Authors Note- I'm back! So, we get to have a bit of fun this time! Are we ready? Thanks for all the reviews by the way! Appreciated so much! And I would much love a Beta if anyone can help me find one! I'd love feedback before I put these things up! And I created another one shot for myself...how sad?

They no sooner materialized back in the same area where the dimensional cannon was then she was surrounded by multiple people speaking to her. Her and reached out and gripped the Doctor's right away as she took a deep breath. Honestly, she felt like passing out. When was the last time she'd slept? When had she last even ate? It'd been too long, but now they had to get out of Torchwood, she wanted to talk to the Doctor and

"Director Tyler, you returned. We didn't think you'd be coming back." Helena Jacobs spoke. Helena was one of the higher ups, someone Rose had trusted with the absolute truth since they'd gotten Torchwood up and running correctly. She, Pete, Mickey and Jake had worked hard at getting Torchwood to be a better place then the one it'd been previously. And it'd worked. They'd faced down so many different aliens and crisis here, it was unbelievable she still was alive, though she had the scars to prove it.

"I'm back. And I'm staying in this universe." She turned towards the Doctor then and sent him one of her signature looks, tongue peeking out and everything. "Meet the Doctor. However, I don't think I can stay here long. I'm..." She yawned for a moment and then Jackie spoke up, sending her and the Doctor a look.

"You two need to go back to Rose's apartment and rest. Rose, you have been running yourself ragged for months. This lot can wait for you." Jackie had her hands on her hip, giving everyone a look that made them realize there was no point in arguing with her.

Rose let out a sigh, but she felt like she was ready to fall asleep on her feet. The Doctor sent her a concerned look and wrapped an arm around her shoulder, pulling her closer. They traded looks for a moment, communicating silently before she spoke to the room at large.

"Alright. I'll come in tomorrow and be debriefed and give the full report then. You lot, start dismantling this cannon now. We cant afford to have it in the wrong hands. It could open a whole between dimensions again. Everything we worked for could fall apart. We want to keep it stable." She turned then, leaning more into the Doctor. Her mother appeared next to them and spoke towards the Doctor who'd been completely silent as if he knew she needed to handle everything before they could leave.

"And you, take her home, make sure she sleeps. Once she found a lock on you and discovered what she could do to help, she spent weeks running herself ragged and jumping here and back." A shake of her head. "I called you two a car to get you back to the apartment. Now go. Rose, I'll take care of your father."

Now Jackie had her eyes completely on the Doctors and surprised everyone by hugging him before leaning close and whispering. "I've trusted you to keep her safe. Don t disappoint me." With that she hugged Rose and kissed her before shooing them out the door.

It wasn't until they were in the car, on the way to her apartment that the Doctor spoke. "Director Tyler? How long has it been here then?"

Rose sent him a look and sighed, knowing there was going to be a lot to talk about. "5 years. 6 if you include the year it took for you to contact me the first time." She wasn't making a distinction between him and the Doctor in the other universe. They were the same man. "I know time moves differently on your end, but it's been six years since the day I first ended up here." She laid her head on his shoulder and sighed. "I went back to school and got my A levels and then took the job at Torchwood regardless of what my mum thought. I did mainly field work.." She paused for a moment as if lost in a memory before shaking her head. "I tried to bury myself in work. I knew I couldn't get back, but I couldn't sit at home, eat chips and watch the world move by. So, I decided I could make a difference regardless of anything." She smiled for a moment and yawned again.

The Doctor took in her appearance, seeing how tired she'd become, but since they seemed to have a few more minutes until they arrived due to traffic, he asked another question.

"How long has it taken you to track me down, other me down?"

Brown eyes met his and she shook her head. "I...it took too long Doctor, and I want to talk about this when I'm not exhausted and emotional. Not to mention, I'm still so shocked that I have you...I want to enjoy it. " She paused, squeezing his hand and pressing her lips against his neck. "I think when we have that discussion we'll want to be rested. I haven't slept in a week..." The vehicle stopped then, the Doctor pulling her tighter into his arms and pressing a kiss to her head.

"Tomorrow then. You rest, that's more important." A yawn escaped him then and he shook his head. "Oi, apparently that means I need to rest as well. Guess that is the human part."

They'd arrived so they moved out of the car, heading to a townhouse apartment. It was simple, had a few flowers outside of it, but nothing that marked it as remarkable. The Doctor assumed Rose had never taken the time to decorate completely if she had planned on coming back to the other universe. Once inside, he'd taken stock of it all. No carpet that he could see, which made a grin appear, and then Rose was speaking again.

