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Chapter 2
She found the Doctor, or at least half of him, stinking out from under the council. From which came a horrible clanking. She waited to see if he would notice her. And waited, and waited, and waited. The clanking just went on and on.
She cleared her throat. Still nothing. She entertained the thought of letting the thick book drop on him, but dismissed the idea. Pranks could be saved for another day; she really wanted to know what the book was all about.
"Doctor" the clanking didn't stop. She sighed and called a little louder.
"DOC-tor" not even a pause.
"DOCTOR"
There was a loud clatter and some unidentified words spilling out from where the Doctor lay. Rose gave a small smirk but covered it before the Doctor would see, as he pushed himself out form under the council.
"You don't have to shout Rose I'm right here"
She just rolled her eyes and waited while he straitened himself out. He wiped his hands on his pant legs and looked expectantly at her. She brought the book up to his view.
"What's this?"
The Doctor raised his eyebrows.
"A book."
Rose stifled an exaggerated sigh.
"Yes I know it's a book but what kind of book?"
The Doctor took the book from her hands and flipped through it.
"It's a history book".
He handed the book back to her and went on to check one of the many TARDIS screens.
Either the Doctor was making her ask all the questions or he had some bad memories about the book and was not willing to share them with her. She hoped it was the first.
She leaned back on the railing and took another look.
"Is it Greek history?"
"Nope"
She waited to see if he would say more. He didn't.
"Who's history is it then?"
"It's the history of the planet Lellendas; Rose, any more questions because I really have to get back to fixing the TARDIS."
Rose scrunched up her nose at him.
"What crawled up your ass?"
The Doctor put his hands on the council. One of his lunatic smiles crossing his lip, as he was once again reminded why he brought this woman along with him.
"Nothing has crawled up my ass, Rose, I just need to fix the TARDIS."
Rose crossed her arms looking at him expectantly.
The Doctor considered ignoring Rose but that would only make her poke at him more. He really did want to fix the TARDIS. He gave in. He went around to sit in the little swiveling chair and put his feet up on the council.
"Alright, what would you like to know?"
Rose smiled in triumph.
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"So you're saying that there's a planet full of mythological creatures."
"I'm not sure they'd take it well if you called them creatures."
Rose didn't really hear him. They had been talking for a while. Once he had told her that some of Earths myths and legends were because of a 1certain planets inhabitants, the questions just came pouring out. He knew he was going to dread the last question.
Rose had been walking back and forth an awed look on her face. The she stopped her back to him.
"Doctor" She turned and stepped closer to him.
'Hear it comes' he thought.
"Can we go to that planet, to Laellendas?"
The Doctor got up form his chair moving to the other side of the council.
"No"
"No?"
"No"
Rose stepped back.
"Why not?"
"Because I have to fix the TARDIS"
She scrutinized the Doctor trying to figure out why he didn't want to go to this planet when he was usually ready to go at a drop of a hat.
"Your lying."
"Am not"
They watched each other waiting to see who would go down first. The Doctor went down first.
"Look, give me two hours and then we can go."
Rose gave her charming brfight smile and promply walked off to the depth of the TARDIS. The Doctor watched the spot where she had been. There was something about this human that made him want to pleas her so much, maybe it was that sweet smile.
He shook his head. He shouldn't be thinking of her like that she was just a companion a friend to hold his hand when things got bad.
'Might as well get started' theDoctor thought to himself. The only reason he wanted the TARDIS fixed was because he knew the planets long history of warfare. If they were to go he wanted to make sure to pick a nice safe spot. He'd never put Rose in that kind of danger, well not willingly.
TBC.
Authors Note: Just want to say thanks to runs with sissors, Scout Girl, agapi16 for your reviews. To tell you the truth I thought I would not get any reviews or if I did they would tell me to quit, but you three really made my day, so thanks. I'll try to update as soon as I can but due to college and all its homework I probably won't update as often as I like. Plus I'm really sorry if there out of character.