"we could have been anything" Rose hissed "Dame Rose and Sir Doctor remember?"
"No we couldn't. not with your alternative self are living here. Be a bit suspicious if Rose Tyler Vitex heiress and Dame Rose looked exactly the same and have the exact name. pretend we're kitchen staff, no one will notice us"
"Good point" Rose mumbled "I forgot about that"
"We really shouldn't be doing this" the Doctor muttered under his breath as he held out the tray of champagne to the guests.
"We'll go the moment we can" Rose promised.
Pete Tyler tapped lightly on his glass, getting everyone's attention immediately. "hello everyone" he said "I would like to thank you all for coming. And I promise tonight will be fun, trust me on this"
The guest gave a small chuckle
"Without further ado, the birthday girl, my wife Jackie and our daughter Rose"
The Doctor almost choked on his saliva when he saw the alternative Rose. She looked gorgeous in her strapless black mesh gown with white satin ribbon. He couldn't seem to take his eyes off her even though his Rose is standing beside him. Jackie Tyler was giving some speech while Alternative Rose met his eye and winked at him.
She winked at him as if she knew him. Did this Rose secretly travel with his alternative self? He wasn't sure; he threw all self-caution to the wind as he winked back.
She gave him a saucy smile tongue between teeth. And he waggled his eyebrows at her.
"You're right" his Rose said from behind him "they're all happy anyway and Mum's got what she always wished for. Back home…she's all alone, this one here has everything and my Mum…she's all alone"
He nodded and held his arm behind him in an awkward position so she could hold his hand. He watched the Alternative Rose be dragged off by her Mum and Pete go another direction. "c'mon lets get out of here" he mumbled
"One minute" Rose said "I need to get rid off this bloody tray" she slipped round him and headed off, head down so no one could see her face.
He looked around and took his chances. He slipped away and searched for Pete Tyler's office to look for info on this Cybus industry, he just couldn't resist the temptation of looking. Something was nagging him to.
He found the office easily enough and he quickly pulled out his sonic screwdriver and used a setting to turn the computer on. He started to go through files when the office door opened.
"I gave you everything"
He looked up in shock when he saw the Alternative Rose standing there.
"I gave you every single file I could get my hands on" she said looking hurt "don't you trust me? Don't the others trust me? I know with me being Vitex heiress should mean I should be loyal to my father but I refuse to let innocents get hurt"
He couldn't help but grin, she sounded exactly like Rose, and yes she was an heiress who was working on a degree. But she was so like the Rose he knew, wanting to protect the innocent, wanting to help.
"Of course I trust you!" he exclaimed "just double checking on things, trying to make sure I'm not missing something"
She smiled up at him and walked closer to him, her arms fling themselves round his neck and her body was grazing his. He swallowed, what kind of relationship did his alternative self have with this Rose?
"Like the tux" she said suddenly "very you, very sexy"
"Thanks" he said feeling the heat on his cheeks rise, he was blushing! HIM! a Time Lord!
Suddenly she pushed him up against the wall and pressed her lips firmly on his, her mouth was moving fast against his, her teeth nipping his bottom lip forcing him to open his mouth so she could slip her tongue in. the battle of tongues had commenced as he began to kiss her back. His arms wrapping round her waist and her hands slipped into his hair….
"Rose!" Pete exclaimed when he saw his daughter holding a tray. "I know you're cross with your mother but please get changed, she'll only have a heart attack if she saw you in this uniform. Here let me take that tray" Pete took the tray from Rose's hands and pressed a kiss on her forehead "maybe the next party you can miss. But please Rose get back in the dress before your mother sees you"
"Err…ok Dad" Rose said blinking as the Alternative version of her Dad walked away quickly. She headed out of the hall and into the corridor wondering where the Doctor got to.
The Alternative Rose pulled back slightly, hands resting on his shoulders, watching him pant as he tried to get his breath back. Wowsers if Alternative Rose can kiss like that, imagine how Real Rose would kiss.
"We'll stop them" she said "don't worry James we'll stop them turning the homeless into these Cybermen"
His blood turned to ice. Cybermen. The Cybermen are back. He pushed Rose off of him and grabbed her hand running out. Suddenly he ran into the Real Rose.
"Whoa" the Alternative one said "she looks just like me"
"Doctor what's going on?" the Real one asked looking concerned
"Wow now that is freaky" the Alternative one said "she knows your nickname James, not many do."
He couldn't deal with this, not now, he grabbed the Real one's hand with his other hand and ran back into the ballroom he looked out of the window and there they were, marching towards them.
"Doctor what is going on?" the Real one asked
"James what's happening?" the Alternative one asked "are they here? Is Lumic attacking?"
"Cybermen faced them before" he said to the Real Rose, he turned to the Alternative Rose "I'm not James and she maybe called Rose but she's not you or related to you ok? Now we got to get out of here before-"
There were multiple crashes as the Cybermen broke the windows and climbed into the room.
"Before that happens" the Doctor finished off lamely.