Like the Doctor said, we were back before my dad came home. Who would've thought that time traveling would be so much fun? I plopped onto the couch and let out a big sigh. My mom called Dusty into the family room. She acted as if we never left, that's amazing. After I settled down I decided to go and take a shower, I felt nasty after all that running. It was nice to finally cool off. When I got out I decided to change into my pajamas and relax. The best thing is that tomorrow I don't have college, maybe the Doctor could take me somewhere else. Maybe he could take me to my friend Marissa's house which is down in Florida. That would be a good idea, surprise her. But what if she wasn't home? Maybe I could text her and ask without ruining the surprise. I looked for the Doctor but he wasn't anywhere in the house.

"He's back in the TARDIS" my mom answered as if she read my thoughts. I stood up and walked to the glass door, the TARDIS was in the yard this time. I decided to go and see what the Doctor was doing, maybe talk to him about Marissa. I knocked on the wooden door and waited for an answer.

"Come in" he said cheerfully. I slowly opened the door and found him working with the center controls.

"Hello love." He greeted. I smiled back, it's strange that he was giving me all these nicknames.

"What are you doing?" I asked with curiosity.

"Just checking to see if everything is in tip top shape." He was going around pulling and slapping random and crazy contraptions.

"How are you able to control this thing?"

"It's very complicated to explain to humans." He said humans coldly and that made me wince.

"Can you not call us that?" I felt kind of stupid for saying this.

"Well that's what you are aren't you?" he looked at me like I was crazy.

"Yea but for some reason it makes me feel like I'm an alien when YOU'RE the alien"

"Sorry to offend you darling."

I couldn't stay mad at him forever. His accent was too cute and he did save my life back in New York. I decided to move on and ask about Marissa.

"Say Doctor, would you be able to take me to a friend's house and maybe have that friend tag along?" I walked up to him with a big smile on my face and had puppy dog eyes.

"I don't see why not" he smiled. I gave him a thumbs up and he did the same in reply. He finished up his duties, grabbed his pajamas and walked with me back to the house. The night air was cold for the beginning of September. The stars were above us, to my right I could see the constellation of the Big Dipper. I turned my attention back to the Doctor.

"Thanks for rescuing me." I smiled. He wrapped his arm around me and rubbed my shoulder gently.

"No problem."

"It felt weird being controlled by her. I hated her with a passion. I wouldn't want her to be the last human on Earth."

The Doctor and I laughed as we walked through the glass door. For the rest of the night, the Doctor and I hung out in my room and talked. He told me more about his home planet and he promised to take Marissa and I to many places. I had many ideas on where to go, the main place I want to go to is the renaissance era and maybe go to Japan, either past or future. The night went by in a breeze, I didn't know how late it was. I guess when you're with the Doctor, time doesn't matter. I decided to have a little rest before we went to pick up Marissa. After my nap, I texted Marissa asking if she was home. It was around noon and who would be out on a Sunday morning at noon? As I was waiting for the text, I decided to pack a few clothes for the trip. I grabbed my medium sized purple suitcase and threw in any cute outfits I could find. I grabbed all my converse and two of my favorite boots. When it was full enough, I closed the bag and dragged it to the TARDIS. I tried to open the door but realized it was locked and left the bag there. The Doctor was waiting in the kitchen with his brown suit and jacket on. I just remembered that I was still in my pajamas. I went up and decided on what to wear. I found a grey tank top, my favorite red short sleeve jacket, blue straight legs and a pair of short black boots with buckles wrapped around them.

When I finished, I got a text from Marissa saying she is home. I brushed my hair until it looked nice and ran downstairs. The Doctor was sitting at the kitchen table on the hair that I usually sit on. Dusty was sitting on the chair next to him with her chin laying on the surface.

"I got a text from her saying she's home! Let's go!" I cheered.

"Alons-y" the Doctor cheered as he stood up.

"What does that mean?" I asked as I got a sticky note and a pen out of the drawer.

