Close Encounters of the Fictional Kind
Chapter 17: Poker Face
At home for the holidays, Elise stopped in the doorway of her bedroom at the sight of someone sitting on her bed. "Marie, when did you get here? How did you get here? I don't remember seeing your car outside…"
Marie chuckled and rolled her eyes. "I got dropped off by my uncle Jack O'Neil a little while ago, now put on the clothes in the bag and some makeup if you like," she said patting the black dress bag next to her.
"Why?" Elise asked, slowly walking to the bag on her bed. She never liked surprises from Marie… they usually turned out as something trying to bite or kill her.
"Because I said so. Look, the clothes aren't going to bite, just go put them on and get ready to go out. We are getting picked up in forty-five minutes, so you even have time to shower if you want. Now, go! I shall sit here and play with Stormy."
Elise picked up the bag and walked back over to her doorway and grabbed a towel and her robe. She looked back at Marie before leaving the room, muttering and shaking her head.
"Love you!" Marie called after Elise. Marie then laid back and a small black kitten pounced on her. "Stormy!"
Forty minutes later, Marie and Elise were standing outside in Elise's driveway. Marie's hand was bandaged from a cut from Stormy the kitty and Elise was pissed that Marie wasn't spilling the details.
"Patience young one," Marie said, earning herself a slap to the back of her head from Elise.
"I'm older then you, Marie."
Marie only shrugged and looked at her watch, "Our ride should be here… now."
As she spoke, a wheezing noise grew louder until the TARDIS appeared in front of them.
"I got dressed up for the Doctor?" Elise asked.
"What… no…" Marie said, walking to the TARDIS as the door opened and River Song popped her head out.
"Hello sweetie," River said. "Ready for your date?"
"My date? What date?" Elise turned with surprise towards Marie.
Marie gave River a glare before turning to Elise, "Your date in 1948, in Crabapple Cove, Maine. Now into the TARDIS!" She gave Elise a push forward.
"That would explain the style of the clothes," Elise said, looking down at the slim A-line simple teal dress, pearls, and matching kitten heels while moving into the TARDIS. Once inside, the door closed and the TARDIS had taken off, Elise seemed to put together what was happening. "I'M GOING OUT ON A DATE WITH HAWKEYE PIERCE?" she exclaimed, her eyes widening perceptibly and her mouth dropping open.
Marie chuckled, but didn't say anything and instead moved to stand next to River at the controls. "So River, how is sex with the Doctor?"
The Doctor, who'd been abnormally quiet sputtered and tripped over a wire on the ground while River smirked at Marie and pulled a lever, sending them flying further back in time.
o O o O o O o
Nearly four hours later, River laid down her cards at the small table they'd set up to play poker, a large smile on her face. "Full house," she said causing Marie and the Doctor to groan and throw their own cards down. Marie's three deuces and the Doctor's pair of jacks couldn't compete.
"That's the third time you've gotten a full house, River," the Doctor commented.
"It's all in the luck of the draw," River remarked grinning widely. "Shirt," she demanded.
The Doctor flushed and glared at River. He'd already been stripped down so that he was only in his pants, under things, bowtie, and shirt. His shoes, socks, jacket, and suspenders had already been lost to the game. "I don't think I like this game very much…" he commented, still not getting up to take off his shirt.
River continued to grin and Marie wisely stayed out of the range of fire. "Doesn't matter, sweetie. You lost, now shirt." Grumbling loudly, the doctor began to untie his bowtie. "Uh ah!" River admonished. "Leave the bow."
The Doctor's eyes widened and his finger stilled. "River…" he complained. She didn't say anything, but instead just made a 'continue' motion with her hand. The Doctor, now blushing fiercely, fumbled with the buttons on his shirt before roughly ripping his arms out of the sleeves and flinging it at River who smiled widely.
She turned to Marie who was grinning as well. "You wanted to know what sex with the Doctor was like…" she said. "Well there's as good a visual as you'll get while still providing some modesty."
Marie chuckled while the Doctor made an attempt to cover his pale lean torso with his equally pale arms. "I think that's about enough," the Doctor grumbled before marching over to River and grabbing back his clothes.
Both women were now laughing. It appeared that the Doctor was absolutely rubbish at strip poker. While Marie was only missing her coat, hat, and scarf; and River her earrings and jacket, the Doctor had indeed been the one to lose the most clothing. After regaining her breath, River wiped the tears of mirth from her eyes and turned back to the Doctor. "Want to play again?"
"No," the Doctor said, slipping an arm into his jacket and striding around the console to fiddle with a couple of wires poking out.
Marie remained seated, but also refused another game. "So what do you suppose they're doing? It's been a long time," she asked River referring to Elise and her date, Benjamin Franklin (Hawkeye) Pierce.
The bushy haired woman shrugged. "She's your friend. You'd know better than I would."
"Not really… we've never really talked about dates."
At that moment the TARDIS' door clicked open and Elise walked in, a happy smile plastered to her face. Marie rose from her seat to greet her friend. "So? How was it?" she asked.
"Fantastic," Elise replied simply, sitting down in Marie's chair.
River smiled at the two friends the moved to stand next to the Doctor and help fly them back to Marie and Elise's time. "Are you going to tell me about it?" Marie asked.
Elise merely grinned and blushed. "Maybe later."
Five minutes later, they'd been dropped off back at Elise's house and Elise sat down on her bed, a smile still plastered to her face. "Best surprise ever. Thank you." she thanked Marie.
"No problem," Marie said. "I have to go, my uncle is picking me back up in a few minutes, so enjoy the clothes, you get to keep them. I am going to go and visit my uncle and his friends up north at his cabin for the week now."
Marie smiled and walked out of Elise's room and past Lynn, Elise's younger sister. "Nice seeing you Lynn, have a good day!"
"Bye," Lynn said, from were she was laying on the couch, another cat laying on her.
Marie walked out to the main road and pulled a small earpiece from her pocket and put it into her ear.
"Ready for transport," Marie said, her finger pressing to the communicator in her ear. As she disappeared in a bright white light, she smiled and said, "Beam me up, Scotty."
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A/N: Another chapter, collaboratively brought to you by myself and QueenoftheSlayers. Okay, this one was a bit fluffy, but that's okay. Thanks for continuing to read!
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