**Notes: The vows in here are actually from my own wedding. I liked them then and I like them now. I'd really appreciate some feedback from readers! This is the first story I've ever written and I started posting it here because I was told I'd get more feedback here than on teaspoon, which hasn't been the case so far. I'd just like to know that people like the story.**

Chapter Seven – A Nice Day For...

The next few weeks passed quite quickly and they had indeed finished sorting through much of the archived alien technology stored at Torchwood and the Doctor had added several thousand more languages to their translation software (as well as correcting some that they already had) before their wedding day came around. It meant that they were planning the beginning of their honeymoon without any end to it in sight. They decided to start in Barcelona (the city this time, not the planet) and just make it up as they went along from there. They had made a rough list of some of the things that they wanted to see at some point in their travels and they did their packing in backpacks that would be easy to carry no matter what methods of transportation they used.

The Doctor dressed in the tux and trainers combination that he had become known for at the few formal occasions they had attended. Rose's dress was white satin and in many ways resembled the pretty pink dress she wore during their adventure with the Wire. It was longer though and covered her white trainers. They definitely weren't allowing anyone to separate them for the night before the ceremony (as far as they were concerned they were already married anyway). So, once they were ready, they showed up as promised at the Tyler mansion, smiling and on time.

The backyard was filled with blue and white flowers, a large tent for the reception, and several rows of white chairs were set up facing a small white arbour covered with more flowers. Rose and the Doctor didn't really have close friends in this universe. They were friendly with everyone at Torchwood of course, but choosing people to stand with them for the ceremony was not an easy task. In the end, they decided on Jake standing for the Doctor and, one of the scientists that had helped Rose with the Dimension Cannon, Toshiko to stand for Rose. Both Jackie and Pete were going to give her away since it would look odd not to have Pete give her away, but Rose definitely wanted her mother (who had raised her on her own for her whole life). There was a string quartet playing the Four Seasons as guests arrived and the Doctor was guided to stand next to the officiant with Jake.

The guests in attendance were mostly people from Torchwood and Vitex, friends of Pete and Jackie for the most part although there were a few government officials (even if the President herself couldn't make it). Once they had all taken their seats, the quartet began to play Pachelbel's Canon. The french doors from the house opened and Tony started skipping down the aisle carrying a pillow with the rings tied to it. Toshiko followed shortly after wearing a royal blue dress and carrying white flowers. The Doctor was practically vibrating with excitement knowing that they had included a few things in the ceremony that would have been included in marriages on Gallifrey (like a handfasting and formal consent as her parents gave her away). They were already bonded of course, but it was nice to mix both of their cultures for these formal declarations. He had used his sonic screwdriver to engrave both of their rings with the word 'forever' in circular Gallifreyan (the form of the word that encompassed all regenerations as well as any afterlife that may exist). Rose hadn't seen the inscriptions yet, but he was sure she would love it. He thought about the day they had watched the sunset in a pink sky filled with giant flying manta ray type creatures and promised each other to stay together forever. The memory made his heart swell with love and he sent the memory towards Rose where she waited inside for her chance to come down the aisle. He felt her give him a mental caress and her nervous excitement made him feel a little giddy.

Finally, she was there, standing in the doorway with Pete on one arm and Jackie on the other. All eyes were on the beautiful bride, but Rose and the Doctor only had eyes for each other. The rest of the world fell away from their awareness as they went through the motions of the ceremony, most of it was all very boring really. Until, of course, they came to their vows.

"This is our wedding day,"Rose began.

"The day we have looked forward to for so long," continued the Doctor.

"I come to you reverently this day, desiring to be your wife."

"I come to you reverently this day, desiring to be your husband."

"Because of our love, we will be blessed with the joys and comforts of marriage."

"Because of our love, we will endure all trials and cares."

"I will respect and honour you," Rose found tears had started gathering in her eyes.

"I will cherish and protect you," the Doctor squeezed her hands gently.

"I will be a tender and affectionate wife."

