I had this idea and just had to write it down. I hope someone likes it.

I'm german and my English isn't and probably never will be perfect. I hope I don't make too many mistakes. Feel free to point out errors so I can learn and improve.

I don't have a beta reader. I wish I did, but until I find one you'll have to deal with my mistakes. Sorry! That said, would anyone like to become my beta reader? I'd really appreciate it!

----- ----- ----- ----- -----

Chapter 1:

Rose Tyler looked around. The whole building was empty. It was a shop, similar to the one she had been working in all those years ago, before she met the doctor and back when she was still living in her own reality. It wasn't far from the shop she worked in either, well, apart from the fact that it was in another reality.

Torchwood had picked up some sort of alien signal. It came from this building. Holding up a small detector Rose followed the signal, trying to find its source.

She probably should have called the doctor to come with her. But things were still a little off between them. He was here for about a month now. He said he loved her and they had kissed. The kiss was amazing and Rose did like him. But he wasn't the real doctor. He wasn't actually the person she had been travelling with. The real doctor was still in the other reality. He simply dropped her off and left her with his clone, or whatever the other doctor was.

Rose wasn't sure what to think of all this. A part of her felt like she finally got what she always wanted. She kind of had the doctor and he wanted to be with her. But it still felt like he wasn't the real deal. He wasn't actually the person she wanted. And the person she really wanted had simply left her, like she didn't mean anything to him.

Rose sighed. Since she was back in this world she had hardly done anything besides trying to figure out what to think about the whole situation. It was why she kept her distance from the doctor. She couldn't be with him unless she was sure that she really wanted to be with him and not the other one.

Pushing away the thoughts Rose went to the basement of the building. She had work to do and since she didn't ask the doctor to come along, like Pete had told her to do, she was on her own and had to pay attention.

Suddenly there were noises. Someone or something was moving, and it was coming closer.

"Hello? Is anyone there?", she called. Maybe she should have stayed quiet, but since the noises were coming closer she guessed whoever was here knew her location anyway.

Rose stuffed the detector into her jacket pocket to get her hands free incase she needed her gun. Then she saw it. Someone was walking towards her. It actually was more than one person. No, it weren't people at all. It were plastic dummies.

"You've got to be kidding me", Rose muttered. This couldn't be happening – again. Well, it was a different building and a different reality, so it hadn't actually happened before. But she had seen moving plastic before and she knew who was behind it. The only problem was that she needed anti-plastic to stop these aliens. Where was she going to get that? Right, the doctor. It looked like she had to call him after all. Hopefully he would be able to make some anti-plastic. Without a TARDIS she doubted that he had any at hand.

Rose was about to reach for her gun to shoot her way out and make a call, when someone suddenly took her hand.

"Run."

Rose glanced to her left, feeling totally surprised and stunned. Her body however reacted instinctively and started running, while her mind still tried to process what was happening.

They stopped in an elevator and the doctor tried to close the doors before the plastic dummies came in.

"I'm having a déjà vu", Rose muttered.

The doctor pulled off a dummies arm and threw it at her after the elevator doors closed.

"You do? Well, you better tell me about it later. Or never." He was quite busy trying to stop the Autons and finding the Nestene Consciousness who brought them to life.

Throwing the plastic arm to the ground Rose stared at the man infront of her. It was him. It really was the doctor. He looked exactly like he did when they first met. He was still the tall dark-haired man with the big nose, big ears and northern accent. A smile appeared on her lips. How she had missed that version of him!

"You're not at all curious about what just happened?", the doctor asked, looking at the blonde woman. She wasn't freaking out, which was a good thing, but she wasn't asking questions either. And now she was smiling?

"Oh I know exactly what just happened", Rose answered with a grin. Then she tilted her head and her smile widened as the doctor raised an eyebrow in an all too familiar way.

"You're not from an alternate reality, are you?", she asked. She had to make sure he wasn't the same man she met back home, when she was 19 years old. But if there was another rip in the walls between universes Torchwood would have picked it up. They were looking for signs of it.

The doctor stared at her unbelievingly. What an odd question to ask. This young woman definitely wasn't like most humans.

"Why would I be?", he asked. Then the door of the elevator opened and he got out.

Rose followed him. It didn't sound like he was from her reality. This was this world's doctor. She was torn between feeling disappointed and excited.

"I know what you're going to do", she the called. "You're blowing up the building to stop them."

The doctor turned to face her. Then he pulled the explosives out of his pocket.

"How did you know that?" Now he really was starting to feel curious about her.

"Just a lucky guess", Rose said with a smirk.

The doctor frowned.

"I need to finish this. You better start running for your life."

"Oh no, I'm not leaving you." Not this time! "I won't let you out of my sight."

The doctor turned to her and then grinned. "I wasn't planning to leave you behind, if that's what you thought. I just don't want you to get blown up by accident." He was way too curious to find out more about this woman to let her die.

Yeah, right, Rose thought. Then why did you leave me behind? It wasn't him. She had to remind herself, that this doctor didn't even know her.

"Wait here. I'll be right back."

He disappeared inside and Rose opened the door to keep an eye on him. No way was she losing him again. The doctor walked a bit further into the building, then placed the bomb on the floor. Turning around he spotted Rose looking in and grinned at her. Then he started to jog towards her. Once at the door he turned around, pointed the sonic screwdriver at the bomb and set the timer off.

"We've got one minute. Run."

Rose didn't need to be told twice. She turned around, glanced down briefly when he took her hand and then started to run, a big smile on her face.