Disclaimer: Not mine, BBC owns the characters and part of the story because this is a rewrite of sorts.

A/N: This is how I would have written the end of Doomsday and after that episode. Donna and Martha might make occasional appearances. It's mostly from Rose's POV, but may occasionally be others' POVs. Italics are used for the conversations they have using the mind-link thing.

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I had almost lost my grip on that lever keeping the Void open long enough for the Daleks and Cybermen to get trapped there and almost flew in there myself. Thankfully they all went in and the Void closed a split-second after I actually lost my grip. I went slamming into the wall and hit my head which knocked me out. I woke up in the TARDIS' infirmary a week later according to the Doctor.

"Morning, sleeping beauty. What's the last thing you remember?"

"I remember losing my grip on the lever and then slamming into something really hard."

"You slammed into the wall and I had to carry you back here before someone from Torchwood came along and found us. How are you feeling?"

"My head feels like I have the worst hangover in the entire universe."

"Rose I almost lost you. Your heart stopped once. There's something you need to know. Somehow the TARDIS changed you and you now have two hearts. You regenerated too. You now have black hair and green eyes. You're a little bit taller too. Other than that you look the same."

"Are you saying I'm at least part Gallifreyan?"

"Yes. Actually according to all the scans you're a full-fledged Time Lady. You no longer have human DNA."

"Doctor, my head isn't exactly working at full capacity at the moment and you're normally very confusing even when my brain is functioning properly, so I'm very lost. So can you please explain in simple terms what that means?"

"It means you will be able to read others' minds, regenerate, understand and speak Gallifreyan, psychic paper will no longer affect you, you will be able to manipulate psychic paper as well, and you're body temperature is colder than a humans. You have more knowledge as well."

"Wow. Wait, what is that tickling sensation in the back of my head?" I ask with a confused look on my face.

"That is your connection to my mind, and really anybody's head that you want to look into," the Doctor replies with that special smile of his. I'm really glad he doesn't know that that smile is nearly heart-stopping. "Heart-stopping smile, huh?"

"You were just reading my mind!" Well then I hope you hear this, you suck. You really shouldn't look in peoples' minds without their permission.

He looks at me pouting with those puppy dog eyes of his, "I'm sorry Rose. Please forgive me."

"Ugh. Fine. It's hard to stay mad at you when you look like that."

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The next time I wake up I realize I'm back in my old bed and Theta is not with me. I get up, fix my hair, get dressed, and set off to find him. I don't have to look for long, I don't know if it's because the TARDIS was helping me or if it was the mind connection thing. I find him in the library. "Knock, knock. Can I come in?"

"Hey. How are you feeling?" He asks me with a small hopeful smile.

"I've felt worse." I say with a bittersweet smile. 'My head still hurts. It's easier to talk this way. Doesn't hurt as much. Any particular reason why? I've tried to figure it out on my own. But it hurts too much to think about my own brain for very long. I hope that made at least a little bit of sense. Other than that though I feel really good. Almost like I've been at the best spa in the universe. No soreness, no pain, no symptoms other than the headache. No dizziness, no nausea, no fatigue.'

'Thinking about something and not having to say it is easier on the brain. And trying to figure something complex out? That is definitely something that's more fun with two. So what do you want to do right now?'

'When and where are we at right now?'

'We are currently in the Time Vortex itself. We're resting for the moment. All three of us needed to rest. So at the moment that's exactly what we're doing.'

'That's good. How long can we stay here?'

'We can stay here as long as we want. How long do you want to stay?'

'How about two or three more weeks? Think we can handle that?'

'I suppose we could.'

'Good because I don't feel up to running for my life any time soon. Just out of curiosity, when I was talking out loud earlier, I was speaking Gallifreyan, wasn't I? I could tell it was different but familiar. Does that make any sense?'

'We've been speaking Gallifreyan the entire time. The reason it seems familiar is because of the TARDIS and you having been connected to each other and her changing you so that you wouldn't die.'

