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Amy pulled her dressing gown around her tightly as she entered her living room, the sight of a figure on her sofa startling her enough to almost drop her cup of tea. She sighed in relief when she saw it was just Danni, her feet tucked underneath her as she watched early morning Saturday Morning cartoons.
"You scared me." Amy told her and Danni shrugged, not taking her eyes off the yellow sponge and his starfish friend as Amy sat next to her, sipping her drink.
"No Rory?" Danni asked without looking at her.
"He's at work. 12 hours shifts and all." Danni nodded vaguely and Amy thought about her husband, at work, saving lives of everyday people. No aliens, no monsters, just doing his job as a nurse, "Where's the Doctor?"
"I'm not sure." Danni replied, "I just asked him to drop me off. If I'm still here, he'll pick me up when I'm ready. If I disappear, you'll have to ring him. He said that'd be okay. He's nice like that." Amy frowned.
"Are you okay?" She asked and Danni shook her head.
"Not really, no." She admitted, "But I'm not too sure how to word it yet. I just needed someone to talk to and the Doctor said that we're close. That we'll become close, oh I don't know. He said you'd let me rant at you if I needed it." She sighed and rubbed her eyes in frustration, "I just need someone to pretend to listen for a few minutes then tell me that I'm an idiot. You seemed the right candidate for it." Amy shot her an annoyed look, then sighed. It was about right, really. In the beginning, Danni had let her rant at her, but as time went on it changed. The Danni she had been meeting lately seemed to be much younger than the original one, and she could only imagine what was running through her head.
"Fine, whenever you're ready." They sat watching the cartoons, the minutes ticking away until Danni sat up straight.
"All right." She started, "The Doctor kept kissing me, and it's freaking me out." Amy nodded. She remembered that; the dinosaurs on the spaceship. The Doctor's aim was a bit out, apparently, that had been a while ago now. The last time she had seen them, they'd gone to Mercy.
"I remember, you looked ready to faint." Danni nodded.
"Since we were with the dinosaurs we've been to Omega Franca, then to this little planet with the nicest ice cream I have ever had. Then we spent about a week going to a load of the Two Ronnies recording. Ronnie Barker was lovely to me. When we go back again, he said I could be in a sketch. Just as an extra, but that'll be fun." Danni rattled off, "The more time I spend with the Doctor, the more I like the attention he's giving me and that can't be right, can it? I mean, it's only been a month or so since I was shot here, and I'm enjoying it. And you know something Amy?" She shifted so she was sat sideways on the sofa, her legs crossed, "He loves me. He really, really loves me." Amy nodded, confused.
"Well, yeah." She replied as if it was obvious.
"But how?" Danni exclaimed, "How the hell can he love me?! I've only been here a month!"
"Because, for him, it's been almost 300 years." Amy told her gently, "You've been in and out of his life for 300 years. He just lives to moments in between waiting for you to come back again."
"But why? Cause I do like it when he kisses me, and he holds my hand but I don't love him. I mean, I can't possibly love him." She spun back around and placed her head in her hands, rubbing her eyes before sitting back up. "Back in my universe, I've been a fan for seven years. I watched him every week, I read about him, I bought magazines and books and looked up more information online. I felt I knew him as much as I possibly could, but there seems to be so much more to learn. I fancied the pants of Matt Smith, you know? He was adorable, and I just wanted to run my hands through his hair it was so... Oh, he was lovely." She smiled dreamily, in the same way Amy suspected she looked when she thought of Johnny Depp. Ever after the siren and the Black Spot incident, she was a sucker for a pirate, "I dreamt about him landing in my back yard and flying me away. And then I was with him, and I don't know how to feel about it. You dream about it, you say to everyone that if it happened, if he turned up you'll be the first one in the TARDIS doors, but it's easy to say because it never will." Amy studied her for a moment, hating to see her friend so torn.
"Do you enjoy it?" She asked and Danni nodded.
"It's amazingly terrifying." Danni replied.
"And you like it when he looks like you like you're his universe?" Danni smiled softly.
"Yeah, I do." Amy shrugged and leant back on the sofa.
"Well, then I say just live it moment to moment." Danni frowned.
"What do you mean?"
"I mean, when he's with you and he's lovely to you, enjoy it. When you go back to when he was a prat to you, be a prat right back. You constantly tell the Doctor you don't tell him anything about the future because it's no fun to know what's coming. So, live everyday like that. Until you settle and finally stop jumping, just enjoy it as it comes."
"But how do I do it without him feeling rejected?"
"Well, you've been to his past when he doesn't love you. Just think about what he does and do the exact opposite, I'm sure you'll be fine. If you don't love him, don't tell him you do. And if you're not ready for more, don't feel forced but if it's not hurting either of you, you should just go for it. You do love him in the end, but let it come at your own pace. Don't love him because you have to." Danni's brows furrowed as she stared back at Amy.
"When the hell did you become so smart?" Amy shrugged, looking smugly back.
"I've always been this smart." She replied, "Now, I'll get dressed and we'll go shopping." She stood up.
"But I don't have any money." Danni pointed out.
"Did the Doctor help you put your cardigan on?" She asked knowingly and Danni nodded.
"Yeah, why?" Amy reached down and pulled out a small credit card from the front pocket, a sticky note on it saying 'Have fun x'. Danni's mouth fell open slightly as she snatched it back off Amy.
"That's cheeky Time Lord." She laughed in disbelief.
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Rory came back from work expecting his wife to be waiting for him, she was in between jobs again, but instead found a note that read 'Gone Shopping :)' perched by the phone in the kitchen. It was flashing, showing him there was a message and he pressed the play button as he moved to put the kettle on, wondering what to have for his tea.
"Hello Ponds!" The Doctor cried over the phone, "It's me! Look, I'm going to drop Danni off with you for a bit." The front door opened and Amy appeared ladened down with bags, "She's a bit sad, I think I may have scared her a bit. I know you'll help her Amy, just let her know that I didn't mean to. Then again, this may be terribly late and she's been and gone, in which case let me know so I'm not waiting for her to ring me to pick her up. Enjoy being Ponds, it's a wonderful life!" The phone beeped, letting them know it was the end of the message.
"Danni was here then?" Rory asked as he pulled another mug out of the cupboard for Amy. She sat down at the breakfast bar, placing all the bags on the floor around her.
"Yeah. She's still so new, she doesn't know how to handle him being so mad about her." Amy replied, "She'll get over it though. She always does."
"How long until they get together though, do you think?" Rory handed her a cup of tea and sat next to her.
"Not sure, but I don't think she had long until Utah."
"Did you warn her?" Rory asked and she shook her head.
"I can't, you know I can't." She blew on her drink gently, "I wish I could have, though. She deserves to know what's going to happen to her." Rory shrugged.
"I don't know. I don't think I'd want to know. Imagine knowing that was coming." Amy nodded in agreement.
"Yeah, you're right. I just wish I could help her. That noise drives her mad, it's not fair." Rory placed an arm around his wife, pulling her in for a side-ways hug.
"How about we order a Chinese, watch some telly and just waste some time until the Doctor inevitably comes back?" She smiled and kissed him on the cheek.
"Love you Mr Pond."
"Love you too Mrs Williams."