Alec was so relieved, no wonder she hadn't wanted to talk about it but he thought it would have been a lot worse like she'd been captured by them but she'd been a heroine and had saved a lot of people. He'd heard all the tales, about robots that had taken over London, robots created by John Lumic, a genius who had gone mad, letting his latest creation run rampant all over the city and converting thousands of people against their will in a crazed frenzy of making everyone the same. Then he realised he should have known Peter Tyler's name because at that time, Vitex was owned by Cybus Industries, which after Lumic's disappearance had been disbanded and Tyler had taken back his company and had become a multi-millionaire overnight. Rose was now heiress to that fortune through her mother's marriage.

He took Rose back into his arms again, he took his shirt off and put it around her shoulders, sitting her down on the bed. "Rose, I'm so sorry. I didn't mean to bring all those memories back but I had to know, you needed to tell me now we can move and you can tell me you're coming back to me." He leaned over and kissed her.

Rose looked at him, he was satisfied now she'd told him but it was only the cut down speeded up version but if she could tell him the whole story, would he hate her for lying to him? She wasn't lying though, it was almost the truth but better prepare him for more.

"Alec, that's only a part of it, there's more but for now, that's all you need to know, the rest of it can wait. The other stuff I told you was all true, growing up without a dad on a council estate, it's all real. We have one more night Alec, let's not waste it. If you come to London on Saturday, I'll tell you the rest because you need to speak to my step-dad because if I tell you, you won't believe me."

"Okay, for now. You'll tell me everything?" Rose nodded. "On Saturday, you promise, I need to know the rest and whatever it is Rose, I'll listen. So you and Peter Tyler tell me the rest of the story, you think I'll leave and if I can't accept what you tell me, I will leave so let's see who's right. Now come here and let me make you forget about it for tonight. I love you Rose, I want to shag the life out you before you leave tomorrow."

He took his shirt off her shoulders and unfastened her bra, laying her down and unzipping his trousers as Rose reached out to pull them down with his shorts. He pulled her knickers down and together they moved under the covers, crawling on her as she took hold of his bum and squeezed it hard, making him smile. He wanted to make her wetter and said he wanted to watch her have her orgasm, a big smile on his face as his fingers moved inside her, watching her face as it lit up, Rose writhing under him at his touch, telling him she wanted another as he obliged her. She was moving faster as her second one hit her, the sheer pleasure showing on her face. He withdrew his fingers and positioned himself ready to take her, telling her he wanted to go all the way as Rose was saying yes, she wanted him to while he was thrusting harder and deeper inside her to the sound of her moans as they rode out their climax and beyond until they both collapsed.

Alec moved onto his back when he came away from her, Rose rolled over onto him, clinging to him as he was kissing her cheek then her lips, stroking her cheek and wrapping her hair around his finger then tucking it behind her ear. He was whispering he loved her, he always wanted her, telling her to say she wanted him again as she lay on him, opening her legs to him and moving up and down on him, telling him she wanted him to take her again, she wanted to be on top. He flipped her over again, telling her he wanted to watch her have her orgasm again, she duly obliged as he straddled her, putting his fingers in her and laughing too as she then unexpectedly took hold of his manhood and began stroking it as they both wriggled around. Alec fell backwards, Rose jolted upright, annoyed he'd moved out of her grasp as she clambered over him to take hold of him again as she had her knees either side of him, his fingers were now stroking her just in the right place. She said she wanted him to swap his hand for his manhood as she let go of him, moving over him. She let out a moan as he did what she asked, she leaned back on her hands as he puts his hands on her hips as they moved together.

It was Rose's turn to fall back as he withdrew from her and he crawled over to the other side of the bed and she moved over to him. They kissed again, Alec with his arms around her, whispering her name, telling her he didn't want her to leave. Rose snuggled on him, her head on his shoulder as he turned on his side to her, kissing her cheek, holding her tight. He could tell she was starting to cry again. There was nothing he could do, he'd tried everything to get her not to leave in the morning. It was up to her now, she had to decide if his love for her was enough if not to get her to stay, then to bring her back to him. Two days he had to be without her, two days while she decided both their fates. If she wasn't coming back, then he was putting in for an immediate transfer at the closest place to where she lived, find some hotel until he got something to rent and make sure she knew where he was and he still wanted her. That was his final decision. He would win her back somehow because he couldn't live without her.

