A/N-thanks to every one who has reviewed so far. And thanks to Ash-Varnei for giving me the idea for this chapter, since I was a bit (ok A LOT) stuck.

Theta is used sometimes instead of The Doctor in this chapter, when it's Jackie's point of view, Jackie speaking or The Doctors parents speaking.

At around 8:30 Jackie walked up the flight of stairs to get to her apartment with several shopping bags in each hand. When she finally reached her door, she tried to fish the keys out of her handbag. When she didn't find them, she remembered that she hadn't taken them with her because she knew Rose would be home. "Rose, sweetheart, can you open the door?" No answer. After trying three times and still getting no answer, she walked across the hall, to where Diane and David Quinn lived; and since they had a spare key to the apartment she figured she could borrow theirs.

Jackie knocked on the door, expecting Theta to answer the door. But instead Diane did. "Hi Diane, I forgot to take my key and Rose isn't answering the door. She must not be home yet. Can I borrow your key?" Diane gave Jackie a strange look then looked down at her watch.

"Theta's in there, so they're defiantly home." She said, and then a look came over her face. "I'll just go get you that key."

"Yeah, thanks." Jackie said not sure what that look was. Or what it meant.

Jackie got into her apartment half an hour later; because Diane couldn't remember where David had said he put the key. First she walked into her room and dropped all her shopping bags then, moved on to Roses room, to try and find out if there was a reason she hadn't opened the door. And, Jackie found, the reason was currently lying on Roses bed with his arm draped around her. Both of them still fast asleep.

Camera first, Jackie decided because it would always be a good photo to show the grandkids- if Rose ever had any, then wake them up and toss 'im out!" Jackie quickly went to fetch the camera, but then she thought about what was going on in the next room and decided that something (not very friendly) to wake them, mainly Theta, up with would be helpful too. After all Roses father wasn't here to take care of the 'friends' of the male kind, so she would have to do it. And I'm pretty sure I could do a better job at it than Pete. So armed with a camera, a bucket of water and a blow up baseball bat, Jackie re-entered the room…

Only to find Theta gone and Rose still asleep, but on her own. Jackie stood there stunned. She was sure he was here, but then unluckily for Theta, she remembered what she used to do when her parents got home and her and one of her boyfriends were not exactly 'appropriate.' Jackie looked under the bed. And sure enough she found what she expected to find: One Theta Sigma Quinn.

"Ah, Jackie. Um, hi would be a good start wouldn't it?"

"Not to this conversation it wouldn't!" Jackie answered, and even though Theta was awake, she wet him any way. Rose must have heard the splash because she burst out in a fit of giggles, completely blowing her cover of being asleep.

"Thanks Rose." The Doctor muttered now soaked and still under the bed.

"Well, I told you not to hide under the bed, 'cause Mom'd find you." Rose said, trying to get her giggling under control and not sounding sorry for him in the least.

Then The Doctor must have remembered that Jackie was still standing in front of him, with a threatening looking baseball bat. Well as threatening as a blow up baseball bat can be. But when it is being held a by a very angry Jackie Tyler, who had just found you asleep with her only daughter, it makes it pretty threatening looking.

"Jackie it's not what it looks like." The Doctor tried.

"And what does it look like, Stray?" The Doctor rolled his eyes at the name, and then looked slightly confused.

"I don't know. What does it look like from where you're standing?" The Doctor asked getting his tall body out from under the bed to stretch, (which, luckily, Jackie let him do) but he still had a frown on his face.

"It looks like you were sleeping with my daughter!" Jackie screeched.

"Well, technically, I was but-" before he could finish he was cut of by a slap from Jackie, on a wet face.

"MOM!" Rose yelled after getting over the shock of her Mom slapping her best friend over something that never actually happened.

"Someone's got to look after you, sweetheart, and your obviously not!"

"Jackie it's not like that!" The Doctor tried but got a dirty look from Jackie so he decided that it was as good a time as any to learn when to 'shut his trap,' as Rose had so nicely put it.

As Jackie and Rose went back to their argument which had some how progressed on to Jackie's past, which The Doctor really didn't want to hear. So he tried to sneak away, unfortunately for him, Jackie must have had eyes in the back of her head because the next thing was he knew he was being pulled back by his ear, (which was pretty amazing considering the height difference,) with Jackie next to him saying "your not goin' anywhere Stray!"

"But strays are meant to go places!" The Doctor tried through gritted teeth against the pain of his throbbing ear. Then he heard Rose burst out giggling again. And he smiled; at least he could make her laugh, even when his life could possibly be at stake.

"Rose! Don't laugh, not when she's got my ear hostage!" He said with a hint of a smile still on his face. But that just made her laugh even harder.

"What are you two on about?" Jackie asked looking at them like they had grown another head or something.

"Mom. When The Doctor says we slept together, he meant it as in we fell asleep together." Rose explained through her fit of giggles, she couldn't seem to get under control this time.

"Oh." Jackie said turning red.

"So, can I have my ear back?" The Doctor asked and Jackie dropped her hand guiltily. "Is the Stray allowed to leave or no?" The Doctor asked, thoroughly enjoying the way Jackie turned a deeper shade of red with each question.

"Get!" Jackie snapped at him. From the tone of her voice, The Doctor knew not to push it any more, so for once, he did as he was told, and left mother and daughter to talk things through.

So? How'd this end up? Review and let me know?