3: Girl Scout Cookies- Highly anticipated cookies sold annually by the American scouting group the Girl Scouts, sort of like British Girl Guides. They currently come in 11 flavors, though thin mints are the most popular
"Do you like thin mints, River?" the Doctor asked one day as he messed with random levers on the Tardis console.
"I prefer tagalongs." Tagalongs were deliciously crunchy peanut butter wafers covered in chocolate. River had always chosen them over the sharp mintiness of thin mints.
"Really? Well, fine, I suppose we can get a box of them, too. I've been having a weird craving for Girl Scout cookies lately, I can't figure out why…" He stopped, contemplating the reason for this.
River viewed it as her job to bring him back to reality. She raised her eyebrows, slightly amused. "Doctor."
Right, yes. Cookies. I figured we could get some. It's been a while since I've had them; few hundred years, I'd say. What do you think?"
"As long as I get to fly the Tardis," she answered, earning a glare from her Time Lord.
"I'm flying her; I always fly her. I do it better."
River gave him a look that said 'don't argue with me,' and he didn't know whether to be amused or scared. The look got increasingly more intense, however, and he decided to go with scared.
"How about we fly her together?" He was just so stubborn.
"Good enough."
As they pulled various levers and knobs together, the Doctor thought about how much he secretly enjoyed flying the Tardis along with his wife. Even if she could be very stubborn and slightly argumentative at times, it was still nice doing something as simple and domestic as flying their favorite ship.
When they landed, the Doctor took River's hand and headed for the doors. Before he could get there, he was stopped by the sound of his wife's voice scolding him.
"Sweetie," she said dryly and with internal amusement. "You forgot your money."
"Of course, dear," he answered, turning back around. "Just checking to make sure you're paying attention. It appears you are."
She rolled her eyes and they headed outside in search of their treat.
The couple walked up to a stand of adolescent scouts set up outside a pet store.
"Can I help you?" one of the girls asked.
"Yes, we'll take one box of thin mints and one of tagalongs," the Doctor answered. "Oooh, River look, a pet shop! Do they sell sharks in there?"
"No, it's a fish store. You can't buy sharks." Another of the scouts said this as if it were the most obvious thing in the world.
"Why?"
"Sharks aren't pets."
"Well, I've met loads of people with pet sharks. Actually-"
"Sweetie," River interrupted, trying as hard as she could to hold back her laughter. "Just pay for the cookies."
He opened his mouth to protest but thought better of it, doing what he was told instead.
"That'll be eight dollars," the first girl said, holding out her hand.
The Doctor fumbled as he gathered the money together, making it obvious that he had no clue what he was doing. "Um… Are the one dollar bills the ones with Ulysses S. Grant on them?"
On of the girls snorted, and an impatient River took the money from her extremely oblivious husband. "George Washington. And they have giant 'ones' on them."
She counted out eight dollars and paid the young girl scouts, grabbing her husband and walking quickly away before he could get another word in. The group of scouts all gaped and laughed as they left.
They strode back to the Tardis laughing hysterically.
"I really can't believe you sometimes," River said through her laughter.
"How was I supposed to know?"
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