The Doctor looked up from the console, still dressed in the bright orange space suit he had been wearing. He saw Rose standing there, a massive smile on her face much like the one that he was wearing himself.

They were in each other's arms in a tight embrace with in seconds, both still smiling at the happiness they felt.

"I thought I'd lost you" Rose whispered in his ear, still smiling.

"That won't happen" the Doctor whispered back, for some reason feeling he needed to whisper.

"Good" she said back.

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"Who are you?" Ida asked and the Doctor looked at Rose.

"Oh the stuff of legends" the Doctor replied before they were flying through the vortex again. And Rose thought as she watched the Doctor walk around the console pressing buttons here and there getting ready for their next destination and she realised that maybe they were just that the stuff of legends. She was living a fairytale; she was Cinderella that came from a life that wasn't what she wanted. And then she'd met her prince charming.

Because that's what had happened isn't it, she'd fallen for her prince charming.

But not all fairy tales have a happy ending do they, today had almost been the end of her fairy tale. She couldn't go back to the life she'd once had, she just couldn't it would be too difficult to leave him. She loved him. But what about the devil, if that's even what it was. It said that she was going to die in battle, what if she did then she'd have to leave him forever.

"Rose you alright?" the Doctor asked looking at her concern on his face. "You seem like your just staring into space"

"Yeah sorry I was just thinking" Rose replied.

"Rose Tyler is thinking that's dangerous that is" the Doctor said sarcastically coming round to her "Oh no I'm going to have to go shopping again with your friends aren't I" the Doctor said and Rose laughed thinking about what had happened. Rose had gone back to earth to visit her mother but had ended up going shopping with Rose's friends, and the Doctor had made the mistake of coming along and wound up carrying all of the bags for them.

"I honestly haven't seen that many bags in my entire life" the Doctor said.

"I wasn't going to suggest that" Rose said

"Well like I said it's dangerous when you think" the Doctor said "Thought I might have to be carrying a hundred bags at the same time again" the Doctor replied.

"Well I wasn't going to suggest anything quite like that" Rose said "I wasn't actually going to suggest anything, I was really just thinking"

"What about" the Doctor asked sitting down next to her on the captains chair.

"Oh it's just silly" Rose replied knowing that the Doctor would probably find it exactly that.

"Trust me Rose Tyler, you thinking may be dangerous but nothings ever silly" the Doctor replied. "Tell me"

"I was just thinking about- about how nice a hot shower would be right now" Rose lied not wanting to explain the real reason, as she got up and walked out.

"Oh, right okay" the Doctor said even though he knew full well that wasn't the case, but he knew that she would tell him when she was ready.

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The Doctor was under the console like he normally was when they were flying through the vortex.

A ringing came from the over near the console and the Doctor recognised it as Rose's mobile.

"Hello" the Doctor said as he answered the phone.

"Hello who's this?" came a female voice from the other end of the phone that he didn't recognise.

"I'm the Doctor" he replied. "Who's this?"

"It's Shareen, you're that man that Rose is travelling with right?" Shareen replied.
"That's me"

"Is Rose there?" she asked.
"No sorry she's in the shower at the moment" the Doctor said.
"Right okay listen just tell her that she needs to come home. Only for a few days though"

"Right what for?" the Doctor asked.

"Just get her to call me back" Shareen said and hung up before the Doctor could object.

"Who was that?" Rose asked appearing in the door way drying her hair.
"Your friend Shareen, she said that you need to call her back and that we need to come home" the Doctor said handing her the phone. "If it's another shopping trip-"

"Then I'll say no for sure" Rose said dialling the number and going through back into the TARDIS corridor.

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"Rose" the Doctor said coming through to the kitchen wondering where she'd gotten too. "Yeah?" Rose asked she was sitting at the kitchen table her phone in her hand.

"You okay?" the Doctor asked.
"Yeah, Shareen's getting married" Rose said.
"Oh well good for her" the Doctor said pouring himself a cup of tea.
"In London somewhere and she wants me to be a bride's maid" Rose replied.

"What did you say?" the Doctor asked.

"I said I'd think about it and that I'd ring her soon with the answer" Rose said as the Doctor sat down next to her.

"Well do you want to go?" the Doctor asked.
"Yeah course I do I mean she's my friend. But if I go then that means that-"

"You would be leaving me" the Doctor said "Nah, I'll come"

"You do know it'd be for a whole week" Rose said. "Shareen wants to take the brides maids off to Paris for a few days just before the wedding"
"Yes, anyway I like the idea of Paris" the Doctor replied.

"Great" Rose said getting up and hugging the Doctor. "I'll go and call her back" Rose said. "You sure?"

"Yeah just-" the Doctor said as Rose got up.

"What?" Rose asked.

"Don't make me carry the bags when we go shopping in Paris" the Doctor said.

"That won't happen" Rose said laughing as she rang Shareen back.