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Author's note:

Rose's outfit for this chapter is in the link on my profile.

Happy reading, guys!


- DW -


Chapter 2 : Lahulla

Martha went out to join the others who were waiting for her outside. She closed the Tardis's door and saw Donna and Jack, looking everywhere around them and the Doctor beside Rose … of course, beside her. She rolled her eyes and walked towards them. When the Doctor saw her, and turned his head and began his speech about this new place.

"Welcome to Lahulla" said the Doctor, grinning and looking at the city. His left arm was around Rose's shoulder and she was leaning against him, smiling as well. "Like I said to you, what a great choice Rose. This planet is beautiful at the time of the year. Like you can see, the sky is purple and filled with magenta and white clouds. And even if we are the day, you can clearly see all the stars and planets around Lahulla. Look!" he exclaimed, pointing his finger at the sky. "Go that way, turn left and keep going for um … oh I don't know … about nine thousand years and then, you'll reach the Earth. Anyway, what I was talking about? Oh right, the sky!" he cleared his throat and continued: "At night, the sky turned black, like on Earth, but we also can see the clouds because they all turned pink. It's beautiful and this planet is considered like one of the most romantic planet of the universe." he finished, looking at Rose and kissed her on the forehead.

It was so good to travel with Rose again. He had missed that. He had missed her so much, her hand is his. But she was back now. He smiled just by the thoughts of travelling with her, his Mate, and his friends, everywhere in the universe. Everything was perfect and for the first time in a long time, he was finally really and truly happy.

He took her hand and walked towards the city with her, still talking to her about the city and the sky, not even bothering to know if the others were following them or not. Donna and Jack smiled, seeing the Doctor distracted by Rose's presence.

Martha looked at Donna and Jack with a dark look, disgusted by the fact that the two persons she considered like her friends wanted her to be unhappy and sad, because she knew that they wanted Rose and the Doctor to be together. That was disgusting. She was feeling betrayed by them.

She sighed angrily and started to follow the Doctor and Rose, not wanting them to be too far away from her sight.


- DW -


It had been a wonderful day. They spent their day shopping, despite Jack and the Doctor's pouts but Rose was really happy about it because she really needed new clothes. She didn't want to wear jeans and hoodies anymore, she was a woman now, and not a teenager anymore. Now, her looks was more mature, she liked beautiful dresses, skirts or pants with classy vests and coats. Her tastes in clothes definitely improved those last five years, when she was in the parallel universe; she learnt how to dress correctly. Being rich in this universe really helped to find herself as a woman and find the kind of clothes she really wanted to wear (and not forced to wear jeans and hoodies because of a lack of money.). She always wanted to wear dresses but her mother couldn't afford to buy expensive clothes.

They tried the food of the planet, and they visited museums and discovered the history of Lahullian.

Everyone had fun today, even Martha who really enjoyed the museums and the shopping. She tried her best to not watch Rose and the Doctor, but it was so hard to not look at them. It's like they were everywhere. But despite that, she really enjoyed the day on this planet, even if the choice of the planet was Rose's idea.

"God, I hate how the day goes by so fast. I can't believe it's already the night." Jack said sadly.

"I'm agreeing with you, but look at the sky, Jack." Said Rose with a big smile. She had never seen a sky like that before, it was so beautiful. The Doctor was watching her, wanted to see her expression on her face. And a smile appeared on the Doctor's face because this expression on Rose's face was his personal favourite. Everytime he was seeing this expression on her face, he could see why he had fell in love with her: because she had this hunger of travelling and discovering new planets, new species and new skies, just like him.

They were the same, and this made him even more proud because she was his Mate now. His Mate had the same love, the same passion as him.

Rose looked at the Doctor and smiled when she saw his expression, full of love and tenderness.

"I don't want this perfect day to end, Doctor." she admitted to him.

"We still have all night to have fun, melamin - my love." He replied with a huge smile and kissed her on her forehead. "What about a lounge bar, so we can relax and drink cocktails? Apparently, this planet had best cocktails in the universe, and I don't know about you, but I really want to try some of them."

"Oh, that's a great idea. My feet and my legs are in pain right now; we walked way too much today. Between all the museums and the shopping, I could use a drink … just to forget the pain." Donna said, with a smile.

"Yeah, me too." agreed Jack, putting his arm around Donna's shoulder.

They turned their heads towards Martha, who was the only silent person. She rolled her eyes and said:

"Yeah, sure, why not."

After everything happened to her, a drink was a good idea. Maybe a few drinks were good ideas. She needed, even just for a night, to forget that Rose was back and that all her chances with the Doctor were ruined by her. She needed to forget about the Doctor who knew about what she did and said to Rose. She needed to forget about Rose and Doctor's clothes on the floor in Rose's bedroom and the feeling of heart breaking into millions pieces.

- DW -

They entered the lounge bar, which was almost full. But they found a table and all sat down. Martha tried to sit beside the Doctor but Rose and Donna were faster. Well, Rose was oblivious about Martha's intention, but Donna, on the other hand, did it on purpose. She didn't want more drama, especially tonight. She wanted to have fun, relax and drink the best cocktails in the universe.

