The Doctor waltzed back into the TARDIS library, not at all surprised to find Jack and Lucy deep in conversation.
"Time travel! So where have you been? Why stay here? It's so BORING!" Lucy's whole body was leaning slowly towards Jack, who was looking just as interested.
"You live in a more interesting time than you think, Luce. I have been to the London Blitz, and game station a few thousand years into the future and plenty of other places. Don't worry, I have taken full advantage of time travel!" Neither of them had so much as looked as the Doctor had closed the door. He cleared his throat loudly.
"Oh, Hello!" The two said in unison, sending them into a fit of laughter.
"Okay you two, where do you want to go? We can go to Barcelona! Barcelona is Brilliant! There are dogs with no noses! I have told that joke so many times, and it's STILL funny!"
"I am more than ready to leave London! But why stay on Earth? Aren't there other planets that we could see?" Lucy said quickly enough to give the Doctor a run for his money.
"Oh! I didn't mention that I was talking about the planet! Of course we are not going to stay on Earth!" Lucy's face lit up at these words. She could already feel it… the pull of the TARDIS, pulling her forwards, enforcing her desired to move.
"Allons-y!" The Doctor yelled as they ran to the consol.
"Allons-y," Jack and Lucy echoed together as they skidded to a stop around the consol. The TARDIS shook and threw everyone about as the breaks made the sound that was so dear to the Doctor.
Jack and Lucy continued flirting the moment they could stand up again, making the Doctor groan inwardly. For Lucy's sake, he hoped that Jack liked her as much as he was letting on. But for Jack's, he hoped that he didn't. The Doctor knew better than anybody the pain of losing someone he loved.
They stepped out of the doors and could feel the warm breeze on their necks. The sun was shining brightly overhead and it had an orange glow that gave the Doctor a shocking pang of homesickness. Mentally shaking himself, he told Lucy all about the dogs with no noses. He pointed out every one that he could find, trying not to think of Gallifrey.
Lucy was whipping her head back and forth, trying to see everything at once. She loved the sticky-sweet smell of honeydew that filled the air, and noticed that the leaves on the massive trees where more blue than green.
The trio walked along the city street and Jack stopped to buy Lucy a flower. He put it behind her ear, and she giggled, swooning inside. Then she saw a cute dog, (obviously nose less) and ran ahead to pet it.
"So, how do you feel about our new friend Lucy?" The Doctor asked, a grin playing at the edge of his lips.
"Doctor I would- no I will stop flirting with every other life form for that girl. I don't know how she managed it, but I would become a homebody for that girl." Jack said, his eyes staying glued on the girl gently stroking the dog up ahead.
"I don't think you have to worry about becoming a homebody, she is pretty adventurous." The Doctor smiled, but he couldn't help but think about how Jack would take her death. It was inevitable, and it would destroy Jack if he let things progress further. He wondered if it had occurred to Jack that she would die, and leave him to mourn her. For Jacks sake, the Doctor hoped he would realize before he was too far gone, if he wasn't already.
"She is going to break my heart Doctor, and I am not going to stop her." Jack said suddenly, with an expression that made him look almost as old as the Doctor.