Chapter Four; Back In Time

"Alright so now that we have the good old team back together, we're on our way!" The Doctor exclaimed before pulling back a lever that made the TARDIS disappear. Mickey turned his head to look over at Rose who still looked very cross.

"What's the matter with you? Why do you look so pissed off? Isn't this what you wanted?" he asked her.

"Yes." She replied with a nod. "I'm angry with you not him." She told him.

"Why? Because I interrupted a snog? Forgive me but it's just one kiss. Something tells me that it wasn't that big of a deal because I'm sure that you have been getting a lot more than that recently." He told her.

"That's not what I'm upset about." Rose told him with a shake of her head and a false grin.

"Then please, by all means, tell me. What did I do?" he asked her but before she could answer him The Doctor walked over to them.

"What's going on here? You two look like you're about to kill each other." He said.

"I have no idea, ask her." Mickey began gesturing his head over to Rose. "She's the one with a problem not me." He said while The Doctor glanced over at her.

"Rose, are you alright?" he questioned her while she slowly glanced away from him.

"Yeah, I'm fine." She lied.

"So this doesn't have anything to do with Sarah Jane? Because you know that nobody will ever take your place in my hearts." He told her.

"Yeah I know. It's not her. It's nothing." She told him with a slight shake of her head.

"Alright, are you sure?" he asked her.

"Yeah, I'm fine." She lied while staring down at the ground.

"You're a terrible liar Rose." He told her before he took her hand and led her away. "Now come on, tell me, what's really going on?" he questioned while he leaned against the wall.

"It's just that Mickey always has to come with us." She told him.

"Yeah, and I thought you liked him." He said.

"I do. It's just not in the way that I used to. I wanted us to be alone for a change. And well if he comes with us, what if he tries_" she began.

"To steal you away from me?" he finished for her gazing deep inside her eyes. "Is that what you think?" he asked her as she glanced back down at the ground and simply just nodded. "Listen Rose." He began before he took ahold of her hand and kissed it before interlacing his fingers. "We love each other. Mickey knows that, that's all he ever talks about is how much he knows that.

Now he might not be happy about it but it's very obvious to me that he's accepted it. That's why he's moved on with Martha. You don't have anything to worry about alright? I'm yours forever." He told her while bringing her hand to his lips and kissing it again.

"Yeah, only until you regenerate." She pointed out.

"So what if I do? I did it once before and I'm still here with you aren't I?" he questioned her.

"But eventually you'll have to leave me, I just know it." She told him.

"Really? Because there's this trick that only I know about." He began.

"What?" she inquired with uncertainty.

"Oh it's about turning a human into a timelord." He said.

"What!? Tell me!" she demanded but The Doctor simply just laughed.

"Oh you'll find out about it later. All in good time." He told her while they exchanged smiles and then he lifted her chin with his finger and tilted it towards him and kissed her lips with a very sly grin.

She wrapped her arms around his neck and started kissing him back.

"Uh I'm really sorry to interrupt this romantic moment but we're about to crash!" Mickey cried frantically while he hurried over towards them.

"What?" Rose questioned while quickly breaking the kiss and turning her head back to look at him while The Doctor still had a very dreamy and dazed look on his face.

"Oh for crying out loud! Please snap out of it Doctor! The TARDIS is about to crash! That means that if you don't take charge of it soon all of our lives are in danger!" Mickey hollered.

"Right! Let's go then! Rose, Mickey, get on the controls!" he instructed while they quickly raced over to the controls and obeyed. That's when all of a sudden the alarm went off and the TARDIS started falling through the air and then landed on the ground with a thud.

The Doctor wrapped his arms around Rose's waist so that she wouldn't fall over. However, unfortunately for Mickey fell down onto the ground. "Yeah, thanks for the help." He said sarcastically.

"Are you alright?" The Doctor asked Rose before glancing down at Mickey.

"Yeah, I'm fine if anyone cares." He replied before slowly standing back up on his feet.

"I'm sorry Mickey Mouse my mate." The Doctor told him.

"Don't call me that. Let's just go." He said before all three of them turned around and headed back towards the TARDIS doors. The Doctor and Rose stuck their heads out of it before they stepped outside of it.

"Here we are, the old west." The Doctor said before turning back over to look at Rose.

"Oh I'm sorry Rose, before we go any farther, we better go back inside and change." He said. "That way we'll blend in." he told her.

"Right so you won't look like a nine hundred year old time traveling alien you mean." Mickey pointed out.

"Yeah except Rose isn't a time lady. At least not yet." He said.

"What do you mean?" Mickey asked him.

"Never mind, I'll explain later. C'mon let's go." He said before all three of them turned back around and headed back inside the TARDIS to change their clothes.