A/N: Quick note, this will be a mini-sode chapter, but it'll have quite a bit on the Doctor's thoughts and Angel's thoughts/concerns/theories and even...a glimpse of the future for Angel ;)
~8~
Death is the Only Answer
Angel looked up from where she was readying the TARDIS for flight to see the Doctor walking in from the doors, having taken a moment longer to say goodbye to Amy than she had with Rory, and...tossing a fez in his hands. They'd just dropped Amy and Rory off on a lovely honeymoon cruise in a starliner, giving them some needed privacy to share their wedding night. Apparently, the Doctor had found a fez while saying goodbye.
"Oh I missed you," he smiled, kissing the fez, "I can't believe River blew you up..."
"I'd stop that Doctor," Angel called, watching him tossing the fez up and down, "You might drop..."
He tossed it, missing it as it fell, and ended up hitting a lever as he tried to leap forward and catch it, "Ok…" he murmured, watching as the fez disappeared, "I didn't mean to do that…"
Angel sighed, walking over to examine the lever he'd hit, "You never mean to do a lot of things," she sighed quietly.
"What?" he looked at her, frowning, having heard her, "What do you mean?"
Angel was...a bit different, than before the entire Pandorica incident. He'd noticed she was quiet again. They'd saved the Orient Express in space, worked out an entire honeymoon gift for Amy and Rory, and even gotten them there to the right spot. Everything was fine...but Angel was quiet. She'd hung back around Rory nearly the entire time, had seemed rather tense and on edge through the whole adventure. Which, he had to admit, was good in one way as she was rather quick about using the Vortex to create a wall to protect them all, but...he was worried. It was like...she had treated the adventure as a...job or something instead of a fun adventure. She acted like she was only there to offer protection and her visions and hadn't enjoyed it at all.
And that wasn't what he wanted at all, he wanted her to have fun! To smile and laugh and enjoy herself and that wasn't what the last trip had been like, not for her at least. Even Rory had seemed to enjoy it but Angel...he could tell from her expression that something about it was bothering her and he wished she'd talk to him about it. Angel didn't often lie, but that didn't mean there were things she wouldn't talk about. She could avoid answering to her hearts' content because he couldn't exactly pry into her mind.
It wasn't like they were Mated and had a mental connection.
Angel closed her eyes, hearing that thought, he STILL didn't remember. Well, she expected that, she knew now that the cracks had nothing to do with his amnesia, and the more she was there, around this him who didn't know her as his Mate, the more she was starting to fear the only other possible reasons behind it that she could see.
Even more so now that River had popped up again.
There were only two things she could imagine that would cause his amnesia...and both...she hated to admit...both involved him and his own decisions which meant that, in a way, it might be his own doing that he'd forgotten. Which killed her to think.
At first she had thought that, maybe, he'd forgotten her because...he just hadn't wanted to give her up. She had heard his thoughts, right up to the end, his greatest regret was that he'd die and another man would walk off with her. His old self had always been so possessive of her, even more so after Mating, she could understand his reluctance to be locked away in his own head, seeing her being happy and laughing and loving 'another' man. She had started to think that, maybe he'd forced himself to forget, as a way to cope. When they regenerated, they held the same memories as their previous selves, they carried over from one life to the next. Perhaps his last self had simply thought that ONLY he would forget, that the next him had already had the memories...like a computer that had a copy of a document backed up even when the original was deleted. They didn't normally want to forget anything when they regenerated so she truly didn't know if anything like this had ever happened before.
But there were two rather large issues with that. If his last self had wanted to forget her...why not forget her completely? Why still know who she was but not who she was to him? And...if he had forgotten her and only forgotten his memories from after the Mating...wouldn't he have still remembered that he'd loved her as 9 as he had claimed he had? And even then...wouldn't it have been possible for him to fall in love with her again?
THAT was a big reason that she was starting to think it was her second theory, one that was strengthened because of one thing.
River Song.
