Remembering the Forgotten [2] (The Parallel Series) ✓

Daleks in Manhattan - Two

"Oh, sure you are. I've seen the way you look at him. It's obvious." Rita raised a brow knocking on the open door of the dressing room. "Am I interrupting?" She asked.

"Oh not at all" Tallulah smiled. "We were just talking about Martha"

"Not to him," Martha muttered to Tallulah and Rita smirked knowing what they were discussing. "I thought you said you're only interested in..."

"I think that's enough Stone" Martha cut her off standing up with her eyes widened.

"Sorry, sorry" Rita chuckled. "Can't help myself sometimes."

"Oh, I should have realised. He's into musical theatre, huh?" Tallulah continued the conversation. "What a waste. Still, you got to live in hope. It's the only thing that's kept me going because, well, look. On my dressing table every day still." She moved her gaze over to the white rose laying there.

"You think it's Laszlo?" Martha asked.

"I don't know. If he's still around, why is he being all secret like he doesn't want me to see him?"

"We may never know" Rita mumbled.

"What about you then?" Tallulah asked. "Do you have anyone?"

"Me?" Rita frowned. "No"

"You have the Doctor" Martha added raising her brows.

"Martha he's my best friend" Rita laughed, Martha however just raised her brows even further. "Oh come on don't tell me you too." She groaned. "I'm not dealing with this at the moment there are bigger things to worry about" She rolled her eyes, left the room and headed back to the Doctor.

"Oh, she definitely does doesn't she?" Tallulah whispered to Martha.

"And she doesn't even know it" Martha whispered back watching Rita head down the corridor.

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"Found anything?" Rita walked beside the Doctor and crouched down watching what he was doing with a scanner and the jellyfish-like blob.

"No, but this is artificial." He informed her checking his scanner, he stood up and switched on a stage light pointing it at the blob then returned next to Rita.

He brought out his glasses then placed them on as Rita rolled her eyes at him. "I may never find out why you even wear those." he looked over at her for a moment smirking.

"You're probably right there, didn't you wear glasses once?"

"That was when I was stuck with bad eyesight, this is different" She pointed at him inches from touching his glasses.

"But you still wore them" He lightly pushed her finger out of the way continuing to smirk at her.

"I'm not even going to say anything else about that, you get distracted too easily." She shook her head. "We also have bigger things we need to worry about." She gestured to the blob. The Doctor nodded in agreement and brought out a stethoscope from his pocket and listened to the blob while looking at the scanner. They heard the show below began and continued to work blocking it out of their minds.

"Fundamental DNA type four six seven dash nine eight nine." Rita's eyes widened and she snapped her head to the scanner and moved it to face her. She stood up slowly walking back and shook her head. "Rita?" The Doctor looked up at her, she gave no reply and he stood up himself. "Rita, what's wrong?"

"The scanner" She stuttered her words. "Not now, please not now" The Doctor slowly moved up to her and placed his hands on her shoulders looking into her eyes.