"It's French for 'let's go.' I use it all the time." he answered gleefully. I smiled as I wrote a note for my mom. 'The Doctor took me to Marissa's house and went time traveling, you can try calling but I don't know if I'll get survive in space but don't worry, he'll keep me safe and I'll be back before you know it! Love you! Jade.' I put the pen away and ran for the door. The Doctor got there soon after and opened the door for me like a gentlemen. When we got to the TARDIS he lifted my suitcase and opened the door for me again. I walked to the center controls and looked at them in amazement. He ran to the controls and started to twist and turn knobs. I told him her address and the TARDIS roared to life. After a couple of minutes, the TARDIS stopped moving. I ran to the door and flung it open. Marissa's house was right there in front me. I've only seen it in pictures or either on video chat. The house looked amazing. The Doctor was at my side in an instant and lifted his arm. He smiled as I grabbed it and held onto it tightly. I walked up to the door and knocked on it with excitement. The door was made out of wood and had a lovely pattern. Suddenly the door opened and Marissa stood there in a blue college t-shirt and black shorts. Her extremely curly hair was all around her head. Her thick, bulky glasses were resting on her nose. Her mouth dropped to the floor and then she suddenly jumped on me and gave me a big hug. I thought she would like this surprise. She invited us in and lead us to her room. It was cool to see it in person. I remember the plain white walls and her bed, oh how I miss her bed! I alway felt like I was sleeping on a cloud whenever I spent the night at her house.

She offered us to sit on her bed and we started to have a conversation. I told her about the Doctor and how he took mom and I to the future New York. She seemed interested but yet, she didn't seem to be believe me. I turned to the Doctor and gave him a big smile.

"Shall we prove to her that you're a time traveler Doctor?" I asked grinning. He smiled back and gave me a wink.

"Of course love!" he scuffled my hair and ran through the house to the TARDIS.

"I still don't believe you guys. Is this some friend you met and you guys are role playing from a sci-fi show or something?" Marissa asked as she got changed.

"I was just like you when he told me he was a time traveler but trust me, would I really make up something like this?"

"Yes. Trust me. I've read all these stories you wrote and you have quite an imagination." She is very hard to please. We walked out to the TARDIS, Marissa still didn't look convinced. Just wait until she sees the inside of the TARDIS, then I know she'll believe us. When we reached the door, I opened it slowly as I watched her reaction. Her jaw dropped to floor with amazement. She ran back outside and ran around the TARDIS. She then ran back inside.

"How is that possible?" Marissa asked with a hi-pitched voice. Her reaction was priceless, the Doctor walked over and wrapped his arm around me. I grabbed his hand and held it tightly. I think a little romance between us is going on, which I don't mind one bit. He's a wonderful person and I owe him for saving my life back in New York. Marissa turned to us and gave me a teasing smile.

"Are you two dating? You guys just met each other didn't you?" she asked. The Doctor unwrapped his arm and started to blush and so did I. The Doctor walked to the center controls and grabbed a knob, ready to start the TARDIS.

"How about to the renaissance like I promised?" he asked with an embarrassed smile on his face.

"Heck yea!" I cheered. I turned to Marissa and she seemed to be okay

with where we were going for her first trip. The Doctor pulled the knob and the TARDIS began to spin, in a matter of minutes it came to a brutal stop. The Doctor grabbed Marissa's hand and pulled her to the TARDIS door and flung it open, I ran after them as fast as I could with excitement. We were in a village of some sort. It was definitely the renaissance era like he promised. Some girls were wearing ragged dresses, others were wearing fancy ones with multiple dark colors and they had fancy gold designs on the bottom of the dresses. It smelled like the renaissance too, it smelled like the sewers. The Doctor closed and locked the TARDIS door. I walked up to Marissa who was looking around with amazement.

"Convinced now that he is a time traveler?" I asked with a grin. She turned to me and smiled.

