Chapter 4: River and Rose

Disclaimer: I do not own Doctor Who.

A/N: We're getting into the whole River situation. Of course I have a plan for that. Nevertheless, the Flesh and Stone and Time of the Angels episodes may have to be in three chapters instead of two. I'll cross that bridge when I get to it.

Anyways, I love writing my version of Rose and River's relationship. It makes me all fuzzy and warm and giggly. I hope you like this chapter because I definitely do… I feel like I say that in every chapter… is it obvious that season 5 is one of my favorite seasons of Doctor Who?

So, in the beginning of the chapter, just in case it's not clear, it starts with River and the future Rose. Not the Rose that is currently with Clara searching for the Doctor, but the Rose that has already found him. Will there be ElevenPetals feels? *wiggles eyebrows* Happy reading, my lovelies.

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"What should I say?" River asked Rose contemplatively as she held the laser to the home box.

The blonde lookout chuckled and rolled her eyes as she waited for the men to come. "Something that he won't be able to resist. Make sure only he can read it," She reminded the other woman.

"Well, of course I'll make sure only he can read it. I'm not stupid, am I?" River chuckled and smirked as she thought of exactly what would make him come running. She started engraving the home box in Old High Gallifreyan.

Rose smirked too and glanced over her shoulder at the woman in the long black dress, contrary to her dark purple one with black heels. "You don't want me to answer that," She teased.

"Oi!" said the frizzy-haired woman. When she was finished with the message, she blew on the laser and put it back in her bag. "Finished," She smiled at Rose as she turned to look at her. "Now, shall we?" She held out her arm and Rose proudly took it before winking at the camera.

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"Can we go to a planet now?" Amy whined as she followed the Doctor through the museum. "First a spaceship then Churchill's war rooms. You promised me a planet," She sighed as the Doctor leaned over some box and she leaned over the opposite end. "What's this, then?" She asked in a bored tone with an equally bored expression.

"It's a home box," the Doctor was not deflated at Amy's attitude. "They all end up in museums at one point. It records the data of spaceships. What's interesting about this one is…"

"The writing?" Amy guessed, leaning on her hand. She yawned overdramatically. The Doctor pouted and so she rolled her eyes. "Alright, go on. Tell me what it says."

The Doctor grinned. "The writing is in Old High Gallifreyan. It's the lost language of my people. These exact writings used to make whole armies flee at the very sight. This home box has the most important phrase ever to be written…"

"Oh, what does it say, Doctor?" Amy interrupted again impatiently, raising an eyebrow.

He pursed his lips at her. "'Bad Wolf,'" He had a smug look when Amy perked up, since that sounded oddly familiar to what had been spoken about Rose Smith in the '40's. "Ah, now you're listening."

Needless to say, they ended up running to the TARDIS with the box in hand. The Doctor hooked the home box up to the TARDIS's main screen to see if it could work. "Do you think it's her? How could she be communicating with us?" Amy asked in interest and confusion.

They both grew silent as two women showed up onscreen. Amy recognized Rose when she pulled her glasses down and winked. "Who's that other woman with her?" She asked the Doctor, not looking away from the screen.

*flashback*

"Who are you, River Song? How do I know you?" the pinstriped Doctor asked in The Library.

"Someone very dear to you is like a sister to me," River answered vaguely.

"Who? Who do you know that's very dear to me?" the Doctor narrowed his eyes at her.

She sighed, smiled, and leaned in to whisper in his ear. "Rose Tyler. Bad Wolf," When she pulled back to see his reaction, it had completely changed. He looked at her with awe, thankfulness, and gratefulness. She nodded, silently answering his question of whether Rose was in his future.

*end of flashback*

"That's River Song," He answered brightly.

The two women were cornered but they just looked at each other before looking back at the men. "We're terribly sorry," said River, sounding like she wasn't sorry at all.

"But we had to see what was inside your vault," Rose shrugged, talking in the same tone.

"Wait until they run," said the man in the front. "Don't make it look like an execution," the men in the back held up their guns.

Rose sighed and growled. "I suggest you put those down," She said sweetly, with a cold tone under it that sent shivers down both the Doctor's and Amy's spines. "I don't know if you've heard of me, but I don't play well with people who use guns unwisely," She said bitterly. The Doctor decided that this Rose definitely knew him. River smiled and fixed her hair while she spouted something random that sounded like gibberish to the naked ear.

"What did she just say?" Amy asked in confusion, finally looking away from the screen since the Doctor was bustling about.

