A/N :

S: I got a new mouse, yay! So now I can write more because my computer actually works now. And sports are officially over so even more writing time!

I: And I met Matt Smith this weekend! He was so sweet, a total angel! Also it's my birthday today.

S: Happy Birthday Isabel! Here's the story, it's gonna be two chapters.

Rose wandered the halls of the TARDIS aimlessly, wondering where the Doctor had gone. She had woken up early that morning to the sounds of him tinkering with the console. But when she had emerged from her room a couple minutes later to talk to him about a 'problem' with a Rubix cube, he had disappeared. Now she was walking down the hallways, following a quiet musical sound and opening random doors as she went.

Through one door she found the biggest swimming pool she'd ever seen and strangely it was surrounded by towering bookshelves which probably contained every book in human history and more. She stared up in awe and saw that the ceiling above was made of glass that showed the night sky, or a night sky, the constellations were unfamiliar. She wondered how it was even possible any sort sky was visible in the TARDIS but then she remembered the TARDIS was 'infinite and the best ship in the universe' as the Doctor had said.

Rose backed out of the room and made a mental note to return there later, there were many books that needed reading. She shut the door behind her and continued down the intricate hallways, following the faint sound of music. She passed a few more doors along the way. One room held a magnificent garden, one a giant ball pit, one was entirely full of white light, and one was filled with random trinkets and baubles.

After ten minutes of exploring she finally reached a bright yellow door which was the source of the music. She assumed it was just a random room full of nothing particularly important but curiosity got the best of her and she turned the knob, peeking in. The music hit her ears and she realized that it was some sort of orchestra playing. She observed the room and saw a huge trampoline with a golden rim and upon this trampoline the Doctor was desperately trying to to do a backflip and failing completely. She stepped in fully and shut the door quietly, not wanting to make her presence known.

She looked back towards the trampoline and at that exact moment he attempted the biggest backflip yet and failed, again, arms and legs flailing as he hit the trampoline and bounced back up. Rose tried not to laugh but couldn't hold it in. Once she'd started she couldn't stop. She laughed so hard she fell onto the ground and had to sit up against the door to stay mildly upright. She didn't even notice that the music had stopped and so had the bouncing. Rose kept laughing for awhile until she finally looked up to see the Doctor standing, arms crossed, in the middle of the trampoline, looking at her like a hurt puppy.

"What's so funny?" he asked.

"It's... it's just..." she struggled to catch her breath before attempting to speak again, "It's just... you... and the music... and the trampoline...!" she burst into laughter again.

"It's not funny Rose." he whined.

"It is so funny!" she told him, "Who listens to classical music while jumping on the trampoline?"

"I was trying to perfect my double backflip. I saw it on YouTube; and there's nothing better for keeping focus than a little Beethoven."

"You were on YouTube?" Rose asked, surprised.

"Yeah, why?" he asked.

"No reason, it's just, with all the time traveling you do I figured there'd be a better way to learn than YouTube."

"YouTube is amazing Rose. I know your 2006 earth version isn't exactly perfect, but it gets much better, trust me. I've already learned how to crochet, build a life-size lego palace, fold 500 different kinds of paper airplanes," he gestured at a pile of neatly folded papers on the floor by the trampoline, "tie 50 different knots, and make an origami swan, that last one took a while."

"Well, you've still got a bit to learn on a double backflip. I bet I could do it."

The Doctor looked at Rose silently daring her to do better than him as she turned the music back on a quiet volume and climbed onto the trampoline. She was hoping her years in gymnastics when she was younger would lend a hand. She would really love to finally be better than the Doctor at something. She walked to the center and jumped once, twice, three times and flipped a perfect double backflip.

"How... how...?" the Doctor stuttered.

"Gymnastics." Rose replied simply.

"Well. I can do that too." he said defiantly.

He came to the middle of the trampoline and started bouncing up and down. On his fourth jump he tried to do his backflip but only made half a rotation before falling flat on his face. Rose started laughing again.

"Rose..." he pleaded, "Help me."

"I don't know how." she replied, "I've never taught anyone, it just kinda happens. You either can or you can't, and I don't know how much practice you're gonna need."

"Oi!" he yelled, "I am fully capable of doing a backflip! I'm sure it's in my memory somewhere." He jumped and tried to flip again but failed.

"Well, keep trying," Rose told him, "and don't give up. But don't take too long, I've got a Rubix cube I need help solving."

"A Rubix cube!?" he shouted, "Fantastic!" he flipped in excitement and completed his first ever perfect double backflip. He gasped, eyes wide with happiness, "I did it! I did it! Rose did you see, did you see?!" he flipped again, "Look Rose," and again, "I can do a double backflip!"

"I see that." she said, climbing off the trampoline, "It's awesome!" Rose walked to the stereo and turned the music up as the Doctor did another excited backflip. He was still flipping when she closed the bright yellow door behind her and went to go find the Rubix cube.