Had a bit of trouble figuring out where to start this one and yes it is going to be AU now. I might do a story that shows Rose and Kali in the episodes after I finish with this. Anywho, on with the story.

Disclaimer: I don't own Doctor Who it all belongs to BBC, I'm just twisting the characters a little and making them do whatever I wish.

Chapter 6: Full Name

"No no no no no! That can't be, it's impossible! You can't have a kid that old when it's only been about a year since we got separated!" The Doctor said wondering what kind of cruel joke Rose was playing on him.

"Doctor for me it's been almost sixteen years, the time frame must be different." Rose said.

"You don't look any older since the last time I saw you. How do you explain that?" He questioned, raising and eyebrow at her. Rose sighed.

"I know and the only explanation I have for that is it has something to do with Bad Wolf and when I absorbed the time vortex." The Doctor pondered this for a moment before finally nodding his head in agreement, thinking that he should've done some test's on her so he would've known, but then again he had just regenerated, his mind a little foggy at the time.

He looked over at Kali and then back to Rose noticing the similarities between them. There was something else that was familiar about her but he couldn't quite place what it was. He cleared his throat.

"Alright-y then anything else?" Rose found her fingernails very interesting all of a sudden.

"Well there is one other thing." She started nervously, refusing to meet his gaze.

"You can tell me." He assured her and wrapped her in a hug. Slowly she turned in his arms and looked intensely at him before nodding.

"All tell you, but not here. In private." Rose shot a glance at Kali and Martha. Martha didn't look too happy for some reason and Kali smiled encouragingly at Rose.

"I know just the place." The Doctor took his arms away from Rose only keeping her hand in his before leading her deep into the TARDIS. They passed through several doors and one very familiar one that she realized was her's and made a mental note to go back later.

A few minutes later the Doctor finally stopped in front of a door and opened it. Once Rose stepped inside she knew where she was immediately—even though she had never seen it before. It was the Doctor's room, and if the bed that rarely looked slept in didn't give it away then the amount of shelves with all the books did, it was almost like the TARDIS' library was inside.

He led her over to the made bed and she sat down and the Doctor did the same.

"So what was it that you couldn't tell me in front of Martha or Kali?" He questioned and Rose saw the fire burning behind his eyes as he looked at her.

"What did you notice about Kali when you first saw her, I mean in how she looks?" He looked puzzled but answered her nonetheless.

"I thought there was something familiar about her that I couldn't place but when you said she was your daughter I guess I saw that little bit of you in her, though it's not really a lot." Rose smiled at him.

"She looks more like her father." The Doctor shifted uncomfortably, not really sure if he wanted to know who her father was. Most likely it was Mickey's.

At the thought a spark of jealousy passed through him and he gripped Rose's hand a little tighter.

"Doctor, are you alright?" Rose looked at him with concern and his grip loosened on her hand as he started to relax.

"I'm fine." Rose didn't look totally convinced but didn't push.

"I think you have a right to know who Kali's father is." She stated bluntly, not exactly sure how she should tell him so might as well come out with it with nothing added.

The Doctor cleared his throat. "To be honest I'm not sure if I want to know or not. It's all in the past right? I mean he must be gone or something if you were willing to come back here with her and not the father. That wouldn't be fair to either of you. All though I assume it's Mickey's so it makes me wonder what happened between you two, of why you're not together anymore and—" He was cut off by Rose putting her hand over his mouth.

"Mickey's not her father." Slowly she removed her hand.

"He's not?" Rose shook her head no. "Do I know the person?" She giggled a little.

"Yes you do know him very well." The Doctor thought about it, trying to put a face next to Kali's that would look similar. After a few minutes he puffed out a mouth full of air completely clueless.

"I have no idea." He admitted and Rose rolled her eyes.

"God you're thick!" Now he frowned, wondering what he had missed in order to solve the mystery. Knowing him it was probably the most obvious thing in the world.

