(Disclaimer: I own none of this, it all belongs to BBC and all of them...I wish I owned Doctor Who, break fewer hearts if I wrote it)

Rose pressed herself against the white wall that separated them. It had been two years since she saw her Doctor, two years since she had been truly happy. Her heart longed to stand in the TARDIS with him, to run her fingers through his perfect hair, most of all she longed to hug him tight and breathe in the smell of adventure that twisted around him.

Torchwood, the Torchwood in this universe, was up and running, but not this floor. Rose wouldn't let them, she wanted to come and touch the wall, she wanted to be alone with her last memory of her Doctor. she missed him more than anyone could imagine; the pain she felt in her chest was worse than having your soul ripped from your body, but she put up with it until she could reach him, until she could hear him finish the sentence she wanted him to say for so long: the sentence that was interrupted on Bad Wolf Bay. She felt tears roll down her cheeks, slow at first and then faster as more came. She hated being so vulnerable but she couldn't help it; she felt like part of her heart was missing. Rose touched the wall and then let her hand drop as she walked away; she wanted to cry but not here, not again. She walked home without saying goodbye to anyone, not even Mickey. What Mickey and she had was gone long before she lost the Doctor, but now they were kind of friends. She would tell him about what she missed most about the Doctor and their universe, they would work together and sometimes have lunch together, but it only lasted until she couldn't take the pain building in her chest. She hated her life, but she put up with it because that's what the Doctor wanted, he wanted her to live a fantastic life and nothing was more fantastic than working in Torchwood… right?

Rose closed her door and collapsed on her bed, she sobbed into her pillow. Jackie hurried in soon after Rose came home; she held Rose tight and listened to her cry.

"Oh, my poor Rose..." Jackie said, while she stroked her daughter's hair.

"I miss him so much!" Rose was crying too hard and was having a hard time catching her breath. She felt like her lungs were being choked.

"I know sweetheart" Jackie whispered into Roses hair. Jackie knew her daughter loves the Doctor but seeing her like this made her wish they never met, even if it meant never having Pete again.

"I can't keep pretending that I'm okay. I'm dying without him." Rose knew that she sounded dramatic, but she wasn't lying, she truly felt like each day without the Doctor was a day without breathing.

The Doctor stood in his TARDIS messing with random knobs and levers. How could he have no clue as to how to save Rose? He longed to hold her in his arms, to kiss her lips, and much more. He wanted to smell her shampoo. And he wanted watch as her face lit up each time she saw him land the TARDIS. He begged his mind to stop thinking about her, but each time he opened the TARDIS door he imagined Rose, she was always so happy and excited each time he took her somewhere new. He missed her smile and the way she would roll her eyes in a joking way each time he was absolutely brilliant. He wanted to show her all the places that she hadn't seen: each new planet, each new life form, but it was too late.

He spent two years dreaming about his precious Rose but still his brilliant brain couldn't come up with a way without having both universes cave in along with many other things. Yet she was always here, like an angel, in his mind. Everything he did, everyone he asked to join him, he would picture how Rose would react. His beautiful, pink and yellow human was lost, but he can still feel her everywhere he goes. Humans were lucky; they only had one broken heart; he had two hearts that were bleeding for his precious Rose.

"Doctor?" a voice called from behind him.

"Martha!" The Doctor flung around and faced his companion. The Doctor normally loved seeing Martha but right now he had to fake a smile.

Martha took in the state of her normally happy Doctor, his hair messy (not like it's natural mess), his eyes had lost the beautiful energetic light that always filled them, she suddenly felt horribly sad.

"I'm tired, why are you making so much noise?" The Doctor had been fiddling with gizmos and such, but he didn't think it would wake Martha.

"Sorry," The Doctor smiled, "go back to sleep." He turned back to his TARDIS console and flipped a switch.

