A/ N I looked at the number of reviews I've gotten on this story and was incredibly blown away! This is the most reviews I've ever received on a story ever! This realization made me grin like an idiot.

Thank you to every reviewer of this story.(or any of my others) Virtual cookies for you all! I really love getting reviews, and I'm really glad that people like this!

Disclaimer: If I owned Doctor Who, there would be far more River and probably Jack. Oh, and the Pond's wouldn't leave, and neither would Matt Smith's Doctor. Ever. So, as many of these have yet to be put into place, I most likely don't own Doctor Who. Almost definitely probably not even a little bit.

River sat on one of the chairs in the Doctor's room, fiddling with a fraying thread on her sweater.

Technically, she had her own room, which was where she should be, correcting that morning's exams, but she was positive that she wouldn't have had the concentration right then to do that. The grades could wait.

The Doctor was rambling on about something. River really payed little attention to what he was talking about until the name

'Olivia' surfaced and she started to listen.

"She's completely brilliant! And she corrected me! Nobody just corrects me! She walked around like she owned the place, like she had some kind of authority, and it's her first day here! And she somehow broke into the secure files! Even our secure secure files! She even found the word timelord somewhere! How? And then look at this! I gave her this to keep her quiet."

River looked at the papers in his hands.

"An exam?"

"Yes!" he looked momentarily pleased that River had figured it out, tapping her playfully on the nose. "It's an exam. But the exam, the final exam. The final exam that I was planning to give to the 12th grade, the 17 year olds! And it's not an easy exam either! It should be material way out of her depth! But she scored perfectly. Textbook definitions and everything! And she corrected me! Again! She is completely brilliant and really really RUDE!"

"It's good to see you've finally found true love dear. Invite me to the wedding."

The Doctor looked outraged at this. Of course, as soon as the words were out of her mouth she regretted them. Not because she regretted teasing the Doctor, she did so mercilessly at every opportunity, but the idea of her husband...and her daughter...was just...ICK!

"That wasn't funny!" said the Doctor, frowning in an adorable sort of way.

No, it wasn't."Yes it was sweetie!"

"You had her brother today, right? What's his name again? Jake?"

"Jack." said River, quietly correcting him.

Her subdued, almost wistful tone was noticed immediately by the Doctor who gave her a concerned look but didn't comment on it.

"Right. I was close at least. What was he like? Right terror like his sister?"

"No, not really." replied River. "Late, but very apologetic about it. Polite. He seemed actually kind of...I don't know...sweet."

"Well, the lovely Miss Olivia was anything but! She corrected me! Nobody does that!" he frowned once again. "The thing is," he added thoughtfully, "I really do sort of like her, in a strange kind of way."

The Doctor obviously decided that he could ignore her pained expression no longer.

"River, are you alright?" he asked with a worried look.

River smiled, or at least tried desperately to do so. "Of course, my love. I'm fine."

The Doctor didn't look convinced by her denial, but decided to ignore it. River was probably fine, or would eventually explain what was bothering her. It'd be fine.

DW

Livvy's second night at school, she spent an hour studying the school's electronic records before she got bored.

The system had been reasonable simple to hack, and Livvy had always been good on computers, even though she had had access only to an ancient old monitor at the orphanage. It had been one of her favorite topics to research, and she was rather sure that she had the resources available to hack any computer system. It seemed to come naturally to her.

However, Livvy could only sit still in front of a computer for so long before boredom over took her. She left the dorm, dressed in only her ill fitting nightdress.

She wandered through the corridors for a few minutes, secure in the knowledge that if discovered, she could simply pretend that she was lost and looking for the bathroom or something. She was new after all, and no one would expect her to know that sneaking out late at night was against the rules.

After a few minutes, Livvy heard voices from the corridor. Almost unwittingly, she drifted towards the noise, finding a shadowed corner where she could see the figures, but it was unlikely they could see her.

"Amanda Pond! Up rather late aren't we!"

Even though she couldn't see his face, Livvy recognized the voice of Professor Smith. However, she didn't recognize the name he mentioned. She had looked over the names on the student directory when she had hacked the system, and though her memory wasn't perfect and she may have just forgot, she didn't remember seeing an Amanda Pond on the list.

"It's Jonas at the moment, Doctor."

Jonas? It was the Amanda she had met?

"Ah, yes, I keep forgetting. And I'm Professor Smith right now. I do like being under cover. Now, tell me what you're doing up."

"I wanted to talk to you."

"Oh. Me? I'm honored."

"Well, you're easier to to talk to then mum or dad, and I can't find River."

"She's on the TARDIS."

"I like you better than the rest of them too, and I know that you like me better as well. I'm the daughter you never had, old man."

Professor Smith laughed cheerfully.

"That you are, Miss Pond."

Though the tone was joking, the words were not, and Livvy was quickly realizing that these two obviously had a much deeper relationship than simply teacher and student.

"By the way, did you meet the new girl today? She said she had your class."

Her? They were talking about her?

"Ah, yes. The lovely Olivia Carter."

"And?" said Amanda.

Why was Amanda talking about her with a teacher? Had she done something wrong?

"And what?"

"What did you think of her?"

"She seemed...spirited. Rude though. And brilliant. A terrible mix."

"Well, I like her."

"I think I do too."

Livvy smiled at this, then wondered why. She hadn't meant to. This situation, with a girl she had hoped might be her friend asking a teacher to analyze her, did not make her happy. And she didn't care at all if these two liked her. Not Amanda. Certainly not Mr. Smith.

Yet she did care. At least about Amanda liking her. She desperately wanted a friend here even if she wouldn't admit it to herself. Though when it came to Professor Smith claiming to 'like' her as well, she didn't think it mattered. She didn't need to make friends with him, and she certainly didn't want to be known as a teacher's pet.

It was nice to think that an adult liked her though.

She stopped this train of thought abruptly however as the Professor once again began to speak.

"That isn't why you're here though. Because you're worried about something, and it's definitely not Livvy's personality. Why did you really come."

There was a pause before Amanda responded.

"I'm worried about River."

Livvy could almost feel the man frown even though she couldn't see him.

"Yes."

Wasn't River his wife's name? The other one who Amanda mentioned, Professor Song? Why did Amanda have cause to be worried about her?

"So you've noticed?"

"Yeah." said Professor Smith, his voice growing almost distant.

"Is she alright?"

"Oh, you know River, she's always alright. I wouldn't worry."

Livvy could tell that he was trying to say it breezily, but there was such a firmness in his voice that even she wouldn't have pursued the subject.

"Right." said Amanda. "I really should be off to bed, and you probably should too. Mum doesn't think you sleep enough, and you look tired, even by my standards."

"I'm being ordered to get some rest from a thirteen year old! I can't believe this!"

But the professor gave Amanda a quick hug, and the two went their separate ways.

After that, Livvy returned to the dorm she shared with Amanda and another girl. Amanda wasn't asleep, but she sat in a chair wearing her pajamas and reading a book, as if she had been sitting there all night.

"Hiya Liv." she said with a slight yawn. "You're up late."

"I was trying to find the bathroom." Livvy lied. "And I could say the same about you."

"I'm such an insomniac, you wouldn't believe it." said Amanda, grinning. "Good night."

"Night." said Livvy and went up to bed, deciding that there had been enough exploring for one night.

A/N I know, another one! But I really want to apologize for being so late to update! Fanfiction has been and really should be the least of my worries right now, and I'm probably not going to be able to update for a few weeks, though I'm usually that long anyway! (Sorry!)

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