The Doctor was NOT asleep. The Doctor didn't EVER sleep.
Well... hardly ever. He was startled into consciousness from the sound of a familiar voice shouting "AHA!"
He opened his eyes to see Rose standing and laughing next to the TARDIS doors, pointing at him.
"What?" he said as he stood up. He realized that he had been sitting on the floor with his head against part of the console. He must've drifted off while tinkering with part of the TARDIS...
"You DO TOO sleep!" Rose said. "You SWORE you never sleep, but..." She stifled another laugh, "You're just as bad as mum!"
"What? Nah. I DON'T sleep," he waived his hand dismissively. "Plus your mum isn't that bad. No, really! I've never seen her even taking a nap! Well... Before noon..." He tried not to chuckle, realizing the hilarity of what he'd just said. "When did you get here, I didn't even hear you come in?"
Rose grinned, then blushed. "I, um... Just got here." The Doctor looked her in the eyes and she diverted hers. Something told him that that wasn't quite accurate, and with that thought, he started to worry about what he looked like asleep. Did he snore? Did he drool in his sleep?!
"So," Rose said, "where are you gonna take me? You've been really... Secretive about it." She raised an eyebrow.
The Doctor smiled brightly "Oh, I've been planning this trip for quite a while..." He eyed Rose. "How about we... Start at the beginning?"
Rose looked at him quizzically as he began flipping levers and pressing various buttons on the TARDIS console.
"I thought," the Doctor said, "of that time when we saw the end of the world... " he trailed off.
"Yeah?" Rose asked.
The Doctor grinned even wider. "I thought now, I'd show you... The very beginning."
Rose's eyes widened. The Doctor waived his hand at the windows of the TARDIS doors. Rose went over to the window. She gasped.
"The very BEGINNING of the universe. All of them actually," he said as he joined her at the window.
Through the TARDIS windows was a sight to behold. Stars forming and burning into existence, newly formed planets just starting their very first orbit around the young star that would soon come to be known as the Sun.
"Woah" breathed Rose.
"And this is only ONE UNIVERSE!" exclaimed the Doctor as he ran back to the console. "There are THOUSANDS more! This is before the human race even existed. Even the Silurians! In fact..." He glanced toward the window, "This is the time JUST before any life in the galaxy. And I believe," he smiled wider, turning a switch, "before any life in MOST ALL galaxies."
"Oh my god" whispered Rose. She turned around and ran over to the doctor and tackled him in a swinging hug. "It's BEAUTIFUL!" She hugged him harder, then ran back to the window.
The Doctor hearts were buzzing with happiness, his smile as wide as it could be. He loved traveling with Rose, seeing her wonder.
He turned back to the console.
His Rose.
He smiled, trying to hide his expression.
"Um, Doctor?" said Rose at the window. "Are you sure this is before all life in the galaxy?"
"Yep!" Replied the Doctor.
Well, then..." Rose started, "What's this?" She looked confused.
The Doctor furrowed his eyebrows and ran over to the window, and what he saw he could not believe. He frowned. "That's impossible..."
Around the newly formed planets, he could see it, just on the edge of the brand new galaxy.
It was a ship.