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This is a continuation (Book #6) of the series that follows Chapter 28 of Starting Over by TheDoctorMulder. The Doctor duplicate (but don't call him that) and Rose continue their adventures of just living their very unique, everyday life with one another, family, children, friends and bodyguards. The Doctor has taken on the role as leader of several things, is it too much? Rose is learning to accept her life as the Bad Wolf/Rose. Sex, fluff, adventure.
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Chapter 1 – Return to Rose
About an hour later the rescue, The Doctor walked down the castle's hallway with a sleeping Tony Tyler in his arms. Tony Stark walked next to him. They walked close to the room where the Feast of Fallen was still underway. The party had gotten very loud and sounded on the verge of spinning out of control. Tony pat him on the shoulder. "I'm going back to the party. You?"
The Doctor shook his head. "Nah. I need to stay with him. It's late. I'll probably tuck the children in."
Tony nodded his head. "Alright. See you."
The turned to him as Tony walked away, "Hey, Tony."
He turned and walked backwards, "Yeah?"
"Thanks, man."
Tony smiled and pointed at him. "I've got your back. See you in the morning."
The Doctor smiled as he watched him rebutton his jacket and walk back down the hall towards the Feast.
Tony continued to sleep in the Doctor's arms. He rode the lift up to the floor where they were staying. When the doors opened, Talus greeted him. "Ah. Primus Doctor."
"Don't you ever sleep, Talus?" The Doctor asked him.
Talus shook his head. "Not much. Ma'am Rose was looking for you."
He stopped walking and looked at him. "How long ago?"
"Not long. She took the children to the room and asked me to have you join her if I saw you."
He nodded, "Right. Cheers. I'll go join her now."
Talus smiled and opened the door for him.
The Doctor entered the room. The lights were dimmed and it was quiet. He let his shields down and felt Genie was sleeping. Sam felt comfortable and warm.
'Rose?' he asked using their telepathic connection.
'Feeding Sam in the bedroom. He's almost asleep so try to be quiet.'
He walked into their bedroom. Rose had taken off her evening gown and put her on her silk gown and robe. She had let her hair down and washed the make-up off of her face. She sat in the chair feeding Sam. He was pulling his hair with his eyes closed.
She smiled as she saw him. 'Why does he pull his hair?'
He smiled, 'He's trying to keep himself awake. I think all babies do that.'
'Jack said you had a medical emergency. Is everything alright?'
He leaned down and kissed her as he held Tony. "It's better than it was."
She looked confused at him as he lay down on the bed with Tony. He groaned as he kicked off his shoes. 'My back is done for the night.' He groaned and kissed Tony's ginger hair.
'How long have you been carrying him?' She asked. 'He looks like he has a death grip on you.'
He smiled, 'He's not letting go for a while. And he doesn't have to.' He rubbed Tony's back as he slept.
Rose took the bottle out of Sam's mouth and rocked him. 'What has happened? You've been so shielded since you left the Feast.'
He sighed as he closed his eyes. 'Oh, Rose. I forget what a fool I can be. I seem to always hurt the ones closest to me. Maybe…. I don't know.'
Rose could feel his sorrow and anger. She took Sam over to the cot and tucked him in, then sat down next to the Doctor who lay back on the bed with Tony on his chest still. She rubbed his thigh.
"Baby. You're never going to be alone again. Talk to me."
He closed his eyes and shook his head. "Today has been very hard. I've never wanted to run so much in all of my lives."
She continued to rub his thigh. "But, you didn't. You're still here. You're alright."
"Yeah, but at what cost?"
She took his hand in hers and whispered. "What has happened? I can feel you are upset by it."
"Let me calm down a bit, and we'll talk about it."
Rose nodded her head. "Alright. Well, I haven't packed a thing. All of our stuff is just….everywhere. What time are we leaving in the morning?"
He rubbed Tony's back. "We're not leaving in the morning."
"We're not?"
"Nope." He popped.
He felt her shock. "Decided to stay another day?"
"I'm legally bound to remain. Summus has ordered it until the investigation is complete."
"Start talking Old Man. What sort of shit have you gotten into?"
He held hand tighter. "Everything is alright. Well, sortof. Summus sent the Hamlet back to Earth to get Pete. He'll be here, well, as soon as he can get here."
"He sent for Dad?"
