The Chronicles of Drose.

Chapter 5.

"Rose..?"

Rose stood in the doorway of the control room. Her eyes were surrounded with red, displaying the amount of tears that had fallen from them; despite this, she still looked as beautiful as ever. The Doctor tried to say something, but his voice didn't agree with his head, and so the result was him opening and closing his mouth repeatedly, a little like a fish.

"...Doctor..?" said Rose quietly.

The Doctor again tried to say something, and again ended up looking like a fish.

"...I'm sorry." She finished.

This small remark on its own seemed to awaken The Doctor's vocal chords, and he found himself saying words he'd meant to say for such a long time.

"No, Rose. I'm sorry." He hung his head a little. "I'm the one that dragged you millions of miles away from your home to live in a flying blue box. I'm the one that constantly gets you into danger, and sometimes close to death. But most importantly, I'm sorry for Reinette. I left you. On your own. Well, you had Mickey...but...you know..." his words were engulfed by silence, until he thought of something else to say. "I downed tools and left as soon as I could to help Reinette, and I didn't even think." He moved closer to Rose, until they were only centimetres apart. "I didn't realise that everything I needed was right here."

Rose leant forward ever so slightly, so that the tips of their noses brushed against each other. She let out a shaky breath, and The Doctor shivered. With one quick motion, he had taking her lips captive, and grabbed her waist.

Kissing Rose was so much better than he'd even imagined - soft lips, a faint taste of vanilla and strawberry, and that feeling that finally she was his.

She pulled back slowly, which confused The Doctor, and smiled widely at him; even though he was confused and slightly annoyed at the lack of kissing, he couldn't help but grin back.

"It's okay, Doctor. I forgive you."

Content with this answer, he wrapped his arms around her, and she snuggled into his chest, both glad to have shown their feelings at last, even if not through words.

Mickey peered around the console room door, seeing only what he feared the most. The Doctor and Rose in a tight embrace, both smiling infectiously. Sighing, he left, ready to sit alone in his room and reminisce on the times when it was him holding Rose.

Aha! I'm back :D And I've got some new ideas, after failing my NaNoWriMo Novel badly. :D