Previously:
"What are you doing here?" she demanded "are you stalking me? Because if you are, I'm saying this once and only once. I. Do. Not. Want. Anything. To. Do. With. You" between words she hit him hard on the shoulder, he was sure he was developing a bruise – no multiple bruises.
"Rose listen to me" he said grabbing hold of her hand before she hit him again, he held her hand tightly, squeezing it. She stared at him, calmer than before. "I am not stalking you" he said "this was a coincidence, but I do need to speak to you, Rose the TARDIS -"
He was cut off by a harsh scream.
Donna and Bad Wolf turn round and ran out of the room sharply, leaving him to stand there for a few seconds before he realised what happened. He ran after them, down the stairs and out of the Traven.
"Out of the way, I'm a healer" Bad Wolf shouted, pushing through the crowd. She fell to her knees and checked the man's pulse. "Dead" she hissed
"My god it's that Lindley bloke" Donna said "the guy that said Shakespeare couldn't put his play on…"
"Which means" Bad Wolf muttered "something is going on here, that man drowned"
"What?" Donna hissed in Bad Wolf's ear
"There's water in his lungs, he choked it out"
"I don't know if you haven't noticed Wolfie but we're no where near the water"
"I know which means something off is happening" she turned and glared at the Doctor "got any ideas Mr Smarty-pants?"
"Mr Smarty-pants?" he said wrinkling his nose "don't think anyone has called me that since your mother"
She blinked "you know my mother?" she whispered "what is she like?"
"A lot like Donna" the Doctor said bluntly "I think we should go back in the travel don't you" he offered his arm to Bad Wolf who just pushed past him and stormed off towards the Traven.
"Mate, you're in her bad books don't push ya luck" Donna said to him patting his shoulder.
The three stood in front of Shakespeare letting him know what happened. Dolly the landlady was out sorting their rooms, he looked up.
"You three mystify me" he exclaimed "you Miss Noble, a fiery redhead if I ever saw one, you follow the blonde blindly, you trust her like no one else and yet occasionally you stare at her terrified, you're a strong woman, an independent, to independent to live in this time. And you Miss McKnight if that's you're real name which I know it is not, your eyes are so old, yet so young. You stare at that man as if you love him yet you have no clue that he is. And you Doctor, again that is not your real name your eyes are even older and face so young"
"I read a lot" the Doctor said flatly
"And do you Miss McKnight, do you read a lot? Is your name truly Wolfie McKnight or is it something else all together?"
"What's in a name? A rose by any other name would smell as sweet" she replied
"Ah, I might use that." Shakespeare said winking at her.
The Doctor rolled his eyes and Donna was muffling her giggles. Bad Wolf just sighed. Dolly came in smiling.
"You're rooms are reading, I'm afraid there was only two" she said "room twelve and room fourteen"
"Two is enough" Bad Wolf said heading out "me and Donna can share one"
"I'll get my answers tomorrow" Shakespeare said warningly "and I'll discover more of this constant performance of you"
"All the worlds a stage" the Doctor said dryly
"Hmm I might use that" Shakespeare said "goodnight"
"Nightie night Shakespeare" the Doctor replied. He turned to leave the room but Donna blocked his way, watching where Bad Wolf was going. She turned to the Doctor with a glint in her eye.
"Wolfie is in room twelve, go after her, I'll stay in fourteen" she said
"What?" the Doctor said his voice going an octave higher
"Look you fancy her, she fancies you, go in there and sort it out before I knock you out and drag you in"
"ok, ok I'll go in there and talk to her" he said slipping past Donna, he could feel her eyes on his back, making sure he wasn't going to slip into fourteen instead, he got to the door before he turned round "you're sure she fancies me?"
Donna looked livid "go in there before I slap you one" she hissed. He ran into the room and she rolled her eyes "Galifreyans, do they always act like teenagers?" she asked the ceiling.
"What the bloody hell are you doing here?" Bad Wolf shouted picking her dress up from the floor. "You…you…you….PEEPING TOM!"
"What? No, no, no, Donna sent me here"
She rolled her eyes "should have known Donna had to do something with it" she muttered then she noticed his gaze and where it was "Oi! Eyes off" she snapped "I may not be wearing the dress but that gives you know right to look"
He moved his gaze up to her face, but occasionally spared a glance back down. She was wearing a corset, and petticoats. Loads of them actually. Her long dark blonde hair was loose round her shoulders in curls. To him she looked like an angel.
She sighed "well get on the bed then" she said
"What?" the Doctor said his voice was definitely getting higher
"Bed" she said slowly as if he was stupid "a place where you sleep, there is only one. What did you think I meant the floor?"
"No" he said getting on the bed
"Shoes off first or do you want me to do them?"
"Trying to get me naked?" he said waggling his eyebrows...good god he did not just have a Jack Harkness moment did he?
She glared at him and he smiled sheepishly pulling the shoes off before lying down on the bed. He watched her fold the dress up and lay it down on the table before climbing in with him.
"I'm missing something" she muttered "there is something going on and I can't work it out, it frustrates me"
He tucked a stray curl behind her ear, amazed that she hadn't slapped his hand away "I'm trying to work it out" he whispered "nothing fits, and I can't think what could have caused the death"
"It's has too been something small" she murmured "something with a genetic mark…" she scowled slightly
"I missed you" he said she looked up and met his eyes. She could see complete honesty and something else, something she has never seen directed to her.
"Who are you really Doctor?" she whispered "are you simply a Time Lord that bumped into to me twice or are you something to do with my past?"
"It's me" he stressed "the Doctor, please Rose…this two times yes they were coincidences but yeah I was in your past"
"You keep calling me Rose" she whispered "was it my name in the academy?"
"It is your name" he said firmly
"Why do I miss you so much?" she whispered "I don't even know you"
"But you do" he said "just because you have no memory doesn't mean you don't have any feelings" and with that he leaned in and kissed her quickly he pulled back "sorry 'bout that" he mumbled
"Don't be" she said and she took his face in her hands and began to kiss him slowly. She bit on his bottom lip gently probing her tongue in his mouth, her hands moving up to his hair, his tongue fought back, his hands sliding down to the laces of her corset, and he was beginning to untie them when….
….when high scream echoed through the air.