"Where were you before you came here?"
"Back at the shop…Dealin' with a customer. He was interested in one of the top hats we sell, dunno why though. They don't do anythin' for him." The Doctor stared at Vince before turning back to the console to put in the information he had acquired "So come on, where am I?"
"Inside the Tardis."
"A Tardis? Cool."
"Don't know what it is do you?"
"Nah." He shrugged as though he didn't care.
"It's a time machine."
"You mean you can go anywhere in time? You could go see the birth of Jagger or something?"
"Yeah."
"That is genius. Where did you get it?" The Doctor didn't look up from the console, he actually wanted to be alone, away from Vince and his perfectly groomed hair and colourful boots.
"You can't buy them, you grow them. Now about this shop, who was the customer?"
"I dunno, he sorta stayed in the shadows. Proper shady character if you ask me, had a cockney accent and had a bright green face with a polo for an eye."
"Right…" The Doctor half believed him and half didn't, he had never heard of such a strange person "Name of the shop?"
"Nabootique." He answered while twirling a piece of his hair with his fingers, he watched the Doctor slip on some glasses and reach inside his blazer pocket. He brought out a small metal device, which looked like a pen, immediately he pushed a button and waved it at Vince like a mini blue spotlight.
"Oi, get away." He batted his hand at the screwdriver but the Doctor persisted.
"There's nothing telling me where you came from." He waved it in the direction of Vince's hair but the man simply pushed his hand over the screwdriver.
"Not the hair." The Doctor rolled his eyes and put the sonic away safely "What was that?"
"Sonic screwdriver. Hold tight." He released the handbrake sending the Tardis into a spasm of movement causing both men to hurtle to the floor. Eventually they landed and the Doctor hopped up right away to check their surroundings on the monitor "I reckon, we are right where we should be. Right outside your shop hopefully." He grinned, the first grin Vince had seen on his face since he had met the Doctor.
They stared at each other for a while, Vince was casually still swaying with his arms crossed, the Doctor nodded to the door.
"What?" Vince asked smoothly unwrapping his arms and letting them drop into his pockets.
"The door. Go!"
"Aren't you coming?"
"Why would I need to?"
"What if I'm not at the shop? What if you were wrong?" The Doctor scratched the back of his head remembering the time he had dropped Sarah-Jane Smith off in the wrong place too "Come on in, have a cup of tea. To say thanks. We've only just met…S'not like you've got anywhere else to be." Vince shrugged making his way to the door; he waited for his new friend to follow. The Doctor thought about it, he knew where he wanted to be, however he couldn't get there. There was no possibly way of getting there so he simply shrugged back and replied with "Sure, tea sounds nice. Can't beat a lovely cuppa tea!"
"That's more like it!" Vince grinned letting the Doctor leave first.
Thankyou for the lovely reviews I thought I'd post another chapter as you've been so kind