Well guys, I am super excited to say this is an original chapter. YAY! It's a Christmas chapter so I should have want until closer to Christmas, but… I just could not wait to get it up for you guys. I really hope you like it. Also, thanks so much for the reviews. I love hearing from you guys.
Harper's POV
I had been in a bad mood all morning long. Rose had come in the TARDIS this morning talking about all the Christmas parties that were going on. Everyone wanted to celebrate the fact that we survived an alien invasion and since Christmas got over looked, most were Christmas parties. The problem was I wasn't much into Christmas this year. I felt the TARDIS send a calming feeling on me. 'My poor little human.'
"I'm okay, just need a little alone time right now," I said aloud giving the TARDIS a loving pat on the console.
"You know, people are going to start thinking your crazy if you keep talking to yourself."
I spun around quickly seeing the Doctor leaning against on of the pillars with a smile on his face.
"Yes, well, being a little crazy is just a side-effect of being awesome. Therefore, I just choose to embrace it, because I am awesome."
The Doctor face fell as he stepped up to me, "why are you not out celebrating Christmas with the rest of the humans. I had you pegged as a Christmas girl."
I gave a sigh and looked down at my feet, "I am a Christmas girl. It's just that..." I didn't want to tell him; it just sounded so… pathetic.
"You know, I heard everything that was said when I was 'sleeping'." He said with air quotes.
My head snapped up immediately and I looked at him with wide eyes. "Everything?"
'Oh please, please not have let me say anything to embarrassing.'
"Yes, everything." He said with a smirk, "Now why did you not tell me you felt that way about you family? I mean, I guess I should have known, but still why?"
I sighed before looking back down at my feet. "It just sounds so… pathetic. I mean its not like I saw them all the time. Actually I hardly ever saw them, but at least I had the chose. Also it hurt to much to talk about."
"Well, I most certainly understand that filling." He put a finger under my chin making me look at him. "And never! Never think you are just some girl I picked up along the way." He smiled at me and I had to smile back. "Ok, now off we go!"
"What? Where are we going?"
"It's a surprise!" He said happily as he danced around the console pushing buttons and pulling levers.
"Ohh, I love surprise!" I clapped my hands and did a little happy dance, "I will just go and get Rose." I turned to the doors.
"No, it's just us. Rose is staying with her mom for a couple of days." I turned shocked looking at the Doctor. He had yet to stop messing with the console controls.
"Just us? But… what… why?"
He finally stopped what he was doing and came to stand next to me. "Well, Rose got her Christmas, and since I can't give you your normal Christmas I am going to give you the best I can get. Now hold on tight." He slipped his arm around my waist and pulled a lever sending us fly off to who knows where.
The Doctor's POV
I had everything planned out perfectly. I was going to give her the best Christmas possible. I hated hearing her talk the way she did and not being able to do anything about it. She felt like she didn't belong, which is completely false, I don't know what I would do without her.
We were both laughing hard by the time the TARDIS landed. I thanked the TARDIS for the smooth landing because I couldn't do much more than trying to keep Harper and myself upright.
"So, where are we?" She bounded on the balls of her feet in excitement.
"Ahh, first you need to change. There's an outfit for you on your bed."
Her eyes narrowed and she asked, "Did you pick it out?"
"No…"
"Good. I don't trust your fashion sense," She said with a laugh.
"Well, I'll have you know I have excellent fashion sense." I said puffing out my chest a little bit.
"A vegetable, Doc. A vegetable. That's all I'm saying."
"OH, just go and get changed. And don't call me Doc!" I said in defeat. 'She's right, who wears a vegetable?'
She laughed at me and left to go to her room.
I ran a scan to make sure everything was set and ready to go when I heard Harper clear her throat behind me. I turned to ask if she was ready to go but stopped once I saw her.
She was wearing a stunning red dress that fit her perfectly and black high heels that did wonders for her legs; a black jacket completed the look. "Wow, you look… wow!"
She giggled, "Well I will take that as a complement. Although the shoes will not be good for running."
"What makes you think we will be running?" She gave me a look, "Okay I know we get into trouble most of the time, but not this time. I have check and triple check! Now close your eyes and lets go to you surprise."
Harper's POV
The Doctor came up behind me and put his hand over my eyes to make sure I was not pecking. I heard the TARDIS doors open and we stepped outside.
"Ok you ready?"
I quickly nodded my head yes and took a step out of the TARDIS. I heard snow crunch under my foot and felt a wintery wind hit my face. I had a giddy feeling of anticipating what the Doctor had planned for me.
