Chapter One:

London, England, Earth, the coolness of the early hours of the mornings breeze running through the city, as some of the drunken occupants walked slowly home after a nights clubbing, trying to not the trip over their feet as they did so. However not everyone was like that, some of them would be tucked up in bed awaiting the call from the alarm that would wake them up for the next morning. And then they would start again, get up, get dressed, go to work, come home, have tea, go to bed and wait for the alarm to go off again signalling it was time to do the same routine yet again. And that was fine if you were happy with doing the same routine day after day, every day three hundred and sixty five days of the year, from the moment you're born until the day you die.

And Jackie Tyler was quite happy with that as well, she was happy enough to get up each morning and go to bed each evening in exactly the same routine. But she didn't have her daughter here with her, well she did some times but not all the time. Because Rose Tyler was off travelling the universe in some sort of box that Jackie never got the hang of really, except that it had the name TARDIS what ever that meant.

Some would say that she should be used to doing the same routine all alone especially after two years, people seemed to think that she'd be used to it by now, but how wrong they were. She'd accepted that her daughter was travelling around the universe, because she knew that if she didn't then she may lose her daughter forever and she couldn't do that. But that was one thing that sometimes happened to her when she was lying in the early hours of the morning in her large double bed. It sometimes hit her that she'd never see her daughter again, and although she rang every now and again and came home every few weeks there was always that worry at the back of her mind, edging its way into her thoughts making her lay awake for hours on end hoping that her daughter was safe.

It wasn't the alarm, or her thoughts that were waking Jackie Tyler up at three in the morning, it was her phone. She grumbled to herself as she tried to ignore the noise and sink back into the depths of her warm pillows before thinking she'd better answer it. Something was telling her that it wasn't Rose; she'd never ring at this time of the night, and neither would her relatives really, unless something really bad had happened. That was when she realised that whatever this phone call may be it can't be good.

And that's why she braced herself as she picked up the phone from the bed side table, because she knew that whoever it was, whatever had happened it would not be good.

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Somewhere on a distant planet, somewhere in the universe, in the middle of suns and stars burning so brightly you can't look at them probably. Somewhere in the mist of beauty and danger, there were people running up and down the carnival wearing bright colours along with screaming with terror or laughing with happiness as they swung upside down on the big rides. These bright vibrant colours contrasted to the cool, relaxing colours of the blues and turquoises of the sea and the soft yellow of the warm sand, getting warmer as the planets warm sun heated it up.

Somewhere in the mist of all the colours a couple walked down the path holding hands, happy as ever, they'd been on Barcelona for a few hours now. They'd started off on the beach and then made their way up to the carnival laughing at the jokes they'd told each other.

"I hadn't have had that Banana with me I certainly wouldn't have been able to fix the entire thing, can you believe that the entire event was running on the power of Bananas, honestly, you could have milkshakes you know…have you ever had a banana milkshake from round there seriously best ones in the universe. I like milkshakes especially Banana ones, oh and those ones where you have ice cream in them as well delicious especially Banana ice cream…." The Doctor rambled.

"Right that does it Ferris wheel it is" Rose said dragging the Doctor over to the very short cue, where mainly children were cueing up stopping his ramble.

"What…" the Doctor said

"I'm sorry, but those little flowers on the side look so cute and I certainly have to go on it, and the view will be brilliant from the top"
"Rose" the Doctor hesitated.

"Oh don't tell me the on coming storm is scared of heights" Rose said looking at him.

"No of course not" the Doctor said still hesitant to get nearer.

"Then what?" Rose asked

"I don't like the clowns" the Doctor said putting Rose in between himself and the offending clown, which was chatting to the children that was going to get on the ride.

"Oh I don't believe it" Rose said taking his hand and pulling him past the clown and onto the ride. "See not that bad" Rose said smiling at him as he still watched the clown like a hawk its prey as it went off with some children to get his photo taken with him.

"You big baby" Rose said as the ride set off, and took his hand before placing a kiss to his cheek remembering the first time they'd kissed, she'll never get used to the idea that they'd gotten married and she certainly never regretted it even if it had been in secret, but she'd sort her mother out when she needed to.

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Rose strolled into the TARDIS, laughing as she did so at the Doctor that was quite happily munching on the candyfloss she'd gotten him.

"Oh I still can't believe you're scared of clowns, honestly my Time Lord scared of clowns" Rose said laughing whilst taking her red shoes off.

"Even I have phobias. Might travel the universe, fight monsters day and night, but even a brave, charming, handsome man like me can have a phobia" the Doctor said.

"Ha! You're so full of it you are"

"Yep" the Doctor said bouncing round the console as he usually did setting the co-ordinates. "And since when Miss was I you're Time Lord?"

"Since the day you took my hand and said "run", now off you trot and make some lovely tea whilst I go have a shower as you "accidentally" pushed me into the sea" Rose said to him.

