Sorry I haven't updated this for ages. But i've pretty much finished Lonely Angel now so my focus is on this fanfic :)
The Doctor stormed out the room
"Bloody human" he hissed under his breath, his life was none of her business!
He was about to go to the TARDIS when he realised that that's the first place the human would look for him. Instead he went back to the alley. Also obvious but he needed answers.
Rose stared at the door for a moment. What could she do now?
This Doctor wasn't rational.
This Doctor hadn't grown up yet.
This Doctor wasn't her Doctor yet.
She ruffled the towel through her hair. Her phone felt very heavy in her pocket, the temptation to call her mother was strong but what good would it do? Her mother would just lecture her on how useless the Doctor was. Which wouldn't help.
She slammed the hotel room door shut behind her for no particular reason except that it made her feel better.
"Hi" She smiled politely at the receptionist "Did you see where my …brother went?"
The receptionist looked away from the computer screen to glare at Rose for a moment.
"He went left" she sneered
"Thanks" Rose muttered walking briskly outside, the ice breeze slapping her in the face, she looked down the street seeing no sign of the Doctor.
"Where would I go if I was trying to hide?" She murmured staring down the street "Maybe?" she hoped and started walking down the street.
The Doctor growled in annoyance all that was down here were oily puddles and concrete.
He dropped into a crouch dipping his fingers in a puddle right next to where he'd woken up yesterday. He brought the fingers to his nose recoiling away from them, the substance smelt almost sulphur like, he licked it thoughtfully.
"Urgh!" he spat on to the floor to rid his mouth of the taste. He rubbed his fingers together
"What the hell?" he murmured as the substance became thick and gungy sticking his fingers together, he plunged his hands into the puddle getting a handful of it, it again became thick and slimy. He cocked his head to one side and took a few steps backwards to lean against the wall.
Rose had been right. She stood at the mouth of the alley, she could see the Doctor leaning against a wall looking intently at something in his hand. She walked down and leaned on the wall next to him deciding not to bring Daleks into the conversation
"What do you think this is?" he asked her
"I thought you don't like me" she taunted
"I didn't say I like you I asked you what you think of this" his face held a curious expression
"I left school before GCSE science. All I can tell you is that it stinks"
"Tastes gross aswell"
"You tasted it?"
"I wanted to know what it was" he said innocently shrugging his shoulders
"Of course" she rolled her eyes "So then. What's the plan then Timelord?"
"I'm not a Timelord yet" he said drily
"Yet?"
"Haven't graduated yet. I'm not technically 'the Doctor'."
"Who are you then?"
"My real names secret"
"Well if you're not the Doctor and your real names secret what do I call you?"
He turned to look at her thoughtfully, his dark eyes held that curious spark that Rose was so used to but this time it wasn't dampened by the sadness and loss that his older self had
"Theta. That's my nickname so that works for me"
"Theta it is then" She preferred that, the Doctor didn't suit the teenager in front of her "So what's with the goo?" she dipped her finger in it
"Not sure yet" he mused frowning as the mystery goo glided down her finger "one sec. Cup your hands together"
She obeyed letting him drop the slime into her hands, he watched curiously as it appeared to melt back into a watery state in her hands, he took some back watching as it became sticky again.
"It reacts to you" Rose realised "You think it has something to do with you being younger"
"It's very possible. If the TARDIS is working well enough it should be able to analyse it for us"
"To the TARDIS then" Rose secretly smiled at the fact that they were sort of a team again, well he said 'us' and explained stuff to her instead of running off to sort it himself. She took that as a positive.