Author's Note: Apparently I overwrote Chapter 4, so I am attempting to recreate it from memory. My apologies for the confusion at the later references to the tour of Jeanne's rooms that disappeared.
The Doctor was very glad to see the doors to the console room open when they arrived, and immediately went to the console to ascertain where they were, and found they were floating along in the currents of the Time Vortex. He flipped a couple of switches and turned a few knobs, uncertain what to say to the young women he didn't want there, and who he knew nothing about. Yet he didn't want to ask questions because then it might seem he was curious about her and he didn't want that. So there was a long silence as he walked around the console and Jeanne walked around the console room, looking around, brushing her hands up against the walls, the coral struts that lifted up high into the ceiling. Finally, one question popped out of his mouth that he couldn't resist asking.
"Why didn't you ask?" Jeanne paused and turned to face him, "Ask what?"
"Why didn't you ask how its bigger on the inside than on the outside?" She looked around and smiled, "Wow, I guess it is, I didn't really think about it, I was in shock from the spider and the explosion and everything that happened, and when Ardi spoke to me, I couldn't think about anything but following her."
Ardi's voice flowed into both of their minds, "I have her rooms ready now, come Jeanne, I'm eager to show them to you, I hope you like them." The Doctor cleared his throat, "We need groceries and you need to refuel, so I'll drop us down in Cardiff while you two take your tour."
Jeanne gave a half-hearted wave in the Doctor's direction and headed back out the doors into the depths of the TARDIS. The Doctor frowned and stared at the console, wondering how he could manage living with a companion he didn't want... and did she like bananas? They're good for you, full of potassium.
Jeanne followed Ardi's directions through a winding set of corridors that ended in a large set of dark wooden doors. Ardi materialized next to her, using the same figure as before. "Go ahead, open them, open them." Ardi's enthusiasm reminded Jeanne of her daughter's excitement at Christmas, and she pushed open the doors and gasped in shock at the beautiful bedroom before her. There was a four poster bed with a canopy, a comfortable sofa, lots of tables and chairs and bookcases, and even a pretended window with sunlight shining through upon a small flowering plant sitting on the window sill.
Jeanne looked around her in amazement. "You did all of this.. for me... so quickly? How is it possible?" Ardi smiled, "The TARDIS is my body, I can rearrange it however I like. There are lots of pieces of furniture in storage so its a piece of banana bread to furnish any room any way I'd like." Jeanne smiled at her and said, "Piece of cake." Ardi frowned, "Are you hungry?" Jeanne laughed, the first true laugh she could remember in weeks and said, "No, the figure of speech for something being very easy is piece of cake, not piece of banana bread." Ardi smiled, "My Doctor says banana bread because he loves bananas, they are good for you and have lots of potassium." Jeanne nodded, and then saw there were a couple of doors in the room. She moved to the first one.
It opened into a master bathroom with a shower, tub, and jacuzzi, in soft peach tones it exuded a relaxing sensation just being in the room.
The second door opened into an enormous wardrobe that was overflowing with clothes. Ardi said, "I moved some things that would fit you from the main TARDIS wardrobe, I can make you more things if you tell me what you like." Jeanne pictured spending hours playing dress-up with the old fashioned clothing she saw hidden in the mass of clothing.
There was one more door, which led to a hallway, empty except for a door at the other end. Frowning, she looked at Ardi for an explanation. "This leads to the library, I made you your own entrance, so you and the Doctor won't bump into each other. I thought you'd like to read." Jeanne moved to the end of the hall and opened the door to library and gasped in shocked. The TARDIS library made the one from "Beauty and the Beast" seem tiny in comparison. It was as if every book ever written or that ever would be written in the universe were in one room. There were comfortable sofas and chairs scattered around the room, and fireplaces to curl up in front of with a good book. Jeanne turned and threw herself into Ardi's startled embrace.
"Thank you, thank you Ardi, this is the most amazing gift anyone has ever given me. A second chance at life." Ardi held Jeanne as she cried some of the tears that had been held back for two weeks.