"Do you ever sleep?" Martha asked, pulling her robe closer to herself. Martha didn't know much about The Doctor other than the fact he was an alien, and he had lost someone dear to him recently (Martha had finally pried the story of Rose out of him awhile back but he never talked about it again). She knew he was energetic but lately he had slowed and they didn't go traveling much. They had been on Earth for a few weeks before he told her he was leaving, she came along hoping for an adventure but all she got was a broken Doctor. She couldn't figure out why he broke down so suddenly, it was heart breaking for her to watch and she couldn't bear to ask.

The Doctor didn't feel like answering any questions, but he wanted Martha to leave so he quickly answered "On occasion." but didn't look away from his screen.

"What are you doing?" Martha tried to look at the screen but The Doctor flipped a switch and the screen faded to black.

"Nothing, go back to bed" He said quickly, and then he hopped over to her and began pushing her back the way she came.

"Okay I'm going." she laughed. She wanted him to join her but she knew that would never happen so she hurried off to her room without another word. The Doctor then felt the TARDIS lurch and they began flying through the time vortex.

"No! No!" the Doctor exclaimed suddenly, and jumped around the TARDIS pushing buttons and messing with everything he could get his hands on.

Martha came running out, her blue robe flying around her ankles "What was that?!" she exclaimed, moving towards the center console.

"We've landed... But where!?" he rushed over to the screen and flipped it on. The previous image was gone in an instant and Martha only saw a big smile before it faded to a view of the outside. They were still in space but a large glowing scar had formed in the stars.

"Hmm" the Doctor ran his fingers through his hair. "It seems as if the TARDIS has found a hole..." the Doctor knew what this meant, or what he hoped it meant- Rose.

"A hole in what?" Martha said as she stood next to the Doctor.

"In the fabric of reality, it's a door to another universe." A big, goofy smile spread itself across the Doctor's face.

"Rose..." Martha whispered. Martha was hoping this was an error, she wanted to keep traveling with the Doctor...maybe even help him forget about Rose.

Rose was sleeping when she felt it; something was happening. She woke up in a state of shock and ran around to find her shoes. She ran out the house in her robe and nighty.

"Doctor?" she whispered as she ran to Torchwood. She knew it was him- it had to be. Rose burst through the doors and up to Jake's office. Jake and Mickey were close, considering he was close to Ricky, but he wasn't close to Rose since she refused to get close to anyone because she really believed she could leave.

"Jake! I felt it! What happened?" Rose was ecstatic at the thought that something happened up in space.

"Rose… the bloody fabric of reality broke open… he can cross over" Jake saw a huge smile spread across her face but then it vanished in a nanosecond.

"How?"

"We don't know, but it's not closing" Jake wasn't sure if this was the Doctor or another alien- one he didn't trust.

"It's not?!" Rose jumped for joy and hugged Jake. "Has something happened yet? Has he sent a message?" Rose wanted to see him more than anything else; she ached to hear the sound of his heart beats in a slow rhythm with the TARDIS. Even though she never mentioned it she could feel the TARDIS beating with the rhythm of the Doctor's hearts. She was a part of him after all. Rose realized how much she missed the TARDIS and she hurried out the door and to the work room. She looked at the large screen and saw the hole that could lead her to her Doctor. She felt tears in her eyes but held them back as she thought about what to say to him when he got back.

"I love you" was her first thought, but then realized that she didn't know if the Doctor loved her back. Sure all the signs were there, but the Doctor might not have noticed, sure, at Bad Wolf Bay she was sure he was going to say it but you could never really know with the Doctor. He could have been trying to say something like how the word 'love' was thought up- or he was just going to say goodbye and ignore her last statement.

The Doctor was messing with his TARDIS.

"Why haven't we gone through yet?" Martha asked impatiently. She had changed into her dark jeans and blue t-shirt, and finished her outfit with her leather jacket.

"Because," the Doctor threw a light bulb across the room. "I need to know why it opened." He was still smiling at the thought of Rose, but he couldn't just go running through an opening just because, he needed to know why.

