Disclaimer: David Tennant: Oi, you!
Me: [Drools at him.]
David Tennant: You can't possibly own Doctor Who!
Me: [Absently agrees with him.]
Kate: David, I think she's in love with you.
Me: [Absently agrees with her.] [Addresses readers] I, sadly, do not own Doctor Who. Sadly.
A/N: Sorry for the short first chapter! I'll try to make them longer, I promise! ;-)
I love Doctor Who.
The Doctor sat in his new apartment with the TARDIS parked in the corner. It looked quite odd, if he did say so himself, and he did. He wanted to be mad at the TARDIS for getting him in this mess. He did not want to be grading papers.
He glowered at the papers in front of him. They mocked his timelordiness. They were fitted with misspelled words and very few were punctuated properly.
He wanted to tear apart the paper he had his hands. It had misspelled words on each and every sentence. His OCD was really starting to kick in. As he wrote a large, fat 'F' on top of the paper, he quickly noted that the 'F' now resided beside the name of Donna Noble. She had seemed fairly competent during class. If she had seemed to be a good student, then...
He set the paper down and clutched his hair in between his fingers. He groaned as he let himself fall back on his bed. This would be a long year, indeed.
I love Doctor Who.
Donna got up early the next day. Her thoughts fluttered back to the English class the day before. She had been so frustrated that all the girls were trying to outdo each other just to try and 'woo' him. So, for whatever reason her mind cooked up, she did as horribly as she could on the writing assignment. Probably to show that stupid, new teacher that not everyone was falling over their feet for him.
Nope. Not her. Definitely not her.
She had noted that there was something particularly odd about him. When he spoke, he spoke about Shakespeare as if he had actually known him. Also, he seemed to always have a close eye on the shadows, as if they would jump out and attack him.
Donna let out a sigh as she threw he backpack over her shoulder. She scurried down the stairs and into the kitchen.
She quickly set to work making a large bowl of cereal. Just as she spooned the first bite into her mouth, her mother bombarded the kitchen.
"Donna, sweetheart, good morning." Her mother started pouring herself up some coffee.
"Morning, mum." Donna replied, feigning to still be half asleep. She lazily dipped her spoon into the enticing bowl of cereal and brought it to her mouth.
"How was your first day?" Her mother asked as she was busied with her task.
"Dandy." Donna replied to her with a mouth full of food. She hoped that it would mask the despair in her voice. When her mother didn't reply back, so she assumed that it had.
When her mother finally finished, she walked out of the room and Donna could hear the faint sound of the telly being turned on.
She sighed heavily and laid her head down on the table. She wished she could just go and crawl back into that blissfully warm bed of hers.
"You okay, dear?" Gramp's voice filtered through her mind.
Donna quickly pulled her head up and gave him a reassuring grin, "Yeah, I'm fine."
Wilf gave her a slightly suspicious look, but didn't mention anything more.
When the time came around, Donna once again adorned her back with her backpack and called out through the house that she was leaving for school and if she was going to be home late that she would call.
Donna buried her hands in her jacket pockets as she walked the few blocks to her school. She tried her hardest to be optimistic for the day and hoped that it would be better. She had a sick feeling though that there was someone watching her.
But there was no one around.
As she finally walked up to the front doors of the school, her friends motioned for her to doing them. Donna smiled at them.
"Hi, Lisa, Jasmine!" She allowed her face to light up when she saw them. They always knew how to make her feel better. And she was going to need cheering up, because her first period class was English.
Jasmine enveloped Donna in a big hug. She was a tall girl with curly, blond hair that framed her face. Her deep blue eyes that captivated even the sea. Jasmine gave her a large grin and started up, "So, what'd you think of that new doctor character? Charming, isn't he?"
Donna groaned. "Seriously, tell me your not absolutely zonked by him, too?"
Jasmine grinned and winked to that. "Sorry, I have to say I am."
"Lisa and I both have him first period. The whole period all you hear is those stupid fangirls whisper among each other about how 'hot' he is." Donna crossed her arms and huffed.
Even Lisa joined in with Jasmine, "Well, you've gotta admit, his hair is pretty bloody awesome. Too bad he's not a ginger."
