"Doctor, where are we going?" Rose asked, trying to feel her way around.
"You'll see." The Doctor said, his voice was coming to the left of her.
Rose was blindfolded and bumbling around in the dark, trying to reach him. Arms outstretched, she walked zombie like until she felt something under her fingers. The Doctor was standing still while Rose's hands traveled across his chest. His hearts were pounding from her closeness. Her fingers trailed up his neck and to his shoulders. She traced down his arm to his hand and linked her fingers with his.
"Now, lead me like you're supposed to."
"But there's no fun in that."
She jumped, not realizing that he was only inches away from her, she could have sworn she was further away. His breath was against her face, and he smiled at the faint blush that tinted her cheeks a lovely pink. He made sure her hand was securely in his before taking off running.
"Doctor!" she shrieked, trying to keep up with him while running blindfolded.
"Just a bit more!" he called, reaching over to carry her over a particularly bumpy patch of earth.
He had it all planned out. They wouldn't leave the TARDIS, dangerous things happened whenever they did. They would be in another room, one that looked like a large meadow with a waterfall and a lake. The sky and grass looked exactly as it did on Gallifry, a gift from the TARDIS to her thief. Now it would be a gift from The Doctor to his Rose, a piece of his old planet, his old life.
Rose felt the circulating air over her face, she could hear his hearts under her ear and a blush over her cheeks, the closeness to him was causing her to forget to breathe. The Doctor only chuckled, he could practically hear her heart thudding at five hundred miles per second. He set her down when they reached the picnic area.
"Ready?" he asked in her ear, causing her to shiver.
She could only nod. He removed the blindfold and watched her look around. The stories that he had told her about his home entered her mind. Tears filled her eyes.
"Rose?" he asked alarmed.
"It's beautiful." she whispered looking around, "Do you miss it?"
"Oh yes. But the pain of missing it has dulled since I met you." he admitted.
"Really?" she blushed deeply.
"Really." he smiled looking down at her.
For a moment all of time stood still. The Oncoming Storm and The Bad Wolf just stood listening to the wind move across the grass. Three hearts beat in an uneven pattern, ONE two THREE four FIVE six. The Doctor made the first move. He took her hand and led her up a hill to the picnic spot. Once at the top, one got a magnificent view of the landscape. The sweeping red grass, the sun kissed sky, the beautiful mountains shining in the distance. Everything that was Gallifry, everything that made him. They ate in silence, still marveling about this place.
"Doctor..." Rose spoke after a few minutes in silence.
"Hmm?"
"Thank you for this, for showing me all this."
"So which number is it?"
"Hmm?"
"Which date are we one now?"
"I say this was our second." she smiled, "But the first with this face."
"The first with these emotions, my last life didn't know what to make of them. Course he knew what they were but he couldn't tell if it was real or just gas from all the chips."
"Doctor..."
"Yah, Rose?"
"Shut up." she took his hand and they walked back to the doorway, back to the rest of the TARDIS, back to reality.
