Damn plot bunnies… well here we go again ha ha ha. First Doctor Who story but not the first story I've written. I will try to keep up with this one but no promises… well here we go :)

Disclaimer: I do not own Doctor Who. If I did I would be married to 9, 10, and 11 and I don't believe in multiple marriages… so that's saying a lot.

Background: So Rose didn't get sucked into the void or into Pete's world. Now let's see where this takes us shall we?

Rose felt her hands slipping from the lever. She heard the deafening roar of the Void. She heard her heart beating a billion times a minute. But most of all she heard him calling her. The Doctor. Her Doctor. He pleaded with her to hold on, "ROSE! Please, Rose, hold on! Hold on for me, just a few more seconds! Please. Please."

She looked at him and he looked back. Many tears streamed down his face, Rose was sure she looked the same. His tears were for the fear of losing her, for the times they had together and the times they might never have. Her tears were for the fear of leaving the Doctor alone and the pain of the Void sucking her in.

As the noise around them increased, the pull became more intense, Rose slipped even more. There was one last whoosh of noise and the room fell silent. She wasn't sure if she had been sucked into the Void or if she was dead. Everything was so silent and she felt herself fall to the floor.

The Doctor heard the final whoosh and knew the Void was closed. He let go of the handle and fell to the ground. But just as quickly as he fell he stood back up and ran to Rose. His Rose. His brilliant, magnificent, beautiful Rose. She lay there on the floor, completely still. He gathered her in his arms and looked at her beautiful, tear stained face.

"Oh Rose, my beautiful Rose."

"Doctor?" Had he just said MY Rose? Nah, she thought. Impossible.

But before she could begin to process the thought any more he leaned down and kissed her. Really kissed her. Not just an, I like you but you're my best friend, kiss. But an, I love you and I'm never, EVER letting you go kind of kiss. Rose felt her toes curl and tingles roam over her entire being. But the tingles could just be adrenaline.

He didn't really think about it before he did it. It just kind of happened. He leaned down and captured her lips with his. There was no going back now. This was it. He knew what had to be done and that it had to be done immediately. "Rose-" He said pulling away.

"Yeah?" She said, slightly breathless. And don't think he didn't notice the hurt look on her face when he pulled away.

"Rose Tyler, you are the most brilliant creature on this whole damn planet. Not counting myself that is." She thought that my have been a compliment but with the Doctor you never know. "I have something I need to tell you but I don't know how you are going to react." Was he… nervous? Was this really happening? "Rose Tyler- I, I love you." She sat, unresponsive, mouth slightly opened. "If you don't, I don't know, reciprocate the feeling it's fine. I can just forget. I'm good at forgetting." He must have thought her silence was one of rejection, not one of shock.

"Doctor-" his eyes traveled to the floor. "Doctor look at me!" His eyes flashed up at her and he held them there. "I love you too, you daft old man." Her smile was blinding. And the even more amazing thing was that his smile was just as wide and bright as hers. "Doctor?"

"Hmm?" He was lost in her eyes.

"Not that I want to ruin the mood or anything but, can we go home?" Home? Home? She just called his TARDIS home. His smile broke out again.

"Let's go." He stood up and reached a hand out to her. She took it, just like she had a million times before. But this time was different. This time they both knew what they meant to each other.

As she stood up Rose began to feel a tad dizzy and disoriented. "Doctor?" her eyes went out of focus and she began feeling nauseous.

"Rose? What's wrong? Rose?" His worried voice crept through her symptoms.

"I don't feel well. Something's not right." And with that she passed out in his arms.

"No Rose wake up! Wake up! Please Rose!" He heard the faint whoosh of the TARDIS as she materialized in the room and as soon as she had fully formed the door swung open. "Thank you, old girl."

He gathered his love in his arms and carried her as quickly as he could into the Infirmary of his beloved home. He gently laid her on the table and began to run test after test on her. Eventually it came down to the fact that she was human and her body was having a hard time coping with the force that the Void had put onto her small, fragile body.

He didn't know how long he had been sitting there, waiting for her to awake. All he knew was that the TARDIS was just floating around in the Time Vortex and that with every passing hour Rose's vital signs looked better and better. His right hand rubbed the back of her hand, but somehow traveled onto her stomach. He drew the Gallifreyan word for love and the word for rose, along with many other patterns onto the fabric covering her stomach.

Rose didn't know what was going on or where she even was. The last thing she remembered was sitting on the floor with the Doctor. He had told her he loved her. She sighed, that had been a pleasant dream but unfortunately her love was not returned and she knew it. She opened her eyes slightly, expecting the bright florescent lights of the Void Room. But instead she was greeted with a warm blue glow, seemingly coming from nowhere and everywhere. She looked around the room and she knew she was on the TARDIS in the infirmary. But what she didn't know was what the pressure on her stomach or what the slight dip in the bed was.

She moved her head slowly, as if to ward off any headache that might come with the movement. The first thing she saw was the manly hand resting gently on her stomach, almost as if it had been caressing it or drawing shapes on her stomach. When she moved her head a little more to the right she saw the strangest, most adorable thing in the entire universe. She saw her Doctor asleep, his head carefully resting on the edge of the bed. The only thing that would have made the moment better would be if her dream had been real. If he had really said that he loved her.

She sighed and closed her eyes. "Dumb dreams. Always getting my hopes up." She muttered to herself. But unbeknownst to her, the slight muttering brought the sleeping Doctor out of his shallow slumber. He was about to ask what she meant by "always getting her hopes up" but she continued to mutter to herself before he could ask. "Why would an amazingly, brilliant man like him ever want a dumb, human ape like me?" A tear slid down her face, but the Doctor was too stunned to move or think. Did she really think that he couldn't love her? "I'm so insignificant." That was the end of what the Doctor could listen to.

He moved silently and leaned into her and kissed her soundly and then pulled away much sooner than he wanted to. "Never, ever let me hear you speak that way again Rose Tyler. You are the most important thing in the entire universe, in fact the most important thing in any of the universes. And I love you." And he captured her lips once more.

To be continued…

Well so how was it? I'm dying to know what you all thought of it! I will continue when I can! Lots of Love~ KT

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