Rose woke with a crick in her neck, she bent her head back to attempt click it and hopefully get rip of the crick. Instead she could felt a body where a pillow was mean to be. She froze shocked, confused, slowly turning her head while trying to work out why she was sleeping on somebody. She could see a tie, the Doctor's. She realized with a smile, while watching Glee she had fallen asleep while laying on the Doctor. He must have fallen asleep also. One protective arm around her waste.
Slowly and careful she managed to get out of his protective grip without waking him. He was too peaceful to disturb. Standing she clicked her neck and back. Switched off the TV and walked to the kitchen to get breakfast.
"I think I'll have toast for breakfast." She decided, "Wonder what mums having…Do they have X-factor in the other universe?"
While waiting for the toast to pop out, she thought about her life, before she met the Doctor she lived a very boring life. Annoyed about the security Guard giving her the lottery money for Wilson, she couldn't be bothered to go down find Wilson give 'im the money, she just wanted to get home and sleep; now, she was so glad that she had done that, if she didn't she would never have met the Doctor.
She quickly buttered her toast, then adding on an inch of Chocolate spread before sitting down by the table.
In the past few days she realized that she didn't regret her decision to stay with the Doctor. Not at all. Yeah they hadn't gone anywhere for a few days, but she loves him, she would stay with him even in death. He seemed to be fidgeting more than normal, she could tell he was just itching to get out, go exploring again, but was waiting for her too be ready to go.
She felt more than heard him come into the kitchen.
"So you do sleep?" she said without looking at him.
"Occasionally. Only when I'm very tired or comfortable enough." She felt him lean against the back of her chair.
"Which one was it?" she asked, turning to look at him, he just winked and sat down next to her stealing a slice of her toast from her plate. She mock glared at him, "I can't believe you did that."
He looked confused, "Did what?" he asked with his mouth fall.
"Stole. My. Toast." She said each word like a threat, and lifted one hand up threatening him. He quickly passed his half eaten slice of toast back to her. She chook her head, "Nah you have it. Don't want any alien germs."
He glared at her, with complete seriousness he said, "Now Rose Tyler. That was just below the belt."
Rose's eyes opened wide, "No Doctor, I was talking about Germs from you're saliva." He frowned in confusion, while she just laughed.
"Anyway, Cardiff?" he quickly changed the subject once he realized what she meant.
"Can we get a Doggy first?" Rose asked, putting on a puppy dog expression. Eyes wide, bottom lip poking out.
"I just wanna take that lip and-"
"Now, now Rose, I invented that look." She just blinked at him and he sighed, "Alright, alright. Dog first."
"I just can't say no to her can I?"
Rose grinned, jumping up, which caused the chair to fall backwards making a loud bang on the kitchen tiles. Rose quickly retrieved the chair, muttered a sorry to the TARDIS. That caused the Doctor to smile. "Now who's the weirdo talking to the TARDIS?"
"Still you." Rose answered with a smirk, before bounding out the kitchen. "Catch me if you can." She called from down the hall.
He sighed, but was grinning as he gave chase.
He caught up to her in the control room, sitting calmly on the chair, not a hair out of place. She was fast when she wanted to be.
Glaring at her, the Doctor went straight into action, pulling leavers, twisting dials, pressing buttons.
A smooth carefree ride, for once, the Doctor opened the door, quickly scanned his surrounding's before stepping out of the TARDIS. "Wednesday the…33rd November year 5000." He paused looking around, "Look over there, at that statue," he put his hand into Rose's. "Perfect fit" He thought to himself, before dismissing those thoughts and concentrating on the here and now. With his other hand he pointed to a colourful statue, at first look, it was a very colourful giant, which seems to likes scarf's, until Rose's looked a bit closer and saw that it didn't move a muscle.
"Or it could be like those people in London, give 'em money and they dance."
The statue had a stone face, it was a guy with curly brown hair, a long colourful scarf around his neck, a simple dark brown jacket, "That's me, my 4th regeneration." The Doctor explained to Rose, her eyes opened wide.
"4th? What one are you on now?"
"My 10th, didn't you know?" He frowned, Rose could have sworn she saw something flash through his eyes…Fear? Then it was gone as if it had never been there in the first place. "It's not a problem is it?" he asked carefully.
"No, no!" she quickly defended, "It's fine! But I just never really thought about it before I guess. Why have you got a scarf on?" she changed the subject before he could ask anything else.
