Amy started dressing Rory up like The Raggedy Doctor every time he came over to play. He played along in her games the way she wanted but deep down she knew he didn't believe The Doctor was real the way she did. He was just too nice or too scared to call her out on it. Amy knew Rory had heard about how she bit her latest physiatrist. The whole school knew but he still stuck around.

Rory really was a little scared of his new friend but it was more of a fearful admiration then a fear of getting bitten. She crushed everyone at tryouts for the school's hockey team. No other girls had come to the tryouts. Even though she'd made the team and shown herself to be plenty tough; one of the boys still felt like he needed to prove something.

"Why do you act like a boy?" He scoffed. They were outside after school in the playground waiting for their parents.

"I count as a boy" Amy glared.

"And who's this, your girlfriend?" The bully laughed as he pointed at Rory.

"Leave her alone" Rory glared at him. The boy pushed Rory down to the ground. He landed bottom first in the sandbox.

"Don't you touch him!" Amy tackled the boy to the ground and whacked him with her backpack.

"Get off me, weirdo!" The bully tried to cover his face with his hands.

The bully's mother drove up to the playground just in time to see the fight and quickly ran over to check on him.

"You stay away from my son! You hear me?" The woman stood her kid up and dusted him off. "Are you ok, sweetie? She didn't bite you did she? I hear she bites. Like a rabid dog, that girl." She ran off with her rotten little boy leaving Amy and Rory by the sandbox.

"Are you ok, Amy?" Rory took Amy's hand and checked a little scratch on her palm.

Amy quickly snatched her hand away. "I'm fine" She walked away and hid underneath the slide.

Rory walked over and peaked his head in underneath the slide. Amy kept her back turned to him. "Amy..?" He asked quietly.

"Go away!" Amy yelled back. Rory looked physically hurt by his friend's cold shoulder.

"Rory! Let's go" Rory heard his mother calling out to him from the car park. He quickly ran to her and jumped inside the car. His mother rolled her eyes at the sight of her sandy passenger seat. "Look at this mess"

"I fell in the sandbox" Rory spoke with his head down.

"Oh, I'm sorry, darling" His mother noticed her son's sad expression. "Are you alright?"

"No.." Rory sniffled. "Amy doesn't like me anymore."

"What!? She wasn't the one that pushed you in the sandbox, was she?" His mother had been worried about their friendship after the things she'd heard.

"No" Rory whispered as he looked out the window at the houses speeding past. "But she yelled at me. She told me to go away."

"Maybe she just needs a little alone time" His mother tried to reassure him.

"Maybe..." Rory held back tears. He didn't want to lose his friend.

That night Amy's aunt got a call from the school's office. Amy was to report to the principal first thing in the morning. Amy dragged her red rain boots across the school hallway to the principal's office, purposely squeaking with every step.

"I know you've been having some issues lately and things have been a little hard for you." The principal laced her fingers together as she leaned in over her desk to speak. "Some parents wanted me to expel you but I tried to stick up for you. Don't make me regret it."

Amy quietly shook her head yes. "I hit him cos he pushed Rory." She added.

"It's good that you want to protect your friend." The principal was also glad to hear this new friend of hers was actually real. "Call an adult next time you see trouble."

Amelia quietly shook her head in agreement again and was allowed to leave the office with a warning. Rory had been waiting for her outside.

"Are.. you ok..?" Rory whispered.

"Yeah, I'm fine." Amy kept her gaze down at the ground at they walked down the hall. She felt Rory's hand slip into hers as they walked. She was somewhat surprised although she didn't want to show it. A boy holding her hand? If anyone in class saw them, they'd never hear the end of it. She could already hear the taunting K-I-S-S-I-N-G being sung at their faces.

But as embarrassing as that would be, she wouldn't mind it too much if it did happen. The concept of kissing was gross but if it had to be anyone she would pick Rory. Though she'd never say that aloud. She was only 7 and was certainly not ready to call anyone her boyfriend. In fact, she wasn't sure if she'd ever want to have a boyfriend at all. The concept seemed far too complicated. But she did like Rory and Rory seemed to like her too.

"Sorry" Rory noticed Amy pull her hand away as they got back to their classroom door. "I won't do it again."

"You can do it again." Amy whispered. "Just don't tell anybody we hold hands, ok? I don't want anyone to think you're my boyfriend."

"Right" Rory tried to hide that his feelings were hurt. "We're still friends, right?"

"We're best friends." Amy smiled relieving his worry.

Mels came running up to them. "Well, look how the tables have turned. Now you're the one in the principal's office." She smiled. "So, how did it go?"

"She said she was going to expel me." Amelia told the story as if it were far more exciting than it really was. "But she let me off with a warning, for now."

"When The Doctor comes back, that'll show em." Mels believed in the doctor just as much as Amelia did, even though she hadn't met him. Poor Rory was the only one who didn't understand what he was missing.