Jenny's P.O.V.
I liked going to my new school, the students there actually liked me and I was able to learn something for a change. I especially loved the meals there, the chips were amazing! The only thing I hated was that we had to wear uniforms there.
Recently Dad had been making sleep over at Jessica's flat a lot more lately. He had been acting strange for a while now, he barely talked to me anymore; he just played his violin as he stared out of the window. John was acting strange too, he never talked about anything but me. Something was going on with them, something big and bad, and I was gonna figure it out.
"Jessica?" I called through her flat. One of the officers had dropped me off after school. I looked around her flat for her quietly.
I knocked her door softly and when I got no response I opened it slowly. I saw something that I didn't expect; Jessica was asleep on her bed. I'd never seen her sleep before. But I guess that it wouldn't make sense if she didn't.
I looked at her for a few moments. It had been a few months since she came back, and she was still a little injured. She looked so different, she wasn't the happy police officer; she looked like a scared little girl that would break if you touched her all bundled up in her covers.
I quietly closed the door and went back out to her living room. I was about to set down my bag when I was hit with a sudden idea; I could go see what dad was hiding at the flat while Jessica was asleep.
I sat there for a minute thinking before I checked that Jessica was soundly asleep and quietly snuck out of her flat. I felt my heart pounding in my chest as I looked around at the busy street. I took a deep breath and considered I quickly walked home, walking next to couples so I wouldn't look like I was on my own.
I quickly stopped walking behind an older couple when I reached 221b and opened the door quietly. I heard some voices coming from upstairs. I placed my school stuff at the bottom of the stairs so it wouldn't make any noise. Then I carefully walked up the stairs slowly, trying to avoid the creakiest parts of the stairway. Il was breathing softly through my mouth, something dad taught me to do.
I crept noiselessly up to the door to the flatt. I carefully placed my ear to it in time to hear John speak.
"It would help if you were a tiny bit more specific."
"So you faked your own death in order to get ahead of them." Dad said, making me confused. Who would fake their death?
"It worked for a while." A female voice that I didn't recognise spoke.
"Except you let John know that you were alive, and therefore me."
"I knew you'd keep my secret."
"You couldn't."
"It's not here. We're not stupid." John butted in.
"Then what have you done with it? If they've guessed you've got it, they'll be watching you." The woman said.
"If they've been watching me, they'll know that I took a safety deposit box at a bank on the Strand a few months ago." Dad replied. From what I was picking up, the woman was a client of sorts, and had been for awhile now. She was probably the reason that they were acting strange.
"I need it."
"Well, we can't just go and get it, can we?" John started. "Molly Hooper. She could collect it, take it to Bart's; then one of your homeless networ-" I didn't hear the rest of what he was saying because I heard the door below me open. I looked over the banister to see Jessica smirking up at me. She put her finger to her lips before motioning me to come down.
I did what I was told and took the same route I'd taken when I walked up. I silently picked up my bag and walked outside with Jessica.
"I can explain, Jessica." I said once we were outside. Jessica laughed softly.
"It's okay Jenny, you were curious about what Sherlock and John were hiding. But I think next time you should asked before you do something rash, alright?" her hand was on my shoulder as she steered me back towards her flat.
"Okay." I said in a small voice.
"Okay, good. Do you want anything to eat when we get to the flat?"
"No, I'm good, thanks."
"Alright." She said as she opened the door to her building. I ran up the stairs and went inside her flat quickly so I could change out of my stupid uniform.
I came out of the spare room to see Jessica on the couch with a cup of tea reading something in a file or something. I put my uniform in my bag before I turned around to face Jessica. Maybe this would be the right time to ask her.
"Umm...Jessica?" I asked softly, not really wanting to disturb her.
"Yeah, Jenny?" She looked up from reading.
"I've, ummm, been wanting to, um, ask you something for a while now."
"Alright, was is it?" She smiled and ut her tea down as I sat next to her on the couch.
"So, since I can remember, ever since dad and John found me, I've been having dreams about this awesome girl named Senlor Sigma and her life while she was in school. And one night, she said her full name was Jessica Senlor Sigma Pond, and that she got her first and last name from her mum and her middle names from her dad. And I don't know what your middle name or names are, so am I dreaming about you, because that would be so cool..." I rambled on. When I finally looked up at her face she had an amused smiled.
"Wow, Jenny, you have such an imagination. Just so you know, my middle name is Melody. See, when someone is around someone else a lot, they tend to turn up in their dreams. When did you learn that she also had Jessica Pond as a name, before or after you met me?" My heart fell a little, I had never really thought about that.
"Umm, after. So if that isn't what your childhood was like, what was it like?"
"Umm, well," she laughed a bit, "I guess my childhood was pretty normal, I went to school, I lived with my parents, I had friends like Stanley Sullivan, Ethan Nichols, Becca Richards, Olivia Heathers, and a couple others. I guess I decided young that I wanted to help people and make a difference, and now I'm cop. So, yeah, not that exciting." She laughed and I giggled softly with her. "Now, don't you have some homework to do?"
"Aww, do I have to?" I whined.
"Yes," She whined back
"Fine." I grumbled and got that out of my bag. She laughed as she stood up and stretched.
