Title: TARDIS Parking 1.01

Author: Angel Leviathan

Disclaimer: Doctor Who, characters, concept, etc, aren’t mine.

Spoilers: Fear Her

Notes: Set between the first time the TARDIS appears in Fear Her and the second.

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“Ah…”

Rose frowned and nearly crashed into the Doctor as he about turned and headed back into the TARDIS, “’Ah’ what?” Gripping the nearby rail to steady herself, she flailed for a moment and managed to stay on her feet, “Oi! What’re you playing at, you?” she asked.

“Nothing. Nothing at all,” the Doctor replied, reaching for several of the controls on the TARDIS central column.

“What the…” she wasn’t convinced and lunged to stop the door closing, only to be met with a scant few inches of space and what seemed to be a blue wall. Rose grinned and burst out laughing, “Nice parking Mister Time Lord!”

“No jokes, Rose Tyler, or I might have to bring up the time you backed a Ford Fiesta into a brick wall…” he threatened, as she slammed the door shut.

She stared, “How’d you find out about that?”

“Mickey told me.”

“Oh he did, did he?”

“Yeah, he did,” the Doctor smirked as he readjusted the calculations and sent the TARDIS into flight again.

“Still,” Rose wandered back to his side. She jumped and threw her arms around his neck, nearly choking him, “You can’t park the TARDIS!” she giggled and ruffled her hands through his hair, then let him go.

“I can park it,” he insisted, “had to park in tighter spots that this over the years.”

“You’re embarrassed.”

“I am not.”

“You so are! You’re so embarrassed!” she couldn’t have stopped herself laughing at that moment for anything in the galaxy.

The Doctor tried to eye daggers at her and failed spectacularly. He smiled slightly, sighed, and shook his head, “Over nine hundred years and this has to happen when somebody’s watching!”

Rose was still in hysterics.

“Quiet you! They could have my license for this!”

“Who!?” she managed to choke out.

He realised his threat had fallen flat, “Oh, I don’t know…galactic parking wardens?”

Rose suddenly stopped laughing, “You know that if a parking warden isn’t wearing his hat, you don’t have to pay if he gives you a ticket? Its like they’re not appropriately dressed or something, so they can’t issue official warnings…”

“Let me guess…”

“My mum knocked the hat off one once. Back when we had a car. Back when she had her licence, actually,” she folded her arms and smirked proudly, “And I know that if you can’t pull off a three point turn in your driving test, you can do a five point turn and call it a three.”

The Doctor frowned, “If they ask for a five, can you do a seven and call it a five?”

“Now you’re just being stupid!” she wobbled a little on her feet as the TARDIS came to a stop again, “So… Got it right this time?” she taunted, smiling.

He refused to rise to the bait, didn’t even glance in her direction, but ran for the door rather swiftly.

“So embarrassed!” Rose shouted after him, laughing.

The Doctor grabbed the door and swung it open, “Ah!” he still wouldn’t look at her.

She hid a smile and stepped out after him.

How embarrassing.

Fin