003 [Slightly Clandestine]

[unearthlysusan.livejournal.com]

[Susan is sitting at a desk when she arrives on the Plane, frowning a little as she browses the books and documents spread out in front of her. There is a mug of tea on the table as well, but it is now cold (and largely obscured by paper).

If you get close enough to investigate, you'll see that she is looking into forging documents.

Why? Well, for a start, it would be nice to be able to help Astrid properly. Secondly, she and her grandfather seem to spend a lot of time on Earth. If they get into trouble, she wants to be able to get them out of it.]

Comments

[unearthlysusan.livejournal.com]

You'd be bored, wouldn't you? Living a normal life?

[handysparehand.livejournal.com]

Yeah. Would you? If for whatever reason a normal life was given to you, would that be what you want?

[unearthlysusan.livejournal.com]

[Susan genuinely isn't sure how to answer that question.]

I wouldn't want to leave my grandfather.

[handysparehand.livejournal.com]

Hypothetically, would you want to, if you didn't need to worry for your grandfather?

[unearthlysusan.livejournal.com]

Want to leave him? And go where? I can't go back to Gallifrey. I wouldn't want to stay on Earth and see my friends age.

[handysparehand.livejournal.com]

You really wouldn't want Earth? I thought you loved it, loved the people.

[there's a guilty feeling now, wondering if locking her out so she could stay with David in his timeline was the right choice]

And even if it's not Earth there's a universe out there for you to find. You never wish you could be free to just worry about yourself?

[unearthlysusan.livejournal.com]

Oh, I do. Very much! It's my favourite planet, and the people ...

[She pauses, since she doesn't really like to think of David. It's been decades since she declined his offer and stayed on the TARDIS, but it still hurts if she lets herself dwell on it.]

I do.

Be on my own?

[handysparehand.livejournal.com]

You wouldn't have to be on your own, but you wouldn't have to worry about taking care of anyone else either. Live your own life, make your own mistakes instead of worrying about what mistakes others would make. Wouldn't that be just a little nice, hypothetically speaking of course.

[unearthlysusan.livejournal.com]

Well, I suppose that would be nice. But surely you always take care of who you're with, whether they're your family or not? That's what friendship is all about. You look after them whenever you can, and they look after you.

[handysparehand.livejournal.com]

[smiles]

That does sound right. Still, I do worry, but yeah, I think you're right.

[unearthlysusan.livejournal.com]

You don't need to be surprised by that. [She's grinning, though, to show that she's joking.]

[handysparehand.livejournal.com]

[laughs]

Oh don't I?

[unearthlysusan.livejournal.com]

I'm allowed to be right from time to time. I've had very good teachers!

[handysparehand.livejournal.com]

Picked up their knack for finding trouble as well?

[unearthlysusan.livejournal.com]

Oh, sometimes!

What about you?

[handysparehand.livejournal.com]

Trouble? Me? Never. Cautious as, well, something that is very cautious. I don't really know many things that are cautious, so it's hard to say what I'm as cautious as but it's something very safe and trouble free.

[unearthlysusan.livejournal.com]

Never? [Susan looks amused - and more than a little skeptical - at that.] Really?

[handysparehand.livejournal.com]

Never ever. [he looks at her innocently, trying not to grin] I think I should be offended you'd think otherwise.

[unearthlysusan.livejournal.com]

Oh, I don't. Don't worry. I'm sure you're never been in trouble.