A/N: I was going to dedicate this to someone, but I couldn't think of who. So, this story is dedicated to every Doctor Who fan out there, especially those who ship Ten/Rose.

Disclaimer: I sadly don't own Doctor Who, but I will one day!

Chapter One.

It had started out like your average sort of day and the Doctor wasn't expecting anything special to happen. Just another day, saving the world with Donna and Martha in tow, just like every other day.

Well I woke up today
And the world was a restless place
It could have been that way for me

A couple of aliens trying to take over the local golf course because they were convinced it was sacred land. Dealt with them pretty quickly and then Martha had spoken up.

"Seeing as we're already in town, can we have a bit of a shop?"

Donna had agreed. "I need some new clothes, 'specially as my favourite shirt got absorbed thanks to you!"

The Doctor scowled and followed the two women around as they went into shop after shop, trying on endless clothes. In the end he made excuses that he needed to find a loo.

And I wandered around
And I thought of your face
That Christmas looking back at me

And as he wandered, thinking of that one human girl he could never forget, he felt something. He couldn't be sure… Was it just his imagination? No, he could feel it in the air. Someone nearby had just used an Ionic Extirpation Beam. The Doctor stopped, looking around for the source. Ionic Extirpation Beams were used years ago for crossing parallel Universes, but they'd all been destroyed in the Time War. Whatever had just landed here must be human, as he couldn't sense a Time Lord. Ionic Extirpation Beams were dangerous though, and he could already feel this Earth beginning to splinter.

And then he saw her. Turning around he saw a blonde girl, holding a long white rod. An Ionic Extirpation Beam. "Rose," he whispered as she staggered slightly and started to walk. She was only fifty feet away but the Doctor was frozen to the spot, and she was walking in the opposite direction, not having seen him yet. The Doctor's face broke into a wide grin as he realised Rose was back, and he was about to hold her again. He'd never felt so happy and desperate to cry all at once.

I wish today was just like every other day
'Cause today has been the best day
Everything I ever dreamed

The Doctor regained control of his legs and began to walk, pushing his way through the crowds and his eyes scanning for a glimpse of Rose. There she was, waiting to cross the road. He broke into a sprint and stopped several feet behind her, breathing heavily.

And I started to walk
Pretty soon I will run
And I'll come running back to you

Rose started crossing the road and the Doctor followed behind her, using every ounce of willpower he had not to sweep her up there and then. Sunlight bounced off her blonde hair and she looked like a star. His golden star.

'Cause I followed my star
And that's what you are
I've had a merry time with you

They reached the other side of the road and still Rose hadn't seen him. He glanced up and saw the dark clouds forming quickly, and a long black line in the sky. The world was cracking open, and where the bloody hell was Rose going?! She'd turned off into a dark alleyway which looked awfully like the one he'd parked the TARDIS in…

Ah, there she was; hidden in the dark shadowy corner. And Rose walked straight up to it, pulling her key out from under her shirt. How had she known where it was? Oh, she'd attached a Trans-Temporal Volta-Wave Detector to the Ionic Extirpation Beam. Brilliant! The Doctor grinned happily as he watched her working up the courage to open the TARDIS. Oh, he'd missed her…

I wish today was just like every other day...
'Cause today has been the best day
Everything I ever dreamed

And the world split. Screams filled the air and the Doctor was thrown to the ground as the Earth heaved and writhed in agony beneath him. He could almost feel the planet itself screaming. Rose had also been knocked to the ground with a yelp and the Doctor crawled over to her as she tried to stand. He clasped her hand and she spun around to face him, shock written all over her face.

"Doctor," she whispered.

"You have to go, Rose," he said softly as they both got to their feet. "I told you, you could never come back. Our two worlds are colliding and being sucked into each other and are going to collapse into the Void. If anyone actually survives the process of being sucked through the whole of creation and then being thrown into the Void, then they'll have a fate worse than death. Floating around in nothingness, for longer than eternity."

"I've destroyed everything, haven't I." It wasn't a question, it was a statement and the Doctor couldn't lie to her so he simply nodded sadly and took her into his arms.

"If it's any consolation," he whispered into her hair, "I've missed you."

Rose laughed sadly and buried her head in his chest. "Isn't there something you can do?"

"I mended it last time," he said quietly. "But I can't do it again. You have to go. Use the Ionic Extirpation Beam to take you to another Universe, not Pete's, to a completely new one. If you go now, then I might just have enough time to heal the crack you make in that one before I…"

There was no need to finish that sentence. Rose knew what she'd done; that she'd condemned two worlds to death and destruction with no chance of survival. All to see one man, just once more. And now she'd kill him also. She stepped back from him, letting the tears fall freely from her eyes as she set new coordinates on the Beam. She held it tightly and looked at the Doctor for one last time, finger poised over the button that would take her away to safety. The Doctor smiled at her, a small and sad smile, knowing he'd never see her again but she'd at least be safe.

So have a good life
Do it for me
Make me so proud
Like you want me to be

Wherever you are
I'm thinking of you

Oceans apart
I want you to know

And then she was gone. The Doctor sealed the small crack she'd created in the new world she'd gone to and then he raced off to find Donna and Martha. People all around him were screaming, calling out for loved ones, dying. Some were being sucked straight from the ground into the black line in the stormy sky, some were suffocating, some just fading away. He saw Donna and Martha, clinging to each other and staring around wildly, searching for him and he ran to them. They were his responsibility.

"What's goin' on?" Donna demanded. "What's happening?!"

"I'm sorry," he whispered as rain began to pelt down at them, plastering hair across their faces. "I'm so sorry…"

And he lived. Once again, a world destroyed and he survived. It was the Time War all over, and he'd never meant to live. He'd wanted to die, but here he was. Alone, on some far off planet in the sky, watching as the last of the Earth burnt. Everyone was gone; the Jones family, Donna's parents, millions of strangers. Heck, even Jackie, Pete, Mickey. All on another world, all dead. But Rose was safe, even if he couldn't see her again.

Well I woke up today and you're on the other side
Our time will never come again
But if you can still dream
Close your eyes it will seem
That you can see me now and then

It struck him as ironic that once again he hadn't found the chance to tell Rose his feelings for her. He truly was the Time Lord with a lack of time. And now he'd never have another chance. But still, he thought, at least they'd been together, even if it was short-lived.

I wish today was just like every other day...
'Cause today has been the best day
Everything I ever dreamed

I wish today was just like every other day...
'Cause today has been the best day
Everything I ever dreamed…

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