Due to Path of the Not Quite Lost being told from a limited point of view, it means there are going to be scenes that can't be shown due to Jay not being present to observe them.

Quite a few (like this first one) will just be shameless fluff pieces, but others will be quite important. For that reason, this story is going to show everything happening behind the scenes that Jay isn't aware of/privy to. Which, frankly, is quite a lot.

Outtake 1 - Meanwhile, On The Other Side of the Swamp/Forest (Outtake for PotNQL Chapter 2: The Start of a Weird Day)

"Would it be too early for me to say that this is somehow your fault?"

The Doctor turned around in a flurry of indignation. "Yes!" He faltered when Aliya started grinning at him and looking far too pleased with herself. "You - you were teasing me."

"No," she said, with mock disbelief, "Really?" Her grin hadn't diminished even a little.

"Sarcasm doesn't suit you."

Aliya just arched an eyebrow. "You know, it's really not a convincing insult when you're smiling at me." When he clamped a hand over his traitorous mouth, she burst out laughing.

"Shut up," he mumbled. "This isn't helping us find Jenny."

She lifted her hands in a sign that she was backing down for the moment, and they continued making their way through the swamp, the only conversation being Aliya complaining about her jeans getting dirty and his telling her to shush.

A growl from nearby had them turning around to see one of their fellow contestants about to attack.

"Run!" The Doctor shouted, and grabbed Aliya's hand as they broke into a sprint to evade the four legged alien with dark blue skin. For several minutes they just ran, ducking under branches and making their way around murky pools of water. When they'd gotten a way ahead of their pursuer but not nearly far enough, the Doctor yanked Aliya down without warning, pulling her into an alcove beneath a hill almost entirely covered in twisted branches.

She managed to not yelp with surprise because his hand had covered her mouth, and they pressed themselves into the firm dirt as they heard the alien scamper around above them.

The Doctor's nose was filled with the scent of Aliya's shampoo as her hair tickled it, and it was all he could do not to sneeze. Finally the alien could be heard moving off, and he was able to let the sneeze out in peace.

Aliya laughed at him. "Thanks for that."

"Well, your hair was in my face."

"That tends to happen when you pull someone against you," she said with a grin, turning around in his arms and winding her arms around his waist.

"Fair point," he said, making a face before smiling and nudging his nose against hers. A giggle escaped her mouth and made him want to kiss it.

So of course, he did exactly that. She kissed him back eagerly, her fingers curling into the fabric of his tweed jacket. For a few moments he let himself forget where they were and what danger they were in.

But of course, Aliya had to spoil it by eventually pulling away from him and saying, "We really do need to get out of here and find Jenny."

"Yes," the Doctor agreed, "But she is more than capable of holding her own for a few more minutes. Probably more than we are."

"Yes, but Doctor, I just realised, there are almost definitely cameras on us at the moment," she said with exasperation, and leaned back when he tried to kiss her again, "People are probably watching."

He immediately let go of her and scrunched his face up with distaste. "Urgh. Mood gone. Kissing mood definitely 100% gone."

She gave him a empathetic look. "Tell me about it. Come on."

As they left their hiding spot and continued on their trek through the swamp that soon revealed itself to be a simulation when it turned into a forest, he considered that it was helpful that neither of them had any interest in being overly physically affectionate with each other when being observed. (Quite frankly, he knew that the thought made her as uncomfortable as it did him.) It saved a lot of unnecessary conversation and disagreement.

Which was good, really, given that they had a large capacity for both and really didn't need to waste their words on something so unimportant when they could be arguing about more important things like the best course of action in any given scenario - which is exactly what they ended up doing not fifteen minutes later.

Naturally, that was how Jenny and the young man she was with found them. But if there was one thing his daughter was used to, it was their bickering.

Due to the Doctor and Aliya being -150% into PDA, these outtakes are gonna be where a lot more of the Daliya content is for this story. I mean, I love writing the little moments between them that Jay is oblivious to, but still. Sometimes actual kissing is nice too.

Hope you guys enjoy these! They'll hopefully be put up around the same time as the chapters they correspond to, once I catch up with the first few. If an outtake is set between chapters, I'll try and get the outtake up before the chapter that is after it.

Thanks for reading, let me know what you thought!

-MayFairy :)