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Authors note:
Okay I had the idea of this and didn't think of a lot of problems until later, and by then I already really liked the idea. So even though this wouldn't actually work out in the regular story, this is rewrite situation where instead of Rose getting stuck in an alternate universe when The Doctor closed the rift, she got trapped on earth. Somehow closing the rift made it impossible for him to get back to earth. Also in this rewrite she has only met the 10th doctor, and all the things she did with the 9nth Doctor she remembers with the 10th Doctor. This is set after Doomsday, and anything from future episodes does not apply.
Rose Tyler sat at her kitchen table in sweatpants and an over sized t-shirt, staring listlessly into her cup of tea. She could often be found doing so these days. Ever since the man she called The Doctor, the man she loved, had closed the rift and disappeared from her life forever. Jackie kept nagging her to get a job, to go on dates, to do something, anything. But what was the point? The Doctor had shown her how marvelous and vast the universe was, had made her fall in love with it, and him, and then he had left her with all those beautiful memories, left her in plain old London, on planet Earth. How could she go back to normal life after that? Ever since he had grabbed her hand the first time she met him, she'd known she could never just "go eat her lovely beans on toast." He had changed her, irrevocably so. That day on the beach, after all that trouble of tracking down the exact spot, and he had disappeared without saying the words she needed to hear. He hadn't even been there in person, just his holographic image. You can't kiss light goodbye, can't hold it in your arms. "Oh…my sweet Doctor." Rose whispered, her vision blurring with the start of tears. She pushed back her blond hair with a sigh, and then put her head in her hands, tears and mascara streaking her palms. She sat in this defeated position for several minuets, before a familiar sound graced her ears. She jerked up her head, a smile spreading across her face, "It can't be....IT IS!"
Rose jumped up from her chair so fast she knocked it over, sprinting for the door. She flung it aside and left it ajar behind her, bare feet slapping the pavement desperately until she saw what she was looking for. She stopped, panting for breath, and stared at the beautiful blue box before her. Then, still breathing heavily, she ran inside and threw herself into the startled arms of the man inside. "Doctor it's you! It's you! Oh God I thought I'd never see you again!" The man recovered quickly, hugging her back with equal enthusiasm. "So it is, so it is...." After a few moments he pried himself out of her grasp, and smiled down at her, brown eyes alight with amusement "I'm The Doctor alright....but who are you?
To be continued