"We haven't done anything adventurous in weeks Doctor! Please just fly through!" Martha pleaded. If Rose was coming back she wanted to find out quickly, get the hurt over and done with, like ripping off a band aid.

A goofy smile jumped onto the Doctor's face and he flew the TARDIS inside the hole in the universe. He would figure out why it formed later. The TARDIS landed with a thud and Martha almost fell over.

"Can we go out now?" Martha asked using the railing to steady herself.

The Doctor ignored her and ran outside; he looked up and saw zeppelins in the sky. It was Pete's world! Rose was here! He looked around desperately, he needed to find Torchwood.

"Doctor?" Martha said from behind him.

"Yes?" he turned around and saw Martha handing him his long, brown, trench coat. "Of course!" he pulled it on and ran off.

Martha closed the TARDIS and ran after him "Doctor!" she called "stop running!"

But the Doctor couldn't stop running, he needed to see Rose. He found Torchwood after a few minutes of running, it was a very big building and hard to miss. It stuck out at the top of the skyline, big and covered with windows.

Rose was pacing around the work room thinking about the Doctor when she saw Jake run up to her. "Something came through!" he smiled. Mickey stood behind Jake and offered Rose a hug.

"This is fantastic!" she said as she hugged Mickey. A smile crept its way onto her face, lighting up her eyes.

"Where did the bloody thing land?" Rose asked as she pulled away from Mickey. She refused to believe that anything other than the TARDIS would swap between universes, it is a very dangerous thing to do and nearly impossible.

"We don't know." Jake could tell that made Rose frown for a moment. She didn't know how to proceed so she went and sat down on a small couch they had in the break room. She couldn't sit still for long before her legs tingled with joy, she jumped up and hopped around slightly. Her Doctor had found her and then she heard a familiar sound.

"Exterminate" was repeated through the speakers in Torchwood

"No...No..." she ran into the work room "it can't be!" she yelled. They were flying in through the hole and the army was large, much larger then Rose remembered. She had tears in her eyes. She thought it was the Doctor but it was just those damned Daleks again. They were one of the things that caused Rose to lose the Doctor in the first place; she needed to stop them.

The Doctor ran through the doors of Torchwood and flashed his psychic paper at the woman who tried to stop him. He ran up the stairs and into the first door he saw. It was a large room with lots of people and a big screen with a warning flashing across it.

"What's going on?" the Doctor asked a woman.

"Didn't you hear? The Daleks are back" he could hear fear in her voice and there was disbelief in his mind. There had to have been a mistake, he destroyed all of them when he opened the void two years ago. He decided that he would ask Rose once he found her. He grabbed a woman's arm "Where is Rose Tyler?" he loved saying her name more than anything else in the world.

"Um," the woman thought for a moment, "I believe she went back to the meeting room, Floor 6." The woman smiled and walked away, but behind her eyes the Doctor saw fear. The Doctor ran up the stairs and flung open the door to Floor 6. He looked around and saw a room with people in it- people he knew. Jake was looking at a map and pointing to something as Mickey nodded from the seat next to where Jake was standing. There were a few other people and… There was Rose. She was looking at something, her blonde hair fallen over her face. His face lit up as he looked at her.

"Do I look okay?" He asked himself, "Of course I do." he opened the glass door and watched as everyone looked up, disbelief filling their faces, well, the faces of those who knew him. And then Rose looked up and tears filled her eyes. She was silent as she stared at the Doctor.

"Rose Tyler, I have been waiting for you!" he ran over and scooped her up into a big hug. He could feel her, she was real; he was hugging Rose Tyler again. His hearts both skipped a beat.

"Doctor," she whispered in his ear, "you came back."

"Of course I did!" he faced her but still held her close. "You promised me that you would stay forever, I intend to hold you to that" he smiled at her. She had missed his goofy, childlike smile.

Rose hugged him again and then realized she was standing in the middle of a crowd of people trying to solve a crisis.

"Doctor, they're back" she didn't want him to let go but he did, and he stuffed his hands in his pockets.

