Chapter 6- What the Future Holds

"Well, it looks like with your results Rory, you could pursue a job in the medical field."

"What do you mean, like a doctor?" Rory asked Mr. Nichols.

"That is correct, have you ever thought of doing anything like that?" Mr. Nichols asked.

Truth was that Rory never really put a lot of thought into his future. He never really thought he was that good at anything, so he was curious what the employment placement would tell him. He definitely was not expecting this. Rory thought it was a bit too on the nose after all of those years pretending to be the Doctor with Amy.

"I had never really thought of it." Rory told the Mr. Nichols. "What would I have to do?"

"Well, you would definitely need to keep your grades up," Mr. Nichols said flipping through the paperwork. "I will prep a packet for you. I should have it ready for you later this week. Good to see you reaching for the stars Rory."

"Thank you sir," Rory said as he stood up. He shook Mr. Nichols' hand and headed out of the classroom. He felt conflicted. Becoming a doctor might be something he was interested in, but he had also spent years dressing up as the Doctor for Amy. Is that the only reason it sounded interesting to him? While he was contemplating this, another student came up to him.

"Hey Rory, wait up."

Oh, hey…Travis," Rory said puzzled. He and Travis never spoke, in fact Rory made it a point to avoid all contact with him. Rory was not a fan of the way he treated people. He seemed like Mr. Popular in the hallways, but Rory heard how he spoke of women in the locker room.

"I need to ask you something."

"About what?" Rory was hoping that it was something simple. He wanted to get out of his presence.

"Amy just agreed to go out with me and I need some advice since you know her best."

Rory paused when he heard the news. He was in a bit of shock that Amy had actually agreed. Ever since she started dating, Amy had interacted with the popular crowd more and more often. This led to plenty of boyfriends, though she rarely dated them longer than a week. Luckily though, Amy hadn't seemed to change much. Agreeing to date Travis was making him question that, and that upset Rory.

"What do you want to know?" Rory asked not caring if he sounded upset.

"Well, I know she only has a habit of dating guys for a week or so, which actually works for me. It means I don't have much time though."

"Time for what?" Rory asked as he became more upset with every word Travis was saying. He had a feeling he knew what Jeff was about to bring up.

"Well you know Rory, I have a reputation to keep so that means I probably only have a week to work my magic and get her into bed."

Rory turned to Travis visibly upset, "Look Travis, she isn't like that. If that's all your after you should go looking elsewhere." Rory was trying to keep his voice down. He didn't want the rest of the school to hear their conversation.

Travis started in on Rory, "Look mate, just because you have been sniffing around," That's when Rory's fist interrupted what he was saying. He couldn't control himself anymore as he punched Travis in the jaw. He had never punched anyone before, but it had felt good. His hand was hurting, but it still felt good. Rory was feeling pretty great about himself until Travis punched Rory right back, dropping him to the ground.

"Rory!" he heard Amy scream. He lifted his head seeing Mels jump on Travis' back and drag him to the ground. Just as quickly a crowd of students had gathered around them cheering on the fight. Amy knelt down to Rory helping him sit up.

"Oh Rory, what the hell happened? Why'd you punch him?" Amy said checking Rory's eye.

"Well you know, he didn't like my shirt," Rory tried to joke. He saw Amy's stern look and sighed, "I'm sorry, I just wasn't a fan what he was saying." The fight was pretty much over as Amy helped Rory up to his feet. Mels was the victor and had Travis pinned to the ground, laughing at him.

"Now pretty boy, say your sorry before I mess up your face some more." Mels demanded as she threatened to punch him.

"Oh come on, he punched me first."

"Do you think I care? Apologize, now."

"Fine, I'm sorry Rory."

"All right, what's going on here?" Mr. Nichols interrupted. The teacher forced his way through the crowd as everyone went silent at his presence. Mels quickly jumped up off of Travis knowing that the scene didn't look good.

"I'm sorry Mr. Nichols. Travis tried to make a move on me in the middle of the hallway and I reacted… badly," Mels said lying. She saw Amy and Rory's looks and tried to shake them off. Rory was always bailing her out of trouble, so she thought it was time she did the same for him. After all Rory meant more to her than he could ever know

"That's not true at all," Travis tried to explain. "Rory sucker punched me, and then Mels jumped me from behind."

"He just doesn't want to admit he was beat by a girl," Mels countered.

Mr. Nichols looked at both Mels and Travis and then over at Rory. "Is this true?" he asked. Rory avoided eye contact knowing he wasn't that good of a liar, and the black eye he had wouldn't help his case. Mr. Nichols looked around at the rest of the students who didn't offer any help either, "All right then. Travis and Mels, with me, you're headed to the Head Teachers office. As for the rest of you, get back to your classes."