"I will be a patient and understanding husband."

Together, they finished, "With all of these witnesses, I commit myself to you for all the days of our lives. From this day forward, and forevermore."

The rest of it all passed through a blur of tears until they were granted permission to kiss. Rose found herself dipped back in her husband's arms and breathlessly tried to compose herself to walk back down the aisle towards the house. Once they were inside, her husband picked her up in a tight hug and swung her around in circles as they both laughed.

They did their best to behave during all the formal photographs, but once they crossed the doorway into the tent for the reception, they were both wearing mischievous smiles. They couldn't get into too much trouble right away as all eyes were on them when they entered, but they were having a silent conversation about all of the trouble they could cause throughout the evening. And if, by the end of it all, there was a bit of a food fight at the head table, the cake had some frosting missing before it was cut and the bubble machine by the dance floor seemed a little more sonic, who was to say that it was their fault? They were on a zeppelin towards Barcelona before the last guest even left the reception.

They happily sipped champagne on the zeppelin and the Doctor told Rose the story about when Donna found him while investigating Adipose Industries. They both laughed about their silent conversation through the windows and waving at floating fat babies. While Rose was happy to hear about some of those fun times, it made her wonder a bit about happy times from before he met her.

"Doctor, would you tell me about some of your adventures from before we met? Like when you travelled with Sarah Jane or Susan or something? I'd really like to know more about all the events that made you who you are now. I mean, you pretty much know about most of my life... you knew enough to bring me a bicycle for Christmas when I was 12, you know about dropping out of school to move in with Jimmy and you know about Mickey. I'd like to know more about you and your friends and stuff." She fiddled nervously with her rings, hoping he wouldn't think she was asking too much or pushing him to remember something painful about his people. With a finger under her chin, he tipped her face up to look at him and smiled.

"Of course, love. Let's see... a whirlwind tour of my various faces and companions to start? Then you can ask about more of it all later. You know, with our bond as deep as it is, if we were in our original universe and happened to run across a past version of me, he would feel our connection too. That might be awkward."

"Or rather fun," she winked.

"Well, I think I'm rather happy then that we are here and won't find out. I wouldn't want a past me to become just as besotted and run away with you!" He waggled his eyebrows at her and they both laughed. "So, let's see... I suppose we could start with one of my first friends at the Academy. His name was Kochei when we were young, although he later called himself the Master. He went a bit mad after he left Gallifrey and I've actually spent most of my lives trying to stop his attempts to take over the universe." He sent her a few happy memories of his childhood with Kochei. She saw the Doctor as a mischievous, blond youth causing trouble with a dark haired Kochei. They seemed to be very similar in their free spiritedness during those times.

"As I told you before, I left Gallifrey with Susan to start with. The TARDIS was already old enough to be in a museum and was being decommissioned. So, I stole her and ran off to explore the universe."

"You stole her?! That is so like you," she laughed.

"Yup! In the beginning, I was mostly just examining things and taking notes on what we found. But, while we were on Earth in the 1960s, Susan caught the attention of two school teachers, Ian and Barbara. They followed her after school one day back to the TARDIS. I was afraid of who they might run off and tell about us, so I kind of locked them in the TARDIS and took off." He was rubbing the back of his neck now and blushing a bit. She could tell he was embarrassed by the fact that his first human companions had been kidnapped into travelling with him. She shook her head fondly.

"They were the first ones to show me that we could try to help people during our travels. We had always been taught to be observers and let everything happen without our interference. But those two showed me that as a citizen of the universe, I was a part of it and needed to participate in it." He showed her some memories of travelling with Ian, Barbara and Susan. His sadness at leaving Susan behind, then a few memories of his other companions during his first life.

"Let's jump ahead a bit, eh? I'd love to tell you about one of my best friends! His name was Jamie McCrimmon and I found him in Scotland in 1746."

"Hang on! That was the name you used when we met Queen Victoria!" She beamed at him.

