Work Text:
+44 0121 496 0693: Hi!
+44 0121 496 0693: Sorry it took me so long to text
+44 0121 496 0693: Hadn’t sorted my top up out in ages.
Me: Sorry, who is this?
+44 0121 496 0693: Oh yeah sorry!
+44 0121 496 0693: We met at the SU last night?
Contact saved: Cute SU Girl
Me: Oh yeah, right. Sorry, late night, must not be fully with it yet.
Cute SU Girl: Good one though
Cute SU Girl: Better music than they normally have
Me: I guess?
Me: Not my thing, really.
Me: I enjoyed talking to you, though.
Cute SU Girl: Yeah?
Me: Yeah.
Cute SU Girl: I enjoyed talking to you too
Cute SU Girl: I’m Bill by the way
Cute SU Girl: Pretty sure I said that last night but you know
Cute SU Girl: Alcohol
Contact name Changed: Bill
Me: Heather.
Bill: I’ve seen you round a fair bit before
Bill: You go to the Doctor’s lectures sometimes right?
Me: Sometimes, yeah.
Me: He’s interesting.
Bill: He’s a bit mental
Bill: Are you going to the solar energy one tomorrow?
Me: I wasn’t planning on it?
Bill: Oh right
Bill: I mean I was just gonna ask if you wanted to sit together or something
Bill: But if you’re not going
Bill is typing…
Me: You said it was about solar energy?
Bill: I mean that’s what he says now but it could be anything by the time he starts talking.
Me: I mean it could be interesting.
Me: I’ll be there if you’re going to be?
Bill: See you there
Bill: So how’s the engineering department at the minute?
Me: Boring.
Me: Some days I can’t wait to be out of here.
Bill: Wanna to ditch all the theory stuff?
Me: I’d be happy to ditch all of it.
Me: Never been very good at staying still.
Me: Probably drives people up the wall.
Bill: I think it’s exciting
Me: Seriously?
Bill: Seriously! Spontaneous people are way more fun
Me: Do you want to spontaneously grab a coffee with me, then?
Bill: As long as it’s not that rubbish place with the book wallpaper
Me: What’s rubbish about it?
Bill: They only have fruit muffins
Me: Point taken.
Me: How about the little one in chancellors?
Bill: I’ll meet you there
Bill: Trying to write an essay
Bill: It’s due in 12 hours
Bill: Please distract me
Me: Why did you leave it this late?
Bill: Forgot about it
Me: What’s the topic?
Me: You never actually told me what you’re studying.
Bill: It’s complicated
Me: The essay?
Bill: Oh no
Bill: That’s about the history of the printing press
Me: So you’re a history student?
Me: Or journalism or something?
Bill: Yep
Me: Are you being cryptic?
Bill: Depends
Bill: Do you like cryptic?
Me: I’m starting to.
Bill: So what was with that whole puddle thing earlier?
Bill: Was it just like a joke or what?
Bill: I think I get it now
Bill: The reflection is off isn’t it? It’s backwards
Bill: The Doctor came and looked at it but he’s being weird about it
Bill: Are you alright? I haven’t heard from you all day
Bill: That reflection thing is really freaking me out
Bill: I’m gonna go back to the Doctor tomorrow
Bill: I think he knows more about it than he says he does
Bill: I’m sorry about what happened to you
Bill: I mean
Bill: Is that bad to say? You’re alright right?
Bill: I think you’re alright
Bill: Did you take your phone with you when you went?
Bill: Probably not, right?
Bill: I’ll miss talking to you
Bill: The Doctor is going to keep showing me this space stuff, I think
Bill: Maybe I’ll run into you.
Bill: I’m in the future right now
Bill: I’m in the future and I’m texting you
Bill: There’s emoji robots
Bill: Bet you’d like them
Bill: I wonder if you could make them do the star eyes emoji
Bill: The Doctor did something to my phone so it works still? It’s awesome
Bill: Maybe if we run into you again he could do the same thing for yours?
Bill: It’d be nice to talk to you properly again
Bill: The future’s a bit scary
Bill: I mean proper wicked
Bill: I met emoji robots and I got to go in a spaceship
Bill: But scary too
Bill: The earth was gone
Bill: There were still people on other planets but I saw videos of it
Bill: All wars and disaster and stuff
Bill: Lots of people died
Bill: I think we helped in the end? Got them safe
Bill: Sorry
Bill: I’m going on aren’t I? Not that you can see this
Bill: Just not sure I can tell the Doctor? If I scare first time out he might not let me come again
Bill: And anyone else would think I was mad
Bill: Not you though
Bill: Have you seen anything scary out there yet?
Bill: I hope not
Bill: Met a giant fish today
Bill: Which isn’t something I thought I’d type
Bill: And I got to see a tutor punch someone
Bill: And help some people
Bill: I was properly in the past
Bill: Haven’t really gotten over that yet
Bill: Can you do that? Jump through time?
Bill: I hope you’re alright, wherever you are
Bill: I’m moving out
Bill: Pretty cool that
Bill: Like I know I’ve been a student all year but getting a houseshare with mates feels like proper studenty
Bill: Been all over town looking
Bill: Everywhere’s been a bit crap so far but I’m being positive about it? We’ve gotta find something
Bill: Saw a missing person poster for you earlier
Bill: Police haven’t been doing much
Bill: I think they think you ran away?
Bill: Guess you did really
Bill: Where are you now?
Bill: Bet it beats halls wherever it is
Bill: Got a great house
Bill: Cheap too
Bill: It’s a bit goth and the landlord’s creepy but it’s amazing compared to all the other places
Bill: I get a bit of a bad vibe off it?
