Who was Rose fooling? Who was she kidding? No one was going to answer her plea. No one could hear her cries and understand who, exactly, she was crying out for. Not that was she in need of a doctor, but she cried out for her Doctor. Time and time again, they would question her, "Doctor who?" and all she would do was nod and laugh. She never did learn his name. He did state that his name in his own language was quite difficult for the human tongue and brain to comprehend. But, that's all right. She didn't need to know. She didn't care. All she cared about was his presence, his hold, and his love. The girl stood there embracing herself to keep warm in the cold. It was a very chilly night. After all, it was December. Rose exhaled a visible breath and turned her eyes down to the frozen earth. Who was she kidding? No one was there. There went Rose Tyler, finally, off the deep end.
"Blimey," she murmured, "I must be working too hard..To think after so many years he'd come back.." The woman was about to step away until that song began to play in her head. It was a soft and gentle tone, warm and soothing. Cold, she felt no longer; but, why? Why did she suddenly feel..alive? "Doctor?!" she made one final plea, her voice passed the point of desperation. "Doctor, if you're here please answer me!" Rose felt a nauseating sensation take over her. She felt sick to her stomach and weak in her knees. It felt as if something was pulling her, tugging at her soul. Even as awkward as the sentiment felt, she still felt as if she experienced this sensation before. Yes, she had. Suddenly it all came back to her, due to that moment, long long ago. "Oh god," she whispered, "He is here.." That feeling was the TARDIS; its heart calling out to her, or was it? After all, she had peered into the golden luminescence that kept the machine alive. It was a mistake on her behalf, according to her Doctor, but she did save him..at least as much as she could. He regenerated to the Doctor this day – and she loved him no different.
Just as the Doctor turned he heard her voice, her beautiful voice reaching his ears, the Time Lord would have stayed stunned but at that moment the need to find her took over. The Doctor raced to the end of the aisle "Rose?" like the man he always was, the Doctor ran as quickly as his feet could carry him. Stopping at the center of the cemetery, his eyes peered out in the distance he could see a figure, a silhouette he knew so well "Rose!" he bolted for her faster than before. She was alive, she was safe and she was here.
Rose covered her mouth with her hand to muffle a small cry. She became overwhelmed with emotion. Day after day, month after month, she prayed he could return to her and then, finally, there he was. "Rose!" She heard her name shouted at the top of his lungs. Oh god, is this real? Her amber eyes shut tight as tears began to cascade down her round cheeks at their corners. "Oh my god," she whispered before hesitantly opening her eyes and looking forward. There was a figure that stood there in the center of death and decay that, in her eyes, shone brighter than the sun. Was this another hologram? Was this a figment of her imagination? And then, he started running towards her. Her heart stopped. She couldn't take it. She didn't care if it was real or not, she had to try. The young blonde darted through the dark ominous cemetery towards the figure. It was him – how could it not? That attire that she knew from way before didn't change, he didn't age a single millisecond, and his hair was just as tossed as ever. "Doctor!" she cried out as she ran to him, but all ambiguity didn't cease until she collapsed into his arms and didn't fall through.
Her body collided with his, and her arms wrapped around his thin waist. She was trembling. This moment was the moment she waited almost an eternity for. Even though he set up a good life for her, she still held on for him. "I told you I would never leave you," she uttered through her sobs before burying her head into his chest. She couldn't help but cry, as much as she fought to keep her composure at least to a bare minimum. The shock of the situation caused the girl's knees to weaken .
Was this a dream? Was this all a dream? Was he still asleep near the control panel of the TARDIS? His mind was running a million miles a second as he raced toward the figure before him who was taking off in just as mad of a sprint as ever. 'Doctor!' this voice, was too real to be a dream. At the realization that it wasn't the Time Lord raced for her the moment their bodies collided, his arms wrapped around her protectively as he held her closely. His hearts were thrashing rapidly in his chest as emotion came over the Doctor. Tears immediately stinging his eyes as they broke free from the corners and trickled down. Her delicate voice reaching his ears as he smiled, her scent was intoxicating, so warming, so welcoming. The feeling of her body tremble only caused the Time Lord to embrace her closer to him "Quite Right" he gave a smile, the tears continuing to fall which he did wipe away and take in a deep breath to calm himself. The Doctor could feel a slight weakness in his legs but at that moment it seemed she did as well. The Time Lord held her up and slowly brought them to rest upon their knees on the ground.