She had, at first, thought the woman might have had something to do with the Doctor, because of what she'd said on the beach with the Byzantium but...the River they'd just come from...she hadn't said anything and, well, River did seem the sort to...gloat...a bit. It was starting to make her question that, and, until she really knew if River had done anything, she didn't want to consider she had...because if she thought River really had done something then...she'd be angry and she didn't want to do anything rash, not just because her emotions were heightened right now and, with the Vortex, that could be dangerous, but...because she needed to be sure. She would need to know what River had done and if River suspected she knew well...there would go her chances. And with how River kept popping up out of order she couldn't be sure which River knew what...
And that was also an part of her fretting too. Whenever that woman appeared...she could see it, she could see it and hear it and feel it...the Doctor was slowly growing more and more intrigued by River Song. And she knew what the Doctor was like when he was curious about something, when he had a new mystery to work out...he focused on that, he wondered about it, he thought about it, till he got his answers. And she knew that River Song was close to him, she had to be, to know his name in the Library. River obviously knew what he was like as well, all those little spoilers she kept giving, the little hints of the future, the way she handled the Doctor...
All they did was make him more curious about her, notice her more, think about her more...
She tried to block it out when it happened, when his thoughts drifted to River, she tried not to notice. But he DID think of River from time to time. And she'd...she'd always had a bit of doubt in the back of her mind, ever since the Doctor had first asked her to Mate to him, that...it was just a rush of emotions that made him do it. When she had been dying, she had been completely serious, she wasn't like River, not at all, and she was worried that...perhaps, when he'd been regenerating, he'd started to agree...River was a better match for him than her.
What if, in that final moment, he found himself regretting their Mating? That was the theory she was terrified of. What if he regretted it and his mind had tried to do what it could to block the Mating bonds, to give him a chance to be with someone...better.
Someone like River.
Every time River popped up, no matter how much she tried not to let it, her mind would wander to that possibility. Because there was clearly something keeping him from loving her again and she couldn't think of anything except...him. Except that the Doctor himself just...didn't want to love her. It was like he was starting to but then something would shock him out of it or remind him that it just wouldn't do and he'd...stop. He'd turn away or think of something else or shake himself from his thoughts...or River would distract him. What if that something keeping him from loving her was...that he was starting to fall in love with River?
She didn't know, she refused to connect to him when his thoughts turned to River, she blocked everything as much as she could. If he was, if he WAS falling for her...she didn't want to know. If she knew then she'd know that her own chance at getting him back, or at least winning his hearts again, was dwindling. She'd rather have hope. If he ended up loving River...as much as she hated to think on that...she'd let him, because she'd promised herself, if she still had the baby...she'd give him up.
Even if it meant giving him up to River Song.
And that was just it, if she still had the baby. She'd been silent this last trip, she knew he'd noticed, for once he'd really and truly noticed how quiet she was. It wasn't because of what he thought though, it was more...she didn't want to risk the baby, not again. So she'd been extra careful, she hadn't let the chatter around her distract her, she hadn't let the Doctor's excitement pull her attention away, she'd focused, she'd remained on her toes so she could react quicker if a danger popped up. She HAD to be careful because...it was the only way she could think of that would let her stay with him longer.
Because she WAS thinking of leaving, for the baby's safety. But in the same breath, she didn't WANT to leave. She couldn't bear the thought of leaving him, not till she absolutely had to. And that was the only way she could think of to stay, being careful. She'd probably overdone it a bit, but now she knew that...she could protect the baby. She NEEDED to know that after failing so miserably before. She had to know she could do it, she had to prove to herself she could.
And she had.
So, for that, she'd be ok for now.
She glanced at him a moment, realizing he was waiting for an answer, before shaking her head, "Nothing. I'm fine," and she was, technically speaking, because she was alive, she was still there, the baby was ok, her companion and his wife were safe, and the Doctor was alive and well...in that sense, yes, she was fine.
But the Doctor frowned, despite everyone commenting on how oblivious he was, he HAD noticed that something was bothering her, that it had been since he'd regenerated really. At first he thought she was having a reaction like Rose had, that she'd gotten too attached to his last body but...he was starting to think it was something else. Even Rose had gotten over his regeneration faster than this.
"Angel what..." he trailed off when the air on top of the stairs to the halls began to swirl, "I didn't do that," he looked at her, "I'm sure I didn't do that..."
"No you didn't," she agreed, moving around the console to check the monitor just to be sure.
"More importantly, where's my fez got to?" he looked around the lever, hoping the fez might rematerialize again.