"What's wrong with my scarf?" even years after he had last worn it, and now it just looked ridiculous, but he still felt a need to defend his beloved scarf.
"Nothing…just…why'd you come here in the first place?" Rose quickly changed the subject, not wanted to insult the Doctor to much.
"I came here by accident last time, didn't even know about it, I was on my way to the country Barcelona but the TARDIS brought me here, I saved the planet from the Daleks. They wouldn't let me leave till they had finished that statue."
Rose studied the statue, top to bottom, taking in every detail, she paused halfway down, where one arm was by his side, "There no hand." She stated dumbly, "Did you only have one hand? Cut off too late after you regenerated?"
The Doctor grinned, "I did have two hands." He looked down at his hands, one still held onto Rose's as he lifted it slightly, "Must have fallen off." He put his hands back by his side.
"It's still so weird…you grew a new hand!" She quickly let go of his left hand and switched sides to take his right hand and study it. "Did this one change at all? When it grew back?"
"Dunno, didn't really take the time to look at my hands."
"Would anything grow back?" They started to walk to find the pet shop.
"Properly, never tried cutting a limb off after regenerating."
"Do you think you're manly parts will grow back?" she mentioned her head downwards, he suddenly grew pale and let go of her hand, using both hands t cover his manly parts, he took a few steps back. Rose rolled her eyes, "I'm not gonna cut it off don't worry." His face gain a slight bit of colour, "Is it like a human mans?" she asked calmly.
"I've never looked at a mans parts before, but I assume so."
Rose grinned as the Doctor laughed.
Rose looked around the people were colourful, like blues, greens, oranges, purples. She felt like she's stepped into a Childs colouring book.
"Now, now Rose, don't stare."
"There different colours."
The Doctor just smiled at her as they reached the pet shop.
It was a big shop, with a bright blue sign saying. 'PET SHOPPING CENTRE'
The Doctor pushed open the door, a bell chimed over head, but Rose barely heard that as she could only hear cat meowing, mice squeaking, parrots squawking. Rawrs? From lions?
Rose looked around, shocked as the Doctor came up behind her.
Although they looked like Earth animals, there were obvious differences, such as colour, the way they moved around. Most of them had two or three tails. The Cats had anteni. A two headed hamster with three tails!
"Wow." Rose whispered to herself…well it sounded like a whisper, with all this noise, she could have shouted for al she knew.
"Can I help you?" a small timid voice asked from beside them. A man, hold on…a maybe woman? She couldn't tell. He was grass green in colour, with golden eyes hiding behind thick glasses.
"Oh, hello, my friend and I are just looking for a Clabro. Do you have any?" the Doctor asked, unfazed by the man's look.
"Yes just around here." He let them around the corner, as they got near; Rose wondered how she didn't hear them before, all the barking louder than the rest of the shop, put together…except perhaps the Lion.
She looked around and was nearly blinded by all the colours. "Wow."
The Doctor laughed at her reaction, "It's your pick, you wanted a dog."
Rose walked slowly along, looking at each dog carefully, blue, pink, green, purple, red, orange, give her a colour and there would be at least one animal that colour. Some with two tail, a few with three, most with four. She finally reached the end of the isle and there was one that really seemed to catch her eye, it the same blue as the TARDIS, but looked like a Collie with no nose. Still had the snout though, just with out the little black or pink thing at the end. It was tiny, a puppy.
When it saw Rose it stood up and started wagging it's tail…tails. Rose corrected herself. Two of 'em.
"Doctor!" Rose yelled; he heard her, standing from the dog he had been looking at and walked over, "Can we have this one?"
"Sit." The Doctor said, not answering Rose's question the puppy sat, "Roll over," it rolled over, "Stand?" it stood, grinning as much as a dog could wagging it's tails even faster. "You sure you want this one?" He asked her, looking deep into her eyes.
"Why is something wrong?"
"No. He's perfect, but just making sure you're happy."
"Yes." Rose smiled.
The Doctor waved the green shopkeeper over. "We would like this one please."
"Brilliant choice. He is 5 weeks old."
"Is he named?" Rose asked, hoping he wasn't.
"Nope, that is up to you. Always is when it comes to buying the puppies."
"If you say Lassie, I'm going to leave you here." The Doctor threatened. Rose grinned, knowing he would never do that.
"Lassie." She told the shopkeeper.