"It does have doors and windows and such, but no carpet and most importantly? No mortgage. Paid off. It's nice to be an heiress occasionally." Even as she said that, she was pulling off her jacket and hanging it up and getting rid of her shoes. "So what do you think? Sleep and then talk? I don't know.." She yawned again, feeling as if she wanted to pass out again. And honestly, she wasn't looking forward to explaining how much work had gone into finding him in that universe, or what she'd seen. She'd seen multiple different versions of how things could have turned out. She'd run into the wrong versions of him...she'd run into him once. A gasp escaped and she looked up at him.

"Doctor, do you remember why you came back? Because you're not the one to just...ask twice."

He grinned at her then, as if he'd been waiting for her to ask. "Yes, Rose. I remembered when I came to on the TARDIS. Don't' worry I have a lot of questions about that one." They'd moved into the living room. The walls, painted a TARDIS blue color. Her whole scheme seemed to remind him of that and it made him smile again for a moment, but then he noticed how pale and tired she looked and any thoughts he had, were pushed to the wayside.

"C'mon Rose. Bedtime, we can talk again when you have sleep." She reached out, taking his hand and pulled him with her. She really didn't want to let go, it felt like a dream. She knew she was excited, but it still didn't feel real.

They made it into her bedroom and it was done in blues and grays, the blues a TARDIS color as well. Then she was turning to him and smiling almost shyly.

"Stay with me?" She was almost nervous, yes, they'd kissed on the beach and said I love you, but now they were in her apartment and this was completely different.

"I told you Rose, I would go anywhere with you. Get ready for bed, I'll be here waiting."

She sent him a smile and headed into her bathroom, taking with her a pair of yoga pants and a tank top. She took the time to brush her teeth again, god how long had it been since she got to take proper care of herself? And changed before coming back out. The Doctor was sitting on the side of the bed, sans leather jacket. It was such an odd thing to see him without the jacket honestly, and he was looking at one of her books. It was on temporal physics and she had a few other books based on the sciences around. She grinned as she came out and spoke. "See something interesting Doctor?"

"Temporal Physics Rose? Interesting bedtime reading choice."

She got into the bed, leaning against the headboard and spoke. "Well, you know, I had to find a way back." She shook head head then and spoke once more. "Now, are you going to climb in here with me? Because I really don't think you want to sleep on my sofa do you?" She was getting herself comfortable, but really all she wanted to do was sleep.

He stood up then, sending her a grin, taking off his jumper and then his jeans before moving to get rid of his boots and socks. Finally he got into the bed with her. She immediately put her head on his chest and let out a sigh. "I am so tired and yet..I feel like I couldn't sleep at all. So much has happened Doctor, it doesn't feel real yet.." She sent him a look and smiled. "I keep looking at you and it just...it doesn't feel real yet, like I'm going to wake up from a dream and you wont be here you know?"

He pulled her closer, even though she had her head on him, moving so that they were on their sides and his eyes were looking straight into hers. "Rose, I promise you, I am going to be here when you wake up and here until you get tired of this daft old face and send me away."

Her brown eyes met his and she raised her hand, gently stroking his cheek, snuggling herself into him. His arms had wrapped around her tightly, leaving her to feel comforted more then she'd been since she'd left her universe. This felt beyond right, that she didn't belong anywhere but here. "I would never want to send your face away. When you regenerated, it caused me more pain inside then you could ever know. I love this face and I love this you more then you can even realize."

His lips pressed against hers then and now they were kissing for a few moments until she pulled away, breathing heavy and smiling. "Now, I can sleep maybe...knowing you'll be here when I wake up." She pressed one more kiss to his lips then and then snuggled into him, letting exhaustion step in.

Unbelievably, he'd slept, granted it was only four hours, but it was more in one shot then he was used to. He'd spent have the night just staring at her, as if he was going to close his eyes and become nothingness. While it was true he had memories of all his past up to when the regeneration energy spilled into the hand, he felt as if some of the memories were clouded. Perhaps it was because he knew this version of him would never have done some of the things he'd did. He'd have never abandoned Rose on that ship the way he had done it, he'd have found a way to make sure she was safe first, he'd have found a way to keep her safe during many of the adventures, this version of him, wrong or not, would have torn down the walls between realities to get her back, and he sure as hell would have kissed her when he'd finally seen her instead of just hugging her after the regeneration. Not to mention, he'd have had the balls to just say I love you, instead of Quite right too. Of course, he could say all that, but that other him was him regardless and being a full time lord was not easy, knowing one day Rose would die, be it from old age or death or the idea of her leaving him. It could have been any of those, instead? He now had a future with her, though it included domestic, at least until they got the TARDIS grown. His hand was now running threw her hair as she laid there sleeping. Occasional murmurs escaping her lips, including his name once in awhile. But then a scream escaped from her lips and he all but jumped out of his skin hearing it, trying to wake her up. She wouldn't wake though and their was only one thing he really could try and do, and it was to telepathically see what was going on. Fingertips pressed to her temples and he could see what she was seeing.