"Um, Doctor?" Angel pointed up the stairs when none other than Albert Einstein stepped out of the swirling vortex, wearing the fez, and holding a test-tube of green liquid in his hands.
"Doctor?" Albert gaped at him, "That is you is it? And lovely Angel!" he beamed, making his way quickly down the stairs and to her side, walking right past the Doctor as the Time Lord tried to hug him, which made the Doctor pout, "My dear, my dear," he gave her a kiss on each cheek, "You look more divine than the last time I saw you," he chuckled, "Can YOU explain how my fez got here?" he pointed at the top of his head.
"Hello Alby," she smiled, rubbing her cheek where his mustache had tickled her, understanding what Amy had felt about Vincent kissing her cheek.
"Albert Einstein, nice to see you," the Doctor moved in and finally got that hug out of him, "What are you doing here?"
"I was working on MY time machine when it started shaking," Albert explained, "I put my hand in to try to turn it off, went straight through it! And ended up here."
Angel laughed, "Through the looking glass Alby?"
"So how's it going, your 'time machine,'" the Doctor smiled, using quotey fingers.
"Oh, not great," Albert sighed, "I've singed my eyebrows, almost died twice, and fallen off a cliff!" he turned to look at Angel as he spoke, knowing the girl was more supportive of his efforts than the Doctor, who mocked him at times, the Doctor was ignoring him even now to sonic the liquid in his tube, "In fact, I'm quite close to perfecting it."
Angel nodded, not quite believing it, but wanting to be encouraging, "That's wonderful Alby."
"Ah my dear," he beamed at her, "I knew there was a reason I like you better than him," he nodded at the Doctor.
"Oi!" the Doctor straightened and pouted, stopping his scans.
Angel moved to speak...when the TARDIS hummed loudly, which made her chuckle a bit, it sounded like she was agreeing with Albert. She looked at the Doctor who seemed to get that impression too and patted his shoulder a moment.
"I think this liquid is the key," Albert added, holding the tube up with a gleeful smile.
"Oh…" the Doctor looked at the scans, now reminded of that, "Yes…but no."
"Well is it yes or no?"
"No," Angel answered for the Doctor, having seen it in his mind, though the Doctor seemed to think it was just her knowledge of time travel that had given her the answer.
"So how did I get here?"
"Because of this," Angel reached out and took the fez off him, holding it up for him to see, "Your fez?" she asked him as he nodded, before she gave the Doctor a look, blinking as she saw him smiling at her instead of looking at Albert, "You were playing with it Doctor," she began, reminding him of the situation.
"Right!" he nodded, shaking himself from his thoughts on how nice it was to see Angel smiling and laughing and NOT being silent, "This was the fez I happened to be carrying during an unavoidable collision with this lever," he pulled the lever down, taking the fez from Angel and dangling it on the lever, "My lever plus your fez equals time window in the TARDIS. OUR TARDIS by the way so don't get any ideas trying to steal it. Again. Angel was rather cross with you for that."
Albert winced at the mention of that, he'd only met the woman a few times before and always for such short whiles, but she gave off such a profound effect that, even in his first meeting with the woman, he'd found himself sad that he'd disappointed her, "I am sorry my dear."
Angel smiled, "It's alright Alby, everything's fine and I think the TARDIS was rather flattered that you wanted to steal her like another thief," she glanced at the Doctor.
"Oi!" the Doctor frowned as the TARDIS hummed again in what sounded like agreement too.
"Wonderful," Albert laughed, before pointing at the Doctor, "And you DID say you were going to give my toothbrush back!" he reminded the Doctor as a means of a weak argument to justify why he had tried to steal the box, the man had stolen his toothbrush!
"About that…the Daleks kind of exterminated it last week…or was it last century?"
"Last month," Angel corrected, moving to the console to close the window down.
"So, going back to this," Albert held up the test tube, "I guess it's not bionic fusion liquid."
The Doctor took it from him, "Never mind, pass it to me, I'll just run some tests..." he set it down on the console, beside Angel, who watched as it bubbled, before he pulled on some protective goggles.
"No!" Albert snatched it back, holding it protectively to his chest, "I made it, I'LL do the tests."
