«“Your turn. How is the girl?” River worried.
“Fine,” [the Doctor] answered simply as he stretched the piece of TARDIS wall, testing its elasticity.
“Fine? What do you mean-?”
“Near perfect health. Just a bump on the head,” he answered in a flat, steady tone.
“How is that possible?” she asked incredulously.
“You know her. Who is she?”
“An old friend. Her name is Rose. Rose Tyler. She travelled with me a long time ago.” The Doctor held the material in front of his face and pulled it apart until it snapped in two.
“That’s it? She’s fine and her name is Rose Tyler? That’s all you’re going to tell us?” River snipped sardonically.
“Sorry, I’m a bit distracted,” he apologized quietly. “If you’ll excuse me, I’m going to go have a look at those repairs, see if I can work out anything else.”
River and Amy watched the Doctor leave in stunned silence.
“This is really getting to him,” Amy said as she leaned against the console, her brow furrowed in concern. “I haven’t seen him this since I forgot Rory.”
“No, not since he found out you’d been taken,” River corrected.
“She must mean a lot to him then. You don’t know anything about her?”
“The Doctor very rarely reveals anything about his past. I’ve heard him say her name before. He does that sometimes. He’ll look at something, chuckle, and very softly whisper a name. Donna. Sarah-Jane. Rose. Perhaps Rose more than others.”»
- An Old Friend, by @bittyblueeyes (Chap.2)
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