This is my first ever Doctor Who fic. Love Eleven but still IN love with Ten. If you like it or have advice, let me know! I'm working on additional DW fic and could use the feedback since I'm new to writing DW! :)

Rose shifted in her sleep, letting out a little sigh and relaxing again into kittenlike slumber on the seat in the control room. The Doctor watched her from under his dark lashes. Perhaps he ought to pick her up and put her in her own bed, he thought. He'd done it before without waking her. When he was the man with blue eyes, he'd felt sort of...brotherly about it at first. At first.

Yes, he would definitely have to move her, he decided finally, still watching her silently. She had been asleep in the chair for three quarters of an hour and he wasn't sure that he could find her a chiropractor qualified to work on a human spine in this part of the universe. He started toward her quietly when she suddenly pursed her full lips and her eyelids twitched open. The Doctor quickly busied himself turning knobs and pulling levers, pretending that he hadn't been staring.

"Doctor?" Rose said, her voice husky with sleep.

"Ahem. Yes?" The Doctor said brightly. Too brightly, maybe? Bordering on squeaky? He didn't know. "Awake? Then you'd better take a look at this!" He swiveled the TARDIS monitor toward her.

"Hmm?" Rose stretched, blinked, and pulled herself onto her feet to look at the screen. "There's nothing there." She said.

"What?" The Doctor crowded behind her. "Of all the..." he muttered. He pushed a green button, pushed it again, waited a few seconds, then pushed it again. Shooting an embarrassed glance at Rose, who was now giggling, he gave the TARDIS console a discreet kick, then pushed the button again. The screen flickered to life. "Ah!" He said in satisfaction, grinning hugely. "So? What do you think?" He asked eagerly.

"It's very..." Rose looked quizzical and smiled tentatively at him. "pink?" She finished.

"You don't like it." The Doctor said, his large brown eyes showing disappointment.

"No, I like it!" Rose protested immediately. His face brightened again and she smiled up at him. "But what is it?"

The Doctor's grin spread and his eyes shown. "Our holiday!" He said. "Kratos Four. Lovely pink beaches, clear water, best food and music in the galaxy."

"A holiday?" Rose said, her own grin matching his now. "Sunglasses, fruity drinks, and dancing?"

"I said to myself, well, Rose would like a few days on the beach and the whole planet is golden sunshine and pink sand. Reminded me of you."

Rose blinked. The Doctor coughed, flustered at what he had just said, and turned away to fuss with some controls as he continued. "Well, I mean, why not anyway? They make the best banana daiquiris in the whole of space and time! Little parasols in 'em too."

Rose's lips twitched in a smile. "Well, if there are parasols, then obviously we've got to go."

The Doctor grinned down at her and raised his eyebrows in glee as he threw a lever and the TARDIS jerked into the time vortex with its customary whooping of gears, tossing both the Doctor and Rose to the floor, laughing.

The TARDIS landed with a heavy metallic thud and the Doctor bounced to his feet, reaching to scoop Rose off of the floor with both hands. She was still laughing as he pulled her to her feet and she skipped after him grinning as he immediately scampered for the door.

"Kratos Four!" The Doctor announced, gesturing to the door exuberantly. Rose flung the door wide open with a grin and then turned to the Doctor with an arrested expression. He was frowning.

"Doctor?" She said.

"One civil war." The Doctor muttered darkly to himself. "One civil war in all of Kratosian history and it's happening now. Of all times."

An explosion rocked the TARDIS and the Doctor quickly slammed the door shut, pressing his back against it. He met Rose's eyes. "Whoops." He said sheepishly. Rose grinned at him dotingly.

"Thick as a brick." She said, teasing him gently.

"Thass me. Thick-thick-thicky." The Doctor said agreeably. His eyes smiled down into hers. "Shall we try two hundred years in either direction?"

Another explosion sounded outside the blue box. Rose nodded, her eyes bright with excitement.

"Right! Good!" The Doctor bounded for the console again, wildly pushing, pulling, and turning anything within reach. "Charming, sunny holiday, here we come!"