School days moved through Roses life very quickly, and no sooner than when she started a school week, she was arriving home on a Friday afternoon, ready for two days of sleeping and avoiding as much homework as she could. That was until she was told that the study group that her mother made her sign up for was on Saturday morning.

She was slightly pissed off about the idea of getting up early in the morning, on a Saturday, just for a study group filled with people who would probably laugh at her. She smiled, remembering that David and his younger brother Matt were a part of the group. Maybe it would be the worst thing ever.

After getting ready, she left the flat, grabbing her bag and locking the door behind her and began walking down to the bus stop. No one else was there, but the bus wouldn't be for another ten minutes, meaning someone else was bound to come.

Sitting down on the seat, she took out her phone to see that she had a new message

Hey Rose, do u need a lift?

David

Rose smiled at this, looking to her watch before replying

Only if u don't mind. If not I can wait 4 bus

Rose

Rose held on to her phone, getting ready for another text message. She was genuinely happy that David had offered her a lift, not only because the bus smelled like urine and was filled with annoying people, but because she got to be with him

Bowtie wanted to stop at the corner store near your estate, so we r close anyway
meet u at the bustop?

David

Rose smiled at the at the name "Bowtie". It was referring to Matt, who wore a bowtie both during school and on weekends. He was a strange boy, who ate weird food and hated apples. During lunchtimes, Rose would cringe when she saw him eat fish fingers….. with custard.

Yeah, im there right now

Rose

Rose looked into her bag, to quickly check she had everything, before looking back to her phone and seeing a reply

We're on our way. See u in a sec

David

Standing up from her seat, Rose picked up her bag and leant against the pole. It was pretty cool outside, seeing as it was February and still winter. She fixed her fingerless gloves and kicked some melting snow off the ground near her foot. She only looked up when she heard a car horn.

She smiled when she saw David and Matt in their car, and skipped off to join them.

"Thank you for the lift." She said as she got into the back seat.

"No worries, we were heading that way anyway, and you know, the more the merrier" David said

Rose buckled her seatbelt as they drove off towards the school. There was a comfortable silence in the car, until Rose yawned.

"Did you stay up late last night?" Matt asked

"Nah, I'm just not the type to actually get up on a Saturday until three in the afternoon." Rose joked, twirling a strand of hair with her finger.

"That's wasting half the day away!" David spoke, shocked.

"It's not like I have anything to do. I just sit at home, go to work and eat chips!" Rose grinned as David looked at her through the rear view mirror.

"Well, how about I—uh, we, show you what a real life is!" He spoke with a grin

"Yeah?" Rose asked

"Yeah"


After they got to school, Rose dragged herself out of the warmth of Davids' car, to walk through the melting snow towards the entrance to the school with the two brothers. She moved the hair out of her face, reminding herself to get it cut later, and hurried to match the pace of the two long-legged boys ahead of her.

Matt and David were chatting animatedly, about some sort of science Rose only hoped that they wouldn't be studying, as Rose believed she had no hope of knowing what it all could have meant.

David pushed the door open, and kept it open while both Matt and Rose walked through. Rose didn't catch it, but David was grinning at the thought of having Rose around, especially during such a boring Study Group. No one really understood him there, except for Matt, but that was only because they were brothers.

As they were walking in, Rose looked to a group of people, sitting at a large table, textbooks open, with small conversations going on between each other. Rose bit her thumbnail out of a nervous habit, but David took her hand, to calm her down.

This freaked Rose out at first, seeming as he had just grabbed her hand, but when he rubbed the back of her hand with his thumb, she calmed down.

Matt had already sat himself down with a girl with shoulder length brown hair. Rose had seen her around the school before…. Her name was something like Clary?

David gently pulled Rose toward a chair. David sat next to a small boy with glasses, and Rose sat next to David.

"Rose, this is a good friend of mine, Malcolm Taylor. He's studying to be a Scientific Advisor for the government!" David grinned with awe "Isn't that just brilliant?"

"Its uh… Nice to meet you Rose" Malcolm spoke quietly, out of shyness

"Nice to meet you too. So, Scientific Advisor yeah?" She smiled politely

"Well, yes… But that's only because David here inspired me!" He spoke quickly, embarrassed "Oh! And David! They found a planet in the constellation of Kasterborous! Isn't that marvellous?"

