As the TARDIS faded away, Rose stared forward in disbelief. He was leaving her again, only this time he'd left 'him'. Him being the-Doctor-just-not-the-Doctor. 'Why did I kiss him ?' she asked herself, but she knew the answer, he'd told her what she longed to hear, those three little words. He took her hand, squeezing it gently. When the TARDIS had faded away completely they looked at each other, as if to say 'what now ?'. Rose gazed into his eyes. They were exactly the same as the other Doctor's. She let go of his hand and walked towards the sea, trying to get her head around the whole situation.

There was an uncomfortable silence over the beach. After about 5 minutes Jackie kicked into action. She phoned Pete, then a nearby hotel. Rose vaguely heard her saying something about it being the same hotel as last time, but nothing registered, her mind just kept going over the whole thing. He was the Doctor, she got that, but not 'the' Doctor. Not 'her' Doctor. Not the Doctor she'd the last 4 years trying to get back to and away from this damn universe.

"Right then, we have two rooms booked at the hotel. We best set off now because the tides gonna come in soon." Jackie announced then started heading towards the foot path at the edge of the beach. Rose began to follow, the Doctor joined her and walked silently next to her. They soon caught up with Jackie.

"Two rooms ?" Rose suddenly asked.

"What ?" Jackie replied.

"You said you'd booked two rooms."

"Yeah, one for me, one for you two...."

"Oh..."

"I just thought you need some time alone together, talk things through, y'know. Sorry."

"No, it's fine. Your right. We need to talk."

Half an hour later

The Doctor and Rose were in their hotel room, Rose was in the shower and the Doctor was watching TV. It was a very fancy hotel, all marble tiles and 4-poster beds. Rose walked out of the en-suite bathroom wearing a hotel dressing gown, her hair sopping wet.

"You can go in there now."

"Thanks."

"There's a dressing gown on the back of the door you can use."

"OK."

"Are you alright ?" Rose asked, concerned.

"What do you think ?" The Doctor snapped at her. Rose looked as if she might burst into tears.

"Sorry." He said quietly, feeling about 2 inches tall. He went into the bathroom and closed the door gently. Rose heard the shower start and when she was sure he couldn't hear her, she collapsed on the bed and burst into tears.

10 minutes later, the Doctor walked back into the main room, ready to talk to Rose, answer any of her questions. Then he saw Rose laid on top of the bed, fast asleep. He smiled softly, lifted the duvet from the end of the bed, laid down on the bed, pulled the cover over them both, turned off the light from the switch just next to the bed, pressed a gentle kiss on Rose's forehead, before finally, closing his eyes.