So I just want to go ahead and apologize in advance for being slow on putting up new chapters. I have a lot of work to do for my classes this week so the only times I am getting to write is during my awkward breaks between classes. I would like to give a huge thanks to AKs-on-show and the anonymous person for their reviews! I hope you all enjoy this chapter.

Three weeks later

Amelia sat on the edge of her seat, waiting anxiously for the bell to ring and release her from her class, or as she preferred to call it, her prison. Today was the day she had been waiting for all week. On Monday she had finally worked up the courage to ask her aunt if Rory and Mels could come over after school on Friday. Aunt Sharon almost fell out of her seat she was so shocked. Amelia could see that Sharon just couldn't believe her niece was actually asking to have friends over. Finally Aunt Sharon regained composure and enthusiastically said yes to Amelia's request. Amelia spent the rest of her free time that week cleaning her room in anticipation of the big day.

She was quickly brought back to reality when she heard the screeching of the bell, signaling the day had finally ended. "Finally" she muttered, shoving all of her books into her bag quickly. Then, with her book bag slung haphazardly over one shoulder, she ran out the door and to the tree in front of the school where the three of them had agreed to meet. She was the first one there since she had gotten there so quickly, so she sat down on the ground to wait for the other two.

Rory had never been so nervous and excited in his entire life. Today he was going over to Amelia Pond's house. After three weeks of sitting together at the same table every morning, the three had struck up and odd little friendship. Amelia and Mels would talk constantly, usually Amelia was trying to talk Mels out of acting on some harebrained idea she had had recently, while Rory sat there quietly, nodding and making sounds of agreement whenever one of them would look at him for support. In anticipation for this afternoon with Amelia, Rory wore his best school clothes and even combed his hair. He had to look his best of course.

Rory kept looking at the clock as the second hand ticked by as slowly as it possibly could. Surely it was broken and the bell would ring any second now. He stared out the window next to him, looking longingly at the tree he was supposed to be meeting Mels and Amelia under. As he was thinking about how great it was going to be hanging out with his two new friends this afternoon as opposed to sitting alone at home, the bell went off; releasing him from is torture chamber of a class. He scrambled to get all of his books together and then darted out of the class, making a beeline for the front doors of the school and then the tree.

Amelia and Mels were already there waiting for him as he stopped, panting, by the tree. Amelia smiled at him, making his heart flutter like a little bird. "Hey Rory, are you alright?"

"Yeah, yeah." He replied nonchalantly, flapping his hand at her like he always breathed like he had just finished running a marathon.

"Are you sure? Your face looks like a tomato." Mels showed only the slightest bit of concern before turning back towards picking at the paint on her nails.

After that his face probably looked even more like a tomato due to the blush of embarrassment the spread across his face. He decided that changing the subject away from the color of his face was a good idea, but before he got a chance to think of something clever and impressive to say Amelia noticed a car that had pulled up and pulled on his sleeve. "Come on you guys. My Aunt Sharon is here."

Rory mentally kicked himself for missing his opportunity to dazzle Amelia with his quick wit. He dusted his bag off and slung it over his shoulders before following the girls to the car that was waiting for them.

As they pulled up to the house, Amelia flung her door open before the car fully stopped and hoped out as it slowed to a crawl. She ran towards the front door of the house, Rory and Mels trailing close behind her. Testing the doorknob she discovered the door was unlocked, so she led the charge into the house and up the stairs to her room.

"Would you children like some snacks or something to drink?" Aunt Sharon yelled up the stairs after them, trying her best to be helpful.

Just before Amelia slammed her door shut she called out "No thank you. We're just fine for now." As she turned around to face her friends she caught a glimpse of Rory sitting cross-legged on the floor. She was about to tell him he could sit on the bed when a puppet popped up just inches from her face. Startled, she backed up into her door until the puppet came into focus and she noticed it was one of her first attempts at recreating the Raggedy Doctor.

"What is this Amelia?" asked Mels, Fascinated by the crudely assembled puppet-doll thing.

Amelia felt her face flush with embarrassment. How could she have forgotten to put away all of her Raggedy Doctor things? "Nothing, nothing at all," she answered shortly, her face burning as she snatched the doll from Mels. She rushed around her room in a frenzy picking up anything having to do with the Raggedy Doctor.

"Amelia? What's wrong?" Rory asked quietly, a note of concern evident in his voice. "What is all of that stuff?"

Hearing the concern in Rory's voice, Amelia stopped her manic cleaning spree and turned to look at her quiet friend. The worry was plain in his kind blue eyes as he actually made eye contact with her before blushing slightly and looking away. She sighed and set down the things she had gathered, holding onto only the puppet-doll Mels had shoved in her face.

Sitting on the floor next to Rory, she took a deep breath and began to tell the story that could make or break the brand new friendships she had made. "This is the Raggedy Doctor. He is my imaginary friend who isn't actually imaginary." She saw Mels sit down on the floor next to her out of the corner of her eye and continued. "I've only met him once. It was five years ago when he crashed his blue box in the backyard. He called himself the Doctor and he was in awful shape. His clothes were torn up and I was sure he was completely mad, but he said he could help me fix the crack in my wall. I could hear voices through it and he closed it up before anything got through." Her friends looked captivated, but who wouldn't look that way when listening to such an unbelievable story. "After he fixed the crack something started to go wrong with his box. He told me he would be back in five minutes and then he would take me with him. He said I would get to see the stars, but then he and his box disappeared and the never came back. I thought it was all a dream until I saw the messy kitchen and the broken shed. Everyone tries to tell me he isn't real, that it was just a dream or that I made it all up, but I know he is real. I just know it!"

When she finally got the courage to look at her friends and make sure they hadn't run away for fear of catching her crazy, she saw that they were both still sitting next to her. Rory was just staring at her with a look of amazement in his eyes while Mels was nodding her head like hearing Amelia's story had explained everything in the universe. "You don't think that I'm completely bonkers do you?" Amelia asked quietly.

"Well I've known you were bonkers since I first met you Amelia Pond," Mels said almost immediately, "but not because of this. I do have one question though. You said he is the Doctor, Doctor who?"

This made Amelia smile. Her friends didn't think she was loony for believing in the Doctor. "Just the Doctor, my Raggedy Doctor."

So I hope you all enjoyed that. The beginning may have been a bit slow, but I have a weird thing for fluff and details like how excited they were. I also vividly remember how exciting it was when I was a kid and my best friend would get to come home with me, so I just wanted to capture just a piece of that. We get to see how Rory reacts to hearing about Amelia's Raggedy Doctor. How is his little heart going to handle that.

As always, reviews are welcome.