Donna rolled her eyes as the bell rang. They said their good-byes and walked to class.
I love Doctor Who.
Lisa and Donna sat in their desks quietly listening to Doctor ramble on about something that he was sure was important to know.
Donna's head rested on her hand and her eyes drooped slightly, sleep threatening to overtake her.
Her eyes languidly watched him as he bounced about the room, waving his arms in wild gestures as he explained the day's subject.
She noticed that he tended to get distracted on a topic and get too far gone on it to remember the point he was trying to get through in the first place. Of course, those sodding fangirls thought it was adorable.
After a while, Donna gave up on trying to listen to him, and was now doodling on her paper. Suddenly, she was gripped by an image in her head. Her fingers were moving before her mind told them to. Donna gave her paper a curiously look, she'd drawn one of those old police boxes. The image of it overwhelmed her.
But she didn't have the slightest clue why.
"Ms. Noble, would you care to repeat what I just said?" I vaguely heard the Doctor's voice say.
When Donna didn't respond, the Doctor took some long strides toward her desk to see what she was peering at.
Suddenly, the paper was torn from her desk by him and she was staring at a blank desk.
Her gave snapped up to meet his.
His mouth was slightly agape as he stared at the paper, and if she didn't know better, he had an flushed look about his face. After a few long moments, his eyes met hers.
"Ah, well, um, yes... Care to explain why your intent is to draw a police box instead of listening to the lesson?"
Donna said the first thing that came to mind. "Well, I sort of have an infatuation with police boxes, you see. Can't help it... Cops are hot. What can I say?"
She barely managed to stammer the sentence out and Lisa gave her a very amused look.
The Doctor gazed at her a moment longer and said, "Well, I trust that from now on, you'll be listening, yes?"
She rambled another reply, "Err, yes, sir."
She definitely had just lied through her teeth.
She wasn't really listening no, but it seemed like she was paying attention. Donna watched the Doctor suspiciously.
She had another thing to add to the list of his weird behaviors. People don't flush at the sight of a police box. Well, at least unless they've done something illegal. But those were old and not in use anymore.
She pondered on him until the bell rang. She even managed to get a few notes copied down from Lisa, who handed them over to her with a giggle. Donna glared at Lisa and said, "Hush, you."
I love Doctor Who.
At the end of the school day, Donna found herself talking to both Lisa and Jasmine once more.
"You guys want to go see that new film? I heard it's pretty good." Jasmine suggested.
Both of the other girls eagerly agreed. It'd been a while since they had a good girls night out.
"One sec. I have to call my mum and tell her I'll be late or she might start having kittens... or something." Donna made a face as she tagged on 'or something' at the end. Donna pulled out her cell and dialed the familiar number of her mum's.
It rang several times until the voice mail came up. "Hey, mum, it's me. I'm going to go see a movie with Lisa and Jasmine. Don't wait up for me, 'kay? Love you. Bye."
"Okay." Donna addressed the girls, "We're good to go." She flashed them a smile.
I love Doctor Who.
"Oh, I'll be fine, guys. You know I have super secret ninja skills." Donna winked as her friends as she assured them that she would be fine to walk home alone in the dark.
"Don't you guys worry. I'll call when I get home." This seemed to rest their spirits a little bit.
The girls went their separate ways.
The film had been pretty good, but the other two girls had ended up getting on the topic of the Doctor and Donna had ended up ignoring them for the better part of dinner as they unashamedly talk about his 'hotness'.
Donna walked on the dark sidewalk with her hands in her pockets. Her eyes glanced around every so often. The feeling of being watched flooded over her again. She heard a crash from down the street. She jumped, face drained of color. A cat, most likely. But it startled her nonetheless
She picked up the speed of her pace as weariness grew in her chest. She turned down a familiar ally way she always took to get home quicker.
She instantly regretted it.
Donna Noble now stood face to face with a monster half hidden in the shadows. The only thing she seemed to notice about it was it's pitch black eyes and teeth longer than her pencils.
It took a step towards her, and growled menacingly.
Donna screamed.
Ahhh, suspense. Love it.