"No." The Doctor said firmly.
"Yes."
"No."
"Sirius." Rose asked, hoping that would be an ok name to use.
"Serious?" the Doctor asked, completely dumbfounded.
"Sirius. S. I. R. I. U. S." She pronounced it slowly, so the Doctor could hear the difference, "From Harry Potter, I've always loved the name, and Sirius is a name for a star, so it works brilliant for us." Rose looked at the Clabro, "Sirius? Do you like the name?" he barked happily.
The Doctor grinned, "You are brilliant," he kissed her forehead.
They walked over to the shopkeeper behind the desk, "How much for a Clabro?"
"For you Doctor, nothing."
"How'd you-"
"You're friend shouted out you're name." the shopkeeper explained, "You saved us, just take him."
"Are you sure, I've got more than enough."
"Doctor, you saved our lives. It's the least I can do."
"Thank you." The shopkeeper opened the cage, Sirius jumped out, excitedly, "Heel." Rose said firmly, Sirius walked calmly at her side. Still waging his tails manically.
They left the shop, and walked back to the TARDIS, Rose immediately in Love with the Clabro.
One they got back to the TARDIS Rose immediately showed the Clabro where he can and can't go. Sirius seemed to understand perfectly.
"Don't pee anywhere inside the TARDIS apart from in this room." She opened a door on her left, which opened to a park. "Green, Grassy and peeable."
Rose let Sirius run around for while with virtual Dogs that the TARDIS created, Rose sat down on a bench and picked up her diary, she had found this room almost a year ago, and left her diary on the bench, with strict instruction to the Doctor to 'not even look at it.' She hadn't written in months, so she started to write about Torchwood, her mum, and Mickey leaving. Then her decision to stay with the Doctor.
Before she could finished she felt like there was a Earthquake, Panicking, Sirius ran to her, she picked him up and ran hastily back to the control room, where the Doctor was struggling to get things back under control.
While still holding tightly to the confused and slightly panicked puppy, with her spare hand, she grabbed hold of one of the coral poles and held on for her life. After what felt like a few hours, but was truly barely a minute the TARDIS landed with a soft 'bump'
"Doctor?" she asked hesitantly putting Sirius down, who walked to the Doctor on shaky paws, watching the ground excepting to do the same thing.
"We're in Cardiff. She didn't want to land for some reason." He paused to pick up Sirius, "We need to get a carpet from Sirius's feet don't fall through the gaps."
Rose's gasped, "You're right! Crap. Why didn't I think of that?" she seemed to forgotten all about the Earthquake.
The Doctor smiled at Rose's panicked look, "We can find one later, come on let's not keep the danger a-waiting." He put Sirius back down on the floor by the door where it would be safer for his paws, "Stay." He told Sirius, Sirius sat down and waited patiently for another order, looking at the Doctor with wide beautiful eyes.
The Doctor threw Rose her jacket and put on his own while walking the short distance to the door, as he got near to Sirius, the puppy stood quickly, happy to have his Master near him. The Doctor patted his head, "Come on Sirius. Rose."
"I'm not a dog." Rose said folding her arms, glaring at the Doctor.
"But you are a flower." He whispered quietly to himself as he walked out the door into the normal looking world outside.
"Pardon?" he heard Rose shout from inside the TARDIS, then footsteps getting louder as they came closer to the door, a slight squeak as the TARDIS door was opened, Rose walked out and shut the door behind her.
Outside was a normal day, people hurrying to and from work or school.
He started walking forward, but felt something or someone pinch his bum, jumping in surprise the Doctor turned to glare at Rose.
"Yes?" she asked innocently, with wide eyes.
"Why did you just pinch my bum?" he asked seriously.
"It looked so pinchable. How could I resist?" she said it as though it was obvious.
"Well then." He grabbed hold of her shoulders, forcing her to face him, his face centimetres from hers, his soft breath on her face. She couldn't stop her gaze from drifting down to his lips.
"Just lean forward and…Ow!"
"OW!" A hand had moved around her body and pinched her bum. Hard.
Sirius barked with excitement thinking it was all a game.
The Doctor grinned at her, then turned with his long coat swirling behind him. If she wasn't annoyed at him, she would have found that move very sexy. Sirius bounded along next to him, looking very out of place in this very dull looking place.
"You coming?" he shouted back to her, without turning his head, rolling her eyes, she jogged to keep up with him.