He was feeling her tears on his shoulder, telling her not to cry, constantly rubbing the tears as they fell, telling her he loved her. Why in the beginning did she think she would spend one night with him then go off and forget him? Why had she fallen in love with him and spent the vast majority of her holiday with him. Her plan of a short break then go back to work was reduced to pieces within hours of her arrival, well not even hours, it has started when she accidentally bumped into him in the hotel doorway. There was no doubt that she loved him but there was a rift between them called doubt, doubt he'd be able to accept who she was and where she had come from and that didn't get any easy now she was lying next to him, having the most fantastic sex of her life with him and the one night she planned to have with him had turned into something else. On Saturday she was going to have to give him her answer if he could accept her. He was playing with the necklace he'd bought her still around her neck, a single heart expressing his love for her, he was kissing her chin, reaching his lips down to kiss her throat, saying he loved her as the tears still fell down her cheeks.

All he wanted to do was to stop her crying, he hated the fact she was still leaving in the morning after breakfast. He was getting a taxi with her to the railway station and seeing her off. He wanted to get on the train with her but he knew that wasn't fair to either of them. If she needed time to think then so be it. He would get the last train on Friday night and book into a hotel and be at her house by breakfast time then face whatever her demons were because if she couldn't tell him, it had to be bad, far worse than the Cybermen which must have been hell for her at such a young age, she could only have been around seventeen at the time. What had she seen? Had she seen people actually getting converted or had she herself almost have been killed by them? That could be one reason why she'd not wanted to say but if she needed Peter Tyler to help her explain then it had to something really, really dreadful that had happened to her. He didn't know just how near he had come to discovering the truth.

After kissing again several times, Rose curled up safe in his arms and fell asleep. The alarm had been set for six forty five, her train was at ten and there was time for breakfast, some more fantastic sex and to get to the station. Alec finally drifted off but he was feeling sad she was actually going but he had to be the strong one when she finally got on the train in the morning because he knew she would fall to pieces on the platform and he'd do the same as the train moved off but he wouldn't let her see him.

The alarm went off, Alec put it on 'snooze' and kissed Rose's forehead to wake her. His arm that she'd been sleeping on was numb as he tried to move it to get some feeling back in it but he didn't care. She was still here, asleep on him where she belonged and tonight he'd be sleeping alone. He had plans to make to get to London for Saturday morning, train times for one. He didn't care about actually getting back, all he cared about was getting there. If he could get there late on Friday night, pre-book a hotel near the station for a few hours and get some sleep, it would be great. Rose woke up with a 'what time's it?' and only one eye open as he laid her onto her back gently to get his arm back. He was propped up on one elbow on his side watching her. She smiled at him and said "Hi Sexy."

He put his hand on her, asking if she wanted to come for him again while he watched her, she said that would be perfect as she'd not got over last night yet. He smiled as she giggled and moved around at his touch. He turned the repeat alarm off and laid on her, telling her to say she wanted him to take her as he kissed her. She put her hand on his manhood and told him to do it now. As he thrust harder into her, she was crying, not because he was hurting her which he wasn't but because she had to leave him very soon. He withdrew from her and saw the tears again. He cradled her in his arms and held her. Still tearful, she got out of bed and went into the bathroom, trying to wash the tears away and making herself look presentable. Going back into the bedroom, she retrieved the clothes she'd left out and put her others into her case and checked all the drawers were empty. Alec was sat on the bed in his clothes from last night watching her as she got dressed, being deliberately slow for full effect. It was almost eight and time for breakfast. She was leaving everything in her room and coming back up, Alec was hoping for another quick snog before she left and more if she wanted but he doubted it.

