Chapter 1: Leaving
"You ready?"
The Doctor stood impatiently leaning against a the wall in the corridor of Jackie Tyler's flat, he had been waiting for her for over an hour.
"How long does it take to pack!"
Rose's head popped out of her bedroom and she frowned at him.
"Oh stop moaning! I don't know what I'll need, the weather could change dramatically! Or there could be no weather! What if its raining on Mars and I need my hair straighteners but I left them back on Earth! You can't be too prepared!," she called back.
He sighed and leaned back against the wall defeated. She didn't need hair straighteners or anything else for that matter, all he wanted on this adventure was her...
"Oi get off my wall, you!"
Jackie Tyler had appeared behind him from the living room. He was roused from his thoughts about Rose when she batted him over the head with a rolled up newspaper until he moved.
"Ow! Hey, stop will you!
"You're already taking my daughter to some unknown and distant planet in the middle of bloody nowhere, but you are not going to scuff my walls with those stupid trainers of yours!"
Jackie bustled off to the kitchen.
"Roooooosee," the Doctor whined.
"C'mon hurry up! This is a hostile environment, I've already been attacked by your mother!"
"I'm coming alright!," she replied.
Rose appeared in the hallway moments later with a large rucksack on her back. The Doctor grinned at her and she smiled back with that daring and adventurous sparkle in her eyes.
"Bye Mum!" Rose hugged Jackie tightly.
"Don't miss me too much okay! Love you!"
Jackie held her child tightly to her, not wanting to let her go.
"Look after yourself darling. I'll always be here for you. Love you too," Jackie replied.
She then pointed an accusing finger at the Doctor.
"And you take care of her, do you hear me!? She's my daughter and she will come home safe, do you understand!"
"Don't worry Jackie, she will be safe. I'll always be there for her," he replied.
The Doctor looked at Rose as he said it. She grinned back.
"Alright time to go!," the Doctor exclaimed.
He held out his hand and Rose grabbed it tightly. She looked back and waved one more time to her mum, this was her new life now, it was so much better than what it was before, she was with him. They took the lift down from the flat and walked out across the square to the Tardis parked on the corner, still holding hands tightly. They never let go.