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Chapter 2

The Doctor twirled about the console, pressing random buttons and babbling without really saying anything, like he always did. He had found Rose on Earth, in London while he was chasing down the Cybermen. They must have escaped to this universe and Rose must've followed. He had been so happy to see her; he had forgotten what he was doing. He loved her, but if he told her, she might not feel the same way, after all, he had regenerated since she last saw him, and she might not like his new face. He was the Doctor, but he wasn't cold like he had been all those years ago when he had met her, nineteen years old and working in a shop. He proceeded to blow up her job, just to kill some Autons. He let his mind wander back to their first adventures, Platform 1, the Gelth. He remembered that day as if it was yesterday. That was when he realized he was in love with her, in that dark basement surrounded by malevolent aliens. He smiled. Amy noticed and was curious. What could make him smile like that, she wondered?

Rose was remembering that time, too. She sighed happily. "Oi! Doctor! So, what's Stormcage and why are we going there", she asked pulling him back to reality, well, the TARDIS anyway.

"Stormcage, well you'll know it when you see it, and we are going there to pick up a friend."

"Okay."

"Doctor, could I speak with you, in private," Amy asked.

"Sure, but then we need to get back on schedule", he replied.

Once she was sure Rose couldn't hear them, Amy said, "Doctor, I saw you smiling back there, why?"

"Oh Amy, brilliant you are, I was thinking of my favorite memory, one that I wouldn't change even if I could. That may have been one of the most terrifying moments we shared, but I remember it fondly, oh it was frightening, my ears and the situation, but I knew as long as we were together, we would be fine."

"Who were you with Doctor? Please tell me."

"I have a better idea, Pond, I'll show you, but I must warn you, you will know exactly how I felt at that moment, so please don't think less of me." With that, he showed her the memory of when he and Rose were stuck in the basement of a morgue with Charles Dickens and a servant girl named Gwyneth. When they were back in the present, Amy said, "Doctor, I, wow I'm speechless, can you believe that, me at a loss for words. Doctor, does she know how you feel about her?"

"Oi! Who said I feel that way now?"

"Um, the look on your face every time you look at her. Doctor, just tell her already."

"I have got to stop showing my feelings. I can't just tell her, what if she doesn't like the new look, I have regenerated since she saw me last", he reminded her.

With that, he walked back to the main control room. Rose had been waiting for him. "You look flustered, so you just showed Amy a memory and judging from your eyes, it must have been a particularly good one, but from the way you are standing, she tried to make you feel bad about something pertaining to that specific memory, most likely a feeling, and you probably never showed anyone that memory 'cause either you wanted to keep it to yourself, or you were waiting for someone to realize that the feeling you had in the memory is one you are feeling right now. Am I right?"

"Yes. Where did you learn to do that", he replied, looking stunned.

"Oh, Pete's World."

"I see. Rose, remember when we were trapped in that basement with Charles Dickens and the Gelth?"

"How could I forget that."

"Well since then there's been something, no I probably shouldn't."

"What Doctor? Tell me."

"Never mind, Rose, its late, and we have to get to London soon."

Leaving the room, she thought about what he had said. She wasn't paying any attention to where she was going, and as a result very nearly bumped into Amy. "So, Rose, did he tell you anything", Amy asked.

"No, Amy, he didn't, and that's what's worrying me. He is so frustrating sometimes. He doesn't tell anyone what he is feeling and then, well he makes you guess. He did that to me, Amy, me, after I was… sent away."

"Why, what happened? Rose I'm trying to get him to admit something, but when I don't know anything that could help, it's just an attempt. Rose, he is a bloke; he will not say anything on the subject unless he's pushed. I'm just trying to give him that shove in the right direction."

"Fine, Amy I love him, but I can't stand not knowing if he loves me, I think he will never say it, he never said it when he had those ridiculous ears, and he didn't say anything after his regeneration. Then I was trapped on a parallel world without knowing how he felt. Then, when I finally made it back, he still said nothing, and sent me back to the parallel universe with his clone. It may have been a clone of him, but to me, there is only one him, and he is here in this universe. I'm starting to think he will never tell me, and that I'll be left to guess for the rest of my life."

"Rose, I wouldn't think that if I were you. He'll come 'round, you'll see. And until then, I will not stop trying to give him the little shove he needs to admit how he feels. Trust me, I'm Amy Pond, the Girl Who Waited", she said jokingly.

"Really, Amy, thank you so much."

"You are welcome, Rose. Now if you will excuse me, I will be pushing the Doctor to tell you how he feels."

" 'Night, then. Oh, and Amy, he is the Doctor."

" I know, but I do have something I can use against him, 'night."

As she walked into the control room, Amy noticed that they had stopped. "Doctor, Rose told me that you never told her how you felt. I think if you just tell her, she will be happy. And you want her to be happy, don't you Doctor?"

"Fine, I'll talk to her in the morning."

The next morning, Rose woke to the sound of the TARDIS in flight. She found that odd because they were supposed to have landed in the night, maybe they had been further away than she thought.

"Good morning, Rose. Um, there is something I have to tell you. I… um… remember when we first met; I blew up your job. Remember the Gelth, and being stuck in that basement. Well, there is something I haven't told you, something I never said, and it needed saying. Here I am saying it, with a new face and still same old me. Rose Tyler, I love you. I would have said it before now, but I was just so scared that you wouldn't feel the same way, that you wouldn't like the new face, but I'm not scared anymore."

"Oh Doctor, I will always love you, and I must say, I love the bowtie-" "Oi! Bowties are cool, wait you like the bowtie", he interrupted. "-Even if you regenerate," she continued, kissing him.

Amy was ecstatic. The Doctor had just gotten Rose back. This moment could not be more perfect, well there was one thing. She and Rory had had a huge fight, and now Amy wished they hadn't fought. Now, the fight seemed so stupid. They had fought over what color to paint their bedroom. Amy had wanted blue, and Rory wanted green.

"Thank you so much, Amy ", the Doctor said, once they broke apart, "Thank you, you helped me find the courage I needed. Amelia Pond, you are my best friend and I know when something is wrong, so tell me."

"Oi! Talk about subject change. Well, Doc, if you must know, Rory and I had a fight about what color we wanted to paint our bedroom."

AN:Rory... So remember Reinette and the trick he used to go into her mind? The memory thing with Amy is the same, but she goes into a specific memory, not his entire life.