"I know," his face grew grim, "but why?" He scratched his head. He paced around the room and then looked up at Mickey "Mickey!" he hugged Mickey before he could protest. "Having a good time over here?" he released Mickey.

"Yeah, actually." Mickey was still a little shocked at the sight of the Doctor.

"Fantastic!" he said turning back to Rose. he wanted to put his hands back around her, kiss her, carry her back to the TARDIS and do the things he had fantasized about. But he couldn't, he needed to save the planet...again. Rose and him would have to wait. "So Ms. Tyler," he said jokingly, "what have you been up to?" he wanted to know if she had found someone new after she had pronounced her love for him that cold night on Bad Wolf Bay.

"Just missing you" Rose smiled her cheeks pink and tears still in her eyes. Rose had so many questions. She grabbed the Doctor's hand and pulled him outside. They stood in and empty hallway far enough away that no one could see-or hear- them very easily.

"Oh Doctor!" she cried as she touched his face, her fingers gently following his jaw bone.

The Doctor held her hands in his. "Rose Tyler, I can see the Earth needs defending. Why are we out here?" he asked, though he was happy to be alone with Rose.

"I just wanted to talk to you… It's been two years Doctor." she loved how the Doctor was running his eyes all over her, absorbing her imagine. "I've missed you."

"I've missed you too." he knew Rose probably wanted to talk about what she said at Bad Wolf Bay and was surprised when she asked what he had been up to.

"Oh you know, flying through space and time. Saving people...missing my, er, Rose." he didn't mean to add the possessiveness into his statement, he looked down at his feet for second before Rose asked another question.

"Alone?"

"What?" the Doctor had forgotten about Martha and had just realized she was gone.

"It's not good for you to be alone Doctor" Rose smiled once again touching the Doctor's face. She wanted to kiss him so badly but was unsure of where their relationship stood.

He didn't want to tell Rose about Martha, the young doctor who fancied him. "No." he whispered.

"Good, you need someone." Rose crossed her arms. "Where are they?"

"Um..." the Doctor unsure of what to say so he switched the subject, Martha was smart she would find him. "Should we mess with the Daleks some more?"

"Oh yes!" she smiled and they entered the room and everyone had a confused look on their face.

"What?" The Doctor asked.

"They...vanished" Mickey said his voice soft and confused, "all of them."

"The Daleks? How?" the Doctor looked outside and saw nothing but confused people looking at the sky.

"They were about to attack when they just vanished." Jake answered. "I guess we have some work to do… Doctor could you work on closing that void?" Jake knew asking that question was telling the Doctor that he was welcome to stay, but that void needed to be closed and the Doctor needed to pick a universe.

"Of course. the Doctor answered absently, his confusion about the Daleks continued on his face.

That night Rose and the Doctor where walking to the TARDIS after a long day of nothing, no answers to any of their questions.

Rose saw the TARDIS sitting peacefully and she ran to it, the Doctor trailing behind. She still had the TARDIS key around her neck; she slipped it off and unlocked the door. She heard the Doctor's footsteps as he moved to stand behind her.

"I have missed her so much." Rose said as she rubbed the TARDIS and walked around the console room.

"She missed you." the Doctor realized Martha was watching from the hall. He wanted her to come out but he was kind of wishing she would go back to her room and leave him alone with Rose.

Rose must have noticed Martha because she was looking at the Doctor impatiently.

"Oh!" The Doctor motioned for Martha to come over. "Rose, this is Martha...my..." he was about to say new companion but didn't want to have Rose feel replaced. "Martha this is Rose" he squeezed Rose's hand.

Martha knew that Rose was special but he had never told her how he felt about Rose, so Martha had only guessed that he loved her, holding hands was something she refused to take as proving herself right.

"Hello!" Martha reached over and shook Rose's hand.

"Okay...to the Tyler's home then?" He asked, clearly uncomfortable with the situation. He was starting to believe Rose didn't like Martha and Martha didn't like Rose.

