He didn't speak to her for days afterwards. When he does, it's low and dangerous – a warning.

"If you're planning on staying with me, Rose Tyler," he pauses and she shivers. "You don't get to be a fool. You can be naive as you like and wild as you like but if you do anything so plainly stupid again, I'm bringing you back to Jackie."

After a moment she smiles, hoping he'll mirror her and everything will go back to the way it was. "I can't even remember what I did," she responds, beaming that mad smile of hers. He doesn't smile back and she allows her tongue to peek through her teeth, a last effort to return to normality. It's to no avail, though, and Rose lets the smile drop. "Okay, I'm sorry. It won't happen again."

Of course Rose remembers. She dreams about that day, the planet with the sky that displayed the solar system in its entirety, and every color was so vibrant she had to squint. They had been to beautiful planets before, had run from aliens and chased after them, had helped and hurt and lost people. But that time Rose wasn't satisfied with corridors and science and mysteries she was getting better at solving as time passed. That time, Rose wanted to sit in a field and look at that wondrous sky and talk to her Doctor and laugh with him, hold his hand, rest her head on his shoulder and point out the shapes they made as they passed.

So they found trouble the way they always did, but that time Rose ran, the way he had told her to when they first met. Away from the trouble.

And then – smack! – ran head first into it. There was a fair amount of blood and so many screams that she could only whisper the next day (not that he responded), and then there were his footsteps – background noise to the pounding in her head. And he rescued her.

But Rose really was sorry about it, that was the thing. She wanted the Doctor, her Doctor, to forgive her and then they could go on traveling together like they always did. So she forces that smile back onto her face and peeks out the tip of her tongue the way he always seems to notice, and then she takes a step towards him.

"Seriously, Doctor, I'm sorry and it won't happen again, promise. Now give me that lovely smile of yours."

He smiles reluctantly and looks down at her. "Don't do that again."

"I won't."

There are more steps taken and somewhere along the way he had taken her hand.

"I don't believe you for one second, Rose Tyler."

And, because it was so cheesy and so perfect and they have been taking their goddamn time getting on with it, she responds with "Believe me. I won't leave you again," and then she kisses him.

Tiptoes and frantic lips and quick breaths and hands all over. That was their first kiss.

Thanks for reading! Hope you enjoyed and don't hesitate to review! I'll continue with these little moments for a while, I think, and the other companions will make appearances as well. Thank you, also, to those of you who reviewed the first chapter. You guys rock my socks.