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Chapter 9

A/N: A total of 21 reviews! *crazy happy dance* Now let's try for 30 before I next update! Thanks for putting this on Alerts and Faves, but please please PLEASE review!

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And if you have time once you've read and REVIEWED this, might I make a suggestion as to what you should read next? "Deafening Silence" by MayFairy is a great Doctor/OC fic, I recommend it like crazy :)

Disclaimer (cos I don't think I've done one for a while): Don't make me say it again...ok, *deep breath* IDon'tOwnDoctorWho! Ok, I've said it now *goes to corner and weeps*

Hope you all had a peaceful holiday! Here's Chapter 9 for you: read, enjoy and REVIEW! :D

Last time...

Ignoring the warning calls of Rose and the Doctor, I flung open one of the doors, not knowing what sight awaited me.

Oh. I definitely hadn't been expecting to see that.

.oOo.

**Doctor's POV**

I could only look on in worried anticipation when Lucie strode off to open the door of the TARDIS. It didn't surprise me that she would completely ignore the scanner before rushing outside to embrace whatever she met outside those doors. It was that gung-ho attitude that had drawn me to her in the first place, well, that and her way of just taking everything in her stride, no questions asked. She reminded me of me, in a way, with her sharp mind, and her way of asking only the right questions.

And right now, as she poked her head outside the door, apparently fearless of the consequences, Lucie reminded me of myself so much I would have smiled, if I hadn't been so fearful for her well-being.

"Lucie!" I called from the console. As I made to follow her, I saw Rose give me a look.

"What?" I asked.

Rose rolled her eyes. "You are so into her, aren't you?" She said, not really asking a question.

"And? You jealous?" I said flippantly, before really thinking about what I'd said. I saw a glimpse of hurt flash across her face. "I mean– well, you know, whatever, forget I said that..." I stammered awkwardly.

Rose punched me lightly on the shoulder. "Chill," she said with a smile. "Though we'll see who's jealous after she gets her head eaten by an alien." She gestured towards where the TARDIS doors were slowly swinging shut, where Lucie had obviously stepped further outside.

"Lucie!" I shouted, and followed Rose as she legged it outside.

Rose and I fell out of the TARDIS and into a long tunnel, gloomy and dimly lit. It seemed as though the walls were made from some sort of stone. It was difficult to tell from the low light levels, but I had a feeling that the stone wasn't of Earth origin. Which meant that Lucie was even more vulnerable.

"Lucie!" I hissed, and as I had expected, my whisper carried its echo far along the narrow tunnel. "Lucie! Where are you?" The panic was really beginning to set in now. I couldn't lose Lucie, not after what I'd just experienced with her; mind-blowing passion and a need to have her sweet fragrance surrounding me. I longed to have her slim, petite frame locked in my arms again, my face buried in her wavy silken dark auburn hair...it had been nearly 700 years since I had felt this way about a woman, and I wasn't prepared to lose that feeling just yet.

"Took you guys long enough to get yourselves out here didn't it?" A voice said from behind me. I spun round on the spot and saw Lucie emerge from behind the TARDIS, carrying a small object in her hand.

She looked at the two of us and continued mildly, "You'd better not have been up to anything in there," she said, glancing at Rose, who rolled her eyes. Smiling, Lucie carried on, "Your parking sucks by the way, Doctor..."

"Hey!" I exclaimed indignantly. "I didn't park it, we were intercepted and we crash-landed, remember?"

She smirked at me in her oh-so-sexy way, and raised an eyebrow. "Doctor," She said, and I couldn't help but notice how beautiful her lips were when she said my name. "I was being flippant. Something you of all people should recognise..."

Rose giggled, and Lucie joined her, laughing at my expense.

"Fine, fine," I huffed. "You've had your laugh, now can we figure out where the hell we are, so we can get out of here as quickly as possible? 'Cause I don't know if you two remember, but we were on a mission..."

The girls stifled their giggles and attempted to maintain a straight face. Rose was the least successful of the two. "Your face...when...when she criticised your...parking..." she gasped between giggles. "You...are sooooooo...up yourself sometimes!" And so they both dissolved into laughter again, their laughs echoing in the tunnel.

While it was nice to see the girls getting on so well after the events earlier, and were able to laugh a bit after the tense emotions, I felt slightly disgruntled about the fact that they could have potentially alerted every being within a five-mile radius of our presence, and I told them so. Lucie and Rose sobered pretty much immediately as they realised the importance of the situation.

