I woke to the sound of another girl's voice inside the TARDIS. I opened my eyes and jumped up off the couch. A blanket slid to the floor, which the Doctor must of wrapped around me while I was asleep. I walked around the console to see the Doctor talking to a holographic image of a woman.

"Who's this?" I asked the Doctor, and he ignored me. I also noticed that he was crying, so I slipped my hand into his to reassure him. He quickly pulled his hand away, rejecting my comfort.

"Are you sure there's no way we can always talk?" The Doctor asked the strange woman.

"Yes, I'm positive. I'm sorry sweetie." She said. Jealousy started to slowly work its way into my emotions. Who was this woman? There was no point in asking, since I clearly wasn't going to be acknowledged.

"Why not?" The Doctor complained.

"That's not how time lords engineered TARDIS's." The woman said. I realized that this woman was the TARDIS in human form. How the hell did that happen?

"Well fat lot of good time lords are then." The Doctor sulked.

"Doctor, I just wanted to tell you that you're brilliant. Mad, crazy, maybe. But still brilliant. My Doctor. The two of us are inseparable, best of friends for all of time." The TARDIS said. Ok, I definitely didn't like her.

"I-I love you." The Doctor told her.

"I love you too." The TARDIS told him softly. Well, there goes my heart. They pretty much just ripped that in two. I knew I shouldn't be jealous, it was his TARDIS after all. But still, I'm only time lord. the TARDIS faded away, and her orange energy glow filled the room. All of the energy slowly made its way back into the heart of the TARDIS.

The Doctor had rivers of tears streaming down his face. I rested my hand on his shoulder. "I'll always be here for you, you know that right?" I told him. He shook my hand from his shoulder, and I was greeted by a cold hand slapping across my face. My eyes squeezed shut and my hand flew to my burning cheek. I opened my eyes, and ran off down the nearest corridor.

I wasn't even sure of where I was headed, just that I needed to get away from him. I never would have placed the Doctor as a type of person to do that to me. I was so angry at him, I couldn't even find the words for it. I ran around a corner and came to an abrupt stop at a wooden door. I placed my hand on the knob and slowly turned. When I entered the room, I immediately knew where I was. The one place none of the Doctor's companions though existed. The Doctor's room.

I climbed into the bed so I could calm down. I lay my head on one of the pillows, and I hugged another tight to my chest for comfort. Looking at the small side table next to his bed, I saw a picture of the two of us resting on the table. It was my favorite picture of the two of us. We had asked Jack to take it awhile back, and I remember Jack wasn't to eager to take the picture. In the photograph, I was standing in front of the Doctor, he had his arms wrapped around me, and my head was on his shoulder.

I picked up the photo and held it to my chest, tossing the pillow aside. The room was totally silent, and in the hall I could hear crying. Must be the Doctor, crying about the TARDIS. It scared me to see the Doctor this hurt, he was the strongest man I knew. I listened to him talk to himself. "I cannot believe myself. I'm such a monster!" He yelled. He went silent, and I could hear his footsteps coming towards the door. He knew this was the place that I would be in. He slowly opened the door, and stared at me. He tried to say something, but he couldn't get the words out.

I patted the space on the bed beside me, and he shuffled over and plopped down. I wrapped my arms around his middle and rested my head on his chest.

"Leah, I can't believe I hurt you like that. I don't know what the hell I was thinking. While you were asleep, I was fixing up the TARDIS when all of a sudden that woman appeared. We talked for a good while, and I was so happy I could finally talk to my TARDIS. You woke up right when the hologram was about to fail, so we were saying our goodbyes. I was so angry and sad, and I hate myself for taking it out on you." He explained.

"I'm sorry that you lost her. I know you love your TARDIS. I shouldn't of run off on you."

"It's not your fault one bit, don't apologize. I'm the one who needs to apologize, so much. I don't blame you if you want to stay mad." He told me seriously. I knew he wasn't going to buy it if I just said 'It's ok.' So instead I carefully placed my hand on his cheek and wiped away his tears. I pressed my lips against his, and he pressed back. He brought his hands up from his sides and placed them on my shoulders. A second later his hands were off my shoulders and he was moving them like he didn't know where to put them.

He finally ran one of his hands through my hair. I pulled back after a good couple minutes. "I forgive you." I whispered.

"Excellent." He whispered back, his voice scraggily from the recent events.

I laughed, "Sorry about.. that."

His eyes opened wide. "Leah Parks, do you honestly think you should be sorry about that? Do you really think I didn't enjoy that?" He gave me a half grin. I laughed.

"Oh little Leah Parks." He said.

"I'm not little! I'm nine hundred and four for goodness sake!" I said, standing up.

"You're smaller than me. I'm nine hundred and twelve!" He mocked.

"Right, like that makes a difference?" I said sarcastically.

"All the difference in the world." He laughed and grabbed my hand. "We should probably head off to the shadow proclamation now, don't you think?"

"Let's go." We walked back to the control room, and when the TARDIS landed at the shadow proclamation, I started to get a bit nervous. Maybe the explosion will happen another time, the Doctor doesn't even have a vortex manipulator yet, I thought.

As if reading my mind, the Doctor rolled up his sleeve. "Look what I found when I was fixing up. A vortex manipulator!" He bubbled.

'Great, just great.' I thought. "That is the cheapest form of time travel!" I warned.

"I know, I won't make a habit of it. Promise. Come on!" He ran off to go. I ran ahead of him and smashed against the door, blocking the way out.

"Wait, there's something I need to tell you first." I said.

He raised his eyebrow. "Alright then." He said seductively.

"Not like that!" I complained.

"Oh." He said, a bit disappointed.

I rolled my eyes, "It's a long story, and a confusing one at that."

"We have all the time in the world Leah. What is it?"

I sighed and began my story. I told him everything, from me using Jack's vortex manipulator, to the base exploding, everything. It was long and complicated, he asked a lot of questions, and I did my best to answer them.

After I told my story, the Doctor sighed and ran his fingers through his hair. "Boy, Jack really messed things up didn't he?"

"Yeah, remind me to thank him for that if I ever speak to him again." I noted bitterly.

"So what do I do?" The Doctor asked.

I guided him over to the monitor, and pulled up the screen. I pointed to a corner of the room, "Right there. Go over there and sit in the corner, that's where I saw you. When my other self comes out, mutter something about crossing timelines."

"Ok easy enough. Then?"

"This is where it gets complicated."

"Go on."

"Then, once my other self runs off, a third me will come along and give you directions. But remember, you have to kiss her, otherwise I will never uh.." I trailed off.

"Never what?"

I mumbled softly, "Fall in love with you.." A smile spread across his whole face. "Anyways. Then that Leah will teleport off, and then you will follow out her instructions. Once you do, get your butt back here as fast as you can."

"Understood boss." He saluted me and laughed.

"Ok, now out you go!" I pushed him out the door. Once I closed the door behind me, I ran back to the screen to watch this all play out in front of me. Right on time, old Leah came and stared at the Doctor.

I saw him yell, "Seriously? I'm crossing time lines AGAIN?" Good, exactly what I heard before. That Leah ran off, and the new Leah flashed in. This was too complicated.

The whole scene played out just as I remembered. The Doctor then kissed the old me, and I smiled. He called her Parks, obviously forgetting that he hasn't given me that nickname at that point in time, and the other Leah teleported away.

Finally, the other Leah was back with her rescued Doctor, and those two ran into the TARDIS. The old me poked her head out, and my Doctor yelled, "GO! QUICK!" I ran to the TARDIS door's, opening them for him to get in, and just as he was about to step in, the base exploded.