"Hey Doctor?" Donna said, she was sitting on the captains seat flicking through a magazine, the doctor was fixing a 'big red button' that was stuck in the down position which slowly frustrated him until the point of him stopping the TARDIS in the middle of a burning supernova just to fix the stupid button resulting in a very relaxed and endlessly bored Donna. The Doctor looked up in response to Donna's voice, his sonic screwdriver between his mouth.
"Hmm?" he said still fiddling with the button trying to move it but it wouldn't budge. Donna sat up slightly in her seat, she closed her magazine, placed it in her lap and her arms over it.
"I'd like to see gramps when your done with your 'big red amazing button'," The Doctor tilted his head as if to say why. "Because.. I just read this one story about this girl who went to travel the world and she came back eventually five years later to find nothing, her family either moved on or passed away and it got me thinking, I don't see gramps or my mother as much as I should... time is short right Doctor?" The Doctor was still listening to her try to explain her actions as she babbled. "I mean I am happy here don't get me wrong but I am from Earth after all and my family are down there right, not that I want to go home permanently because I don't! God no I just want to visit every so often to make sure everything is okay" While Donna was babbling the Doctor had finished the repair, set the co-ordinates for London,Chiswick and had landed them before going over to stand in front of her, hands in pockets swaying on his heels awkwardly as he attempted to bring her out of her babble bubble.
"Donna" He said eventually when he realised she wouldn't stop.
"-I mean please don't take it the wrong way but -"
"Donna" The Doctor sing song'd along, knowing she wasn't paying attention to the fact he was in front of her.
"and this every experience has open my mind to everything-" The Doctor looked to the floor, chuckled with a smile he shook his head.
"Donna" The Doctor said slightly loud rolling his eyes. "DONNA!" he raised his voice into a yell, that did the trick Donna snapped her head up to see him standing there, she blushed a deep red.
"I was babbling again wasn't I?" she mumbled, the Doctor nodded with a small smile. "You were standing there for some time weren't you?" the Doctor stuck his tongue out the side of his mouth as he checked his watch.
"Fifteen minutes, 10 seconds." he answered. She hid her face blushing even more. "We are at your granddad and mothers house ," he said throwing his thumb over his shoulder towards the TARDIS doors. "If you still want to go in that is, was going to visit them anyway, Wilf loves to listen to our adventures."
Donna who was still blushing got up nodding her head. The Doctor walked forward with a grin. "Hey," he touched her chin "Babbling means you care a lot about what I think, you do not need to think too much about me Donna I understand you, your my Earthgirl" She smiled a big smile and hugged him, Something in Donna warmed up when the Doctor referred to her as his, what was this feeling? it was alien to her, shrugging it off, walking side by side they exited the TARDIS, locked her up and within seconds were knocking on Donna's old front door.
The Doctor looked to the front door seeing the doorbell he grinned, poking it and hearing the bell quietly chime. "Beautiful squishy buttons why can't I get one of these for the TARDIS?" The Doctor said to Donna happily, Donna who looked to the blue box as it let of a loud chime of its own in protest making the Doctor jump, "apparently she already has one" the Doctor glared back at his ship, readjusting himself, Donna chuckled shaking her head.
"Now, now children play nicely, we're visiting family."Donna chuckled attempting to keep peace and break up the glaring competition that seemed to be going on between the Doctor and the TARDIS.
Their attention was both drawn to the door when they heard the chains rattle and a tired looking Slyvia answered the door.
"Hell-o" she greeted in shock she simply stood to the side and let them in, Donna inwardly groaned, a shocked mother meant an angry, question filled conversation would follow, as they walked into the house the smell of muffins and cookies hit the air, it smelt sweet, it smelt like a home, warm and cosy. In the kitchen Wilf was sat at the table fiddling with his telescope which appeared to be broken, his face distorted between sadness and frustration, The Doctor saw this and frowned he sat right in front of Wilf, took the offending parts, placing them in front of himself, getting his tools out from his 'bigger on the inside' pockets, Wilf looked up in surprise and Donna just crossed her arms from the hallway with a smile.
"Doctor!" Wilf exclaimed happily, Donna coughed, Wilf turned quickly and jumped up pulling Donna in a tight embrace, "Donna!, love your both back!"
"Yes we are gramps!" Donna smiled happily, Wilf dragged Donna to the table where Donna took a seat opposite the Doctor who was concentrating on putting the screws back in the golden frame. Donna took out her pocket a clip for the video camera they had got him a few months back to store all their tapes of adventures for him and his own leisure, Wilf's face lit up when Donna gave him the new chip and he grasped it heartily.
"So how are you both?" he asked with a big smile, The Doctor passed Wilf his telescope with a smile.
"very good Wilf, I fixed your telescope for you, just the lens loose was all, Donna here loves-s to babble, had to stand there for fifteen minutes just to tell her we were outside her home!" Donna blushed again and shot the Doctor a glare as they both laughed loudly, Donna then shushed the Doctor, realising her mother was now re-entering the room and she was not in a good mood at all.
Moments later Sylvia came storming in. "How dare you after months of no contact and whisking my daughter off, come in here and laugh like you've been out and gone for ten minutes!" The Doctor looked to Wilf who looked to him and then they both looked to Donna who was biting her tongue already, prepared for the emotional and verbal slaughter she was about to receive, Sylvia snapped her graze to Donna and pointed. "And what about you young lady! Who do you think you are leaving with that man and coming back with NO explanation!"
"Sorry mum" was all Donna said, then resumed biting her lip. Sylvia glared at her from behind, She was leaning up against the kitchen work top.
"Is that all you have to say Donna?, 10 months its been!" she exclaimed,"I understand if you actually did something with your life like work instead of travel with him all the time but Donna come on! Him- why- why him- " Donna tuned out her mothers rant but she could see the Doctor wincing every time she pointed anger towards him, slowly it made Donna want to snap, it made her protective of her spaceman so eventually Donna whipped around sick of hearing her mother run her mouth and spoil things for everyone.
"I've been busy, I actually asked to come home to visit, It wasn't just a random TARDIS glitch, or an 'Alien thing' it was my choice mum, granddad was happy to see me, AND," Donna put emphasis on the word while narrowing her eyes. "the Doctor why can't you accept that I love what I go a see and do? The Doctor is apart of my life now regardless and I am apart of his, do you think the Doctor wants to hear how much you don't want him around, he's right here, a person, an Alien but still a person, I told him I wanted to come back, he didn't have to fly me home or stay with me in the God damn house and trust me your making me regret asking already" Donna said straight out and too the point rendering her mother speechless.
The Doctor cleared his throat, standing up and taking his brown jacket off revealing a blue shirt underneath, "who want's cup of tea?"
"Go on then" Wilf nodded towards the cup he held out which the Doctor took, he looked towards Donna, she smiled with a nod.
"Yes please Spaceman, you make a lovely cup for someone not British!" The Doctor stuck out his tongue.
"Ah stereotypes, Lovely." the Doctor grinned, before straightening his face to gain eye contact with Sylvia.
"tea?" he asked quietly.
"Yes please Doctor" Sylvia simply stated with no emotion or any indication that those manners were even true within that sentence.
Oh boy, this is going to be a long day Donna thought.