Chapter 6: "Plus One"

"Doctor!" Poppy shouted, running for her life through the dark halls aboard a spaceship. "Doctor what is this thing?!"

Poppy ran through the maze of the halls, doing everything she possibly could to lose the monster trailing her.

"Doctor!" She shouted once more, before leaning against the wall and attempting to catch her breath.

"Oh, there you are Poppy." The Doctor chimed as he turned onto her hall.

"Doctor, there's something chasing me!" She cried, running towards him.

"What is it, what did it look like?" He asked, taking out his sonic screwdriver and pointing it down the empty hallway.

"I dunno. He looked human, but you look human." She said breathlessly.

"Come back here, little girl!" A voice called from around the corner.

"I'm not a little girl!" She shouted.

"Oh now I gotcha.." The voice said as it rounded the corner.

"Why does that voice sound so familiar?" The Doctor whispered.

"Put your hands in the air, and be prepared to tell me how you got on my spaceship." The man said standing at the end of the hall, pointing a gun.

Poppy immediately threw her hands into the air.

"Oh Poppy," The Doctor chuckled. "Silly, silly, Poppy. It's just Jack!"

"Who are you two?" Jack asked cautiously, keeping his gun raised.

"I'm The Doctor of course, and this is my friend Katherine Poppy, who is apparently not a little girl, although I think twenty is definitely little girl."

"I'm twenty-three." Poppy corrected.

"Twenty, Twenty-Three doesn't matter, they're both little girl where I come from." The Doctor answered.

Poppy rolled her eyes.

"Wait, Doctor?" Jack answered. "Well then that explains a lot actually. Always going about changing your face aren't you?"

"It's a habit of mine." The Doctor joked.

"Well, Katherine Poppy, let me properly introduce myself. The name's Jack Harkness. I'm an old friend." He said, taking Poppy's hand and kissing her knuckles gently.

Poppy blushed. "Nice to meet you, Jack."

The Doctor frowned. What a coincidence it was finding Jack here. Jack always seems to find a way of showing up and flirting with his companions. It never necessarily bothered him before, but now, all of a sudden, it did. It wasn't that he loved Poppy... No, that isn't it. She was just a friend. Certainly an odd friend, one that runs from humans, and snogs him in the middle of arguments and throws ice cream in his hair, and holds his hand and whispers in his ear... No. that certainly isn't it. She's just his friend. Perhaps he'd just gotten tired of Jack's flirting over time. That had to be it.

"Thank you for letting us tour your spaceship Jack." Poppy said sweetly as she stood with in front of the TARDIS doors.

"Come on, Poppy, we've got places to go, things to see, worlds to save." The Doctor said through clenched teeth.

"Doctor, you said Jack traveled with you before, right?" Poppy asked innocently.

"Yes. But that was a long time ago." The Doctor answered.

"Oh, come on, can't he come with us!" Poppy pleaded.

"Oh no," Jack defended. "I've got to side with the Doctor on this one. I've got business to do, and you know,"

"Oh you guys! Let's have a little fun! Come with us, please" Poppy asked.

"I suppose, if it's all right with The Doc.."

The Doctor ignored the two, and started on unlocking the doors.

"Come on Doctor!" Poppy said, sticking out her bottom lip and batting her long eyelashes.

The Doctor spun around, perfectly prepared to give Poppy a strict "No" when he stared into her puppy dog eyes, and completely melted in her hands. "I... I... Alright." He sighed.

"Yay!" Poppy exclaimed, clapping her hands together delightedly.

The Doctor reluctantly pushed open the doors of the TARDIS for Poppy to grab Jack's hand and dash inside.

The Doctor stood at the console of the TARDIS, pretending to be busy, whole Jack and Poppy continued to hit it off.

"So, Where do you guys want to go now?" The Doctor asked, with a slightly grumpy undertone.

"Oh my goodness!" Poppy suddenly exclaimed. "I haven't even told my Mum that I've gone!"

"Alright, well, I'll take you home if you like." The Doctor said.

"I'd appreciate that." Poppy said, tilting her head to the side, and giving him a broad grin.

The Doctor only responded with a nod, and they were on their way.

A/N: Dawww grumpy Doctor xD

And yay! My baby Jack :3

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-Kitty