Chapter two

"This. Is. Amazing"

They were standing at the far corner of the Wardrobe Room on the third level. There was an entire rack of robes, a shelf of scarves, socks, and other things that would be appropriate in the "wizarding world". There were robes that had each house insignia, Gryffindor, Ravenclaw, Hufflepuff, and Slytherin. There were purple robes, green robes, blue robes, any and every color you could imagine.

"Where on Earth did you get all this?" Rose asked, dumbfounded.

"Welllll, that's exactly it. I didn't get it all on Earth." He looked around his collection proudly.

"What do you mean; you didn't get it all on Earth!" Donna asked. "Harry Potter was written by J.K. Rowling! Last time I checked, she was a human!"

The Doctor turned to look at Donna. "How popular are the books and movies on Earth? It's one of the most popular series that's ever been written, that's ever had movies made about it. You didn't think that it would spread across the stars? Almost every planet knows the story," he started to walk around the two of them, examining the rack of robes "a story of friendship, bravery, love, good versus evil, really is an impressive one. Of course each planet would have their own fandom!"

Rose walked down the rack, running her hand through the material. They were all soft, and felt like new. "Which house do you think you would be in?" she asked the others.

"Well, I've never been good at much." Donna said sadly. "All I ever do is Temp. But, I am a really good person, so that falls under the 'just and loyal' category. I think I would be a Hufflepuff" she concluded. "Plus, I love yellow"

"Ravenclaw. Definitely." The Doctor answered. "I mean, come on. Look at me. I'm brilliant." He straightened his tie.

"Very modest, you are" Rose elbowed him in the ribs.

"Oof" he complained, rubbing his ribs. He walked over to a rack and started picking up things to wear. "Where do you see yourself, Rose?" He wondered.

"I don't know." She said. "I'm not smart, thanks to Jimmy Stone," she rolled her eyes and pulled out a plain set of robes. "I'm not cunning and evil, so not Slytherin" She walked down the aisle towards the Doctor. "I guess I would be in Gryffindor, because it took a lot of guts to walk into your ruddy blue box after I met you" she said. She looked up at the Doctor, smiled, and grabbed his hand.

"Alright, alright, break it up you two" Donna stepped in. "I'm going to go see if the TARDIS will help me pack a lunch, and you guys just get dressed, alright?" she gave them the don't-do-anything-funny look of hers, and walked out.

Suddenly alone, amongst the robes and scarves, Rose stepped into the Doctor's arms. She had nothing to say, words couldn't describe how happy she was to be with him. He pulled her closer, and she nuzzled her head underneath his chin. "I'm so glad I found you" she whispered.

The Doctor felt a pang of sadness hit him. "I'm so sorry" he said. Rose pulled back, confusion in her eyes. Why would he be sorry? They were finally together. Noticing her hesitation, he explained further. "I really thought it was impossible. If I had known there was a way, any way, to get to you without making the universes collapse, I would have been there in a heartbeat. Or a double heartbeat, because really with two of mine I-."

Seeing a babbling mess beginning to form, she interrupted him. "Don't start." Rose pulled herself against him again. He hugged her closer to him. "All that matters's that we're together now, and that's how it's gonna stay. At least, until I get old and grey and…." She drifted off at the thought. Sure, she was with him now, but that didn't change the inevitable. She was going to age. She was going to die. And he was going to have to live without her.

"Now you don't start, we'll cross that bridge when we get there". This was the last thing that he wanted to think about it, his beautiful pink and yellow girl. He just wanted to live in this moment, and not think about sad things. Plus, he was already thinking about ways he could lengthen that short life of hers… futuristic foods and medicine could keep her with him for a while longer…"Alright!" he said, jumping back and grabbing the clothes he picked, snapping himself out of his brainstorming. "Let's get dressed. Donna will be back soon!"

Rose smiled at his enthusiasm, and tried to forget all of the complications of their relationship. Rose pulled her robes on over her t-shirt and jeans, and the Doctor pulled his over his oxford and trousers.

"You're going to look weird with robes and trouser bottoms" she told him.

"Oh yeah? Well no one is going to be there to see it, so what does it matter?" he retorted. She shrugged and pulled on a red and gold scarf.

"For Gryffindor!" she exclaimed, laughing.

"For Ravenclaw!" the Doctor pulled on a bronze and blue scarf. They raced around the wardrobe room, chasing each other until they fell into a laughing heap. The Doctor pulled himself together enough to pull Rose off the floor and walk to the console room. Donna walked in at the same time, dressed and ready, with a picnic basket under her arm.

The Doctor started to set the coordinates for Scotland. Rose and Donna sat down on the jump seat.

"How'd ya fit everything inside there?" Rose asked. It was a pretty small basket.

"C'mon, you know how everything works here," Donna said.

"It's bigger on the inside!" they both said in unison, and started laughing.

"Oi, be nice!" the Doctor yelled from the other side of the console. He pushed a few buttons, pulled a lever, and off they went.