Warning Bells

Looking back, she's surprised she didn't recognize it sooner. That sharp pang of jealously in the pit in her stomach when he mentions her name. Because he doesn't just mention her, he compares them. Constantly. Its unfair, on so many levels, but mostly because he doesn't have the decency to tell her what she's up against.

All he says, all he has to say is 'oh, Rose would know' and Martha Jones is suddenly this inept nobody, incapable of proper space/time travel, regardless of no crash course whatsoever and possibly the worse tour guide ever.

Doesn't matter though, because she continues to try and impress him with her wit and her knowledge and her smiles because she's pretty damn amazing on her own.

And when he mentions she who must not be named, Martha rolls her eyes and resolves to be better than this Rose person.