He closed his eyes, and told her what had happened to Tony speaking only in her mind. She gasped and covered her mouth. She ran her hand across Tony's arm. She could see where the skin was pink from the deep cut the demon had made down his arm.
'The cut was an easy repair. I worry about how he will be when he wakes. He was completely unresponsive when we got him back on the ship. I had to mentally calm him down before he even knew where he was. Once he saw it was me, he grabbed my neck and hasn't let go since.'
Rose rubbed Tony's back.
'He's always been so scared of aliens and he manages to go and get snatched by some of the most frightening ones there are. Damn Jeclaonides. Stark called them demons.'
Rose's eyes became huge. "That's who had him?"
He nodded his head as he kissed Tony's ginger hair again.
She took a deep breath. "Oh wow. Where are they?"
"Summus, and his Andromedaen Army, have them. Summus informed me when I walked in here that they are going to notify the Queen in the morning, after the Feast, about what has happened. It is up to her what happens to the Jeclaonides."
Rose shook her head. "That's why you sent for Dad."
"If this had happened to Genie, or Sam, I would want to be told. I rang him as soon as Tony went to sleep and told him the ship was on its way to him. Ashena might have Pete decide. It is his right under their laws."
She put her hand on his thigh again. 'This is all so unbelievable. Did you push him to sleep?'
He looked up at her, "I know how you feel about that, but-"
"You did."
"It was necessary!"
She bit her lip as she considered him. "You're right. I agree."
"You do?"
She rolled her eyes. "I'm not an unreasonable person. He had been though something traumatic. He couldn't calm down on his own, you had to do it."
He looked confused at her. "You're not angry about that?"
"No. I am a bit cross as to why you didn't tell me this was going on. I could have helped."
He shook his head. "No. You were having a good time at the Feast. You need to have more fun-"
"Not when my brother has been kidnapped!"
"I was handling it. See! I got him back!"
She threw her hand up in annoyance as she realized. "Jack knew about this, didn't he?"
"Yes. He knew. His job was to keep you calm and at the Feast."
"Why? What are you not telling me?"
"Sweetheart, you don't need to get angry. Every time you get emotional, the Bad Wolf appears and takes over the most primitive instincts you have. If you had known these Jeclaonides had your brother, you would have probably imploded the ship or something. Then we would have to explain to the Andromedaens what happened."
"So, this is how it is. You're just going to go off and handle everything yourself and leave me in the dark."
He pointed at her, "No. That's not what this is."
"It is! First you said it was to protect me. Now, it's to protect what I might do."
"Rose, you can't control it right now. I've been warned not to let you get angry."
"By who?"
"The Bad Wolf. She's told me you feel that you can control it now, and …."
"She thinks I can't."
He dropped his head into the pillows behind him. "Maybe we should take her advice. She is you after all."
"She's not! I'm me!"
He held his hand out in an attempt to calm her down. "Shhhh….baby sleeping."
She glared at him. "This is such shit."
He took her hand, "Sweetheart-"
Tears welled up in her eyes. "I don't want to talk about this anymore."
He sighed, "Rose-"
"I need to go check on Genie." She jumped off of the bed and walked out of the room quickly.
He lay back and groaned. "Well, that went…..great. Good job, Doctor. Tony, you need to wake up refreshed to help me with this Tyler woman." He groaned. "I bet there is a reminder in my damn phone about all of this. I'm changing my title to Idiot. Charge the damn phone."
Tony continued to sleep on his chest, but he noticed he had eased up on his grip. He was able to slide him off of his chest and cover him up with the duvet. He held his hand on the side of his head and pushed him into a deeper sleep. Tony relaxed and took a deep breath. "You are safe. Try to rest."
He reached out to feel Rose's emotions. She was shielding them from him. Feeling defeated, he took off his jacket and tie and tossed them in the chair she had sat in with Sam. He looked into the cot at Sam who was sleeping on his side hugging the leg of his elephant. He sucked his fingers. The Doctor leaned down and smiled proudly at him. After watching him sleep for a few minutes, he kissed the side of the baby's head.
He stood up and stretched his back. He looked back at Tony and saw that he was sleeping peacefully. He took a deep breath and ran his hand through his hair. He mumbled. "Right. Not running."
