Hello again everybody! I feel I should warn you that updates will probably be slower from now on, as my exams are getting close... SAD FACE. Also, I'd like to thank Laughy-Taffy the Grape, tenthintardis, 14AmyChan and the guests for your positive reviews! And of course thanks to everyone who followed/favourited. These things really make my day! :) Without further ado, here is chapter six!
It's a long and painful month. It seems that I want to be out of the house and with Rory even more when I'm not allowed to be. In addition, Aunt Sharon forbade Rory from coming to see me during the month. It's a very lonely time for me. I wish more than ever that the Doctor would return, and I spend an awful lot of time looking out my bedroom window, hoping he'll appear in his blue box. He never does. The days are dull and uneventful, but the nights are worst. That's when the voices come from the crack in my wall. Sometimes I spend the whole night awake, staring at it, terrified. Sometimes I try to just close my eyes and force myself to sleep. Sometimes I even imagine the Doctor is there with me, protecting me. I get the most sleep on those nights.
Luckily, the month I'm grounded for ends just as the Christmas holidays begin. As I sit at the dinner table with Aunt Sharon on my first official day of freedom, she tells me that she's invited Rory to stay the night. I grin widely.
"Thank you!" I tell her. She returns my smile, which is a rare occurrence.
"I thought it would be nice, to celebrate your... Well, freedom," she replies. She looks at the clock and adds, "He should be here in an hour."
"Thank you thank you thank you!" I gush, going over and hugging her.
"I may have to go out later, though. Will you and Rory be okay alone? You won't be scared, will you?" she asks. I laugh.
"I'm not scared of anything," I assure her. I think of the night the Doctor came, when he asked if my aunt had left me alone. I told him I wasn't scared. I was seven then, I'm definitely not scared now.
"Well, good," my aunt replies.
"Really good!" I say. "I'm going to go and get some games ready!" I tell her. Then I run upstairs to my bedroom, my smile still spread across my face.
Rory arrives just on time. I practically pounce on him as soon as I've opened the door, before he even has time to greet me. I hug him really tightly.
"I missed you!" I tell him.
"I missed you, too," he replies, returning my hug. His father, who came to drop him off, smiles down at us.
"Don't forget your bag, buddy," he says, holding out a small backpack. Rory pulls away from the hug and takes his bag.
"Thanks, dad." He smiles at his father.
"See ya in the morning, kiddo!" Mr. Williams ruffles Rory's hair and waves goodbye. I close the door and grin at Rory.
"C'mon!" I squeal excitedly. We run upstairs to my room.
"Wait," Rory says when I close the door. "Before we play anything, I need to ask you something. What did you do to get grounded for a whole month?"
"I bit Dr. Roberts," I admit sheepishly. He looks at me in disbelief.
"You bit her?"
"Yeah," I mumble. Suddenly, Rory laughs.
"You bit her!" he repeats. "You actually bit her!" I find myself laughing with him. I suppose it is a funny concept.
"Yep!" I say.
"You're so funny! I do love you, Amelia," he tells me. To my surprise, I feel myself blushing a little.
"I love you, too," I reply. "Now, who wants to play a game?"
"Me, of course!" he shouts, raising his hand. I laugh again. I really did miss him. I go to my wardrobe and take out the blue shirt, which is now quite scruffy from all our games. I hand it to Rory and close my eyes while he changes.
"Ready?" he asks excitedly.
"More than ever!" I answer, grinning. We run downstairs and out into the garden.
"I want you back in before it's dark!" Aunt Sharon calls out to us.
"Okay!" I shout back.
We run towards our favourite tree and climb to the top. We can see nearly the whole village from up here.
"Any signs of the prisoner?" I ask Rory.
"I don't see anything out of the ordinary," he replies. I hand him the telescope I hid in the branches a couple of months before.
"Try this. You can see the whole universe with it!" I tell him. He takes it from me and places the wrong side against his eye.
"I don't think it's working, Amelia," he says, confused. I giggle.
"You're holding it the wrong way, silly!" I take the telescope and hold it the right way for him.
"Oh! I see now. I think the stars are coming out soon," he murmurs. He turns to look at me. "D'you think that's where the Doctor is? In the stars?"
"Maybe," I say, gazing up at the sky.
"Maybe he can take you there one day," Rory whispers.
"I'll make him take you, too," I inform him. "Amelia Pond, Rory Williams and the Doctor. Sounds good, right?" I grin at him.
"Yeah," he replies, a smile spreading across his own face. "It sounds just right."