as Kari had expected. But since she had ran out so quickly, she didn't see the grin take over his face.

"Donna, you alright?" Kari asked as she caught up to the woman who was now walking down the street and away from the TARDIS.

"Leave me alone. I just want to get married." Donna said, picking up the pace of her walking.

"Doesn't every woman." Kari mumbled. Since she was a kid she had always dreamed of getting married. But now, since her life was with the Doctor, she knew that was never going to happen.

"Come back to the TARDIS." The Doctor said as he finally managed to catch up. He instantly slipped his hand into Kari's, making her jump a little as she hadn't realised that he was now there.

"No way. That box is too weird." Donna said, hitching up her white wedding dress so she could walk better.

"It's bigger on the inside, that's all." The Doctor told her earning a slight glare from Kari.

"Oh, that's all." Donna looked down at her watch. "Ten past three. I'm gonna miss it."

"You can phone them. Tell them where you are." The Doctor suggested.

"And how can she do that?" Kari asked, knowing full well why Donna couldn't call anyone.

"Haven't you got a mobile?" He asked, looking straight at Donna.

"I'm in my wedding dress, it doesn't have pockets. Who has pockets? Have you ever seen a bride with pockets? When I went to my fitting at Chez Alison, the one thing I forgot to say was, 'give me pockets'." Kari had to hold in her laughter. The Doctor was now feeling very awkward, and Kari loved it.

"This man you're marrying. What's his name?" The Doctor asked.

"Lance." Donna said dreamily.

"Good luck, Lance." Kari smacked the Doctor around the back of the head.

"Oi!" Donna yelled in protest. "No stupid Martian is going to stop me from getting married. To hell with you." She shouted before running off on her own.

"I'm… I'm not… I'm not… I'm not from Mars." The Doctor moaned before he pulled Kari along, running after Donna.

"I like the way she's blaming everything on you. I didn't get called a Martian, which I'm rather surprised at really." Kari told him as the spotted Donna trying to stop one of the many black cabs in London.

It seemed that none of the cabs wanted to stop. Even though they had no fares, the trio were left standing there.

"Do you have this effect on everyone?" The Doctor asked Donna. "Why aren't they stopping?"

"They think I'm in fancy dress." Kari giggled a little at Donna's comment.

"Stay off the sauce, darling." A cab driver called as he passed.

"They think I'm drunk."

"You're not fooling no one, mate!" Was shouted from another car as it went past.

"They think I'm in drag." Donna moaned.

Kari rolled her eyes. "Can I try?" She said, taking a step closer to the curb. She put her fingers in her mouth and let out the most ear piercing, shrilling whistle that the Doctor and Donna had ever heard. Suddenly there were several taxi's stopped and waiting for them. "Brides first." Kari said, opening the door to the nearest one for Donna.

They all piled into the cab. "Saint Mary's in Chiswick. Just off Hayden Road. It's an emergency. I'm getting married. Just hurry up!" Donna said, panicking.

The driver looked at us in his mirror. "You know it'll cost you, sweetheart? Double rates today."

"Oh, my God. Have you got any money?" Donna asked.

"Er, no. Haven't you?" The Doctor asked her. He never bothered to carry money around with him, he never really needed it.

"Pockets!" Kari and Donna shouted at him at the same time. Kari also whacked him around the back of the head again for being such an idiot.

The driver was quick to stop the car and tell them to get out. "And that goes double for your mother!" Donna shouted as she slammed the door closed. "I'll have him. I've got his number. I'll have him. Talk about the Christmas spirit."

"Is it Christmas?" The Doctor asked, perking up a little. Kari noticed a sudden glint in his eyes.

"No, it's bloody Easter. You finally made it to Easter." Kari joked. She knew that every time he tried to find Easter, he couldn't. So it was only natural for her to tease him about it.

Donna grinned at Kari. "Maybe not on Mars, but here it's Christmas Eve." Donna told him. "Phone box! We can reverse the charges." She exclaimed before rushing over to the phone box.

"How come you're getting married on Christmas Eve?" The Doctor asked her.

"Can't bear it, I hate Christmas. Honeymoon, Morocco. Sunshine, lovely." Donna said as they finally reached the phone box. "What's the operator? I've not done this in years. What do you dial? 100?"

Kari grabbed the sonic screwdriver out of the Doctor's pocket and aimed it at the phone. "Just call direct." Kari told her, passing it back to the Doctor. He couldn't help but grin at her as he put it back in his pocket.

"What did you do?"

"Something… Martian. Now phone." Kari said before turning to the Doctor. "You, go and get some money. And be careful." She warned him, giving him a serious look.

"Oh, answer the phone!" Donna moaned as it kept on ringing.