He walked into the dark sitting room and saw Rose standing in front of the large window looking out at the canyon with her arms crossed. The lights from the windows, that seemed so tiny from this distance, dotted the canyon's walls. She was so shielded that he couldn't feel her at all. He could have went back into the bedroom and just laid down with Tony, pretended he hadn't came into the room. He put his hands on his hips and considered it. Then he dropped his head and thought, "I'm not running."
He quietly walked over to Rose and took her hand in his. She was crying silently. She didn't look up at him and instead wrapped her arms around him. He kissed her head and held her tightly. "I'm sorry, Rose. You're right. You are you. Not her. I shouldn't have said that. It was stupid. I don't see you as anyone else but Rose."
She cried as he continued to hold her. He lay his head on top of hers while she sobbed. He watched the stars twinkle in the night sky. He thought of the people who lived in those systems, and what they were doing during this time period. After 4 minutes and 19 seconds, Rose seemed to calm down. He reached over and grabbed a tissue from the table between the sofas and handed it her.
She whispered, "I'm sorry."
"Gosh, no. What do you have to be sorry about?" he asked as he wiped the tears from her face.
She took his hand and led him to the sofas to sit down. He put his arm around her and she laid her head on his shoulder. Her legs draped over his lap. He kissed her forehead. "I love sitting like this."
He could feel a weight in her chest that he had been shielding for days that mirrored his own.
He took a deep breath which seemed to help, "I'm so sorry, Rose. The last thing I want to do is to make you cry."
She shook her head. "I'm alright."
"You're not. Ugh. Rose. I. I think I need lessons about this sort of thing. I'm just an idiot. My mouth just….. blah."
She looked seriously at him. "Maybe you just need to learn when to shut up."
He bit his lip and nodded. "Maybe that's it. Rose. Please forgive what an idiot I am. I'm so sorry."
She sat up and took a deep breath. "These past few days have been hard. I have felt that from you, but also from myself. It's….. really brought some stuff up that I don't think I was ready to deal with yet."
"Me and you?"
"No. Just…. Some stuff. You know?" she asked him.
He looked confused. "No. Not really."
She groaned. "You know what? I cried last night here. I'm not going to cry anymore."
"Do you need to smack me? Punch me? Something like that?"
She laughed quietly as she wiped her tears. "No."
They sat and looked at one another for a few minutes. He tucked her hair behind her ear.
He nodded his head. "You know?" He started. Then he bit his lip and put his hand in her lap.
She smiled at him, "Know what?"
He shook his head. "Nope. I'm going to try to shut up. I think it might help."
She giggled at him. "In too deep?"
"Way over my head." He agreed.
She held his hand, "I hate to admit it, but I drank so much tonight. My head is still swimming a bit."
He kissed her hand. "After dealing with this, I'm completely sober."
"I know Clagl was a friend of yours. Him dying this way has reminded you of things you don't like to talk about."
He sighed, "I thought I was shielding that better than I must have been. Sorry about that."
She played with the buttons on his oxford. "This plague, it was the same one that your grandchildren lost their parents to. Wasn't it?"
He ran his hand through his hair. "Yes. It was."
"So, in this Dimension, they will survive." Rose pointed out.
He nodded his head and painfully sighed. "There's a war at the same time. A rebellion. Well. Daleks were involved in that. Maybe there won't be. Huh. David is probably here. Susan won't be. Alex won't be. But, the children they adopted probably are here on this side."
"We'll look in on them. Make sure they are alright. Try not to worry about them."
He smiled painfully. "That's not for, centuries."
She held his hand. "They are your family, and they are now mine. We'll see them."
He took a deep breath and shook his head. "I've been reminded so much of them these past few days. As soon as I realized that was the ship that started all of that, I asked myself why I never stopped that from happening in the Prime Dimension. The thought never entered my mind."
Rose threaded her fingers through his. "There had to be a reason."
"I was a fool. That was the reason. I was young and didn't think. The Time Lords then kept such a close eye on everything, it would have probably earned me a speech. Oh yes. Rassilon loved nothing more than to give you a good speech when you screwed up."
She smiled at him, "How often did you get one from him?"
"More often than I would care to remember. Or admit."
She giggled. "Oh, baby. I'm sorry I got so upset-"
"No, you have every right. I ….. ummm… was warned we would argue."
"From who? My Mum?" She teased.
He chuckled as he looked back her. "That was one who did warn me. She said you had such a strong personality that you would be sure to make your opinion heard. Which you should."
Rose smiled, "That doesn't sound like me-"
"Oh, hell. Sounds like the Rose I know. Wow."
