"Another day at Torchwood." Rose thought as she grabbed her coat and headed out the door. She clocked in at exactly 9:27 for the night shift with Jack.
"Well hello!" Jack flirted the moment Rose had walked in the door.
"Jack...stop it." Rose replied.
"What?! I was just saying hello! Why does everyone think when I say hello I'm flirting?!"
"That's flirting for you." She hung her coat on a rack in the courner.
"Whatever, what are you working on tonight?" The Captain asked.
"Sorting files of aliens that Torchwood knows about from the ones the general public knows about, you?" Rose asked as Jack hit the DOWN button on the lift.
"Another night of checking security logs." He sighed. "Wish we were allowed to drink at work."
Rose rolled her eyes and walked toward her office.
Sitting in the chair she heard a sound that made her drop the papers she was sorting. "Jack, do you hear that or am I going crazy?!" Rose said into the communicator on her desk.
"You're not going crazy, I hear it too." Jack's voice came from the communicator's speaker.
Rose jumped out of her chair, almost knocking her desk over in the process.
She ran out the front door of Torchwood Institute and ducked as the Tardis flew over her head and narrowly avoided hitting Torchwood Tower. The Tardis's engines wheezed to a halt and Jack came out and stood next to Rose. She could tell that they were looking at the back of the Tardis and the doors were facing the other way.
The familiar squeak of the Tardis doors was followed by the Doctor's converse clad tread. Out he walked in his brown pin-striped suit, blue tie, and dirty white converse. He walked around the side of the Tardis and locked eyes with Rose.
Doctor's POV:
"No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no!" The Doctor yelled as his lovely Tardis lurched to the right. He flip leavers, hit buttons, and only just managed not to hit Torchwood Tower. The landing was rough and almost him off his feet.
The Doctor was coming back to Cardiff to let the Tardis charge on top of what was once the rift.
He grabbed his trench coat and made sure his sonic screwdriver and psychic paper were safely tucked in his pocket before stepping out. It was a cool, clear night for Cardiff, about midnight, no matter the time there was always someone on duty at Torchwood, "Perhaps Jack is on duty." His thoughts ran as he walked around the Tardis's side.
The Doctor was right about Jack being on duty, but that wasn't what stopped him dead in his tracks and almost made his hearts stop beating. Standing next to Jack was Rose Tyler, his lovely companion who had been sucked into the parallel universe about a 5 ½ years ago. The time without her had been excruciating, he had had another companion, Martha, but it hadn't been the same, The Doctor had wanted Rose back.
Not in control of his actions he dropped his coat and lurched towards Rose, who ran towards him at the same time. Without words the pair ran straight into each other's arms, the way they used to after dangerous adventures that they were amazed they had both survived.
For the first time in the Doctor's life time didn't matter. They stood there wrapped in each other's arms for what could have been minutes, or hours, only untangling themselves when Jack eventually piped up. "Rose we should really go back to our posts."
The Doctor pulled back but held Rose out by her shoulders and looked into her eyes. "How did you get back?" He asked.
Rose's POV:
With the Doctor's arms around her, Rose finally let herself think of how lonely she had felt for the past five and a half years.
"Rose we should really go back to our posts." Jack piped.
At that the Doctor pulled back and held her our at arm's length, "How did you get back?"
"In the parallel universe I worked for the parallel Torchwood where we built a machine that folds the walls of the universe without tearing a hole in the fabric of reality. I used that to get back, and it teleported me right on the roof of the real Torchwood Tower where Mr. Harkness here was on break. It was funny; he was so shocked he almost fell off the building. I got here about six months ago, with no way of contacting you, but I knew you would come here sooner or later." Rose answered.
"Holy...Tardis...of...Gallifrey." Is all the Doctor could say.
"Rose if we don't get back in soon, the tower is going to lock us out!" Jack said. "Can't we have our little reunion inside?!"
"Alright." Rose took the Doctor's hand and walked towards the tower.
"So, what brings you to Cardiff?" Jack questioned once they were back inside.
"Refueling." The Doctor said. "That's why the landing was so bad."
"Seemed normal to me." Rose laughed. It was the first real laugh she'd had in years, she had almost forgotten what it felt like to truly laugh.
"Hey! Last I checked you can't fly her very well either!" He tried to suppress his smile.
"Yes, but I haven't been flying her for centuries." Rose replied.
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