"I can't stay too long though, my mother will notice I'm gone." she frowned. The Doctor patted her on the back.

"I can make it as if you never left." he bragged.

"He can, believe me." I replied. She sighed and gave up.

"Alright, so what's to do at this joint?" Marissa asked with a little more excitement. The Doctor grabbed my hand and started to lead us to somewhere.

"You know that Shakespeare was in this era right? One of his shows is starting now let's go." he said gleefully. When we got there, the whole place was packed with people top to bottom. It was loud and the smell of smoke filled the room. I had to hold my nose in order to keep the smell away. I turned to Marissa, she was also holding her nose. I turned to the Doctor who didn't seem to be bothered by the smell. We finally found a spot near the stage, it wasn't in the front of the stage but it was relatively close. Unfortunately there were no seats so we had to stand while watching the show. When the actors came onstage, everyone cheered. Elbows from all over where hitting me in the face, from the impacts I could tell that there are going to be bruises there. The Doctor put his hands on my shoulders, his big protecting arms were blocking the elbows from hitting me. I turned to Marissa who was trying to get a glimpse of the stage. It was hard with all these men surrounding us. During the play I noticed that there were no actresses. I tapped the Doctor's hand with my index finger, he leaned in really close so I can talk into his ear.

"I'm guessing they didn't allow girls to act yet huh?"

"Men were the top dogs of this era, they thought girls shouldn't act." Marissa answered. I turned to the Doctor who seemed surprised.

"Very clever Marissa, I like you for that." He complimented, I pulled his ear close.

"She's very smart Doctor. I knew you would like her."

Suddenly I felt the Doctor give me a quick, friendly kiss on the cheek and ruffled my hair. His left hand started to stroke my left cheek, it felt nice and warm against my face. I liked this little flirting he started doing.

"Art thou, art thou!" Marissa started to cheer. I turned to her with a shocked look.

"What didn't they shout that?" she asked. Suddenly everyone in the audience was screaming it. The three of us smiled at each other and laughed. This was one of the greatest moments of my life. Then the man of the hour, Shakespeare walked onto the stage and the audience screamed.

"I will write the sequel of this play by tomorrow!" he announced. The crowd cheered with excitement, the Doctor, Marissa and I looked at each other. Shakespeare never wrote a sequel for this play, something was wrong. When Shakespeare left, the crowd dispersed. The Doctor held onto the two of us so we wouldn't get lost in this chaos. When we were free, I outstretched my arms.

"I can't believe that I got to see Shakespeare. It sucks we can't tell anyone about it." I said swinging my arms happily beside me. Marissa and the Doctor stared at me like I was nuts.

"Something is wrong here." Marissa said to the Doctor.

"What about the sequel to the play?" I asked. Marissa shook her head.

"Yeah, Shakespeare never wrote a sequel. Someone's messing with history."

"It's not that big of a deal. It's not like it's going to destroy the world or something. I mean, we're living proof that the world didn't disappear." I pointed out.

"Back to the future!" the Doctor shouted.

"The movie?" I asked. " I love that movie!" I screamed. The Doctor looked at me with an emotionless expression.

"Of course the movie. What happened to Marty Mcfly when he started to mess with the past?" he asked me. I knew Marissa wouldn't know because she never saw the move, though I've been trying to get her to watch it many times.

"He started to fade. Oh my god are we going to fade?" I asked terrified.

"No but it just had me thinking." after the conversation, We decided to head back to the TARDIS, on the way there the three of us talked about the play. At the corner of my eye, I saw a man collapse to the floor.

"Doctor!" I called as I ran to the man. He had a strange round hat that covered his messy orange hair. He had a green outfit and tights. His hands were clutching his throat and water was spilling out his mouth, it looked like he was drowning. A middled aged woman came out to help but when she reached me, the man was officially dead. The woman, had a very old looking dress on with a apron wrapped around her dress. As if on cue, Shakespeare let us inside his house. It was very small and dark with a few candles here and there making it very dim, but able to see. It was awesome to be in the house of a famous person. The Doctor came in and stood beside me, closely. Marissa was on my opposite side. The four us began to discuss about the man's death until it was getting really late.

