Chapter 8:
Rory had been watching the Doctor closely for about a week now and he knew that something was wrong. He hadn't seen him eat anything sense last week and he hadn't rolled up his sleeves once. Which was rather unusual considering that he always rolled up his sleeves.
Also right after they got back from rescuing planets and races from demise, Rory wouldn't see the Doctor for hours on end. Even Amy started to notice how uncomfortable he had started to get around them, she was almost as concerned as he was. They had tried asking him if something was wrong or if he wasn't telling them something important. But he would dodge the question by pretending that he didn't hear them or by pretending that he was very busy. But eventually both ponds knew he was hiding something from them so they started following him around. Just a little at first but they then started completely stalking him. They would walk far enough away so that he didn't notice that they were following him, but close enough so that they could see and hear what he was doing. They never realized how much he talked to himself, he was always mumbling to himself. They couldn't really understand what he was saying,Amy leaned over and whispered to Rory.
"Is he having a conversation with himself...about himself?"
Amy had always had better hearing than him.
"I don't know Amy you tell me,I can't hear anything except jibberish."
He hadn't meant to growl at her when he said it.
Amy took a slight step back and gave him a menacing stare.
"Stop being an idiot... "
She said that just to spite him but he let it go and jotted a mental note to bring it up later. They stopped glaring at each other long enough to realize that the Doctor had taken a turn left. They both turned into the hall way and looked around, the Doctor was no where's to be seen.
"Looks like we lost him,better-"
"Lost who?"
That's when he felt a tap on his shoulder. Spinning around to answer.
"Oh um nothing Doctor we were just um-"
Amy elbowed Rory in the stomach indicating that she needed help coming up with an excuse.
"We were um,ummmm-"
They both glanced at the Doctor who was now drumming his fingers on his arm, awaiting an answer. Finally something in his mind clicked and he answered for them.
"You were following me,weren't you Ponds?"
He said with a frown.
"Um no not following,that's not the term that I would use, what do you say Rory?"
Amy was trying to get him to say something so he did, but it wasn't what she wanted him to say.
"Yes Doctor we are following you, do you know why we are?"
The Doctor stared at him blankly, then waved his hands willing Rory to go on.
"We're following you because we know your keeping something from us and we want to know what it is"
He looked at Amy and I again , you could almost see the wheels in his head turning,and clanking together. But all he said was,a short,
"Don't worry Ponds, everything is just fine."
But we all knew it wasn't. He turned and stalked away quickly, his long legs disappearing behind another corner. His black lace up boots click clacking away,echoing down the hall.