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[lovesthescarf]

Sarah Jane wandered through the halls, not really going any place specifically. She needed to gather up some food to have both Jack and Rose over for dinner and JD of course. Another party, hopefully much better then the first.

As she thought, she jotted down the things she needed on a piece of parchment. So much for notebooks.

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[estebanmd]

On his way back to his office from the Owlery (as he had ceased to keep an owl personally but still had occasion to send correspondence via owl), Stephen Maturin came across someone he recognised. It was the very nice young woman who had given him advice on knickers. Whether she would recognise him now that he was no longer a woman did not occur to him.

"Miss Smith," he hailed her, with a friendly wave.

[lovesthescarf]

Sarah Jane heard her name and turned around to see the young man standing there. But no, she didn't recognize him. She was bad at this woman to man thing. She'd been so wrong before, with the others.

"Um yes? Do I know you?" she asked pleasantly.

[estebanmd]

Stephen stopped short, then laughed. "I suppose not. My name is Maturin."

[lovesthescarf]

Her eyes lit up as she recognized. "Ooh! Yes. Yes of course." Now that she could piece it together, she could see the resemblence. "Very lovely to meet you. I'm afraid I didn't recognize you without the um... extra parts or lack thereof."

[ninth_doctor]

The Doctor had, of course, been trying very hard to avoid people. People as in his companions/former companions. He seemed to have done a right well job of offending every single one of them. He had also talked himself out of owling the ones from the dinner and apologizing because he's cowardly like that.

"Oh, uh...hullo, Sarah Jane," he greeted awkwardly when he saw her.

[lovesthescarf]

Looking up, Sarah gave a small smile. Ah, well this was going to go well. She didn't have Harry here to reign her or her temper in. She took a deep breath. "Hello Doctor, out for a stroll?" she asked.

[ninth_doctor]

"...Just a bit, yeah. Um, look...about...about the other night, I just wanted to..." Damn it, why did he have to be so very bad at apologies? "I mean, I hadn't meant to...that is, I was sort of..." He sighed. Of course. Of course this wasn't going to work out well.

"Not to say I think I was in the wrong, and I'm certainly not going to take back anything that I said. I just...it sort of might've been not the kindest thing I've ever done or said to friends..."

[lovesthescarf]

She wasn't actually surprised by his apology. And really, she felt as if it was better if he didn't say anything at all. Especially because it wasn't really an apology at all.

Sarah Jane pursed her lips and shrugged her shoulders. "You're never nice, Doctor. I came to realize that a very long time ago."

[lilypotter60]

Lily was walking Steeler through the corridors; the puppy was getting fat and lazy already, lying about in her room whilst she studied. So, a change of scenery. They were headed outside - Steeler could run about and Lily could get some work done without puppy eyes begging her for attention.

When they turned the corner, Lily spotted Sarah Jane. Grinning, she waved at the other woman. "Hello, mate. Haven't seen you in a bit. How've you been?"

[lovesthescarf]

Sarah Jane looked up to hear another puppy and someone else coming down around the corner. She smiled when she saw who it was. Sarah looked a little worse for wear, perhaps that she'd been fighting or crying or some such. But she was smiling.

"Oh hullo, Lily.. lovely to see you. I'm alright I suppose. Ooh, this must be the other puppy. He's gorgeous just like Key.." Sarah bent down to pet him. Yeah, they needed a puppy.

[lilypotter60]

Eyes taking in Sarah Jane's slightly morose appearance, Lily said nothing, simply giving the other woman a brief look of concern before kneeling down next to the puppy. "Yeah, this is Steeler. JD and Jack were kind enough to get him for us." She glanced at Sarah Jane and smiled. "I take it you've met Key, then? They're both lovely dogs, and so sweet! We're really lucky."

Petting Steeler's head, she caught sight of Sarah Jane's left hand and her mouth dropped open. "Oi! Is that..." trailing off, grinning, she looked up at Sarah Jane.

[lovesthescarf]

"Oh yes, I've met Key.. they're both gorgeous dogs. I was thinking about perhaps getting one for me and Harry if he's amicable towards it." Sarah looked up at Lily and smiled, trying to hide how sad she was.

Then she aw Lily had seen and positively beamed, looking not so sad anymore. "It is.. Harry asked me to marry him, and I said yes."