A/N: Helloooooo everyone! So this author's note has nothing important in it and is just me rambling, so if you skip it I won't be offended in the slightest! I spent all of this morning at a swim meet (for the record, early morning swim meets are awful. I had to get up at 5:30 am, and that's not the earliest time I've had to wake up. Not to mention that sometimes you've got to get to swim meets insanely early and then come back late at night for finals and get next to no sleep! This meet wasn't a big meet, so there were no finals [thank God, cuz if they had finals I would have had to gone since I actually placed at this meet!]) Anyways, swim meets are long and boring, but a bunch of my friends were there to keep me entertained, UNTIL the backstroke races started, which I never swim, and I was bored and lonely, and hence this chapter was born. I was writing it on my iPad, which I have a keyboard that connects over bluetooth, and someone splashed me, and the iPad, and the 'e' key on my keyboard stopped working! I mean seriously! One key to stop working and it had to be one that I use the most! So by the time I get home from this meet it's noon and I think to myself 'Yay! A keyboard that actually works!' But my computer's keyboard's 'h' key is sticking! So now everytime I type an 'h' it makes three of them or none at all! So, long story short, this chapter was a pain in the butt to write, so you better enjoy it! :D
Oh, and on a totally unrelated note that has nothing to do with this story, I'M GOING TO MEET PETER CAPALDI AND JENNA COLEMAN! *Dances around doing happy dance* Well, maybe not meet them as in half hour long conversation where we talk about life, but I'm going to get both their autographs and pictures taken with both of them in June! I'm literally counting down the days!
Geez, it feels good to get that off my plate! Thanks for listening to this ramble! Enjoy this chapter!
Chapter Six:
Gate Crashers
"You should be dead ten times over?" The Doctor asked. "What's that supposed to mean?"
"Earth 1892," Jack said, "Got in a fight in Ellis Island. A man shot me through the heart. Then I woke up. Thought it was kinda strange. But then it never stopped. Fell off a cliff, trampled by horses, World War I, World War II, poison, strangulation, a stray javelin..." Jack trailed off. "In the end, I got the message, I'm the man who can never die."
"But that's impossible," The Doctor said, "Completely impossible. You should have died on Satellite Five!"
"Yeah, my first death," Jack said smiling in reminiscent.
"Wait, this started on Satellite Five?" The Doctor asked.
"Yep," Jack said, "The first time was strange though... Instead of just waking up right afterwards, a good amount of time had passed. There was singing in my head... And this golden light..."
"I bring life," The Doctor quoted under his breath, "Always wondered what that meant."
"What are you talking about?" Jack asked.
"When I sent Rose back home she was so determined to get back to save me that she looked into the heart of the TARDIS. She blew up the Dalek ships just by thinking it. All of time and space in her mind... She must have brought you back to life, for good."
"How'd Rose survive that?" Jack asked. "If Time Lords sometimes went insane by looking into the Untempered Schism, surely Rose would've burned up like a crisp."
"I..." The Doctor trailed off.
"Yeah?" Jack probed.
"Imayhavekissedthevortexoutofher," The Doctor rushed.
"You kissed the vortex out of her?" Jack confirmed, "I never thought big ears would have it in him!"
"First of all, I am him," The Doctor said, "Second of all, she doesn't remember any of it."
"So you pretended like it never happened because you didn't want to have to face your feelings?" Jack asked knowingly.
"I... No," The Doctor trailed off, "Just let her forget. She wouldn't want someone like me as a boyfriend anyway."
"Oh," Jack said, "you really are clueless."
"What?"
"Rose loves you, Doc," Jack said slapping the Doctor on the shoulder and wheeling his wheelchair around so that they were face to face.
"Really?" The Doctor asked trying to sound nonchalant.
Jack chuckled, "You don't see it, do you?"
"I..." The Doctor didn't know how to respond so he simply changed the subject, "Nanogenes!" He exclaimed, "That's what I need!"
"Nanogenes?" Jack asked, "Like those things that caused the empty children at World War Two?" He had never been too fond of using them ever since that event.
"Yes," The Doctor said, "I've got some stored away in the TARDIS that originate on Gallifrey. It'll be safe to use them. Fix up my legs, then we can send you into the void to find Rose!"
Jack sighed. The Doctor clearly did not want to talk about his feelings for Rose, "Sounds like a plan."
...
