Stepping out

Disclaimer: not mine cries softly

A.N: sequel to Christmas at Jackie's

A.N: sorry about the wait folks

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Rose had been at a loss regarding what to wear to Bev's Boxing Day party. After careful consideration, she decided to put herself in her second-best friend's hands - and had gone to have a chat with the Tardis.

The Doctor was already in another part of the Tardis, 'making himself respectable'. When he'd used that line earlier, Rose had responded:

"Making yourself respectable? We've only got a couple of hours!!" The ensuing look told her that she now had three things to make up for. "I think you're in love with your hair - should I be jealous?!" she'd shouted after him.

"Yep. Look, is it my fault I want to look good? Not that you can improve much on perfection." Rose choked at that point. "Still not ginger, though."

"Oh - the ginger thing again. Why don't you just dye you hair, and be done with it?"

"Interesting concept. Never considered that before. Human hair dye could be toxic to me though - for all I know…"

"We'll look into it later," promised Rose. "For the moment - we've got three hours to get ready," she added, shoving him out the door.

"It won't take me three hours to get ready," he protested. "We could go back to bed.."

"As lovely as that sounds, that's precisely the reason why we only have three hours to get ready," Rose reminded him. "Now, go!" She shoved him right out of the bedroom door.

Glancing round the wardrobe, Rose was flummoxed. She placed her hand on the wall.

"Okay, girl. You know what kind of party this is. You also know this is the first time I've dressed up for him, and I want to impress him. Now - whatcha got?" Rose had a strong urge to look behind her - and discovered an outfit hanging up on its own. "Mmm… very nice girl - but I'm not sure purple's my colour…"

The Doctor stared at himself in the mirror, and thought about what he must look like to Rose.

She did like the ears - but then she also liked the hair. And now I've got floppy hair - and small ears. Would she like it better if I was ginger? Maybe I should look at dying my hair… She seemed to like everything last night… Come on, now. You're about to shave. Concentration required here. She probably wouldn't like it if you had to go to this party covered in toilet paper….

Slowly, and with definite strokes, he proceeded to shave - trying not to cut himself.

Meanwhile, in the wardrobe, Rose and the Tardis had settled on an outfit. Rose stood in front of the full-length mirror, admiring the image.

"Oh yes - this is the one alright! He's not gonna know what hit him, is he?" The lights lowered and came back up. Rose grinned, provocatively. "Just what I thought - wait til he sees me in this!!"

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A.N: I know it's very short