Bill: The Doctor’s helping me move in
Bill: Bet he’ll be able to tell if it’s full of space mould or something
Bill: Oh! If you see any posh blokes in big collars say hi
Bill: I hear they’re cool.
Bill: So, not space mould
Bill: Space termites
Bill: Man eating space termites
Bill: The Doctor fixed it
Bill: The house is gone though
Bill: Am I just really unlucky? Or do you reckon he attracts this stuff
Bill: It was kinda cool though I guess
Bill: Even if we are back looking at rentals
Bill: If we ever find one I’ll give you the address
Bill: You could come round some time
Bill: I’m pretty sure I just almost died
Bill: We were on a space station and there were zombies
Bill: We had to go out into space and I didn’t have a helmet
Bill: Bit scary really
Bill: Well really scary
Bill: The Doctor saved me
Bill: Gave me his helmet
Bill: He’s alive
Bill: Something to do with his species
Bill: He went blind from it
Bill: He keeps saying he’s going to heal and it’ll be okay
Bill: I don’t know what I’m meant to say to him
Bill: He keeps saving me? And he got really hurt trying to do it
Bill: What am I meant to do after that?
Bill: Nardole’s helping
Bill: He’s a mate of the Doctor’s so he knows all this stuff
Bill: He’s nice
Bill: Bit mental
Bill: Bet you’d like him
Bill: Wish you were here
Bill: The Doctor’s being really weird with me
Bill: I mean he’s weird anyway?
Bill: But weirder than usual
Bill: Him and his mate have got a monster or something locked up under the school
Bill: Maybe it’s to do with that?
Bill: I wish he’d tell me stuff
Bill: The secretary general of the UN just broke into my flat
Bill: Somehow not even the most mental thing that’s happened today
Bill: He’s still blind
Bill: He’s still blind and it’s my fault
Bill: Everything’s wrong
Bill: But I don’t think I can say anything without getting arrested
Bill: I don’t even know why I’m still texting you
Bill: So
Bill: Hey
Bill: It’s probably been ages hasn’t it?
Bill: How long has it been?
Bill: Not sure why I’m waiting for you to answer
Bill: Long enough that you’re phone’s probably disconnected now isn’t it?
Bill: If it’s not water damaged
Bill: My head doesn’t feel right
Bill: Reading through all these old texts
Bill: Doesn’t make sense if the monks are right
Bill: I think something’s wrong
Bill: A lot happened
Bill: I got to do some spy stuff with Nardole
Bill: Fighting dictators
Bill: Even met the monster in the vault
Bill: She’s mental
Bill: Bit like how the Doctor is but with the supervillain vibes turned up
Bill: I did something a bit stupid
Bill: Got a lot of people hurt
Bill: And I’m about to do something else really stupid now
Bill: It might fix things
Bill: I think it’s gonna kill me
Bill: I just wanted to say if you’re still reading this
Bill: I’m so glad I met you
Bill: My whole world’s gone mental since
Bill: But you’re brilliant
Bill: I really wish I’d got to see you again
Bill: I hope you’re happy.
Bill: It actually worked
Bill: The monks are gone
Bill: And I’m not dead
Bill: Somehow
Bill: Everyone just sort of forgot them
Bill: It’s like they were never here now
Bill: I haven’t seen any posters for you in a while
Bill: I keep thinking that one day I might just not come back
Bill: And everyone will forget me too
Bill: Victorian soldiers on Mars
Bill: Don’t really know what to say to that one
Bill: And the mad victorian lady in the basement got us out of there?
Bill: I think she actually cares about him
Bill: I still don’t trust her
Bill: The Doctor said he’s trying to make her a good person but she proper scares me
Bill: Met some nice Roman soldiers
Bill: Had to wait with them a few days
Bill: Seems like stuff like that keeps happening
Bill: It’s alright though
Bill: The Doctor always finds me again in the end
Bill: One of them fancied me
Bill: The Roman’s I mean
Bill: That was weird
Bill: He was a good bloke though
Bill: Saved the world
Bill: So Scary Poppins is allowed in the TARDIS now
Bill: She’s the Doctor’s mate so I’m gonna try
Bill: But if I turn up dead we know why
Bill: I feel like I always just talk about what I’m doing
Bill: I do think about you though
Bill: Have you seen the stars you showed me yet?
Bill: The Doctor’s talked me into playing companion for his scary mate
Bill: Not sure why I agreed
Bill: There’s no way this is gonna go well
Bill: So I didn’t know if this was working before
Bill: I’m even less sure now
Bill: I got shot.
Bill: I’m I the hospital
Bill: The Doctor’s coming for me I’ve just got to wait
Bill: Made a friend
Bill: He’s a bit weird but he’s looking after me
Bill: Got me a job cleaning up in here
Bill: And he’s helping keep my phone working
Bill: Not sure if messages send from here but it’s worth a try
Bill: It’s a bit creepy this place.
Bill: Silent Hill vibes
Bill: I think
Bill: Never actually played it
Bill: Have you seen all the stars yet?
Bill: I can’t see any from here
Bill: The hardware on this phone is starting to break down now
Bill: Not sure how long I’m gonna to be able to keep texting
Bill: I miss you
Bill: I mean I’m stuck in a scary hospital near a black hole so I sort of miss everything
Bill: Miss serving chips
Bill: Miss the Doctor
Bill: But I always miss you
Bill: I really liked you.
Bill: Maybe a bit more than just liking you
Bill: Times like this I wish I’d come along.