As everyone began to part, Amy turned to Travis, "you know that party we were going to go to this weekend, never mind." Travis walked off after Mr. Nichols angrily while Mels hung back an extra second.

"Way to go, Rory," Mels said patting Rory on the arm, "About time someone stuck it that jerk."

"Yeah well, you did all the sticking. You didn't have to take the rap for Mels."

"Yeah I know, let's just say you owe for me that. Friday night I'll plan something." Mels said smiling as she hurried after Mr. Nichols before he noticed she wasn't behind him.

"Well now, we need to get you fixed up," Amy said to Rory as she took him to the nurses office.

"Amy, I'll be fine."

"Rory, if you don't let me get some ice on that eye now, I will make sure both eyes are swollen shut by tomorrow."

"God you are so Scottish."

"Oh you love it," Amy said as Rory sat down on the bed in the Nurse's office. "Now, where is Ms. Tinsley?"

"She probably got called to the principles office to check out Mels and Travis," Rory said.

"Well, that works out then. Don't have to worry about explaining ourselves," Amy said as she grabbed an ice pack and handed it to Rory, "I'm going to need another. One thing they don't tell you about punching someone is that it hurts," Rory smirked.

Amy pulled out another ice pack and tossed it to Rory, "Here you go you idiot." She sat next to Rory giving him a small shove.

"So you were going to go on a date with Travis?" Rory asked as Amy placed the icepack on his eye. Rory held the other on his hand and grimaced a little at the pain.

"Is that why you punched him?"

"No…well, yes, sort of," Rory answered, "I mean, what were you thinking with that guy. You know his reputation. I know you like being popular but really?"

"So you were defending my honor? I don't need protecting Rory," Amy said a little upset.

"You think I don't know that. You're my best friend though Amy, and he said some things he shouldn't have. So I'm not sorry I did it," Rory shot back.

"Well, thanks," Amy said punching Rory's shoulder lightly. They sat there as Amy kept the ice pack on Rory's eye.

"About Travis," she started, "I wasn't interested in him at all. I just thought… Sharon had just called saying she was going to be gone all month. I was upset, he asked, I said yes. It was as simple as that. I regretted it the moment I did it, okay. Are you happy now?"

Rory reached up and took ahold of Amy's hand. He pulled it away so he could look at her. "I'm sorry Amy," was all Rory could say. After all these years he had hoped that Amy had realized she would never be alone as long he was there. Apparently he wasn't enough.

The way Rory was looking at her was starting to make Amy uncomfortable. She simply smiled as she placed the ice pack back on Rory's eye shaking the look off. "It's not your fault, I just do stupid things when I'm scared."

"And you call me stupid." Rory laughed a little. Even if he weren't enough, he would do everything he could to help make it better.

"Shut up or you can do this yourself," Amy said nodding towards the ice pack.

"Fine, fine, you're the smartest person ever."

"Got that right," Amy said smirking. They sat there in silence for about a minute. The look that Rory had on him a bit ago had scared Amy, and she didn't know why. She wanted to know what it meant, but was too afraid to ask. She decided to simply change the subject, "You just came from your session right? What did your employment tests say about you? You'll be pulling the tickets at the theatre isn't it."

"Actually, it said I should be a Doctor," Rory said.

"Oh my god, you're like obsessed with me aren't you," Amy joked. "We'll have to start playing Raggedy Doctor again."

"I'm serious Amy, Mr. Nichols is prepping the information for me."

"Fine, fine, if you say so. Is it something you're actually interested in?"

"I guess, I haven't given it much thought really. I enjoyed my anatomy and physiology class, so I guess it isn't too much of a stretch. I'm at least interested. Like you said though, isn't it strange that Amelia Pond's best friend is going to become a doctor?"

"Oh who cares Rory? One doesn't have anything to do with the other. All that matters is if you want to do it or not," Amy encouraged. If this was something that would make Rory happy, she wanted it for him. He was always busy trying to cheer her up so she thought that he deserved this.

"Well, we'll see. Like I said, I hadn't really given it much thought before."

The two smiled at each other as the bell rang, "So how are we doing here?" Amy smiled as she removed the ice pack from Rory's eye. "Doesn't look too bad. Blink."

Rory opened and closed his left eye a couple of times, "I think I'm going to be fine. Wonder if it's going to bruise?"

"Yeah well, I would worry more about what Mels is going to have you do."

"Oh I forgot," Rory said bemoaning his fate. "Hopefully its just a beer run or something."

"I wouldn't count on it slugger."

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