Hi everyone, the responce to this story has been great, thankyou so much. Now here comes the angsty stuff
The Tardis materialised in its favourite park on the Powell Estate and two figures exited. One was male, around 6 ft 1 or 2 and the second was female, she was around 5ft 7 and she was carrying a rather large rucksack. It was night-time and there was nobody around, the Estate was completely deserted. The two moved away from the Tardis and walked across the estate they were surrounded by complete darkness and whenever they walked under a street lamp you could see their features. The man had fine features and several freckles on his forhead and across his cheeks, he had brown hair that was sticking out all over the place, but on him it looked good. He wore a brown pinstriped suit and a pair of worn converse trainers and he also wore a tan trench coat over the suit. This man's name was The Doctor, no-one knew anything different, not even his wife. The woman walking beside the Doctor wore jeans and a blue t-shirt with a blue hoodie over the top, she also wore a pair of converse trainers, unlike the Doctor's though hers looked brand new. The woman's name was Rose Tyler, the Doctor's wife.
The two of them walked to Rose's mother's flat hand in hand and in silence, there was no flirtatious banter, or teasing, just a somber mood. They climbed the stairs slowly as Rose didn't really want to be there right now, but she knew that she had to be. After what felt like hours to Rose, when in reality it was only five minutes they reached the floor that Jackie's flat was located on. They walked to the door and Rose took out her house key and unlocked the door. The flat was the same as it always was, the only difference being that Jackie wasn't there to shout a Rose for not phoning more often.
They sat down in the living room and the Doctor turned on the television and put on a news channel. According to the news it was one week after the battle of canary warf and they were now publishing the list of the dead and missing. When Rose heard the names of her mother and her best friend read out she started to cry, the Doctor put down the remote control and pulled her into his arms and held her while she cried. When she had stopped crying the Doctor led her to the couch and told her to sit down, he went into the kitchen and came back a few minutes later with two cups of tea. He placed the mugs on the coffee table in front of the couch and sat down beside Rose as he did so she moved closer to him and he put his arm round her. Rose eventually fell asleep in her husband's arms, so he gently picked her up and carried her into her old bedroom, he opened the door and walked over to her bed and pulled back the covers and put her down and removed her hoodie and her socks and shoes and covered her up, he kissed her forhead and left the room.
The Doctor finished his second cup of tea since arriving and was about to turn off all the lights and lock the front door and head to bed when the phone rang, he grabbed it after the second ring so that it wouldn't wake Rose.
"Hello?" he said wondering who on Earth would be calling at this time of night.
A female voice answered "Hi, this is Bev, I'm lookin' for Rose Tyler, is she there?"
"Yeah, she is but she's asleep right now."
"Who are you?" asked a confused Bev
"Rose's husband."
"I didn't know she was married."
"No one did, except for Jackie and Mickey and now you. Listen can you call back tomorrow, today's been a tough day for Rose, what with the list from the canary warf incident and coming home to organise two funerals, I want her to sleep, cause if she doesn't she's not going to be able to get through all that's to come."
"Alright, tell her I called and tell her that if she needs any help with the arrangements that she's to give me a call"
"I will and Bev"
"Yeah?"
"Thanks"
The two said goodbye and the Doctor hung up the phone. He put the cups in the sink and Rose's bag into the living room, she had brought the bag for anything that she wanted to take from the house, they had a lot to do over the next few weeks and the next day would be the hardest, Rose was planning to call all the people that needed to know about her mum and Mickey and then she needed to sort coffins out. The Doctor knew that the hardest thing for all who knew Jackie and Mickey would be burying empty coffins, he would be contacting the local minister to conduct the funeral services the next day whilst Rose did what she needed to do. He turned off the kitchen light and then the living room light and headed to the bathroom and then to bed, he got into bed beside Rose, who was of course still asleep and by the look on her face the Doctor could tell that she was content , he wrapped an arm round her and rested his hand on her stomach still not quite believeing that their child was growing there, he gently pulled her closer to him and fell asleep.