"Yes it was! Who better to be while in Scotland than one of my dearest friends? We faced Cybermen and Daleks and even Yeti together!" He sent her a few memories of a shorter, dark haired Doctor, wearing a suit that was a little too large. He ran through his adventures with a young man wearing a kilt, named Jamie and a few young ladies named Victoria and later, Zoe. "One day, Jamie, Zoe and I found ourselves in a place where someone was pulling people out of their own times and setting them in war zones fighting against each other. We found a way to put a stop to it all, but the Time Lords were upset with me for interfering. As punishment, they wiped all memories of me from the minds of Jamie and Zoe and sent them home. Then, they forced me to regenerate into my third form."

"They killed you?! Isn't that a little extreme?"

"Oh, that wasn't even the worst of it. They sent me and the TARDIS to Earth and made sure that I couldn't dematerialize. I was stranded there until they felt I'd learned my lesson. Of course, you know I've never learned to stop interfering, so it was more a matter of doing them enough favours to earn myself a new dematerialization circuit."

"Was that when you said you were working for UNIT?"

"Yes, my friend Brigadier Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart knew I could help them with figuring out all the alien encounters that were threatening the Earth, so in exchange for a place to stay and well, something to do... I worked as their scientific advisor for a few years. I met Sarah Jane there!" He sent her a few memories of his adventures in his third life with Liz, Jo and Sarah Jane helping out. Some happy thoughts about galavanting around in his yellow car, Bessy as well as a hovercraft and a little helicopter.

"Wow... ruffled shirts and capes, huh?" She snickered a bit at the idea of this version of the Doctor wearing something like that.

"Yes, well... it was very fashionable for the time." He was blushing again and wouldn't quite meet her gaze as he tugged on his ear.

"I suppose it isn't as bad as those outfits they wore on Gallifrey, yeah?" Some of the images he had shown her of the long robes and high collars were quite interesting. She wondered if she could have worn something like that and looked all posh and regal.

"Oh definitely an improvement over that! I could never stand wearing those silly collars and such that they insisted on. Practically impossible to run for your life in something like that. Although, we could probably manage it." He winked at her and put his arm around her shoulders. "Let's see now... ah yes, Sarah Jane was still adventuring with me when I was finally able to travel in the TARDIS again and even hung around after our encounter with giant spiders and I regenerated into my fourth incarnation. Of course, as Sarah Jane told you, I had to leave her behind when I got called back to Gallifrey. Humans weren't allowed on Gallifrey at that time. The Time Lords were terribly a xenophobic lot. Of course, things had to change a bit after my friend Leela fell in love with a Gallifreyan named Andred and decided to stay there with him." Through all of his descriptions, he was sending her a few images from his time with each of these friends to give her some context. She thought this fourth Doctor looked like a lot of fun and envied Sarah Jane for her time spent with that version of her husband. Hmmm... what could they have gotten up to with that scarf? She teased him a bit by sending an image of the two of them wrapped up together in nothing but the scarf and the tips of his ears turned a lovely shade of pink.

Taking a little break from descriptions of all of his former selves, he decided to send a few ideas back to his wife about possible uses for his old scarf. Their little snog break lasted until their arrival in Barcelona and resumed immediately upon arrival to their hotel room where the Doctor lifted her across the threshold and tossed her onto the bed.

"Hmmmmmm... wedding night number two," he whispered as he trailed kisses down her neck. "I wonder if we should get married a few more times and see how many wedding nights we can tally up?" The nervousness of their first wedding night was a distant memory now as he confidently removed all of her clothing and rained kisses over her body as he revealed more and more of her skin. His gentle kisses and touches had Rose writhing with need by the time she insisted that he needed to lose some of his clothing as well. This type of dancing was well practised for them now and as they joined together their bodies once again as husband and wife, the Doctor felt their timelines twining together tighter than ever before. He had an odd sense though of those timelines going on quite a bit further than perhaps they should for their human lifespans. Of course, Rose then swivelled her hips in such a way that made his mind go blissfully blank and he forgot all about that.