AN: Happy belated Halloween! Enjoy...
Clara and the Doctor sat next to each other on a couch. Gary also sat in one of the many chairs. Rachel, Nina, Bill, Hicks, and Kat remained standing. Dr. Rosen took a seat behind his desk.
"Now then. Is the Doctor what you would like us to call you, or...?" Dr. Rosen asked, knitting his fingers together.
"Yes, the Doctor is fine!" He looked slightly unhappy.
Dr. Rosen frowned. "What's the matter?"
Clara sighed. "The Doctor wanted you to say, 'Doctor who?', because he thinks it's cool. Like bow ties. He thinks bow ties are cool." She grinned slightly.
"Bow ties ARE cool!" The Doctor cried indignantly.
Dr. Rosen didn't find this funny. "And who might you be?" He asked Clara.
"Oh, my name is Clara Oswald! Or Clara Oswin Oswald, according to the Doctor. I'm his companion at the moment. " Clara said brightly.
"Companion? Is this a synonym for girlfriend?" Dr. Rosen raised his eyebrows.
The Doctor blushed furiously. "Absolutely not! My companions are my friends, nothing more!"
Clara rolled her eyes. "Come on, Rose was more than a companion. Plus, he's married, actually, to one of his other companion's children." She bit her lip when she realized how strange that sounded.
"Wait... You're wife... Is a child? That's so wrong!" Kat cried.
The Doctor put his face in his hands. "No! I'm not married to a child! That's disgusting! See, River grew up before I met her in the Library, where she died, and Amy had no idea that she was pregnant until she went into labor in an acid factory, she had been a Ganger when she had been with us, and then the people who worked in that laboratory raised River, and forced her to do all of these things in a spacesuit, when she eventually killed me, and that all happened before she died, for her, but when she died it was the first time we met. We keep meeting in the wrong order. We had to get married to save the world. But she's dead. So if I wanted a girlfriend, it wouldn't really be considered cheating, I guess... Plus, practically all of my companions since my eighth reincarnation have kissed me, Rose, Martha, Donna, Amy, Rory, well, actually, I kissed Rory, he didn't kiss me, um, Jack, let's see... Clara, have we kissed?"
Nina leaned towards Bill. "There is something weird with this guy. I don't really trust him." She whispered. Bill nodded in agreement.
Dr. Rosen sighed, and put his hands flat on the desk. "Well, Doctor, that was quite a tale, which I'm not all that sure I believe. How is this possible? Gary says that you're an alien..."
"He is, Dr. Rosen, he is an alien! From Gallifrey! He's nine hundred years old!" Gary said.
"Actually, I'm twelve hundred twenty seven years old, if you want to be exact. And yes, I am an alien from Gallifrey, which is not something I like to admit to people until I know them better." He looked at Dr. Rosen, raising his eyebrows.
Dr. Rosen didn't pick up on his look, and asked, "Are you sure you're an alien? You could be suffering from some form of schizophrenia..."
"Yes, he's sure he's an alien! I know for a fact he's an alien, I've been with him all twelve hundred twenty seven years!" Clara cried. Why couldn't this guy believe in aliens? He had all of these people right in front of him, who had extraordinary skills, like enhanced senses and having people do things against their will. She wasn't sure what it was that Hicks, Bill, Gary, or Kat did, but she was sure it was awe-inducing.
"Listen, I have two hearts!" The Doctor said, proudly. He pointed at his chest.
Dr. Rosen opened one if the drawers of his desk, and pulled out a maroon stethoscope. Walking over to the Doctor, he put the ends in his ears. Dr. Rosen put the round end on the Doctor's chest, over where his heart should be. "Well, you have one heart, that's for sure."
"You weren't sure of that before?" Hicks questioned. Dr. Rosen gave Hicks a that-wasn't-necessary look. "Sorry, geez," apologized Hicks.
"My other heart is right here," said the Doctor, pointing at the right side if his chest.
Dr. Rosen raised his eyebrows in doubt, and moved the stethoscope over, and gasped lightly. "There really is a second heart here!" The Alphas surrounded the Doctor, and put their hands over his second heart. They oohed and aahed.
The Doctor beamed proudly. "Now do you believe me?"
Dr. Rosen nodded numbly and returned his stethoscope to the drawer. "...and why were you in those apartment buildings?"
"Ah..." The Doctor opened his mouth, then closed it. He looked at Clara. "Erm. Well... It's a bit embarrassing..." He said.
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