Hello! I've written a new story (eveyone run!). A big thanks to my beta, QueenBoris and a big thanks to everyone who reveiws. Go, press that little purple button, you know you want to!

Disclaimer: I don't own doctor who.

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Rose was laughing so hard she almost fell off the chair she was sitting on.

"And then he snogged you!" the Doctor laughed, as Rose leant on his shoulder, gasping for breath.

"That was horrible!" she said, still laughing, as they both reminisced about their last adventure. One man who was a little too drunk had tried to get a little too close to Rose. He probably still had a massive red handprint on his cheek from where she'd slapped him. Now that they looked back at it, it was actually rather funny.

"He was really going for it…" the Doctor said thoughtfully, before bursting out in laughter again. Rose looked up at him, a playful smile on her face.

"You were jealous," she said slyly. He stopped laughing and looked down at her.

"No I wasn't," he said simply.

"You so were," she replied, sitting up and nudging him slightly. She dearly wished he had been.

"I wasn't jealous, Rose."

"Don't lie to me. I could see it. You were jealous."

"No I wasn't!"

"Jealous! Jealous! Jealous!"

"Rose, I'm telling you, I wasn't jealous." Rose laughed and looked down at her hands, then leaned back in the seat. "If I was jealous of that wouldn't I be glowing green every time I see Mickey?" Rose laughed.

"Yea, I guess." She grinned at him, "Ok! I believe you weren't jealous." The Doctor smiled and leaned back. He could be an excellent liar when he wanted to be.

Suddenly the TARDIS gave a sickening lurch, and the Doctor jumped up and ran to the consol. Symbols flashed across the screen as Rose stumbled up beside him. "What's happening!" she yelled over the alarm that was now going off.

"Time ripple!" he yelled, frantically pressing buttons on the consol.

"What's a time ripple?"

"A disturbance in time, exactly the sort of thing the Time Lords usually fix. But now the Time Lords are gone…" he trailed off as he ran to the other side of the consol, and grabbed a lever. "Hold on tight!" he yelled, as he slammed the lever down.

Rose was thrown across the room, and grabbed onto the railing, holding on for dear life. The Doctor was leaping around the consol, pressing buttons, switching dials, pulling levers, jumping around like a madman. The TARDIS rocked and swayed, the engines groaning and struggling. "Come on!" the Doctor shouted, jumping around the consol, "Come on!" he reached round one side and hit a button, while reaching round the other side with his leg and kicking a lever up. The TARDIS suddenly shook, knocking both Rose and the Doctor off their feet. Rose held onto the railing, sitting on the floor, while the Doctor jumped up and frantically ran around the consol, using seemingly random controls. The TARDIS shook again, and there was the inexplicable feeling that they were falling. Sparks started to fly from the consol, but the Doctor didn't care. The sound of the engines struggling and the alarm all rang so loudly in Rose's ears, and she felt as if she was being deafened. The TARDIS lunged another time, and Rose could have sworn it sounded like it was going to fall apart. The Doctor, who was mentally cursing whoever decided to give Time Lords only two arms, flung himself onto the consol, clung onto the centre column and swung around it, switching a row of dials, then swung his leg up and kicked the lever that he had previously kicked up down, and reached out with one hand and hit another button, and the TARDIS suddenly stopped with a sickening thud.

Rose and the Doctor were silent, both gasping for breath, the Doctor more so than Rose. He looked around with wide eyes, his mouth hanging open. Smoke was coming from the consol, and the odd spark appearing here and there. He looked down at Rose after what seemed like an eternity of silence.

"You ok?" he asked, looking concerned at her sat on the floor.

"Yea, fine thanks," she replied, letting go of the railings, "that was… pretty spectacular," she said, laughing slightly, the image of the Doctor spinning round the central column still playing over in her mind.

"Thanks," he said, and looked at himself still sprawled over the consol. He slid of, and walked unsteadily up to her. "TARDISs were designed to be piloted by six Time Lords, you know." He held out his hand and she took it, and he pulled her up. He held her steady for a second, arms around her waist. "You sure you ok?" he asked; she looked rather dazed.

"You, fine, just hit my head on the railing, its nothing. Really," He let her go, and she lifted her hand to her forehead, rubbing it.