"Coordinates!" the Doctor exclaimed excitedly, only one word running through his head: Rose. Of course, that word was constantly in his head. But so were other thoughts. Just not this time.

"Like I said on the dance floor," River sighed wistfully, her arm still linked with Rose's. "You might want to find something to hang onto," They both blew a kiss with opposite hands before they were flung into space.

Rose suddenly toppled over so she was nose-to-nose with the Doctor on the TARDIS floor while River had somehow landed standing up with only a slight stumble. The blonde quickly got up and pulled the Doctor up too, who was just looking at her in amazement. Rose and River looked out of the TARDIS doors at the ship that was quickly flying away. "Follow that ship!" They said together.

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"Stabilizers, River. The stabilizers!" Rose shouted as she reached for them and landed the ship. River and the Doctor had been bickering about how to fly the TARDIS. She swore that their relationship never changed. Always fighting like siblings.

"Yes, well now they're boringers," the Doctor said grumpily to River, not mad at Rose at all. "They're the blue boringers."

"Boringers, is that a technical term? Want me to write it down?" Rose asked cheekily. The Doctor immediately calmed down because Rose was… well, Rose. River always wondered in amazement how she managed to just have that kind of control. In her personal opinion, while the Doctor was enjoyable on his own, Rose made him better.

Amy stared at Rose and the Doctor wide eyed. "Doctor, how come they can fly the TARDIS?" She whispered, watching the two women bicker as well. River was saying they needed environment checks but Rose just stuck out her head and was able to tell everything about the planet. "How can she do that?"

"I don't know…" The Doctor never took his eyes off of Rose. When she left, he followed. River smirked to herself and went after Amy, who had gone with the Doctor.

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"Whatever made this ship crash, it wasn't us," River said as she rubbed Rose's back with the blonde's face in the Doctor's shoulder as he consoled her. Amy didn't know what to do. She didn't even know if Rose knew her so she figured it would be better if she just stayed back. "Besides, there were no passengers on board."

Rose nodded and pulled back, stepping away from the Doctor, who was glad she was alright but considerably disappointed that she stepped away from him. She didn't cry at all, she had just been quite sad and devastated at the wreck. She had a steeled face, the Doctor noticed, like him. He wondered how long it took for her to get that.

"Doctor," River was saying his name. The Doctor snapped his head to her, most likely blushing. "Sonic me?" She held up her communicator. The Doctor held up the sonic screwdriver and fixed the communicator to be able to call… whoever she was calling.

"So, did you miss me?" Rose smiled at him when River walked away.

"Of course I missed you. The question is, how do you know me and why aren't you in the parallel universe?" He frowned in confusion.

"I'm from your future," She answered graciously but didn't answer fully. "As for the parallel universe…" She shrugged. "Spoilers," She turned to Amy and grinned at her. "Hey, honey. I haven't seen you in a while," Amy grinned back. Rose must know her then. That's what her Rose always called her. She hugged her and Rose hugged back, laughing. "You haven't seen me in, what, a couple weeks?" She asked Amy when they were apart.

Amy nodded guiltily. "Yeah. I sorta ran away…"

"Well, who wouldn't?" Rose asked, smiling. She sighed wistfully. "I remember it all very well," She grinned at Amy and the Doctor, who were already so confused that they weren't even going to bother asking questions.

"Come on, you lot!" River shouted from a little ways away. "We've gotta go get that thing that can never die," She said mischievously.

"Never die?" the Doctor asked quietly as he walked with Rose holding his hand and Amy right beside her.

"It can never die. That's why we were on the ship," Rose explained.

The Doctor looked her up and down. "Those shoes aren't for running," He commented.

"I can run in heels now, actually. It's a good skill to have around you," She nodded.

"You can run in heels?" Amy stared at her, mouth hanging open. "But you're so clumsy."

"No, the Rose you grew up with is clumsy. I'm not," Rose shook her head. They would understand soon, so she wasn't going to explain.

"You look pretty," the Doctor complimented, earning that tongue-touched grin. Yep, he was right before. One more would never be enough for him.

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Amy stared at the angel as the Doctor, Rose, and River tried to get her out of there. "Wait, Doctor. What was that you said about images?" She called.

Rose leaned up to the door as River and the Doctor continued working. "Whatever holds the image of an angel is an angel," She recited loudly.

A minute later, the three of them burst in to see that Amy had stopped it by pausing the video when it blipped. Rose hugged Amy. She released her and helped the Doctor study the remote as River hugged Amy too and called her brilliant.

