Forget Me

Chapter 3: Rose Pt. 2

"The whole of Central London has been closed off," Said the news caster, on the Hendrik's store explosion, "As police investigate the fire."

The man's voice was drowned out by Jackie, who was on the phone to a friend of hers.

"I know, it's on the telly." Said Jackie, carrying a mug of tea in one hand, the other holding the phone to her ear, "It's everywhere, she's lucky to be alive." Jackie handed Rose the mug of tea, "Honestly, it's aged her, skin like an old bible."

Rose looked up at her mother from where she was sitting on the sofa.

"Walk in here now, you'd think I was her daughter." Said Jackie, leaving the room.

Mickey, Rose's boyfriend, rushed into the living room, spotting Rose on the settee.

"I've been phoning your mobile, you could've been dead." Said Mickey, before gesturing to the TV, "It's on the news and everything. I can't believe the shop went up." Mickey hugged her.

"I'm fine, I don't need a hug." Said Rose, as Mickey embraced her.

"What happened?" Asked Mickey, sitting on the arm of the sofa.

"I dunno." Said Rose, looking at the TV.

"What was it though? What caused it?" Pressed Mickey, looking at his girlfriend.

"I wasn't in the shop, I was outside." Said Rose, "I didn't see anything."

Jackie came back into the room, holding the phone out to Rose.

"It's Debbie on the other end, she knows a man on the Mirror, 500 quid for an interview." Said Jackie, trying to get Rose to take the offer.

"Oh, that's brilliant, give it here." Said Rose, taking the phone and hanging up. Jackie looked at her and then at the phone.

"Well, you've gotta find some way of making money, your job's caput and I'm not bailing you out." Said Jackie, looking at her daughter.

The phone started ringing again and Jackie answered it, "Beth, she's alive." Said Jackie, "I've told her, sue for compensation, she was within seconds of death."

Rose looked down at her mug.

"Whoa, what are you drinking? Tea?!" Said Mickey, "No, no, you're in shock, you need something stronger." Mickey grabbed her hand and started to pull her up.

"I'm alright." Said Rose, fruitlessly.

"No, you need a proper drink." Said Mickey, "Come on, you and me, down the pub. My treat."

Rose looked up at him.

"Is there a match on?" Asked Rose, knowing her boyfriend.

"No." Said Mickey, "I'm just thinking about you babes."

"There's a match on ain't there?" Asked Rose, nodding.

"Well, that's not the point." Said Mickey, "Though we could catch the last five minutes."

"Go on, I'm fine really." Said Rose, before pointing to the mannequin arm on the arm chair next to her, "Get rid of that."

Mickey grinned at her and puckered his lips, Rose grinned and kissed him. Mickey gently pushed Rose back into the sofa before getting up and walking over to the arm chair, Rose pretending to trip him up. Mickey picked up the arm and pretended to wave good bye with it. "Bye-bye." Said Mickey, his voice high pitched.

"Bye." Laughed Rose, Mickey pressed the hand of the fake arm to his throat and made fake choking sounds.

After Mickey left Rose turned back to the telly.

"Fifteen fire crews are attendant but there is very little thought of saving the infrastructure." Said the news caster.

Outside Mickey walked pasted the bins and threw the Arm into the nearest one.

The next morning Rose's alarm went off, after hitting the off button, Rose sat up.

"There's no point in getting up sweet heart, you've got no job to go to." Said Jackie, from the other room.

Rose fell back down on her bed.

"There's Finches." Suggested Jackie, a few minutes later, "You could try them, they've always got jobs."

"Oh, great," Said Rose, sarcastically, "The butchers."

"Well it'll do you good, that shop was giving you hairs and creases." Said Jackie, looking at Rose fiddle with an apple.

"And I'm not joking about compensation, you've had genuine shock a trauma." Said Jackie, "Arianna got 200 quid off the council because the old man behind the desk said she looked Greek, and I know she is Greek but that's not the point. She's very plain."

Rose listened to her mother go into her bed room, when she heard the cat flap go.

"Mum, you're such a liar." Said Rose, "I told you to nail that cat flap down, we're gonna get strays."

"I did." Said Jackie from her bed room, "I did it weeks back."

"No, you thought about it." Said Rose, when the cat flap moved again.

Rose knelt

Down but the cat flap and slowly pushed it open, revealing the face of Romana. Rose shot to her feet and opened the front door, seeing both Romana and The Doctor.

