Rewritten

Good Night

AJ hesitated to pull her phone out. John was at work and Lily was playing with Paul's daughter Mary. She was alone. AJ let out a breath and finally pulled out her phone. She clicked on the contact and made the call.

"Hello?" The Doctor answered his phone.

"Doctor? It's AJ, I need you." She said.

"AJ! This isn't really a good time! I've kinda got-" The was a scream in the background."I'm a bit preoccupied!"

"Sorry, I just. . .need you." AJ sighed.

"I'm sorry AJ but I really have to go." The Doctor whispered. Now it was dead silent in the background. Then the end of the line went dead.

AJ waited but nothing happened. She finally pulled the phone away from her face and sat down on the bed. She put her phone back in her bag and went off to take a shower. When she came back she got dressed into jeans, a tee shirt and a zip-up maroon hoodie. She left the house to go to Paul's and pick up Lily.

Once she arrived, she knocked on the door and was greeted by Linda.

"AJ! Come in, come in." AJ gave Linda a smile and entered the house. "The girls are upstairs, I'll go get Lily for you."

"Thanks." AJ replied and waited for Linda to come back with Lily.

They came back down only a few moments later, AJ thanked Linda again and then they left.

"What did you two do?" AJ asked as she an Lily walked down the street.

"We played with Mary's dolls." Lily said happily, skipping down the pavement.

In the distance, AJ saw something tall and blue. Her eyes lit up and she grabbed Lily's hand and started to run. Lily, caught off guard, ran quickly by AJ's side.

The box was parked out front of John's house and the Doctor himself was at the front door.

"Doctor!" AJ called. The Doctor turned around and so did a girl. She looked around the same age as AJ and had short blonde hair and bangs.

"AJ! What do you need?" The Doctor replied happily.

"Here, come inside, we'll talk." AJ said, taking her key out and opening the door. John wasn't home yet and they had the house to themselves.

"Oh, yes! AJ, this is Rose by the way." The Doctor introduced her.

"Hello," Rose said, offering AJ a smile. AJ nodded, acknowledging Rose, then closed the door behind her. The Doctor made himself at home on the couch and Rose brushed her short blonde hair her ear before taking a seat next to him.

"Lily, why don't you go upstairs?" AJ asked. Lily nodded and left the three of them alone. AJ sat down too.

"John's going on tour." AJ said quickly after she knew Lily had gone upstairs.

"That's wonderful! You got the band back together! I knew you could do it." The Doctor grinned.

"He wants me to come along."

"So why don't you?" The Doctor asked curiously.

"Lily doesn't have anyone else to go to." AJ said slowly. The doctor nodded slowly also, not quite understanding.

"Did you want me to take her back home?"

"No, that's not fair to Lucy who would have to watch her." AJ told him. "I want you to watch her, Doctor."

"Me? Why me?"

"Because I trust you."

"Excuse me, sorry, but are you guys talking about the little girl who was just here?" Rose asked. AJ nodded. "Doctor how could you say no to watching a sweet little girl like that? It'll be fun!"