Post by Addi Ackerman on Mar 11, 2010 23:39:05 GMT -5
As she got back to her feet after kneeling on the ground to hug the children, she caught the Doctor’s expression and smirked. She figured that he was probably itching in his trousers to get out of her crowded house. One who has been traveling with basically just himself and occasionally a guest would probably be overwhelmed at Lindisfarne castle... especially with her mother hanging off him like some sort of mum-shaped necklace. A necklace that chats a lot and fawns over him.
She practically bounced to the Doctor’s side in her excitement, but before she could open her mouth to tell him that she was set to leave, her mother had her in a headlock... or at the very least hug that was so tight that it felt like a pro-wrestling move. After listening to her mother mumbling in her ear about this and that and the other thing, she eventually managed to pry herself out of the vice grip without needing the jaws of life to accomplish it, and shoved the Doctor blindly with a bit more force than she intended. She just really wanted to get out of there.
“I’ll be alright,” Addi assured her mother, and then made the mistake of looking the woman in the eye. It was difficult for any child to hold back their own tears when they saw their mum absolutely bawling, but somehow Addi managed it by biting down hard on the inside of her cheek. “Aw be baugh choona dan glue sink.”
Addi pulled a face into the confused silence that followed, and then shook her head and snapped her fingers to fill the quiet. “Nope, definitely did not make sense. Anyway, turrah now!” She gave a small wave and shoved the Doctor again, stepping backwards toward the door. “Ta for tea. Long live the Queen and all that. Sayonara.”
She turned on her heel and thrust open the door, leading the way through her home and back out into the open air. Checking behind her to make sure that they weren’t being chased by the league of extraordinary lunatics, she hurried on quickly. Addi desperately did not want her whole family to see her disappearing into the evening in a blue box. Only her mum would have believed it.
Addi said nothing until they reached the bottom of the steep hill, and even then she stopped immediately after she had started talking. She struggled in her thoughts for a moment, froze stiff while looking up at him, and then continued on quickly. “I think my mum spoke of you indirectly before,” she said. “She used to tell us about this one time when she was little and she went with her dad to visit some of his mates... to watch the coronation on television. I suppose she got separated from grandfather and lost in the street – she was young enough to be scared out of her wits, but old enough to know that the police could help her. So she forced her was in to the nearest, locked call box, to use the telephone.”
She looked at the Doctor and smiled. “I never believed what she told us she saw in there before now. It’s probably best if we hurry and don’t let her see the TARDIS, or she’ll be wanting a ride-along.”
She practically bounced to the Doctor’s side in her excitement, but before she could open her mouth to tell him that she was set to leave, her mother had her in a headlock... or at the very least hug that was so tight that it felt like a pro-wrestling move. After listening to her mother mumbling in her ear about this and that and the other thing, she eventually managed to pry herself out of the vice grip without needing the jaws of life to accomplish it, and shoved the Doctor blindly with a bit more force than she intended. She just really wanted to get out of there.
“I’ll be alright,” Addi assured her mother, and then made the mistake of looking the woman in the eye. It was difficult for any child to hold back their own tears when they saw their mum absolutely bawling, but somehow Addi managed it by biting down hard on the inside of her cheek. “Aw be baugh choona dan glue sink.”
Addi pulled a face into the confused silence that followed, and then shook her head and snapped her fingers to fill the quiet. “Nope, definitely did not make sense. Anyway, turrah now!” She gave a small wave and shoved the Doctor again, stepping backwards toward the door. “Ta for tea. Long live the Queen and all that. Sayonara.”
She turned on her heel and thrust open the door, leading the way through her home and back out into the open air. Checking behind her to make sure that they weren’t being chased by the league of extraordinary lunatics, she hurried on quickly. Addi desperately did not want her whole family to see her disappearing into the evening in a blue box. Only her mum would have believed it.
Addi said nothing until they reached the bottom of the steep hill, and even then she stopped immediately after she had started talking. She struggled in her thoughts for a moment, froze stiff while looking up at him, and then continued on quickly. “I think my mum spoke of you indirectly before,” she said. “She used to tell us about this one time when she was little and she went with her dad to visit some of his mates... to watch the coronation on television. I suppose she got separated from grandfather and lost in the street – she was young enough to be scared out of her wits, but old enough to know that the police could help her. So she forced her was in to the nearest, locked call box, to use the telephone.”
She looked at the Doctor and smiled. “I never believed what she told us she saw in there before now. It’s probably best if we hurry and don’t let her see the TARDIS, or she’ll be wanting a ride-along.”