"What are you doing here?" Asked the Doctor, looking at Rose.

"I live here." Said Rose, looking at the man in the leather Jacket.

"What do you do that for?" Asked The Doctor, next to him Romana face-palmed.

"I'm only at home because someone's blew up my job." Said Rose looking at the two.

"Must have the wrong signal." Said Romana, looking at a tube with a purple light.

The Doctor looked at Rose, "You're not plastic are you?" Asked The Doctor, before knocking on Rose's head, "Nope, bone-head. Bye then." Romana grabbed The Doctor's arm to prevent him from leaving.

"You two, get inside. Right now." Said Rose, pulling Romana and The Doctor inside the flat.

"Who is it?" Asked Jackie from her bedroom.

"It's about last night, it is part of the inquiry, give us ten minutes." Said Rose, poke her head around the door for a couple of seconds before walking to the living room.

"She deserves compensation." Called Jackie, as The Doctor and Romana walked up to her door.

"Oh, we're talking millions." Said Romana, leaning against the frame.

Jackie looked at the two, "Not long is it?"

"Is what?" Asked The Doctor, looking at the blonde woman.

"You two being married." Said Jackie, looking at the two, "Don't worry, you'll last longer than I did. My husband was hit by a car when Rose was one."

"Oh, we're sorry." Said Romana, "I recently lost mine."

Jackie looked at the seemingly young woman with sympathy, "First one?" Asked Jackie, looking at the two. Romana shook her head, "No, third." Replied Romana. 'I'm sorry that happened to you, Mana.' Thought The Doctor, looking down at his wife.

'It's not your fault, blame that Time Agent trying to prevent Kennedy's assassination.' Romana Thought back.

"Are you two going to stand there or come in here?" Called Rose, from the living room.

The Doctor and Romana walked into the living Room, where Rose was clearing a table.

"Sorry about the mess, would either of you like coffee?" Asked Rose, going into the kitchen.

"Yes, please, just milk." Said The Doctor, while Romana declined.

"We should got to the police," Said Rose, when she entered the kitchen, "Seriously."

The Doctor and Romana weren't listening, Romana picked up a magazine and flicked through it, "That won't last, he's gay and she's an alien." Said Romana, looking at a picture of a couple.

"Look, I'm not blaming you." Continued Rose, oblivious, "Even if it was just some joke that went wrong."

The Doctor picked up a book and speed read it by flicking there the pages at a fast speed, "Hmm, sad ending." Said the Doctor before looking in a mirror.

Romana picked up a couple of letters and read the name, "Rose Tyler."

"The news said they found a body." Said Rose.

"Err, could have been worse, look at the ears." Said The Doctor looking at his reflection before turning and picking up some cards, "Luck be a lady." Sang the Doctor.

"It was a shame, he was really nice." Said Rose.

"Dear, never do that again." Said Romana, looking at her husband is shock as he made a deck of cards shoot out all over the place.

"But if we're gonna got to the police, I wanna know what I'm saying." Said Rose, "I want you to explain everything."

"Better not." Said Romana, when the cat flap went.

"What's that?" Asked The Doctor, moving to investigate, "Have got a cat?"

"No, we used to but we kept getting strays." Replied Rose, when the plastic arm shot out and grabbed his throat.

Rose continued to make coffee while the Doctor and Romana tried to get the arm off the Doctor.

"I told Mickey to chuck that out." Said Rose, when she entered the Room, "Give a man a plastic hand."

When the hand let go of The Doctor hovered for a second before grabbing Rose's face.

Romana rushed over to Rose and grabbed the plastic arm, the Doctor helping a second later.

In her room Jackie turned on her hair dryer.

Back in the living Room, The Doctor, Romana and Rose fell on to the table which broke underneath them, Rose backed up onto the sofa while the Doctor and Romana got their Sonic Screwdrivers out and activated them.

The arm let go of Rose and The Doctor held it.

"There we go, stopped it." Said The Doctor.

"Harmless." Said Romana, looking at Rose.

"Do you think?" Asked Rose, before hit the two of them with it.

"Ow." Said Romana rubbing her arm, the Doctor doing the same.

The Doctor and Romana left the flat with Rose following them.

"Now hold on, you can't just go swanning off." Said Rose.

"Sure we can, here we are, swanning off." Said Romana, looking back at Rose, "See ya."

"That arm was moving, it tried to kill me." Said Rose.

