Yellow Yarn

Prompt: "yellow"

From: short-and-satanic

Words: 371

Donna/TARDIS friendship in this one, to go along with the Doctor/Donna friendship. "The Decoy Bride" (featuring the lovely David Tennant) is not mine (duh).

For just once, Donna hoped, they could have a nice, quiet, evening (or whatever time of day it was on the TARDIS), without life or death situations.

If it could (it probably could) life would be laughing Donna in the face. Because every time she and the Doctor tried to just have fun, something or someone always happened. And Donna was sick of it!

The Doctor was sick of it, too, but he was used to it. Which was why, when Donna shut herself in her room (she knew if she walked out, something would happen), the Doctor knew what she wanted, but didn't know how to help.

"Donna!" he called through the door. "Are you hungry? I have some Barcelonian apples here! Would you like a Raxicoricofallapatorian fish dish?"

"No, thanks!" she shouted back. "The TARDIS already gave me some food!"

The Doctor swore in Gallifreyan under his breath, cursing the ship's kindness and support. How could she side against him (it couldn't have anything to do with the fact that she got shot at whenever they went anywhere)?

The Doctor left Donna alone in her room once more. He was beginning to feel lonely. Donna had been hiding for two days now. Without anyone to ask questions or criticize him, the Doctor didn't know what to do. Neither Donna nor the TARDIS were letting him in. Were they boycotting?

"Donna!" he called her the next day. "Let me in!"

The Doctor heard some shuffling, then a muffled curse and a shout of "Just a minute!"

The door was opened by a fluffy pajama-clad Donna.

"Come in," she said. "Mind the yarn."

"What have you been doing?" he asked, stepping around the piles of yarn on the floor.

"The TARDIS and I have been watching rom-coms," Donna said matter-of-factly.

"'Rom-coms'?" the Doctor repeated, following Donna to the couch he insisted the TARDIS put in her room.

"Rom-coms," Donna replied. "We're on 'The Decoy Bride' right now."

"Oh, I haven't seen that one!"

"It's okay, we just started it," Donna patted the seat next to her.

"What else have you been doing?" the Doctor asked as Donna rewound the disc.

"Knitting," Donna said, holding up about ten pars of yellow socks.