Her blond hair shone like a halo in the dim lighting of the TARDIS kitchen. I'm pretty sure she doesn't know I'm here, otherwise she would have smiled and greeted me. Her smile. Now THAT is an event I would go back to see over and over if I could...something bright and dear to my heart, even with all the darkness clouding it. Maybe I should say something to her. I don't want her to think I'm a creepy old man, watching her in the dark. "Hello, Rose!" "Oi! Doctor, what are you doing there, in the dark?" She seemed a little confused and still sleepy. "Oh, just brooding. You know, last of the Time Lords, all that business." Likely excuse. She might buy it. The TARDIS decided to brighten the lights then, just a little. "Well, how's about you set the kettle on, and make us a cuppa." Pretty commanding, the little ape. Little does she know the lengths I would go for her. "Alright." Wow. Really stunning. Does she always make me this eloquent? "So what are you really doing, Doctor? I know you don't sleep as much as I do, but usually you're tinkerin' at the control panel or finding something scientific to read. Somethin' on your mind?"
Luckily, right at that moment, the kettle whistled. Saved by tea! I poured us each a cuppa, and then sat down across from her at the table. "There's always something on my mind, Rose. Big a brain as I've got, there's always something going on. Lots of thinking in this daft old head." "Oh." She looked into her tea. That's great. Remind her once again how much better than her you are, idiot. Shut it! I can't have her feeling this way all the time. I can at least pretend better than she could. Little passionate Humans have much more trouble hiding their feelings away. Can't encourage that. Last thing the TARDIS wants is to have us running around, doing...those sorts of things all over the place. Not that she'd want to. Not anything special to look at, me. Not with these huge ears.
"Doctor? You seem somewhere else." Ooops. Too much thinking. I've been doing a lot of that lately. "Sorry Rose. Must be gettin' contemplative in my old age." Rose smiled at me then, looking almost like she was holding in a laugh. "So, there IS somethin' on your mind then? Not just all guilt and sadness and brooding? You look upset when you brood...this time, you just seem preoccupied." Oh Rose, if you only knew! Has it ever been this hard to stop looking in your eyes? Lovely brown drops of beauty, set in that gorgeous face. "Doctor, you alright?" "What? Of course! Fantastic! Why wouldn't I be?" Rose studied me for a moment, then leaned forward and placed her hand on my head. "I swear, Doctor, you look like you've got a fever! Do Time Lords ever get fevers? I mean, I know you've told me that your body temperature is cooler than mine, but you do feel a bit warm." I felt my own face, wondering when I had forgotten how to hide a blush. I did feel rather flushed. "Well, I've never had a fever before, that I can remember. Maybe I should head to the med bay anyway, just in case. Well, see you tomorrow, Rose!" And with that, I fled to the med bay.