PART 3
Throughout the next few days I pondered the strange events until they faded into the background, I gradually shrugged off my curiosity about this strange man and his tales of spaceships, orbits & strange signals.
My life returned to normal, the humdrum routine of daily life took over once more, the endless tedium of working to pay the bills, the only blight on my life was the fear that secret I kept locked away would one day be revealed by a sip of the tongue or a simple gesture.
Then one evening the chaos returned in the form of the Dr, it was a Friday evening & I had two days of no work, two days when I did not have to venture outside, two days where the real me could be free & happy.
As per my normal routine I started with a bubble bath & then sat in my bedroom & prepared to eradicate the lie that was Joe, as always I started by putting on the jewelery that always made me feel so happy, then came the make-up. This evening I chose one of my favourite flowing dresses & sat infront of the mirror to style my mop into a hairdo, after an hour the transformation was complete, Joe was gone & the real me sat in his place. Joanne looked back at me from the mirror as the familiar feeling of peace & tranquility flowed through me.
Before I was able to get up & leave the mirror I heard a very strange noise, i'd never heard anything like it in my life, it was a kind of wheezing, rasping sound, I turned to try & figure out where this noise was coming from & felt a breeze ruffle my hair, I rose from my seat to find which window i'd left open & froze as I walked into my front room, there it stood in the corner, the blue police box called the TARDIS.
I wanted to run & hide, how could he be here, in my home? No-one could ever see me like this, I tried to run but my legs refused to move, the door swung open & there he stood, the Dr!
I felt like I was going to pass out, my head was spinning yet there he stood not batting an eyelid.
"well come on, get in i've traced the signal but we've got to leave now"
I felt the anger rising, how dare he enter my home without permission "Dr! You can't come into my home without knocking first"
The Dr just shrugged & stepped back into his TARDIS, after a few seconds there was a knocking sound, I was too stunned to say anything but "come in"
He once more stepped out of his ship & into my front room "you know" he said "I didn't come in, I came out as my TARDIS is "in" and that means your room is "out" to me, now lets go as we don't have much time"
I looked down at my clothes then back at the Dr "What about my clothes?"
He looked me up & down for a second "Yes, very nice, burgandy suits you, to think Clara always moaned that I didn't notice this kind of thing"
Exasperated I plunged on "What I mean is that I can't go out like this"
He beamed at me "If that's what you're bothered about then don't worry we're going up not out, i've worn more than one face so that doesn't bother me"
I felt like I was doggy paddling in quicksand, I wanted to get to the surface for air but the Dr had this ability to pull me whichever way he wanted, I tried one last gambit "Just give me five minutes to change & i'll join you"
Once again I saw his eyes roll "Oh very well, what's the point in owning a time machine if you can't wait five minutes"