"So what are we going to do?" Lucie asked.

I leaned in close to her, inhaling her unique fragrance. She smelt like an exotic mixture of mango and vanilla and my extra-sensitive nose buds could also pick out the tiniest hint of chilli. Three scents that should never have worked together were perfectly blended on her skin.

I leaned in as close as I could, with the air of sharing a huge secret, and whispered, "First, my dear..." I noticed her shiver ever so slightly. "First you are going to show me what you've got in your hand."

***Lucie POV***

I looked into the Doctor's eyes as he leaned closer to me. I was completely captivated by those distinctive brown pools, which seemed almost translucent as I gazed into them. He came so close I thought that perhaps he was going to kiss me. But instead he whispered "First, my dear..." and his breath tickled my face. It smelt faintly minty and it reminded me of his heavenly taste when I had kissed him earlier. I couldn't help but shiver slightly with desire. God, I wanted him so bad.

When he continued to whisper, for a few seconds I didn't actually register what he'd said.

"First you are going to show me what you've got in your hand."

I frowned slightly. What was he talking about? What was in my hand? Who even cared? I just wanted him. He was too close for me to even think straight. I was simply overwhelmed by a mind-blowing desire for him.

"Doctor..." I whispered before I even realised that the words had left my lips.

Either he realised the effect he was having on my ability to think straight, or his back was hurting as a result of bending down to me, but the Doctor stood up straight and took a few steps back before holding out his hand, palm up. "Come on," he said encouragingly. "Show us what you've found."

I looked down at my own hand, which was clasped around something that I had forgotten. I opened my hand and passed it to the Doctor. It was a tiny wooden sculpture, intricately carved into the shape of a creature that looked somewhat like an elephant, but instead of conventional tusks ending with a sharp point, it had spherical tips at the end of each one. It was a curious looking creature.

Rose peered closely at the sculpture in the Doctor's upturned hand. She looked up at him enquiringly. "What is it, Doctor?"

The Doctor frowned slightly, his eyebrows creasing together. "I think its a pendant of some sort...see the hole just at the top, there? You could thread it onto a string or something..."

I looked closer and saw that he was right. There was a borehole the size of a pinhead through one of the ''elephant's" ears. I wondered if it was originally on a necklace or bracelet of some sort.

Suddenly the Doctor brought the pendant up to his nose and sniffed it. And so quickly I wasn't sure if I'd imagined it, his tongue darted out and gave it a quick lick.

"Ew, Doctor, you don't know where that's been..." Rose said in a slightly disgusted tone. So I hadn't imagined it then. He ignored Rose's comment and contemplated the taste for a few seconds.

"Ah," he said. "Treazona wood."

I rolled the word around my lips. "Tree-ah-zoh-nah..." I murmured.

Rose raised an eyebrow. "Oh yeah, Mr I'm-Meant-To-Be-So-Impressive? What's Treazona wood? And, although I'm not sure I wanna know the answer, how the hell do you know what it tastes like?" She eyed the Doctor good-naturedly. He gave her a friendly punch on the arm.

"Oi, don't mock the tastebuds!" His gaze went back to the tiny sculpture in his palm, and the look in his eyes changed to one of...well, almost fear. "Treazona only grows on one planet. The one planet I didn't want to go..."

"What planet?" I asked, my voice coming out in a whisper.

"Contesca." He said, his face a mask of worry.

Suddenly we heard slow, almost sarcastic clapping from behind us.

"Congratulations, Doctor. You always were the clever one, and you figured it out in the end...now, why don't you introduce your little friends?"

.oOo.

A/N: So, What did you think of this? I thought I'd give The Doctor's POV a go, but I don't know exactly how it turned out...the only way I'll know if it was good or crappy is if YOU, yes you, review and tell me! It only takes a few seconds...

Also, something I found funny, on IMDB, David Tennant's trademark is "very distinctive brown eyes". I tried to capture that distinctiveness in this chapter Lol :P

And finally, I'd like to dedicate this chapter to the memory of David Dubois, an avid Doctor Who fan who passed away on 5th January 2009 at the age of 17. He was always full of energy and reminded me of the Doctor with his wild ideas and love of travelling in unconventional ways. He is always in my thoughts and prayers.

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