"Can I look now?"
"Okay, look… now!" He removed his hand in a swift motion. What I saw was just amazing. Center Park covered in snow.
"OH…MY…WORD! Center Park! We are in New York City! I have always wanted to go to New York!"
"HA HA! I am glad you like the surprise. Christmas in New York! Now what do you want to do first?"
"Umm… oh lets go to the Plaza… wait no lets explore Central Park… NO lets go shopping… oh I got it! The Nutcracker Ballet!"
He laughed at me for acting like a child, "One thing at a time. Lets walk around for a bit." He linked our arms and off we went walking through Central Park. Then we went shopping and visited the Plaza.
After about two hours of walking around Central Park and New York the Doctor finally said, "Now its time for dinner at the best restaurant in New York, Arthur's. This way my lady, our reservation awaits."
The Doctor bowed and swung his arm out to the side showing me the way. I laughed at his craziness.
"You, the man who is always late, made reservations. Now this is a Christmas miracle."
"Oh, your so funny. Come on lets go."
"Allons-y!" I said grabbing his hand and off we went.
"Hello Sir, Madam. Do you have a reservation?" The hostess asked us.
"Why, yes good Sir. John Smith."
"Let me see. Oh, it would seem like your reservation is… well is a week from today."
I had to hold in a laugh at the Doctor's face. "Next week… are you sure?"
"Um… yes Sir. You made a reservation for December 24th, 2014."
"And it is…" I was still trying to not laugh.
"December the 17th."
"Right well, thanks for that. We will see you next week." He took my hand and we ran back to the TARDIS.
I started to laugh uncontrollable when he shut the doors. He just ignored me and started to set the correct date. "Haha you are so funny."
"Your driving is just… is just… horrible." I was still laughing leaning against the rails and could hear the TARDIS laughing in my head.
"Stop it, no more!"
"Didn't pass your test, did you?"
"Stop it!"
"Hey I got a joke, have you…"
"NO! STOP!" He pointed a finger at me making me giggle one last time before calming down.
After two more wrong dates, one wrong city, and even the wrong planet we finally made it to December 24th 2014, New York City, planet Earth.
"Mister and Mrs. Smith, right on time." The Doctor turned and gave me a look of triumph.
'Yeah, because the five other times did not count.' I thought sarcastically.
"Right this way."
"Mrs. Smith?" I whispered to the Doctor, but all he did was shrug his shoulders and smile as he followed the hostess.
Right after dinner I wanted to walk around some more to see more of the lights, but the Doctor instead that we need to leave.
"But Doc." I whined.
"Fine, we can stay but you will miss your next surprise."
"Wait there's more? Why are we walking so slowly? Come on!"
I pulled him back to the TARDIS, both of us laughing to whole way.
The Doctor's POV
I loved seeing Harper smiling and laughing. I knew my next surprise would make her night. As we landed I pulled her out the doors.
"So Doc, where are we? I mean, judging by the look," we both looked around and could see red double Decker buses, Union Flags, and Big Ben in the distance. "We are in London."
"Quite right, Harper. We are in London on December 20th, 2020. And we are going there." I pointed Harper in the direction of the theater.
"And what's in there?" She asked bending her head back to look up at me.
I looked down at her, "Well, the Nutcracker Ballet. Of course."
"NO." She turned around quickly and gave me a giant hug. "I can't believe I get to see the Nutcracker in person! Its my absolute favorite Christmas story." She was telling me as we walked to the theater. "Well, besides 'A Christmas Carol'."
After the ballet was over we walked back to the TARDIS with Harper talking excitedly the whole time.
"You know I don't think I have ever heard you say this many word ever." I said once she stopped to take a breath.
She laughed then said, "You just better get use to it Doc. The longer I am with someone the more I talk. I am just comfortable being around you, so I don't feel like I have to hold anything in." She smiled up at me and I thought my two hearts were going to explode with happiness.
'She is comfortable around me. The is the best Christmas gift ever.'
"Well, I am glad to hear that. I thought after I changed you would not… you know… want to stay," I rubbed the back of my neck nervously watching her.
She looked up at me like I had two heads instead of two hearts. "Not want to stay? You're joking right? Doctor I know everything about who you were, and who you are going to be. Yes I am sad that your past self is gone. He was my first Doctor, in both real life and the show, so I am going to miss him. But I am not sad that you are here. If that makes any sense."
I gave a sigh of relief, "It makes perfect sense." She smiled up at me and I decide to take her to the last surprise of the evening. "Ok, so there is one more surprise. Come on."
