The Doctor had been sitting on his massive bed with his head in his hands for what seemed like an eternity. He had stupidly got it into his head that it was his Rose. The one he loved. And he was let down again. The universe snatched it away from him again. It couldn't let him have this one. This one last chance to tell her how he feels. His whole life he had been alone. Yes, he had Donna and he loved her as a friend. Sort of like a little sister or a pet puppy. But she wasn't Rose. He loved her like… something more. He had lost everyone, Sarah Jane, Madame De Pompador, Jenny, Martha had left him, and he was pretty sure that Donna would leave soon as well. She had threatened it so many times already.
He now had to come to terms with the fact that this Rose was not his Rose, as she had not replied. Who ever this person was probably thought he was some nutter. Oh well. He tried.
He walked back to the control room with heavy hearts. As he shut the door of his bedroom with a mournful click and left the room, the laptop bleeped. It said on it, You have one new message.
When the Doctor returned to the consol room Donna knew straight away that it had been unsuccessful. She was only trying to help, but somehow she knew that it was her fault, she had given him false hope. She mentally kicked herself. Sometimes her balshiness came in handy, but other times it just made things worse.
"I'm sorry" she said quietly.
"Yeah" he relied sullenly.
"Come here" she said. The Doctor walked over to her and she wrapped her arms around him.
"I'm sorry, I was only trying to help" she said into his shoulder.
"I know, and thank you for trying" he said, still clinging to her. He let go of her abruptly.
"Ok, where to?" he asked. She looked up to see the false smile plastered across his face. She could see right through him.
"Hold on, I just need to go and get something" she said, walking into the depths of the TARDIS. She had decided to go and retrieve her laptop herself, now wanting to mention it to him again, for fear of upsetting him. She knew where his bedroom was… only because he had pointed it out to her on her arrival. Not for other reasons. She was having none of that nonsense.
She walked onto his room. It was a fairly normal room; no one would ever have guessed that it belonged to a skinny, nerdy, brainy Time Lord. She saw the laptop sitting on his over-sized bed and walked over to it.
What greeted her on the screen made her almost squeal out in delight.
It was a reply to the Doctor's message off Rose. Why didn't he notice this? She thought to herself.
She clicked on the link. She wasn't being nosey… well she was but she didn't want to upset the Doctor further if it wasn't his Rose. The message said:
Dear Doctor
I can't believe its you, yes its me your Rose, from the parallel world. I can't believe I can speak to you. We are all fine here. Mum had a baby girl and called her Althea, after you. Althea means healing herb. How are you? Are you on your own? I hope you are not on your own. I want you to know that I Love you Doctor.
Lots of Love From,
Your Rose xxx
Donna stood there dumbfounded. "DOCTOR!!"