So this is a bit with the Doctor and Abi, just them talking and stuff, about their relationships with each other and others.
"No no no no no no no!" She appeared about 20 feet above the Tardis swimming pool, and things weren't going well, "Crap!"
She collided with the water, a harsh slap of a skin and a loud splash echoed through the hall. About 10 seconds later she surfaced with her clothes tons heavier and her hair plastered across her face. She was spluttering and coughing, when she managed to climb off the edge she shook the water off her like a dog and stomped out of the room not caring about the trail of water behind her, she walked through the corridors dripping until fans from either side of her appeared and blasted her from every angle, she squealed and gasped at the sensation but soon laughed as she realised what the ship was doing for her. When the air blowing came to an abrupt stopped she cleared her throat, adjusted her newly dry clothes and walked towards the kitchen, smiling.
She went into the kitchen and saw the Doctor leaning against the counter, eating a bowl of ice cream, when he saw her he smiled and noticed her wet hair, "Swimming?"
"Something like that" She went over and leaned behind him to turn the kettle on,
"Where did you go?"
"Alixon"
"Ohh, it's beautiful there, did you see the waterfall?"
She sat on the table opposite him, "Didn't have time for sight seeing, Cyberman invasion"
He nodded, "Right, and Antino?"
"He's fine, apparently he still-"
"Has feelings for you" He took a bite from his bowl,
"You knew?" The kettle pinged to indicate it was finished, she got up from the table and he moved so she could make her drink,
"Yeah, it was obvious", He opened the cupboard above her head and brought down the powdered hot chocolate, she took it and smiled,
"It wasn't obvious to me", She mumbled, mixing her hot chocolate, whilst the Doctor licked off his spoon,
"So what happened?"
"I..er..", she cleared her throat, "I told him about Jack and he tried to get me to mourn him", She went back the sit on the table, facing him again,
"And did you?"
She sighed, "I tried but emotions are hard for me to...do, he said one day it'll just come pouring out", She took a sip, and looked up at him,
"Have you..cried?"
"A bit, not enough considering"
"Considering what?"
"He was, really the first person I ever pursued anything with",
"It'll take time, but one day you'll feel what you should"
She nodded, taking another sip, "And what about you? Did you cry for Rose?"
He looked down shaking his head, "The tears, they never fell",
She deflated, feeling extremely sad for him but he perked up, "It took a while but I had help", She frowned in question,
"From who?"
"Well. you..and Martha"
She smiled at the mention of her friend as he continued, "I only just realised it but she's beginning to be exactly what I need, she's my best friend, I actually", He nervously laughed, "I think I love her"
Her eyes widened, "What..like..like"
"No as a friend! No no, at first I thought she felt...but no...she's my best friend, and you of course"
"Of course", She grinned at him, he turned to put his plate in the sink, when he turned back she was staring into her half empty cup, looking really depressed, he frowned, "Hey", he said gently, she looked up and he could see tears brimming,
"Sometimes I just remember what it was like with him, and it makes me hate my situation more, I wish I never met him, never touched him, never fell in...", She wiped her eyes, "And then I think I might be turning into a monster, they say better to love and lost than to never have loved at all, but I don't feel like that, so what does that make me?"
He smiled softly, "A person"
She sniffed and looked up at him, he continued, "It's like your born again, like this is a new topic, most of us grow into falling in love and meeting people, you never got taught how to feel. This was just thrown at you with no preparation so you can't handle it. That's not unusual or bad."
She shook her head, "It's not just that, the Face of Boe, who is he?"
He blinked and frowned, trying to remember, "I don't know, he's just this, face, I've only met him 3 times, why, what's wrong?"
She looked pretty shook up, "What he said and what Rassilon said, about there being another one left, well, what happens then?"
"Guess we just wait" He shrugged,
"I think, I might know which Time Lord"
He looked up fast, eyes wide, "Who?"
