Chapter 6

Home

"So then," the Doctor began when they reached the control room. "How long were you in Rome?" "Roughly two years." Katie answered immediately. "What year did you leave?" "2009" The Doctor nodded then began running around the console flipping switches twisting dials and pulling levers. "Next stop Utah 2011, I'm sorry Katie but you have aged that much so you can't show up after two years of aging and not have been gone two years." "It's okay I understand." After a rather bumpy ride the Doctor turned to Katie, "outside those doors is your home." "Unless you messed up again," Rose said "Only one way to know for sure," Katie said with a grin then led the way out side.

Katie just glanced around then started off running, the Doctor and rose just followed holding hands. The TARDIS had landed across the street from a church. Katie led them down a bit and around a corner into a col de sac, and to the first house. In front of it there was a big white van, a white suburban and a small blue van. Katie headed straight for the door. She knocked and very quickly the door was answered by a rather tall man who bore some resemblance to Katie. "hi." She said suddenly not very sure of herself. "Who is it?" came a call from inside. "Is that really you Katie?" "Yeah, sorry it me so long to come home." All of a sudden she was caught in a bear hug from the man in the door way. She smiled and laughed. Then all of a sudden the door way was clogged with people who wanted to see Katie. She gave out hugs until everyone had gotten one then she went inside to get the few people who had been missed. But she quickly returned to the door way to call her friends inside.

After a quick very over whelming round of introductions they were all seated on the floor and the questions started. "Where were you?" "Why didn't you call?" "What happened?" "Where did you meet them?" Katie raised her voice and said very quickly "If you actually let me talk then I can answer your questions." She looked around the room and then with a deep breath she began. "I need to start with an apology, I should have contacted you to at least tell you that I was alive," She told how she had traveled around the world, that when she had ran out of money in Rome she had met the Doctor and Rose and they had helped her get her head on straight and helped her to get home. She finished with another apology.

Then her youngest brother came up to her and gave her a hug and said "I am glad you came home Katie, I missed you so much." On that tender note they ate a dinner of chili and then it was settled that Katie and her friends would be going to Katie's other grandparents' house to sleep and that on the way she would be shown where her parents had moved to. "This is your grandparents' house?" Rose asked. "yeah." With that they all headed over to Katie's other grandparents' house for some much needed sleep.