"Oh I didn't push you in" the Doctor said coming up behind her and wrapping his arms round her waist.

"Yeah course you didn't, you just tripped and your hands happened to land on my back" Rose said turning round in his embrace "And on the day that I decided to wear a white dress"

"Well not my fault, I said wear red" the Doctor said smiling cheekily at her.

"If I remember correctly, you said to me oh yeah but that white dress on there" Rose said

"Well why do you think that was?" he whispered in her ear

"Hmm let me think" Rose said before gasping as she felt the coldness of his lips against her neck.

"Doctor much as I want to take this further I really need to have a shower" Rose said smiling as she felt a small moan of disappointment escape her husbands lips. "We'll finish it later"

"Okay" he said smiling at her before placing a kiss to her lips. "I love you"

"Love you too" Rose said "Meet you in the kitchen yeah?"

"Yeah" the Doctor replied smiling to himself as he watched her go off through the doorway to their bedroom.

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The Doctor placed the cups onto the counter whilst he waited for the kettle to boil, and looked down at the plane silver band on his finger before smiling. They'd been married now for six months and it had been the best six months of his life. They'd been at Shareens wedding, after a few days in Paris where they'd realised that Adam Mitchell had been transported to 2006, after his mother died trying to find them so she didn't die however he'd fallen for Shareen along the way and so had left it, making him still be in the 2006 timeline. He just had to make sure that no matter where he went he wouldn't meet himself, his mother or his father or it really would create a massive paradox.

Meeting the Doctor and Rose, however hadn't been so harmful because they already knew who he was, where as his parents didn't therefore when they realised the power from the shock would create the paradox, and then there would be havoc to fix.

And because the Doctor had made it very clear to Adam that he mustn't go anywhere near his parents, he wasn't too worried. After all he knew what it was like to be in love and married; it's just that they did it in secret no one else knows apart from themselves.

He really wasn't looking forward to the day Jackie found out, she would be so disappointed to know she'd missed it, and not to mention the slap, he was bound to get a slap when she found out. If there was one thing in the universe other than clowns, it was protective mothers. That's one thing about the universe that never changes wherever you go, where ever you go, there's always going to be some sort of protective mother around, or father for that matter, but their tactics are completely different, because for starters they don't slap their childrens companions. Whatever happened he was bound to get a slap, it was ninety nine percent certain, that part he wasn't quite looking forward too.

He poured the water into the cups and was about to take them over to the table, where he'd quite happily read a book whilst he waited for Rose to come out of the shower. Something which he found himself doing a lot at the moment as he waited for her, either that or he'd go and tinker with the TARDIS. But he stopped in his tracks seeing that Rose was rummaging through the top cupboards, looking for something.

"That was a quick shower" he said sitting down at the table.

"Yeah well I only needed a quick one" the muffled reply came from inside the cupboard.

"What you looking for" the Doctor asked.

"The biscuits, you know those custard creams you got the other day" Rose said "But they don't appear to be here"
"Rose" the Doctor said

"Yes in a minuet Doctor, bit busy at the moment"

"No Rose there here" he said picking up the custard creams and waving them in her view.

"Oh" a Rose said getting down from her place on a chair and coming to join him. "Good" she said grabbing the biscuits and stuffing them into her mouth.

"You're hungry" the Doctor said laughing at this sudden outburst of hunger.

"Yep, had a craving for biscuits" Rose replied smiling cheekily. "And strawberries"

"What at the same time" the Doctor asked

"No" Rose said
"Strawberries and biscuits at the same time, thought you said you didn't like custard creams anyway"

"Yeah well you know me, I like to be exotic every now and again" Rose said.

"Hmm don't you just" the Doctor said feeling her foot rub against his leg although whether it was because she was currently trying to grab the biscuits that had gone over to the other side of the table.

"Well I remember the last time you had those strawberries, I'm telling you it was a good job I was the first man you saw"

"Hey it's not my fault; how was I supposed to know that those strawberries would make me want to seduce the first man I saw." Rose said turning red at the thought. "And anyway from what I remember you weren't complaining, especially when I put that little re dress on"

"I do like that little red dress" the Doctor said "Although it's not so little"
"Well maybe I'll just have to put that little red dress of mine on again" Rose said

"Hmm that could be good" the Doctor said feeling her foot yet again on his leg.

"We could always go back to that particular place and make sure I get exactly the same drink" Rose said getting up and

"Mmm" the Doctor murmured getting up himself and joining her, taking her hands as he did so. "You know we could just go and finish what we started"

"We could" Rose said pulling the Doctor closer to her by his tie "Sounds a good idea to me"

"I think I can agree with that one" the Doctor said bringing his head down to kiss her. "You sure, we have an early morning tomorrow. I doubt your mother will be happy if we both get there late for her little party" the Doctor said softly.
"Yep I'm sure" Rose said dragging him toward their bedroom.

