Wow, all your support really is wonderful and very encouraging! Thank you so much. Here's chapter three, which I think you can figure out takes place just after "New Earth." (I realize I'm not really making these chapters go in any sort of order, I just sort of write them as the idea strikes me.) Enjoy!

Well, it had certainly been an interesting day, to say the least. New Earth… who would have guessed. And it had definitely been quite an experience having somebody else inside her head, that was for sure. Being able to partially comprehend what was going on in her surroundings but not having any control over her limbs, sensing memories and feelings being accessed by a stranger and knowing what her controller was thinking and saying, well, nothing could really prepare Rose for what that was like.

Then watching Cassandra control the Doctor's body, while completely immoral and wrong, was admittedly somewhat amusing (though she would never tell him that).

After dropping poor Chip who housed Cassandra's mind off at their final resting place, the Doctor and Rose retreated quietly into the TARDIS together, each in control of their own bodies now. The door clicked shut behind them and Rose grinned up at her Doctor, pulling him back into another hug. Funny how even after spending the entire day on New Earth, they hadn't done much while conscious together.

"Well, now that's all been sorted out, where to next, Rose Tyler?" the Doctor asked cheerfully, squeezing her shoulders as he stepped back before bounding over to the control panel. "How about this nifty little planet called Felspoon? The mountains are incredible, did you know they actually sway in the breeze?"

"That'd be amazing!" Rose shouted, joining him at his side, but then a memory occurred to her, albeit fuzzy but definitely there. "Hold on, Doctor, I want to ask you something…"

He paused his work at the controls to look at her. "Shoot."

"When Cassandra was inside me, well I can't really remember…Did I… did I really snog you?" Rose's cheeks were suddenly bright red. The Doctor grinned cheekily.

"Oh yes," he said, throwing her a little wink.

"Oh my God," Rose said embarrassedly, raising a hand to cover her eyes. "Did you know it was her inside me at that point?"

"Er—" now it was the Doctor's turn to blush. "Not exactly, no."

"Wait, so what did you do?" she asked in surprise, "I'm tryin' to remember but…I…can't…"

"Imayhavesortofsnoggedyouback I dunno?" The Doctor's words came out very quiet and very rushed, so it took her a moment to figure out what he even said. His hand flew up to ruffle his hair and he very obviously averted his gaze from her whole half of the room.

A slow smile spread across Rose's face as the implications of his confession hit her. A bubble of laughter escaped her lips as she said, "I can't believe you snogged me! And I can't even remember…"

"Well, it wouldn't be the first time!" The Doctor's eyes widened and his whole body froze as he realized what he just said.

Rose had frozen too. "What?" she asked, low and quiet and disbelieving.

"Nothing!" The Doctor sprang to life, knocking over a chair in his haste to flick on all the controls.

"Tell me, Doctor!" Rose shouted, chasing him around the control panel as he tried to dodge her and her question. Finally she caught hold of his arm and whirled him around to face her. "What are you talking about?"

He sighed in resignation. "So back when we were on Satellite 5 for the second time and the Daleks were about to destroy Earth, I sent you home so you wouldn't get destroyed by the delta wave. I couldn't bear losing you that way. Well, I thought you were all fine and secure, but your stupid, brilliant human mind decided you weren't taking no for an answer, so you ripped open the center panel here and looked into the heart of the TARDIS."

"Yeah, I know I did that!" Rose interrupted.

"I'm getting there!" the Doctor snapped irritably, "You wanted an answer!" Rose nodded and kept quiet. "Right. Well, that worked well enough, the telepathic connection brought you back to me, but you didn't know how dangerous it was to have the Time Vortex running through your head. No one's meant to have that, not even Time Lords, and the pressure of it was killing you. I absorbed it from your body into mine to save your life, and it killed my body, which is why I regenerated into this one."

"You died to save me?" Rose asked quietly.

"Of course I did!"

"But I still don't understand. What has that got to do with snogging?"

"Well, in order to absorb the Time Vortex, I had to connect with you somehow. So I, er, I kissed you."

"And I can't remember it at all!?" Rose exclaimed, throwing both her hands up in the air in exasperation. "You've snogged me twice now and I can't remember either time? What good is that?"

"Do you wish you remembered?" the Doctor asked, a little shyly.

"'Course I do." Her voice grew soft and quiet. "Do you wish I remembered?" Subconsciously, Rose took a step closer to him so their bodies were very nearly touching.

"A little."

It was the Doctor who made the first move, but he proceeded slowly, cautiously, his eyes flicking over Rose's face to gage her reaction as he leaned in. When he paused, barely an inch away, his sweet, Time Lord-y breath tickling her face, Rose stretched up on her tip toes to meet him. The kiss was slow and gentle and chaste, and after a moment, the Doctor pulled away. A smile was playing on his lips.

"Well," Rose said, imitating the way he normally drew out the word, "Looks like third time's the charm!" The Doctor grinned down at his beautiful Rose, letting his tongue slip between his teeth the way hers always did, basking in the wonderful joy simply looking into her face brought him. Then, of course, his pink and yellow human girl grabbed his jacket lapel and pulled him back in.

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Short but sweet, I suppose. I want to add that if any of you are itching for an alternative scenario from any of your favorite Ten/Rose episodes, feel free to let me know! I'm open to ideas and prompts. Thanks!