"Aww, poor Rose, I guess I'll just have to kiss it better then, won't I?" he cooed, taking her head in his hands and pressing a kiss to her forehead. He smiled at her, then walked over to the screen on the consol. Rose grinned.

"Jealous," she muttered, and walked up to him. "So, where are we?" she asked, looking over his shoulder.

"I don't believe it," he whispered, staring at the screen.

"What?"

"I followed the time ripple to where it originated." He shook his head. "You will never ever ever guess where it was." He looked at her. She looked at him questioningly, before she realised.

"You are kidding me," she said, ready to burst out laughing if they were where she thought they were.

"I'm not kidding you."

"We're in London, aren't we?" she knew that look on his face. It was the one he always gave her when she asked to go back and see her mum.

"Yea, in the year 2006." He pressed another button to confirm their position, and sighed. "Can't anything ever happen on any planet other than earth?" Rose laughed, and headed towards the door.

"C'mon," she said, "Let's go see my mum." She stepped outside, and the Doctor followed her out.

He stood next to her, and looked around. "Ok," she said, "So we're on the other side of London. Oh well." She looked up at the Doctor, who was looking around apprehensively. "What's the matter?"

"I can feel it. The time ripple." He shivered. "Haven't felt one of these for ages."

"Well then, let's investigate."

"Yea, I agree. Um…" he looked around, then pointed down a road, "That way."

"How do you know?" Roes asked, following him.

"I told you, I can feel it."

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They'd been walking for 10 minutes, and so far hadn't found anything.

"Um, Doctor, are you sure you know where you're going?" Rose asked.

"Yes, of course I know." He stopped, and folded his arms, annoyed. "The TARDIS parked quite far away from it, though. And as far as I can tell, we're nowhere near it." He made an odd grunting noise.

"Can't we just go back to the TARDIS and get it to land slightly more accurately?" The Doctor sucked in through his teeth.

"Better not, she needs a rest. That last journey didn't exactly do wonders for her." There was an awkward silence, until a bus drove down the road past them.

"Public transport it is, then," said Rose, and grabbed the Doctor's hand as they ran to the bus stop in front of them.

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The Doctor hated public transport. In fact, hated didn't seem to do it justice. He loathed it. Despised it. And had made sure to let Rose know about this.

"Why do you hate public transport so much, anyway?" she asked.

"It's just so… domestic." He looked around at the people that were jammed on the bus. Rose and the Doctor had got the last seat. The Doctor was sitting at the window, staring out of it. Rose was pushed right up against him, as a particularly inconsiderate old man had insisted on sitting next to her. Thankfully, he wasn't trying to make conversation. Rose moved further towards the Doctor, trying to get further away from the old man.

"So, are we getting closer?" Rose asked.

"Yea, getting closer. Still need to keep going though. Lucky this bus is going in the right direction."

"Yea," they said nothing, as the bus came to a stop and a few people got off, followed by more people getting on. The bus started going again. "So, what exactly is a time ripple?" The Doctor turned round to look at her, shifting in his seat.

"It's a disturbance in time, happens naturally, rather than someone messing with time. Usually involves something getting transported from one time to another, or a thing being transported, or someone brought back to life, or in some cases someone disappearing altogether." He looked at her, with a grin on his face. "Let's hope your mum disappeared, shall we?" he laughed. Rose punched him playfully on the shoulder.

"If anyone's gone disappearing, we can find 'em, right? Or if someone's been transported we can take 'em back?"

"Depends. If someone has been transported then yea, we can take them back. But if someone's disappeared, we'll have to wait until another time ripple when they get brought back into reality again. It'll only be a fraction of a second for them, but it could take centuries in the real universe." He sighed and ran his hand through his hair. "It's weird, though. It doesn't feel the same as last time. Last time someone had been transported 1,000 years into the past and onto another planet. The Time Lords managed to get the poor guy back to his own time relatively easily. That's the only time ripple that's happened while I've been alive. I wasn't sent to help him, but I could still feel it. All Time Lords can always feel time ripples. But this one's… different. There's something else, behind the ripple. I can feel it, but I don't know what it is. The time ripple's too strong."

"What do you think it could be?"

"Don't know. No idea. Guess we're just going to have to wait and see." Rose nodded. "We're about a month after the time ripple actually happened here, so keep an eye out for missing posters or whatever." Roes nodded again, and they sat in silence for a while. Another bus stop, more people off more people on.

