Thank You Sec!
Summary: The Tardis enlightens the Doctor by telling him she can get to Rose, he's surprised that he didn't think of it and he has an old enemy to thank for it. Set 5 months after Bad Wolf Bay. Martha's in it, but only so I can pick on her and kick her out of the Tardis. (This is my first story so bear with me, constructive criticism is welcome, anything to help me improve)
Disclaimer: I don't own Doctor Who or any characters in it, I tried to trade them for some cookies, but it didn't work. sulk
Rose was in her bedroom, sitting on the windowsill and staring out across the grounds of her new home. Pete was at Torchwood working, he had given her a day off because he had noticed how tired she looked. She felt a single tear roll down her cheek as she absent-mindedly listened to the radio. The man on the radio was rambling on about how the Earth seemed to be cooling down and she felt a smile creep across her face for the first time in what seemed like ages, because she knew that the planet had only been heating up in the first place because of the breach.
There was a sudden knock on her door and her mum walked in.
"Rose sweetheart, tea's ready"
"I'm not hungry mum" Rose replied
"Look, I know you're still upset about the Doctor, but you have to eat something, you're wasting away"
"I'm not hungry" repeated Rose, a little louder this time. Jackie gave a sigh and said
"OK then, I'll save some for you if get hungry later on" and she walked out, closing the door behind her.
"She had a point" Rose thought to herself as she stood up and walked over to her mirror. She had lost about a stone in weight since Bad Wolf Bay, but Rose thought she looked better.
"Depression really is a good way to lose weight" she said aloud to herself and she went and turned up her radio, just as a song was starting. She had no idea what the song was but it seemed to fit her mood so she listened. Her mum was 8 months pregnant now and she was still struggling for a name for her. They knew it was a girl, the doctors had told them that when they had made Jackie go for a check-up last month, but they hadn't seemed to be able to find the perfect name.
Rose was brought back down to Earth when she thought she could hear the familiar grinding noise of the Tardis. She hurriedly switched off her radio and went to the window, just in time to see the Tardis materializing in front of the house. She stood rooted to the spot as the Tardis disappeared then reappeared, until the blue light on the top stopped flashing and she watched in excited fascination as the Doctor stepped out, looked around disbelievingly then suddenly cracked a wide grin, shouted something Rose couldn't make out then turned round and hugged the Tardis. Rose suddenly came to her senses and ran down the stairs laughing and she tugged open the front door.
10 minutes earlier:
The Doctor sat brooding on the scruffy couch in the console room of the Tardis; he hadn't been the same since Rose had been taken into the parallel world. Instead of lying under the console tinkering with circuits and fixing things, like he used to, he found himself just sitting for hours on end and thinking about the adventures him and Rose could have been having right now. He heard footsteps and knew it was Martha coming back from the shower. She'd been made to get a shower because of their last little venture to a planet called Kegron Pluva, where one of the 10 foot inhabitants had decided to sneeze in her direction and shower her with the blue contents of its nose.
"Where to now then Doctor?" he heard her ask. He merely shrugged in response and leaned forward, resting his elbows on his knees and holding his head in his hands.
"Are you alright?" she asked, coming over, sitting down and putting a hand on his shoulder
"Stupid question" he thought to himself as he stood up and walked to the console saying
"I'm always alright". He smiled to himself as he remembered saying the same thing to Rose once.
"No you're not" she said simply "and that's why I want to leave". When she said that, the Doctor looked at her for the first time since she appeared in the console room. She was wearing that stupid red jacket again, he noticed.
"Fine" he said, sounding exhausted and moving around the console, flicking switches and pulling levers. He heard her walk out, probably to get her things, and he let out an exasperated sigh. He knew she would leave eventually, and to be quite honest, he was glad, she just wasn't the same as Rose, who was funny, talkative and always cheerful. Martha seemed to like reading books better and she always told him off for being 'too hyper' when they were saving the world or having an adventure.
A few minutes later, the Tardis grinded to a halt outside her house and Martha reappeared with her bag.
