Chapter 12

Russo Home

The last couple hours passed incredibly slowly. It was the middle of the day on Christmas Eve and the Russo family had taken him out of the strapped chair and put him on the couch. He hadn't had any convulsion since the DNA transfer. He did speak in the ancient Gallifrean language like before and either Alex or K-9 would translate.

Alex never left his side. She told the family that it was because of what he had done to her. He saved her life and she felt indebted to him and plus the already deep feelings she had for him. It was strange how the feelings came around. She had thought he was cute when they first met and the fact that he said he was some sort of ultimate rule breaker made her find him more attractive, but she didn't think she would develop feelings for her. It was all after the Heart of the TARDIS opening. Alex was sad at the fact that the way she felt towards the Doctor wasn't real. The Doctor had mentioned something about how the Heart of the TARDIS connected them. That could be the reason they feel the way they do towards each other, but now with the Doctor doing some kind of genetic transfer, she didn't know what was real or what wasn't real.

Another hour passed and Alex hadn't moved as the world around kept moving and never stopped. She thought about the way the Doctor felt towards her. He just may have feelings for her just because he has a massive hole in his hearts that need to filled but can never be filled. She couldn't imagine losing her planet, the Earth, and every other human in existence. She could see whenever he was alone. Even on some weekends, he would spend the entire time inside the TARDIS and not come out. Whenever she would go inside the TARDIS, she couldn't find him and the only thing she could think of, Alex came to the conclusion that the Doctor was wondering the halls of the TARDIS to clear his mind. It was his only possession that was 100 percent Gallifrean and now that TARDIS was damaged in the way it was was taking its toll on the Doctor.

Alex's mind was going through tons of possibilities, but Harper was right, she shouldn't do that. There were too many possibilities to think of. The Doctor said that most of time, about 94, 95 percent of time in fact was in a state of flux and the remaining five to six percent was what the Doctor said were fixed points and in time and space and should never be changed. They would always happen.

Alex smacked herself in the face. She was thinking of time and space when the Doctor was in a fight to stay the way he was or change. She was really spending too much time with him, but she didn't really care about that. She was spending time with the Doctor and that was all that mattered to her, even if the feeling might not be real. That didn't matter to her. She cared for the Doctor. She cared for him more than she should. He was 2260 years older than she was.

Alex saw back on the chair she was sitting in. Her demeanor was depressed and her eyes were swollen, tears rolling down her cheeks. She didn't now she was crying until her mother came in from the restaurant to start cooking dinner for the next night. Theresa turned around and saw Alex there crying. Theresa set her stuff down and walked over to her daughter and asked her, "What's wrong, Honey?"

"Him," said Alex, looking at the Doctor, "I've had feelings for several other people, but with the Doctor it's different from the others. I don't know how, but it just is, and now he could be dying. Not leaving me. Not permanently turning into a wolf, but he is actually dying. I know all the others I've had feelings for are still alive, but the Doctor might die."

"Oh, Alex, it'll be okay," said Theresa, sitting next to her.

"That's not it, Mom, well that's not everything. I don't know if it's real. I mean with the Heart of the TARDIS and the Doctor's genetic transfer. I don't know what's happening. Why is this happening? Why? What did we do to get all of this and not just now but the other times? Why us?"

"I don't know," answered Theresa, "Maybe it was destiny."

"There's no such thing as destiny," said Alex, "Gah! Why did I think that? That's something the Doctor would say."

"What do you mean there is no such thing as destiny?" asked Theresa.

"The Doctor told me that time is in flux most of the time and anything can happen," said Alex, "So it means destiny doesn't except in those rare called fixed points in time and space."

"The fixed points," said Theresa, "Like when the Doctor first got here."

"Yes, like the Hoix and the Ood. That was fixed," said Alex, "But flux is like Harper choosing to go with me instead of running away or neither of us get infected. That's flux. In flux, anything can happen and my head and heart just hurt. I don't know why I am thinking all about this."

"Because you can't think of anything else to think of," said Theresa, "The Doctor is always with you. He lives downstairs in the TARDIS and he is a teacher of yours at school and your teacher for your wizard studies. Tell me about that."

"Why do you care? You never used to care before," stated Alex.

"Well I do now, Alex, so tell me," said Theresa. The truth was that Theresa still didn't really care for the wizard studies, she just wanted Alex to get her mind off the Doctor, even if it was just a little part. This was taking a tole on Alex and truthfully it was taking a tole on the whole family. Alex was right. Why did all of this have to happen to them and no one else? There lives were strange and weird enough already and now with the Doctor and all of his alien friends and his UNIT pals, this was getting to be a lot for the family to handle.

"I've mastered my 2456th spell about a week ago. They Doctor is an amazing teacher when it comes to that and he believes that I will the win the Wizard Competition when it's time for it to happen, even if everyone else thinks Justin will win it. He's the only one that believes that. Now the only one who believes it is in a fight for his Time Lordiness."
"Time Lordiness?" asked Theresa.

"His words," said Alex.

"Everything will be fine," said Theresa, "The Doctor will beat the virus that's inside him."

The two looked at the still body of the Doctor.

"Are you sure?" asked Alex.

"Positive," answered Theresa, even though she had no idea if he would be fine at all. K-9 had told them to be prepared for the worst, but expect the Doctor to pull through.