Nine Events

that led to Nine loving Rose

by a hopeless Nine/Rose fan :)

(Not the events that proved Nine loved Rose, but the nine events that brought him closer and closer to falling in love)

1. Rose

All was lost. All hope was gone. Here he was, restrained by the Nestene consciousness's plastic henchmen, the world about to be overrun by the mannequins, and Rose and Mickey watching desperately behind him. He should've been stronger!

He had defeated many creatures greater than this, but here he was, helpless. He had ended the Time War for goodness sake! Everything was lost now, the Nestene would most likely kill him, and then the rest of the human race.

And he had dragged Rose into this, such a sweet, innocent girl. He gazed up at her, letting his eyes tell her how sorry he was. He had only known her for a few short hours, but already he felt responsible for her safety. He knew all was lost now.

All of a sudden he saw a small figure swinging on a chain. He thought he was going mad, until he saw it was Rose. She propelled herself into the plastic men, causing them to release their hold on the Doctor and fall into the consciousness. He laughed. This Rose was something else. She was brave and courageous, unlike her "boyfriend" huddled up against the TARDIS.

"Rose!" The Doctor shouted as he caught her swinging towards him. He held her in her arms, nearly giddy with relief and pride. They both looked down at the dying Nestene, knowing everything would turn out alright. He was still amazed at how one so small could be so strong.

He knew right then that she would be a worthy companion.

2. The End of the World

"My planet's gone. Dead. They burned like the earth, just rocks and dust." His steely ice blue eyes shone like the calm after a storm. "Before it's time."

"What happened?" Rose's eyes searched his face sorrowfully.

"There was a war, and we lost."

"A war with who?" Her question was left unanswered. She cleared her throat. "What about your people?"

"I'm a Time Lord. The last of the Time Lords." He had no idea why he was telling her all this. He hadn't told anyone about the war or the choices he had made. But somehow telling Rose just felt right. She was helping him open up.

"They're all gone. I'm the only survivor. I'm left traveling on my own because there's no one else." He remembered those haunting nights of loneliness, the suffocating depression surrounding his entire soul. He felt himself starting to fall into that bottomless pit again when he heard a sweet voice break through.

"There's me." He snapped out of his inward spiraling descent. He tried to smile, but was unable to. She had almost died, twice, back on Platform One.

"You've seen how dangerous it is. Want to go home?" He hoped with all his hearts that she would say no. She started to shake her head.

"I don't know, I want. . ." To the Doctor's surprise, she sniffed and turned her head.

"Do you smell chips?" He looked around, relieved.

"Yeah." He chuckled. "Yeah."

"I want chips." She gave him a longing and hungry look.

"Me too." He hadn't felt this content since before the Time War.

"Alright, before you get me back in that box, chips it is and you can pay." The Doctor felt like rejoicing, She had just given him his answer: she was never leaving him.

"No money." He gestured towards his pockets.

"What sort of date are you?" She sighed, smiling. "Come on then, tightwad, chips are on me." She laughed. "Only got five billion years until the shops close." She gave him a special smile, one with her tongue sticking out between her teeth that made the Doctor's heart leap. His smile grew bigger with hers.

When she leaned up against his shoulder as they walked towards the shops, he realized how amazing this young woman was. Never had someone been able to lift him out of his depression from the War. Rose had turned his mind onto happier things.

She was changing him from the bitter man he had become into something so much more.

3. The Unquiet Dead

The life of a servant girl, or the whole race of the Gelth. Both were at risk. Gwyneth said she was willing to be the gateway for the Gelth, but Rose vehemently voiced her displeasure on the matter.

The Doctor at first was confused. Nothing should go wrong, if the Gelth were telling the truth. Gwyneth would be able to help save an entire race from extinction. Why would Rose be so against that?

But after the Gelth had revealed their true intentions, The Doctor finally understood. Rose cared about every living being, from nearly-immortal aliens, to lowly servant girls. She had somehow sensed Gwyneth's life would be at risk.

As he looked into Gwyneth's dead eyes in the morgue, he wished he had listened to Rose. He was so sorry. Sorry he hadn't listened, sorry he had nearly put the whole human race in danger, sorry he had condemned an innocent woman to death. As the building exploded his guilt grew. But Rose understood.

"She saved the world, a servant girl, and no one will ever know." But they would know. What Gwyneth did would be remembered by Rose, the Doctor, and Charles Dickens, for the rest of their lives. Her actions would never be forgotten.

As the three of them walked in silence, their feet making soft crunching noises in the snow, the Doctor once again realized how special Rose was. She was full of unspeakable compassion and kindness to every being, stranger or not. It just confirmed his speculation that Rose was deemed for something special, something important, something much more fantastic than normal humans were ordinarily destined for.

Rose Tyler was destined for greatness.

Okay, I'm not trying to push that Rose is really great and all, even though she is, my point I'm trying to make is that The Doctor needs to realize how special she is before he can love her, and she is destined for greatness, with the Bad Wolf, but it just came out a little stronger than I was aiming for. I hope you understand! Please tell me your favorite event so far(mine is #2). Events 4-6 coming soon! :)