Through the wardrobe

Just a little test

AU where Muse A has been missing for five years and presumed dead until one day an old friend of theirs (Muse B) receives a letter in the mail that simply says ‘Not dead. Let’s have dinner.’, with a place and a time and a Muse A’s initials at the bottom.

0-25: It’s okay

Lucy managed a small smile at Gem’s caring touch. “Sorry for being such trouble,” she sighed. “And I guess. I should stop apologizing now, because it’s about as much use as being bald.”

Gem blinked once, then twice. that wasn’t the question she’d been expecting. She tried to hold back a laugh and ended up snorting. That was Lucy, always asking the important questions. 

"I don't suppose you have vodka?" Lucy answered with a week grin. "Because I feel like I really could use a drink. Other than that... Something to eat wouldn't be too bad. I can make myself a sandwich, if that's okay."

Lucy smiled down on the younger girl clinging to her hand. “I’d like that,” she answered gently. “I’m sure we will be great friends and you can show me all the things you like to do. Maybe we should only ride bikes when your dad’s around, though.” She looked up at said dad with a knowing grin.

Gemini tilted her head to the side, thinking. She glanced at her dad, then her mum, then Lucy again. Her dad gave a tiny nod and she grinned. 

"I would have got here without getting pulled and stumbling over two different steps," she laughed, giving Gem's hand a little squeeze so she'd know it was all in good humor.

[text from Lucy] Are you pregnant? //this just had to be done//

"Well, technically I am getting older now." Gem said with a chuckle. Her body had to grow and change  to accomodate the baby so she’d had to jump through some mental hoops to reprogram the nanogenes. While normally the microscopic robots kept each and every cell alive and disabled her body’s ability to create more, effectively putting her in a full body stasis, now that wouldn’t work. She needed to be able to create more cells and let others die for her child to have a healthy development. "I’m just getting older from a younger starting point." 

Lucy made a point of studying Gem, walking around her friend and searching her face from different angles. "No," she finally decided with a wink, "it doesn't show at all. You're still essentially ageless."

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[text from Lucy] Are you pregnant? //this just had to be done//

[text: Alien Girl] Don’t know, if you’ll think it’s edible :D Got it from that German discount shop, Aldi. See you :)

The house hadn’t changed much. Still looked the same as Gem remembered. And Gem did remember. No matter how old she got she always remembered certain things, almost everything in fact. 

"Not all of us can stay young forever," Lucy answered with a cheeky grin, studying her friend's forever wrinkle-free skin. The grin didn't fade. Even when she hadn't seen Gem in a long time, she always got right back into the old familiarity when they were together, never feeling awkward or uncomfortable around her oldest friend, like no time had passed at all.

Lucy looked up at Rose with a smile that was only stopped by her ears from wrapping all the way around her head.

"You come visit all you like." Rose said, offering the child a smile and a quick hug. 

Lucy smiled down on the younger girl clinging to her hand. "I'd like that," she answered gently. "I'm sure we will be great friends and you can show me all the things you like to do. Maybe we should only ride bikes when your dad's around, though." She looked up at said dad with a knowing grin.

"Okay," Lucy sighed, "I think I understand. I understand, I am scared and I don’t know how this is going to work, but… I still trust you. Looks like we’ve got no time to lose. What is the plan?"

Gem sighed. How was she supposed to handle a worried teenager? Rassilon, she’d just mess this up too. Could she get Lucy back to her time safe or would she get her killed like Allana and Danny and Sylvestry? 

Lucy managed a small smile at Gem's caring touch. "Sorry for being such trouble," she sighed. "And I guess. I should stop apologizing now, because it's about as much use as being bald."

[text from Lucy] Are you pregnant? //this just had to be done//

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[text: Alien Girl] Don't know, if you'll think it's edible :D Got it from that German discount shop, Aldi. See you :)

[text from Lucy] Are you pregnant? //this just had to be done//

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[text: Little Witch] A tad, yeah. 

[text: Alien Girl] Course it's a big deal. You're going to be a mum! I never expected you'd be the first one of us, to be honest. You're still like my little baby sister.

[text from Lucy] Are you pregnant? //this just had to be done//

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[text: Alien Girl] It's okay. I guess I'm overreacting a bit.