"Yes!" Rose walked down the hall as the Doctor fired up the TARDIS.

"Martha…" he was sorry for abandoning her but could tell that wasn't clear as disappointment filled her eyes "Sorry for leaving you and running off" he finished up and cleared his throat.

"It's fine" she smiled and sat down.

"Rose!" the Doctor called.

"Yes!" he heard her voice; it was shaky and full of emotion.

"Rose" he whispered as he hurried into her room. She was sitting on her bed, tears flowing down her cheeks. "I left it exactly as you did." he sat next to Rose and put his arm around her shoulders.

"You have no idea how much I missed all this, you, the TARDIS..." She leaned against him, her head buried in his chest. She could hear his heart beats speed up, they were fast and loud. "Are you okay?" she looked up at him.

"Yeah, I just hate to see you cry." he wiped away her tears with his thumb. "Ready to go?"

"Yeah." They stood up and walked out. Martha was looking at the floor but looked up and smiled at the sight of the Doctor. Rose opened the TARDIS door and found her mum and Pete already standing outside. Rose and the Doctor walked out, leaving Martha to stand in the doorway, alone and rather sad. She knew this was it, the Doctor had only taken her as a quick replacement and she was no longer needed.

"Doctor!" Jackie walked over and slapped the Doctor.

"Ow." the Doctor rubbed his cheek.

"That was for leaving Rose." Jackie knew it wasn't the Doctor's fault but she couldn't help but blame him. She needed someone to blame for her daughter's two year depression.

"Fair enough." he said, rubbing his cheek, he didn't really think it was fair but he had learned long ago not to argue with Jackie Tyler.

"Mum," Rose looked a little amused by the whole thing. "come on..." Rose knew something was wrong in this world, and she couldn't help but think that the disappearance of the Daleks had to with the Doctor popping up.

"Rose." Her mum hugged her.

"Pete." The Doctor said at the sight of Rose's sort of father.

"Doctor." They shook hands.

"What took you so bloody long anyway Doctor!" Jackie announced. The Doctor was preparing for another slap.

"Well?" Jackie was tired and the Doctor figured it had to do with the baby.

"Just me dilly dallying." Rose knew he was joking; he had tried everything imaginable to get to her, she did do the same for him after all.

Jackie seemed to smile and then asked everyone to come inside. The Doctor saw Martha close the TARDIS door; he knew Martha couldn't come in. Jackie would surely slap him again if she thought he replaced Rose, an impossible task.

They drank tea and chatted, but the Doctor longed to be alone with Rose.

"You look tired Jackie" the Doctor commented, hoping she would go up to bed and he could leave with Rose.

"Been up all night," Pete announced, "you should go up to bed love." Pete kissed Jackie.

"Okay, but no flying off in the box of yours while I'm asleep!" Jackie headed up the stairs and Pete followed after saying goodnight to Rose and the Doctor.

Now was his chance, they were alone.

"Rose..." he wasn't sure how to tell her.

"Yes Doctor?"

"Well..." he lost his courage. "Do you want to sleep in the TARDIS or" he gestured around the house.

"I would love to sleep in the TARDIS." Rose smiled. "Come on." They both stood up and held hands as they walked to the TARDIS. They had both missed holding hands, their fingers interlocked like two puzzle pieces reconnecting.

Martha opened the door before Rose could get her key out.

"Sorry..." Martha said "heard you coming." she backed away and allowed them to get in, closing the door.

"I'm going to bed" Martha said with a look on her face like she had lost something.

"Goodnight." the Doctor said. Martha was gone and he had Rose, alone at last.

"Doctor, why do you think the Daleks are gone?"

"Well, I don't know." he hated admitting he was wrong. He was also disappointed that Rose would ask that right when they were alone.

"We are going to figure it out before we leave right?" Rose realized he hadn't asked her to leave with him. But was relieved when she saw the Doctor light up.

