She watched him move across the deck, he was always fiddling with something. He seemed to give off the air of somebody poised to go for a run even when standing still. She couldn't help the smile that spread across her lips as he dragged his fingers through his hair yet again. He was speaking emphatically about cronon energy and the fluxuation of time and how it was all wibely wobbly timey wimey. She giggled to herself and he stopped pacing and turned to her.
"What are you laughing about missy? I bet you haven't been listening to a thing I've been saying" he gave her a scolding look and waggled his finger sarcastically.

"Oh I'm so sorry please go on you have my full attention" she focused on him and sat like a student reading for a new lesson.
"No its gone now you missed your chance now you will never know what I was going to say about the beaches of Sploon, yes there is a planet called Sploon" he sighed and gave her a disappointed look.

"Oh no! but I was so looking forward to Sploon" Rose smiled ruefully at him but she had something better than Sploon in mind "Hey can we go dancing?" she sat up straight and grinned at him. He blinked taken aback by the sudden change of topic.

"Well …. I guess I haven't been dancing in a while" he smiled down at her and offered her his hand; she let him pull her off the seat and twirl her into his arms. Being this close to him was strange but it felt so right, here in his arms she felt safe and happy but he probably didn't even notice.

"Wait a minute" he flicked a few switches on the control panel and fiddled with a few knobs then suddenly a burst of music exploded from the consol "whoa might just turn that down a bit don't want to upset the neighbors" he adjusted the volume and pulled her into the traditional dance position.
"Doctor do you actually know how to dance?" she smiled up at him staring into his beautiful brown eyes.

"Of course I know how to dance! How could I be 903 years old and not know how to dance?" to show her how he did actually know how to dance he pulled her off her feet and spun her quickly around, dipping her so her hair brushed the floor grates. She laughed as he pulled her back to him and he laughed with her. Together they waltzed around the consol adding crazy twirls and dips whenever they felt like it. Slowly the tempo of the song changed until it was slow and intimate and Rose found herself held against his chest, her hand in his, his arm wrapped around her and her cheek pressed against his chest. So close that she could hear both his hearts beating. She closed her eyes and let him sway her, she felt so calm just dancing slowly with him. Rose wondered if he was feeling the feelings she was? If that was even possible, if he even noticed how close they were, how his arm felt around her waist, how they fit together perfectly. She wasn't sure how long they stayed like that swaying together before he spoke.

"Rose" he whispered into her ear. Tingles ran up her spine.

"Mmm?" she mumbled not wanting anything to interrupt this perfect moment.

"Pick a place, anywhere in space and time any place you want to go" they had stopped swaying now but he was still holding her "you've got the whole universe to choose from, pick a place"

"I don't want to go anywhere" she sighed into his chest.

"What do you mean?" she could hear the frown in his voice "There's the whole universe outside those doors why would you want to stay here?" he was so clueless, so oblivious to how wonderful this was.

"Because, this is where I want to be in the whole wide universe I want to be right here right now" she pulled back slightly so she could look at him. He stared down at her.
"I…." he started but couldn't finish "Rose, there's something I have to-" the floor felt out from under them and Rose screamed as sparks erupted from the consol. The TARDIS flipped and turned, Rose screamed again as she smashed into the seat and she clutched at it for dear life. The Doctor was at the consol smashing things and frantically trying to stop whatever was happened. She couldn't hear what he was saying over the wail of the engines but she could see his lips moving. He pulled the screen to him and she watched as a look of horror spread across his face, he turned to her and yelled something but his voice was drowned out by the engines. He reached for her but it was hopeless, there was a good three meters between them. He yelled again and she caught the tiniest whisper of the sentence.

"Rose! Don't …." But the engines shrieked again cutting him off. She could feel a warmth spreading up from her feet and she glanced back to see the TARDIS doors hanging open. Golden light was spilling in to the room coiling and reaching towards her. She looked back to the Doctor and saw pure terror in his eyes as he reached for her again.

"Doctor!" she cried out. The warmth became suddenly burning hot and she screamed as tendrils of light curled around her legs. The TARDIS gave another almighty heave and her arms were wrenched away from the seat. She let out a terrified scream as she fell backwards into the light; she had time to see the Doctor lunged for her and hear him scream her name once before the light enveloped her fully.