Payback (2/?)
Chapter Two..."The Doctor's Revenge On Rose For Dumping Pear Yoghurt On His Leather Jacket"
Okay, just kidding. Thats a bit long.
The third chapter might be a while since I've got Spring Break starting tomorrow and I'll have to fight off my little Slitheen siblings to get control of the computer with Internet at my house. And I guess I'll have to finish writing it too! :D
Please enjoy!
Summary: The Doctor decides to give Rose a tase of her own medicine but it doesn't turn out the way he had hoped...
Characters: Ninth Doctor, Rose Tyler, and the TARDIS
Chapter One
"Doctor, have you seen my blue jacket? I thought I left it in my room last night but now I can't find it," Rose called as she walked into the console room. As she caught sight of what he was holding she stopped dead.
"You mean this thing, Rose?" he asked holding it up with what could only be called an evil grin.
"What are you doing?"
"Well, Rose, I believe that you Earthlings call it payback."
As Rose stared at him she suddenly noticed that he wasn't wearing his customary leather jacket. And then she remembered what she had done to it while he was asleep. She slowly walked towards him, holding out her hand for the jacket. "Okay, Doctor, I know you're upset about what happened to your precious jacket but can you please not do anything to this one?"
The Doctor shook his head and just as slowly walked backwards towards the TARDIS' doors. "As I believe you say, Rose, 'tit for tat'. You covered my jacket with pear yoghurt and I'm tossing your jacket out the doors into whatever is out there." He reached the doors and with one hand reached back to unlatch them.
As he jerked the door open and turned to throw the jacket out he was suddenly shoved by a furious human and ended up falling face first into a deep mud puddle. As he surfaced, spitting the slimy gunk from his mouth, he heard almost hysterical laughter coming from behind. He turned to see Rose giggling and pointing a camera at him.
"Well that certainly went well, Doctor. Smile! This ones going to Mum!"
He muttered darkly that they'd soon see what was going to her mum and made his way back to the TARDIS at the edge of the puddle. When he reached it he held his hand out to Rose. "You going to stand there laughing all day or are you gonna help me out?"
Rose smirked. "Oh no, I'm not falling for that old trick! You can get out by yourself"
"I promise not to pull you into this puddle, Rose," he said straight faced, while crossing two of his fingers behind his back.
She looked at him suspiciously for a moment before setting her camera safely to one side and reaching out her hand.
As soon as their hands touched, Rose somehow found herself underneath nearly a meter of slimy mud. She clawed her way to the surface and shook her now filthy hair out of her face before turning to glare at the Doctor.
"You promised!"
"Never trust someone whose hands you can't see," he said smugly.
Rose scowled and shoved her way through the gunk pull herself up into the TARDIS. "Well if you're not going to play fair, you can stay out here!"
His smirk vanished. "Now wait a minute, Rose, you can't do that. How are you planning to go anywhere?"
"I'm not. I'm going to go take a shower and put on some clean clothes. Then I'll come back to let you in. Have fun playing in the mud until then, Doctor."
She slammed the doors and walked slowly to her bathroom, ignoring the frantic hammering and angry shouts from outside. As she opened her bathroom's door she grinned. No matter how impressive they might be, no man should ever try to outsmart a woman. Especially a Tyler.
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The Doctor glared at the blue, paneled doors in front of him and tried to put his key into the lock again. It wouldn't go.
"Just for this I'm not cleaning around your console for a month," he muttered to the door.
The only response he got was a slight increase in the irritated humming coming from inside.
He sighed and turned to lean against the side of his extremely uncooperative ship. He'd been out here for nearly two hours. How long could it actually take for her to finish her shower? It was starting to get dark and this planet was well known for its carnivorous nightlife. At least here with a mud puddle on one side and the TARDIS on another the creatures should have a difficult time getting to him. Except of course for the ones that swam. He didn't even have his sonic screwdriver right now to try and warn them away. It was still in his room, next to his yoghurt covered jacket. He turned and banged on the door again in case Rose was finally back in the console room.
"Yes, Doctor?"
"Finally! How long does it take to take one simple shower, Rose? Now let me in. Nights starting to fall and there are a lot of nasty creatures here."
"You should have thought of that before you decided to land us here. I'm just wondering what setting on the washing machine I need to clean my clothes."
"Rose, I'm sorry I got you all dirty but please let me inside!"
After a long silence he heard Rose sigh. "On one condition, Doctor."
"What?"
"You have to promise to take me to the best shopping planet and let me get anything I want. You also have to carry my purchases and no complaining! Deal?"
The Doctor rested his head on the door and wondered which powers in the universe had decided that he needed this young woman to try and annoy him to regeneration. What had he ever done to deserve this?
"Doctor? Do we have a deal?"
"Yes, Rose" he muttered, kissing his freedom goodbye.
"You better not be crossing your fingers!"
"I'm not. I promise to take you shopping. Now can I please come back inside?"
He heard her unlocking the doors and as soon as she pulled them open he stalked through and headed towards his own room.
"Doctor? What about our deal?"
"Don't worry about our little deal. I fully intend to keep it. I just need to clean up first." And form a plan to get back at her once this horrible shopping trip was over, he added silently as he yanked open his bedroom door.