Title: Birthday Surprise: Rose

Pairings: 10th Doctor/Rose

A/N: the doctor gets a little birthday surprise from Rose. (weirdly enough, I came up with this idea while I was eating cheese balls. YUM! )

1. ROSE

The Doctor sat in the TARDIS's pub, drinking the night away. He was doing that because today was day that he hated among all others, it was his birthday. This day was his yearly hangover. It reminded him how many years of torture he had been through and how many lives each year had been lost, him unable to help them. The Doctor let his face fall into his hands and felt his emotions take hold of him. Sobbing into his hands, he hadn't noticed the young woman enter the room.

"Doctor, are you OK?" the young woman sat next to him and put a comforting hand on his shoulder.

"Yes I'm fine," He lied, trying to control his tears and wiping away the ones that had slipped past him. He looked up at the woman, his Rose. With her big brown eyes and soft blonde hair, she looked appositely gorgeous. But of course he didn't say that out loud.

"No you're not, Doctor," She shook her head, "just look at you, you're a wreck."

He sighed and nodded slowly. She was right, he needed to get control of himself.

"What's wrong Doctor?" Rose whispered then exclaimed, throwing her hands in the air, "I mean, what can be wrong, it's your birthday,"

"You don't know the half of it my dear Rose," the Doctor murmured.

Rose sighed and leaned closer to the Doctor.

"I got you a present that might cheer you up," She whispered.

"Really what-" He turned towards her and got stuck in mid-sentence when Rose kissed him. She rapped her arms around his neck, pulling him closer and was now practically sitting on his lap. After a few long minutes, when she pulled away to take a breath, he took her face in his hands and chuckled, "I never thought that that would ever happen, I mean I've dreamed about it happening-not that I actually dream, more like day dream, but..." he trailed off and Rose signaled him to shut up, placing a single finger over his lips.

"It's your birthday Doctor, anything could happen," She whispered and they both smiled.