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The day of Jackie's funeral approached quickly, the Doctor and Rose had spent the two weeks before organising both Jackie and Mickey's funerals and talking to distraught friends and relatives. Rose was devastated, the fact that they were planning a funeral for her mother made her realise, more than anything else that she could never see her mother again, she was quiet all the time and she forced herself to eat for the sake of her baby even though she really didn't feel like it. She was glad that her husband was there, he was her rock, he was there for her when she needed him and right now, that was all the time. The Doctor was worried about his wife but he knew that losing Jackie and Mickey had finally taken it's tole on Rose and now she was finally greiving, she would overcome the greif eventually, but he knew that she would never get over losing her mum.
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It almost always rained at funerals, the Doctor noticed whilst standing in the cemetary beside a freshly dug grave. He held his wife as she sobbed when Jackie's empty coffin was lowered into the 6ft deep hole, he held an umbrella over the two of them and had wrapped the long black coat that he'd found for the occasion tighter round himself and Rose, trying to keep her warm. The minister was talking about Jackie, but neither the Doctor nor Rose registered what he was saying. Eventually the service ended and the mourners left the graveside and those who were attending the wake headed to Jackie's old flat. Rose and the Doctor remained behind, Rose left her husband's arms and walked to the grave and sank to the ground beside the headstone and sobbed harder than ever. The Doctor saw her begin to shake and was beside her in an instant, he wrapped an arm around her shoulder and she didn't resist as he pulled her up, he held her for a while and then they left the grave as well, their progress back to the car was slow and by the time they had reached the car that had taken them to the cemtary they were quite wet. They got into the car and were taken back to the Powell Estate and by the time they arrived back everyone was already in the flat.
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The wake went on for several hours until Rose decided that it was over, she, the Doctor and Bev removed the guests from the flat, each one offering their symphaties as they left the house, once the other guests were finally gone leaving the Doctor and Rose alone with Bev.
"Let me help you clear up." Bev said
Rose tried to refuse but Bev wore her down until she finally gave in and allowed the other woman to atleast help her to clear the living room. Once the room was clear Rose walked Bev to the door and said "Thanks Bev."
"You're welcome." she smiled at Rose and added "Jackie was so proud of you, you know."
"I know." Rose hugged Bev who then opened the front door and asked "When's Mickey's funeral?"
"The day after tomorrow."
Bev nodded and said that she'd be there for Rose if she needed her and hugged the younger woman again and headed home. Rose closed the door and headed into the kitchen where she started to grab the dishes from the wake and began to wash them. The Doctor came into the kitchen when she was almost half way through washing them and said "Rose, sweetheart, we can finish those in the morning" Rose ignored him and continued to wash the dishes, noticing that the pile on the drying rack was getting too big and that dishes were likely to fall of and break, her husband picked up the dish towel and started to dry them. The two of them finished the dishes and the Doctor made a cup of tea. A while later the two of them went to bed and fell asleep quickly.
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The next morning the Doctor awoke to find the space beside him empty, he knew that something was wrong as his wife waking before him was an extemely rare occurence. He got out of bed and dressed quickly and after he was dressed he started to search the house for his wife whilst still tying his tie, he found her in her mother's bedroom going through her clothes and putting them into bags. He stood at the door for a few minutes and watched her completely forgetting about his tie. Eventually he entered the room and placed his hand on her shoulder and said "Rose, leave it just now." She looked up at him and smiled softly taking in his appearance, he was dressed in his usual suit and trainers, although his hair hadn't be touched and it was sticking out all over the place, his tie was still undone and he wasn't wearing his suit jacket. She stood up and took his tie in her hands and tied it, when she was finished she kissed him and said "Good morning."
"Good morning." He looked around the room and noticed that Jackie's wardrobe and chest of drawers were completely empty and that there were several bags around the room full of clothes. He knew that his wife had been up for a while and he asked her "What are you doing?"
