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Chapter Ninety Six When the Doctor opened the door, Alan was standing there along with Rose and Christopher. Alan slapped his hand on the Doctor's shoulder while he stared at him intently. "I want your horror, I want your disease, I want your everything as long as it's free," he said as Rose chuckled. The Doctor looked at Jack. "See, you wanna watch someone singing her songs, here's the man who should be going," he said, pointing to Alan. "The only reason I know her songs is Awinita lent me her Ipod after she downloaded her albums. I got hooked on her songs and I shared them with Rose and she likes her as well," he said as they came inside. "Do you wanna take the girls to see her then?" the Doctor asked him. "No," Namid said, hurrying over and wrapping her arms around his leg. "Take us, Daddy. You go!" Alan stared at her hair bow. "Hey, she's got a hair bow like Gaga had in the Poker Face video," Alan said. The Doctor raised his eyebrow as Alan shrugged. "I like her, what can I say. However...because Chas is not a fan, I'll go see her some other time so he doesn't have to suffer." "Good!" Christopher said. "I don't wanna see her either." "See, me and Chris get along," Chaska said as he wandered over to him. "We both think she's naff." "Hmmm, then I shall have to tie you up and lock you in a room with her songs playing full blast 24/7 until you both go insane!" Alan said to them. They laughed when both of them screamed noooo at the top of their voices. He patted Namid on the shoulder and gave Sokanon a hug when she came up to him. "Well, I s'pose we can go see a film and go out to eat," Alan said. "So, I'll leave you to your night of Gaga. Have fun without us!" Rain hugged Chaska and the Doctor ruffled his hair before all of them turned and went back out the door. The adults stood in the open door and waved at them as they turned and walked back to Alan's house. Once they were out of sight, the Doctor closed the door. "Okay, so I s'pose you wanna get yours and Soki's hair ready," he said to Rain. "And after you're through with that, we'll go." It took about an hour for Rain to do both her and her daughter's hair. In the meantime, the Doctor, Jack and Namid drank tea and waited. The Doctor sipped his tea and smiled while he watched his daughter looking around and he thanked the heavens that she no longer had to rely on him or anyone else to see her surroundings. While they waited, Jack thought to Ianto and told him where they were going. Wanna come with us, Yan? He thought to him. Nah, that's okay. Not that much of a fan. Everyone here will just order some pizza and watch some films. Have fun, Ianto thought back. Jack shrugged. "He's like Chas and Chris, not big on Gaga," Jack said to the Doctor. "Course, that doesn't stop Gwen and Mickey from tormenting him while they walk around and loudly sing her songs to his face, but that's just par for the course over at our big house." "I like her," Namid said. "Well, you and I can sing along to her songs tonight," Jack said. "Okay. And Daddy can too." "No, because Daddy doesn't know the lyrics," the Doctor said. "Once again you're confusing me with Alan." "I thought you knew the lyrics to every song that's ever been," Jack said as they headed towards the TARDIS. "No, sadly not, I'm knowledgeable about Earth music but not that knowledgeable," the Doctor said as he opened the garage door. While they walked towards the TARDIS, he listened while both his daughters sang Bad Romance to him. They continued to sing and follow him while he walked over to the console and Jack shut the door behind them. He was humming along with them while he found somewhere to take them. He chose Wembley Stadium on July 4th, 2009 and set a course while the two girls continued to sing. He paused in his humming when he heard them say, I'm a free bitch, baby. "Um...I'm suddenly wondering if these are age appropriate songs for you," the Doctor said as the rotor kicked into life. "Yeah, I thought the same thing when I listened to Poker Face and heard that love is fun only when it's rough," Rain said. "I like her songs," Namid said. "Yes but some things are not appropriate for a ten year old and singing about how you're a free bitch is one of them," the Doctor said. "However, I'll allow you to listen to her songs if you promise not to parade around New Gallifrey singing them at the top of your lungs. You can sing the songs around us and at the concert tonight, but that's it, okay?" Namid and Sokanon nodded. "Actually, you singing about how you want to be in a bad romance is also a bit disturbing but I trust you know they're just songs so I'll let that slide as long as your mother agrees." "I do. I also don't want you going around singing these songs to just anyone and actually that includes your grandparents. The last thing I want is for you to be at Jackie and Pete's house singing about how you're a free bitch; they'll be over at our house skinning us alive." "And the last thing I want is Jackie having an excuse to skin me alive," the Doctor said, making a face. The TARDIS landed and the Doctor peeked outside the door and noticed they had landed near Wembley. A sizable crowd was already outside waiting to get in so the Doctor led everyone over to the box office so they could purchase tickets. He used his magic wallet and brought tickets for everyone and then they waited to get inside. While they waited, he noticed that others were wearing the hair bows. "Oi, they're copying my women," the Doctor said, pointing to a group of girls who were dressed up as Lady Gaga with the hair bows on top of their heads. "Uh, no dear, I think the reason they're copying us is because we're all copying Lady Gaga," Rain said to him as the children giggled. "Well, you three are the best looking out of the whole lot," the Doctor said. "I wholeheartedly agree with that," Jack replied, giving all of the women a peck on the cheek. They finally got inside and headed for the souvenir stand. "You can each have one item," the Doctor said to his daughters, making more money with his magic wallet. "So choose wisely." He glanced up after he pulled the money out of the wallet and looked at the memorabilia. Rain was standing beside him and saw him doing a double take when he spied one of the t-shirts. "I don't believe it," he muttered. "What? What's wrong?" He pointed out the t-shirt. It was a grey t-shirt. On the front was a photo of Lady Gaga wearing a long black Morticia type wig with a huge black bird perched on her head. "It's the Black Guardian! That's where the bugger got to!" he said. "I knew he wasn't dead!" "Huh?" Rain said as Jack sniggered. The Doctor briefly explained who the Black Guardian was and projected an image of him into Rain and Jack's minds. Rain's eyebrows raised when she saw in her mind's eye and old man with jet black hair and a bird perched on top of his head. "Gee, you're right, Lady Gaga is the Black Guardian," she said as Jack snickered. The Doctor chuckled. "Gotta get a t-shirt for Brother. Alan will get the joke," he said to them. "Hey, there's the dirty lyric you don't want us to sing, Daddy," Sokanon said, pointing to another t-shirt. The Doctor looked where she was pointing and saw a white t-shirt with a nearly naked Lady Gaga on the front of it. Over the image in black lettering was I'm A Free Bitch, Baby. "And you will not be getting it," the Doctor said. "I know, just showing it to ya," Sokanon said. The Doctor glanced back at his wife and rolled his eyes at that. When they finally got up to the front, the Doctor purchased the t-shirt for Alan while Namid brought a poster of Lady Gaga. The Doctor raised his eyebrow at the skin tight black leather cat suit she was wearing but he said nothing. Sokanon chose a t-shirt that was a close up of Gaga's face wearing shades with diamonds glued on them and Jack brought a souvenir program. Rain opted not to get anything and waited patiently while everyone made their purchases and paid for them. Namid held her rolled up poster close to her while Sokanon slipped her t-shirt on over the pink shirt she was wearing. The Doctor folded his t-shirt up and put it up under his arm while they headed towards the concession stand to get some drinks and something to eat. They purchased Cokes, popcorn and nachos. After they were finished, the Doctor checked the tickets and led them to their seats. To their delight, they ended up in the fifth row on the floor in front of the stage. They sat down in their seats and Jack passed around his program for them to look at while they waited for the show to begin.
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