Rose emerged from the closet wearing a golden dress. The Doctor was rendered speechless for a moment as he grazed his eyes down the curve-hugging dress that had a low enough neckline to be teasing but modest, and a skirt that fell just above her knees.
"I'm ready," Rose said.
"I, uh," The Doctor stuttered, "You look good! Um, not that you don't look good on a normal day! I just think you look exceedingly good in that particular getup."
"Not very good with words, this body," Rose teased.
"Uh, what'd you say?" The Doctor asked being temporarily distracted by the dress.
"Oh nevermind," Rose said, "Let's just go to this wedding, yeah?"
"Yeah," The Doctor agreed faintly.
...
"Where do you think he went?" Amy asked Rory over the roar of the music.
"Um, to park the TARDIS?" Rory tried to answer wincing when it came out as a question, "That's what he said, at least."
"Boo!" The Doctor screamed into Amy's ear. Amy whipped around in surprise and laughed when she saw it was The Doctor.
"There you are!" Amy said, "I was starting to get worried!" She engulfed him in a hug and giggled into his shoulder.
"Amelia Pond," The Doctor said, "You never seize to amaze me!" The Doctor released Amy and moved on to clap Rory on the back, "And Rory the Roman! You just forgot about me! Disappointing..."
A blonde girl wearing a sparkling golden dress cleared her throat loudly, "Oh! And this is Rose Tyler! I hope you don't mind us gate-crashing!" The Doctor exclaimed.
"Nice to meet you," Rose said shaking hands with Amy and Rory.
"I'm sorry," Amy said, "This might seem a bit weird, but how exactly do you know the Doctor?"
"You didn't mention me?" Rose asked the Doctor voice icy.
"Erm... It never popped up?"
"I used to travel with him," Rose said, "Until I got... Um, lost. He found me though, after he went through the cracks in time."
"Yep!" The Doctor agreed.
"Oh..." Rory trailed off, "Ok."
There was an awkward silence for a moment until the Doctor exclaimed, "C'mon! Let's dance!"
He grabbed Rose's hand and pulled her out onto the dance floor. Amy and Rory gave each other confused glances before shrugging and following the odd couple out onto the dance floor.
Amy didn't consider herself all that great of a dancer. The best she could manage was a big of head-bopping to the beat and some twirling. Rory was a bit of an awkward dancer who stayed towards the edge of the dance floor trying to imitate what other people were doing. In this case, Rory was trying to imitate Rose, who seemed to be one of the best dancers on the dance floor.
On the other hand, the Doctor was a crazy dancer.
"You're terrible!" Amy yelled over the music to the Doctor, "It's embarrassing!"
"That's it! That's good," The Doctor called to no one, "Keep it loose!" He threw his hands up in the air and waved them around. All the children running around on the dance floor copied him and giggled.
Rose watched from the sidelines giggling hysterically.
"I thought you said you had the moves!" Rose called to the Doctor.
"These are moves!" The Doctor defended now doing some hybrid version of a grape vine with irregular clapping.
"Bad moves!" Rose exclaimed.
"Jazz hands!" The Doctor yelled shaking his hands violently.
"You're going to hurt someone," Rose scolded as The Doctor hit someone across the face.
"Watch it mate!" The man yelled.
"C'mon," Rose said pulling the Doctor off the dance floor, "I've gotta get you outta here before you kill someone."
"Awww," the kids chorused as they watched their favorite dancer leave the dance floor. This was soon forgotten as someone started a large circle and the kids started spinning at an alarmingly fast rate.
"I was just getting into my groove," The Doctor argued when they reached the refreshment table. Both of them grabbed a glass of water and sipped it until Rose spoke up
"We need to talk," Rose said bluntly.
"What? Right now?"
"'S not like anyone will hear us," Rose said gesturing around to everyone dancing, "The music's too loud."
"Alright," the Doctor agreed, "What are we talking about?"
"You promised I wouldn't become like her!" Rose exclaimed angrily.
"What?" The Doctor asked completely lost at Rose's sudden mood swing, "Like who?"
"Sara Jane!" Rose exclaimed, "What, four years then you forget about me? Don't mention me? Ever? Not even a passing remark?"
"I-I-I," the Doctor stuttered, "Absolutely not!"
"How long have Amy and Rory been traveling with you?" Rose demanded.
"Er, a little over a year now-"
"And in that year you didn't mention me ONCE!?" Rose yelled.