"Clearing out. I want all this stuff out of here so that once we've deatl with Mickey's funeral tomorrow we can go right away, I don't want to stay here any longer..." she started to cry and the Doctor needed no prompting to pull her into his arms and hold her as she sobbed. They stood there for a long time and when Rose eventually stopped crying he let her go and asked "Rose, have you had anything to eat yet?"
"No."
"How long have you been up?"
"About an hour and a half."
"Come on, let's get you fed."
He led her to the kitchen and sorted out something for breakfast and a cup of tea. They ate in silence and when they finished they took the clothes to the local homeless centre and then returned to the flat and cleared the rest of Jackie's room and removed eveything from Rose's room and put it and everything else that she was taking into the rucksack. You may be wondering how it all fit in, well the rucksack was bigger on the inside like the Tardis and it was practically weightless as when the Doctor took it out to the Tardis, he couldn't feel the weight of everything that was in it. He also took out the bag that had Rose's freshly laundered clothes in it, he put both of the bags into their bedroom and headed back to the flat.
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The next day like the day of Jackie's funeral was wet and like that day the Doctor and Rose stood by a freshly dug grave as another empty coffin was lowered into it. The Doctor held an umbrella over the two of them to keep them dry and held Rose as she cried for the loss of her childhood friend. When the service ended Rose and the Doctor remained behind and said their own goodbyes to their friend. They left the graveyard and headed to the Estate Agents to return the key to Jackie's now empty flat and then went to the pub for Mickey's wake as when he had moved to the parallel world the Doctor and Rose had cleared out his flat then and had handed over the keys. They didn't stay long and Rose saw some of her old friends and as they left she promised to call and told them that she probably wouldn't be back on the estate again as there was no place for her there any more.
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Once back on board the Tardis the mood instantly relaxed, Rose wasn't back to normal yet but the Doctor knew that she would be eventually. They watched a movie and then went to bed.
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A few weeks later Rose was staring at her reflection in the mirror when the Doctor walked into their bedroom. She saw him standing in the doorway in the mirror and said "I'm starting to show."
The Doctor walked into the room and slipped his arms round her and placed his hands over the tiny bump that had formed there and said "Yes you are." and kissed the back of her head. She was still wearing her pyjamas, she was having difficultly finding something to wear, and it wasn't because she was being picky it was because nothing appeared to fit her, so eventually she settled on wearing some baggy clothes and headed to the control room where her husand had went while she was changing and said "Can we go to London, my time."
"Why?"
"Cause I need new clothes, nothing fits me anymore."
"I'm going to end up regretting this but alright."
He set the coordinates for present day London and they spent the rest of the morning shopping, at lunch time they went to the nearest chip shop and got some chips. They walked back to the Tardis past the Royal Hope Hospital and the Doctor stopped and took a look at it and said "There's something weird going on here."
"Do you want to investigate it?"
"Not yet I'll keep an eye on it for a couple of days."
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The Doctor watched the hospital for two more days and then he decided to check himself in. Rose looked at him as though he had gone mad when he said that "Doctor, you're an alien, do you really want to be disected."
"No but I'm doing this."
"I'm not going to be able to stop you am I?"
"Nope." he said popping the 'p' as he usually did.
"Alright then."
They headed to the control room and the Doctor put in the coordinates and they got out and headed to the hospital. The Doctor got himself checked in and as the nursing staff wouldn't let Rose stay there over night she headed back to the Tardis and went to bed.
There we go, sorry about the wait. The next chapter will be the first part of Smith and Jones.
Catch ya
Julie20007
A/N 2: that's this chapter edited now as well, that's 5 chapters today. Hopefully I'll be adding chapter 32...I think it is... Nope, just checked... It's 33... Today at some point... If not it'll be first thing tomorrow... I've really got to stop rambling don't I?
Julie.