"Oh yes!" he hopped about the TARDIS messing with things as Rose just watched, loving every second.

"How did you meet Martha?" Rose asked. She was a little jealous as she thought about a young woman alone with her Doctor… The Doctor, she corrected in her head, not her's. She needed to stop thinking about him that way.

"In a hospital."

"Were you okay?!" was Rose's first reaction. "Never mind, if you were injured the hospital would be the last place you would go." Rose smiled as the Doctor looked at her.

He smiled and looked back down "I was investigating, Martha helped me."

"Oh." Rose was kinda wishing Martha wasn't sleeping on the TARDIS; she didn't want her there. Rose guessed that Martha was nice but there was something about her that Rose didn't like.

"You need sleep, Rose Tyler." Rose melted at the sound of her name, he said it so beautifully.

"Do not." she yawned and the Doctor smiled, he grabbed her hand and led her to her room. He opened her door and pulled out his sonic screwdriver to turn the lights on. Rose sat on her bed and watched as the Doctor stood in her doorway and smiled.

"I missed sleeping here, with you protecting me." Rose's face grew pink as she said that last part.

The Doctor just smiled and walked over to Rose. He kissed her forehead after she cuddled herself under the covers "It's cold, Doctor."

"I know, something broke and now the TARDIS is pretty cold, doesn't bother me much but we can't have you humans being cold." The Doctor smiled. "I'll fix it soon."

"Okay." She pulled the Doctor down so he was sitting on the bed with her. "I've missed you, Doctor."

He pulled her into a big hug. "Me too."

"You're warm, Doctor." Rose smiled, and the Doctor lay next to her. Rose realized she was still wearing her robe and nighty from this morning. She untied her robe and tossed it on her chair, it was warm but very uncomfortable to sleep in.

The Doctor watched and his face grew hot, he wanted to be with her so badly, this false idea he was clinging to...friends, companions wasn't going to last. He wasn't sure he could hold back much longer, he wanted to touch her hips and her back; he wanted to kiss her and do everything he dreamt about. He watched as she lay back down and cuddled her head against his chest. He placed his arms around her but only for a second, he couldn't be there much longer or he wouldn't be able to keep himself from her.

"Goodnight, Rose." he kissed her temple and snuck out of her room as soon as he knew she was asleep.

Martha had seen him go in with her, was he just coming out? What did they do? Martha could feel anger and hurt rising up in her throat. Could they even do that? He was an alien after all… Maybe it was different for him. Martha wanted to know but lolled off to sleep instead, angry and even though the Doctor was never going to be with her, she felt betrayed.

Rose woke up and noticed the Doctor was gone, she was a little sad but she knew he wouldn't stay all night. He never slept. Rose put on her pink robe and tied it around her waist; she opened her bedroom door and found the Doctor and Martha in the control room of the TARDIS.

"Morning." the Doctor grinned as Rose walked out.

"Morning, breakfast?" she asked, her stomach grumbling.

"Of course! Get dressed and we can go eat."

Rose smiled, she had never been happier in her whole life then she was waking up inside her home- the TARDIS- where she belonged. She walked back to her room and into the bathroom, and turned on the shower.

The Doctor could feel his hearts speed up when he heard the shower come on.

"Doctor, how long before the void closes?"

The Doctor was snapped away from his inappropriate daydream. "Hm? Well from what I could tell last night, the void isn't closing. Something is keeping it open and we need to close it."

"Then why aren't we?" Martha knew why, he needed to get settled in with Rose again.

"Because, I need to find those Daleks." His answer surprised Martha, but then she realized he was already settled with Rose.

"Yes, those Daleks." Martha had encountered a Dalek before and knew she never wanted to meet one again.

Rose came out ten minutes later. Her hair was still wet and she had changed into a pair of black jeans and a purple tank top, with a jacket on top, of course.

The Doctor looked at Rose, her beautiful face looking back. Her eyes were so perfect and glowing from the recent shower. The Doctor could feel heat rising to his face as he smiled at her.