Rose found herself kneeling on the ground with the Doctor. Her, now red encircled, eyes elevated to meet those dark chocolate hues of the Doctor. She smiled and gave a faint laugh, "It's really you isn't it?" The smile, however, didn't last long as questions exploded in her mind, "But, how? I thought you couldn't…You..you shouldn't have.."
Slowly he brought his gaze down, searching for and meeting those gorgeous green eyes of her. "I'm here, my Rose" he gave her a smile, however that smile faded a tad at her next string of questions. "I … I needed to see you, Rose."
After working for Torchwood, she learned so much more than what the Doctor, himself, could ever teach her. She also was aware that her mere existence messed up the flow of time and space. Somewhere, something was off, but she just wasn't there to see it. Now that her Doctor came back, into that universe, for her…she began to wonder about the repercussions of his actions. Rose then gently pushed away from the man and wiped away her tears. Thoughts polluted her mind about the 'what ifs' that could occur since the disrupted time. Then again, they always seemed to stir up quite a bit of trouble together. They were a team, in good time and in bad times. In speaking of so, did he know the truth behind her existence? Maybe he had answers as to why she still lived! Of course he would. After all, he was a Time Lord! He would know how to fix anything, right? Rose's eyes illuminated with happiness, like an eager child waiting for an explanation. There were just so many emotions surging through her body at that moment, she could hardly control her actions.
Remembering back the Doctor knew that she had learned so much from Torchwood. She knew now more than ever that if he was here in this time, where he shouldn't be things could go very wrong. The Time Lord slowly got to his feet, extending a hand down to her, to help her up. He needed to choose his words carefully, this was in fact a delicate matter, he knew that, knew it well. "For three months now, visions have been coming to my dreams" his gaze was lifted to the sky as he spoke but slowly that deep chocolate brown gaze was brought down to meet her green hues, reaching up he cupped her cheek "Every time I sleep I hear your voice" his mind drifted a bit as he pulled away and began to pace slowly "For months, each time my body would find peace in rest and relaxation. your voice would always call out to me saying 'Doctor, Doctor please I need you' or 'Doctor, why did you leave me?' and many more"
The Doctor took in a shaken breath, at the memories at the pain returning but he pushed those emotions aside. He'd paced away from her a few feet, turning around he walked back up to her "From day one, I thought it was my conscious, my guilt, my pain from losing you that never once allowed me to let you go." he turned his gaze toward the plots where the Tyler family were resting, his eyes moving along the tombstones as they landed upon Theta's "But now it all makes sense… you see, Theta held my memories, my knowledge. He was here face to face with you. He could see you never aged and in fact figured it out much sooner than I could" bringing his gaze back to his darling Rose the Doctor gave her a sad smile. He'd never told her about the incidents on the Game Station, at least about Bad Wolf, all he did manage to tell her was that he took in the energy of the Time Vortex.
"You looked into the TARDIS back then, and took the energy of the Time Vortex into you… and you became Bad Wolf. Even though I removed the majority of that power within you .. it seems a bit stayed behind. It makes sense because there would be no other way you'd be able to contact me as you have. Whether you realized you were doing it or not, your voice called out to me each and every time I rested." he gave her a smile "There is a reason you look just as you did back then, a full century ago." moving closer the Doctor slid his arms around her delicate waist as he pulled her close to him "Rose, the Bad Wolf has been with you ever since that day at the Game Station. She's kept you alive, its why you haven't aged"
Standing there taking in everything, Rose slowly felt her smiling fading. "That means … I will never age. I will keep on living … forever? Will I outlive you, Doctor?" her voice was shaken at this point. No longer a joyous feeling but a sorrowful one. Tears began to well in Rose's eyes at the realization of it all. But what he said made sense, the Bad Wolf was keeping her alive, Rose was immortal now in a sense. The Doctor wasn't and she knew that. From overjoyed to sadness Rose held onto her Doctor as tightly as she could as if he were going to disappear like some hologram.
The Time Lord's hearts were breaking quite rapidly the moment she began to sniffle and was now sobbing. "Oh Rose" he whispered as he held her in his arms "Don't think of such things" he slowly reached up and cupped her cheek as he wiped away her tears, gazing into those sparkling green eyes of hers through chocolate brown hues "We're here, together now and I'm not leaving you, not again" it tore his hearts to pieces the last time but now he was with her. His darling Rose and he vowed right then and there he'd never leave her again "Rose Tyler" he whispered as he held her face ever so delicately in his palms "I love you" for the first time throughout his millenniums of life the Doctor had finally admitted his love for her.