"When will the TARDIS be done?"
"'Bout 4 hours."
"4 hours…Chips for lunch?"
"What else?" he asked taking hold of her hand. Soon enough they found the same restaurant they were in last time they were here. Right above the calming water.
"Tusk's! It turns out the white things are Tusk's! and I mean tusk's! And it's walking and it's not happy. 15 of us Naked!
Naked?
And I'm like going 'no, no, no, it's got nothing to do with me. Then it roars and we are running, Oh my God, we are Running and brotovith falls and I turn to him and I said…
'I knew we should have turned left!'"
All four of them burst into laughter.
"Rose?" the Doctors voice brought her out of her thoughts. It sounded like he had said her name a few times before she heard. She realized that they were already inside the restaurant and she was staring sadly at the table that herself, the Doctor, Mickey and Jack sat two years ago…feels like a lifetime. "You alright?" the Doctor asked, genuinely concerned.
"Yeah. Fine."
He didn't look as if he believed her, but realized she didn't wanted to talk about it just yet, so he changed the subject, "Salt or no salt?"
"Salt."
"Vinegar?"
"You've known me over two years…I think…and you still don't know how I like my chips?"
"That's a no on vinegar then." He winked, "Just making sure." He stood up and walked to the counter to get the food for him and Rose.
"Don't forget the ketchup." Rose shouted after him, smiling he put his thumb up in a 'yes' and held his hand above his shoulder so Rose could see it.
He got into line and waited patiently.
"'scuse me?" a very familiar accent asked next to him.
"Damn it."
"Yes?" The Doctor said turning to looked at the man next to him.
"Names Captain Jack Harkness. I was wondering if you were here last night, when a big beasty thing came in here?"
"Big beast? That's a new one."
"New what?"
"Pick up line."
"Pick up-" Jack grinned, "Nope, being serious, were you here?"
"Nope." The Doctor shook his head.
"Ok then, Thank you." Jack said with a wink and walked away, the Doctor silently begged for him to leave the restaurant, luckily for the Doctor, Jack seemed to do just that, walk to the door. Relaxing slightly he turned back to the counter, waiting for the line to move up when he heard a loud shout go up through the restaurant.
"JACK?"
"Rose?"
"Damn it." He repeated.
Jack walked around the restaurant asking customers, if they were there yesterday. He got a few 'is he crazy?' looks, some 'No. F off mate.' And a few shocked. So far no one had came back to the restaurant. He couldn't blame them, Weevils are pretty freaky to look at.
He asked one more man, Quite hot, in a brown pinstriped suit, he was the first to think it was a pick up line. But hadn't seen the Weevil, so he decided to give up and leave, he'd asked enough people.
Instead though, on his way to the door he spotted long wavy blonde hair.
"No. Can't be, she was on the list of the dead…Just go ask her the same question, if it's her, then maybe…No walk past see if she notices me." With out thinking about it anymore he walked past her table 'accidently' knocking the menu off the table.
"Woaps sorry." He bent down to pick it up for her.
"No worry's." She said, calmly, only looking at the menu, not him, but as he placed it on the table, her eyes drifted onto his face, widening out of shock and he felt like his eardrums were blown out by her shouting his name, he couldn't help but say her name in surprise.
"Rose, Rose, Rose!"
Rose jumped up and hugged Jack as tightly as she possibly could, "He's alive. The Doctor's not gonna believe this!"
She pulled away from him just as the Doctor joined them with two packs of chips in a stereophome packs and mini packs of ketchup.
"The pinstriped suit man." Jack couldn't help thinking, "Doctor?"
"Jack." The Doctor said, not sounded shocked to see him here.
"Doctor. He's alive." Rose said as if the Doctor hadn't noticed before.
"I can see that Rose." The Doctor sat down and picked up a chip, studying it, mostly to avoid eye contact, but realized he could just stare at the chip so placed it in his mouth. Chewing as he watched emotions pass through Rose's eyes.
Happy, sad, confused, angry, annoyed, even more confused, before settling on angry. "You knew he was alive?" she shouted, the whole restaurant turned to look at them.
"Ye-" he was cut off by a sharp sudden pain in his cheek. The force of Rose's slap sent him flying off his chair onto the floor. "Ow." He complained. Looking at Rose, while putting one hand onto his cheek to protect it from more slaps. Sirius barked from under the table, not sure which one of his Masters to go to. Protect the man? Defend the girl?
