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It was slightly awkward sitting at the table listening to her aunt and uncles conversation. Phil tried as hard as possible to focus on it but all she could think about was how annoyed she was at Nick. Darren had no clue that Nick was an alien, or that he knew that Doctor was an alien, or that the two of them were time travelling around. For all Darren knew, Nick was her longest friend and was human.

"Are you alright dear you look slightly pale." Her aunt said while reaching out to put her hand over one of Phils. Beside her Doctor leant down and frowned, "She's right you look a little peeky."

"Peeky?"

"Yeah off."

"Off? I look off?" Phil exclaimed which just made her family laugh. "What am I a fruit?"

"Well-"

"Ah! Rhetorical question John!" She laughed and continued to eat, looking up Darren and Nick sat next to each other. Nick was just being the usual annoying chatty man he was, whereas Darren was sidewards glaring at him. Carrie sat beside her dad and her mum was at the head of the table.

When everyone ate what they could and helped clean away they all moved back into the sitting room. Finishing washing up Phil pointed at Doctor, "You're a bottomless pit."

"It was good food!"

"True," she smiled and watched the water go down the plug. She jumped slightly when he had put a hand on her hair and started twirling some of it around his finger.

"I know he screwed up slightly by letting that slip. But you shouldn't let it bother you Phil! Face it, Darren was going to find out sooner or later that someone else knew."

"As long as he doesn't find out that he's...you know? Then I'm fine. As he said earlier on, he can barely deal with you. I don't want to even think about it if he found that out about Nick."

"Oh well come on then Phil! Time for the odd afternoon movie is it not?"

"Huh possibly." Phil mused while walking down the corridor towards the sitting room, instead when they walked in the news was on. Frowning Phil crossed her arms and sat down in front of the coffee table. Doctor sat behind her on the sofa, right next to a still annoyed Darren. Nick was sitting on the arm of the chair where Carrie was sitting and kept teasing her with mistletoe. Her aunt and uncle sat beside Doctor, idly chatting.

Phil frowned more at the television, turning to look up at him she made a thoughtful noise. "Can you catch a star?"

"Oh!" Nick exclaimed, "They're not trying to catch a star, they're trying to create a star." Nick corrected her and tapped Carrie on the head with the mistletoe.

"Create a star?" Phil repeated confused and looked at Doctor again, he just gave a shrug and looked back to the television. "Why?"

"They can use it as another power source considering the power crisis which is happening at the moment." Doctor explained just as the person on the television said more or less the same thing. He raised an eyebrow and ignored the looks he got from Phils aunt and uncle beside him.

"Why though?"

"Phil you don't pay much to the world around you do you?"

"Erm...I zoned out."

"You really should. All the power you lot use has to come from somewhere right? What happens when that source you're borrowing from goes?"

"We have no power."

"Exactly, so those scientists are trying to find another way of creating power." Doctor nodded and waved a packet near her. "I applaud them for their efforts but most experiments like this fail."

Phil ate a piece of chocolate from the packet and sat in thought. "What if they already had the star?"

"You can't catch a star Phil."

"But what if the star fell?"

The two of them were currently in the spare room, laying on the bed looking up at the ceiling. It was about one in the morning so everyone else was asleep but them. Nick had long since gone home not without bugging Carrie with the mistletoe again, she relented and kissed him on the cheek. Looking up at the ceiling Phil made a popping noise, her present from her aunt was something which she once had when she was younger. Doctor couldn't help but let out a laugh, it was a mobile planetarium. Clearly Phil had shown a sense of interest in space since a young age, it was a little ironic actually. He had commented that the stars don't actually look like the ones the planetarium was showing and pointed the screwdriver at it. Soon enough the view which Phil and Doctor recognized as the night sky if they were to look out of the TARDIS doors was projected onto her ceiling.

"But then it's just a lump of rock." Doctor said in simple terms. "I doubt it would have anything to provide them if they managed to get it." Doctor looked at Phil who just nodded slowly. "I know what you're thinking."

"Yup I'm sure you do."

"We're not interfering," he said while standing up and straightening his shirt and trousers down before reaching for his jacket at the end of the bed. "We can't Phil I mean, they're scientist, leave them alone." He said while pulling one arm into the jacket, "Although-"

"Come on already," Phil jumped up and pulled her boots on. "I see where this is going. You are to nosy and I'm to curious. Or is that the other way round?"

"No I think that classes for the two of us."

"I am not nosy."

"But I am curious," Doctor rubbed his hands together, Phil couldn't help but laugh slightly and walk quietly out of the room and down the corridor. Opening the door she looked behind her at the darkened house and then left the building. Doctor shut the door quietly behind him and locked the door with the screwdriver.

"Can we come back?"

"Sure! We trespass, I mean explore what they are doing with this star and then come back for the morning and then go again. How's that for you?"

"Brill!"

"Good!" Doctor grinned and walked briskly down the street, he jumped slightly when something was put around his neck. Looking to Phil he laughed, "Sharing a scarf? Is this even possible?"

"Well answer me this, is it really possible to have a scarf this long and just one person wear it?"

"You're just short that's why it's massive on you."

"Hey! You're lanky."

"We've been through this-"

"I'm not lanky I'm just taller than you," Phil mimicked him and then laughed at his expression of shock. "Sorry Doctor, but you look freezing, please have some of your scarf...even though you disowned it."

"I did not disown-"

"You said you didn't want to wear it again!"

"Alright alright calm down," Doctor waved a hand at her which she just grabbed a hold of and shook her head.

"You feel freezing."

"I do not." He said, although he was completely lying. He was grateful to share some of the extraordinary long scarf. The weather had taken a turn for the worse again and it had started to snow, Phil unwrapped the rest of the scarf and wrapped it around him. She pulled the collar up on her jacket and smiled, Doctor walked hurriedly towards the TARDIS when it came into site. Reaching out to open the door he flinched when something collided with his back.

Turning to look at Phil who just stood there grinning he shook his head, "Tell me Phil, did I just perhaps get snowballed?"

"I believe you did."

"Oh I see," Doctor said thoughtfully and then took off running after her. He was determined this time to win this snow ball fight unlike the one they had on Sto, although the one on Sto just involved him getting hit with snowballs and Phil just feigning ignorance.