Chapter One

The Tardis was humming as it usually did, when the Doctor skipped into the control room. His long brown hair swayed as he skidded to a stop in front of the monitor. Fixing his bowtie, he turned the monitor his way. "Let's see what you have for us today, shall we?" He smirked as the controls set themselves and the time rotor started up.

Amy and Rory stumbled into the control room as the Tardis took flight and started shaking as it always did when it was traveling (break on and everything). "Where are we going now, Doctor?" yelled Amy in glee over the noise of the time rotor.

"I don't know!" replied the Doctor in an equally gleeful tone.

They smiled at each other manically over the console while Rory held onto a purple knob-y thing on he console. He rolled his eyes at his wife and the Raggedy Doctor and concentrated on not falling to the ground of the console room.

The Tardis landed and the three of them ran to the door, Amy getting there first. She pulled open the door and ran out, stopping immediately making the boys run right into her. "I come out expecting some new planet or time, and I get stuck in the slums," it came out as a question. She turned to the Doctor. "Doctor?"

He was staring at the building in front of him, pain in his eyes, memories flowing back one by one. Amy shook him.

"Doctor? Doctor answer me!"

Rory grabbed his wife, hushing her. "Amy, shh. I think he needs to be alone right now. He looks like he's in pain."

Amy nodded and hugged him. "Doctor? Where are you going?" She yelled after him.

Rory turned around and saw the Doctor sprinting to the building as fast as his legs could carry him. The two companions followed him quickly, worried for their friend. Neither one of them noticed the two simple words that had replaced the standard message on the Tardis' door.

The two caught up to the Doctor on the top floor of the building where he had stopped in front of a door.

"Doctor?" Amy asked quietly. "You okay?" She warily took a step toward him. He said something so quietly she almost didn't catch it. "I'm sorry, are you talking about flowers?" She asked him incredulously.

Rory looked at her questionably. "He's talking about flowers?"

"No, I'm not talking about flowers. I'm talking about her." He trailed off in a soft voice, resting his hand lightly on the door.

Amy and Rory shared a look. "Who's 'her', Doctor?" Rory asked.

He didn't get an answer as the Doctor had pulled out his sonic screwdriver and aimed it at the door so fast they almost missed it. The door swung open and before it had opened all the way, the Doctor had pushed his way through and into the apartment.

Amy shared a look with her husband before the pair followed him in. They found him in an empty room with pink walls, kneeling on the ground. Only it wasn't as empty as they thought.

The doctor was kneeling facing a corner. In the corner was a girl. Pretty. Blonde. Maybe 20 something years old. She was staring at the Doctor with red-rimmed eyes.

Amy and Rory moved to either side of the Doctor keeping a careful eye on the blonde in the corner, Amy took a glance at her friend. He had a look of pure love and astonishment on his face. "Doctor?" She heard a gasp from the corner at the mention of his name, and the red-head turned to face the blonde.

"Doctor?" the girl asked, a tiny smile forming on her face.

He grinned. "Rose!"

The blonde, no known as Rose, rushed forward and hugged him. "Oh Doctor! I've missed you!"

"I missed you too!"

Amy looked at Rory. "Should we give them some privacy?"

"I think that'd be best." The two left the room and went into the living room at the front of the apartment and sat down. There was an uncomfortable silence in the air as the two sat, wondering who this 'Rose' was to the Doctor.

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The two broke apart from their lingering hug and grinned at each other. "How did you get back?" He asked.

She smiled sadly. "The metacrisis didn't live very long. His heart failed him. After that, I started trying to find a way back to you. Mum knew you were the only thing I wanted in life so she let me go." She paused for a second, obviously remembering the mother she could never see again. She shook her head slightly and her grin was back. "Anyways, eventually I had enough parts to fix the Tardis in that world. After screwing around with the controls, I eventually figured out how to fly her. But when I got back to this dimension she died. Wrong kind of power in this world for her. She dropped me off here and I came in to grab a few things when all the memories of my mum came flooding back."

Her eyes began to tear up and he grabbed her in a hug once more. Rose startled him with a laugh. He pulled back and stared at her. "What?" he asked.

She looked at him, sobered up her laughing, and said, "Your bowtie," before her calm façade vanished and she burst out laughing again.

The Doctor rolled his eyes. "Bowties are cool," he told her. However, that did not stop her giggles, and soon he was laughing too.

Eventually they calmed down. "So, you regenerated again?" She asked.

He looked down. "Yeah, it's been a hectic two years."

And then, the stuff of legend told each other their stories. It was hours later that they came out of Roses old bedroom and found the Doctors' friends fast asleep on the couch.