A waiter quickly came over, "Take this outside please." The Doctor slowly stood, took his chips and walked outside. Sirius ran after the Doctor as Rose and Jack followed slowly. Jack was just shocked. Rose was fuming. They walked in silence; the Doctor didn't stop walking till they reached the TARDIS. Quietly opened the TARDIS doors. To his surprise, he felt soft carpet beneath his shoes. Sirius bounded in from under his legs and started to sniff the next Carpet. Jack and Rose followed and sat down on the Captain's chair.
"Why didn't you tell me he's alive?" Rose asked as Sirius jumped up into her lap.
"Because he's wrong." The Doctor turned to fiddle with some controls wanting to avoid eye contact with Rose, he hated to see her upset or angry.
"Thanks" Jack said bitterly and sarcastically.
He had to turn back to them, "You are, I can't help it. I'm a Timelord, its instinted. It's in my guts. You're a fixed point in time and space, you're a fact. That's never meant to happen. Even the TARDIS reacted against you, didn't want to land."
"You knew it was Jack when we landed?"
"No, didn't have a clue then." He looked at the controls once again, clicked a leaver up and down a few times before turning back to Rose ad Jack.
"How is he wrong?" Rose asked, confused.
"I can't die." the Doctor nodded, Rose was shocked.
"You can't die?"
"Well I die, but come back to life immediately."
"How did you find out?" The Doctor asked.
"Last thing I remember, I was facing three Daleks, death by extermination. Then I came back to life, what happened?" the question was pointed at the Doctor.
"Rose."
"Me?"
"I thought you were sent back home." Jack asked Rose.
"I came back." Rose looked questionably at the Doctor.
"Opened the heart of the TARDIS. Absorbed the time vortex itself."
"What's that mean?"
Rose sat up attentively, the Doctor never talked about what happened that day.
"No one's ever meant to have that power. If a TimeLord did that he'd become a God. A vengeful God. But your human. Brought you back to life Jack, but couldn't control it and brought you back forever. Guess that's something I suppose. The final act of the Time War was life."
"Oh my God. Jack I'm so sorry."
"It's ok Rose." He put his hand around her shoulders to reassure her.
Rose nodded at him, not completely convinced.
The Doctor stood awkwardly, his body language showed that he wanted to get out of the room, or at least get away from Jack.
His cheek still pounding from Rose's slap, Jackie's slap was nothing more than a tap compared to Rose's.
After a few moments of silence Rose put Sirius down on the floor, stood up and walked out the room, from down the hall, Doctor with his advance Timelord hearing, heard her bedroom door slam closed, and her soft sobs from inside, each sob ripped his hearts into more pieces.
"Should we follow her?" Jack asked softly, the Doctor shook his head.
"No, let her be on her own for a little while." Jack nodded to that and sat quietly, waiting for the Doctor to speak first Sirius walked to the Doctor sniffed his foot and then stood on his back legs leaning against the Doctors left leg, whinnying, the Doctor picked him up, cradling the Dog in his arms, Jack couldn't help but smile at the cute puppy. "Sirius." The Doctor said, seemly out of nowhere.
"Pardon me?" Jack asked, looking from the blue dog up to the Doctor, eyes wide confused.
"Sirius, the Dogs name. Well, Clabro, from Barcelona."
"The country?"
"Planet."
"Dog's with no nose's." Jack grinned at the obvious joke. They were both sat in awkward silence for a minute as neither man knew what to say, "Why?" Jack asked suddenly.
"Why?" Now the Doctor's turn to be confused.
"Did you leave?"
"I told you, you're wrong, I'm a Timelord, it's in my gut. I'm sorry Jack, you were…are my friend, but, it's wired to even be near you."
"Can't you get used to it?"
"I'll have too."
"Huh?"
"If you want, you can travel with us again."
"You won't leave me again?" Jack didn't look sure, "The time manipulator won't work again."
"If I leave you again, I think that slap in the restaurant would be just a tap, compared to what she would do to me." Jack laughed at that as the Doctor seemed to get even paler thinking about what Rose would do to him.
Rose walked back into the room, eyes puffy, but otherwise you'd never know she'd been crying.
"Jack's travelling with us." The Doctor told her, Rose's eyes lit up with delight.
"Really?"
"Yeah." The Doctor didn't look completely happy about it though.
"For Rose." He reminded himself, "Rose."
