Avery found a seat in the semi-crowded coffee shop while Jack ordered their drinks. She played the conversation she wanted to have over and over again in her head, but that all went away when Jack placed the drinks on the table. "Thank you." She whispered without looking at him.
"You're welcome Avery." She looked up at the sound of her nickname; it was strange to hear the words come from his mouth since it was said so rarely by him. He preferred her full name; Averyana. He smiled his toothy grin, "How are things at the Home office?"
"Busy."
Jack raised a brow, "A women of few words today?"
"No, just biting my tongue."
Jack winked, "I thought that was my job."
Avery bit the inside of her bottom lip, "It used to be, Jack"
Jack's smile faded and his body tensed, causing him to straighten in his chair. Avery's face was set, it had lost what emotion it held, "Okay Averyana, let me have it."
"What are you talking about, Jack?"
"We both know you have something on your mind. So let's have it."
Avery rubbed her face and sighed, "I'm just thinking about the last time we actually sat down and had coffee together." Jack opened and closed his mouth a few times but didn't say anything. Avery sat there with her hands wrapped around her drink, taking in the heat. She watched the steam drift through the hole of the lid as she thought, "All I ever wanted to know is why."
Jack sighed and drummed his fingers on the table, hesitating. This had been the very thing he had hoped to avoid and for the past sixty five years they had. "I know it's not what you want to hear, Averyana, but there was no good reason." Avery nodded, avoiding eye contact, she didn't want to look at him because she was feeling overwhelmed by all the emotions. Emotions she never felt were building and she was afraid that if she spoke they would come spilling out, so she sat and listened. "In all honesty, I ran because I was scared. The whole immortality was new to me," He paused looking over Avery's head, out the window. He looked deep in thought but spoke slowly, "and I guess the thought of forever scared me. I hopeā¦."
Jack was cut off by the commotion that rang through the coffee shop. She got up and walked to the window when she heard the word rain. She turned back to Jack and gave him a puzzled look, "The rain, it's going," she stopped and tilted her head slightly; "up?" She could feel a slight tremble under her feet before the whole building began to shake. Things began to fall of the walls, counters and table tops, drinks fell over and people began to scream while running for safety.
Jack jumped up as the building stopped shaking, "Is everyone all alright?" all at once the people around them started speaking, questioning what was happening. "Everyone shut up!" he waited until the voices turned to whispers and the cries turned to whimpers, "You need to stay calm so we can find out what happened." Avery pulled her buzzing phone out of her pocket and looked at the screen. She walked over to Jack as shoved it back in her jacket, "It's gotten darker out there." He muttered.
Avery nodded, "It would appear that we were transported to the moon." She pulled out her phone again as it buzzed and stared at the screen, "I have to go find someone."
She turned to walk through the coffee shop door when Jack appeared at her side, "I'm coming with you."
"Just don't hold me up."
"Who are we looking for?" Jack asked a little breathless. They had ran from one side of the hospital to the other and back with no luck. Everywhere they turned patients and their families were loitering the halls, doctors and nurses all alike tried to calm them down. Some people held oxygen masks to their faces, trying to calm down. Avery avoided the question; she was set on one thing and one thing only; finding the person she needed to find. "You know, it would help just a little, if you told me something."
Jack came to a stop when someone grabbed his ankle. He knelt down and talked to them in a calm voice as Avery came to a stop at a nearby window. She felt the vibration of her phone and pulled it out, "Jack, we've got to go." She looked around the room for someone who could help her, a young man in a white lab coat came out of the room a few door down. "Excuse me, Doctor!"
The young man stopped and turned as Avery approached with Jack at her heels. He looked at her then Jack and back, "What is it?" He asked puzzled.
"Your patients lounge, where is it?" Avery asked hurriedly.
The young man pointed behind him, "Down there, take the first left, then a right, it'll be right in front of you."
Avery took off running but before she got too far she yelled her appreciations over her shoulder. She followed the directions the young man gave her, just as soon as she turned the corner she saw him, standing outside on the balcony with some girl. She ran through the doors as they slid open, Jack at her side. The women spun around, but the man just looked out over the balcony, "Took you long enough."
"Sorry, took a little detour to the moon." Avery said sarcastically.
The man turned around with a smile that faded the second he saw Jack, "You!"
Jack's toothy smile spread from ear to ear, "You!"
"No you!"
Avery cleared her throat, "I hate to interrupt with how annoyingly amusing this is," she nodded behind the man, "but we got a slight problem, Doctor." Everyone turned and stared out over the balcony as the loud foot falls came from the ship.
"Aliens. That's aliens. Real, proper aliens." Avery looked at the English girl that stood next to her as she expressed her excitement.
"Judoon." The Doctor corrected. He turned and walked through the door, "Alright then, Martha Jones, how about a little excitement."