The Doctor looked at Rose. "Do me a favor and go back to the TARDIS," He said quietly, even though he knew from experience that it was useless.

She just rolled her eyes and chuckled. "Honestly, honey, do you never learn?" She shook her head and went to go get the book on weeping angels.

He grinned and looked towards River and Amy. "Did you hear that? She called me honey," He said cheerfully.

River laughed while Amy rolled her eyes because around Rose, the Doctor was even more of a dork when Rose was around. Unrequited love confused her.

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The Doctor, Rose, Amy, River, and the clerics trudged up the labyrinth to get to the angel. "I still don't understand why we can't just use the TARDIS to get up there," Amy said, curious as to why exactly. This was just so much walking that she didn't like.

"Well, the TARDIS is one of two powerful beings with loads of time energy," Rose explained as she stumbled a bit on a rock and caught herself on the Doctor's elbow. She continued to use him as an anchor as they walked. "The weeping angels can use her to feed. They'd live forever and easily take over the universe."

Amy nodded, understanding. The Doctor frowned at Rose. "One of two? What's the other powerful being?"

"Rose's TARDIS, of course," River answered him. "She's just as powerful as her sister TARDIS."

The Doctor frowned. "You got here by TARDIS?" He asked both of the women.

"No," Rose shook her head. "We used Riv's vortex manipulator."

"Why?" Amy asked, leaning forward so she could see Rose over the Doctor while River was behind them, watching the Doctor and Rose silently. She loved seeing the past him interacting with Rose and vice versa. It was so cute and funny.

"Because the Doctor told us to," River supplied the answer. Amy looked at her in confusion. River smiled graciously. "The Doctor in our time," She clarified and Amy nodded in understanding.

"So… where is… you know," the Doctor was awkwardly talking to Rose, not sure how to phrase the question. "Well, you know," He made movements with his hands that were only representing things he understood. Rose laughed at how cute he was and it was like music to his ears. "The Metacrisis. Him. Where is he? I mean, you have the TARDIS I gave you…"

While she loved the full Time Lord, he was the same man as her old husband. And it still hurt when she remembered his death. Of course, her Doctor in her time completely understood and never brought him up. "He's dead," She swallowed.

"Oh, Rose I'm so sorry," He squeezed her hand. "I shouldn't have said anything."

She shook her head. "No, it's okay," She forced a smile. "You were curious. And you'll eventually have that talk with me, anyway," She shrugged.

The Doctor nodded and looked her up and down. "How long was it? I mean, you look exactly the same as before. Can't've been for more than a couple weeks, right? Him surviving, I mean…"

She smiled sweetly. "Now that is a major spoiler. I can't tell you," She shook her head.

He sighed in frustration but nodded in understanding, wondering why it was a major spoiler. Rose suddenly stopped, which caused him to almost fall since their arms were linked. River almost bumped into him. The clerics and Amy luckily didn't narrowly avoid an injury.

"What is it?" Amy asked Rose, who gave her, the Doctor, and River a horrified look.

"The Aplans… they had two heads," Rose pointed out. Everybody looked around in confusion. River and the Doctor seemed to be the only two people to understand for they both exchanged terrified looks. Rose nodded at them. "Exactly."

"How could we not have noticed that?" River gritted her teeth, her entire body tense and alert now.

"Minor perception filter. Or maybe we're just thick," the Doctor held up his torch. "Thanks, Rose," He muttered and then started backing up. "Alright, clerics, Amy, River, Rose. Get behind me and turn off your torches."

"Are you sure about this?" River asked as she and everybody did what the Doctor said.

"Nope," He answered. He noticed that this regeneration was very honest. "Everyone, turn off your torches," They all did as he told them. "I'm going to turn this one off. For just a second."

"I'm sorry, but what's the big deal?" Amy finally chimed in.

"The Aplans had two heads," River answered.

"So?" Amy shook her head, her brow furrowed.

"Why don't the statues?" Rose looked at Amy then back to the Doctor, who was getting ready, since this would have to be quick.

It was dark for a split second. When the Doctor turned his torch back on, the statues had turned to look at them. "Oh my god," Amy said as she and everyone turned their torches on too. "They've moved…"

"I have led us all into a trap, Bishop. And I am so sorry," the Doctor said as he grabbed Rose's hand. "Now all we can do is run. We can't go back. They've probably already blocked us," He pushed her ahead of him after everyone else was in front.

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"I died in fear," Angel Bob said over the communicator. "You told me that my fear would keep me alive but I died afraid, in pain, and alone; I trusted you and when it mattered, you let me down. The angels were very keen to know that, sir."