The Doctor sighed and looked at Angel, "That's the 20th century physicist for you…always wanting to do it themselves," he pulled the goggles off.
"I think that's just men in general," Angel remarked, "You're always trying to fix the TARDIS yourself..." she frowned, "It never ends well."
~oOo~
He looked over a bit, concerned, as Angel's face scrunched. She had fallen asleep on the captain's chair and he'd made sure to pilot the TARDIS into the Vortex gently, letting her sleep as he quietly worked on fixing a bit here and there...wanting to surprise her. Well, he really wanted to give her a surprise, for a very good reason, but his thoughts and intentions kept getting cut off as he watched her. They had been sitting in the console room, Angel lying down, smiling and listening to the gentle, yet somewhat excited, hum of the TARDIS, just listening to him rattle on about something...and fallen asleep. He'd smiled at that, he loved how she found his voice so soothing that it could lull her to her dreams. He hadn't had the hearts to wake her and thought it would actually be brilliant if she slept a short while, gave him time to get her surprises in order.
It was rather hard to surprise a psychic, he realized.
~oOo~
The Doctor paused, looking at Angel a moment, as he rubbed his head, feeling an odd...pressure there, before he shook his head, it was probably just the fumes from Albert's liquid thing, "True," he nodded to her observations.
"Where have you hidden my bicarbonated processing machine?" Albert looked around, reminding them both that he was still there, "Huh? A genius like me needs better than this old trash!"
"Albert!" Angel put her hands on her hips as the man headed for the stairs, "Old trash?! The TARDIS is nothing of the sort! She's a treasure that will be here till the end of time. She was you know," she turned with a huff to help the Doctor fix the time window, ignoring the slightly smug look he shot her. She was always defending Albert and supporting his ideas so it was nice to see her be a bit cross with the man, especially over the TARDIS.
He chuckled to himself and looked down, not seeing her stiffen, "Ah, and Albert," he called, the two of them unable to see the liquid of the tube explode into Albert's face with his back to them, "I almost forgot, whatever you do…do not drink that liquid."
"I think it's too late Doctor," Angel called, having turned around when she'd seen Albert starting to twitch and shake, horrified when the man turned into an Ood like Halpen had been.
The Doctor turned around, "It may…" only to see the Ood standing there where Albert had been, an Ood with red eyes, "Ohh!" he grinned tensely, quickly making his way around the console to stand between the Albert-Ood and Angel, knowing how dangerous the red-eyed Ood could be, "I like your new look. It's an Ood isn't it?" he stepped even closer, "I can tell you've got the wiggly bits and everything..."
But then Angel pulled him back, not wanting him to get too close.
"Death is the only answer," the Albert-Ood stated, his orb lighting up.
"Alby?" Angel called, taking a very cautious step closer, noting how the Doctor didn't pull her back but feeling his gaze on her back, "Can you hear me? Do you remember your name?"
"Death is the only answer," the Albert-Ood advanced on her, NOW the Doctor pulled her back.
"What does that mean?" she shook her head, "The answer to what?"
And then she winced...
...the moon was in the sky, reflected over a large lake...
'...the first question. The oldest question in the Universe. Hidden in plain sight...'
...a TARDIS blue envelope had a number 1 on its back...
She pressed a hand to her head, her head pounding as it often did when she 'saw' too far ahead. She swallowed hard, forcing her eyes opene as she blinked, staring at the Albert-Ood in horror, not because it should be Albert Einstein, but...the vision that his words had sparked and the pit now forming in her stomach.
What sort of question could possibly warrant death as an answer?!
But the Albert-Ood just kept coming so the Doctor pushed Angel behind him, "O…k…you don't want to tell us but wait, wait!" he pulled out a yellow yoyo, "This is what you're looking for?" he dangled it and swung it before the Albert-Ood, hoping it might distract him as he nodded at Angel, who made her way around the console quickly to fix this, "Huh? Power source for your time machine, hmm?"
Luckily the Albert-Ood seemed to have none of Albert's brains as it stared at the yoyo as though it were really a power source for anything.
Angel pulled a lever and a white light turned on behind the Albert-Ood, just in front of the time window. The Albert-Ood turned, heading straight for it, before stepping into it, trapped...till it shook and twitched, turning back into Albert again...his hair all mussed.
