She was still thinking about that, the whole writing to her parents thing. What would she say? 'Dear Mum and Dad, Rory and I were zapped into the past by the Weeping Angels while in New York, helping the Doctor and River save the world. Again. No way home. Miss us if you feel like it, though I don't know if you will.'

Maybe that last bit was uncharitable, but Amy came by her stubborness naturally. Butting heads made supper with the folks a bit of a strain.

No chance to fix that now, she thought sadly.

"I might," she replied, pretending to return to her book. Oh, look: the same paragraph... "If its a good quality SIM, it might make it to 2012..."