Harper's POV
The Doctor finally said we where here, but the TARDIS did not feel like it landed. "So Harper, this is…" He walked to the doors and opened them to the prettiest site I had ever seen. "Christmas Galaxy."
All around us were swirls of red and green mixed with millions of stars. I gasped in wonder. "Oh my word, this is… there is no words to describe it."
"Do you like it?"
"Like it? I love it?"
We sat down at the door with our feet hanging out side just watching the galaxy around us. We had been sitting there for, I'm not sure how long, when I turned to the Doctor and said, "Thank you. This was the best Christmas I could have asked for. It was all just amazing."
He smiled and said, "I am glad you enjoyed it. I had hoped it would go off without any mishaps but, well, lets just forget about the wrong time… um… times for dinner."
"It would not be an adventure with you if everything went smoothly. Now I have something for you. Just wait right here." I ran quickly to my room to get the present I had made for the Doctor.
He was still sitting at the door when I had returned so I sat back down beside him. "Um… I wanted to get you something special, but what do you get a man who has everything and…. Um… I was on a very, very, tight budget. So here you go."
I handed him a box wrapped in TARDIS blue paper with a big red bow on top. He took it gently from me and slowly started to unwrap it. At how slow he was going it looked like he was afraid he would break it. Soon the wrapping fell to the floor and had opened the box.
I had decided to get him a photo book so he could remember all of the good times he had when the hard times came around. He took the book out of the book and read the front cover, "Even when times get tough friends will be there to lift you up." He started to look thought the book. I had put pictures of him as his past regeneration, Rose, Jack, and I. Some when we were on adventures and some when we were in the TARDIS. The last page said, 'Sometimes people change, but the love of friends keeps going forever.'
"It's one of those books where you can add more pages. That way in each regeneration you can add more pictures and remember everything."
"I… I don't know what to say." I looked down at my feet afraid he did not like it. "This is one of the most thoughtful gifts anyone has ever given me. Thank you. THANK YOU, HARPER!" He pulled me into a big and a little awkward hug.
"Oh, I am so so glad you like it."
"Now for your gift."
"What? Doctor, you have already given me a gift. This day."
"NO, that was just our new Christmas tradition." He started to dig into one of his larger on the inside pockets, "Ah, here we go."
He handed me a very poorly wrapped present. I would have laughed if not for the look he was giving me. He looked so proud that I could not laugh at it. I opened my gift much like a child on Christmas morning opens theirs. Once I had gotten it opened I was surprise to see an iphone with a TARDIS blue case.
"It's a iphone from the year…"
"2016?" I guessed.
"Um… yes, but how did you…"
"That was the year I came from, and thank you so much." I gave him a hug, "Now if I get lost I can call you or Rose."
"Yes, well, I thought you probably need one. Now I have one more gift."
"Doctor, really you don't have to give me anything else."
"I should have given this to you long before now. Not sure why I didn't. Looking back now, that was not very smart of me. I will just blame it on my past self. Well… now that I am thinking about it, I guess you were always with me so you didn't really need it, but still it is only safe for you to have one. This is your home. It's just…"
"Doctor!" I had to stop his ramblings.
"Right, so Harper close your eyes and hold out your hand." I did as he said and felt him put something cold and metal in my hand. "Okay, open."
I looked down to see the TARDIS key in my hand. "OH thank you. Thank you so much." I throw my arms around him and gave him a gigantic hug.
He laughed at me and soon I was laughing along with him.
The Doctor's POV
'Today was perfect.' I thought to myself as I looked out onto the Christmas Galaxy. Harper had fallen asleep on my shoulder and I could not bring myself to move her just yet. It was just like old time when she would fall asleep with my old self reading to her.
'Thanks old girl; you sure helped make today great for Harper.'
'Anything for my thief and little human.'
I smile at the TARDIS' pet names for us and slowly picked up Harper to take her back to her room. Once I got there, I took off her jacket and shoes, laying her in bed, and pulled the covers up over her.
"Merry Christmas, Doctor." She said sleepily and snuggled deeper into her bed.
"Merry Christmas, and good night Harper." I am still not sure what made me do it, but I leaned down and gave her a quick kiss on the forehead before leaving to go and get the TARDIS ready to head back to pick up Rose.
It was going to be interesting going on adventures with this new body, but with Harper and Rose it was going to be fun.
Well…. What did you think? I really hoped you liked it. Please review. Merry Christmas my dear whovians!