"What just happened?" the man asked, shaken and looking more than a bit green.
"Long story, you went a bit Ood," the Doctor waved him off, walking over to scan him, "Ah, a bit odd. Nice hair, you should keep it. Looks more sciencey."
"You don't look too good Alby," Angel stepped to his side, moving to help support him as the man stumbled, but that was understandable, that had to be a very jarring experience.
"I don't feel too good," Albert agreed, clutching her.
"Come on," she gently took his arm and moved him over to the jump seat, helping him sit.
"Will you drop me off home please Angel?"
"Of course," she nodded, dropping a kiss onto the top of his head, Albert was so old and reminded her so much of Wilf that it was hard not to be kind to him.
"Oi!" the Doctor pouted as Angel moved past him to do just that, "What about me?"
Angle paused, "What about you what?"
The Doctor blinked, stiffening as he realized...for a moment there...that had almost sounded like he was asking why she hadn't kissed him too. But...no. No that...that couldn't be what he meant. Not at all. No. No, no, no, no, nope, not at all. No.
Why would he want to kiss Angel? They were friends, mat...no, friends, he insisted in his mind, not willing to risk thinking the other word and wince, again. There was really no reason at all that he'd want to kiss Angel. It wasn't like he hadn't stopped thinking about her lips since they'd danced and she'd bitten them. Not at all. Nope. No.
"What about ME dropping him off home," he continued, shaking his head from those thoughts.
Angel just gave him a look, as though the answer to that question should be obvious.
"I know," he sighed, the last time he'd tried to get Albert home he'd nearly landed the man back in Germany.
"1945?" Angel called, "Right Alby?"
"I think," Albert nodded, rubbing his head, his eyes closed, trying to keep the room from spinning.
She smiled, "Ok, would the 18th of September be alright? Maybe 10 o'clock."
Albert waved her on, the Doctor reaching out to grab his arm in the process, helping the man up and leading him to the doors as the human grumbled, "Back to the drawing board. I guess you are keeping the fez then?"
"Well fezzes look better on me than you," the Doctor laughed, "Like bowties."
"Typical Doctor. Some things will never change."
Angel's smile faded, her hand moving to rest gently on her bump with the men's backs to her, and some things had to change. She just hoped they wouldn't change too soon, she just...needed more time and, despite living in a time machine, in this one instance, she was afraid it was time she wouldn't have.
"Oh well, goodbye," Albert turned to shake the Doctor's hand.
"Bye Albert."
"Angel," he smiled, blowing her a kiss from the doors and waving as she waved back before he stepped out of the TARDIS.
The Doctor clapped his hands and ran up the stairs to the console, getting them back into the Vortex.
Angel glanced at him a long while before looking down, sighing when she spotted a bit of Albert's liquid on the floor from where it had exploded at him...moving. The green liquid was actually moving. Well that wouldn't do at all and she would not have a messy TARDIS...not to mention the TARDIS herself would probably throw a tantrum about it later. So she reached down, pulling a small rag off the console and wiped it clean.
"So!" the Doctor clapped, pointing at her as she stood, "Where do you want to go now? It's just us till the Ponds are done eh? Eye of Orion?"
She blinked, a bit surprised at his suggestion. Normally he'd pick the most ridiculous place or some mysterious setting or set the TARDIS to random but...here he was, offering a trip to the calmest place in the Universe. She had to smile though, catching his thoughts. He was still worried about her, about how the exploding TARDIS and the Dalek blast and being erased had affected her and just wanted to give her a little calm trip to try and make up for that. It seemed he blamed himself for those events.
She smiled, "I'd like that."
"Brilliant," he nodded, moving to set the controls...about to pull a lever to send them off when...
"Doctor!" Amy's voice screamed over the comm. that she'd nearly begged Amy and Rory to take with them for some reason, "Angel! Help!"
The Doctor ran for the comm., "Amy? Amelia! What is it? What's wrong?!"
How could anything have gone wrong?! They'd JUST dropped the Ponds off on their honeymoon...but then he noticed the date and time the call was coming from on the monitor. It seemed, entering the Vortex...the call was coming through from a day or two in the future...well, the future to THEM at least.
