Name: Our Little Secret
Summary: AU. After an argument, Rose decides to stay home for a while whilst the Doctor travels with Donna. Then Jack Harkness appears and learns Rose's little secret and the reason behind the argument and he's determined to bring them back together but can he do it alone? Enter Donna. 10/Rose Donna/Jack.
Disclaimer: *Laughs uncontrollably before getting depressed about not owning Doctor Who.
Authors Note: Yeah, so... enjoy and review! Not much I need to say really!
"Rose, do you have to go?" Donna moaned, giving her best female friend a tight hug and then pulling back her head and studying the blonde, who was grinning, "Why are you going? And how long are you going for?"
"I'm just going to see mum for a little bit." Rose laughed, pushing blonde hair out of her face, "A week or two, that's it! I haven't seen her in a while and I miss her."
"But do you have to stay so long? Won't you get Doctor-Adventure-Alien deprivation?" Donna moaned as she finally released the younger girl. The Doctor watched from the control panel, looking amused.
Rose gave her a small smile, "I'm sure I can manage. I'll miss you more." She chuckled lightly and Donna rolled her eyes, she didn't believe that for a minute. It was incredibly unlikely that Rose or the Doctor would miss anyone else more than they would miss each other.
"Allons-y!" The Doctor suddenly cried, pulling down a lever, "Thirtieth of January. Hopefully enough time to buy your mum a birthday present." He murmured, "Tell her happy birthday from me."
"When's your mum's birthday? Donna demanded.
"First of February." Rose explained in a quiet voice as the TARDIS rumbled beneath them, "No, I'm glad I'm going. Maybe it'll do me some good to get away from here for a while." Donna pretended not to notice the brief look between Rose and the Doctor but she wasn't stupid.
The two of them had been acting weird since their last trip and they had both been really moody when they came back to the TARDIS. Donna had been terrified that it'd still be awkward when she got up in the morning but they had been fine towards each other. Although, they seemed too polite, which was weird. She knew that they had an argument of some sort but she didn't know what.
And then Rose had announced that she was going to go home for a little bit and Donna was cleverer than people thought she was, she knew something had happened, she just couldn't work out what the hell that thing was.
They TARDIS rumbled to a stop and the three of them stumbled lightly as it landed. Rose hoisted her bag over her shoulder a gave Donna a quick hug, "Don't leave me with Space Boy." Donna groaned once more.
Rose just laughed and opened the door, she glanced over her shoulder at the Doctor who was staring down at the control panel with his eyebrows knitted together, "I'll see you in a couple of weeks."
The Doctor nodded but didn't life his gaze, "Yep."
This was the first obvious sign that they were still mad after whatever argument they had and this was confirmed a moment later when Rose rolled her eyes, "Bye Donna."
Donna couldn't help herself, "Why don't we come with you? At least pop in and say hi to Jackie?"
"Uh, I don't think..." The Doctor began.
"It's probably not a..."
"We have that thing..."
"Mum might not..."
Donna raised her eyebrows, there was another clue, "It would have helped if you could get out a conversation." She sighed, "I'll see you soon, Rose."
Rose smiled and disappeared, closing the door behind her. Donna turned to the Doctor, "Okay, let's go to two weeks and pick her up." This was her third test.
The Doctor shook his head, "Nah, let's go a few places first!"
"Why don't we go pick Rose up and then go to the few places? I mean, it'll be two weeks for her but two minutes for us!"
The Doctor looked irritated, running a hand through his hair and he struggled to think of an answer, "Uh..."
Donna scowled, "Fine! Let's go! Why don't you want Rose to come, hm?" The Doctor just ignored her and pushed some buttons.
Something was up and she would get to the bottom of it.
Jackie squealed with delight as she pulled her daughter into a hug and then almost immediately pushed her away and looked behind her and then frowned, "Where's the Doctor? And Donna?"
Rose couldn't help but laugh, "Nice to see you too, mum. I know, its great that its just me, isn't it?" She then smiled, "I decided to give them a little space and stay with you for a bit."
"How long? A night? A day? An hour?"
"Two weeks."
Jackie squealed again and pulled her daughter into a tight hug, "Oh, love, I've never been so happy to hear you say that!" Then she shoved her daughter away and looked at her sternly, "Oh, my god! What's happened?"
Rose frowned at her mum, dropping her bag and closing the door, "Nothing, why?"
"Rose. I'm your mother. I know that you'd never leave him, not by choice. So, why are you doing this?"
"Mum! I just wanted to spend time with you. I just want us to be normal for a while. Just me and you!"
Jackie didn't look as if she believed this but was so excited at the thought of having Rose to herself for a couple of weeks, she didn't care.
"We are going to have a great time, love! I'll pop the kettle on."
Rose couldn't help but laugh, things might change but her old mum never would.
Captain Jack Harkness wandered the streets of London, feeling a surge of familiarity. He had been here with Rose and the Doctor a few times when Rose wanted to see her mum. He wanted to see the Doctor and decided the best way to find him (and Rose) was to find Jackie Tyler!
Jackie had flirted with him and Jack hadn't minded but he - obviously - hadn't responded because, at the end of the day, she was Rose's mother.
Jack loved Rose, although his crush had turned into a sibling love when he realized that he would never get in between her and the Doctor. That didn't bother him because the two were still extremely close.