"No!" The Doctor exclaimed finally catching on to what Rose was upset about, "It's not like that!"
"Then you'd better have a very good reason why you never even talked about me!"
"Because it hurt too much!" The Doctor exclaimed then throwing his hands over his mouth.
"It, what?" Rose asked.
"I-i-it hurt too much," the Doctor stuttered, "To talk about it..."
Rose suddenly felt really guilty at the Doctor's ashamed look, "I'm... Sorry," Rose apologized quickly, "I shouldn't have blown up on you like that."
The Doctor sniffed, "Nothing to be sorry about. I should've mentioned you, Rose Tyler."
Rose smiled.
The song changed to something slower on the dance floor, "Would you like to dance, Dame Rose of the Powell Estate?" The Doctor asked taking Rose's hand and kissing it overdramatically.
Rose laughed, "I would love to, Sir Doctor of TARDIS."
The Doctor led Rose onto the dance floor and put his hands on her waist awkwardly, "Am I doing this right?" He asked.
"Perfectly," Rose smiled putting her arms around his shoulders.
They swayed to the music for who knows how long. Time seemed to stop around them as they revolved slowly.
The only thing that broke them out of their daze was Rose whispering that they had to stop because her shoes were killing her.
"Women and their shoes," the Doctor muttered as they went to go get a drink of water. They both leaned against the wall and watched the couples dancing on the dance floor. The spotlight seemed to be shining on Amy and Rory, though. The newly weds gleamed with new love.
The Doctor and Rose stayed in companionable silence until The Doctor said, "Do you remember New Years day, 2005?"
"Sure I do," Rose said.
"In your dimension, was there a drunk guy standing in the shadows who asked what year it was?" The Doctor asked.
"Yeah," Rose chuckled at the memory, "Funny, he wasn't slurring or anything. It was weird."
"That was me, Rose," the Doctor whispered, "I was dying, about to regenerate and I just wanted to see a familiar face."
"Oh," Rose said softly.
"I made it back to the TARDIS to regenerate... I had postponed the regeneration for so long that the energy came out in one big explosion. I set the entire TARDIS on fire. I crash landed in Amy's backyard."
"Really?" Rose asked, "She must have been surprised."
"She was seven," The Doctor said, "Scared about a crack in her wall. I helped her get rid of the crack... Good as new! And then, I left. I needed to take the TARDIS on a test run... I promised Amelia I'd be back in five minutes. It turned out to be twelve years."
"And mum was mad at you for getting me home one year late!" Rose exclaimed, "You're one rubbish driver."
"Yeah," The Doctor agreed absentmindedly, "I ended up saving the world, as always... Very impressive me," At which point Rose snorted, "And then I left again. The TARDIS had rebuilt itself into the new interior that you saw. I couldn't resist breaking it in. When I returned, two years had passed."
"Rubbish driver!" Rose accused, "Did Amy slap you?"
"Naw," The Doctor sniffed, "She should've, though. Especially since the day I came back for her was the day before her wedding. She didn't tell me, and I took her onto the TARDIS."
"So did Rory come with you?" Rose asked.
"Not the first time," The Doctor said, "I picked him up after Amy said it was the day before her wedding and... Aftershekissedme."
"After she what?"
"Kissed me," the Doctor said, "I brought Rory on board, helped them fall in love again!"
"You did a good job," Rose complimented.
"Yeah," The Doctor said, "We had a lot of fun adventures. This leads up to the Pandorica, of course. And craziness happened... Rory ended up waiting two thousand years guarding the Pandorica that had Amy inside... Long story, he was a Nestene Duplicate.
"Two thousand years. The Boy Who Waited... Good on you mate," the Doctor said to no one.
Rose smiled at The Doctor's ramblings. Some things never change.
"C'mon," Rose said after allowing the Doctor a moment of reminiscence in silence, "I'm knackered. Let's head back to the TARDIS."
A/N: So next chapter is a bit of 11/Rose fluff! Hang with me dear readers!
I would like to thank my reviewer The Clever Doctor (Thank you so much! I've always wished that Rose could see the Doctor in his 11th form, and I love reading fan-fics with the two of them! I'm so glad you like this fic!)
Anyone who reviews will recieve cake!*
*I'm not responsable for the cake arriving squashed, tasting bad, or overall being non-existent. :D
