"And listen to those old fools babble on" the Doctor replied back with a smile starting to spread across his face. "Hello Mickey, what brings you here?"

"I heard the TARDIS materialize" Mickey replied looking over the Doctors shoulder to see if he could catch a gimps of Rose. "May I come in?"

The Doctor turned to walk back to the living room, while Mickey closed the front door behind him then followed the Doctor. When the Doctor reached Rose he sat down beside her on the couch and put his arm across the back of the couch behind Rose. Mickey noticed this as he stood by the door to the kitchen.

"Who was at the door?" Rose asked not taking her eyes off of the telly in front of her.

"I was" Mickey said waiting to see how she would react.

"Mickey!" Rose almost yelled as she stood up, ran across the room and gave him a bone crushing hug. "I missed you"

"Missed you too" he said trying to breath through the hug. "People do need to breath you realise?"

Rose stepped away mumbling a sorry through her smile. The doctor then stood and put his arm around Rose`s hip on instinct.

This didn't go unnoticed by Mickey. Ignoring it he turned his eyes to meet Roses again.

"So how long have you ben gone?" Mickey asked looking between Rose and the Doctor "The way you acted when you saw me made it seem as if it had been a while for you"

"How long have I been gone" asked Rose not answering the question just yet.

"It's been almost two months since the last time you were here" Mickey replied looking a little worried as to why Rose didn't answer his question but decided to avoid it "So, how long?"

Rose instinctively leaned into the Doctor for comfort. The Doctor held her a little tighter letting her know that he was there for her no matter the outcome. Rose looked Mickey right in the eye and said "Its been 10 years for me"

Mickey frowned looking at Rose "Is this some kind of joke? You look exactly the same as the last time I saw you, I mean your hair does look more natural but other than that I see no change.

"And you won't, I'm going to stay how I am now for a very long time" Rose said worried about how he would reply to that but also trying to hid her smile because she knew that in spite of all of this she will be able to be with the Doctor forever. "it happened when I became the Bad Wolf. When the TARDIS became a part of me she changed me. My DNA has been changed to that some what of a time lords. I will age as slowly as the time lord but if I need to regenerate my face won't change."

All of this information was almost too much for Mickey he took a seat on the couch trying to processes all of what he had just heard. When he looked up at the Doctor he saw that he was whispering something into Roses ear which mad her grin and laugh out loud, it was in that moment that this was a good thing this meant she could spend the rest of her life with the man she loved. Mickey was happy for the two of them, he realized in that moment he no longer had any feelings for Rose and she and the doctor were meant to be.

He was just about to voice that opinion when he heard the front door to the flat open and Jackie's voice "Rose is that you?"

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