Aidan was yelling.
Again.
Aidan always yelled but this time seemed different. “MOM-MOM-MOM-MOM-MOM-MOM-MOM!” he said.
Elspeth stopped washing the dishes as Aidan ran in the room. She looked at him expectantly as he skidded to a stop beside her.
“MOM!” he yelled. “THERE’S A TARDIS IN THE BATHROOM!”
“What are you talking about?!” she asked, wiping her hands on her jeans as she turned to face him.
“THE DOCTOR IS HERE! I’M SURE THE DOCTOR IS HERE!” He tugged at her still damp hand to drag her to the bathroom.
She followed behind him, laughing and confused. “Do you even know what a TARDIS looks like?” she asked.
“You said it’s a big blue box! It’s bigger on the inside! Right?! Right?!” He was so excited he could barely contain himself as he pushed open the bathroom door.
There stood a huge blue safe right next to the toilet.
Elspeth started laughing. “Aidan,” she said, “a TARDIS is a phone box. Yes, it’s blue, but it’s a phone box. This is a safe.”
“But how did it get in our bathroom?” he asked.
She stopped laughing and pondered the question. How did a large blue safe get into their bathroom. She furrowed her brow and stared at it.
Just then, the safe door swung open.
How did it just do that, she wondered, without hitting the toilet?
Out of the safe stepped a man, wearing a neat bow-tie and a natty brown tweed jacket.
Elspeth fainted.
This is in response to the Unicorn Challenge: no more than 250 words, based on the photo prompt.
Jenne so kindly checked on me because I had missed it the last few weeks. Sometimes inspiration hits and sometimes it doesn’t. Right?
Anyway, I was so touched that she reached out to me. This is a somewhat lame response to her prompt, but I did it. For her.
I’ve tried to explain to people about the blogging community. I will, in all likelihood, never meet Jenne — although, maybe, when I make my lifelong-dream trip to Scotland I’ll track her down — but we’re still part of a community.
And she checked on me.
And it almost made me cry.
Thank you, Jenne.
Hot Dogs and Marmalade 
Not lame, creative and funny.
And I love it when the grown-up is wrong-footed.
Good to see you again Sally.
(And for the record, you nearly made me cry!😏 )
I think it is so easy to undervalue words like, “I noticed you weren’t here. Is everything ok?”
Brilliant story – and I totally believe the Doctor could alter the look of the Tardis! As for the WP community, it really is a wonderful group!
What a great story. I love that the mother’s first reaction is to correct little Aidan’s mistake about the ‘big blue box’ before she stops to wonder about it herself. Very funny. Great entrance at the end – very dramatic.
Cute story.
I love it!
I thought “Tardis” when I saw this, too! Couldn’t pull it together and so glad you did! Matt Smith?
Yes, Matt Smith — he was the easiest to describe in a few words. Christopher Eccleston was my first Doctor and probably my favorite though.
I lost my Who-virginity to Tom Baker.
Boom-tssss!😂
You’re both spring chickens! I saw the very first episode with William Hartnell. but shhh, don’t tell! 😄
😳
Excellent, Sally.
I haven’t seen Dr Who in longer than I care to remember, but I’m a big fan of David Tennant.
And I’m touched by your comments about Jenne, she’s a great friend and a very, very patient editor!