"Calm down, Donna. Everything will be fine." Kari said, placing a reassuring hand on the ginger woman's arm.

"How can you say that? I'm missing my own wedding!" Donna was in a very foul mood, and Kari knew it was only going to get worse.

"Trust me, Donna. I know how bad things seem right now, but everything will get better."

"Mum, get off the phone and listen, I'm in… Oh, my God, I don't know where I am, it's a street. And there's WHSMith. But it's definitely Earth." Kari couldn't help but slap her hand against her head as Donna said that.

She took this chance to look over at the Doctor who was hopping around in the line for the cash machine. A grin crept across her face when she saw him pulling out his screwdriver and using it on the machine to get out some money.

Kari's eyes widened when she saw the Santa's playing Christmas carols slowly approaching the Doctor. "Doctor!" She shouted, getting his attention. "Santa's behind you!"

"Taxi!" Donna yelled, causing Kari to spin around. She needed to decide who she was going to help. The Doctor, or Donna. She shook her head and start running towards Donna.

"Donna, wait!" Kari called, moving as fast as she could. She was curious as to why she hadn't passed out from exhaustion yet.

"Thanks for nothing, spaceman. I'll see you in court!" Donna yelled, getting into the cab, leaving the door open for Kari.

Kari jumped in the back with Donna and closed the door, taking a few deep breaths. "I want to make sure you get there safely, Donna. The Doctor is an idiot."

Donna smiled at her weakly before turning to the driver. "I promise you, mate, I'll give you the rest when we get there." She sat back let out a sigh. "Oh, I look a mess."

"No you don't, you look wonderful, Donna." Kari told her, helping her take her veil off. "A beautiful bride."

"Thanks." Donna said, giving her a smile. "So, you married then?"

Kari rolled her eyes. "No, I'm not. And I never will be getting married." Why were people so interested in finding out if she was married or not?

"Why not? What about that spaceman? Are you and him…" Donna asked curiously.

"Oh, no. No way. I mean, that's just…" Kari could actually feel her cheeks burning a little. "My life is complicated. That spaceman is the only thing that is a guarantee in my life."

Donna looked at her in confusion. "What do you mean?"

"Like I said, complicated. Tell you what, once you're safely at your wedding I will tell you as best I can. Deal?" Donna nodded at her, accepting her offer. "Good. Now, where is he?" Kari looked out the back window of the cab, looking hard for something.

"Hold on a minute. I said Chiswick. You've missed the turning. Excuse me, we should've turned off back there. We're going the wrong way!"

"I don't think he's listening, Donna." Kari told her, still watching out the window.

"What the hell are you doing?" Donna demanded to know. "I'm late for the wedding. My own wedding. Do you get that?"

"Come on, Doctor. Where are you?" Kari mumbled, starting to feel a little uneasy with the situation she decided to get herself into.

"Turn around! Turn this cab around right now!" Donna yelled. "Are you deaf or what?" She asked before reaching over and pulling the red hood down that the driver was wearing. The Santa mask fell off and Donna gasped as she saw that it was a robot driving the cab. "Oh, my God."

"Okay, Donna. You need to stay calm. I'm going to get you out of this, I promise, but you need to stay calm." Kari told her, letting her eyes roam over the sky. Donna didn't listen. She kept banging on the windows, crying out for help. Kari let out a sigh. "I could really do with getting myself a sonic screwdriver. I wonder if the Doctor ever lets me have one?" Kari mumbled.

"About bloody time." Kari said as she spotted a blue box, bouncing around behind them.

"You are kidding me." Donna cried as she looked and saw it as well.

"Oh, come on, Donna. He's come to rescue you, show a little bit of gratitude." Kari said, making her way over to the door where the Doctor flew the TARDIS beside.

"Open the door." The Doctor shouted.

"It's bloody locked. Unlock it and maybe I will." Kari called back to him. He rolled his eyes before reaching into his jacket pocket and pulling out his sonic.

Donna pulled the window down so that it was open. "Santa's a robot." She told the Doctor.

"Donna, open the door." The Doctor told her, holding onto the edge of the TARDIS as best he could.

"What for?"

"You've got to jump." Kari told her, sitting on the floor of the cab.

"I'm not blinking flip jumping! I'm supposed to be getting married." Donna cried. The car started picking up speed, leaving the Doctor and the TARDIS behind. Kari stayed sitting on the floor, waiting for the Doctor to catch up to them, like she knew he would.

The Doctor used his sonic on the robot, it sparked and its hands tightened around the steering wheel. "Listen to me. You've got to jump." The Doctor called when he was close enough again.

"I'm not jumping on the motorway." Donna protested.