"Ah, thought there would be something there!" David spoke, almost bragging "I told you so!"

"And I believed you!"


After a long hour of David explaining some science and math to her (which she only half enjoyed), the group started on English. Moreof, Shakespeare.

"Ah, Shakespeare, such a great fellow. Popular with the ladies, he was!" David began talking loudly "Baptised in 1562, died in 1616 and said to be the greatest English writer that ever lived, that is, until J.K. Rowling came around!" Everyone laughed at that "But then again, imagine Shakespeare writing something along the lines of Harry Potter! I know he has some weird language in his plays, but imagine something like, 'Expeliarmus!' thrown in the middle of it –"

"David, its time to be quiet now" Spoke an older woman, with short brown hair, staring at David

"But…. Okay Aunt Sarah Jane." He replied quietly

When the woman turned away, David turned to Rose and spoke

"That's my Aunt. She's married to the Principal, who is my Dads brother." David spoke, unnecessarily explaining every detail of his life.

"Gosh, are you Smiths related to everyone?" Rose muttered, not realising David could hear her

"Well, obviously we're not, but there are a lot of us! But there is a Smith is the school that we aren't related to. His names Mickey, but everyone calls him Rickey." David laughed

The girl Matt was next to overheard this and spoke

"Well, not everyone, just you and Chris." She crossed her arms and leaned back in her chair, before looking at her watch.

"It's time to go anyway," she said as she began to put her stuff away, "I have no idea how we can waste so much time here anyway…" She turned to Rose "By the way, I'm Clara, you must be Rose?"

"Yeah, that's me" Rose spoke, confused as to why Clara knew her name

"Matt tells me whatever David tells him, and you know the gob he's got" She laughed "I grew up with the boys. Matt likes to think I've saved him from 'death'. More of, I snuck him outta detention a few times"

"You're always there at the time I need you! You're the impossible girl!" Matt exclaimed, flailing his hands towards her in exasperation.

"Yeah, and you'd better remember it."


After getting back in the car, David began driving Rose back to the Powell Estate. Matt was texting his girlfriend while David teased him with a sentence along the lines of 'she wants to do some texting and scones' which Rose just gave up trying to understand.

As Rose thought about Matts girlfriend with the space hair, she remembered what her real name was, and began to wonder why she was called River in the first place.

"Hey Matt?" Rose asked hesitantly

"Yeah?"

"How come everyone calls River… well, River? Melody is such a nice name" Rose spoke quietly

"It is a nice name, yeah. That is unless your last name is Song." David cut in.

" So, what? Her parents named her Melody Song?" Rose asked, confused

"Yep. She hates it." Matt laughed "Only ever gets called Melody or Mels by our friend Amy." He paused before continuing "They grew up together. Amy basically mothered her."

"Amys' last name is Pond. Little Amelia Pond, she used to be." David spoke

"That's a fairytale name, that." Rose laughed

"Yeah, so in favour of Amys' last name, River named herself … River. Pond Song would have sounded right out stupid, so River was the first thing that came to mind!" Matt exclaimed

"No one dare calls her Melody, not without wanting that … glare she has" David shuddered

"So everyone just accepted her new name then, yeah?" Rose asked

"Pretty much," Matt laughed


Rose was dropped off back home at the Estate and spent the rest of her weekend working at the Henricks store that only took a bus ride to get too, and avoiding her homework. Sunday night was when she finally sat down to do it, and as it turned out, listening to David's explanation from the day before surely helped.


A/N I'm sorry this took awhile guys

I'm super lazy…. Anyway! Thanks for reading this! I know its pretty boring, but its getting somewhere!

idontshipwhouffle: Yes, I'm going to be putting as many Doctors as I can in. I haven't yet, as this story is centered on Rose and Ten, rather than everyone else. Throughout the next few chapters, I am going to be adding a few other Doctors in, just give me a bit, yeah?

Goddess97: Ah yes, I can't wait to write them in! I'm not too sure where to put them yet, but I'll find a place, yeah? Thanks so much for giving me support with my fanfictions!

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