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“Whaddya think it is, Griff?” Five year old Calvin asked his big brother.
“I dunno. Wanna find out?” Griffin asked with a surreptitious grin, looking first at Calvin, then at their little sister, Winnie.
Calvin looked over his shoulder nervously, then back at the object in question perched high on a shelf of his dad’s workshop.
“I’m not sure that’s a good idea. We aren’t even supposed to be in here!”
“What do you think Win?” Griffin asked the toddler.
She moved her shoulders up and down, her mouth too occupied with her thumb to say anything.
“See! Winnie thinks it’s a good idea!”
“She didn’t even say anything! And she’s two so that does that even count?”
“Of course it counts,” Griffin replied indignantly.
“Well how are you even going to reach it?” Calvin pointed out, pushing his glasses up on his nose.
“I don’t need to reach it,” Griffin said smugly as he reached into his pocket and pulled out the sonic screwdriver he got for his sixth birthday last month.
“You’re going to regret this…” Calvin mumbled, knowing his objections did nothing to hinder Griffin’s curiosity.
He winced as Griffin raised the whirring silver device.
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A flash of light in the corner of the Doctor’s eye pulled his attention from the sleeping newborn in his arms. He gently placed the baby in her crib and flicked off the lights. He popped his head out into the hallway and his stomach dropped.
The door to his workshop was ajar, something that was never a good sign. He looked down the other part of the hallway and sighed with relief. There was no sign of Rose. Yet.
He pushed open the door to his workshop and raced inside. He sniffed the air and groaned. Rose was going to kill him if she found out, even though the process was reversible. He dropped to his knees and began silently inching along the cold, concrete ground. Sure enough, as he turned a corner, there they were.
Griffin was so grounded.
“Doctor, have you seen the kids anywhere? I can’t find them. Doctor?” Rose’s voice floated through the door.
“Doctor, you in here?”
“Oh there you are- what on earth are doing on the floor?”
“Uh… Rose…”
“Doctor.”
“Weeell I, I… honey I shrunk the kids.”