Welcome to the second instalment of I'm-Totally-Procrastinating-The-Completion-Of-My-Pre-Calc-Homework.

Somewhere deep inside the part of my brain that can't fully separate fiction from reality, this just had to be true. Because obviously, Harry Potter does exist, Barty Crouch Jr is the same person, and David Tennant is just a clever disguise the Doctor got into the habit of using.

A flurry of snow flew in behind the newest customer: a tall, lanky man in a pinstripe suit and trench coat. He strolled in, meter wide grin on his face, and ordered a coffee. Carefully sipping his espresso, he scanned the cafe, hoping to find someone interesting. He loved meeting people in coffee shops. They always had the best stories.

His eyes fell on the woman in the corner, scrawling away on cafe napkins. There was something about her that intrigued him.

As he searched for an empty table, he found his thoughts kept returning to the woman at table 9. No...could it be?

He headed for the door, intent on heading back to his ship. I can't bother her...she's obviously busy. But as he opened the door, he changed his mind. He wanted someone interesting, and he was going to get it. Besides...after that incident with the chameleon arc, he was curious about a few things.

"Hello!" he said, sliding into the seat across from the woman.

She looked at him sort of strange, not entirely sure how to respond. "Hello..."

"Sorry...I just noticed you over here, all alone, writing something...I was curious." He leaned over the table to get a better look at her notes.

The woman quickly hid the napkins away. "Oh, it's nothing. Just this story that popped into my head...complete rubbish, really. You wouldn't be interested."

"Oh, I'm sure that's not true. You seem like you'd be a great writer. Come on! Let me see!"

Reluctantly, she handed over the notes. The man was strange...far too happy considering the gloomy weather, and there was something about him she couldn't quite put her finger on. He grinned even larger now. "This is brilliant. Absolutely brilliant. How did you come up with this?"

"I...dunno. I just did..."

"Aw come on! Something had to have given you the idea!"

"Well...there was this man I met on the train, and he...he told me...you'd never believe me. It's ridiculous..."

"Trust me, I've heard a lot of ridiculous things in my lifetime, many of which were said by me. You wouldn't believe half the things I could tell you about Julius Ceaser...man did that guy have a twisted sense of humour."

"Well...I met a man named Cornelius Fudge, and he introduced me to this entire world that exists under our nose. He told me about Harry...and then I kept researching it on my own. Now I'm just trying to fill in the gaps."

"So, it's a true story?"

"Um...you probably think I'm crazy..."

"No, no. You're right."

"What?" Her voice became hushed and she pulled him closer. "You know? Are you one of them?"

He laughed. "You make it sound like it's some sort of cult! Yes, I know, but I'm not one of them...not really. Weeeelllll, there was that one time...no. I'm not one."

"So they do exist! I wasn't imagining them?"

"Of course not, Joanne! Wizards are real, no doubt. They may not be entirely human, but they are real."

Joanne looked a bit shocked. "Do...do I know you? Who are you?"

"Me? My name's the Doctor."

"Doctor..."

"Just the Doctor."

"How do you know my name?"

"Oh, that's simple" he said with a grin. "I know everything."

"Oh really? Well, if you know everything then tell me. How did Harry get the philosopher's stone out of the mirror?"

"I could tell you that..."

"See. You don't know."

"But it'd be more fun to show you."

"What are you talking about? That happened at least seven years ago. We're a little too late." The Doctor picked up his coat and headed for the door. "Where are you going?"

"Come on then! Allonsy!" he called as the door closed.

"Allon-what?"

The Doctor popped his head back into the cafe and grinned. "Joanne, how about a little trip in the TARDIS?"

And there you have it. There probably will be more to this, because there will certainly be more math homework to not do. Maybe just one more chapter...

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