"That had to be black magic." The Doctor said to us.

"But there's no such thing as magic." Marissa pointed out.

"There can't be, isn't it a bunch of science stuff that people would go around and call it magic?" I asked, trying to sound smart. The Doctor chuckled at my statement as the three of us were lead to our rooms by the same lady who was outside. Marissa had a room to herself and the Doctor and I had to share the same bed, it was really small and was made for only one person. It was great to have alone time with the Doctor. I took off my jacket and kicked off my boots as I plopped onto the bed. The Doctor seemed to be too focused on what was happening.

"With this magic stuff, it's not like with Harry Potter is it?" I asked with a raised eyebrow. The Doctor turned to me and smiled.

"Of course not, it has to be some sort of science. The answer has to be right here in front of me but I cant see it." He looked right into my eyes. As I stared long enough, I was able to see my reflection. My heart stopped for a split second as I was mesmerized by his beauty. Without thinking, I decided to ask him a big question.

"Doctor, have you ever thought about us?" I paused on the word us. I awaited for an answer.

"I think of you as my best friend. Is that what you mean?" He raised an eyebrow as he flopped on to his back still looking at me.

"That's great, you're my best friend too. Besides Marissa of course. But I meant as a couple. Boyfriend and girlfriend?" The Doctor had a big smile on his face.

"We'll, you've been flirting with me a lot. What with the hand holding, wrapping your arm around my shoulders. Not that I don't mind it..." I started to scratch the back of my neck and stared at the flame on the candle. The Doctor pulled my face to look at him.

"I would LOVE to go out with you. You're perfect." He finished with a kiss. This made my whole night. The two of us cuddled in the small bed, this was the best night of my life. Our night was rudely interrupted with ha loud shriek. The Doctor shot up as fast as he could and ran to where the sound came from. I skidded to stop behind the Doctor and turned to see Marissa right behind us. The Doctor ran to a middle aged woman who was unconscious on the floor. I ran to the window just in time to see a witch flying away on a broom. The Doctor placed his two fingers on the woman's neck.

"Poor thing died of fright." He spoke softly. I turned to him.

"DOCTOR!" I shouted, he ran over just in time to see the witch too.

"How do you explain that with science?" I asked him. He didn't say anything to me. Shakespeare came in soon after. He told us about an old friend who killed his son and was put in prison. We then were lead to that dreadful place. When we stepped inside, I held onto the Doctor's arm tightly. He didn't respond. In every direction you can hear screams, ear splitting screams. It smelled like rotten flesh and it was so hot it felt like an over. The walls were made of cement and iron bars held the insane prisoners. One of them outstretched his arms and almost grabbed me. The Doctor pulled me back in the nick of time and wrapped his arm around me, feeling protected, I felt more relaxed. I turned to Marissa and noticed her weird look, she must figuring out that we were dating.

When we reached our destination, a guard opened the gate to let us in and closed it immediately. He left us alone. The Doctor walked over to the man in the cell leaving me with Marissa and Shakespeare. The man in the cell was balding and wrinkles all over. He ragged clothes on that draped over his body. The Doctor kneeled in front of him looking into his eyes. After a couple of seconds, the Doctor placed his hands on the man's dimples gently. He closed his eyes.

"I am the Doctor, I am here to help." he spoke softly.

"Now I want you to go back, back to a year. None of this ever happened yet. It happened to someone else, it's just a story. Just let it go." he spoke so gentle. It was if he was putting me into a trans. Suddenly the old man was falling, the Doctor helped placing him down gently. I noticed the Doctor had a serious face now, this was no laughing matter.

"Tell me about the story Peter, tell me about the witches." he asked firmly.

"The witches spoke to Peter in the night, they whispered."