THE GRAND TOUR OF OKLAHOMA
Chapter Twenty Eight After the game, they left the stadium and the Doctor checked his watch. By this time, it was nearing 10:30 so they walked over to the bus shelter in the hopes that the trolley would show up. Suri had two beers and he was swaying and staggering behind the others. They walked up, sat down and the Doctor once again sat beside Suri. "So, you're going to make this phone call then?" the Doctor asked Suri. "Do you want me to?" Suri asked. "Well, we would like to get our things before we go over there," the Doctor said. "Do you even know this Anthony?" "I've seen him drive the bus before. I know that if you stay at his shelter, you get to ride the buses he drives for free." "How far is this house?" Rose asked. "Um, over near the highway somewhere," Suri said, waving his hand around. "Um…Aladdin, there's a bunch of highways around here, that doesn't tell us anything," Jenny said. "It's over by Britton Road," Suri said. "Where's that?" Rose said. "Not sure, but I don't think it's nearby," Jenny said. "But if we have to go to their church tomorrow, we'll probably miss the international festival." "No worries, I can take the TARDIS and go back in time to tomorrow and we can still see it," the Doctor said. Jenny and Rose glanced at him and then leaned up to look at Suri. They giggled at the confused look on his face. "You guys are weird," he said. "Doctor," Rose said, tugging his sleeve, "if we're getting our things and Suri is with us…" "What?" Suri said when Rose gave the Doctor a pointed look and the Doctor's eyebrows raised in comprehension. "Yeah, are you sure you want Suri to see…you know…" Jenny said. "What?" Suri said, annoyed. The Doctor was about to say something when the trolley pulled up. They got on and Suri sighed as he trudged onto the trolley after them. He slumped down on the front bench while the other three went to the back and began to talk quietly amongst themselves. "Doctor, are you sure you want him to see the TARDIS?" Jenny said softly. "Well, you know, if he did tell I'm betting no one would believe him," Rose said softly. "Especially considering the amount of booze he drinks." The Doctor glanced at Suri who was now looking out the window and ignoring them. "Apart from knocking him out and leaving him on a bench, I suppose we'll have to show him the TARDIS," the Doctor muttered to them. "He's following us and if we're supposed to go to this house with him, he won't go away and even if he sits down across from the TARDIS, he'll see us go inside it. I can't move it without him noticing so perhaps we'll have to let him see it." "Wonder what he'll say about it?" Rose muttered. "Yeah, you think he'll wanna come with us?" Jenny said. "Perhaps, but Rose, you remember what happened the last time we took along someone before we made sure he was trustworthy." "Why, what happened?" Jenny said when she noticed Rose sigh and nod at that. "We took along this guy that I felt sorry for because we were destroying this underground base and he had nowhere to go, so I convinced the Doctor to take him on the TARDIS and he betrayed us and nearly got us killed at the next spot we landed," Rose said. "Well, if you're concerned about Suri doing that, I wouldn't let him see the TARDIS then," Jenny said. "There is a way, I can render him unconscious long enough to let us go into the TARDIS and get our things," the Doctor said. "How?" Jenny asked. "I know how to use pressure points to my advantage. I can pinch a nerve that would render him unconscious and I have a couple of things on the TARDIS that can wake him back up. We can knock him out and leave him sitting where we normally sit to get on this trolley. We can get what we need and come back out and wake him up. He won't see the TARDIS." Jenny glanced at Suri and noticed he had nodded off. "Might not have to do that, look at him," Jenny said, pointing to Suri. "Yes, but he'll have to wake up to get off the trolley and I doubt he'll go right back to sleep. I might have to help him along," the Doctor said. "As drunk as he is, no one will suspect he's been knocked out." "Doctor, are you sure you want to do this though?" Jenny asked. "I mean, go to this shelter when you have your TARDIS. We could just spend the night in there." "Yes, but…I try not to do that if I can help it whenever I go somewhere because I spend enough time in it as it is and the purpose of traveling is for me to go out and experience things. I…would liken it to someone getting a chance to go to…say, London from here…like if you were to go to London and all you did was stay in your hotel room except to go out and occasionally eat at McDonalds. Where's the fun in that? See what I mean?" Jenny nodded. "Churches aren't high on my list of things I really wanna do but I've been through worse situations than sitting in a pew for an hour listening to some vicar preach a sermon. If we hadn't made the decision last night to spend the night outside the TARDIS and sleep under the stars, we never would have met you and Rose and I would have missed the pleasure of your company as we go to our next destination. Who knows, we might find someone else at this shelter that is just as friendly as you are and that opportunity alone is worth finding out about this man and spending a night with him. I have my remote control and we can always call the TARDIS to us when we get bored and restless and want to leave so how about it, wanna try this place and see what happens?" Jenny nodded. "That's the spirit! And it looks like we're nearing our stop now so…" The Doctor pulled the cord to signal the driver to stop. "Actually, the international festival doesn't start till 1 in the afternoon so maybe we can go to this church and go to it later," Jenny said as they got up. "Usually if they start early in the morning, we'll have plenty of time to go." "Good thinking. And if this Anthony doesn't have a way back for us since the buses don't run on Sunday, I can use the TARDIS. It'll work out, you'll see. Suri…" The Doctor stopped beside Suri and was shaking him. "Huh?" Suri said, opening his eyes a crack. "We're here," the Doctor said. "It's time to go." "Okay," Suri mumbled as he slowly got up. The Doctor, Rose and Jenny got off the trolley but Suri slowly walked down the steps and by the time he was off, the Doctor, Rose and Jenny were over by the chairs. Suri shuffled over to the chairs, slumped down and mumbled something about calling Anthony in a moment before he drifted off to sleep again. The Doctor leaned over, wrinkling his nose at the strong smell of alcohol on his breath. He studied him and satisfied he was asleep, hurried to the TARDIS while Rose and Jenny ran behind him. He quickly unlocked the TARDIS and they went inside. The Doctor shut the door and they picked up their backpacks. The Doctor and Rose laid their bats down on the jump seat and the Doctor and Jenny put their t-shirts inside their backpacks. Jenny got her sack of food and underwear and put it inside and then zipped it up. Once they were ready, they followed the Doctor down the ramp. He opened the door and stuck his head out. He beckoned to Jenny and Rose and they followed him outside. The Doctor shut the door and they carried their backpacks over to the bus bay. The Doctor shook Suri and when he finally woke up; the Doctor asked him if he was going to call Anthony. Suri muttered he would and everyone else sat down while he fished in his pocket for his mobile and pulled it out.
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