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Characters: The Doctor (11) and Rory
Date: Back dated to Eleven's arrival
Location: Earth sector
Situation: Reunions and adventures
Warnings/Rating: Lots of dorkiness abound but that's about all.

He never would of assumed that arriving here would of been so full of people from his life, so much to see and do, so little time for everyone. Now some people automatically shot to the top of his list, old companions and the like, but the one that grabbed his attention first was Rory. Good old Rory Pond. An old and lost friend. Someone he'd been so sure he'd been missing for too long.

He had been selfish, really, whenever it came to Rory. Always picking Amy over him, always forcing him to make the worst decisions. Or her, even. how could he ask her to leave him? Losing them had really brought to home how much he owed both of them for all they had put up with. And all he'd put on them. Seeing Rory again meant a lot to him, he didn't feel so alone any more. And that's why he followed the given address without any distractions.

Okay, one or two distractions. Maybe three if you count staring at a shiny thing that caught his attention.

Regardless, he was there in record timing, knocking the door in excitement and bouncing back awkwardly to give Rory some space. He had no idea who it would all play out, especially with Amy missing. It might not be the happy reunion he pictured.

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Leading the way onwards and outwards, the Doctor left Rory's flat under the impression that his old companion would just follow. It was the way it had always been, he played leader and everyone just followed along. Amy was the best at that. It was strange without her here but it wasn't like they'd never gone on an adventure together without her. A few times Amy had gone missing and one bout of flu had led them to team up before and spend some time together. Make their own fun and try not to pine for her any more.

He was under the impression that he was fully capable of functioning with just Rory. He was practical, clever and knew when to stop him. Sort of the perfect sidekick really. That was why he liked him so much, he trusted himself to be under proper watch with his 'nurse' keeping close by.

Make sure he didn't do anything too stupid.

"Tell me, Rory, how much have you seen? Anything yet? You came here before me so you've had a bit more time to get to know the area. Or even just the distract. Anything worthy of note?"

It was almost as if nothing had happened at all - the Doctor led, and Rory followed even without asking. Just like old times, in a way, even if there was that proverbial elephant in the room which neither of them were going to talk about any time soon, it seemed. Not that it wasn't understandable; they both were going to need time to adjust, as mentioned before.

At the Doctor's question Rory blinked, taking a moment to digest it before he answered. "Um. Not much, really. Like I told you, I've only been here for a few days." And he was still trying to get used to the whole turtle thing. It was quite the change after... well, everything.

"Few days is plenty of time to get out there. See as much as you can, meet a few turtles and just generally get familiar with everything," the Doctor insisted. He'd seen whole places in a day before, it wasn't hard to see as much as was needed in a few days at best. Rory really wasn't the sort who got around much, he knew that, and so he wouldn't push the issue too much. Any was the adventurer, no one could stop her. Rory was more like his dad really, calm and content to just go with the flow and enjoy the world around him.

Oh and usually try not to die.

"I've already seen two parks, three old friends and had a coffee. It was revolting, I didn't like it," The coffee, he means, not everything on that list. He only had a mouthful and promptly spat it back into the cup in horror. Coffee was a little-- eh, weird.

Rory wasn't the kind of guy who would just instantly jump into the adventure, as much as part of him wanted to do that sometime. He certainly knew better than to barrel into something he didn't know about headfirst, and always found it much better to actually understand what he might be up against compared to not knowing anything about it at all. Of course, part of that was because neither Amy nor the Doctor would do it - so naturally, that position fell into Rory's hands, for better or for worse.

Not that it really helped, considering everything he had been through.

Rory blinked once again at the answer, confused by it for a moment before it clicked properly and he slowly nodded in response. "...right," he started, easily managing to link the 'three old friends' to names he knew through the network. "Rose Tyler, Jark Harkness and... Clara, right?"

"Yes, well guessed. Though I suppose Clara isn't so much an old friend as a new friend who I don't know but really should," the Doctor explained. He felt awful, really did, but he couldn't help when his timeline was or what happened ahead of him. He wanted to assure her and make her happy but how was he ever going to do that? It was like being deleted from your friends memories and he couldn't imagine that. To look at Amy and Rory and not have them recognise him? That could potentially break his hearts.

Fortunately, he didn't have much to worry about. He had a cunning plan to do some catch up and hopefully win her over. Despite his lack of knowledge of their time together.

"Do you think it's really an issue if you're friends with someone who doesn't remember you ever existing? I personally think it's doable."

It wasn't a surprise to Rory that the Doctor was behind on Clara's timeline - it was hard to be, after all, since he and the Doctor were on the same - so Rory did feel bad for Clara. It must be hard, having to deal with something like this. That short time Amy forgot about him had been bad enough as it was.

"I don't think so," he replied. "It's not like she doesn't exist entirely - its just that you haven't met her, that's all."

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