"I'm sorry Doctor, but I just don't like living in Rose's shadow, knowing that you would rather have her on board with you than me" she explained. He nodded in understanding as she moved towards the door.
"I hope you find a way back to her, goodbye Doctor"
"Goodbye Martha" he said, and she walked out and shut the door behind her. The Tardis let out a satisfied beep, making the Doctor smile and say
"Now don't be rude, she's not the worst I've ever had."
He stood staring fondly at the controls, running his hand over the buttons and wondering where to go now he was all alone again, when the Tardis suddenly said to him in his head
"I can get to Rose"
The Doctor's head snapped up and he said back
"Don't be stupid, it's impossible"
"No it isn't, there is another gap, big enough for me to get through" she told him
"How?" the Doctor asked amazed.
"The dalek that escaped the void has been poking at it, trying to get through to another world for some time now and it's left a gap big enough for me to squeeze through" she explained "And because Rose still has traces of the time vortex in her body, I can go directly to her"
"What are you waiting for then? Get going!" he said impatiently and as she set off, he bounced around the console jabbing buttons and spinning dials. He knew it would take up a lot of her power to do this but he also knew that she wasn't going to blow up like the last time they went to a parallel world. The Tardis suddenly lurched sideways, making him lose his balance and sending him toppling into one of the columns. He looked at the monitor and saw Pete's huge house. He let out a satisfied "Ha!" and he made straight for the door completely forgetting about his coat.
He looked around for a minute, not believing that he had actually done it. Then he grinned widely, shouted "I DID IT! HA!" then he spun around and hugged the Tardis. He was suddenly aware of someone running up behind him so he turned around to see Rose running towards him laughing hysterically.
Rose left the door open as she ran down the drive to meet him. She saw him turn around and saw his face light up when he saw her. He opened his arms and she jumped into them in a bone crushing hug which nearly knocked him backwards onto the Tardis but he kept his balance, spinning her round before setting her feet back on the ground and whispering in her ear
"I love you".
She pulled away slightly and said
"What?"
"Nothing" he replied, "just finishing off my sentence" he said with a grin, and he pulled her into another hug saying
"No offence but you look terrible, you look like you haven't slept in a month"
"You're right" she said back, slightly breathless from running "I haven't had a good night's sleep since our goodbye and I've lost weight 'cos I haven't been eating properly"
"Yeah, I noticed that too". She buried her face into the crook of his neck as he tightened his hold on her.
"How did you get here?" she asked as she gently pulled away from the hug.
"I'll explain later" he said while nodding pointedly over her shoulder.
She turned around in time to see Jackie running as fast as she could with an 8 month pregnancy shouting
"What the bloody hell are you doing here?"
"Yeah, nice to see you too Jackie" he said sarcastically as she finally got to him.
"Oo come here!" she said as she forcefully grabbed him in a huge hug. Rose turned away from them with a huge grin on her face as the Doctor tried to persuade Jackie to let go of him.
"Look put me down you'll hurt yourself" he managed to say while gasping for breath.
Rose saw Mickey coming towards her.
"I'll guess you'll be going then" he said to her in more of a statement than a question.
"Yeah, I'm sorry Mickey…promise me you'll tell my little sister all about me"
"Course I will, I'll tell her all about her beautiful big sister who travelled the universe" he said with a smile. He gave her a quick hug goodbye and a kiss on the cheek as she turned back round to face her mother.
"I know what I'm calling her now" she said to Rose
"What?" Rose asked excitedly
"I'll name her after her big sister and call her Rose; of course I'll never forget about my Rose who travelled through time and space with an alien in a blue police box"
Rose just smiled and gave her mum a tight hug
"Tell Pete I said goodbye…" she started but Jackie just shushed her and pushed her towards the Doctor, who was still rubbing his ribs from Jackie's hug.
"Come on, we only have a couple of minutes".
She nodded and stepped inside the Tardis, stopping to wave at everyone before closing the door and looking around happily. She was home at last.