"Breakfast?" Martha asked, interrupting the silence.

"Yes!" the Doctor pulled his coat on and reached out for Rose's hand. She took it and Martha frowned.

"Allons-y!" shouted the Doctor and Rose's face lit up, she had missed him saying that every time they ran. They ran out of the TARDIS and Martha followed. She wanted the Doctor to hold her hand but he only did when they needed to run or she wasn't following him, never because he simply wanted to hold her hand. Martha frowned again and left her face in its sad position until they reached the diner a block over. They sat in a booth, Rose and Martha on one side and the Doctor across from Rose.

"May I take your orders?" a woman asked, she looked about 40, blonde hair, and wore a diner uniform. She looked tired even though it was only 9 AM on this planet.

"Can I have the cheese omlette with orange juice?" Rose answered.

She scribbled something on a pad of paper and turned to Martha.

"Oh um, just coffee for me" Martha lost her appetite when she saw Rose and the Doctor so happy. Rose made him happy the way she always wanted to, he was a rather cute bloke, with his crazy hair and goofy smile, his chocolate eyes and almost childlike nature that always got them in trouble. She really wanted him to wake up one day and feel about her the way she felt about him but he only had eyes for Rose- even when he couldn't see her.

"Cherry pie please." the Doctor smiled at the waitress.

"Okay." she smiled back and walked to the counter.

"Pie, for breakfast?" Rose asked.

"Why not pie for breakfast?" The Doctor could tell Rose was just kidding but he continued on like it was a real question.

Rose just smiled.

The Doctor accidentally touched his foot against Rose's leg, and his face turned a light red while he looked down at the table. Rose smiled at the Doctor's awkwardness but pretended she didn't notice why. The waitress returned with their food.

"It looks fantastic!" Rose looked up and saw the Doctor smiling at the use of his old word.

They talked about the void and the missing Daleks for awhile.

"Would you like some pie?" the Doctor asked before anyone could continue the topic of conversation. Martha opened her mouth to answer, a smile beginning to form until she realized he asked Rose. She closed her mouth and frowned at her coffee.

"Sure." Rose smile and watched as the Doctor cut a bit of his pie and scooped it up with his fork. He looked at Rose, unsure if she would take the fork or he was going to hold it, either way he liked the idea of sharing his food and fork with Rose. He moved it close to her mouth and she ate the pie of his fork.

"Mmm, that's really good!" Rose laughed a little and looked at the Doctor who was looking back at her.

There was a silence and Rose and the Doctor just looked into each other's eyes. Her head felt weak from the strong gaze the Doctor had, his mesmerizing chocolate eyes had the most extreme power over Rose.

"So Doctor, have you thought of where the Daleks could be?" Martha asked, wanting him to look at her instead of Rose, and he did.

"They might have gone back through the void or they were never there and it was some mumbo jumbo." Martha knew the Doctor didn't believe that second one at all.

"Mumbo jumbo?" Rose asked, her tone questioning.

"Yes mumbo jumbo." the Doctor was unsure if Rose was being silly or really thought the Doctor was being stupid.

"The Daleks don't do mumbo jumbo."

"Indeed they don't...let's go!" The Doctor ran out of the diner and Martha followed leaving Rose to pay.

The Doctor ran to the TARDIS and jumped inside; Martha was close behind and couldn't see Rose.

"Are we leaving?" Martha asked hopefully.

"Of course not, there are Daleks!" he seemed to think Martha was upset about being here but decided he was just imagining the upset tone of voice she had been using since they got here. He fiddled with the screen instead of addressing her tone. "Hmm..."

"I thought the Daleks were gone?" Martha asked standing intimately close to the Doctor. She knew Rose nor the Doctor would approve, but she couldn't help it.

"Oh, silly Martha, things are never just gone." Martha knew he meant Rose but concentrated on Daleks instead.

