Chapter Eleven
"Here we go. Dinner is served."
He poured something from a metal pot into some wooden bowls. He put wooden spoons inside each of them and walked over to the table. He sat a bowl down in front of Rose and Donna and went to get the last two for himself and Martha. Donna stared down at the lime green paste resting in the bowl.
"Oh, you've gotta be kidding me." She muttered to herself. "What is this stuff?"
"It's Sarmac paste, it's very nutritious." The Doctor said setting a bowl down in front of Martha and sitting down beside her.
"Yeah, but does nutritious equal edible?" Donna said.
The Doctor glanced at Rose who was quietly eating.
"Rose seems to have no problem with eating it." He said pointing to her.
Donna looked at Rose.
"How is it?" she asked her.
"It's good. Try it." Rose said.
Donna looked back at the Doctor who was giving her a pointed look. Sighing, she picked up her spoon and tried it. She swished it around in her mouth for a moment and then shrugged.
"Yeah, it's alright. I can eat it." Donna said.
The Doctor glanced at Rose.
"She's the fussy eater of the group, I guess." He said to her.
"Well, I'm sorry if I hesitate before eating things that look like something that came out of my nose." She said to him.
She spooned a mouthful of paste in her mouth as the rest of them ate quietly.
"So, tomorrow do we go back to Cocoleus Droxeminus?" Martha asked.
"Yes, because I've laid down almost 11,000 credits on those rooms and I'm not gonna let them go to waste." The Doctor replied.
"You rented rooms there again?" Rose asked him.
The Doctor smiled at her.
"Indeed I did. After battling the Sontarans, I figured we needed a rest. I have a very expensive suite there just waiting to be used."
He picked up her hand and kissed the back of it.
"And now I have someone to share it with me." He said smiling warmly.
"Well, you know, we did offer to share the bed with ya being your harem girls and all." Martha said.
Rose's eyes nearly popped out of her head.
"What?" she said as Martha and Donna snickered.
"Nothing, just a little cover story I had to make up to keep Chewbacca from shagging Donna."
Martha snorted laughter as Donna shot him a look. Rose shook her head.
"I really do need to be updated I guess." She said.
The Doctor laughed.
"Anyway, that is what is awaiting us tomorrow. A room in our favorite resort."
"Ooo, I can't wait." Rose said. "I hope our stay will be just as good as last time."
Martha and Donna looked at each other.
"Why? What happened last time?" Martha said leaning into the Doctor.
"None of your business." The Doctor said stiffly.
"Aw, come on, Doctor. We wanna hear." Martha said.
"Yeah, give us all the sordid details." Donna added.
"You won't get so much as a peep from me. What happens in Cocoleus Droxeminus stays in Cocoleus Droxeminus." He said.
Martha and Donna groaned.
"Well, to be fair, you could tell them about sneaking into the massage room with a can of whipped cream that one night and----"
The Doctor slammed his hand over Rose's mouth as both Martha and Donna perked up.
"Really?" Martha said looking at the Doctor. "What about the massage room and the whipped cream?"
"None of your business!" the Doctor said as all three women giggled. "And if you ask me again, you're gonna find a load of Sarmac paste up your nose."
He glanced over at Rose.
"Shut it, Tyler." He said when he noticed she was opening her mouth.
Rose raised her hands in a what? Gesture. She giggled as the Doctor shook his head and spooned Sarmac paste into his mouth.
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"Well, good night, you two." The Doctor said.
He and Rose were standing outside the door to one bedroom and Martha and Donna were standing across the hall outside the other bedroom.
"Goodnight, you two. See you in the morning." Martha said.
"Night." Donna said.
"Night, guys, see you in the morning." Rose said.
Martha and Donna nodded. They watched as the Doctor put his arm around Rose's shoulder and led her into the bedroom. Then, they turned and went inside the other one.
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Martha and Donna snickered as they lay in beds next to each other. For the past half hour they had been listening to the Doctor and Rose moaning and snogging each other across the hall.
"Blimey," Donna whispered. "If this is how it's gonna be on the TARDIS, I think I'm moving to a bedroom near the back of the ship."
"Same here."
They put their hands over their mouths when they heard Rose moan the Doctor's name.
"I guess this is making up for lost time." Martha whispered to Donna.
"I guess so." Donna whispered back. "I would tell them to get a room, but I guess that's pointless since they already have one."
They giggled softly. The two of them listened as the Doctor let out another moan.
"For Christ's sake, have some consideration for your companions across the way, would ya?" Donna muttered as Martha put her hand over her mouth and laughed.
They listened for a few minutes more.
"Hey, Martha?" Donna whispered.
"What?"
"Do you dare me to go over there and tell them to knock it off?"
Martha's eyes widened.
"You wouldn't." she said.
"Oh no, try me. I wanna get to sleep sometime tonight."
Martha paused and listened to the snogging and moaning.
"Okay, I dare ya." She said.
She laughed softly as Donna rose from the bed.
"Be back in a minute." She said.
Martha put her hand over her mouth as she watched Donna walk around her bed and leave the room. She held her breath, listening intently. For a couple of minutes, she heard only the moans and kissing sounds and then suddenly…
"OI! KNOCK IT OFF! SOME OF US ARE TRYING TO SLEEP!"
She heard the Doctor and Rose scream and then the Doctor yelling…
"DONNA! GET THE HELL OUTTA HERE RIGHT NOW!"
Martha turned her head and planted her face in the cushion trying to muffle her hysterical laughter as Donna ran back into the room and leapt into bed.
"I can't believe you did that!" Martha whispered to her when she calmed down enough. "What were they doing?"
"Just kissing. Nothing sexual or anything. Both of them still had their clothes…"
She trailed off. Martha frowned and turned over. She saw the Doctor standing in the doorway, arms folded across his chest as he glared at Donna angrily.
"I hope you enjoyed that little stunt, because I assure you my door will be tripled bolted once we get on board the TARDIS." He said to her.
"I'm sorry, Doctor, but you were being noisy over there. Martha and I would like to sleep, you know." Donna said.
The Doctor looked down at Martha who gave him a look of innocence.
"I'm giving you one warning. If I find you in my room again, I will carry you to a blast crater, stick you in it, dump Sarmac paste in up to your neck and then Rose and I will leave you behind. And don't think I won't carry out that threat, because trust me, I will. Now good night to the both of you."
"Good night, Doctor." Donna and Martha said in unison.
He eyed both of them and then walked out of the room. Martha looked over her shoulder and then looked back at Donna.
"That took guts, even I would have never dared to go in there." She whispered to her.
"Well, that's why we got snogging sounds half the night. You gotta show the Doctor who's boss around here." Donna said. "We don't have to listen to him making out all night."
"Then, when we leave in the morning, you can stay here, how's that?" the Doctor said poking his head back in the room. "Because I have no problem dropping companions off, especially those who are gonna be trouble. Because sadly for you, I am the boss and what I say goes. Just throwing that tidbit out before I go to bed. Night night."
He stuck his head back out. Martha and Donna waited a moment more and then erupted into a fresh set of giggles before the two of them shut their eyes and drifted off to sleep.