Finally Evie found herself standing on the village green with her grandparents waiting for the fete Queen's procession to come in so she could wave to her sisters. Lynn, her grandmother, had forbidden her husband from asking their oldest granddaughter to help with the animal events. Evie was grateful because she could hang out with her friends instead.

As they waited beside the craft stand, Evie suddenly realised that the man from yesterday was watching her again. It was slightly creepy. This time she refused to look away so that he couldn't disappear again. He was quite good-looking, she decided, and wearing a pin striped suit and long brown mac with converse. It was a strange outfit, but Evie had to admit that it looked good.

"Here they are!" Lynn exclaimed proudly, making her granddaughter jump. In the split second that she moved her gaze to the street, the man had vanished again. Evie was totally confused. There was nowhere he could have hidden in that short time.

"Where did he go?" She muttered.

"Hmmm? Who, sweetheart?" Lynn asked looking at her distractedly.

"Oh… no one…" Evie said slowly. Lynn put an arm round her shoulders and they directed their attention back towards the float moving slowly towards them. Evie smiled as she saw her younger sisters side by side next to the Fete Queen, who happened to be one of the teenager's best friends, Sarah Baker.

Grinning as Sarah gave her a massive wink, Evie gave her grandmother a kiss on the cheek and walked slowly towards her as she jumped down. Sarah lifted Erin down before helping Millie off the float as well. Evie gave them both a tight hug as her friend spoke.

"They were my best ladies in waiting! Absolutely gorgeous!" She said grinning. Evie's sisters grinned back before running over to their grandparents. "They loved it!"

"I bet they did." Evie agreed, linking her arm through her friend's and walking slowly away from the float. "And I bet you did, too?" Sarah grinned and laughed. Evie envied her; she was tall, skinny, blonde and effortlessly beautiful. All the guys were crazy about her, but she didn't even notice.

"Who's that guy?" Sarah asked suddenly, pointing over to the phone box on the corner of the green. Evie was stunned to realise it was her guy, that was what she'd started referring to him as in her head, watching her again.

"I dunno… I've seen him a couple of times, but every time I look away, even for a split second, he's gone. I was starting to think I was seeing things." She was immensely relieved that her friend had seen his as well.

"He's cute…" Sarah giggled as Poppy, their other friend joined them, closely followed by Sam. Like Sarah, Poppy was blonde but her hair was a darker blonde than her friend's. Sam was as dark as Evie. All three of Evie's friends, like so many people in the area, lived on farms but they, unlike her, had known nothing else and quite liked the life.

"Who's cute?" Poppy asked, looking around for whoever the girls were talking about. Sam, who the three girls were almost sure was gay, tried surreptitiously looking around as well, without them noticing. Sarah, Poppy and Evie exchanged a look, eyebrows raised at this, but didn't comment knowing how sensitive he could be.

"Never mind." Evie said with a sigh, realising that, once again, her guy had vanished. "No one important."

x

As the sun was setting, Evie waited for her granddad to finish his conversation and his beer. Her Nan had taken the girls home and Evie had offered to wait for Steven, to make sure that he made it in one piece. Betty, the cow, had been awarded first place in her class at the dogs, Jett and Casper, had also won their classes, so her Granddad was celebrating with his friends. She leant back on the bench, watching the last few people at the fete milling around. Her friends had all gone home so she was left to her own thoughts.

"Hello." A voice said beside her. Evie nearly jumped out of her skin at the proximity of whoever had spoken. She turned and set eyes on her guy.

"What the… you nearly gave me a heart attack." She said staring at him in astonishment. Closer up he was even more good-looking than she'd thought. Self-consciously Evie pulled at her top, making herself more presentable. Her guy grinned.

"Sorry… I'm the Doctor." He held out his hand. Giving him an odd look, Evie shook it hesitantly.

"I'm Evie, Evie Jones." She said slowly, not sure why she'd told him that. She was usually incredibly suspicious of strangers. That's what growing up in London did to you, she supposed. "The Doctor? Doctor who?"

"Exactly." He said, making her even more confused. "Nice to meet you Evie Jones. I've already had a Jones, Martha. Martha Jones. Didn't think I'd have another one so soon, but there we go! Well when I say soon… I sort of had Astrid since Martha… but she doesn't really count. Donna does though, Donna definitely counts."

Evie looked around her, wondering what on earth was happening. The man, the Doctor, was rambling away to himself and not making a lot of sense. Her Granddad had another full pint in front of him now and didn't look like he was in any rush to get home."

"What are you talking about?" She asked the man, shaking her head.

"Listen, Evie Jones. I need your help."

"Why?" The teenager asked in disbelief. "How can I help you? Why should I help you? I don't even know you."

"Oh, Evie, Evie, Evie!" He said standing up and taking her hand. "There is so much you don't know!"

Without realising it, Evie let herself be led away from the bench. She couldn't explain why, but there was something about the Doctor that she trusted. He gave out a kind of aura that made her want to be close to him. She didn't even complain as he started running, pulling her along behind him.

"Why me, though? What's so special about me?"

"Everything!" He laughed.

They reached a small blue telephone box. It was so old fashioned that Evie couldn't believe no one had spotted it before now. It was right next to the pub, in front of the post office; not exactly hidden away. But she had never seen it before. Wondering why they'd stopped beside it, Evie watched the Doctor pull a key out of his pocket and fit it into the lock.

"Wait here a second." He said, opening the door and slipping inside. Curiosity took over, however, and the teenager opened the door and poked her head inside, expecting to see a regular phone box. What she saw, however, made her breath catch in her chest.

"What on earth…" Inside the phone box was a… she wasn't sure what it was exactly. There were flashing lights and a lot of levers and buttons around a central pole that seemed to be pulsing with blue lights. She gasped and retreated, blinking and shaking her head. "You're asleep, Evie. That's all."

Carefully Evie looked inside again. Outside the blue box was small… maybe big enough for a couple of people to stand upright inside. Inside, however, the thing was massive. How was that even possible?

"Welcome to the TARDIS." The Doctor said with a grin, holding out his hand.