The Doctor slammed the TARDIS door behind him. He turned to Rose who's breathing was heaving from having to run, again. Though her cheeks were red and she was thoroughly puffed out she gave the Doctor a cheeky grin. His hearts skipped a beat and he smiled back. Though he wouldn't admit it to himself, his attraction towards his pink and yellow companion had definitely grown since his regeneration.

"Right, where to now? There's a lovely market planet on the fifth sector of the Binary Galaxy. They make the best banana bread, you really must try it. Or we could go to the Unfett Union of Calloro. They have living buildings that can move whenever they want!" he rambled on to Rose as he quickly jumped towards the TARDIS's control panel. Rose slowly followed behind him. "Mind you that can make it hard to know exactly where people live."

"You really don't stop do you?" she said, sitting up on the control board. "We just fled for our lives again and you just want to pop off to the next planet?"

The Doctor stopped pressing the controls. He had forgotten that humans needed a lot more rest then Time Lords. Sometimes he forgot to stop and make sure they were alright. He wouldn't make that mistake with Rose though. No, she was special. As he looked back at her he noticed that her forehead was glistening with sweat and he could feel her body heat radiating into the air. Higher than it should have been.

"Alright, alright. We can stop for a bit." The Doctor gave in. Rose looked thoroughly relieved.

"Thanks Doctor. I'll just be in my room." Rose started walking towards the North hallway but her legs became so shaky that she had to stop and hold onto the rails. The Doctor turned around and seeing her struggle asked if she was alright.

"Yeah, I'm fine. just a little tired. Maybe a bit too much running." she reassured him, giving a meek smile with just the tiniest bit of tongue.

"Alright, you just let me know if something's wrong." The Doctor looked Rose in the eye, a serious demeanour suddenly coming over him. She promised him that she would before she left the control room.

The Doctor tried to concentrate on the TARDIS, her graphical input device was malfunctioning and he needed to fix it but his mind was still on Rose and the tiniest inkling that keep nagging at the back of his mind. Finally he gave up on his machine and decided to call it a night (or a day, you really couldn't tell on the TARDIS). Time Lords didn't need much sleep so he retired himself to his bedroom for a little light reading before 4 hours of sleep.

The Doctor started to become concerned when Rose had been in bed for the pass 14 hours. Even though he knew full well that humans tended to sleep for a while Rose had never been one to sleep in especially in the TARDIS when she knew that The Doctor would be waiting for her. He knocked on her door lightly at first. When there was no response, a little harder. Still no response. After a third attempt The Doctor decided that Rose would want him to come in if her life was in trouble and opened the door anyway. He quietly slipped into the soft lavender bedroom.

"Rose, are you alright?" he whisper towards the huge pile of sheets on the double bed. Again no response. So The Doctor silently passed through the darkened bedroom to her bedside. Rose was still sleeping and even though she was covered by countless bedcovers and sheets, she was violently shivering. Her pink skin was covered in bright red splotches and The Doctor felt his gut wrench. He would never forgive himself if she had caught some alien disease from a planet that he had taken her too. The Doctor put his hand to her forehead. Her temperature was much higher than it should have been, about 42 degrees.

"Rose." The Doctor gently nudged his companion and she rolled over in her sleep. Slowly she started to stir and open her eyes.

"D-doctor?" Rose weakly looked up at him and gave a little cough.

"Shhh. Don't try to talk. Save your energy. You've come down with some sort of illness. I'll have to take you down to the med bay and just take a few tests. That okay?" He quietly asked his beloved companion. She simply nodded and that was all it took for him to scoop her up, blankets and all, and take her straight down to the med bay. Knowing that he would never let his Rose suffer because of him.