A/N: Sorry this one is a bit short. I promise the next one will be extra long.

Oh...By the way...I don't own Doctor Who. *sob*

CHAPTER TWO:

SETTING HER STRAIGHT, AND ARGUING

The Tardis shook again. Rose and Donna came running from their rooms in surprise. They were shocked to see the Doctor and Ilen flying the Tardis together. Rose could understand that Ilen being a Time Lady, she would need to know things like this, but she couldn't help but feel a little jealous of the girl's somewhat brotherly relationship the two had even though she knew that there was no romance whatsoever. They stopped moving, but there was no thud that announced that they had landed. "Straight into the Time Vortex to drift for a little while." the Doctor announced.

"Molto bene!" the Doctor and Ilen said in unison.

"Well! Some things never change." Donna chuckled.

"Hey Rose. Can I talk to you?" Ilen asked. Rose nodded. Why did she want to talk to her? Ilen led her to the library. She nodded towards her, signaling her to start talking.

"What?" Rose tried. Ilen's gaze never left her. Accusing, but not hard and angry. Rose didn't think she could survive the other side of her gaze. Before she could stop herself, she was babbling. "I just don't want the Doctor to be heartbroken when he loses you, which is bound to happen eventually and I don't want to lose my place in the Tardis and I really don't want Donna and I to be a third wheel and I don't want to be kicked out of his life by a child like you..." Rose stopped abruptly. She knew she had gone too far. Ilen's gaze turned to ice. Rose didn't see the Doctor standing in the doorway, though Ilen did.

"Rose. You listen to me right now." Ilen's voice was devoid of any humor. Her voice had changed. There was so much less warmth in it than there was before, though it was not quite yet in the "cold" category, it was on the brink. "The Doctor will not be heartbroken when he loses me. He will be heartbroken when he loses you, but not me. You are not going to lose your place in the Tardis. I don't think you ever will. I didn't think that Donna felt like a third wheel and I'm extremely good at reading people. I didn't mean to come here. It just happened. I'm so sorry you feel that way. I really hate causing trouble, though it seems to follow me everywhere I go. I've decided that I had better leave. But the next time you talk to me like that, you may have realized that I am anything but a child. Goodbye, Rose Tyler. I know for a fact that we shall meet again." With those words, she turned and swept out of the library so like the man who raised her. She passed the Doctor without a word, and he winced at the walls that had been put around her mind. This is how she was before. Wild. Untamed, and angry. It was still there. It would never be completely gone. Rose slowly turned around, her eyes burning with shame. She gasped when she saw him standing there.

"How long have you been there?" she asked.

"Long enough." he replied, then he too, left the room.

Ilen paused right by the doors to take one last look around the ship she loved so much. The Tardis spoke to her, telling her that she was wanted and that she didn't have to leave. "Thanks girl, but I know when I've worn out my welcome." She heard the Tardis in her head.

My daughter. This is foolish.

"Always am!" Ilen replied with a cheeky grin.

The Doctor wishes you to stay.

"I do not wish to stay if the passengers do not want me to be here."

That is a lie. You want to be here, after being in that place. You want to be home.

Ilen's eyes turned bright green. "I don't have a home. Not anymore. I haven't had a home since I saved him from the Nightmare Child. He changed that day. I saw fear in his eyes when he looked at me. I had to leave. Everybody else feared me. I couldn't handle him as well."

I do not fear you. My home is with you, my daughter of Time. Stay a little longer. Something is coming. And the Wolf is there.

Like I said. Bit short. Mostly goes around Ilen and the Tardis' conversation and Rose and Ilen. It's OK though, because pretty soon Rose is going to be nice to Ilen, and they MIGHT be friends. That's all I'm gonna say. ~Spoilers~