Cosmo || Doctor Who

2 : Jealousy

𝔏𝔬𝔫𝔡𝔬𝔫, 𝔈𝔫𝔤𝔩𝔞𝔫𝔡, 𝔈𝔞𝔯𝔱𝔥
𝔄𝔭𝔯𝔦𝔩 2005

Aliens were something that EJ had been infatuated with for as long as he could remember. They were an escape from real life whenever he needed it, and the stars always seemed like the best place to go. When everything went wrong, all he could think of was space, and the first place he would like to go.

     Of course, meeting an alien never seemed to be on the cards. It wasn't on the cards for anyone, actually. Ever. No one knew any aliens, and if they did, they'd be sectioned.

     But the Doctor- he had to be an alien. Every single thing he said was ridiculous, despite making complete sense. He knew the sort of things that people just didn't know. He couldn't be normal.

     And of course, there was his ship. The TARDIS. The police box. It sat in the corner of the corridor, just out of sight. Although, it didn't looks big enough to hold one person comfortably, never mind two, but that didn't matter to EJ.

     He was told to have a look, so he did, and he wasn't disappointed.

     "Holy shit!"

     EJ, almost instantly, ran around the control room. He wanted to take everything in. He wanted to remember ever second of this for the rest of his life.

     It was a large space, an impossible size for the police box which supposedly held it. There were too many colours, objects and things he couldn't describe that it was hard to embrace all of it. But it felt warm, the plate being deep golds and bronzes, there was an other-worldly quality to it all. Beams sprang out of the flooring, mimicking the Tudor cottages that EJ had grown up nearby. The most interesting thing, however, was the control panel in the centre.

     There were so many parts. So many knobs, and dials, and buttons. He wanted to touch them all so badly. He wouldn't, but he wanted to.

     "This is... gorgeous." The Doctor nodded along, like he'd heard it all a million times before. "How does this even..."

  "Well, it's-"

  "It's bigger on the inside." He gasped, eyes never staying still for a moment. "Its bloody bigger on the inside."

  "Like it, then?" The Doctor was smiling like a child.

  "Like it?" EJ scoffed, landing back in front of strange man beside the doors. "It's the best thing I've ever seen. I mean, the, the intricacies in the... and look at that! I-" Everything kept catching his attention, and he couldn't quite stay focused on one thing. "How does this even happen? Is it like... dimensional engineering or something?"

  "How'd you know that?" The Doctor was taken aback.

  "My friends a huge nerd." The blonde boy shrugged. "Studies astrophysics at Uni, and I know this isn't astrophysics, but it's the closest thing I can think of."

  "Okay, right." He nodded, and made his way over to the control panel. "Hold on."

     The Thompson boy followed in his stead, and watched as a few bottoms were pressed, and a lever was pulled. Then, the engines started, and a clunk was heard. EJ felt weightless for a split second, and recognised exactly what was happening.

     They were flying!

     Despite not feeling like they were moving, EJ knew that they were. Even if it was just by the Doctor's reaction. He didn't even know where they were going, or where he was being taken, but it didn't matter. This was every childhood dream come true.