She kissed his hand. "I don't want to argue with you. I have looked forward to this moment all day. I want to forget the last ten minutes. Can we do that?"
He looked confused at her. "Really? Are you certain? I mean, I'm fine with that, but… really?"
"They say the best part of fighting is the part where you make up."
He bit his lip and looked at her. "Ummm. We have children, damaged child in one case. We'll have to do that la-"
She crashed her lips into his. He didn't protest and held her tightly. They enjoyed a lovely, snog on the sofa. He could feel that she was still a bit light headed from the wine served at the Feast. She ran her hands through his hair, sending it in every direction. She climbed back on his lap, straddling his waist as she had done earlier that day.
She put her finger over his lips. "Do you think you could be quiet? We could do his without making a sound."
He raised his eyebrows at her. "Are you serious? How drunk are you? Genie is in that room, and Tony is -."
She leaned down and caught his lips again with hers. His hands found their way up her chest, cupping her breasts through her robe and gown. She whispered, "There's no knickers."
He groaned under her kiss. "Intoxicated woman. Oh wow."
"I'm not that bad." She whispered to him.
He shook his head, "I don't know about this. You should be proper pissed. Are you just postponing shouting at me?"
She kissed the end of his nose and whispered, "Maybe."
"I can accept that." He smiled back at her.
She held his oxford shirt tightly in her fists and began to snog him again. She felt his hands under her gown find her bum. She giggled as he unbuttoned his trousers and pushed down his pants. She rose up and put him inside of her. He groaned as she began to move on him. She put her finger on his lips and whispered, "Don't make a sound."
He held her tightly under her gown as she sat down on him, driving him deep inside of her. He took a deep breath and almost cried out. She muffled his moans with her kiss.
She giggled and whispered, "You are so noisy. You need to be quiet."
He groaned again and smiled under her kiss.
They could feel one another's satisfaction. She started to moan as she moved on him. He cupped her face to kiss her. "Shhh…." He told her and kissed her again.
She sat up and he slipped out of her.
"What?" He asked.
She smiled as she laid her head in his lap and took him in her mouth. He covered his face with his hands. "Rose." He whispered.
'Get a cushion then.'
He took a cushion off of the sofa and held it to his face. Rose rolled her eyes as she heard him breathing deeply into the pillow. He spoke in her head. 'I'm not going to last much longer.'
'Then don't.'
When he had finished, she sat back on his waist and kissed him. He ran his hands up and down her back. He whispered, "Rose. You are amazing. I don't deserve you."
She rubbed her nose to his. "I love you more than anyone can. I'm still annoyed about what happened tonight. But…."
He closed his eyes, "This entire thing is just odd. I'm not complaining."
She whispered, "I'm trying to listen to a voice in my head. It's telling me something extremely interesting at the moment."
He looked concerned. "It's not, 'Punch the Doctor', is it?"
She smiled, "No. It's, 'Charge your damn phone.' Does that make any sense?"
He nodded his head. "Yes. I have a feeling this entire thing would have been prevented. I'm sure I sent myself a damn reminder for this shit."
"So, it's not a fixed point?"
He laid his head on the back of the sofa and thought. "Maybe I didn't. It is a fixed point. Why are fixed points always bad stuff? Have you noticed that yet?"
"Not all of them. I know very little about it, but that I know."
"Ugh." He complained. She kissed him again. "How are your feet? Aching from those heels?"
"I'm fine."
"Do you need me to massage them? Anything like that?"
She smiled. "I'm not cross with you."
He narrowed his eyes at her. "This is just strange. I'd feel better if you were."
She teased him. "Sleep in fear, Time Lord."
"I'm serious, Rose. Can you just…. Shout at me, or something?"
"Ugh. You."
He chuckled, "Rose. I love you. Have I told that today?"
She kissed him and he held her bum tightly again.
She rose up and looked in his eyes. He thought he saw the glimmer of a yellow flash in them. He caressed her cheek as he lost himself in the sea of brown and green.
She whispered, "You feel tired."
"I feel satisfied. You feel light headed and gitty. How much wine did you have?"
She smiled and rubbed his chest. "It was a party."
He bopped her on the end of the nose with his finger. "That it was! From the sound of it, Clagl would be very proud."
She giggled, "We need to get to sleep. Tony will need us both tomorrow."
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