"What are they doing?" Amy whispered to River as Rose squeezed the Doctor's hand.

"They're trying to make him angry…" River said slowly, watching the two.

"Then the angels have made their second mistake," the Doctor said lowly, dangerously as Rose rubbed circles on his hand with her thumb, watching him worriedly. "Because I'm not going to let that pass. I'm very sorry you're dead, Bob but I swear to whatever is left of you that the angels will be sorrier."

"But you're trapped and about to die, sir," said Angel Bob.

"Yeah, trapped," the Doctor said and looked around as the lights flickered, pulling Rose along as he walked in circles. "And speaking of traps, this one has got a big mistake in it. A great, big, whopping mistake."

"And what mistake is that, sir?" Angel Bob said through the communicator.

"Do you trust me?" the Doctor asked Amy.

"Yeah," She answered without hesitation, nodding.

"Trust me?" He looked at River, who nodded to. He looked at Rose next.

"Always," She said proudly before he even opened his mouth. The Doctor smiled.

"Clerics, Bishop, do you trust me?" He looked at the group.

Octavian nodded after a moment. "We have faith, sir."

The Doctor grinned. "Good. Give me your gun," He took a handgun from the Bishop and got it ready. "I'm about to do something incredibly stupid and very dangerous and when I do," He jumped. "Jump!" He linked arms with Rose since he had the communicator in his other hand and he didn't want to let her go.

"Jump where?" asked Father Octavian nervously.

"Just jump, Father. Come on, leap of faith," Rose grinned as the Doctor nodded and pointed at her with the communicator as if to say to listen to what she was saying.

"On my signal," said the Doctor as he pointed the gun at the crashed ship above them.

"What's the signal?" asked the Father.

"You won't miss it," the Doctor answered loudly. Rose patted his shoulder and gripped his arm a little tighter because she didn't want to get separated from him when they jumped.

"Sorry, can I ask again? You mentioned a mistake before, sir," said Angel Bob.

"Oh, big, big mistake. Huge," the Doctor said as he concentrated on the ship above him. "Didn't anyone ever tell you? If you're smart, if you value your continued existence, if you have any plans about seeing tomorrow, there is one thing you never, ever put in a trap," He glanced at Rose, who was watching him with a bright smile.

"And what would that be, sir?" Angel Bob asked.

The Doctor looked back up at the ship. "Me," He said before shooting. Everyone jumped.

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Clara and Rose stumbled into the TARDIS completely out of breath and covered in dirt. Rose held up her hand and Clara high-fived her without even looking.

They had just gotten rid of some aliens in the Jurassic time that looked exactly like those stereotypical types that were put on television. The aliens were called Alectons and were quite vicious. Rose and Clara had hidden in a dinosaur nest, almost gotten eaten, and then had finally gotten the aliens who were trying to take over the peaceful Silurians and dinosaurs.

Rose completed the dematerialization sequence and sighed. "I'm gonna go take a shower," She said when the TARDIS was in the time vortex.

"Me too," Clara nodded and coughed, her throat scratchy from swallowing some dust. The Alectons had put on quite a fight and made a huge mess. She stopped Rose when she was about to walk away. "Do you want me to sleep with you again tonight?"

For the past few days, since Rose's first nightmare, Clara had been sleeping in Rose's bed with her friend since she kept having weird dreams that were so real. She always woke up screaming. After the third night, Clara just started sleeping in Rose's room without even being asked or running in on the screams.

Rose smiled slightly. "Yeah, that might be great," She nodded. Both women sighed and waved, going their separate ways to get clean and get ready for bed.

Needless to say, Rose had another nightmare where she almost died. She was with a bunch of vampires with some redhead woman. She watched as the woman was bitten as she pleaded for them to stop. She had been woken up by Clara, who told her she was yelling for someone to stop. She didn't know if the woman died or not.

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A/N: There's a little bit of a foreshadowing at the end for you guys. I didn't have that much ElevenPetals action but oh well. There will probably be more in the next chapter. I didn't really make it that different either. But at least they were all cute with holding hands and stuff. I hope you guys liked it!

Also, Merry Christmas! I haven't really been in the holiday spirit and it's Christmas Eve! So, if you guys haven't been able to get in the spirit either, I hope this brightens your day. I'm thinking of making a Christmas chapter with TenToo and Rose just as a flashback for current Rosie. If I write it fast, it will probably be up by the end of Christmas. Then I will post the Flesh and Stone chapter.

So, I hope you liked this chapter. The next shall be up soon.

-Nay