elmo-doodle: We survived! And as promised, here is the last part of the story :D We didn't get sucked in to a black hole, and no-one's gender's were swapped- although, my friend who suggested that theory did text me early in the morning saying, "I feel quite manly today! But then I straightened my hair." Heh. We had a year photo today, which I thought was really strange because we were getting a photo taken of what could possibly have been our last day on Earth lol. But still, all is well! Here is the second part- with some fluff thrown in at the end!

Part Two

"Whoa," Rose said as she walked in through the TARDIS doors.

"Yeah," the Doctor agreed, following behind her. "I completely expected the Large Hadron Collider to work, I heard about that hundreds of years ago, but that…"

"I know," Rose continued, sitting on the 'Captain's chair'. "Who would expect that all the scientists there were aliens?"

"That part was certainly left out of the database," the Doctor moved around to the computer and started inputting this new information. "I've never heard of Expremivons being so far out in the galaxy. Usually they just stick within their own comfy system, but you do get the occasional one going further. Oh, you should call your mother now," he added, picking up the mobile from the console and throwing it to Rose. "Let her know that the world is in safe hands."

"Right," Rose muttered, turning her phone on, "tell mum that there's a bunch of aliens at the French-Swiss boarder playing about with a big machine and trying to recreate conditions after the Big Bang. Yeah, that'll reassure her."

The Doctor grinned back at her. "The Expremivons are very advanced in their scientific methods," he told her.

"So why did they come to Earth? Why couldn't they do this at their own planet?" Rose asked.

"Because their planet doesn't always have the resources," he explained, turning around and leaning on the console. "There's hardly any space on Exprematoria that isn't occupied with scientific equipment or machines, and space is one of the things you need for the Hadron Collider. The other factor is materials: Earth has plenty of metal right now. The Expremivons would use a sort of metal substitute for their work, but it wouldn't be strong enough for the Hadron Collider to be built with. So what do you do?" He grinned at Rose. "You go to the planet that has plenty of resources. Even though humans are worried about running out of petrol and gas, they still have more than most planets do. So a couple of Expremivons take a shuttle to Earth, blend in with the locals by using a perception filter, and begin working on the biggest project in science."

"And you're absolutely sure that the world won't end?" Rose asked, dialling her mum's number. "The Earth won't be swallowed by a black hole?"

"This is a fixed point in time," the Doctor told her, turning back to the computer. "You said earlier that someone could make a random decision that could change the future of the Earth- that can't happen with this bit of history. Future generations will study this experiment for years to come. Tell Jackie not to worry. It's perfectly safe."

"I've heard that before," Rose said before pressing 'send'.

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The Doctor was sitting in the kitchen with a cup of tea in front of him. He was thinking about humans, and their tendency to believe anything the media told them. It made him smile. The news could report that a new illness was spreading around on the other side of the country, and suddenly you think you've got the symptoms. Silly humans, he thought. They don't realise how much potential they have. They think the world's going to end the day after tomorrow, or they think global warming or the sun expanding will kill them (well, actually that last one did happen, but the humans were far away when that was taking place). They had no idea that they would be living until the very end of the universe. They were probably the most stubborn but determined species of them all.

The Doctor's favourite human walked through the doors at that moment, grumbling slightly as she pocketed her phone.

"How did Jackie take it?" he asked, raising his cup to his lips.

Rose sighed. "She's calmed down now, but I didn't tell her that the scientists were actually aliens. That would have been too much for her to handle." Rose laid her arms on the table and rested her head on them.

The Doctor smiled and reached over to ruffle her hair slightly, causing her to scowl at him. "Did you believe her when she said the Earth was going to end?"

Rose lifted her head to rest on her hands instead. "No," she said, after a moment of thinking. "I know I was asking about it being possible that something could change, but I always sorta knew that the Earth wouldn't be doomed. There was going to have to be some big experiments for the technology that I've seen in the future to be created, and there's always a risk with those projects. The media just gets a hold of the smallest possibility of danger, and they blow it in to a nation-wide panic."

The Doctor grinned at Rose. He knew she was smarter than most humans gave her credit for. She may not have her A-Levels, but she had an understanding that went way beyond her years, and he couldn't ask for a better companion.

Rose smiled back at him and got out of her chair. She headed towards the corridor but stopped and turned back. "Doctor?"

"Hmm?"

"If you were told that the Time Vortex was going to implode, and you only had 24hours to live, what would you do?"

"Oo, that's a good question."

"Thanks."

"You want to know my answer?"

"Yup."

"Well," he said and he stood before Rose, his body very close to hers. He smiled slightly as a light blush rose to her cheeks. "I would do this."

Suddenly his lips were on hers in a passionate but gentle kiss. Rose was too shocked to move until he wrapped his arms around her waist, and she responded by placing her arms around his neck. The Doctor sighed against her lips and pulled away, looking in to her sparkling eyes.

"Um," Rose stuttered, feeling her cheeks heat up, "you don't need to wait for the universe ending to do that..."

The Doctor smiled and captured her lips once more. "Fantastic," he murmured.

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