My body is shaking. I can feel the wind on my back. The daleks are screaming exterminate while the cybermen are trying to upgrade me. I hear the doctor yelling at me to leave him. I won't go. I will stay, and I do. Then I see a dalek out of the corner of my eye; I turn only to be grabbed by a cyberman. I can't breathe anymore. This is it; I'm going to die. The blue eye of the dalek can see right through me, the cold metal of the cyberman on my shoulder, and my very own fear paralyzes me. The only thing I can do is scream.
The sound of my own voice wakes me from my slumber. I bolt upright and open my eyes. I am in my bed on the TARDIS. The next thing I notice is the sound of someone running down the TARDIS corridor. The doctor throws open my door "Rose what's wrong" he pants clearly out of breath, "why are you crying? I'm right here love, its all okay." I look at his face full of concern and a pain. I try to explain to him that I'm fine, and it was just a dream, but the longer I stammer the more concern is etched on his face. I know he isn't going to leave me like this so I surrender and whisper two words, "Canary Warf."
That was all it took for him to close the distance between himself and me. Before I know it I'm in his arms and crying harder than I have ever done before. I have no idea how long I sat there with his arms around me. When I finally pulled away, I expected him to see relief, but instead I saw his tear stained face. "Doctor, what's wrong?" I ask him. He just looks at me and shakes his head. "Doctor please tell me," I beg. He is quite for a while and just when I start to give up hope he says, "I thought I lost you. Twice I thought I lost you." It was my turn to be there for him. I wrapped my arms around him and he held my face. I leaned into his touch. Closing my eyes I whisper, "I love you doctor," only to hear "I love you too my Rose," in return. Before I even register what the doctor said, his lips are on mine. My mind freezes like a teenage girl's during her first kiss. Eventually my instincts kick in and I'm kissing him back as if my life depended on it. When the Doctor pulled away I felt as though my whole world was spinning again. The doctor didn't say anything as he pulled me onto my bed and lay down beside me.
Waking up the next morning I stretched out only to smack something that grunted in response. I rolled over to find the Doctor smiling at me. I found myself smiling in response as the memories rush back to me. I feel myself start to blush as I remember the kiss. The doctor seeming to read my mind chuckled and kissed me again. When he pulled away he took my hand and saying, "Come on, the universe is waiting." As we ran to the console room I saw the rest of my life and I knew no matter what, I would be okay.