Rose and the doctor stepped out of the TARDIS. "I'd never thought that I'd see this place again." Rose said as she stepped out onto the yard and viewed the scenery in front of them.

"Ah yes, new New York, the bigger apple." The doctor responded before he turned and looked at her. "Do you know why I brought you here?" he asked her.

"Yes, this is the first place that you took me after you regenerated. And I think it's also where we realized that we were falling in love with each other." She said.

"Exactly. And that's exactly why I thought that this would be a perfect place to have our picnic." He told her.

"Sounds good to me. I'm starving." She said as she gave him one end of the blanket that was the exact same color of the TARDIS and the two of them helped each other lay it out on top of the ground. Then Rose set the basket on top of it and handed him his bologna sandwich that was all wrapped up inside a Ziploc bag before she took her own.

"So what have you got?" The doctor asked her.

"Same as always, PB & J." she answered.

"Ha! I should have known, typical Rose Tyler, same old, same old." He said teasingly.

"Are you saying I'm boring!?" she cried as she playfully slapped the top of his shoulder. "Because if you are, don't expect me to sleep with you tonight." She told him.

"Hey! Come on now, that's not fair! Blimey, I was only joking! I mean can't you take a joke!?" he cried.

"Alright, alright, I'm sorry. I forgive you, let's just eat." She told him as she unzipped her bag.

"Hey,.." he began as she glanced up at him. "I've got something that you might want." He told her in a seductive way when suddenly her eyes popped open with excitement as he waved another Ziploc bag in front of her face.

"Are those chocolate covered strawberries?" she questioned him eagerly.

"Yeah,.." he began. "But you'll have to come over here to get them." He told her as he quickly pulled the bag away from her.

"No! Give me!" she cried as she got up and raced over towards him as he kept teasing her with the bag and continuing to pull it away from her grasp.

"Oh come on Tyler, you can do better than that." He told her as she burst into a fit of giggles.

"Alright!" she exclaimed before she grabbed ahold of his face and laid a killer passionate kiss on top of his lips. The doctor felt his hearts pounding against his chest as she broke it and smiled brightly at him.

"Whoa," he began breathing heavily as sweat ran down his forehead. "You can have it." He told her as he gave her the bag. "I've been dating you for months now and you would think that I would have seen that coming by now. All I've got to add to that is thank God I'm no ordinary man or you would have just given me a heart attack and killed me." He told her as a moment of silence fell and Rose's smile vanished before turning her head away from him.

"What's wrong?" he asked her still trying to catch his breath. "I gave you the strawberries." He told her.

"No, it's not the strawberries. It's just that, why are we even dating each other anyway?" she asked him.

"Well, I could be wrong, but I think it's because we love each other." He answered.

"Yeah but you're a time lord and I'm a human,.. sooner or later you're just going to leave me anyway. Just like you left Sarah Jane." She told him.

"No Rose, I already told you that's not going to happen." He said.

"Yeah, well that's what you said to your other companions." She pointed out.

"That's because I wasn't in love with any of them!" he told her as she simply just looked at him. "I mean, you're the first person that I ever loved,.." he said as she continued looking at him. "like that. And I made a huge mistake when I said that I couldn't spend the rest of my life with you, and that's why I think you should open the bag now." He told her.

"But what does that have to do with anything?" she asked him.

"Please Rose, just do it." He told her as she looked down and started to open the bag.

"There's something rattling around in here." She said as she reached down to the bottom of the bag and felt a soft tiny little box. She brought it up and turned to look at him with astonishment.

"Open it." He told her.

Rose looked back down at the black little box and pushed it open with her thumb. Inside was a sparkling silver ring inside of it. "I_ I don't understand." She said as he took the ring and slid it onto her finger.

"I love you and I want to marry you, it's really just that simple." He told her.

"But you said_" she began as she felt tears streaming down her cheeks and found herself starting to choke over them. The doctor took her face inside his hands and wiped them away with his thumb as he gazed inside her eyes.

"Rose, there is a way for us to be together if you want." He began. "You see, I've been doing some research about it, and if you marry me then you'll grow a second heart and become part time lady." He told her.

"I will?" she asked as she continued sobbing tears of joy as she grabbed ahold of his hand.

"Yes." He answered as he tucked a strand of hair behind her ear. "Rose," he began. "Rose Tyler, I love you. More than I ever thought possible. Will you marry me?" he asked her as he waited a moment for her to answer him. Then a few moments later she nodded and gave out a great sniff.

"Yes." She answered in a hoarse whisper. "I will." She agreed before they embraced tightly.

"Thank you," the doctor began before kissing the top of her head. "I've never been happier in my whole entire life. And I promise that I'll take good care of you." He said as he kissed her again and held her tightly inside his arms.

A few moments later they broke apart. "I can't believe it," Rose began with another sniff as she rubbed her eyes. "we're actually getting married." She said as the doctor grinned at her.

"Yeah, I already talked it over with your mother and everything." He told her.

"Well this will be one birthday that I certainly won't forget." She said stifling a laugh when suddenly the doctor stopped grinning and all of the color drained from out of his face.

"What did you say?" he asked her.

"The fact that we're getting engaged one day before my thirtieth birthday." She said.

"Uh Rose, darling, sweetheart, I need to go use the loo. Why don't you just stay right here one moment please and I'll be right back." He told her before he quickly got to his feet and dashed away. He couldn't believe it, he was about to marry the woman of his dreams and he had completely forgotten one of the most important days in her life!

TO BE CONTINUED…