What if... (a BBC Class fic)

How dare you!

Maybe, just maybe, the headmistress could do something. Maybe she could do something to bring them back, Charlie, April and the Rhodian souls. If the Doctor, the man in the blue box who stopped the Shadow Kin before, would show up, then maybe they'd have a chance. Just maybe. But Matteusz knew it was hopeless; Charlie was gone. And there was absolutely nothing Matteusz could do to change that. He looked at him, and told himself that he was sleeping. He loved him, he loved him to the moon and back. He loved every inch of him. He would die for him. And Matteusz knew that Charlie did just that.

He missed him in the six days they were apart. He missed him so much and he was right there, waiting for him. But this time, Charlie wouldn't be there to make things better. He wouldn't be there, waiting for him, because he was lying lifeless on the school hall floor.

And by god he was going to miss him in the days to come.

Tanya shut the doors of the Cabinet. She didn't know what to do, if she should tell Matteusz or not. She knew she should, that it might somehow make him feel better, but she kept her mouth shut. Nothing could make this better. She turned her back to the Cabinet and sank to the floor. What was she going to do?

The doors to the hall flung open. Through them, stepped the Doctor. He looked around the room. He was too late, again. He promised he would be back, and he was too late. Of course he was. Time was never on his side. The body of the prince was directly in front of him, the bodies of April and Corakinus over to the left. He looked at the remaining humans, each as distraught as the last. Tanya stood up and stormed over to him. How dare he just show up. She stood in front of him, only a foot away. And she slapped him across the face.