Reading

It had been about a month since he'd been trapped in Pete's World and the inevitable had finally happened. He had gotten bored and he was pretty sure that if he tried to modify the toaster again Jackie would kill him. So he did the one thing he could think of, he called Rose.

"Rose," he groaned into the phone as soon as she answered.

"Doctor?" Rose voice came out quick and panicked. "What's wrong?"

"I'm bored."

"Doctor, you're over 900 years old I'm sure you can find a way to entertain yourself."

"I tried, but your mum won't let me disassemble the toaster anymore."

"Only because you never put it back together."

"Oi! I tried; it wasn't my fault Tony lost some of the pieces down the air vent!"

"Doctor he's two, you're lucky he didn't eat them."

The Doctor grumbled and Rose laughed.

"Why won't you just come back?"

"Because Doctor I'm working."

"But Pete's rich! You don't need to work!"

"Mum doesn't stand for that kinda thing. Apparently I still need to earn my own living."

"Jackie's stupid."

"Don't let her catch you saying that or you're gonna end up on the streets." shouting from someone and Rose groaned. "I have to go Doctor, try I don't know reading a book or something." And she was gone and the Doctor groaned.

"Read a book," he mumbled. "Fine I'll go read a stupid book; I'll read her whole freaking library." And he marched off.

Rose sighed, hanging up the phone and turning back to the paperwork on her desk. She loved the Doctor, but sometimes he acted like a five year old.

Turning she looked at the clock, she had skipped lunch today, maybe she could talk her boss into letting her take a late lunch.

Standing she begins to walk towards his office when her phone buzzes again, she groans when she sees who it is.

"Doctor, I told you to—"

"Rose I'm broken!" He yells and she jumps as the voice enters her ear.

"What? What do you mean broken?"

"I mean I'm broken! I mean I'm not working like I should!" He continues to shout and she winces.

"Alright Doctor calm down, I'll be right over, and I swear if this is some ruse to get me to come home you'll regret it."

"No trick!" He promises quickly and can imagine him running his fingers through his hair. "I'm broken!"

"Alright, I'll be right there," and she hangs up, and darts out the door.

"Doctor?!" She screams, racing into the mansion and flinging her purse aside. "Doctor where are you?"

"Library!" The Doctor screams back and she darts through the house, flinging herself into the room.

"I'm here," she gasps. "What's wrong?"

"I told you already! I'm broken!"

That's when she takes in the scene around her; the Doctor is on the floor flipping through a book quickly, before scowling, closing it, and then tossing it aside.

"Doctor? What are you doing?"

"Trying to read, but I can't anymore!" He groans collapsing against the couch he's sitting by. "I'm too slow!"

Rose blinks, "can't read anymore, but Doctor I've watched you read, you're fine."

"No, no, no," The Doctor began quickly. "You don't understand! I used to be able to go like this," he picks up a book and flips the pages quickly. "And read it all at once, but I can't anymore! It's not working!" He groans, falling into the couch. "I'm broken."

Rose is trying to be annoyed, she really is, but she just ends up laughing instead.

"Rose this is not funny! How am I gonna read books now?"

"Like a normal person, one page at a time."

"Normal's boring," he mumbles back. "And slow, why are you humans so slow? It's horrible!"

"Oi!"

"Oi!" The clone scrunched his nose up in disgust. "You did that on purpose."

Rose laughed.

It had been a wonderful day when she realized that the Doctor would repeat that word automatically every time he heard it.

"Well you did drag me away from work, simply because you can no longer read a book in two seconds," she reminded him. "Speaking of which, I should get back."

"But Rose, I'm still broken!"

"Now you're not, just sit down and read, without trying to flip through the books you'll be fine."

"But Rose—"

"I have to go Doctor," and she's gone. The Doctor groans, before slowly grabbing an Agatha Christie book and turning to the first page.

This idea came from the scene in Rose with the Ninth Doctor :D Enjoy

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