"I thought I told you not to wander off," the Doctor reminds her but she ignores him.
"I changed my mind," Cherry muses, a small smile playing on her lips.
"You want to go home?" The Doctor assumes and she shakes her head.
"No, of course I don't,"...
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Cherry sits with her legs up, her boots resting on the cream leather seats and her nose tucked into a book from the extensive library. The Doctor is under the glass platform, tending to the engine as he likes to in his spare time and Amy and Rory are blasting music in the console room and playing with the dart board they insisted the Doctor install. It's been about a month since they dropped River off at Stormcage. Cherry is finding little ways to cope with the future that awaits the Doctor. She's still plagued with nightmares that she cannot explain to the Doctor when she jolts awake in fear or weeps into her pillow during the night. It's strange though, because it's almost like she forgets about it when they're together. When they're adventuring or sharing intimate moments with one another, she can keep herself in the moment with him. He's alive and well, and she loves him more than anything. And then she remembers it and everything comes crashing down all too quickly. She's even stopped wearing mascara now, because she's had to excuse herself to the bathroom to hide her tears so many times and the Doctor was getting suspicious with the amount of times she returned with running makeup.
"You know that's a children's book?" Amy asks her cousin, shoving her legs off the seat and sitting down beside her. Cherry huffs and slams the Gallifreyan fairytale book shut.
"Of course, I know," Cherry rolls her eyes. "I was just interested. The Doctor said he used to read these when he was little."
Amy pulls a disgusted face, glancing down at the Time Lord through the glass floor. "I can't imagine the Doctor as a child."
"Well, he would've looked different then," Cherry points out, shrugging her shoulders.
"Yeah, and probably more mature than he is now," Amy snorts. "He's such a child sometimes."
"I think it's sweet," Cherry hums, a small smile gracing her lips as she thinks about the childlike joy the Doctor seems to have for the universe. "Most people grow up too fast."
"Any good stories?" Amy asks, picking the book up and reading the blurb.
"The Emperor Dalek's New Clothes was quite funny," Cherry says and the red heads eyebrows shoot up in surprise.
"The Emperor Dalek's New Clothes?" She repeats, shaking her head with a laugh that Cherry joins in on. "Look at this one," Amy giggles, pointing to the list of stories in the front of the book. "Snow White and the Seven Keys to Doomsday."
"That's ridiculous," Rory pipes up after he's finished throwing his round of darts at the board. He joins them, leaning over Amy to get a good look at the book. "The Judoon and the Beanstalk."
"Oh, the Judoon and the Beanstalk," the Doctor claps his hands together as he appears on the glass platform. "A classic. You know the Tardis doesn't usually translate Gallifreyan?"
"I asked her to translate the book for me," Cherry shrugs casually, taking it back from Amy. "She likes me."
"Will you read us one?" Amy asks, flashing Cherry puppy dog eyes and the brunette groans, leaning her head back against the headrest.