"10 out of 10 for observation." Said The Doctor, carelessly.

"You can't just walk away, that's not fair. You gotta tell me what's going on." Said Rose, following them.

"No, we don't." Said Romana.

"Alright then, I'll go to the police, I'll tell everyone." Said Rose, "You said that if I did that I'd get people killed, so your choice. So tell me or I'll start talking."

"Is that supposed to sound tough?" Asked The Doctor, looking at the human.

"It doesn't work." Said The Doctor.

"Who are you?" Demanded Rose, looking at the pair.

"We told you, I'm Romana, he's The Doctor." Said Romana, pointing at herself then at the Doctor.

"Alright, the Doctor and Romana What?" Asked Rose.

"Just the Doctor and Romana." Said The Doctor.

"Just the Doctor and Romana?" Asked Rose, looking at them.

"Hello." Both of them waved.

"Is that supposed to sound impressive?" Said Rose.

"Sort of." Shrugged Romana.

"Just who are you two? you can tell me." Said Rose, "Are you the police?"

"No." Scoffed The Doctor, "we're just passing through."

"We're a very long way from home." Said Romana.

"But what have I done wrong?" Asked Rose, "How come those plastic things keep coming after me?"

"Oh, suddenly the whole world revolves around you," Said the Doctor, "You were an accident, you weren't meant to be there."

"It tried to kill me." Said Rose.

"It was after us, not you." Said Romana.

"Last night in the shop, we were there, then you blundered in, almost ruined the whole thing, this morning we were tracking it down, it was tracking us down, the only reason it homed in on you was because you met us." Said The Doctor, looking at Rose.

"So the whole world revolves around you two then." Said Rose.

"Sort of, yeah." Said Romana.

"You two are full of it." Said Rose.

"Sort of, yeah." Echoed the Doctor.

"So all this plastic stuff, no one knows about it?" Asked Rose.

"No one." Said Romana.

The three walked further outside.

"So it's just you two?" Asked Rose.

"What do you lot do, all you do is eat chips, go to bed and watch telly." Said The Doctor, "While, all the time, underneath you there's a war going on."

"Okay," Said Rose, snatching the arm from Romana, "Star from the beginning."

"If you're going to with the living plastic, and I don't even believe that, and you do, how'd you kill it?" Asked Rose.

"The thing controlling it projects life into the arm, we cut off the signal, dead." Said Romana, Rose only know noticed she had a slight Irish accent.

"So that's radio control?" Asked Rose.

"Thought Control." Corrected The Doctor, "You alright?" After glancing at Rose.

"Fine, but who controlling it then?" Asked Rose.

"Long Story." Said Romana.

"But what's it all for?" Questioned Rose, "I mean, shop window dummies, what's that about?"

"Is someone trying to take over Britain's shops?" Asked Rose, jokingly.

The Doctor and Romana chuckled.

"No, it's not a price war." Said Romana, laughing.

"They want to overthrow the human race and destroy you." Said the Doctor, bluntly, Do you believe me?"

"No." Said Rose.

"But, you're still listening." Said Romana.

The Doctor and Romana started walking towards the TARDIS when Rose called out to them, "Seriously though, Doctor, who are you two?"

They both turned back and walked towards Rose.

"You know what we were saying about the Earth revolving?" Asked Romana.

"It's like when you're a kid and they tell you that the world's turning and you just can't believe it because everything looks like it's standing still."

Romana looked at Rose, "We can feel it."

The Doctor took Romana's hand and Romana took Rose's hand.

"The turn of the Earth, the ground beneath out feet is spinning at a thousand mile and hour." Said The Doctor.

"The Entire planet is hurtling around the sun at 67 thousand mile and hour." Said Romana.

"And we can feel it, we're falling through space, you, me and Romana." Said the Doctor.

"Clinging to the skin of this tiny little world and if we let go." Said Romana as she let go of Rose's hand.

"That's who we are." Said the Doctor, "Now, forget me, Rose Tyler, forget Romana, forget us and go home." Said the Doctor.

The Doctor and Romana turned away and walked off towards a blue box near them.

As Rose was walking away she heard a wheezing grinding sound and when she ran back to where she left them, the blue box was gone.

A/N: Part 2 of episode 1, my fingers hurt and my eyes are sore. Thank you jg16395, NicoleR85 and TVH Bookfan for reviewing. Review and ask for Cookie.