Sun, Sea and Sand.
Chapter Two: Caravan
Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo! --Takes breath-- oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo! I just deleted everything I'd written because of that stupid 3-day login thing! By the way, the weird look from last chapter is meant to be the one from the front of 'The Resurrection Casket' if you were wondering.
Disclaimer: I don't own Doctor Who.
"Well - for a start, you can go back into the TARDIS. You'll freeze - you're only human, after all." The Doctor was looking through the rain at their surroundings, "This looks like some sort of forest."
It was, indeed, very green. And wet. Rose's hair was plastered to her head. The Doctor's was, too. He was examining a bush when he suddenly leapt back with a yelp.
"What? What's wrong?"
The Doctor put his finger in his mouth.
"If I tell you, you won't believe me," he said in a muffled voice.
"Why won't I?"
The Doctor paused before continuing, "I pricked my finger on a rose."
Rose began to laugh.
"Sorry! I should've warned you I was sharp."
"Wel, I'll let it pass this time, but no second chances!"
Rose backed into the warmth of th TARDIS. It was a warm surprise after having freezing cold liquid pouring down her neck.
She only had to wait a few minutes. The Doctor soon returned, his wet face grinning happily.
"Come outside! I've got a surprise for you!"
Rose felt sorry for the surprise out in the rain. It was better to rescue it as soon as possible, whatever it was.
She went outside and found a huge, creamy-coloured, shiny new caravan. On the front was a huge, silvery-coloured, shiny new car.
"Oh my - where'd you get these?" Rose gasped, stroking the caravan's slippery side.
"Rose - I can take you anywhere in time and space, and you're asking where I got a couple of sets of wheels? I'm ashamed!"
"I was ju- are we staying here, then?"
"Well, if you want to, of course. What do you think?"
Rose hesitated. She thought about sunny Spain, tanning on the beach and drinking fruity cocktails with the Doctor. He, oddly, was wearing his coat and suit.
Then she thought about her and the Doctor playing cards in the caravan. They cooked beans on the little stove and dashed out to the toilet in the middle of the night.
"I think I should get in the car!"
The Doctor opened the car and locked the TARDIS.
"See you in a week," he whispered, making sure Rose couldn't hear him. He stroked his ship and joined his girlfriend.
Rose was fastening her seat belt. The Doctor turned the key in the ignition and the car rumbled to life.
"You do have your driving licence, don't you?" Rose asked nervously.
"I - erm, think so, yes."
The Doctor started to drive. He carefully towed the caravan out of the trees and into the sunshine-mixed-with-rain. They pulled onto the road and soon looked like normal holidaymakers.
"So - where are we staying?"
"There's a site just down the road, according to the TARDIS. I can use the psychic paper to get everything we need, don't worry."
"The only thing I'm worrying about is your driving. Especially towing something that big!"
The Doctor was driving as carefully as he could - a bit too carefully, in fact. They were doing about twenty miles per hour.
"Doctor, you need to speed up a bit," Rose whispered, indicating a car behind them. The driver was looking very angry.
"It's OK, the turn-off for the site's just up here -"
The Doctor turned on the indicator and pulled into a side road. They were, according to a sign, on their way to a caravan and camping site.
"Just up here -"
They drove into it. The Dcotor, sighing happily, pulled up beside Reception.
"You wait there while I pull some strings, see if I can't get us near the playing field." the Doctor winked before getting out of the car.
Rose looked around the site. The rain, although heavy, was slightly less so than it had been before. The sun was trying to shine through, leaving a huge, bold rainbow in the sky up ahead.
The Doctor returned, again wet and smiley.
"We're right next to it! Come on, let's go!"
He hopped into the driver's seat and slowly drove the caravan to an empty space near the park. Luckily, it was very near Reception. It only took a couple of minutes.
The worst part, however, was reversing the caravan into the pitch. After nearly twenty minutes they were just about there - Rose, the Doctor and two neighbours were just pushing the van into the space.
"Push - push -" the Doctor groaned, "That's it! Thank you very much -"
It took hour to get the legs down, the awning up, and the electricity and water set up. But, at last, they were ready, and Rose found herself enjoying a cup of strong tea at the pull-out table.
"This is the life," she smiled, trying to see through the rain.
Was it a bit rushed? I'm sorry if it was, but it's not easy to make setting up a caravan sound exciting fanfiction material. Have you ever tried it? If so, try it again. Yaaaaawwwn.