Or, they had been. Jack still missed the two of them dearly and often wished that the Doctor hadn't left him behind on Satellite 5 on that fateful day. Ever since then, Jack had noticed something... well... odd. He couldn't die.
That was one of the reasons that he wanted to find the Doctor and Rose, the other was that he wanted to travel with them again. For the first time in a long, long time, he felt as if he fit in. The three of them were all there for different reasons and this brought them close together.
He knew his friends back at Torchwood were annoyed that he had left them but he had promised that it would be for a short while and it wasn't technically a lie, the Doctor had a time machine after all.
He just wanted to travel with two of his best mates again; he wanted to see the stars! He only got the little aliens; he wanted to be out there, having an adventure every time he stepped out those doors. Maybe he could ask Jackie to call Rose for him, get them to pick him up!
He felt a funny feeling in his chest as he imagined seeing his friends again and a big grin stretched onto his face.
"So." Donna announced, "What's happened with you and Rose?"
The Doctor glanced up at her, "What'd you mean?" He asked innocently. Too innocently for Donna's taking.
"Don't bother with the antics. Just tell me."
The Doctor blinked, "Huh?"
"Something happened and I want to know what!"
"Donna, I have no idea what you are talking about."
"I know you two had a fight but what about?"
"I'm sorry?"
"Doctor!"
"Have you gotten me confused with somebody else, maybe?"
"Oh, yes, because I know so many Time Lords called 'The Doctor' and who are in love with their blonde, London companion known as Rose Tyler." Donna snapped, sarcasm dripping off her words.
The Doctor paused, "In love with?" He repeated.
Donna cracked up with laughter, "You expect me to believe that you don't love her? Oh, space man, even a blind man would be able to see that you two loved each other."
The Doctor looked at her, "Donna…" His voice was serious but Donna ignored him.
"Have you two… done it in your alien bed? What else have you got two of?" Donna laughed at her own joke but stopped abruptly when she saw the expression on the Doctor's face. Oops. Maybe joking about alien love wasn't on his list of funny things.
"… and so I told Bev that she could stick it!"
Rose was regretting her decision as her mum warbled off. She loved her mum and had missed her but being away from the TARDIS and the Doctor and Donna had made her realize how much she wanted to be with them again.
She stroked her phone in her pocket; she could just call either of them and asked them to pick her up.
Then she looked at her mum's excited eyes and wide grin and Rose knew that she couldn't do that to her mum.
"Good for you mum." Rose grinned,
"I know its good for me! So, then, ol' Marvin got involved and Lisa was just like 'You think you know everything Marvy but…' ooh, and then she tore him apart, she did!
Rose stared at mum and guilt washed over, she had left her mum alone for too long. It wasn't fair on Jackie.
'Everyone leaves home in the end' she reminded herself.
Rose leant back in the chair and pushed the Doctor and Donna out of her mind. She wanted to forget the Doctor, the only reason that she was here because she was mad at him.
It was her own fault really.
Well, and it was his.
Rose smothered a sigh and wished for Prince Charming to knock on her door and spice up her life.
At that moment, the doorbell rang.
"You are kidding me."
The TARDIS laughed in Donna's mind and she wandered around the library, the Doctor would never think of looking for her here, which was kind of an insult but that didn't matter right now.
Deadly serious, the TARDIS told her.
Donna knew that Rose could talk with the TARDIS because of something to do with a Bad Wolf but Donna had only been able to communicate with the TARDIS by the rumble of the ground or something. Now Donna realized that the TARDIS could've always communicated with them but just chose not to.
Actually, that's wrong.
Donna looked up at the ceiling, "Then…?"
I can communicate with Rose clearly, as if we're having a conversation and I can also reach her when she isn't on the TARDIS and speak to her. With you, it's as if we're having a whispered conversation and you have to be on the TARDIS.
Donna shook her head, "Well, that's not important right now. So, are you serious? Is that what's been happening?"
Yep.
"Are you certain?" Donna asked, wondering why she was looking up at the ceiling when she talked to the TARDIS.
Donna, this ship is me. I know everything that happens here and I can go anywhere in their minds. I'm as certain as this as much as I'm certain that your ging- redheaded.
Donna shook her head, "I just can't believe it. No wonder he won't tell me himself! He's really private about his personal life."
Well, that is why its called a personal life.
"True but what about Rose? We always talk about this sort of thing! I can't believe she never told me!"
It was their little secret.
"Well, Tardy…"
Tardy?
"Yeah, that's my nickname for you. Anyway, Tardy, I'm going to get him to admit it to him, if it's the last thing I do!" She jumped on the sofa in the library and put her first in the air, "I am going to get the Doctor to tell me himself, on… pain of death? Is that the right saying?"
Tardy doesn't know. The TARDIS might though…
"Ooh , someone's having her time of month."
You do realize that I could make the only thing in your room a rotten fish. I could accidentally tip you out of the TARDIS into a black hole. Or I could even just call you the ginger ninja.
Donna looked up at the TARDIS, "Fair play, Tardy, fair play."
Authors Note: I would like to apologize in advance about the conversation between Donna and the TARDIS. I was so hyper when I wrote that and am still hyper now, which is why I'm posting it. Hence the reason I said 'apologize in advance' because I know I'm going to regret this when I go to post the next chapter. Hope you liked it and please review! Reviews are like gold! Muhaha! (Sorry, I told you I was hyper."
