Ch. 11 - The truth

-River-

John held Clara tight to him. I could hear her mumble sorry over and over again in his ear.

"Calm down, Clara." He put her back on the floor and fixed her bangs. "You should stay with River while I clean your flat, alright?" She shook her head and looked at me.

"John, why don't you take Clara to my house while I clean her flat? Here's my car keys and this is my address." He just nodded and left holding Clara's hand. I took a cab and went to her flat.

Getting there I noticed someone had gone there after we left. I saw pictures on the floor, pictures of Clara and John on bed sleeping and doing other things. That couldn't be good. I knew there was no use calling the police because we had no concrete proof of anything. I started to clean her apartment, but I wouldn't let her go back there till this stalker situation was handled.

-Doctor-

"Here, have some tea." I offered to Clara and she took the cup from my hand.

"I'm sorry." She said looking down. "I was so immature earlier, thank you for coming back for me." I chuckled, couldn't she see that I'd always come back for her? I guess that was the reason she hurt me so bad when she didn't believe me.

"It's alright, Clara. You should rest." Her eyes got teary.

"You're still mad, aren't you?"

"No, I'm not mad, I'm hurt. It saddened me to know you doubted me, but you're forgiven. My main priority now is to keep you safe." Clara slowly touched my hand as if she was afraid of rejection.

"Are we... Uhmm, are you..." I think I've never seen her so nervous.

"What?" I smiled sympathetically at her.

"Are you still my boyfriend?" I chuckled.

"Oh my Clara, I gotta be honest with you. My brain is screaming at me to tell you no, but my heart is saying yes, I can't handle the thought of you not being my girlfriend. So yes, I'm still your boyfriend." She smiled and pecked my cheek.

"Thank you. I should probably get some rest, right?" I nodded. "I love you."

"I love you too Clara."

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I was dozing off on the couch with Clara's head on my lap when River arrived. She smiled at me but I could see worry in her eyes.

"Can we talk?" She whispered not to wake Clara. I nodded and slowly got up putting a pillow under Clara's head. River and I went to the kitchen.

"You should sit." She told me and as soon as I did she handed me a bunch of pictures. Clara and I sleeping and even making love, I felt like throwing up. "Someone left this on her flat while I took her to the hospital." I took a deep breath and ran my hands on my face.

"What are we going to do? I already asked Danny to look after Clara while she's on school, but she refuses to accept Adrian is the stalker, I don't know what to do." River held my hand lightly.

"I think she should stay here with me for a few days, you can stay here as well, if you like." I shook my head.

"No, I'll stay in a hotel, I don't feel very comfortable to stay here." I knew she noticed 'with you' would be the end of the sentence. Awkward silence.

"It's alright John, I get it, though I think you should be beside Clara at this moment. Just think about it, okay?" I nodded.

"I will, what do you suggest we do about Adrian?"

"We need to set something up for him, but right now I'm so tired I can't think of anything." We heard Clara asking for me from the living room. River smirked. "She calls you Doctor? Really?" I blushed, every time she calls me that I remember of the first time we saw each other. She laughed even harder. "Ohhh, naughty." I shook my head and went to Clara.

-two weeks later-

River and Clara had convinced me to stay in the blonde's house, we were more at easy because the stalker haven't shown herself for a while.

It was Friday and I was about to meet Clara for lunch when I arrived at Coal Hill School and Danny came to me.

"Doctor, what are you doing here? Clara called in sick today, didn't she?" my eyes widened, no, River drove her to work today, what the hell happened? Danny noticed something was wrong. "Oh my God, she came here this morning?" I nodded. Danny started running and I followed him. We stopped when we were in front of the headmaster's office to check on the security camera. It showed Clara walking inside the school and not leaving, so wherever she was it was inside the school. At that moment Adrian walked inside the room and without thinking I punched him, Danny held him tight on the wall and the headmaster had no idea what was going on.

Suddenly Adrian started laughing.

"You'll never find her. Ever. Again. She's mine now. Look at you, you're both pathetic, especially you Danny Pink. She'll never be yours and yet you decided to help this disgusting old man." He said pointing to me. "You could be her dad, have you got no shame?" a phone started ringing and the moment Danny got a bit distracted Adrian let go and pointed a gun, that was hidden in his pocket, to our faces. "Shhhhh. You all stay quiet, don't you dare move." The headmaster took a step closer to Adrian and he shot him in the head. Danny and I looked at each other while a crazy Adrian left the room.

-Clara-

I woke up and noticed I was tied up to a chair. And I was naked. I remember arriving at school and Adrian getting me a coffee and that was that. Oh fuck, John and Danny were right.

"Oh sweet Clara, surprised?" Adrian asked and I felt like throwing up.

to be continued.

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