Disclaimer: I do not own 'Doctor Who' or any of the characters in it. All rights belong to the BBC, though I would love to own it myself. Sigh.
A/N: Doctor Who Series 5 is over, and that fact kills me. The series has made me laugh, cry, scream, and go 'awwww' over the Amy/Eleven moments.
Anyway, at least I still have Amy/Eleven Fanfiction to keep me going until the Christmas special ;)
Once Amy and the Doctor were outside of the TARDIS, Amy remembered something. "Doctor, we need a car to travel through the safari park!" She realised, slapping her forehead. "I can't believe that I forgot that!"
"Every time you slap your forehead, you lose fifty brain cells." The Doctor said randomly, taking her hand away from her forehead. "And anyway, that action was completely unnecessary. We have a car."
"The TARDIS doesn't count." Amy told him with a sigh.
"I know that, which is why I have commandeered a vehicle!" The Doctor replied with a grin, pointing to a blue car that was a few metres away from them.
Amy let out a low whistle and released the Doctor's hand to skip over to the car. "This is incredible! I've always wanted a Mercedes." She admitted, running her hand lovingly over the bonnet.
And then her head snapped up with realisation. "Wait, when you say 'commandeered', do you mean that you stole this?"
The Doctor looked insulted. "You think that I stole this? Why would you think that? I have never committed an offence in my life!" At Amy's sceptic face, he rephrased. "Okay, I have committed plenty of offences, but I've never stolen a car."
"You can't tell me this came from the TARDIS!" Amy exclaimed, tapping the car with her fingernails.
"Mind the paintwork!" The Doctor scolded as he walked over to her. "And yes, it did come from the TARDIS. It was hard work, putting it into atoms to get it out, but it worked."
"Okay, I believe you Doctor. But where did you get it from?"
"Well, remember when I told you that I'm friends with Tom Cruise? This was from him, for my 900th birthday. What a legend!" He replied cheerfully, taking out the keys from his pocket. "Now, let's get this baby running!"
Amy snorted. "Never say that again."
"Duly noted." The Doctor said with a nod. "Now Miss Pond, your carriage awaits! Hop in!"
But Amy didn't move. "No way. I'm driving."
Now it was the Doctor's turn to laugh. "No way. Absolutely not. This is my car."
"Every boyfriend lets their girlfriend drive their car. It's a fact. So hand those keys over!" She instructed, holding her hand out for them.
"Amy, you're not my girlfriend. Now get in."
The Doctor congratulated himself silently when Amy climbed into the car, not noticing the hurt expression on her face. "That wasn't so difficult was it?" He commented as he slid into the driver's seat. "Now, let's get this show on the road!"
He expected a cheer from Amy, but she remained silent.
Believing her silence was her way of showing that she was unhappy that he was the one driving, the Doctor decided to treat her to some facts about Longleat.
"Did you know that the safari park here was the first drive-through park outside of Africa? I learnt that from my friend, Larry the llama."
The Doctor glanced at Amy, but she was staring out of the window. He waited for her to laugh at the name of the llama, but she didn't. So he continued. "A difficult chap to get along with, mind. A bit too fond of spitting. I was worried about contracting something from him!"
When Amy didn't say anything again, he knew something was wrong. "Come on Amy, say something." He sighed.
"Why aren't I your girlfriend?" She asked bluntly, surprising him.
"Is that the reason for why you're sulking?" The Doctor asked, and from her lack of response, he knew he was right. "Oh Amy! You daft mare! I only said that because the terms 'boyfriend' and 'girlfriend' don't really fit you and I."
Amy turned her head to look at him. "Really? So we're still—"
"Yes." The Doctor reassured her. "Now, don't ever not talk to me again. Even for just a minute. I get too bored of my own voice."
"You're not the only one!" Amy grinned, and the Doctor took one hand off the steering wheel to jostle her.
~I~
Despite his previous complaints about Earth zoos, the Doctor was having a good time. He'd held a tarantula in the Pet Corner, annoyed when Amy told him that he couldn't keep it, he'd gotten lost in the Longleat maze, only to be rescued by Amy, he'd explored the Longleat manor, even the restricted areas, without getting caught.
It was only then, at the end of their trip, that the Doctor realised that something was bothering him.
He had taken Amy to the animal gift shop, 'World of Wildlife', knowing about her love for cuddly toys. As he watched her ponder between buying a tiger or a lion, though it was unnecessary because he was going to buy both of them for her anyway, he tried to figure out what was troubling at him.
And then, when he turned his gaze towards the counter and saw a crooked nose man serving an elderly woman, he realised what the niggling was.
Rory Williams, Amy's fiancée.
Flashes of the night of their first kiss came back to him, when Amy had told him that she wasn't looking for a long-term relationship.
Was Amy just using him as they travelled together? Did she intend to return to Rory soon to marry him?
But then she'd gotten upset earlier when she thought the Doctor didn't think of her as his girlfriend. Being someone's girlfriend meant a chance at a long-term relationship.
Confused, the Doctor sighed and leant against the wall of the shop. He needed to talk to her, and soon. He had intended to talk to her after their trip to the mechanical alien zoo, but it had slipped his mind. Amy's touch had a lot to do with that; he couldn't think clearly when she'd kissed him like that.
~I~
Meanwhile, Amy realised that she couldn't decide between the tiger and the lion, so she bounded over to the Doctor to get him to choose for her. "Doctor? Which one should I get?" She asked him, waving the cuddly toys at him.
The Doctor gave her a small smile. "I'm buying both of them for you Amy. Here, take this." He said, giving her his wallet.
Amy beamed, and leaned up on her tiptoes to give the Doctor a quick kiss. "Thank you!" She exclaimed happily, hurrying to the counter to pay for her items.
At the till, she opened the Doctor's wallet, stunned at the contents of it. There had to be over a hundred different types of currency.
Finally she found a couple of tens, and she paid for her toys. She knew she was being childish, but she had, and always would have, a love for all things cuddly.
After she'd returned to the Doctor and given him his wallet back, they strolled out of the shop.
The Doctor was silent as they walked, and Amy watched him out of the corner of her eye.
"Don't worry Doctor, I'll make sure my lion doesn't attack you." She joked, in an attempt to break the silence between them.
The Doctor only smiled weakly at her joke, too distressed by the matter on his mind. Amy didn't speak again, and they walked to the TARDIS in silence.
"You go inside." The Doctor said as they stopped outside of his ship. "I'm just going to dismantle the car. I won't be long."
Amy nodded and walked inside of the TARDIS, puzzled by his mood change. She sank down onto one of the chairs by the console, and pulled out the cuddly toys, clutching them to her chest for comfort.
The Doctor only took a few minutes to sort out the Mercedes before he walked into the TARDIS. After setting his ship to autopilot, he turned to face Amy. "We need to talk." He told her quietly.
Amy tightened her hold on her cuddly toys. "About what?"
"About your fiancée."
A short chapter, but I had to leave it there because I want to know what you guys think will happen next chapter ;)
I'll update within a few days. Promise :)
Hayley x
p.s Thank you rhiannon for your anonymous review :) I'm so glad you like my writing and my story :D
p.p.s Sabrina, haha, you're welcome :) Whoever reviews gets a reply, and I love your reviews; they make me smile :)
OMG YES! The 'Gotcha' line in the finale. I was gone. If only she'd said it back eh? Oh, I love them both so much :')
Of course I can see their love ;D Now we just need to get rid of Rory, and then Amy and the Doctor can be together foreverrrr :D
Thank you sweetie :)
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