They were silent as they walked down the stairs side by side, holding hands and they didn't even care they walked across to the dining room still that way. Becca smiled when she saw them but she knew Rose was booking out that morning and Alec Hardy would go back to being the town's grump. She half entertained offering to comfort him after Rose had gone but thought it might be inappropriate as she didn't know just how close they had been and maybe they'd arranged to get together again. Still, she might ask, he could only turn her down again, catch him on the rebound, so to speak.

They ate breakfast with just as much silence between them, Alec telling Rose he planned to get the train times for Saturday when they got to the station and making sure he had her address and directions for the taxi. He thought he'd surprise her and not mention he was actually setting off on Friday night, he didn't want to spook her into thinking he wasn't going to give her the time she'd asked for. They were back upstairs before nine and before her door was closed, they were kissing as they threw themselves on the bed. Alec managed to say they only had ten minutes at the most as Rose said he'd better be quick then as she unzipped his trousers and pulled his manhood free and as he was pulling her knickers down he quickly entered her, just enough to make her moan one more time. They quickly got dressed, Alec got hold of her suitcase and wheeled it to the door, Rose picked up her shoulder bag and purse and an extra carrier bag, giving a quick check of the room, kissed Alec once more and they made their way downstairs.

Rose handed her key in while Alec rang for a taxi, it was already half past nine, they'd taken a bit longer than planned which was to be expected under the circumstances. She didn't mention she might be back, she didn't know herself yet. The taxi arrived a few minutes later and they got in. When they got there, Alec paid the driver and checked the arrivals board to see if her train was on time which it was then went to study the timetable. The last train was 10.45 so it would get him into London around midnight, he'd book a nearby hotel and explain he'd be getting off a train at that time, then leave for her house around 8am, he didn't know how long it would take him to get there, he'd look it up on a map when he got back to the hotel, there was nothing else to do, no sexy afternoon on the beach today. Maybe he'd go shopping, get a few more t-shirts and casual trousers, he didn't have to wear suit trousers all the time. Rose always looked great in whatever she wore, especially her bikini or her underwear but if he had to see her fully dressed, the red and white dress she had worn last night, she was beautiful in anything. She was the most attractive woman he'd ever met, well one that actually looked at him more than once. Maybe he'd surprise her even more, get his beard trimmed or shave it off completely, after all, he only kept it because he had no-one to impress and Rose loved him even when he looked scruffy, that might be the reason she fell for him in the first place. On the other hand, if he turned up all clean shaven, she might go off him, it was a gamble.

He turned his attention back to Rose who was sat on a bench checking her phone and sending a message to her mother and he went to sit beside her. There was ten minutes until the train was due. He gave her a kiss on her cheek and looped his arm into hers and smiled at her. She was trying to hold back her tears but failing miserably. She put her phone in her purse and turned to him, not caring if anyone was there or not and put her head on his shoulder as he put his arm around her and she whispered "I love you."

He reached down and kissed her lightly on the lips and said he loved her too. "You know I'll be on your doorstep at the break of dawn on Saturday, don't you? he asked, smiling at her.

"Wouldn't expect any less," she replied and returned his kiss, much to the dismay of other people waiting on the platform, some of them recognising the detective and thinking he should know better.

At this point, he'd got past caring what anyone thought, he was going to be parted from his Rose for two days and it would be hell. They sat until the train came into view and Rose got up, Alec took her suitcase and waiting by a door as it opened, he put the suitcase down in the doorway and Rose turned and kissed him then stepped onto the train, leaning down to kiss him again. The guard blew the whistle as Alec reached up to kiss her again, the guard was amused and gave Alec time to finish before the warning buzzer sounded that the doors were closing and Rose stood waving to him as the train pulled away. She put her case on the rack and threw her bags into the first available seat she could get to herself, she wasn't in the mood for sharing, she already had tears on her face. She'd just got settled when a message arrived on her phone from Alec telling her he missed her already, which made her feel even worse than she already did.