She scratched the back of her neck, put her cup on the table and started pacing around the room, his eyes following her movements, "I don't..I'm not sure, but when I was Salia, Rassilon showed me this boy, this boy who looked into the Untempered Schism, apparently he heard drumming, four drum beats. Rassilon needed me to see into his mind cos he couldn't do it, so he got me to do it, I could get through his barriers but I didn't, he must've done that for a reason. I just think, because Rassilon said there was another failed experiment, it could be him"
"Do you know his name?",
"Koschei",
The Doctor stood up, straight and ran a hand through his hair as he whispered "No, can't be"
She frowned, "Why, do you know him?",
"Know him? He..he was my best friend",
She smiled, "Well, that's great, he's coming back",
He shook his head, "No Abi, was, was. my best friend, if he's coming back then we've got hell to pay"
"But why, he's not, he was just a kid, it wasn't his fault"
The Doctor shook his head, "No, no it wasn't, but the drums, endless drums, what would that do to a person",
She looked down, "Oh, oh god"
"Insanity, Death, Disorder, Manic. He's not safe and neither are we",
She stared at him, "What do you think he's gonna do", Her voice wavering,
"I don't know"
Abi walked down the silent corridor, after talking to the Doctor they both agreed that they would try to help Koschei in any way they can and they hoped that the Doctor's past with him would help their situation. From what the Doctor told her she had wondered if they should have done anything for him at all but her mind kept drifting to that small sleeping boy who was forced to look into time and she could only feel sympathy for him. It wasn't fair. But she also began to think of what Rassilon said, about him being a failed experiment, maybe he wasn't failed, maybe he was going to bring back the Time Lords. This was bad, even though she didn't accept them as her people she knew that if they came back there really would be hell to pay. This saddened her, because right now, she was the closest thing the Doctor had to home and she knew he had a family back on Gallifrey and to have to stop someone bring back his own home must break his hearts. She wished greatly for a way to bring back that orange planet and still have peace throughout the universe, but that was near impossible and what's more, she had a suspicion that Koschei would want to bring back the planet, no matter what. She looked into many rooms along her route, one room had a tree, with bright lights for leaves, she smiled and stepped out, and carried on walking. She got to the corridor where her room was, it was the second on the right, Martha's was the second on the left and the Doctor's was the third on the left. She went to her door and touched the knob when the Doctor's room door handle was glowing, in fact the whole door was glowing. She frowned at it and looked at the ceiling, whispering,
"Do you want me to go in there?"
The box ruffled her hair in response, she smiled and went up to the door,
"He better be dressed or I'll knock one your walls down" She muttered as she opened the door.
The room was moonlit but still relatively dark, it was massive and cluttered, with unusual objects filling up the desks and shelves, she smiled softly at the room, but a noise, a sort of whimper cut through the air. She turned to see where the noise came from, she saw the Doctor, on his bed, slightly sweating with dry tears on his cheeks and his face contorted. He tossed and turned in his bed, making that same noise and whispering, "No, no, no",
She blinked and realised he was having a nightmare, she went over and sat on the bed, beside him. She held his shoulder and gently shook him, "Doctor, Doctor, hey, wake up",
He just continued to move frantically, so she placed both hands on his head and rubbed soothingly, "Hey, wake up now, it's ok, wake up",
He calmed down gradually as she stroked his hair, his breathing evened out and his eyes fluttered open, she smiled at in though looked exasperated, "You were have a nightmare, time boy"
He gasped, eyes wide as he grabbed her into a bone crushing hug, he buried his head into her shoulders and held tightly, she leaned back ever so slightly and kissed his cheek, he let go after a while. She sighed,
"Go to sleep", She got up but her kept hold of her hand,
"Stay, please, sleep with me", His voice was hoarse, she turned to look at the door and groaned,
"Ok, budge up, but if you don't let me sleep I'll kick you of the bed"
He smiled softly and moved so she could get in. When she did he stretched out his arm on the pillow and raised his eyebrows in question, she rolled her eyes and settled her head in the junction of his neck and top of his shoulders, he wrapped the outstretched arm around her and his other around her waist as she rested her arm on his chest. He kissed her forehead,
"Thank you", He whispered,
"It's ok"
His eyes fluttered shut, and soon so did hers, his sleeping was more peaceful than its ever been, he felt much safer, holding onto his best friend.