They ordered their drinks, and waited while talking about their day. The Doctor had his arm around Rose's waist, and was talking to her in her ear. They were sitting very close to each others. Martha was frowning while she was watching them on the other side of the table. Apparently, the Doctor said something funny to her because Rose was laughing. Martha rolled her eyes, and tried not to think about the fact that she was the one who was supposed to be in Rose's place. Unfair, totally unfair.

When the Doctor kissed tenderly Rose's ear, Martha growled; sickened by the amount of affection that was being displayed in front of her. She had only one desire, right now: get the hell out of here. She rose from her chair and excused herself:

"I had to go to the toilet"

Only Jack answered her by a nod and quickly continued the conservation he had with Donna. She watched the Doctor and Rose one last time and ran towards the toilet. Of course, they didn't care at all; well, Rose didn't care. Her only preoccupation was to steal the Doctor's intention. And her poor Doctor was under Rose's spell … he was totally unaware about the fact that Rose was manipulating him, and Martha knew Rose was trying to make the Doctor forgot about her. And she needed to do something before she succeeds. But all she had for now, was the beginning of a plan and the Doctor's boxer in her pocket (just in case she needed to put her plan in execution if they were outside the Tardis.). She sighed angrily and entered the public toilet.


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Half an hour later, they were all laughing, talking, having a good time, and drinking theirs cocktails.

"So, how's your cocktail, melamin? –my love?" asked the Doctor to Rose.

"Delicious! Want to try?" she asked, offering her glass. The Doctor took it and tasted the Rose's cocktail.

"Hmm, not bad at all. But you know what? I think I know how I can improve the recipe." He said with a little smirk.

"Really, and how?" she asked, with the same little smirk on her face.

The Doctor whispered to her ear, causing her to shiver.

"Sina nai sila naa ten'. Ar' cuamin ondo lapse nae … Uma, Tanya dagor ula ascarerea.- This cocktail on your body. And my tongue licking it … yep, that's definitely an improvement."

Rosefelt a flush of excitement, and her cheeks reddened. Even if he had whispered this sentence, she was glad he'd said it in Gallifreyan. She turned her head to see if Jack or Donna were looking at them. Of course, they were still talking to each others. But something was bothering her … Martha wasn't here.

"Doctor ? Did Martha come back from the toilet?" She asked.

"Umm, no. I don't think so … but isn't that normal? You, human took a lot of time in that place?" she answered, drinking his banana cocktail.

"Doctor, I'm serious. She didn't come back. It was like … a half an hour ago. Maybe she fainted … maybe she was abducted … maybe something happened to her. Maybe …"

"Calm down, melamin –my love" he said softly, putting one hand on her cheek. "If you're worried about Martha, we can go to see if everything is alright. Come on." He took her hand and rose from their chairs.

"Hey, where are you going?" Jack asked, with a huge grin on his face. The Doctor rolled his eyes and said:

"You're always thinking about that, right?"

"It doesn't hurt … quite the opposite." Jack answered, winking at him while Donna was laughing.

"Anyway, Martha didn't come back from the toilet. We are just checking if everything is all right." He said before leaving with Rose, towards the toilet.


- DW -


The Doctor and Rose arrived in front on the toilet's door, and they were about to open the door when Martha appeared and bumped into the Doctor.

"Martha! What the …" exclaimed the Doctor. He stopped talking when he saw that Martha took of the advantage the situation and stayed very close to him. He released Rose's hand and put his hands on Martha's shoulders and pushed her away from him. Martha frowned and said:

"What? Why are you here … with her?" she asked, looking at Rose with a dark look. "She didn't know how to find the toilet by herself?" She couldn't stop herself.

The Doctor His fists were clenched tightly, like his jaw, and his eyes were dark. But he relaxed when he felt his Mate's hand on his arm. Rose felt his anger, and decided to calm him.

'Let it go, it's ok. It's still very new for her; she need time to accept us. Just relax, I can handle her, melamin –my love' said Rose, in his mind. He took a long and deep breath and took his Mate's hand and looked at Martha with dark eyes.

"We came because we were worried about you. What did you take so long in there?"

'Worried about me, my ass.' thought Martha.

"It's not your business what I was doing in there." She harshly answered to Rose, but when she was the Doctor's eyes darkened even more, Martha rolled her eyes and leaved them alone and walked towards Donna and Jack at the table, a smirk on her face.

The Doctor and Rose watched her leave.

"I'm sorry" said the Doctor.

"For what? Stop apologizing whenyou have nothing to apologize for, Theta."

"Yes, I have to apologize for Martha's behaviour and the way she is talking to you".

Rose smiled and placed her hands on his chest, over his two hearts and looked him in ancient and beautiful brown eyes:

"I'm okay with that. She will be okay very soon; it's just a matter of time. Just … give her this time to adjust herself about this new situation."

He leaned down and kissed her passionately on the lips and whispered in her ear:

"Come on … we have the best cocktails in the universe to finish."


- DW -


Here's the second chapter, guys!

OMG I'm sorry about the wait guys. I'm inexcusable! It's been a long time, I know, but my life was crazy. I just start to learn my future job, and to be honest, I was kinda stuck with the future of this story. I had multiples ideas, and I couldn't choose which one I wanted to write. But I'm good now, I know which story I will write and I'm so excited about the future of this story; I really hope you guys will enjoy it.

But don't worry, I'm back in track. I'm back now! Yeah!

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