"Whatever that thing is, it needs you. And whatever it needs you for, it's not good. Now come on!"

"I'm in my wedding dress!" Donna shouted. Kari wanted to just open the door and push the woman out. She actually thought that it wasn't a bad idea.

"Yes, you look lovely. Come on." Kari said, opening the door and pushing Donna forwards a bit more as the Doctor reached out for her.

"I can't do it."

The Doctor looked at Donna, his face soft yet serious. "Trust me."

"Is that what you said to her? You friend? The one you both lost? Did she trust you?"

"Yes, she did. And she is not dead. She is so alive. Now jump!" The Doctor's words seem to get through to her and Donna made a leap and landed on the Doctor and in the TARDIS. "Quickly, get off, I need to get Kari." Donna pulled herself off the Doctor and he stood at the open doors, his arms out, waiting for Kari.

"You know, I think I'm okay in here." Kari said, looking at the speed the ground was passing her by at. "He has to run out of fuel at some point, right?"

"Kari, don't do this. Come on, Donna made it, so can you." The Doctor said, worry flooding across his face.

"Yeah, I don't think I can." She said, backing away from the door a little.

"Kari, please. You have to jump. I am not leaving you."

She let out a sigh. "Another thing to add to my 'never do again' list." She mumbled, taking another step back. "Oh, I am so going to regret this…" She charged forward and jumped, knocking the Doctor off his feet.

"You can open your eyes now." He whispered to her, holding onto her tightly. Slowly she opened her eyes and saw that she was lying on top of the Doctor, her hands clenched to the lapels of his suit jacket. "Kari, you alright?" She nodded at him, she was fine, apart from the little world her thoughts were drifting off to.

Kari couldn't help but think over what had happened to her recently. Found out she wasn't human, that the Doctor was real and she always shows up in his life. She wondered if that was why he was so comfortable with her since losing Rose. If she was like his best friend, then those small little things wouldn't really matter. Would they?

"Kari? Kari?" She shook her head and looked at the Doctor. "What's wrong?" The Doctor asked her, bringing her back to the current drama.

"Nothing. I was thinking. I am allowed to think you know. You're not the only one with a brain." She told him, lightly whacking his chest and pushing herself to her knees.

"You sure that you're alright?" The Doctor asked her, still concerned.

"I am fine. I think we should worry about the exploding console at the moment." Kari pointed towards the sparks and smoke rising from the console. The Doctor was quick to get on his feet and move over to the console. Kari darted after him and helped him to safely land the TARDIS.

Kari was getting herself changed, finally, while the Doctor was putting out the last of the fire. "The funny thing is, for a spaceship, she doesn't really do that much flying. We'd better give her a couple of hours." The Doctor said, finished with the fire extinguisher. "Hurry up Kari!" The Doctor yelled.

"I am coming!" She called back, stepping into the smoke filled room, wearing a turquoise dress, which came just down to her knees and matching shoes. She started coughing a little as she passed through it all. "Extractor fans on." Kari called just before stepping out of the TARDIS. "That should help a little."

The Doctor's eyes widened as he saw her. "Erm, why are you wearing a dress?" He whispered to her.

"Well I can't very well show up at Donna's wedding reception dressed in dirt covered shorts now can I?" She replied, shaking her head. "You alright?" Kari asked Donna as she went and stood next to her.

"It doesn't matter."

"We missed it didn't we, Donna?" Kari asked, already knowing the answer.

"Yeah."

"Well, you can book another date." The Doctor suggested, taking a hold of Kari's hand and giving her a small smile.

"Of course we can."

"You've still got…" Kari nudged him in the side and gave him a look that told him to shut up.

"Leave her alone, Doctor. She's just missed the most important day in her life. The honeymoon is now just another holiday." Kari looked back at the woman standing on the rooftop with them.

"Wish you had a time machine, then we could go back and get it right." The Doctor and Kari looked at each other, she shook her head and the Doctor gave her a sad smile.

"Yeah, yeah. But even if I did, I couldn't go back on someone's personal timeline. Apparently."

Kari and the Doctor watched at Donna went and sat on the edge of the rooftop, her legs dangling over. Kari let out a sigh while the Doctor unbuttoned his suit jacket and took it off, dropping it over Donna's shoulders as he went and sat next to her. Kari, knowing how the Doctor was going to act, sat on his other side, ready to defend Donna.

"God, you're skinny. That wouldn't fit a rat." Donna moaned, making Kari giggle.

"Oh, and, um, you better put this is." The Doctor said, rummaging through his trouser pockets before pulling out a gold wedding band.

"Oh, do you have to rub it in?" Donna leaned forward a little to look at Kari, wondering how she was feeling about all of this. Kari wasn't even looking at them, she was staring at the view of London.