"It's the ship!" Rory shouted, "There's something wrong with the..." he was cut off by the sound of crashing.
"We're coming!" Angel yelled, her and the Doctor getting to work on the console, on their way to save their companions.
To be continued...
A/N: OMG! One week left! And then we get to the next story! Yay! So sad but then we get Series 6 :) I'm really glad you guys are so excited for 11 remembering Angel! I really can't wait till we get to it either ^-^ So before I start about this chapter, I really want to just thank you all again, you guys are SO amazing and I'm really glad that you're all enjoying the story so far. It really means a lot to me to know that, even with everything happening with Angel you guys are still interested in the story even without the fluff (thought it will return!). And I wanted to say thank you to all of you for your congrats on the story reaching 1000, I think that's something we can definitely all celebrate, though I think you guys deserve the congrats way more than me. It was YOU who got us to it, I just wrote the chapters ^-^
As for this chapter though, I hope you liked this little bridging moment :) Of the script-to-screen challenges this one was the one I could really get into and see as an actual 'episode.' I mean no offense to the other script-to-screen but the second, to me, had too many inconsistencies in it as opposed to this one so I thought I'd put this one in. And I really wanted to see Albert interact with Angel :)
And I also wanted to use this as a look into Angel's mind and see her thoughts and feelings on the latest events that happened, even take a bit of a look into the Doctor's mind too :) So I hope you enjoyed it! :)
Oh! There's also a new chapter of Impossibly Yours, Captain up if you want a tiny bit of fluff/cuteness :)
Some notes on reviews...
Lol, that's cool :) I've had a few people mention that they wanted to do something similar, wait a few days and read an entire episode :) Whatever works for you and makes you feel more comfortable ;)
Yup, I've got 2 TLs that met him as 10 (and 2 more coming that will meet him as 10, though 1 knew him in his first incarnation too) and 2 TLs that meet him as 9 (if you count Rewritten). Though, technically, of all the TLs I've written so far, Angel's the only one to NOT know him in his first incarnation lol :) I can say that I do have about 3 more Time Ladies coming who will be around 11 instead of 10 :) I have about 8 Time Ladies in mind (3 already written, 1 in progress) of them...5 will have known him from Gallifrey from his first incarnation on and 3 will meet/have met 9, 10, and 11 as the first ones they'll meet him as :) But we'll definitely have at least 3 who start with 11 :) Currently Angel's only debating leaving, but we won't know for sure if she will...all I can say is that the sneak peeks from my 'Sneak Peeks' story has her being there for the Doctor's Wife and God Complex (though that doesn't mean she might not leave between them and come back at that point }:)). I don't think there would be lots of shouting or fighting if she did leave though, it's her decision to stay or go and the Doctor would, eventually, have to respect that :) And that's ok, there weren't many hints about River's possible involvement as they didn't know about the amnesia in Series 4 and she was only really featured in Series 5 on :)
But as for Utah, I'm gonna be quite tight lipped about all that for the moment though, but all I can say is that...we know Angel survives, so we know River doesn't really kill her...so...it's VERY possible that teaser meant that River will kill her figuratively. She's already done LOADS of it with little comments and smirks to Angel, imagine how much it will 'kill' if we made it to the wedding episode with him still not remembering }:D So, for all we know, the Silence don't want Angel at all, they wanted someone who would kill the Doctor and Angel would not EVER do that :) We'll definitely have to wait and see what role Angel will have in Series 6, if she'll even be there for most of it }:) I really have no idea what would happen if a story of mine reached 2000...I think I'd die from happiness and then we'd be without updates lol :) For the Professor it's mostly that she and him were so close as children and for most of their lives that they think almost exactly the same, like one of those friendships where you can finish the other person's sentence :) Evy and LJ, I think the reason most people subconsciously support Jara is because they have SO many parallels to Evy and the Doctor's own story, which is why I usually recommend that the entire series should be read before starting a new story, just so that things like that come across more :) I try to tie in things from past series with the new stories :) I'm a really big fan of OCs (obviously lol), but as odd as it is, I could see 11 and Clara if I look at it as them just being man and woman and not Time Lord and Human. But as a Time Lord it'll always be Doctor/OC, I really don't like him with any human (or human plus) :) And that's ok, ramble away lol :) And thanks! :)
