John held Rose's hand tight as she watched the Tardis disappear. He knew that he was nothing but a clone of the man she loved but he was willing to wait if it meant she would love him eventually. Rose dropped his hand and his heart dropped with it. Rose turned to her mother and asked, "You called Pete yeah?"

"Just a moment dear," Jackie replied, flipping open her phone.

"Hi love. Yeah we are in bloody Norway again. Do you think you could send a zeppelin this way? Tah. Thanks love." Jackie hung up the phone and turned back to the only two other people on the beach. She knew her daughter was hurting but couldn't she see the gift she had been given? "The zeppelin will be here in a few hours. There's a small town a mile or two away."

"Let's go then," Rose said, rushing to get away from John. John watched her walk away before sulkily walking behind her. Jackie came up beside him and put her hand on his shoulder.

"I'm sure she will come around. Give it a month," Jackie said with a gentle smile. John nodded, hoping she was right. A month passed and it didn't seem like John and Rose were getting anywhere fast.

"I don't see that I do it that much," Rose said to John as she walked away from him shoulders stiff as she got ready to go to work at the parallel world's torchwood.

"Yes you do! I can't do anything without you thinking of him! It's been a month Rose! Why can't you accept me for me?" John pleaded, following her around the room as she got ready for work.

Rose just turned and glared at John. "John, you're asking me to forget about the Doctor...my Doctor."

John flinched; he could feel his heart being stabbed by every word she said. Taking her stance as a sign to quit pushing he fled the room and went to his on the other side of the house where Rose said she preferred him to sleep. He got ready for work like every other day, but today was different; he knew the scale was about to tip one way or another soon and for good.

Rose let out sigh running a hand through her blonde hair, she'd seen his flinch at the word and though it didn't seem like it at times she didn't want to cause him pain. She had been left behind by the Doctor and it hurt, being around John reminded her of the Doctor. The way he acted and talked reminded her of her Doctor. Heck he looked exactly the same even and it all just made the hurt worse till she snapped. Yes there were things that made him different from the Doctor and he wasn't the Doctor he was John which she had very coldly pointed out a few time. She sighed again before grabbing the last of her things and leaving the manor.

John put on his blue suit and looked at himself in the mirror. He hated this face. It caused so much pain for both Rose and himself. He swiftly walked out of his room and left the house, heading to the high school he worked at just a half mile away.

Torchwood headquarters, that housed Rose's office, was much further so she drove or sometimes even rode with her parallel world father if their schedules lined up for it. It didn't today which she was thankful for being as she didn't really want to talk, truthfully she just wanted to bury herself in her work like usual. She had been warned though by a fair few workmates, in particular her closest friends, Jake, Ross and Alex, that doing this would kill her one day.

John walked to the school, kicking a stone along his way. His mind was in another place. He was so distracted that he walked across the street and didn't see the car until it was too late.

Rose was walking to her office and almost ran into Ross who had just turned the corner.

"There you are, been looking for you," he smiled at her.

"For?" she asked drawing out the word. She could still remember John's surprise at meeting Ross the first time, when she had questioned him on it later he had explain that he, the Doctor, had met the other universe's Ross who worked for UNIT. He even remarked that this Ross had the same military hair style as the other one, whom he had apparently rather liked despite his carrying a gun.

"Just got a call on a couple weevils in the warehouse district, thought you'd be eager to go."

"Sure," she beamed, this was just what she need too, "Who else is going?"

"Jake, Parker, Howie plus me," he reported.

"Right I'll grab my bag and meet you lot in the motor hall," she referred to the garage level of the building.

"Great," he headed off.