Chapter 19

Alex and the Doctor returned to Waverly Place a couple hours after they had left. Everyone in the Russo home had gone to bed and Alex decided to join them. The Doctor said he had to get a present for someone and he had to go inside the halls of the TARDIS to get it, but he promised to up when everyone else was the next day.

The Doctor walked down the halls of the TARDIS and went back to the Hall of Doctors. He walked up to his sixth incarnation and said, "I don't think you're going to be needing this anymore, Six?"

"Six?" asked Alex, who had once again followed him to the Hall of Doctors.

The Doctor didn't turn around and said, "I thought you were going to bed."

"I was," said Alex, "Then I thought I should choose my room, but since I don't know where most of the rooms are in the TARDIS. I knew how to get here so I came to get you to show me where the bedrooms and other rooms are."

"You planning on sleeping in here?" ask the Doctor.

"Yeah, when you get this thing fixed and we can go travel," said Alex, "I wanted to come with you when we first met, but I kept thinking about it, but tonight, you showed me the wonders of your world and then I made my mind up. I am going with you when you leave so I want to choose my bedroom and get to know the place first."

"Alex, you've had a long last few days. You should get your rest," said the Doctor, "I know after I'm done here, I am going to rest."

"I was hoping to sleep in here tonight so I can know a bit about this place before," explained Alex, "But mainly because of what happened tonight. I don't want to go to bed and forget about it."

"Trust me you won't forget it, but I know how much you want to be here," said the Doctor, "Come with me."

The Doctor led Alex out into the hallway and led her to the bedrooms. There were dozens of them. The bedroom closest to the control room was the Doctor's and the only one occupied. Alex looked for about twenty minutes before she chose a room on the second level of bedrooms. It was above the Doctor's and just one room over. The bed in there was the most comfortable one she had been on.

"So this is it?" asked the Doctor.

"Yes," said Alex.

"Okay, just let me know when you are going to go to bed," said the Doctor.

Alex waved her wand around and the bed had pillows and blankets. "I'm ready now."

"Well, goodnight," said the Doctor.

"Goodnight," said Alex.

The Doctor left and shut her door. He walked back to the Hall of Doctors and took the Sixth Doctor's coat and folded it neatly and put it in a box. The Doctor walked through the halls of the TARDIS.

After an hour, the Doctor walked into his bedroom and collasped on his bed without taking his jacket, sweats or shoes off. He fell asleep within minutes.

December 25

The next morning the Doctor woke up around eight in the morning. He went to one of the TARDIS showers and cleaned up. He got out of the showers in an all yellow outfit. His jacket, shirt, shoes, and sweatpants were all yellow. The Doctor walked back to his room in the TARDIS and grabbed a paper bag and walked out into the Waverly Sub Station. He went upstairs and set the paper bag down. He took out several containers from the bag and smiled, "I love Time Lord technology. Bigger on the inside."

The Doctor searched the cabinets for something to cook with. He eventually did and set up some skillets and pots. He opened several of the containers and started cooking breakfast for the family. An hour and a half later, Harper came up from downstairs and Jerry and Theresa came out from their room.

"Good morning," said the Doctor, smiling.

"What are you doing?" asked Harper, rubbing her eyes.

"Making breakfast," said the Doctor, "Oh and Merry Christmas you three."

"Do you ever sleep?" asked Jerry.

"Yes, but I don't need as much humans. A few hours would be good enough for me," said the Doctor.

"What are you cooking?" asked Theresa.

"It's Venusian Corisi," said the Doctor, "It's made from the eggs and meat of a Sanco bird."

"What?" asked Jerry.

"It's an alien omelet with meat on the side. It was a widely popular breakfast food on Venus before war drove the planet to destruction. Now Venus is just a clouded planet with a temperature near 1000 degrees. It was a beautiful planet."

"What's with all the noise?" asked Max, coming down from his room. Justin was right behind him.

"What's with everyone getting up early?" asked Theresa, "Aside from Harper and Justin, I didn't think any of us would be up."
"It's the Venusian Corisi," said the Doctor, "It has an amazing effect on people. It wakes them up from any kind of sleep. It's better than any alarm clock."

"That doesn't make any sense," said Justin.

"Justin, you weren't here for the whole conversation," stated the Doctor, "You cannot make that assumption."

Justin knew the Doctor was right and didn't go on. Alex walked in from upstairs and saw everyone else was up.

"The whole place is up," said the Doctor, "Now, everyone get ready so we can enjoy some Venusian Corisi. It's almost done."

Everyone went and got ready for breakfast. The Doctor took another box out of the paper bag and placed in on the kitchen island. He ran and got everyone's place ready at the table and divided the Venusian Corisi between the seven plates. He mixed some kind of drink and put it in everyone's glass with it. He put the rest in a pitcher in the middle of the table.

The six came back and sat down at the table. The Doctor smiled and said, "Let's all enjoy a nice Venusian Corisi and Marisi. Before you ask, Marisi is a Venusian drink only drank on important dates or holidays."

Everyone, but Alex was hesitant to eat the food. Alex and the Doctor waited for the others to eat before they finished. Eventually the other five started eating. Everyone at the table loved it. They all had a great time at breakfast and when it was over, the Doctor left the table and took the box he put on the island and said, "I didn't have any money to get anyone anything, so I looked through the TARDIS kitchens and made this Venusian breakfast for you, but I did find something in the TARDIS for someone. It was Alex who gave me the idea. She didn't really know she did, but I had no more use for it, so I thought to give to someone who would actually use it."

The Doctor brought the box to Harper and said, "I think you would have more use for it than I would. Merry Christmas, Harper."

Harper took the box and opened it. She took out the Sixth Doctor's multicolored coat and she smiled and said, "You had this is your TARDIS and never wore it? Why? It's amazing. I love it. Thank you, Doctor."

"You're welcome," said the Doctor.

Harper put on the coat and it was a little long, but the arms were a good fit. It was thick and Harper liked the way it felt. She added on and said, "I'll take care of it, Doctor."

The Doctor smiled and the others secretly laughed at Harper in their heads. The Doctor didn't though. He was happy that the chaos was over and this Christmas Day didn't have anything that was going to destroy the day. He was going to enjoy this December 25, 2010 as best as he could.