"You said it could bring people back to life," she said quietly. He looked at her. "Do you think it could bring my dad back?" He smiled slightly, and shook his head.

"Doubt it. If it is that, it could have brought back anyone from the whole of time and space. The chances that it's going to be anyone we know are… well, slim to say the least." He smiled at her warmly, trying to comfort her as the disappointment was clear on her face. He put his hand on top of hers, and gave it a squeeze.

The bus came to a stop again, and people started getting off.

"Oh, better get off here," said the Doctor, standing up. Rose stood up after him, and they squeezed past the man who was now rather happy to have the seat to himself, and walked out of the bus, still hand in hand.

The Doctor looked around eagerly as the bus drove away behind them. "Right," he said, "this way," he started running off, Rose running after him.

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Running through a shopping centre, hand in hand, they were getting some rather funny looks.

"Yes!" the Doctor shouted, "We're so close," they weaved through some unsuspecting shoppers, knocking a fair few of them over. They ran round another corner, straight into someone. It wasn't the first time they'd run into someone, and before the Doctor had run on with a hurried sorry, but he couldn't run on this time.

"Doctor! Rose!" Jackie gasped, not believing her eyes.

"Mum!" Rose said, pulling her into a hug.

"Oh god…" muttered the Doctor, putting his head in his hands.

"I didn't know you were coming home!" said Jackie, in that high-pitched voice that only she could muster, "why didn't you tell me you were coming back?"

"I didn't know we were coming back, I mean, the TARDIS just sort of crashed here, and the Doctor's looking for something…" she trailed off as the Doctor was jumping on the spot, looking extremely impatient.

"Yes! And I'm still looking for it! Can we go now please?" He pointed behind him with his thumb, almost looking like a 5 year old needing the toilet.

"Yea, just coming," Roes looked back at her mother, "mum, listen I need to go but I'll see you back in the flat later, alright?"

"Um, ok," Jackie looked a little disappointed, but understood. She looked back at the Doctor, who seemed to be staring into space, no longer looking like he desperately needed the toilet. "So what are you looking for? 'Cause if there's some sort of alien invasion I think I'll stay as far away from you as I can thanks…"

"No mum, really it's ok it's not an alien invasion, is it Doctor?" she looked at the Doctor for a reply, but he said nothing. "Doctor?" she walked in front of him, concerned.

"It's coming this way," he whispered, "I know what it is. But it cant be…" he trailed off, looked down at Rose, then back up again, more focused this time. "Come on," he walked forward, a mixture of confusion, curiosity and hope on his face. Rose looked at Jackie, and they both followed him.

Suddenly he broke out into a run, once again weaving through people, as Rose and Jackie struggled to keep up with him. He ran round a corner… then stopped. Rose and Jackie stopped behind him. There was an open space in front of them, not as crowded as where they had been. Most people seemed to just be getting on with their shopping, or sitting on a bench or whatever. But one person stood in the middle, staring at them. She looked to be a young woman, with short hair and sticking features, dark eyes and dark hair. She was staring at the Doctor, completely stunned. And the Doctor was staring at her.

Slowly, carefully, he walked forward, his mouth opening and closing like a fish. Finally he managed to find his voice.

"…Susan?" he whispered, as if daring to say it. 'Who the hell is Susan?' thought Rose.

"Who… who are you?" she asked, walking forward herself. A smile started to play on the Doctor's face, as if he wanted to smile but didn't want to in case this wasn't actually happening.

"It's me," he said in a hushed tone, "it's the Doctor." Her eyes widened as realisation dawned on her. Realisation, and happiness. She smiled from ear to ear, hardly believe what this man in front of her was saying.

"Grandfather!" she shouted, suddenly running towards him, arms out. He ran to her, a massive grin on his face. He wrapped his arms round her, and she wrapped hers around his neck, and he lifted her up and spun her round, not daring to let go.

Rose and Jackie looked on, confusion etched on their faces. Not only were Rose and Jackie watching them; they'd gained quite an audience. Perhaps the thing that grabbed the people's attention most was a young woman shouting 'grandfather!' at a man who couldn't be over 40.

The Doctor placed her on the ground, and she rested her head against his chest, and he rested his on her head.

Rose and Jackie looked at each other, both as confused as the other one. Who was Susan?