May 27, 2011 -Girls and their Dogs (Sarah Jane )

[Romana]

This wasn't exactly what Romana had in mind a pit stop in London because K9 needed a pint, a pint of oil that is and some ball bearings. So the dog managed to whine to her today. Seriously K9 was being more like a regular dog than a mechanical one than anything else. He needed his upkeep and after running into Daleks and Cybermen not necessarily in that order and her tin dog friend had helped her get out of the mess she had gotten into. She supposed she owed it to K9. She was a bit more aware now than she was in the past that shops on Earth needed currency and frankly Romana had none.


Why did a Time Lady need money to begin with? It was of little use and made no sense to her but it did to humans and since she ended up on Earth, she'd have to get some money. She noticed some humans withdrawing that useless paper out of a machine and so she quietly went up, ran her sonic over it and withdrew a small amount of cash out of the machine. She shook her head. shameless stealing, that's what it was. But K9 needed the oil and ball bearings and she supposed just this once maybe this planet would understand that the former President of Gallifrey could take something that wasn't hers. She sighed, she had helped this planet out on a few occasions and so maybe they did sort of owed it to her. It still left her feeling a bit bad about it.

Romana walked down the avenue and into some sort of shop that sold parts of cars and she began to look at containers of oil and metal parts. She scratched her head, she never imagined that their were so many different types of oil. Synthetic, she doubted that K9 would like that, but wasn't a lubricant a lubricant? It surely baffled her beyond belief that humans could make fake oil and yet couldn't solve so many of their own world's problems.

[Sarah Jane Smith]

Unfortunately, with what Sarah Jane does, her car gets used an awful lot and it suffers for it. She did a lot of maintenance on it, naturally with the help of Rani's father and Clyde. Her brakes were wearing out and she would need those changed. She also needed more oil, both for her car and she decided to buy more oil than needed so she could send some to Oxford for K-9. Sarah Jane missed having that dog around as much as she missed Luke. Her son needed him more than she did. She had Mr. Smith, after all. She still saw K-9 all the time when she spoke to Luke and she always had access to him if she needed him in addition to the computer.

It had been slow, which was a good thing. She didn't need alien activity to pick up when she didn't have her car in the best shape. Hopefully, it stayed that way until Sarah had everything up and working. She had to go to the auto parts store, so she borrowed the Chandra's car and drove into London. The particular auto parts store she was heading, she frequented often and the workers knew her there. When she walked in, they greeted her warmly, calling her Sarah and she had to correct them. Being referred to as Sarah bothered her. Sarah Jane had never liked it. Harry Sullivan used to get away with it, but he was the only one. Not counting The Doctor. These days, only The Doctor can get away with it.

The beeping on her watch distracted her and she walked away from the young man and into an aisle that only had a young lady, examining oils. Turned away from her, she flipped the watch open and it indicated a Gallifreyan close to her. In fact, the alien was in that very aisle. What would a Gallifreyan need with oil? Sarah Jane walked closer to the young woman. "Hello, I'm Sarah Jane Smith," she introduced herself. "What exactly do you need oil for?"

[Romana]

Romana was still pondering over what type of oil to get when a woman came right in front of her and introduced herself. Romana frowned a bit, since when did humans go by their full names? She never did, course she use to but that was before the Doctor and now, she would probably blow up if anyone dared to call her Romanadvoratrelundar, rather than Romana. She said calmly, "Well I am trying to figure out which is better." Romana held up a bottle of one brand and then held up another, "What do you think? It's for a friend of mine, he sort of needs a lubricant of some sort and I hesitant in buying something synthetic. I sort of wish that he was here with me, he'd know what type would suit him best. But I think it would be a bit hard to bring him with me. He doesn't exactly fit in with most crowds around here so I left him in my transport. You wouldn't happen to know about ball bearings either. My friend needs those as well. Oil and Ball bearings, he's pretty easy to please....most of the time."

She looked at the woman and then said, "I am sorry....I must be getting ahead of myself. Names always generally come first, unless one has to buy oil and ball bearings then names can wait." Romana said with a light laugh, "Anyway, my name is Romana."