It had been over a month now since they'd been back together, a month since Rose had done the impossible and crossed the void, met up with Donna, Jack and Martha to save the world. All of this without his help no less. Now they were standing in the Hub of Torchwood Cardiff waiting for Tosh and Jack to finish scanning the Rift checking for residual energy and activity levels, as well as ensuring the structural integrity of the water tower above in the aftermath of their most recent adventure.

"All clear, no Rift activity detected within the last 48 hours." Tosh reported.

Of course the Doctor already knew this having asked the TARDIS to check that it had indeed sealed itself off once more. But Jack had insisted that they stay around just in case while he ran his tests, even though the TARDIS was much more advanced and accurate than anything he possessed, a fact that he had made apparent to Jack, but indulged him none the less.

"Can we go yet?" The Doctor whined, earning himself an elbow to the ribs from Rose.

"You're bein' rude again." She whispered.

"Sorry, but I just want to get out of here, whether Jack runs the place or not Torchwood is not on my 'top ten places to be' list." He whispered back, looking away as he saw realisation dawn on her face.

"Yeah go on get outta here," Jack said looking up from his laptop, " I'm gonna stay round here for a while just to make sure everything's back to normal. Give me bout a week Doc, then I'm all yours." Jack laughed and winked, noticing the Doctors mood.

"I told you to buy me a drink first," he quirked back, "Right, off he go then, Martha, Donna, you ready?" He asked.

"Yep." Martha replied.

"Oh alright," Donna groaned," But can we at least go somewhere and not run for our lives?"

"Well, now you mention it I suppose we do deserve a bit of a break." The Doctor agreed as he opened the TARDIS to let them in.

"Somewhere quiet and relaxing." Rose breathed as she flopped down exhausted next to Donna on the jump seat.

"That'd be nice for a change." Martha added leaning against the railing next to them.

"It just so happens that I have the perfect destination in min." He said smugly.

"Providing you get the coordinates right." Rose mused, head back and eyes closed.

"Or the time." Donna added and all three women burst out laughing as the Doctor began to splutter indignantly as the TARDIS lurched into the vortex.

"Right! Next one to make fun of my driving will find themselves launched out of an airlock or much worse than that dropped off to spend a whole week in the hatcheries on Raxocoricofallipatorius." The Doctor smirked as he noted the immediate cease of laughter.

"So where are we goin' Doctor?" Rose asked as he pulled up a grate from the floor and climbed in.

"A tiny little planet right at the back of the universe. It's called Abaeterno, it mean "from eternity". Haven't been there in ooohhhhhh about 800 years." Came his voice from somewhere under the console.

"Beautiful place, wonderful people and it's quiet. You'll love it. "He added just before the TARDIS zapped him and a stream of incomprehensible sounds erupted from his position.

"Oi! Watch your mouth!!!??" Rose warned as he emerged from under the floor sucking on his finger.

"Sorry" He mumbled.

"Can you understand what he just said Rose?" Martha asked confused, "cause all I could hear was a whole bunch of noise."

"No, the TARDIS won't translate Gallifreyan for anyone," Rose began as she pulled the Doctor to his feet and replaced the grill, "But I've heard that particular sequence so many times that I know he's swearin' at the old girl. Or at himself for bein a daft git." She sighed as she watched him pout at her and lick his wounds.

"Come on you, into the kitchen. I think we could all do with a cuppa and in your case maybe a bandaid." Rose teased and laughed at the put out expression on his face.

A/N: Next chapter up tomorrow. Hope you enjoy so far