"Rose I don—"

"You!" She yelled exasperated. "It's you. You're Kali's father, not Mickey or some other bloke, you." She felt relieved, like a big weight had been lifted off of her chest.

The Doctor's eyes widened in surprise and shock. He didn't know what to make of it. Kali was his daughter? A small part of him felt relieved that Kali was his and Rose hadn't been with anyone else, but the fact that if was impossible ruled everything else out, even the fact that now that he thought about it it was him that Kali looked like.

"Me? Rose that's impossible. We never. We didn't...." Rose took his other hand in hers and looked him in the eye as she spoke.

"Yes we did. Once. We were visitin' my mum and she was havin' that party. We both ended up drinkin' too much and when we got back to the TARDIS one thing led to another." He remembered going to Jackie's and the party but after that was all a blur and he couldn't remember.

"Why can't I remember?" He shouted in frustration, letting go of Rose's hands he gripped both of his into his hair, making it stick up even more than it already was. "I need to remember." He whispered softly, his hands falling limply into his lap. His expression reminded Rose of a lost puppy.

"I'm sorry I lied. If I hadn't none of this would be happenin'." She said out of the blue and the Doctor's eyes snapped to hers.

"Lied?"

Rose nodded. "On Bad Wolf Bay when I said it was my mum who was pregnant, I decided at the last minute not to tell you. I'm sorry, I should've but I didn't and I didn't know if I would ever see you again and I didn't want you to do somethin' stupid or feel worse that you couldn't get to me and Kali." The Doctor absorbed all that Rose just told him and watched as a tear fell down her cheek. He reached up and used the pad of his thumb to wipe it away and then pulled her to him.

"Rose," He choked out as they pulled apart. "I'm not mad at you. You're right though I probably would've ripped a hole in the void trying to get to you. And besides you should be the one feeling awful. It was me that left you there, pregnant nonetheless."

"Yeah but there was no choice and you didn't know." Rose shot back.

"Okay, how about a moot point then?" The Doctor suggested and Rose shrugged, but grinned to show that she liked the idea.

They sat for a while in comfortable silence. The Doctor was going over everything in his mind. He was a dad again, he was both nervous and excited. It had been a while since he had had any kids and that was the cause of his nervousness.

"Why Kali?" He whispered, fear that if he talked too loud it would break the calm aura.

"Why Kali what?" Rose asked back not really understanding his question.

"The name. Why did you name her Kali." Rose couldn't help but grin.

"It means devourer of time. I thought it suited well." The Doctor laughed.

"I guess so." He said.

"Would you like to know her full name?" Rose asked and he nodded eagerly. "Kali Gallifrey Tyler."

"You named her after my planet?" For a second Rose thought he was going to get angry but then he smiled and she relaxed.

"Yes, I figured since it meant so much to you and it could be in her life somehow. She always did question why she had a strange middle name, I never told her."

"You didn't tell her anything did you?" Rose shook her head.

"I just couldn't all she knew about you was the fact you had two hearts and I only told her that because she has two hearts too." The Doctor nodded he expected she would. "I figured that it would be easier if she met you, course I didn't know if I'd ever see you again so I made a promise that if my attempts failed then would tell her everythin'."

"Well then we should probably get started." He said as he jumped off the bed. Rose followed his example but ended up tripping over his foot. She reached out to grab the nearest thing for support, which just happened to be the Doctor. He wasn't expecting this and wasn't able to gain his balance, instead he fell down with her, landing on her.

He looked down at Rose and saw that her cheeks had tinged pink. He thought that at that moment she looked so beautiful. He started to lean down as his lips parted and noticed Rose's eyes fluttered shut, his did too of their own accord.

He was about a millimeter away from actually kissing her, he could feel her cool breath in his face, when he heard the TARDIS' warning sounds come on and all the lights started flickering mauve.


Phew finally finished. So far this would have to be my favorite, but that could always change since I haven't written the other ones yet. This story is as much of a mystery to me as it is to you lol.

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~Kristen Marie