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i love you

Clara traveled with the Doctor for a few weeks which then turned into months and then years, the two of them helping whoever, whenever they can and occasionally going to places just for the fun of going. Clara and the Doctor decided to visit the planet Chimeria, which was commonly known as 'The Garden Planet' for its lush green-ness and almost all of it was covered in flowers. The Doctor taught Clara how to fly the TARDIS and she landed it in amongst all the flowers, she put the brakes on and walked to the door,
"Come on then" She ushered him over to the door, the Doctor checked the monitor before nodding, happy with how well she could pilot the TARDIS. He walked over to her before she grabbed his hand and pulled him outside, Clara looked around and gasped,
"It's so beautiful, look at the flowers, aren't they beautiful Doctor?" Clara pointed at a bunch of flowers to the right of them, he smiled at her before answering,
"Yes, they are beautiful" As he said this he didn't take his eyes off her and she gazed at all the flowers around them.

The Doctor looked out the corner of his eye and spotted a big empty patch of grass with no flowers on it, he grinned and grabbed Clara's hand, pulling her towards it, he sat down once he got there. Clara smiled and laid down next to him, looking up at the blue sky around them, the Doctor smiled down an her before laying down next to her, Clara sat up for a moment, moving around so the she could lay her head on his chest. Once she laid her head down on his chest he smiled, running his hand through her hair,
"This is nice, not being chased or almost killed" Clara said, breaking the comfortable silence between them, the Doctor nodded, not that Clara could see. Clara looked up at him and smiled, he caught her staring and chuckled,
"What?" Clara asked, sitting up and looking at him, he sat up and laughed
"Nothing" He said, she raised an eyebrow at him.
"I'm serious" He said, defending himself, Clara dropped her eyebrow and laid her head in his lap,
"What's the time?" Clara asked, looking at the sky, the Doctor licked his finger before holding it up in the air,
"Three in the afternoon, also the year is twenty three forty two" He told her, she just watched him as he spoke.

The Doctor lifted Clara off him before he got up and started to walk away,
"Doctor?" She called out to him,
"Stay there, I'll be back"
"Yeah, remember the last time you said that? You were gone for three weeks, and you left me in Glasgow" Clara said to him,
"How many times do I have to apologise, I'm sorry for that, please just, stay there" He turned around and said to her,
"Fine" Clara crossed her arms as he walked off. Clara tried to see where he was going but he soon disappeared into the bushes. Clara shook her head,
"He always does this" She said to herself, she sighed and pulled grass out of her hair, Clara looked around to see that it was already getting dark, noticing that some of the stars had come out.
"Either time goes really quickly here, or night time comes extremely early" She said to herself, not knowing which one it was.

Shortly after the Doctor came back,
"Up, on your feet, I've got something to show you" He told her, she stood up and brushed off her dress,
"Close your eyes"
"What?"
"You trust me don't you?" He asked her, she nodded her head before closing her eyes, he grabbed her hands and guided her through the bushes,
"Careful, there's a step just in front of you" He told her while looking down at her feet, making sure she stepped over the step. He looked up to make sure they were in the right spot, he let go of her hands and stepped behind her,
"Open" He told her, she slowly opened her eyes and gasped at what she saw.
"Doctor, this is amazing" She said excitedly, he grinned looking down at her as she stared at the sight in front of them in awe.

They were standing in front of the only beach on the planet, it was quite small but it was beautiful nonetheless. There were flowers resting on top of the water and the moon and stars lit up the water. There were also fireflies that flew around them slowly,
"In the three years I've traveled with you I haven't seen anything so beautiful" She told him, not taking her eyes off the view, he looked down at her and smiled,
"Neither have I" He said softly, still looking at her.
"Can we go for a swim?" She asked him, he nodded his head and Clara smiled widely running to the waters edge before taking her clothes off, once she was just in her bra and underwear she walked into the water,
"The water's warm!" She yelled out to him, he grinned before walking over to where Clara's clothes were, he took off his clothes, also still in his underwear and got into the water with her.

She smiled at him before flicking water at him, he playfully narrowed his eyes at her before splashing her, she laughed before splashing him once more. The Doctor smiled before disappearing into the water, Clara stayed still, looking around for where he could be,
"Doctor?" She called out, moments later he picked her up from under the water and took her under the water with him, he stood up out of the water still holding Clara,
"I hate you" She gasped, taking in a deep breath,
"No you don't, if you did you wouldn't be here" He told her, she looked into his eyes and smiled, his curly hair was sitting over his face, she laughed and pushed his hair off his face,
"Can you see now?" She asked him, he nodded before putting her down into the water. She started to walk back to shore when he grabbed her hand and pulled her back to him, she hugged him tightly, resting her head on his chest and listening to his hearts beat.

"Clara, I know that I shouldn't feel this way, because Time Lord's and human's don't work together, but...I'm starting to feel things that I shouldn't" He said softly, Clara was slightly shocked, because the Doctor wasn't one to show his true emotions, but on the rare occasion that he did it shocked Clara. Clara didn't say anything she just stayed silent, her head against his chest,
"What I'm trying to say is, I think I love you Clara Oswald" He said, she looked up at him before smiling,
"I love you too Doctor" She told him, he grinned before she stood up on her tippy toes and pressed her lips to his. He kissed her back, wrapping his arms around her, she wrapped her arms around his neck and held a hand to the back of his head, running her fingers through his wet, curly hair. And in that moment, nothing else was relevant to the two of them, as they stood there in the water, holding onto each other. They loved each other and that was all that mattered, because if anything happened to the other, they would re write the stars just to hold each other again.