A/N : Jack visited Rose when she was growing up. He never said hello, but he by no means went unnoticed.

R&R no flames please.:D

Disclaimer: I don't own Doctor Who, and the idea belongs to the fabulous Russel T Davies.

"Mum? Where are ya?" Rose Tyler wandered into the living room. She dumped her heavy school bag onto the sofa, and walked into the kitchen.

She couldn't see her mum anywhere. She sighed. She was always alone after school.

She walked back to her bag, and scrabbled around until she found a scrappy bit of paper. She searched for a pen, then wrote her mother a note:

Mum, Ive gone to Shareens. I'll b bac soon. Luv, Rose.

Her nine year old handwriting was barely legible, but she hoped her mother would be able to make out the bare minimum. She ran into her room and shoved on a pair of jeans and an old Adidas hoody. Maybe she'd go see Mickey after she'd been to Shareen's. He'd had a bad day at school, Jimmy Stone had been picking on him all through science.

She slipped her feet into her tiny trainers, and unbolted the door. he ran down the stairs, and ran through the main square of the estate. She kept running until she reached Shareen's block of flats. She paused at the base of the stairs to catch her breath, doubling over with the effort. She straightened up, and looked around the estate for a moment, trying to see if Mickey or Jimmy were around.

Across from her, she could see a man staring at her. She looked over her shoulder to see if he could be looking at anyone else. No one was behind her. She stared at him for a moment, and he looked down. She shivered, and ran up the stairs, not stopping until she reached the door of Shareen's flat.

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Jack breathed heavily. That small blonde girl could only have been one person. Rose Tyler. He'd hesitated for so long, and finally he had taken the decision to find her. She was so small, she could only have been eight or nine. Yet she was alone, alone in this concrete hell with no one to protect her. But then again, that was so Rose Tyler.

A/N: Just a short first chapter, more of a prologue than anything else. Don't forget to review! XD