So hello, my first ever fanfic. I hope you like it! Please remember English isn't my native language and I'm a human being so I make grammar and spelling mistakes. Feel free to correct me.

Disclaimer: I don't own Doctor Who or whatever.

23 years and 32 days. That's how long the Doctor's been gone. That's how long I've been here, in the parallel universe. The Doctor and I live in a small apartment mid-London. But the TARDIS stands inside so it's actually not that small at all. The best part is that we're happy, with what we have. We have each other and that's better than all the traveling.

I stare at the ceiling. Then, I swing my legs over the side of the bed. When my feet are on the floor I realize how cold it is and quickly pull them back. Just a few more minutes before getting up, I think as I fall asleep again..

"Rose, are you still in bed?" I hear The Doctor calling. His voice woke me up; he's always up first. Jumping around shouting that there are a lot of things to do on such a beautiful day and that there's no point in lying in bed all day.

"Yeah," I groan. I turn my body and lie with my chest on the mattress, pushing my face deeper into my pillow. God, I shouldn't have stayed up that late yesterday.

"You should be at work in 10 minutes I thought you were up already." Fuck. I quickly jump out of bed, ignoring the cold. I run to my wardrobe, grab the first trousers I can find and trip when I try to put them on. While lying on the floor with my trousers on my knees The Doctor walks in. He looks at me for a second until he bursts into laughter. I join him; this must be a hilarious sight. A woman lying on the floor with her trousers half-off crying with joy.

Finally, I'm able to get up. I quickly pull my clothes on, The Doctor made breakfast. He isn't the best cook but I appreciate the effort he put into making those omelets.

"Bye!" I shout as I run out of the door. I look back over my shoulder and see The Doctor waving through the window.

I run to the bus stop. Just on time, the bus is still there. The door closes right after I jump in. If I were one second later I'd be stuck between them.

"Right on time," The bus driver gives me a smirk.

I smirk back.

When I get to my stop I get out of the bus and walk to Torchwood. I hang up my coat and walk to my office. They basically begged me to take the job here, even when my Doctor wasn't here yet. I took it immediately and when he did come here I didn't quit. He didn't want me to.

We still travel, but less. We're getting older too. I had never thought I'd see The Doctor grow old but here we are.

"Rose," I snap out of my thoughts as I see Ann approaching me.

"Yeah," I say.

"This weird letter came for you today, it's alien or something." She sighs. "I don't really understand, but they said it came through a void? I can't really remember all the technical terms."

"The void? Does that mean it's not from this universe?" I ask, raising my eyebrows. How can a letter from a different universe travel to this one. And even more important, why is it addressed to me?

"No fucking clue," She says annoyed. "Only administration, remember?" She starts to walk away from my desk.

"Yeah, I'll go ask Finley!" I shout while she's shutting the door. Finley will know, he's my boss. But he doesn't act like it; he's my best friend too.

I get up and walk out of my office, I see Ann going around the corner. I walk to the other side of the hallway, into the testing area. I can see Finley writing something on a piece of paper. I walk towards him.

"So, a letter huh?" I can see him bending over something blue with ridiculous glasses on, probably 3D glasses.

"Not just a letter," he mumbles. I'm now standing right next to him, but still I couldn't hear exactly what he said.

"Huh?" I say. "I didn't catch that."

He turns around to face me, he looks ridiculous with the glasses. Grinning, he says. "Not just a letter, it seems to have gone through the void. It has the background radiation." The stuff I carry with me all the time, because I traveled here. The stuff that sucked the Daleks and Cybermen straight into hell.

"Let me see that," I pull the glasses off his face and look at the letter. When I move it I see little black dots flying around it. Then I remove the glasses and give the letter back. It has my name on it, and it's blue. TARDIS blue.

"How did it get here?" I say fascinated. "I mean, it's been in the void. Did anyone open it? Is it booby trapped?" I really can't take my eyes off the letter now.

"No one knows, it was just on your desk this morning. Our radars picked it up. We checked it for booby traps, probably not. We can't be sure though." He tells me. "But if there is something bad inside it wouldn't have waited until you came her to open it."

"Yeah," I nod. My palms are getting sweaty. "So can I open it?"

"Go ahead," he looks nervous too. I feel afraid; I really want to know what's inside. But what if I don't like what I'll find. It takes a while for me to build up the courage to open it, but then I pick up the letter and let out a deep breath.

Finally, I open the letter.

A/N; Trust me, the exciting bits are yet to come. I hope you liked it, reviewing would be amazing! Critique is always welcome, however there is a difference between critique and hate. ;)