A/N: I know this is shorter chapter, sorry, but I hope to continue the story soon. :)
Disclaimer: Sadly, I don't own Doctor Who and Takin' Over the Asylum.
They stepped out of the TARDIS together. Now Campbell could see Jackie better. She really looked like Rose a little. She was smiling at him and they shook their hands. Campbell relaxed a little and smiled, too. But then Jackie frowned.
"Where's the Doctor? I thought you can't operate with this box. How could he leave you on your own?" Jackie was suddenly panicking.
"Mum..." Rose immediately was sad, her eyes filling with tears, while she tried to interrupt her mother.
"But he promised to look after you, Rose! How could..." Jackie didn't see her daughter's expression.
"MUM! He is dead! Please stop it." Rose was now crying. Campbell didn't know what to do. He slid his arm around Rose's shoulders, trying to calm her.
"Oh, Rose, sweetheart, I am sorry. I didn't know... Never expected this to happen, you couldn't even imagine it." Jackie was shocked, her hands on her mouth.
"Please, I wanna be alone for a while... Can you leave, please." Jackie looked uncertain but Campbell nudged her slightly to the door. When they were out he tried to explain what he knew.
"I think it's all coming down on her now. I met her before twelve hours, no more. But she still didn't realize it. Now she knows he is not here, and she won't see him again. We gotta leave her alone for a while. Then you will talk with her, okay?" Jackie only nodded, eyeing him. Then she led him to the living room.
"And did she tell you what exactly happened?"
"Well, some Deleks or Daleks attacked them, like an ambush, and the Doctor didn't have a chance. Rose just ran and the TARDIS saved her." Campbell said what he remembered, running his hand through his hair, looking around. "I really don't know anything else. We didn't talk much, actually." He was looking anywhere but Jackie, his eyes drifting over the cupboards and the small table. He noticed some photos of Rose and her mother. But after a second he was startled out of hid thoughts.
"And how exactly did you meet?"
"Well, it's kinda strange, you know? Uhm, well..."
""Come on, talk. I don't want my daughter to travel with somebody that may be dangerous."
"Oh" Campbell winced at that. "Well then, maybe I should tell you. We met in one asylum in Scotland. I er... I am a patient there. The staff found Rose in the back yard and thought she is a loony too, so they brought her in for questioning but somehow we ran... And here we are." The boy smiled unsure while Jackie looked horrified. She took a step back. Campbell didn't know what to expect now.
Then they heard the bathroom door open and close. Jackie stepped closer and whispered to Campbell.
"I don't want to see psychopaths near my daughter. Now you get your things and go back from wherever you came! I don't want you near my daughter!"
"But - but I can't go back..."
"I don't care where will you go. My daughter won't..."
"But you don't understand! I am from other time. Rose and I met in 1994 in Glasgow... And I can fly the TARDIS. I brought Rose home."
"But I can't leave you here. If you do something to Rose..." Jackie was pointing at him, her voice raising.
Campbell could see she is just worried about her daughter. But he also thought it wasn't fair on him. Though, maybe he deserved it. But he tried to explain the situation to Rose's mother.
"See, I am just manic. Obsessing with new things, nothing more." He spread his arms, trying to look more convincing.
"This doesn't matter! I..."
"Mum, stop it!" Campbell and Jackie didn't hear Rose entering the room. The boy noticed her red puffy eyes. His heart broke, she didn't deserve this.
"Mum, he won't do any harm, leave him. He helped to escape from the asylum, took me home. And we didn't come after one or two years from the last time I was here. He really can pilot the TARDIS, she connected with him... And I... I want to travel with him... If he wants to of course." She looked at him shyly, smiling slightly. Jackie was just staring at her daughter, not knowing what to say. There was an awkward silence. Finally, Campbell broke it.
"Aye, yeah, I would love to come with you." He grinned and now Rose smiled truly.
"But I am not letting you out there with this lunatic. What if something happens to you? What if you get killed? The Doctor used to look after you but now..." Jackie trailed off.
"Now I will look after her! I promise you."
"I don't need your promises..."
"Mum!" Rose looked at her mother angrily. "Come on Campbell. Apparently mum doesn't want us here." She took his hand and headed to her room. Jackie was frozen in the living room. But Campbell couldn't let this happen. He ran in front of Rose and put his arms on her shoulders to stop her.
"I don't want to be the reason for scandals with your mother. We'll just go to my year and I'll go home. Then you'll go home, okay?"
"But don't you want to see the universe? I thought you really want to travel with me." Rose looked him in the eyes and he saw that hers were filling with tears.
"Of course I want! But I don't want you and your mother to be upset because of me or because of... anything."
"She'll be fine. She has no right to talk to you like that. Practically you saved my life." She smiled at him. "Come on. I have so many things to show you!"
Campbell grinned at her. Rose tugged him again and soon they were in the TARDIS.
"Now, I have some clothes and things here. But you don't have anything. We should do some shopping for clothes for you." Rose eyed him with smile. The boy blushed and looked down.
"I have some clothes in my bag... And I don't have any money for clothes. I am fine, though." He looked at Rose, and seeing that she was going to argue, he continued. "No, I won't spend from your money, no matter you have no problem with it or not. I can't pay you back."
"It's really no problem, Campbell. And besides, from where you could know that your clothes won't get burned or tear. Just in case. If you don't want we'll buy something cheap. Just for you to have spare clothes. I have some money saved, it's no problem." Rose smiled at him reassuringly and he didn't know what to say. Finally, he agreed that she had a point.
"Okay, but not many clothes... And cheap, so we won't spend all your money." At that Rose beamed, tongue pocking between her teeth.
"Okay. So, boy genius, why don't you take us to some shop for men clothing? Or wait. Take us to the center. We will walk from there. I know some shops. Come on."
Campbell grinned, closed his eyes, and after connecting with the TARDIS again, he knew what to do.
"Allons-y!" Then he set the coordinates and they began to dematerialize.
