Chapter 3:

As the tardis, tossed and turned again, they prepared for their next journey of Paris, Christmas Eve or Day, whichever the tardis felt like landing on. The Doctor spun around all the controls, holding Clara's waist when pushing controls around her. He winked at her every so often.

THUMP!

They had landed. "Let's go explore" The Doctor said, opening the doors of the tardis. As he opened the tardis a snowball came flying inside the tardis.

"Pardon monsieur" shouted a young boy in the distance. Clara chucked to herself as the Doctor had a small look of shock spread across his face.

"Did he scare you by any chance?" Clara laughed at him, she was clutching her side as she was beginning to get stitch from laughing.

"Very funny Clara, in all honesty, I wasn't expecting that was all" He straightened his jacket up and took Clara by her lower arm and pulled her out into the snow filled streets swarmed with children, adults and the joy was spread across each and everyone's face.

Clara took her arm from him and put her hand in his and her spare in the coat pocket. She felt a long box in her pocket 'it's the Doctors present' she thought to herself.

"So, where to first?" The Doctor said swinging his and Clara's hand, like you do when playing with a young child.

"How about the Eifel Tower, I've never been and always wanted to go" She turned and faced the Doctor to see his reaction.

"Sounds perfect, let's go" As they walked together hand in hand, the Doctor talking to her about the sights. Even though there was a secret he had to tell her "Clara I have a confession to make, I actually haven't been to France, well this part at least" He looked at the floor as they walked.

Clara couldn't help but smile to herself, the Doctor had lifted his head and looked at her smiling to herself. "What you smiling for Clara?"

"Just the thought that you felt that you had to tell me this, I love the fact that I am the first person you have brought to France, so let's make it special" She walked in front of him and pulled at his arm as she make her way through the little children who were making snowmen.

"Clara, where are we going?" He asked her.

"Well the Eifel Tower of course but first I want to do something" She winked at him.

As she said this they entered a large park, a man sat in a carriage waiting for customers to come and take a carriage ride. It was a white carriage with a horses standing there eating the bush leaves, the man looked bored out of his brain.

"Here we are your surprise is ready for you!" Clara smiled at him. The Doctor had a huge look of shocked wiped across his face, she couldn't believe her eyes. "Time to take a ride" she pulled t his arm as they ran together to the carriage. "A carriage ride please, around the park, to the Eifel Tower" Clara told the man as he jolted upwards from his sleeping crouch.

"Of course, me lady. It's on the house because it's Christmas" he said to her as she began to pull out her purse. The Doctor got in the carriage first and pulled Clara up by tucking each of his hands under her arms and she pulled up on to the carriage.

The seats were cushion soft and they pulled a blanket over each other's laps, Clara's teeth began to chatter.

"Come here my impossible girl" he pulled her into him putting his arms around her warming her up, he pulled his jacket around her as much as possible.

Clara began to blush but she couldn't hide it for the simple fact that she was drained of all colour because she was so cold. She held the Doctor as close as she could get him. He was so warm, she could feel both of his heart beats, it felt like such a comfort to her to know that he was there. The Doctor rested his head on hers, putting a kiss in her hair. Her heart skipped a beat.

How much better could this be.