"I'm not worried," Luke said when Sarah Jane said they shouldn't panic. "Well. Maybe a little," he admitted. "I wish Clyde and Maria and - " Luke caught himself before he gave away Rani's name. "And our other friends were here, though," he finished.
Relax. Luke found that hard to do when he was bustling with questions, wanting to do exactly as Sarah Jane had suggested and find out everything he could about this new and strange place. It almost felt like he'd just been activated again and there was so much to learn and take it.
"I have a birthday now!" he said excitedly. "I picked it out on my own, so it's mine. I won't tell you why. I'm officially 15 now." Luke said it proudly. He knew he was different and that that was a good thing but he also felt good that he was at least a little bit like everyone else and not too different.