As she walked down to meet him, the Doctor did a rather comic double take. She looked perfectly stunning. Rose also did a double take, as the Doctor had change out of his usual, suit and long coat outfit into a rather smart dinner jacket. His hair however, was still a total mess. She laughed when he bowed to her and kissed her hand.
"I didn't know their was a gentleman under that coat," she laughed
He grinned and replied
"I didn't know there was a princess under that chav," he took her arm and gently pulled her in the direction of the dining hall, which was through a door on the left.
"Oh my god." Rose said under her breath as she entered the room. A long mahogany dining table that would seat fifty with room to spare stood proudly in the middle of the room, groaning under the weight of more food that the Doctor and Rose could ever eat. Candles gave the room a gorgeously romantic, twilight atmosphere and servants stood around waiting to pull out seats, pour out wine and serve the food. So, the Doctor and Rose sat down and ate, sometimes talking, sometimes just enjoying a companionable silence. It was during one of these silences that Rose began to doubt whether she would keep her promise to Mickey, or if she would stay with the Doctor always. Although in her heart she knew she would leave him soon. True, she loved the danger and excitement of the life they led, and she enjoyed the Doctor's company, but her heart had been broken once, while with the Doctor, when they had left a certain Captain Jack Harkness alone, after she brought him back to life. And to add to that she found herself missing her Mum, missing Mickey, and general domestic life.
When they had eaten their fill, they retired to the drawing room of the old castle which, just like Rose's bed chamber, was absolutely stunning. Rose sat on a couch in front of a huge fire, the only source of light in the room, while the Doctor leant against the fireplace, wine glass in hand. The two talked, exchanged light chat, about things neither cared about but felt obliged to talk about- the weather, the scenery, the castle in general. Rose kept thanking him for the dress, tanks which he kept insisting where "not needed"
That was, of course, until Rose noticed the snow, which was naturally, silver.
"Oh Doctor look!" she cried running for the window
"You stupid humans, getting all excited over snow." the Doctor said smiling.
"Aw please, Doctor"
"Come on then. But in heavens name put on a coat, you'll freeze to death"
"You sound just like my Mother. But alright," she laughed seeing the Doctors face after comparing him with her Mum.
"God forbid I, Lord of Time should turn into Jackie Tyler"
Rose found a black beaded shawl and flung it on. The Doctor put on his trademark long black coat and took her arm as they stepped outside and headed towards the village, both thinking of getting to a pub. Rose thinking white wine , the Doctor thinking mulled honey with rose. It was a local delicacy that he was quite fond of. They where just about to enter the local pub when they heard a scream which caused them both to spin round simultaneously. Another scream was followed by manic shouting of ;
"The Bat Ones, The Bat Ones." and some obscenities. A villager with wild green hair and purple skin ( I did say they were odd) ran by, closely followed by a large bat like creature.
"What the…" Rose screamed
"Just RUN" the Doctor yelled grabbing onto her arm and hauling her along the road. The place descended into chaos. People where running everywhere, screaming all the while, and those dammed quick bat-things swooping all over the place. Large creatures, at a first glance anyone would simply think them huge bats, but on a closer look would realise that they where something much scarier even than that. Their wings where twice the length of their pink-brown, slightly slimy looking bodies, their faces, although bat like in quality, had something else, something the Doctor just couldn't put his finger on. Their skin was stretched taught over their skulls, and their enormous ears and large piercing green eyes looked far too big for their head. Dragging her into a doorway, the Doctor immediately regretted it after finding that the doorway was far too small for them, consequently squashing the both together. Very close together.
Rose looked on in horror as the creatures devoured the villagers. The Doctor was rummaging in his pockets when she yelled at him to
"DO SOMETHING"
"Like what?" he yelled back, but simply stepped out of, the far to small doorway and grabbed a frightened villager.
"What are they?" he shouted, probably adding to her terror
"I don't know, I don't know." She whispered brushing her black hair out of her pure black eyes. He let her go and she practically flew off down the street. Around fifteen seconds later, one of the bat-things flew at the Doctor who promptly pulled out his sonic screwdriver and pointed it at the thing, which let out a high pitched squeal, and reeled round and flew backwards, joined quickly by the other things. The Doctor was very quickly surrounded by all the villagers offering drinks and biscuits (at least that's what the Doctor thought they where). Except for Rose. She stood in the little doorway, thinking.
How can I ever leave?
You cant stay with him forever,
But he's fantastic
Yes, but he has to carry on, you can't Rose, you can't have immortality, remember Mickey
But I don't love Mickey.
You love Jack. But he's not here. He would have died, more than likely, and isn't Mickey, well the next best thing?
Rose stopped her inner-argument when she saw the Doctor come back to find her.
"Come on" he laughed "They've offered free drinks all night." he grabbed her hand and pulled her towards the pub.