A/N: Hello again! Blimey, it's been so long since I last updated this story! So, so, so sorry. Apologies for that previous crappy chapter and I hope this one is going to be much better. I just had a bit of writer's block for this story but I'm happy to say that I've got rid of it for now. Anyway, enough of my waffling and onto the story.
Disclaimer: I do not own Doctor Who or any of the characters.
Truth and Lies
Danny's POV
As first dates went, that was probably an all-time low for Danny. He had managed to walk out on his girl not once, but twice, and they hadn't even been served their main course. Still, everyone knew that Danny Pink hated liars, and Clara Oswald had most definitely been lying her way through that date.
He could see it in her eyes. She wasn't looking at himfully in the face and her body language hadn't been animated. Her hands here lying flat on the table; if she were telling the truth, she would have been gesticulating wildly. Those were the typical symptoms of lies. But most people hid the symptoms better. She had been so obvious. Maybe she had wanted him to know the truth. No. He banished the thought. People don't lie so that you can know the truth.
Clara's POV
She put her head in her hands and groaned. The other people in the restaurant were staring at her. They had good reason to stare. She had just had her date walk away twice. Must be a record. She had blown it with Danny now. Oh, the Doctor was going to have hell to pay next time she saw him. Ruining her night like that. It was all his f-.
She stopped the thought before it could fully form. It wasn't the Doctor's fault. Well, not entirely anyway. She had lied and she had pretended and she had given Danny a hard time in general. He had read her like a book and seen the deception on her face and he had brought judgement on her. And, boy was that judgement right?
He had seen her for who she was and he knew she wasn't to be trusted.
Danny's POV
Maybe it was for the best. If she was going to lie and cheat and manipulate him, well then, Danny Pink wanted nothing more to do with her. He thought that, for once, he had found someone he could be happy with. Someone he could love, and could trust to love him back and not go behind his back. He though he had found the one. But she was no different from the rest.
There was still a niggling little voice at the back of Danny's head saying that maybe she wasn't like that. Maybe it was a mistake on her part. Maybe she was sorry. Maybe she wanted to turn over a new page, start afresh. He told the voice to shut up. If she was truly sorry, she would have come over by now and apologised.
That was when the doorbell rang.
Clara's POV
She stood nervously on the doorstep, waiting, hoping. Waiting for the door to open. Hoping that it would. She bitterly regretted everything she had said earlier. If there was a way to turn back the clock and do it differently, she would take it without a second thought.
Well. There was a way, but that would mean letting the Doctor know of her situation and, let's face it, he's hardly the lovey-dovey type who do things on a whim. He would thoroughly disapprove. So she was stuck here, waiting, hoping, praying that the door would open, and with each passing second becoming less and less hopeful.
She was about to leave when the door was tugged open. She stared at him for a second before regaining her breath.
'I'm so sorry.' She said at the exact same time he did. They looked at one another before she broke into a grin and ran forward to hug him.
'Just promise me one thing, Clara. No more lies.'
'No morelies,' she promised. With her fingers crossed behind his back.
A/N: So, hopefully that was more successful than the last chapter. I think it was, although I'd love to hear what you think. Reviews are much appreciated, and, of course, I'd love to hear any suggestions you might have of things I could do. Canon or non-canon, I don't mind. If you spot any mistakes, please tell me. I think that's about it. Thank you all for reading and, until next time, it's goodbye from me. Goodbye.