A/N: Hello everyone! I had this idea for Rose and The Doctor, but I'm not quite sure if I should continue. Obviously, since this is only the first chapter, you guys don't really know the entirety of the storyline yet. But if some of you read this first chapter and are interested in a continuation, then please review and let me know! :)
Things had changed, and The Doctor was determined to find out why.
With a set look on his face and a fiery expression that could reduce most men to rubbish, he launched himself down the twisting hallways of the TARDIS. Every clanging footstep that rang out against the metal grating echoed with the sound of his fierce and newly gained resolve. The Time Lord felt his hand bracingly run through his hair and only hoped that his sudden burst of almost angry adrenaline could get him to her room.
Now that he thought of it, his build up of emotion hadn't been sudden at all. It had been boiling of inside of him for the past week or two, slow and annoying, until it became a blinding catastrophe that burned within every corner of himself. Finally, it felt fit to burst from his very existence and destroy almost every amount of self-control and tolerance that had battled desperately to keep him from losing his sanity. When his emotions overcame him, he had decided that he was going to face the cause of his problems boldly, and without restraint.
So before he knew it, The Doctor was flying through the TARDIS, determined to alleviate the violent tension that plagued him so.
His two hearts were pounding out a steady and rib-cracking beat that increased with every second, because every second, he was getting closer.
Without warning, a very small and uncharacteristically quick twinge of doubt interrupted his blind determination. His feet slightly slowed down in response, simply because the calculating and rational part of himself (which was very small in this moment) was too curious to ignore such an anomaly.
Why are you doing this?
That was the question he heard quietly washing across his subconscious. The fired up and emotional part of him was still very strong and urged him to move forward and continue with his earlier procedure. Besides, he had a right to do what he was going to do. Although The Doctor continued to move with an alarming speed through the TARDIS, he had slowed down considerably in order to find some sort of meaning to the question.
Think about what you're doing. Think back on all of the reasons that are leading you here.
The Doctor's hearts continued to pound fiercely as before… But not with the fire that had consumed him earlier; something else, something dreadful was causing his heartbeats to speed up unnaturally. The Time Lord began to think, which definitely seemed to be a terrible idea.
With every passing thought and moment, The Doctor seemed to be having more difficulty with his breathing. Short and sharp gasps forced their way through his lungs, and his chest was heaving with enough power to collapse in on itself. His legs still carried him, but they didn't seem to be in charge of themselves; they only dragged on because his feet seemed to be stuck in that particular motion. "An object in motion tends to stay in motion"… The phrase seemed to take on a new meaning to The Doctor. It made him want to go back in time and slap a certain 'Isaac Newton'.
Quivering slightly, his body began to feel the affect from the urgency in which the adrenaline had left him, and the rashness that the new emotion had settled in with. Almost every last bit of energy that he was full of moments ago was completely exhausted.
He was about to put any and all of his dwindling power into the task of forcing his legs to quit moving, when he realized that he was already too late. Without a command from muscles or brain, his feet had stopped trudging forward some time ago, and of their own accord. But why?
The Doctor's eyes widened as he realized that the answer was in front of him, staring at him, and had been for at least a couple of moments. He swallowed thickly and ran a nervous hand through his hair.
"Hello, Rose."