She was crossing the dimensions again, this time crossing into one that seemed oh so similar to hers, but the air, the very air felt a bit different, maybe it was the smell, but it was wrong. But she'd locked onto the TARDIS, thanks to her key and now here she was. But it was wrong, there was the TARDIS but it was destroyed, still falling to pieces and a few feet away was the dying body of the Doctor, but it wasn't a doctor she recognized. Was it a newer regeneration? It didn't matter, she rushed to his side anyway.

"Doctor? It's you isn't it? I've come too late..." He was tall, skinny, but not as skinny as the one who'd left behind, but skinny enough. He was ginger, green eyed, looked to be about 28 and handsome in his own way. He was lying on the ground, blood trickling from his lips. Oh god, she was going to watch him die wasn't she? How was that right? "You're ginger..." Yes, she cracked that joke, but he had told her once, he'd always wanted to be ginger, so it needed to be said.

"Rose Tyler?" Just one word with so much emotion, oh god, it seemed like no matter what regeneration she ran into, they all said her name the same. She kneeled beside him, a hand shakily reaching out to run across his cheek. "I finally got my wish. Shame it didn't last as long as I liked."

"It's me Doctor, what happened?"

"End of the universe, you know the deal, but...my time is up. I'm going to die now." She shook her head as he spoke.

"No, no. You can regenerate, come on. You can do it." She tried to support his hand as it rose to take hers in a grip.

"Time is up Rose, I've had a good life, a fantastic one, just like I asked you to so long ago. You found me before and we stopped the stars..."

She squeezed his hand gently, trying to comprehend where she'd be if she'd found him and they stopped the stars from burning out. "Where am I then? Why am I not by your side..."

"Rose, its best not to know...just know...It'll make sense later, but you? Are living a truly fantastic life and I know you were happy...I could feel it. Just..." He coughed then, blood pooling from his lips as she stared at him.

"Doctor,no...please...you can survive."

"Rose, it's time. You're here, this will make it better for me. At least the last thing in my entire existence I will see is your face looking back at me. I...love you Rose, and remember that when I don't have the courage to tell you..."

"I love you Doctor, I love you, I always will no matter what. I love you..." He sent her a small smile and then His grip went slack on her hand and that was it. Tears and screams escaped her lips then. The TARDIS was gone, the Doctor was gone, dead...No! Why would she have to witness that...

Her eyes came open then, seeing her Doctor looking at her with concern, as she felt the tears falling again. "Doctor, oh god..." Arms went flinging around him, pressing herself against him. She hadn't wanted to relive that particular moment in her life every again. She could hear him telling her it was ok, rubbing her back, but she didn't want to let go for the moment, until she finally did and saw the concern in those beautiful blue eyes of his.

"Rose, I'm sorry...I went in your mind to try and stop the dream..I'm so sorry."

She snuggled closer and shook her head. "No, dont apologize. I know you can understand why that dream haunts me.."

He pulled away then, only to move to lie on his back so that she could lay her head on his chest. She could hear the sound of his heartbeat, comforting her, thought it still surprised her to feel only one. "Rose, if its one thing I know about me, or him, since he is me too, is he was probably so very happy to have your face be his last. In his last moments, he heard you say I love you and he had the chance to finally admit to you his feelings." he stroked her hair then and sighed.

"I know, but..." She didn't know how to explain. A mischievous smile escaped then. "Ginger at least huh?"

He pulled her closer then, pressing his lips to hers for the moment, just glad that he was lucky enough to get this life with Rose, to spend as long as he could with the women he loved.

She kissed him back, nuzzling her face into his shoulder for a moment and then sighed. "Well, if we're both up, I'm going to make up breakfast and then we can talk huh? There's a lot of things to talk about I imagine."

She streched for a moment, running a hand through her hair before getting out of the bed. As he moved out of the bed, she moved over to him, wrapping her arms about him and then grinning at him. "And you, I get to talk you shopping..."

She let go, laughing as she walked out of the room and heard him grumbling about domestics.

A/n- Mostly fluff...I know...next chapter we'll start to see a hint of plot!