The Calm Before the Storm

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Jack found me sometime later sitting on a bench in the same area where The Doctor landed before Utopia. He sat next to me. Both of us were silent for a while, staring at the rising sun.

Jack spoke first. "They showed all that on t.v.?" Jack asked, slightly amazed.

I gave a small laugh. "Yeah, but they left out all the blood. Can't be scaring off the masses." Then I stopped laughing. "It's just… so hard. Knowing… but unable to do anything."

Jack took my right hand and squeezed it. "I can't even start to imagine. But, I will try to understand."

I looked at Jack and whispered, "Thank you."

Jack stood up. "I do believe that I promised you a shopping trip." Jack held out his hands, I took them and he pulled me up, getting a bit off the air, but landed solid. I giggled.

"Yes, I believe you did." I said back. We walked off, our hands still together.

We came back to Torchwood laughing hysterically, carrying many shopping bags. Ianto was giving us looks like, stop it you're embarrassing me. I believe I saw him slapped his hand to his forehead as we struggled to carry all the bags in.

I hadn't had this much fun in a long time. We dropped them in the store coverup entrance, laughing and clutching our stomachs. "T-that was… his face!" I started laughing again.

Finally Ianto came over and yelled, "Some people are trying to work!"

Our laughter died down. "Yeah, but this is my off day." Jack protested, giving him the cutest puppy dog face he could muster. I giggled.

"Jack, we forgot one thing." I said.

"What?"

"I don't have anywhere to keep all this."

Jack's smile wavered then sprang back up. "Well, let's find one then. Ianto, search for a vacant flat. Near Cardiff. Somewhere nice."

I ran to look over the desk at Ianto's computer, my hair falling in my face. Ianto indeed was looking for a flat. I looked back at Jack, then at Ianto again. A smile grew on my face. "Thank you, thank you!" I screeched. I flung my arms around Jack and kissed him full on the mouth. I pulled back. "Thank you." I repeated, brushing some mist out of my eyes.

"Found one." Ianto said. "I'll send the directions to your phone." A second later Jack's phone dinged.

I took out a package from one of my bags. "We really shouldn't have gone into the future and gotten this cell. People will notice."

"What is it?" Ianto asked, interested.

"The Alpha 5. Apparently the Alpha series replaced the regular iphone series in 2025. Best phone out there, in my opinion." I told him. The phone was very similar to the iphone series but was considerably smaller and was way, way faster, and better. Tried it out in the store, instantly in love. The technology in the future was incredible. "Jack told me about it."

"Ah." Ianto said. "Have fun flat shopping." Ianto walked back behind his desk and started typing on the computer. We took that as the cue to leave.

Jack and I loaded my new things into Jack's car and we drove off to what was going to become my new apartment, um flat. Right, it was called a flat in England. I was slowly adjusting to British life, my American life, without The Doctor, was now a distant memory.

Jack pulled up to the flat that was going to be my own. "Wow." I said. It was one of those fancy homes. It had red bricks as siding and a expensive looking steel door that looked really good with the red bricks.

"Well, here we are." Jack said.

I stepped out of the car, swinging my purse up on my shoulder and walking toward the house with Jack behind me. I took my sonic pen out of my purse, pointed it at the door and the door unlocked.

"Uh, Susan? Why do you have a sonic pen?" Jack asked.

"One of the people we were trying to stop had one, The Doctor threw it out, I picked it up. Adipose."

"Oh." Jack said, "We had a lot to clean up after that."

"Sorry." I muttered. I walked in and glanced around. I walked around the kitchen, then the living room, then I turned on my heels and ran back to Jack and put my hands on my hips. "How?"

Jack was smiling. "The Doctor."

My mouth opened, then closed again, then opened, then closed. My arms dropped, hanging at my side. "But it's just like my apartment back in New York City in the parallel universe." I whispered.

"Yeah." Jack said. "His idea, my resources. Got it done in less than a day."

"How- oh, when I was sleeping because I drank too much."

"Correct." Jack said, still smiling.

"Thank you, thank you, thank you!" I squealed and hugged Jack.

Jack laughed. "Why don't you thank The Doctor?"

I turned around and saw the Tardis with the door open and The Doctor leaning against it. I ran and hugged him. "Thank you." I whispered.

"You're very welcome, Susan Jane Anderson."

"Oi! Spaceman, I helped to!" I heard Donna yell from the Tardis.

I laughed and yelled, "Thank you Donna! I'm sure you kept both of them on track while they worked?"

Donna appeared a few moments later and said, "Yeah, it was tough. I wouldn't let The Doctor touch any of the appliances. Remember what happened with the microwave in the Tardis?"

I burst out laughing. "Yeah, that was so funny!"

Jack looked lost. "What microwave?"

"I'll tell you soon." I said.

"So," The Doctor said, putting both hands in his pockets and rocking back and forth on his heels of his shoes. "I was thinking that we should go to a Library next."

I tensed. "What?" I asked, just to be sure that I had heard right.

"A Library! A great big library! A planet full of books!"

"Oh. Yeah, I would love to." I said, putting on a fake smile. I had thought about this for a while and I had a plan. "Jack can you come with us? Please?"

Jack looked between me and The Doctor, both of them trying to figure out why I was acting this way. Finally The Doctor shrugged.

"Yeah, I will." Jack said walking over to me, grabbing my hand and squeezing it.

"Allright! Allons-y!" The Doctor said, ushering us all into the Tardis and we took off toward the Library and the mystery of River Song.

A/N: The time that I update this will change this coming Tuesday from the morning to around 4 or 5 pm EST. I've been very busy lately so If I miss any updates in the future, I'm sorry, Senior year is sucking the life out of me, oh well.

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