England X Closet Whovian Reader

The door slammed open with a crash, as you ran stomping upstairs into your room.  Nothing but bad luck came your way so far.  In other words, you were having a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day!  Out of anger, you threw your backpack on the floor, and slammed your bedroom door shut.  

After a couple minutes, you realized being angry wasn't gonna get you anywhere.  You turned your face away from your backpack, filled with work that had to be turned in on Monday.  There was no way you were going to do homework.  Not now anyways.  As you sat on the floor sulking, your eyes caught the stack of DVDs on your desk.  Your look of frustration slowly stretched into a smile.  There was only one cure for a day like today.  A visit from The Doctor.  

You quickly selected the first DVD on the top of the stack, a DVD set of Doctor Who.  You're a huge fan of the show, almost to the point of obsession.  But you tend to keep that a secret out of shyness.  Only your family knows the truth.  You have posters, almost all the DVDs, clothing, jewelry, and even your own replica Sonic Screwdriver.  You fastened on your TARDIS necklace and grabbed your (favorite Doctor) plushie, as you headed downstairs to watch the show.  On your way downstairs, you see a note at the bottom of the steps from Mom.  It said that your dad had to work late tonight, and Mom was at the dentist, and won't be home until about 6.  You shrugged it off, and sat your Doctor plushie on the couch as you popped in the DVD in the player.  While the DVD was playing the inevitable ads at the beginning, you popped a bag of microwave popcorn and poured a glass of (soda/tea/juice).  With your snacks ready, you pressed play and began watching.

"Yay!  It's starting!" you say with excitement as the intro started playing.  While singing "oooh weeee oooooh", you were rudely interrupted by the ring of the telephone.  Who the hell could be calling you right at this exact moment?  You always hated it when someone interrupts Doctor Who.  A bit pissed off, you paused the DVD, and gripped the phone.

"What do you want!?" you shouted a bit frustrated into the phone. 

"Well, that's a polite way to answer a friend." said a voice on the other end sarcastically.  You blushed when you heard the voice.  It was your crush, Arthur Kirkland.  He moved to (hometown) from London about freshman year.  You've been friends with him since then, and secretly hoped he'd ask you out.  But that was another secret that you wanted to take to the grave.  

"Arthur?" you asked surprised.  "I'm sorry.  Hello, what is it?"

"It's alright." answered Arthur.  "I just wanted to know, are you okay?  I mean, you looked like you had a bad day."  You sighed at that question.  The last thing you wanted to talk about was the rough day you were having.  You missed the bus and had to walk in the rain.  You lost your homework, Mom forgot to pack dessert in your lunch, and you were constantly bothered by the so called popular girl.  You were as far from okay as possible.  You just wanted to forget today ever happened.  But rather than tell Arthur all that, partly because you wanted to get back to your show, you told him everything was okay. 

"Thank you Artie," you say calling him by his nickname.  "But I'm okay."

Arthur seemed to have paused for a moment.  You wondered if he bought it.  After about a minute, Arthur answered back.  

"Alright," he said.  "But if you have anything you need to talk to me about, just let me know."  You nodded and said good bye and hung up.  Before you restarted the episode, you figured since your parents won't be home in awhile, you should get dinner started.  But not wanting to cook, you ordered yourself a large (favorite topping) pizza from Pizza Hut.  After you got the pizza ordered, you resumed watching the episode.

"Aw man, not another cliffhanger!" you said as the episode ended.  You heard a knock at the door.  Figuring it was the pizza man, you didn't bother to press pause as the credits started rolling.  You opened the door with your wallet in hand.

To your surprise, it wasn't the pizza man.  It was Arthur and your other friend Alfred F. Jones.  

"Gah!" you shouted in surprise.  "What are you two doing here?"  

"We just wanted to see if you're okay." said Alfred with his blue eyes shining behind his glasses.  

"We were worried about you." said Arthur with his green eyes showing concern.  You smiled while blushing a bit.  You were happy to have friends who cared.  Suddenly Arthur's thick eyebrows raised in surprise.  You completely forgot the Doctor Who DVD was still running.

"Oh my god!" said Arthur, suddenly noticing your TARDIS necklace.  "I didn't know you're a Doctor Who fan too!"  Your face became beet red.

"Please don't tell anyone!" you said quickly.  

"I won't say a word." said the Brit honestly. "It's the blabbermouth over here I wouldn't trust." he said pointing to Alfred.  You giggled a bit

"Not cool dude." said Alfred as he and Arthur went inside.

"But (name)," asked Arthur. "Why didn't you want to tell anyone that you liked that show?  I mean, it's nothing to be embarrassed about."  You shrugged.

"I just, didn't want to tell anybody." you answered.  "I honestly just got into it sometime this year.  I didn't expect to like it, but I ended up loving it, and before I knew it, well, I'm a Whovian." you say throwing your hands up.  "It's just that I don't have many friends, people think I'm a bit weird.  I don't want to add 'nerdy fangirl' to the list.  It would be different if I knew someone else that liked the show, but I don't" You were almost to the point of tears, but than Arthur surprised you with a warm embrace.

"It's alright love." said Arthur.  "If it makes you feel any better, I'd love to watch with you."  
"You mean it?" you asked hopefully.

"Of course I would (name)." he answered.  "I grew up with the show."

"Who's your favorite Doctor?" you asked.

"You know, I honestly can't decide." answered Arthur thinking a bit.

"I really like (favorite Doctor)." you answered as you both giggled.  You almost forgot Alfred was in the room.

"You do realize the pizza man just got here right?" asked Alfred.  The three of you laughed as you got up and went to pay for the pizza.  The three of you ate the pie, with Alfred taking the lion's share of the pizza.  Soon Alfred went home and it was just you and Arthur.

"What episode do you wanna watch next?" you asked as you went to menu.

"I love that one." said Arthur as he pointed to (episode title).

"That's my favorite!" you exclaimed happily as you selected it.  The two of you sang "ooooh weee oooooh" to the theme, excited for the episode.  Just as the episode was about to start, Arthur surprised you with a kiss on the lips.  Your face turned tens shades redder than a rose, but you smiled.  Though the day had started out rotten, it had turned into the best day ever.