Chapter 1: "Melody Malone"
"Never Again, What?"
The Doctor turned toward the voice, not having known he had been speaking aloud.
"Oh, nothing." He murmured to the girl. She was small, around twenty years of age, and sitting on a park bench, fully engrossed in the book she was reading, however still listening on to the ramblings of passing strangers.
"Well obviously it's something." Said the girl, without looking up from her page. "Or else it wouldn't be never again."
"It's a long story." He sighed, and started back to his TARDIS.
The girl closed her book. "Come sit." She said. "I love a good story."
"Oh no," The Doctor chuckled. "It's not a good story at all."
"I'm a fair judge." She said, patting the spot next to her. "Now come on."
"Alright.." The Doctor said submissively, as he sat down next to her.
It wasn't until he sat down that he realized what book the girl had been reading this whole time.
"Oi!" The Doctor exclaimed. "That's my book!"
"Uh uh." The girl said waving her finger. "I found it."
"But it's mine! You have to give it back! It's special!" The Doctor pleaded.
"Ooh, but I'm only halfway. You can't just make me stop in the middle of a story. I've got to figure out what happens."
"I believe I can." He said, standing up.
"I don't think so," She said in a sing-song voice, clutching the book tightly across her chest.
The Doctor sighed. "What do I have to do to get you to give it back?"
She thought for a moment. "Hm, well, why don't you take me to lunch, and tell me this story of your's, then you can try and convince me to give it back. No promises though!"
"Alright, I can do that." He agreed.
She flashed him her bright smile, then tucked his book under her arm opposite him, and grabbed his hand with the other.