The Cafe of the Third Eye
My Heart will go On
by
Sabrina Lonewalker
It had been a long, hard week for Grace Holloway. She had been so busy with her patients she had been sleeping in her office, not even bothering to go home. She couldn't remember who it was but someone at the hospital had told her about this place. They had even given her specific directions as to how to get here. She walked in and looked around. It was large but not overly crowded. She found a table back in a corner and sat down. The waitress came over to her and asked what she wanted. Grace ordered coffee.
She looked at the clientile and smiled, they seemed to be of varying positions in life but all seemed relaxed, except for her. She smiled to herself as a memory entered her mind, memories of him, her Doctor, that mysterious time and space traveller she had met three years ago. She let her mind wander back to him, the manic way he raved over the shoes she had given him. She wondered if he was still wearing them? The wonder in her own mind as she had listened to his twin hearts. The life flowing through him had fasinicated her.
When he had kissed her in the park, she hadn't been afraid or angry. She had welcomed them. She knew, she had fallen in love then. When he had returned her to the water park, she had been so tempted to go with him but, her calling wouldn't let her indulge in her own whims, her patients needed her. She wanted to go with him, be by his side exploring the universe but, her duty would not let her. She wondered what he was doing now, where was he, was he happy?"
The waitress brought her coffee and Grace thanked her then she saw the band taking the stage. That was something her friend hadn't mentioned to her but, it was nice to see. True, they probably weren't going to play Puccini but, she didn't listen to opera all of the time. They began tuning up and Grace saw the woman heading to the stage. She was petite, around five feet tall with waist length flame red hair, wearing black ankle boots, leggings and a knee length, long sleeved sapphire blue tunic belted at the waist. She slowly walked up onto the stage and sat on a tall stool that was behind the microphone stand.
Allegra looked out over the crowd. This was one of the few times she had been in this dimension and it always involved the Doctor one way or another. He wasn't here this time but someone connected with himj was. The question was which one? She looked around and her eyes fell on Grace. The Doctor's aura was all around her. Allegra smiled, this one had turned down his invitation to go with him and was, quite possibly, regretting it in a way. Allegra smiled, this woman had no way of knowing that her timeline would cross the Doctor's again. Allegra thought and then, the song to sing popped into her mind. She told her band leader and he passed it to the band. The intro began.
"Every night in my dreams
I see you, I feel you
That is how I know you go on
Far across the distance
And spaces between us
You have come to show you go on"
Grace looked up, her mouth partially open. How did this woman know that she was dreaming about the Doctor, been seeing him over and over again in her mind.
"Near, Far, wherever you are
I believe that the heart does go on
Once more
You open the door
And you're here in my heart
And my heart will go on and on"
Grace smiled, he was in her heart and always would be. She couldn't change the fact that she loved him and she really didn't want to. She went back to those kisses. They were so sweet and yet, she remembered the hint of passion that was underlying them. It made her wonder what could have happened between them.
"Love can touch us one time
And last for a lifetime
And never let go till we're gone
Love was when I loved you
One true time I hold to
In my life we'll always go on"
She realized that what she had felt for Brad had not been love, no way but what she had felt with the Doctor? That had been love in it's purest form. He loved her. She had realized that when she had come back after the Master had killed her. The look on the Doctor's face and in his eyes when he saw she was alive had told her all she needed to know. He had held her tightly against him, his hearts beating in his chest, whispering "You came back" in her ear.
"You're here, there's nothing I fear
And I know that my heart will go on
We'll stay forever this way
You are safe in my heart
and my heart will go on and on"
She hadn't been afraid, even when the Master had charged at her. She had only been concerned for him, her Doctor. When he held her, she had wanted nothing more that to stay there but, life and duty had called to her. She smile softly as the song ended and Grace finished her coffee. He would always be a part of her life now, no matter where in the universe he was. She just hoped he remembered her. She walked out, got into her car and drove away. She didn't see the Cafe disappear behind her. Allegra smiled, what she had needed to do was done and now, she wondered where the Cafe would appear next. Wherever it was, she knew the Doctor would be involved.
Finis
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