A/N: Anyone else in love with Chameleon Circuit? I sure am- Everything is Ending is definitley my favourite song.

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*CHAPTER REWRITTEN 28/05/12*

I was a bit unsure at first, but my impulsive streak took over and I slipped my hand in is and shook it. Jack pressed a light kiss on the back of my palm, and I couldn't help but embrace the jitters that were going up my spine.

Two gorgeous men in the space of, what, six hours? I had never seen two gorgeous men in the space of nineteen years, never mind six hours. Talk about a coincidence.

"Ava Jackson," I introduced herself to the flirty stranger, "Though you already seem to know that."

Jack waved his hand dismissively. "Time travelling. It's a complex subject; you don't necessarily meet people in the right order."

"Wait… You're a time traveller?" I queried, "You mean the Doctor isn't the only one?"

Jack fiddled with a strap wrapped round his wrist. "Heck, this is early for you. How long have you been travelling with the Doctor?"

"Two hours. Ish." I estimated, "This is my first ever trip in the TARDIS. Amazing."

Jack nodded approvingly. "Not bad for a first trip, The Glass Planet. Those Core Shakes are bloody incredible."

"Yeah. The Doctor's just getting me one. It's taking a while." I pointed over to further down the desk, where the Doctor was still chatting away to the woman who was hard at work. "You could wait for a while. If you're friends with him, I'm sure he'd like to speak to you."

Jack narrowed his eyes. "Just to clarify, does the name Martha mean anything to you?"

I shook my head. "Nah, doesn't ring a bell. Unless you mean Martha the slapper who was in my Year Eleven English class- but I don't think you do."

Jack laughed. "No, not her, I don't think."

"Good, 'cos she was always Rose's worst enemy." I elaborated, "Rose is my best friend. Do you know her?"

Jack's eyes brightened, "Rose Tyler? You mean now, she's…"

"She's what?" I barked, cutting Jack's sentence.

"No. Nothing. Just I… Haven't seen her in a while." Jack smiled sadly.

I frowned- my mind was confused and in a sense of turmoil. I was still trying to grab the concept of time travel, and the fact that Jack knew me and I didn't know him… So Jack was from the future, yeah? My future? So was he basically saying that he'd seen me recently but hadn't seen Rose?

I gulped. What was that supposed to mean?

"But how come you've seen me lately but not Rose?" I quickly questioned.

Jack opened his mouth, but he couldn't seem to find the right words to say. "Like I said, time travel is complicated. I can't tell you of events which happen in your future. That's how it works…" he quickly moved on to his next inquiry, so I didn't have time to question his answer. That's happened to me a lot recently. "Where is Rose?"

I didn't reply straight away. My brain was in knots, but I dismissed Jack's statement about Rose. Maybe it was just an innocent slip-of-the-tongue, or maybe Rose was busy the day this Jack had seen me last… I pushed away the fact that Rose would probably never stop travelling with her beloved Doctor. In the future, Rose wasn't going to be…

"She's on Earth," I said, not giving away Rose's address- I didn't quite trust this man yet. "I couldn't sleep, neither could the Doctor, so he took me to the stars."

"The Doc's first trip without Rose, huh?" Jack exhaled heavily, "This really is way too early for me… He can't know I'm here yet."

I was tired of asking questions, but I managed to say "Why? And don't you dare say it's too complicated."

Jack started pressing various buttons on the leather strap round his wrist. "I'm sorry Ava, but I'm going to have to go. I'll explain at our next meeting- I remember it clearly." he grinned a wistful grin, "That was a great night."

I groaned with annoyance. Not only was Jack the second man I'd met in the past six hours who was good looking, but he was also the second man I'd grown to like. As well as the second man to be totally over-secretive.

These time boys grew on you really quickly.

"Don't tell the Doc that I've been here, Ava," warned Jack, "Otherwise that could end in a whole lot of paradoxes and other crap… Unless he was being incredibly rude the last time we met. But I'm not going to take that risk."

I ran a hand through my hair which was sticking out the bottom of my hat. "Okay. I promise, you strange American man."

He gave me a mock salute. "'Till the next time, Ava Jackson. And boy, what a night we'll have."

Jack pressed a button in the centre of his watch-thing, and he disappeared in a flash of electric blue light- the same colour of my jeans.

-x-

"Sorry I took so long," the Doctor apologised to me as he clanked the drinks onto the table and slid onto the seat. "That woman would just not stop talking."

"I see," I smiled, accepting the drink which the Doctor had passed to me.

It was the longest glass I'd ever seen; it was easily the length from my waist to my shoulders, so I had to lean over it to drink it. Despite it being full to the brim with a vivid, green, fizzing liquid the glass was completely stainless and transparent, similar to the glass this weird planet was made from.

"What exactly is in this?" I pondered, looking slightly disgusted at the slimy fluid. There was something about green drinks that I didn't quite trust.

The Doctor twirled round his straw in his drink. "It's Applegrass flavour core residue. We're lucky; this is the only Core Shake on this planet that serves the Applegrass ones and they're easily the best."

I winced as I slotted the straw between my lips and took a slow sip- after all; I was usually up for anything. Surprisingly, it wasn't half as bad as I first thought; it tasted a bit like Appleade, but slightly earthy. It was an ok combination- not bad for my first taste of outer-space cuisine.

"Not bad, but it's not as great as you make out, Doctor," I announced, turning to my new companion. The Doctor had abandoned the straw that was stuck in the top of his drink and had strewn it across the bar, and was glugging the liquid back at an alarming pace.

"What?" he asked, turning back to me when he'd slurped his glass dry. He had a thick, pale green moustache across his upper lip.

I sniggered, "Uh, Doctor, you've got a bit…" I mimed a moustache across my upper lip to demonstrate.

"Ah," the Doctor grinned, wiping the sleeve of his coat across his mouth. "Okay, you ready?"

"What?" I spluttered, "We've literally just sat down, Doctor!"

"But what's the point in sitting down the whole time?" the Doctor whined, like a little kid being denied access to the biscuit tin. "There's so much more to see on The Glass Planet, Ava. There's so much more running to do!"

"I haven't finished the drink yet…" I sighed, pushing the glass over to my friend. "Actually, you have it."

"Seriously? Do you not like this, Ava?" exclaimed the Doctor, "You must be the only person I've met who doesn't give in to a Core Shake."

I rolled my shoulders. "They're alright, but not amazing."

"You're full of surprises, Ava," the Doctor said, picking up my drink and glugging it back again. He saw my look of disbelief. "Sorry, was I being rude?"

I shook my head. What a strange man. At first he seemed complex and hidden; a complete mystery. The next he was an outright weirdo.

"So what exactly is there to see on The Glass Planet, then?" I asked.

The Doctor leapt of his seat and landed with a thud onto the glass platform, "Everything a good tourist destination has. History, art, a lovely little shop. I love a shop." the Doctor started, before waggling his eyebrows in an intriguing way. "Then, of course, there's the inner core. The most amazing part of the whole planet. Unfortunately, only the rich people –you know, the aristocrats and a lot of crooks- are allowed to go anywhere near it just down to its sheer popularity."

My face fell. That seemed rather exciting.

"No, Ava, don't go sad on me. We can't have that," his grin grew wider as he produced a leather wallet from his pocket, enclosed inside a blank piece of paper. "Because I have this!"