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The Doctor opened one eye and saw that Roses brown ones were still looking at him like the ones that were watching him five minuets before hand.

"You should be asleep" the Doctor said

"You're much more interesting than sleep" Rose said "I like looking at you, especially at your face; you have a very good complexion" she said tracing her finger down his nose.

"Yeah well I won't when your mother gets her hands on me, when we turn up tomorrow and have massive bags under our eyes"
"Well she won't slap you not about that anyway, she knows what your driving is like"

"Eh, I'll have you know my driving is very good. I might be a little jumpy every now and again but no human had complained apart from you" the Doctor said "Oh and your mother"

"Yeah well you have improved I suppose" Rose replied.

"Improved in what?" asked the Doctor.

"Driving haven't landed us a year after I was meant to go home" Rose said "Although I wouldn't put it past you. Although I am assured that your fly away hair would make a good cushion to land on if ever we were to crash"

"Now that Miss Tyler was a little bit too cheeky" the Doctor said rolling over onto his front.

"And what you gonna do about it?" Rose replied

"I'm…." the Doctor stared but was cut off by the normal ring of Roses phone.

"Leave it" Rose said as the Doctor looked up and reached out to get it.

"It's your mother" he said as Rose groaned

"Oh fine answer it" Rose said "But tell her I'm asleep"

"Why do I have to answer it? She's your mother" the Doctor said looking shocked at the very idea
"Yes but she's likely to have me on for ages with pointless matters and I have much more pressing matters here with you" Rose said kissing his neck to prove her point.

"Okay, okay fine but unless you want me to be unable to speak I suggest you stop doing that" the Doctor said answering the phone.
"Hello Jackie" the Doctor said happily or at least trying his best to sound happy and he saw Rose pull on his discarded shirt and tip toe out of the room.

there or week, or she was telling him not to bother coming tomorrow encase they caught it.

"No she's sleeping right now; she was quite tired it's better not to wake her. I'll get her to ring you…" he paused as he heard a soft sniffle, but this time he knew there was something very wrong, not wrong as in unwell wrong as in something terrible must have happened. "Jackie what's the matter, you're crying"

"It's my Mum" came the muffled stuffy reply from the end of the phone. "She's had a heart attack; she's in intensive care… Doctor it's not good they don't think she's going to make it"

"Oh god Jackie I'm sorry. Right we're on our way now"

"Rose…"

"I'll tell her" the Doctor said "We won't be long I promise"

"Thank you" Jackie said before the phone went off.

Sighing to himself, the Doctor pulled on his dressing gown and went in search of Rose. He didn't quite know how to tell Rose that her Gran had a heart attack and probably wouldn't live for much longer, he knew that she loved her Grandma very much and knew that when the time did come it would break her heart, when ever she'd spoken about her she'd always said how wonderful she was. That was why he had to do this gently, and tactfully.

Walking into the kitchen he found Rose raiding the custard creams again, he stopped and looked at her, how beautiful she was. He knew that the smile on her face would soon be wiped off when he the news.

"What did she want?" she asked turning round to face him, and saw the look on his face knowing it can't be good. "What's wrong?"

"Your Mum she…well you see… listen Rose I'm here for you, what ever happens I'm here for you" the Doctor said but Rose cut him off.

"Doctor your scaring me, what's happened?" she asked knowing something awful must have happened.

"Rose you Grandma….she has had an heart attack" the Doctor said "Rose… it's not looking good, she's in intensive care." The Doctor stopped and took her hand "They don't know whether she'll make it" it didn't take the Doctor a second to know that he needed to engulf Rose in a hug. "I'm so sorry sweetheart"

"But she's alive yeah" Rose said burying her head in his shoulder a little more after a few minuets "That's got to be a good sign"

"Rose I don't know how bad it is, but it doesn't sound good if she's in intensive care" he said softly "I'm so sorry sweetheart. I told your Mum we'd be there soon"
"Oh god Mum, she's going to be a mess" Rose said "We've got to go"

"Okay" the Doctor said placing a kiss to her forehead. "I'll get dressed and then I'll set the co-ordinates" he said taking her hand and dragging her back to their room to get dressed.

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Preview of Chapter Two:

"She couldn't make any sense of it, how was this possible how can someone been seen in a mirror when they were a good three floors away. How can someone just magically appear in front of you, she'd seen this sort of thing in films loved ones coming back to see you one last time before they...

With that thought in mind Rose ran from the room, up three flights of stairs to find that her thoughts had been confirmed."

AN: Hope you enjoyed the first chapter, second chapter will be up in a few days time hopefully so long as everything goes to plan, I do have two stories on the go at the minuet!.

Please review, constructive criticism welcome.

Beres.