I opened up my eyes only to be blinded by the florescent lights shining from above. "Ugh! Too bright!" I covered my eyes with my forearm.
"Sorry about that" The Doctor said. He did some sort of hand motion in the air and the lights instantly dimmed.
"Better?" he asked and I nodded in response. "Excellent! I dimmed them by 30%. I'll try increasing the brightness by a third in an hour and we'll see how you react to that." He got up and handed me a glass of thick, bright orange liquid. "Nectar juice" he explained after picking up on my disgusted expression. "I got it from the planet Zoran, which is located three galaxies away from Earth. It's quite sweet, actually." I tentatively took a sip. It tasted like sugary water with a very slight tang to it. "Small, slow sips. Ok? It works most efficiently that way."
"What's it supposed to do?"
"Helps with any head pain that you might have. In fact, it went on Earth's market in the 32nd century as an over-the-counter remedy for migraines." I nodded and took another small sip.
"So what now?"
"You finish up your juice and rest here for another two to three days, depending on how quickly it takes for you to fully recover and regain all of your strength."
"Then what?"
"We go somewhere new. Well it may or may not be new for me, but it will definitely be new for you."
"And after that?"
"We go somewhere else?" he asked in a much less confident voice.
"And where does it end? Are we just going to be wandering from place to place for the rest of our lives?"
"It's been working for me for the past few hundred years. I'll tell you something, though. This way of life never grows boring."
"Still, it seems awfully lonely. Never being in one place long enough to form a friendship or a relationship with anyone. I don't know about you, but I need companionship."
"You have both me and the TARDIS" the Doctor protested. "That's far more than I can say for your Earth life. You never had anyone there who has loved or even remotely cared about you!" I couldn't believe that he just said that. It felt like a knife had been driven through my heart (or hearts). I couldn't hold back the tears filling up my eyes and spilling down my cheeks. Did he truly believe that I was so pathetic and insignificant that no one in my entire life had ever cared about me? I jumped off of the bed and stormed out of the room. "Violet! Please wait, Violet!" he called out after me. "I'm sorry. I'm so sorry. I didn't mean it like that. Just…please just get back here. You're not well."
"Save it!" I called out over my shoulder. I ran down the winding corridors of the TARDIS until I came upon a bathroom with both a wooden door and a deadbolt lock. I quickly ran into it, shutting and locking the door behind me.
