The Doctor parked the car in the driveway in front of the house and turned around to smile in Clara's direction. Hesitantly she smiled back. There was something about her that had made the Doctor take an instant liking to her and he had been hoping she would move in with them after talking to her for less than five minutes. Maybe it was because he still felt like a stranger in a strange land at times, even though he had already spent 10 years in the United States and he genuinely liked it here, but having people like Amy or Rory or even Clara around made him feel like he had a little piece of home right with him at all times. Not that the Doctor missed his home very much, no, he was quite comfortable in his life here, yet sometimes nostalgia did catch up with him.
Or maybe the Doctor just had a weakness for a pretty face. Clara really was extraordinarily pretty, especially when she smiled. A part of him hadn't wanted to let her go the previous evening while he had stolen a few glances at her through the fire. She hadn't noticed, luckily for him. And now the Doctor would be able to look at her every single day, a thought that probably made him happier than it should have.
“We should probably unload the car, too,” he suggested after a moment and opened the door to bring the boxes up to her room and the library.
While Clara immediately grabbed one of the lighter boxes the Doctor suddenly got an idea and stacked two of the boxes filled with books on top of each other. They'd be done with it much faster this way.
“Are you sure that's a good idea?” Clara stepped into his field of vision, knitting her eyebrows at him. Somehow her doubts made him all the more determined to prove to her that he could do it. Maybe he even wanted to impress her.
“Of course,” he said and lifted the boxes with a start when suddenly a sharp pain shot through his lower back and the Doctor yelped. Next to him Clara Oswald started to laugh and and he only made a grimace in reply.
“Sorry,” she apologized quickly, “Sorry. Didn't mean to laugh at you. Are you okay?”