Discalimer: I do not own Doctor Who or anything to do with it. It belongs to the wonderful BBC and Russel T Davies.

Chapter Four: Sandy Shores

The familiar hum of the sonic screwdriver was heard as the Doctor finally opened the doors to the TARDIS.

"Finally!" I breathed, walking into what, at the time, felt like heaven.

"Now, I'm gonna go to bed. Tired… long day… see you in the morning." The Doctor slumped against the wall.

I sighed, closed the doors and went to my own room.

The next morning, refreshed and finally changed out of the 'togas', music was blaring out from the control room- his favourite song. He was singing along as I walked in and leant against the wall, raising an eyebrow at him. As he turned round and caught my eye, I cracked up into laughter. I clapped my hand over my mouth as he looked at me, confused.

"What?" I giggled.

"How long have you been stood there?" he looked embarrassed.

"Not long… about 3 minutes?" I shrugged.

"Uhh, that's ok then." He smiled. "So, where we off to today then?"

"Ur, hold on Doctor. Don't you wanna know what was so funny?" I stopped him trying to change the subject. He sighed.

"Go on then" he didn't seem to be bothered and went back under the TARDIS, tinkering with wires and circuits, occasional burst of light from the sonic screwdriver.

"Well, I'll tell you then." I walked over the open grate and knelt down to look under the grate at him. He stopped his tinkering and propped himself up on his elbows.

"It's your hair." I giggled.

"What?"

"Your hair" he raised an eyebrow at me and smirked.

"Whadd'ya mean?"

"I'll show you," I reached down to his head and ran my fingers through his hair to make it stick up on end. I reached into my pocket for my hand Mirror.

"Okay, okay. There is a little secret about aliens in human bodies."

"Oh there's more than one" I chuckled, "go on then, what's this one?"

"You know hot cross buns?"

"Yes…" I answered confused.

"Well my parting is the same as the top of a hot cross bun" he explained, surprisingly managing to keep a straight face….unlike me who was in fits of giggles.

"What... you mean a parting from back to front and a parting from ear to ear?" I reached my fingers into his hair and traced the lines-just to make sure.

"Uh huh." replied the doctor as he went back under the TARDIS to continue with his tinkering. I giggled a bit more and then managed to collect myself as he finished his tinkering.

"Right, where are we going to go? We can't stay parked on this beach all the time…" he said, walking over to the door and opening it a crack. I walked over to join him, we looked out over the rippling waves and the perfect sand and the rising sun. It was just like on those holiday adverts when it says 'for quiet times with your significant others.'

-----Doctor's POV-----

'I love her so much more than anything in the world. I'm so lucky to have her…' I thought.

"Come on then. Time for a walk I think." I said, shrugging off my jacket and pulling Rose out of the door with me.

"What? But I don't have any shoes on!" Rose complained.

"Ok, fine." I bent over and took off my own shoes. "Better?" I asked.

"Fine." she took my hand and we walked along the beach, enjoying the sunrise and watching out over the rippling waves.

"Oh wow. Doctor, look! They have a playground with swings!" Rose squeaked, pointing to the end of the beach. "Lets go!" she broke into a run and I ran after her.

'Why don't I just stick my foot out and trip her up, so we cold just lay in the sand together… but of course I wouldn't hurt her, no way. She was too precious.' I thought as we grew closer to the playground.

-----Rose's POV-----

As I was running, my foot got tangled in a clump of grass where the sand levelled off into a grassy field. I fell over and pulled the Doctor down with me. Breaking up into fits of giggles as we lay next to each other. As we rolled to face each other and caught eye contact, we both stopped giggling, and looked deep into each other's eyes.

"You're so precious to me, Rose" said the Doctor, gently cupping my cheek in one hand. I didn't know how to reply, and thankfully I didn't have to as I felt his lips swoop down onto mine in a gentle, loving kiss.