Title: Rose's Resolutions

Rating: K+

Summary: Sequel to New Year's Resolutions. Rose's POV as she completes her resloutions.

Disclaimer: I don't own Doctor Who.

Author's Note: Here it is, the much anticipated sequel to New Year's Resolutions. Sorry it took so long, I've had school work and other stories ... anyway, here it is. And I will be doing a story for the Doctor's resolutions, all in good time.

1. I will learn how to work the sonic screwdriver.

"Work, damn you!" I said to the sonic screwdriver. "How hard can it be to unlock these handcuffs?" I gave up. I'd taken the sonic screwdriver from the Doctor's room to see if I could figure out how it worked. So far I'd connected two pieces of wire (Setting two-thousand-four-hundred-and-twenty-eight-D) , but that was it. And I'd done it before anyway.

"What's all the yelling about?" asked the Doctor as he walked in.

"Um, I was just, er," I said. "Oh, I was trying to figure out how to use the sonic screwdriver."

"Why?" said the Doctor. "It's always on me anyway."

"Yeah, but what about that time with the Jagrafess?" I argued. "And it'd make me feel more … equal. I don't mean to take away your authority or anything, but it would make me more than a sidekick who just gets in the way." The Doctor stopped.

"You were always more than that," he said with a smile, making me blush. "I'll teach you if you want. Mind you, it could take a while. This thing has got lots of different settings, lots of combinations."

"Tell me about it," I said. "It can unlock things, blow up answering machines, resonate concrete … I'd take it over Jack's sonic blaster any day!"

"Thanks," the Doctor said. "It could be handy having you know a thing or two. You know, of all the people I've travelled with you're the only one who's actually handled the sonic screwdriver."

"Is that a problem?" I asked, worried.

"Not at all," said the Doctor. "It means you want to be more involved, more helpful. Nothing wrong with that."

"Great," I said, smiling.

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Sorry if you expected an actual lesson. Maybe I'll work it in with the other resolutions. Also, I don't know my Doctor Who history, so if any other companions have handled the sonic screwdriver, sorry for that as well.