Okay, I am such a chicken but seriously I couldn't find the words to describe the party so I just skipped it. Sorry
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Tish and Gwen run into the TARDIS leaving Martha and the Doctor walking slowly behind them. The party had been a blast; none of them could remember ever having had such fun in their lives.
"That party was too mad," Gwen told Tish, "remember the Matchstick men." They burst out and laughed, "those men were nothing," Tish replied, "what about the Lego benders and oh, the Jello girls." They sat on the chair, fully exhausted.
"I can now totally relate to Eliza Doolittle's I could have danced all night," Martha told the Doctor. "I could tell," the Doctor told her, "you were in your element." 'The Acrobat and the Fence couldn't keep their eyes off you,' he added to himself silently, 'and I can see why."
Martha joined the others on the chair.
"So what's next?" Tish asked. "Where are we going next?"
"Let's see," the Doctor said, "there's the beach in Tar, the Summer festival in Lot, Kite flying in Dist, and oh, yes the Opera." He sounded so excited.
"I don't about the rest of you," Martha said, "but I'm for the beach."
"The beach it is," the Doctor said immediately making Gwen and Tish laugh. "I bet if Martha had chosen the Opera we'd be heading there instead." The Doctor looked at them like he had idea what they were talking about while Martha smiled widely.
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Gwen pulled out her phone and wasn't surprised to find that there was no service. She put it back in her bag thanking God that they were out of range so she wouldn't see that she hadn't received any calls from Arthur. He probably hadn't thought of her at all, she was really pathetic.
Martha saw the look on her friend's face and turned to the Doctor, "can't you do something about her phone?" He smiled at Martha and said, "Of course I can, I am the Doctor after all, I have the cure for all ills."
He took all the girls' phones and pulled out his screwdriver. He pointed it at each of them in turn and said, "now you can receive and make calls to anywhere in the world, as long as you know the area code."
Tish immediately called her friend Peter and told him all about the party, totally ignoring the fact that she had got him up from a deep sleep. Martha thought of calling their mother but decided against it, Francine would only get worried. Gwen looked at her phone and saw that she had ten missed calls, all from Arthur and two voicemails. She would listen to them later.
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"I really must go back home," Gwen told them, "this was really fun but I really want to see Arthur again, you know to see where we're going."
"Me too," Tish said, "I mean not about Arthur but I kind of miss home and Peter. Don't get me wrong, this was really fun."
They had just left Tar and were in the TARDIS. The Doctor nodded travelling in space and time wasn't for everyone. As he set the course for London, he wondered if this really goodbye, if he was never to spend any more time with Martha.
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Gwen and Tish practically run out of the TARDIS and discovered that it was as if they had never left. Martha's flat still had the half eaten ice-cream, chocolate trays and the wine bottles and glasses.
"It's like we never left," Tish said, "yet we've away for days."
"You seemed like you hadn't wanted to miss any time on earth, so I brought back exactly two and a half hours after we left."
Gwen looked at her phone to see if Arthur had called yet and found that she still had her missed calls and voicemails. She'd thought of returning his calls and decided that they had to talk in person.
She was about to call him when her phone rang. She picked it up on the first ring.
"Hi Arthur." She said. She listened for a bit and then said, "Okay, tomorrow at nine, I'll see you then." She hugged Martha, Tish and the Doctor and left. Tish left a few minutes later.
"So," Martha said turning to the Doctor.
"So," he said.
Martha began to clear up the room and the Doctor helped her after a while. "You know I don't believe I have ever cleared up in my life," the Doctor said.
"Finally, something you've never done before," Martha told him, laughing.
They had finished putting the room back to rights and the Doctor walked to the TARDIS. He put his hand on the door and thought about how to ask Martha to go with him. 'What do you say, another trip? Care to join me?' Everything he was thinking of just sounded so wrong and she did have a life, a real life here on earth with people who cared about her.
"So this is really goodbye," Martha told him. She kissed him on the cheek and stood back ready to watch him disappear from her life again. She couldn't believe that just said goodbye to him a few days ago.
The Doctor looked at her and smiled slowly, he pulled her for a hug and as they let go he was surprised to hear himself say, "Martha, come with me. Please."
Martha looked at him, "are you sure?"
"As sure as I have ever been in my life; come with me, let us see the universe together."
Hand in hand they entered the TARDIS.
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