"Those creatures can trace you. This is a bio-damper, it should keep you hidden." The Doctor told her. "With this ring, I thee bio-damp." He said, slipping the ring onto her finger.

"For better or for worse." Donna joked. "So come on then, robot Santa's, what are they for?"

The Doctor took a deep breath. "Oh, your basic robo-scavenger.. The Father Christmas stuff is just a disguise. They're trying to blend in. We met them last Christmas."

Kari let out a little cough, getting the Doctor's attention. "Spoilers." The Doctor just rolled his eyes at her, she was moaning about spoilers, even though she already knew what was going to happen or had happened. There was no easy way for him to tell where they were in her timeline.

"Why, what happened then?" Donna asked curiously.

"Great big spaceship hovering over London, you didn't notice?" The Doctor was slightly taken back by the thought of her not noticing it.

"I had a bit of a hangover."

"We spent Christmas day just over there," he said, pointing over London, "the Powell Estate, with this family. Our friend, she had this family. Well… still, gone now." Kari gave the Doctor's hand a squeeze. She knew it was hard for him.

"Your friend, who was she?"

"Question is, what do camouflaged robot mercenaries want with you?" The Doctor asked the ginger woman, avoiding her question. The truth of it was, Kari was quite interested to know as well, since things seemed to be a fair bit different to how she knew them to be.

"And how did you get inside the TARDIS? I don't know. What's your job?" He asked before going through his jacket pocket and pulling out his sonic screwdriver.

"I'm a secretary." Donna told him before he started scanning his with his screwdriver.

"It's weird. I mean, you're not special, you're not powerful, you're not connected, you're not clever, you're not important." The Doctor rambled.

"This friend if yours, just before she left, did she punch you in the face?" Donna asked.

Kari whacked him around the head. Giving him a glare. "Feel free to whack him whenever you like, Donna."

"Stop bleeping me." Donna pushed the Doctor's hand away from her as he scanned her face.

"What kind of secretary?"

"HC Clements." Kari said, letting her eyes drift back over the city. "It's where she met Lance."

Donna looked at her with her mouth hanging open. "How do you know that?"

"Oh, sorry. Did I forget to tell you that I'm kind of all knowing?" There was a huge grin on her face now. "But, for his benefit, better tell him the whole story."

Donna nodded at her. "I was temping. I mean, it was all a bit posh really. I'd spent the last two years at a double-glazing firm. Well, I thought, I'm never going to fit in here. And then he made me a cup of coffee. I mean, that just doesn't happen. Nobody gets the secretaries a coffee."

The Doctor looked over at Kari as Donna spoke, he couldn't help but feel that something was wrong, that there was something she wasn't telling him.

"And Lance, he's head of HR. He don't need to bother with me. But he was nice, he was funny. And it turns out he thought everyone else was really snotty too. So that's how it started, me and him. One cup of coffee. That was it."

The Doctor shook his head. "When was this?"

"Six months ago." Kari and Donna answered at the same time.

"Bit quick to get married." The Doctor thought.

"Well, he insisted." Kari rolled her eyes at Donna, she knew it had been the other way around. "And he nagged, and he nagged. And he just wore me down. And then finally, I just gave in."

"What does HC Clements do?" The Doctor asked, trying to distract himself from focusing on Kari.

"Oh, security systems. You know, entry codes, ID cards, that sort of thing. If you ask me, it's a posh name for locksmiths." Donna told him, not noticing the way he kept looking over at Kari.

"Basically, keys." Kari told the pair.

"Anyway, enough of my CV. Come on, it's time to face the consequences. Oh, this is going to be so shaming. You can do the explaining, Martian boy." Donna said.

"Yeah, I'm not from Mars." The Doctor insisted as he got up from the edge before helping Kari up.

"Oh, I had this great big reception all planned. Everyone's gonna be heartbroken." Donna told the pair as the Doctor helped her up and took his jacket back.

"How comes I'm Martian and Kari, well, isn't?" The Doctor asked, playing with Kari's hand in his.

"Because I like her better." Donna said, making Kari break out in a fit of giggles. The expression on the Doctor's face was priceless. "She makes more sense than you do as well. She doesn't seem so… Martian."

Kari eventually managed to control her giggles. "Thanks, Donna. I do try not to be a weird as him. Honesty, sometimes it doesn't really take much."

The Doctor rolled his eyes at the women. "Right, if you two have finished chatting. Shall we go?"

A/N: Again, sorry for the late update. Forgive me, please. I hope it was worth the wait at least.

So let me know, review so I can get the next chapter up sooner. To make it up got you all.

Pippa.