"Good." She patted my head and walked down the hallway to her bedroom. I slightly sneered at her as she walked away and started doing my homework.
Jessica's P.O.V.
I sighed as I walked over to my dresser and picked up a golden with Gallifreyan words written on it. It was Jenny's watch that I had taken a while back when I was at 221b because I knew she would lose eventually lose it, and well, she needed it, so she'd become me. I ran my thumb over the engravings. It was really freaking me out that inside that little watch, were all of my memories of my childhood, of Rullana and our friends, of my earliest travels, of when I was a professor at the Academy, of my family, of...the war.
Bits of my memories were flashing through my head, until finally I was thinking about my nightmare. It was always the same one, everytime I closed my eyes. Every time I would look at the people that I loved, or even the innocent bystanders that got caught in the crossfire. All of my dad's regenerations that I've met are there, so are my mum's, and my grandparents stood there too. Basically, everyone in my life would end up there.
I shuddered and felt my eyes sting a bit, so I put the watch away in a box in my closet.
I took a deep breath and looked at myself in the mirror. I was going to walk out of my room when I got a text from John, asking if it was alright if Jenny could stay the night. I quickly replied to say that was fine and went to go tell Jenny.
But I stopped in the hallway when I saw her sleeping on top of her homework. I laughed quietly as gently picked her up and carried her to the bed in the spare bedroom.
After I shut the door, I looked at my watch to see it was only about 6:30. So she'd definitely wake up sometime during the night. I sighed and went back to reading a case file on the couch with my tea.
Jenny's P.O.V.
I smiled over Nickoli across the table. He had asked me to accompany him while our chapter went to the Citadel. I knew that this was going to happen sooner or later, but I was hoping for later. We were eating lunch that the Academy had provided us for the day.
He kept talking to me, trying to flirt as he told a story about one of his classes. Nickoli was only a little bit older than me, there was a 20 year age gap. I kept smiling and nodding as he continued talking, trying to ignore the horrible feeling in my stomach. I tried to pay attention, but my thoughts kept wandering to Rullana and how much more fun it would be with him.
"Oh, my Rassilon, Senlor, look at the time, we should be getting back sooner. I guess time flies when you're having fun, as the humans say." he laughed.
"Yeah," I laughed softly, "I guess." I quickly walked with him back the the Academy not really saying much. Once he had gave me an awkward hug and said goodnight, he finally left.
I sighed in relief and walked through the door to my dormitory. I walked through the short hallway that opened up into a large circular room with brightly shining golden walls and floors that you could clearly see your reflection in. around the room there were 5 blood red couches accompanied by small wooden table between 5 golden doors.
I slowly walked to the door that had my name on it and opened it up to my room. I sighed and flung myself onto my round bed and snuggled into my golden soft sheets without bothering to change.
The next morning I carefully weaved in and out of all of the students to get to my friends. As soon as I sat down between Rullana and Aivilo, Azile's head shot up with an evil grin.
"So, Ms. Sen, how, might I ask, was your date last night?" She said leaning onto the table. Suddenly, almost everyone's attention was on me.
"I ummm..." I felt my cheeks heat up a bit. "I couldn't help but think that it be more fun, with someone else. I had a really bad feeling with him. Sooo, I don't think that there will be a second one." I laughed and they laughed with me. I smiled as we continued our breakfast of the freeze dried pills.
We sat there longer than we needed too, just to talk with each other. After I took my pill I hiccuped.
"Bless you." Rullana smiled over at me and I rolled my eyes
"Thank you" "You're welcome." We said at the same time. He smirked at me as I rolled my eyes again.
"Are you ready to go to Universal Com.?" I asked as I stood up. Everyone else was saying goodbye and heading to their own classes.
"Yeah, sure, let's go." He jumped up and started pulling me to our next class. I laughed as I followed him.
Jenny's P.O.V.
My eyes slowly fluttered open and I stretched before I became fully aware of where I was. I sat up and looked around the familiar room that I immediately recognised as Jessica's spare room.
I stretch one more time before I got off the bed and went to look out of the window. I could still see the stars outside, so i safely assumed that it was the early hours of the morning. I yawned and walked out of the room quietly towards the kitchen. I walked past Jessica, who looked like she was asleep even though she was still sitting up with the file from earlier in her hand.
As if she could sense that I was staring at her, she peeked open eye to look at me before she opened her other one.
"Good morning, Jenny." she got off the couch and stretched. "Are you hungry now?"
I nodded my head tiredly and followed her to the kitchen.
"What do you want?" She asked as she opened the fridge.
"I dunno."
"What about some cereal?" she looked over at my, and I nodded my head. She smile softly and got us bowls of Lucky Charms.
We ate in silence, mostly because I was to tired to talk. After I had finished, I set my bowl in the sink and yawned.
"Why don't you go back to bed, Jenny?" Jessica asked.
"I don't wanna." She laughed.
"Come on." She gently grabbed my hand and led me back to bed. She gently tucked my head and brushed a few hairs out of my face. She rested her hand on my temple as she said goodnight. I tried to say goodnight, but I was almost immediately asleep again.