'Thank you, Theta.'

He just smiles in response. He grabs my waist and holds me to him. We start kissing. I can feel his straining erection against my stomach and I hook my leg around his hip. He grabs my bum and lifts me up and I wrap both legs around him. He pulls away so we can both breathe and tells me those words I've wanted to hear from him for so long.

"Rose Tyler, I love you, so much."

"I love you too Theta. Forever." We start kissing again, this time a little more passionately and hungrily. He licks my bottom lip and I open my mouth and let him explore my mouth. Then I thrust my tongue into his mouth and start to explore. He moans my name as I lick the roof of his mouth. Our tongues battle for dominance. He carries me to his bedroom and lays me down on the bed.

'Rose are you sure you want this? Because once we do this there is no turning back. We'll truly be together forever. We'll be bonded and be each other's mate. This is stronger than a human marriage. That also means whenever one of us regenerates the other one will as well. But if one of us dies and doesn't regenerate the other would die as well. So that neither of us would be without the other.'

'Yes. This is what I want.'

'We wouldn't be able to hide anything from the other. Ever. So how long are you gonna stay with me?'

'I'll stay with you forever.'

'Forever.'

"Ok. Come here." We start kissing again, separating our mouths just long enough to remove our shirts and breathe. He runs his hands all over me. He moves his lips down to my neck and starts nibbling and sucking on my flesh while helping me take off the rest of our clothes. "Doctor. Oh that feels so good." He kisses my collarbones and moves down to my breasts. He licks around my nipple, never touching it. He teases it until it's hard enough to cut diamonds. He then sucks it into his mouth, biting, nibbling, licking, and sucking on it, sending tremors running through my entire body. "Theta. Please… I need…to feel…you. I need you…inside of me. Please." I say breathlessly. He enters me and it feels like I'm exactly where I'm supposed to be. He strokes my cheek with his hand.

We begin moving together, setting our own rhythm. We start out slow trying to control our passion, but soon both of us are moving faster. Both of us cry out the other's name as we come, flying off the cliff. 'Wow.'

'Yeah.'

Our breathing evens out, falling into the same rhythm, and we fall asleep curled up together, bodies intertwined.

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'Good morning, Theta.'

'Indeed it is, Rose. Are you hungry or do you just want to stay here for a while?'

'I'm rather comfortable right now. I think we should stay in bed. I don't really feel hungry anyway. I know it might seem weird but whenever I can hear both of your heartbeats I feel safer somehow. You're chest is a very comfortable pillow. It smells good too.'

'I love you, my Rose. And I don't thinks any of that's weird at all. Although if you don't stop running your fingernails all over me, there will be severe consequences. Oh Rassilion, we might not be getting out of bed for a very long time.'

I climb on top of him and straddle his waist. He rolls us over so that he's on top of me and pushes into my core. "Theta! Oh that felt so good." He slowly thrusts in and out of me creating a delicious friction. He angles his hips at the end of every thrust in hitting my sweet spot. We continue to kiss, and I suck on his tongue caressing it with mine, and making him either moan or purr. I'm not entirely sure which it is. With one last powerful thrust we are both flying over the edge together.

"Rose, I know this probably isn't the most romantic way to ask you. You know I don't do domestic, but being with you has made me realize that maybe I just hadn't found the right one for me. So with that being said, will you marry me?"

"Yes."

"Yes, as in you will marry me?"

"Yes. Theta I would love to marry you. The way you proposed was really romantic, at least in my eyes it was." I gently brush my lips against his. 'Ready for another round, my Theta?'

'Yes. I love when you call me that.'

'You mean Theta or my Theta?'

'The second one. It feels right. I'm yours. Only yours. Forever.'

'It does feel right. I'm yours too. Only yours. Forever.'

A/N: That's chapter one. Let me know if I should continue posting. I've already written the next chapter and I'm working on the third chapter. There are something's that have been changed. In this story the Doctor didn't have a wife or any children before he met Rose.