the hourglass (doctor who fan fiction)

The Lodger pt. 2

"What did you say?" the Doctor asked, still in the shower. "I'm just going to go upstairs. See if he's okay." Craig told me. "Sorry?" the Doctor questioned. Craig left. "What did you say?"

"Doctor, I'm going to go too." I quickly followed after Craig, "Yes? Hello?" the man from upstairs called. "It's me from downstairs. I heard a big bang." Craig said. "Thank you, Craig, but I don't need your help." the man replied. I heard the sound of wet footsteps run to us. When I turned to look beside me, I saw the Doctor- soaking wet- holding a towel around his waist pointing an electric toothbrush to the upstairs door. "What happened, what's going on?" he asked.

"Is that my toothbrush?" Craig questioned. "Correct. You spoke to the man upstairs?" the Doctor replied. "Yeah."

"What did he look like?" the Doctor quizzed. "More normal than you do at the moment, mate. What are you doing?"

"I thought you two might be in trouble." he looked down to me. I scoffed. "Thanks. Well, if I ever am, you can come and save me with my toothbrush." Craig walked back to the flat. The Doctor made his way up the stairs. "Oh- Doctor-" I quickly pulled him back down. "Oh! Hello." a woman said behind us. We turned, "Ah! Hello. The Doctor." the Doctor introduced. "I'm Juno." I smiled, shaking her hand. "Right."

"You must be Sophie." he greeted her with air kisses. "Oh. Oh-"

"No, Dom's in Malta. There's nobody around." Craig turned to us as we walked in, "Hang on a sec. We've got a match today, pub league. We're one down if you fancy it?" Craig asked. "Pub league. A drinking competition?" the Doctor quizzed. "No, football. Play football." Craig corrected. "Football. Football. Yes, blokes play football. I'm good at football, I think." the Doctor looked to me. "You've saved my life. I've got somebody. Yeah, all right, I'll see you down there. Hey, Soph."

"Hey, I thought I'd come early and meet your new flat mate." Sophi waved. "Do you play, Sophie?" I asked. "No, Soph just stands on the sidelines. She's my mascot." Craig answered. "I'm your mascot? Mascot?" Sophie questioned. "Well, yeah, not my mascot. It's a football match. I can't take a date."

"I didn't say I was your date."

"Neither did I."

I coughed, "The Doctor should get dressed." I said. "The spare kit's just in the bottom drawer."

"Bit of a mess." the Doctor mumbled. He started for the door. "I'm coming too." I quickly followed him and shut the door. "Oh. Hi." the Doctor looked at me. "Hah. Hi." I stuck my head out the door. "You unlocked the door. How did you do that? Those are your keys. You must have left them last time you came here." Craig questioned. "Yeah, but I- how do you know these are my keys?" Sophie quizzed. "I've been holding them." Craig replied. "I have got another set."

"You've got two sets of keys to someone else's house?" I asked. "Yeah?"

"Ah, ok. You must like it here too." I said before closing the door again. "Talk to Amy." the Doctor threw me the earpiece. "Amy. Hi. It's Juno." I talked into the earpiece. "Juno. Hi."

"So, we're going out. If we hang around the house all the time, the man upstairs might get suspicious and notice us." I explained. "Football. Okay, well done. That is normal." Amy said. "I know right? It's all outdoorsy." The Doctor had put on his jersey backwards. "Other way." I said. "Oh." he replied, turning his shirt around. "Hot." I smirked. "Hot? Am I hot?" the Doctor asked.

"Now, isn't football the one with the sticks?" I asked Amy.

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"What are you actually called? What's your proper name?" Craig asked. We were at the park. "Just call me the Doctor." the Doctor answered. "I can't go up to these guys and say hey, these are my new flat mates, this is Juno and he's called the Doctor."