Journey's Beginning:

Fandom: Doctor Who

Summary: Rose stands on the beach of Bad Wolf Bay with the two Doctors. But she won't let her Doctor leave her here again.

Characters: Rose Tyler, 10th Doctor, Meta-Crisis Doctor

Rating: K

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Rose stood on the beach with her two Doctors. She didn't understand how he could just leave her after she traveled through a thousand universes and killed ten thousand monsters all for him. Even though a human Doctor would be nice, he wasn't her Doctor. He was just a copy, not the real thing.

"Doctor, what was the last thing you said to me?"

The Doctor replied "I said 'Rose Tyler….'"

He really didn't want to leave her. He just wanted her to be happy, to give her a normal human life that she deserved. It broke both his hearts, but he had to let her go.

Then she asked "And how was that sentence going to end?"

He knew he couldn't answer. It would make this too painful. So instead, he said, "Does it need saying?"

Rose wasn't satisfied with this answer and turned to the Doctor's twin. "And you?" she asked, hoping at least he would answer.

And he did. He leaned down to whisper in her ear, just audible above the wind, "Rose Tyler, I love you."

Rose was overtaken with emotion. She stepped away from the meta-crisis toward the true Doctor, looking at him with pure love. She leaned over and kissed the Time Lord with all the love and hope and passion she had held in her heart for him over the past three years.

The Doctor was surprised by this, not having known that his copy had told her the truth. When she pulled away from him, he had a shocked look on his face that soon turned into a huge smile.

"You can't expect to be getting rid of me now, Doctor," she told him with an equally big smile.

"No, I suppose I can't." He was even happier now that he had Rose back for good. He knew he was being selfish, and that one day she was going to regret coming with him, but at this point, he didn't really care. "What are we waiting for then! Come along, Rose! We have to get Donna home!" he said, stepping into the TARDIS.

After hugging her mother one final time and making sure the Doctor's twin would be looked after, Rose followed the Doctor into the blue box, feeling happier than ever to have found her way back to her true home, in the TARDIS by the Doctor's side.