Ch. 07 – The Ball

-Clara-

Today was the day John would arrive and at last I'd have a whole weekend to be with him, yeah, not much as I'd like but seeing I haven't seen him for three weeks that meant a lot. I was restless for lack of a better word, today was taking forever and Adrian seemed to notice that.

"Girl, biting your nails won't make the day go faster, your guy will be home waiting for you, don't worry." I giggled.

"You don't have a girlfriend, you don't know what I'm feeling, all the longing, the need. It's something uncontrollable." He rolled his eyes.

"Oh Clara, you so wanna get laid." I blushed, I used to talk to Adrian about almost everything and sex was definitely not one of them. I decided to be bold, I didn't need to be ashamed of my sex life.

"Well, yeah I do!" He smirked.

"Does he fuck you till you get sore or does his age doesn't allow it?" My jaw literally dropped, what the fuck? The only thing to do was laugh it off.

"Who are you and what have you done to my shy friend?" I asked laughing and he joined in laughter. That was weird.

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I arrived home and smiled, John was definitely there.

"Honey, I'm home!" I said and heard his laugh coming from the kitchen. I ran to him and jumped on his arms, his foot was completely healed by now. John held me tight to him and breathed me in, I loved when he did that, was something so small that meant so much.

"Hello love." He kissed me passionately, I guess he missed me just as much as I missed him.

After making out for almost an hour in my living room couch I noticed John got tense.

"Are you alright my love?" I asked and he nodded.

"Yes, but something weird really happened a few days ago. I got a call from an unknown number ordering me to stay away from you." My eyes widened. "Clara, I don't want you to worry, but please be careful, okay?" I nodded.

"I have to tell something." He looked worried. "After I came back from Glasgow my dad and Linda came here after me and I think they're suspicious we're together, so it were probably them that called you." John got relieved to know that information, that was probably them. With Dave he could deal, he'd have to understand that he couldn't choose who I loved or not.

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I felt wonderful when John laid his eyes on me, I was wearing a black long tight dress for the ball tonight. I was honored that he invited me to go there and meet all his friends from university.

"Love, you look wonderful." He said and I smiled. He was also looking pretty damn hot.

"Thank you, you don't look so bad yourself." He tickled my hip chuckling.

"Shall we?" He offered me his arm and we left.

Arriving at the ball I could see John smiling in a way that I've never seen him do before. He looked happy. My John finally looked happy.

I was introduced to a lot of his colleagues and suddenly a blond woman showed up. I felt John squeeze my hand harder.

"John? Long time no see!" She said seeming genuinely happy.

"River, how have you been?" Oh, so that was his ex-fiancée? She was truly a beauty, I felt kinda self conscious.

"Awesome, and you?" She finally looked at me.

"Awesome too, oh, and this is Clara, my girlfriend. Clara, this is River."

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Weirdly, during the night I got kinda close to River, she seemed such a nice woman. John got acquainted with Matt, River's boyfriend, that looked around my age. Suddenly River saw someone and tried to hide herself behind me.

"What?" I asked confused.

"Linda! She got married with a friend of mine, actually I was best friends with his first wife, that sad passed around 15 years ago. Now, she thinks she's my friend but I can't stand her. Ellie must cry from heaven to know that woman helped raise her child." My eyes widened.

"Ellie? As in Eleanor Oswald?" River nodded confused.

"I should be the one hiding then. I'm Clara Oswald, Ellie and Dave's daughter." River's jaw dropped.

"OMG! You grew up so much since I last saw you. And you're dating John. Dave just have freaked." I giggled.

"He doesn't know. What the hell are they doing here? Dad's not a doctor."

"Ellie was, so he still gets invited. He never shows up though." I chuckled. I knew why he was here.

"He's probably here to know if John and I are really together. Oh man, he will freak." We both laughed and at that moment I saw Linda and dad approach us.

"Clara, what are you doing here?" Dad asked me and I rolled my eyes, well, I had to tell him the truth.

"I came here with my boyfriend." Dad's eyes widened and at that moment John appeared beside me.

-Doctor-

I saw Dave, Linda, Clara and River facing each other, that wouldn't end well. I went there and the moment I did Dave punched me.

"YOU BASTARD! I trusted you and what have you done? You fucked me daughter! That one you met as a baby." Matt was holding Dave away from me along with River. Linda was laughing and Clara was shocked.

"I love her, and newsflash: she loves me back! I met her before I knew she was that baby I've met 25 years ago." Clara interrupted me.

"Dad, I won't say it again, so listen carefully. I'm not a fucking child anymore, I'm 28, I work to pay my bills and I date whoever I fucking want, got it?" I saw River smiling like a proud mom at Clara, I knew she kinda felt responsible for her since Ellie passed.

"I can't accept that Clara, you're gonna have to choose." River intervened.

"Dave, don't do that, she's a grown woman you don't have to put her through that. And look at John, have you seen him this happy before? Cause I haven't." Dave chuckled and Linda answered for her husband.

"River you were the one that made him feel miserable for his whole life." Oh she shouldn't have said that, River went mental.

"Don't you think I know that? And I regret it every single day, but I'm happy to see him happy now. And you, Linda bitch, don't you remember you're no angel either? I knew and Ellie also knew that you were fucking..." she pointed to Dave and Linda. "...while she was on the hospital on her final days. So shut the up fuck up about other people when you were more rotten than anyone here." Clara started crying and pushed her dad away, running to the restroom. River and I ran after her. I knew this wouldn't end well but I never thought it would end up so bad.

to be continued.

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