When the Doctor found Farah, she was curled up on the sofa in the library with a book. She glanced up at him when he sat down but didn't say anything and went back to her story. "Fay I'm sorry", the Doctor said, quietly. That had the ginger lowering the book.

"For what?" she asked, confused.

"For letting you get taken", the Time Lord "I should've been more aware…I should've…"

"It's not your fault", the ginger gently cut in "they were pretty sneaky for robots" when his mood didn't seem to change, she added "how about we go on a little trip?"

"Sure", the Doctor agreed, standing up and holding out a hand. Farah took it and he tugged her to her feet. "Where would you like to go?"

"Late January 2008", the empath replied.

"Easy!" the Time Lord proclaimed, pulling her out of the library and headed to the console room "Not the most interesting point in time. How come you want to go there?" he enquired when they finally got to their destination.

"To warn people", Farah said.

"Warn people? About what?" the Doctor asked, bouncing around the console.

"That energy vampire thing", the young woman answered.

That made the Time Lord stop and look at her. "You can't", he said.

Farah frowned "Why not?"

"Fay you can't go back because it's dangerous if you run into yourself", the Doctor explained.

"Then I'd make sure not to run into myself", the 23 year old told him. The Doctor knew that she only had the best intentions, just like Rose had the best intentions and that turned out to be a disaster. He wasn't going to let Farah make the same mistake.

"You can't go back and changed what happened period", he said, sternly.

"Why not?" Farah countered "It's not like I'm asking you to go back to the later 1930's to assassinate Hitler to prevent the formation of the third Reich. I'm asking you to help me stop them before they have a chance to hurt anyone".

"Fay, I know you were almost killed by them and trust me, I thank the stars that you're still around…" the Doctor started.

"Are you serious?!" the 23 year old exclaimed "you really think…" Farah scoffed "wow. If you think I'm that selfish then you don't know me at all" the Time Lord opened his mouth to say something "No! I'm not done", she snapped "I may have been those thing's last victim but I couldn't have been the only one. There were others before me, right?"

"Right", the Doctor agreed.

"That's why I want to go back, so that the families of the vampires' other victims don't have to go through all that pain and grief of losing their loved ones", Farah explained.

The Time Lord sighed. She made a very compelling case and it made him feel really bad for refusing but after what Rose had done in saving her father….he couldn't take that risk again "I'm sorry but you can't not without consequences".

"Consequences? What consequences could there be?" the ginger pressed.

"You wouldn't understand", the Doctor said going back to the console.

"Oh and I suppose Rose did understand", Farah said, more sarcastically than she meant to.

The Time Lord turned around and stormed up to her "yes she did", he said angrily "You really want to know what would happen?"

"Yes!" the ginger shouted.

"Fine", the Doctor said before putting his fingers on her temples. Farah gasped at the flashes of images the suddenly bombarded her mind.

STOP! The young woman mentally screamed. The Time Lord was thrown backwards by a blast of telekinetic energy. The Doctor groaned, pushing himself into a sitting position. His eyes widened when he saw Farah on the floor unconscious, blood trickling from her nose.

"Fay!" he exclaimed shooting to his feet and darting over to her "Fay, open your eyes", he urged, cupping her face but she was unresponsive "come on, please", he pleaded. Still she didn't wake. The Time Lord carefully picked her up and took her to the med bay, placing her on the bed. He draped a blanket over her, sat down next to the bed and took her hand. "I'm sorry, I'm so sorry", he murmured. He never meant to hurt her. And he should never have lost his temper. She only had the best intentions at heart he thought. He wouldn't blame her if she decided to go home after she woke up.

It was about a couple of hours later when Farah started to stir. "Doctor…" she whispered.

"Fay, I'm so sorry. I shouldn't have done what I did", the Doctor said, quickly.

"I'm sorry too", the ginger said "I never should have pressed…"

"It's ok. You wanted to understand", the Time Lord said and he let out a breath "I suppose you'll want to go home".

Much to his surprise, the young woman shook her head, wincing as she did so. "No, I want to stay", she said.

"Really?" the Doctor asked, hopeful, not quite wanting to believe what he was hearing.

"Yes", Farah replied "I mean, I don't particularly want to explain to my goddaughter how we couldn't last five minutes at being each other's 'special friend'. Do you?"

"Not really", the Doctor replied "besides to be honest I was really hoping you'd stay, regardless of the 'special friend' thing because I…I need you".

A flicker of confusion appeared on his companion's face "you do?"

The Doctor nodded "Yeah, I do. You may not be aware of this but you've been helping me heal" he took a deep breath, composing himself before he continued "For months after I lost Rose I stayed in the TARDIS. Didn't go anywhere, barely did anything. I was distraught and broken…then I met you. A young woman who was kind and puts others needs before herself. You were the first person I've let get close to me since Rose" Farah sat up and brushed a tear from his cheek "if you go, I feel like I'm going to fall apart all over again".

"I'm not going anywhere. I'm going to stay for as long as possible", she assured him.