We'll find out quite a few things about what River knows and when she learns them definitely :) I'd say mostly in Series 6 because that's when we start to see her beginnings :)
I'm glad the announcement made your day! :) This story will be over in a week, the 25th will be the last chapter. The next story will be over by (if all goes to schedule) mid-October, and the last story for Series 7 by the 31st of December for one full year of DW :) I'm going to be doing the Professor and Evy for the 50th as a separate story each hopefully to be up between the 50th and Christmas and then try to get their Christmas specials up before the end of the year to finish it off. I'll be doing what I did for those series for Series 8 like I did for Series 7, waiting till the series is completely over and then posting the Academic Series, then the Lunar Cycle, and then the HOTS and whatever other series I might have out by then :) And thanks! I'm glad you're enjoying the stories so far :)
There'll probably be a little of both going on, him starting to fall in love with her again but not realize it, but River does complicate things doesn't she }:) I can say that Sarah Jane will find out what happens within a week and that the other companions will learn about everything :) I can't say when, but I can say they'll be popping up more through Series 6 and 7 :) I've written to the end of Series 7 for Angel yup :) So I know exactly what's coming. I can say that the wedding episode will be titled something different (though it could mean the 'honeymoon' of River Song as an ending for it) and that, no matter what, the death scene will always make you cry no matter who it is, the Doctor, Angel, both, neither (no idea how that last one might happen...well, I suppose if it's the Teselecta it would be neither lol) :)
I can't say if the Ganger will remember her as he'll be exactly like the Doctor in every way. So...if the Doctor remembers, his Ganger will too. If not, neither will he :)
I classify TL# as the series that they appear in, so Time Lady 4 appears in Series 4. Which means the Professor would be TL2, Evy TL3, Angel TL1, so, in that case, it's more that I just want the Time Lady who appears in Series 7 to come after the one who appears in Series 4 because I have a better idea of who she is and where her story is going :) Proffy, Evy, and Angel were out of order so the others might be out of order too :)
The more I think of the 'oncoming storm' moments the Doctor has about all his ladies the more I think of how PC might act. I'm a bit sad we'll have to wait till Series 8 to really know what sort of Doctor he is, but those moments, no matter the Doctor, always win me over too :) I can see him being like that too, maybe even a little dark, but just...so light and happy around Angel since we know, by then, he'll definitely remember ;)
I can say that, IF we don't get to the Cyber-Planner being the 10th Doctor because 11 happens to remember before then, I WILL do an AU one-shot (or 3 chapters) of if 11 hadn't remembered by then and that the Planner is 10 ;)
I have to say 'Welcome!' then and -gives big bear hug!- :) I'm glad you like the series so much! I definitely try to keep them in character and, if for some reason they go OOC like River is a bit, I try to have a justified reason that is explained for why that happened or what might be the reason for them acting like that so thanks! :)
I'm glad the chapter was able to brighten up your day! And I'm very glad I'm still able to surprise you with the little twists too :) And thank you for the smiley faces! They made me smile like this ^-^
That's great to know that you're still captured by the story :) I'm glad I was able to hold your interest with the twists and turns of the story :) I can say that, even when the fluff returns, it will be uberly fluffy yes, but...there will still be issues for both Angel and the Doctor to work through that are the result of this entire mess, just to keep it realistic ;) As for the baby...I'm not saying anything }:)
He'll definitely be more aware and I can say that there will be an EPIC Oncoming Storm moment against River where he puts her in her place and then some ;) And that's not creepy at all, in fact... -gives big bear hug!- :)
I'm planning to do something every year for my 'anniversary' :) Next year I'm considering a SuperWhoLock of the Professor, Michelle, and Leena :) As for how this story is doing, I think it's doing well because everyone can sort of relate to drama and being hurt by someone you love and having hope that it'll get better. I try to make the reader curious where they read because they hope something better is coming and now we know it will be :) I'd say I'm most fond of Angel. The Professor is amazing, and she's my first OC so she'll always be special to me, and I love Evy for how well she can handle the Doctor, but I really love Angel because we get to see her journey. The other two started so awesome, but with Angel we get to see her grow :)