"I forgot how fast you are when you get excited!" Rose laughed as she walked into the TARDIS and closed the door. Rose glanced at Martha and saw her looking at the Doctor in a way she never wanted anyone to look at him- anyone except her. She finally knew why she didn't approve of Martha, Martha fancied the Doctor too.

Rose cleared her throat.

"Rose Tyler, Defender of the Earth, guess what?!" The Doctor stood next to Martha but looked at Rose.

"You figured it out?" Rose was happy that the problem was solved, but she sensed there was something between Martha and the Doctor.

"Oh yes! And now we need to defend the Earth!" he ran out of the TARDIS, grabbing her hand on the way out.

Martha stood alone in the blue box she had started to think of as home, but now knew her home was back on Earth. The only person who loved her was her mother, not the goofy alien she hoped would. She wanted to be home, she was tired of watching the Doctor flirt to no end. She was sick of having her heart broken, she knew how selfish she sounded- after all, Rose and the Doctor waited two years just to see each other again, but how could she be okay with being pushed out of the TARDIS as soon as she was getting used to everything? She walked to her room knowing she should pack, but hoping the Doctor would run in and tell her to come. She waited but he never came.

"Where's Martha?" the Doctor asked as he and Rose slowed to a walk in front of Torchwood. He looked around, searching for his companion.

"Maybe she stayed in the TARDIS?" Rose suggested, not wanting to go back.

"Maybe..." The Doctor seemed puzzled but Rose knew Martha was jealous. He opened the door to the building and followed Rose inside.

"So, what happened to the Daleks?" Rose asked as they climbed the stairs.

The Doctor was watching Rose's blonde hair sway back and forth as she climbed and was unaware of the question.

"Doctor?"

"Yes!" he looked up "Yes Daleks. They are still here being Daleks, plotting and all that." he followed Rose into Jake's office.

"Rose," he smiled. "Doctor." Jake shook the Doctor's hand. "Figure out something?"

"Oh yes!" The Doctor was excited. "The Daleks are still here but not really, they went back in the void but not all the way through, they're waiting."

"For what?" Rose asked, confused.

"For you to attack. They have something big in mind."

"Then why aren't they attacking if they have something big?" Jake seemed troubled.

"Because... They know I'm here." the Doctor smiled nice and big.

"So, now what?" Rose asked. "We close the void?"

"Yes, but I need to return to my universe and take the Daleks with me."

"What!?" Rose was worried and turned to the Doctor, her face a mess of emotions.

"I can't leave them here." He seemed confused by Rose's abrupt reaction.

"I know but they have an army twice as big now, Doctor."

"You are one brave man, Doctor." Jake was okay with the Doctor saving everyone again; sure, he wanted to fight, but he knew without the Doctor they had no chance.

The Doctor looked at Rose. "Are you coming with me?"

"You think I would just give up and let you leave after all this?" She took the Doctor's hand and smiled broadly at him. Together, they ran to the TARDIS.

It took hours before the Doctor was finished "Brilliant!" he pointed at the screen, "They're hiding over there. Allons-y!" He fired up the TARDIS but was stopped suddenly and landed roughly.

Rose fell to the ground with a thud!

"Rose!" The Doctor ran to her and flashed his sonic screwdriver over her, his eyes were filled with panic and concern. "Rose. Rose!" He placed his hands on her face and rested her head on his knee.

"That was bloody painful." Rose said softly as she opened her eyes.

The Doctor kissed her forehead and helped her up and into a chair.

"What happened?" Martha asked from where she stood in the hallway.

"Good question Martha." he turned on the monitor and then realized something. "Oh!" he seemed a little shocked but mostly curious. "Stay here..." The Doctor opened the TARDIS door and stepped out, then closed the door behind him.

Rose jumped up and looked at the monitor "Oh Doctor." Rose realized they were on the Dalek base ship.

"What?" Martha asked, taking a step into the room.

"Um… We are on the base ship." Rose bit her lip nervously, turning to the other woman.

"What?!" Martha hurried over to the monitor and looked over it with Rose.

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