The Time Lord gave her a small smile "thank you", he said.

"Did you lose Rose at Canary Warf?" Farah asked, somewhat tentatively.

The Doctor nodded again "I did", he confirmed "but she's still alive, just trapped in a parallel world. and I'm never going to see her again".

"I'm so sorry", the ginger said softly. She closed her eyes for a moment, preparing herself before telling him, her secret. "I tried to kill myself", she confessed "went to my old school's swimming pool and was going drown myself…" the Time Lord looked at her, shocked, wondering what would drive her to do that "My grandmother had died and I couldn't take it. The emotions were too much…I couldn't block them out….I just wanted it to stop…" this time it was the Doctor who wiped a tear away from her cheek "but I thought about my mother. And I…I couldn't go through with it" she looked at him "please don't tell her. If she ever found out…"

"I won't say a word, I promise", the Doctor vowed.

"Thanks", Farah whispered.

A couple of weeks later…

"You can't be serious!" Farah exclaimed to the Doctor as he bounced around the console as he programmed the TARDIS. The Time Lord just grinned at her and kept going. They'd been having a Star Wars marathon and had just watched the part where Hans Solo flew the Millennium Falcon when the Doctor declared he could do a better job. "Sexy is not going to like doing this", the woman muttered.

"Of course she will", the Doctor assured her.

"No I won't" the TARDIS protested.

"No she really won't", the empath said, voicing the ship's words.

"Oh come on Fay, lets live a little", the Time Lord urged.

"I have lived a little. I've lived 23 years and I would love to get to 24", the ginger shot back.

"Pull that lever in front of you", the TARDIS said as the console started to make noise indicating that the engines were starting up. Farah did so and it quietened.

"Let's go back and continue the marathon", she said.

"But that's boring", the Doctor whined "we haven't done anything fun in a while".

"Oh so you're saying all those trips we've taken like Athens, Venice, Egypt, the…Galapagos Islands", she listed off "Farah proceeded to list some of the most recent ones "…were boring?"

"Well some of them weren't", the Doctor replied. To make up for what he did, forcing his way into her mind, he took her on some nice, relaxing trips. Many of them were to places around the world that empath had always wanted to go. Some of them were interesting for the Time Lord but some of them were a bit boring to him. However, he refrained from doing something that would most likely get him into trouble because he wanted her to be happy "But this would be fun". The young woman looked at him trying not to smile, she could feel his enthusiasm practically washing over her. She averted her gaze, staring at her shoes as a smile crept on her face. "Is that a smile?" the Doctor asked.

"Nope", Farah replied, still looking down.

"I think that was a smile. Come on Ali you know you want to do this", the Time Lord urged.

The ginger looked up at the Doctor who was grinning at her "ok fine let's go play dodgems with asteroids", she said pretending to sound rather reluctant. In truth she was rather excited but also worried at the same time.

"Hold on tight!" the Time Lord said before starting the engines again. Farah clung on to the console as the TARDIS flew through the time vortex. He went to the doors and opened them showing her the asteroid field.

"You know the odds of successfully navigating an asteroid field is 3,720:1 right?" the empath pointed out.

"Never tell me the odds Ali", the Doctor said going back to the console. The woman closed the doors and stood next to him.

"You ready?" he asked.

"No", she replied "but as humans only live once so…allonsy!"

The Doctor smiled at her before he started piloting the TARDIS through the asteroid field. It wasn't long before the blue box was shaking like crazy, Farah clinging onto the console while the Doctor ran around it like a mad man. During the flight the Time Lord got out a mallet and started hitting the console, much to the ginger's surprise. That was when the TARDIS started to tell her how to help the Doctor pilot. The 23 year old ran around with the Doctor following the instructions that were given to her as best as she could. "We're almost there!" she shouted when she glanced at the scanner and seeing the edge of the asteroid field. "We made it!" she cheered a moment later. She laughed as the Time Lod hugged her, spinning her around.

"Yes we did", he said setting her down "so did I do a better job?"

"You did only because you had my help", Farah told him.

"That's true", the Doctor admitted. It was easier to pilot the TARDIS with her helping him. He guessed that the TARDIS told her how. He still didn't know how she was able to communicate with the TARDIS and he didn't think the young woman understood why either.

"Now that we've done that, do you think we could finish the Star Wars marathon?" she asked.

"Sure" the Doctor replied and sent the TARDIS into the Time Vortex. While they continued watching the Star Wars movies, Farah sat next to the Time Lord resting her head on his shoulder.

"So Doctor where are we heading to next?" Farah asked him the next morning when she came into the console room.

"I have got an idea", the Time Lord replied.

"You wanna share?" the ginger questioned, curious.

"Nope. It's going to be a surprise", the Doctor said pulling a lever causing the ship to jerk and shake. Farah gripped the console with a smile on her face. "Ah no looking at the scanner. It'll ruin the surprise", he said, stopping her from taking a look when the TARDIS rematerialized. He took her hand and led her out of the box.