"The last time I had checked, I believe it was 'all her dominions', Doctor." It came all too easily for her: the smile, the teasing, the bantering.

She had never been intimate in this way with anyone before. Never this close. Leela had been the only one she could talk to, but even then she could not admit to her being her friend. It was a luxury she could not afford. But with the Doctor it didn't seem to matter.

Shifting just a bit above one of her hands moved to brush against his hip. Admittedly, she was the tiniest bit shy about this, but she was a fast learner.