A/N-I wasn't really sure how to write the last part, you'll know the bit I'm talking about when you get to it. ;) So sorry if it sounds wrong...This is a pretty long one, longer than I usually write but honestly I think I did all right with it. Anyway I hope you like it!


It was a reasonably quick walk from Mickeys to Shereens and pretty much as soon as they had gotten there, Shereen had whisked Rose off to her bedroom, to get ready and left the two boys to their own devices. Rose had voiced her concern about leaving The Doctor alone in a huge house, let alone with Mickey thrown in as well. But both Mickey and The Doctor had told her, not to worry, because they were actually responsible teenagers, not irresponsible children who needed to be watch every minute of every day. Rose begged to differ, and she was pretty sure Shereen did too, but neither of girl said anything as Shereen lead Rose up the stairs.

"This is huge!" Mickey said in awe after Shereen and Rose were gone.

"Yep," The Doctor said, popping the 'p', so it echoed in the room they were in.

"Is Shereen rich or something?" Mickey asked.

"She's your girlfriend, why don't you ask her?" The Doctor said with a frown.

"Okay then, I will." Mickey said resolutely.

"Good, about time we learnt something about your Shereens family, isn't it?" The Doctor asked.

"Don't let her catch you calling her mine, or you might be walkin' funny for the next week!" Mickey warned.

"That's a good idea," The Doctor said hesitantly.

"What's a good idea?" Shereen spoke up from behind them.

It seemed that The Doctor was on his own to think of a reasonable answer, because Mickey just stood there, frozen. Who's freezing now, hey Mickey? The Doctor thought smugly, and then said, "Mickey was just going to ask you why you have such a big house and I was just telling him that it was a good idea."

"I was? Yeah, that's right," Mickey recovered.

"Right," Shereen said, not sounding fully convinced. "Well, Rose and I are going to be a while so I thought it might be a good idea to show you where the TV is," Shereen said, dodging the question and leading them into a room with all the lights dimmed and a huge TV on one wall.

"I love this place!" Mickey said, and when Shereen let out a little cough, he added, "and you too Shereen." And Shereen left them to have some fun, walking back up to join Rose.

"That should amuse them for hours," she said when she walked back into the room, seeing Rose sitting exactly where she'd told her to sit, staring at herself in the mirror.

"Impressed?" Shereen asked.

"That isn't me," Rose said.

"Rose, you are gorgeous alright?" Shereen said, trying to convince her of that fact. "I know that, The Doctor knows that and I'm pretty sure Mickey knows it too." She finished and Rose smiled, Shereen really was a good friend.

After another hour, Mickey and The Doctor were changed, and just waiting for the girls to be finished, so that they could go. "Rose are you still alive up there?" The Doctor yelled out, just as Shereen came down the stairs.

"Oh, ha ha Doctor, very funny" Shereen said sarcastically. Then she asked "are you ready to see Rose Tyler in a whole new light?" and before either boy could answer Rose walked down the stairs, and The Doctor thought he felt his jaw hit the ground.

Rose was dressed in a strapless red dress that went all the way down to her ankles, and matching high heels. Shereen had obviously done her hair, because it was in ringlets framing her face, and Rose would never do that herself. She wasn't wearing very much make-up, but what she was wearing just served to highlight her features. For once in his life, The Doctor was speechless. "What do you think Doctor?" Rose asked nervously.

"Ah…" The Doctor said, then he seemed to realise that he had been asked a question, "What was the question?"

"Told you he'd like it," Shereen said and Rose smiled, and saw Mickey staring at Shereen as well.

"I think Mickey's impressed too," Rose said. Shereen was dressed in black dress that went just below her knees, with one strap going over her right shoulder. She also wore black high heels, and had straightened her brown hair. She was wearing more make-up than Rose, but it suited her.

"Good," Shereen whispered to her as she walked down the stairs.

Shereen, Mickey, Rose and The Doctor were all sitting at a table on the side of the dance floor later that night at the ball, they were talking about Mickey and Shereen but The Doctor and Rose both laughed as a slow song came on. "What?" Mickey asked, confused.

"Nothin', it's just a joke from when we were little," Rose said.

"Why not tell us then?" Shereen said.

"We will, after we dance to this song," The Doctor said, holding out his hand for Rose to take.

Rose looked at The Doctor then took his hand, and let him lead her out on to the dance floor. It was crowded because there were students from all of the schools in that area, not just their school, but Rose didn't mind, she leaned into The Doctor, closed her eyes and swayed with the time of the music. She felt The Doctor tighten his grip on her waist, then she thought she felt him press a small kiss to her hair, but she put that down to her imagination.

All too soon the song was over and they were moving off the dance floor and back to there seats, still holding hands and smiling at each other, Mickey and Shereen were still waiting, and they looked even more curious as to what the story behind that song was.

"Are you goin' to tell us the story?" Mickey asked impatiently.

The Doctor nodded. "Alright."

"That was our song," Rose explained.

"Okay," Shereen said slowly.

"That's not much of a joke but," Mickey said.

"Except that's not the funny part," The Doctor said as if it was obvious.

"The funny part," Rose continued, "is that when we were about four or five, our parents took us to a weddin'. An' this one 'ere," she gestured to The Doctor, "decides that when the song that was just on starts playin', that he likes that song, and wants to dance to it," Rose paused to watch The Doctor blush, then continued, "except all the people on the dance floor were dancing with a partner. So he thought that he needed a partner to be able to dance." Rose looked over to the person in question again, to see that he was turning a shade of red that she had never seen on his face before. "So he grabs my hand, and pulls me out on to the dance floor, and starts copying what the adults were doing perfectly, hands in the right place and everything! So the song finishes and he takes me back to where I was before, and my Mom comes up to him and asks, 'Theta, what were you and Rose doing?' and he answers, 'Dancing Jackie, wasn't it obvious?'" Rose finished telling her story to see The Doctor had turned the deepest shade of red she had ever seen and Shereen and Mickey struggling, (and it looked like they were losing) to keep their laughter contained, for The Doctors sake.

"I think that's when she started to not like me so much," The Doctor mumbled, trying to regain some dignity and at the same time, trying to figure out why that story was so embarrassing, but he came up with nothing. Maybe it was just because he wasn't expecting Rose to actually remember that moment.

When Shereen and Mickey moved off to dance, The Doctor and Rose were left sitting on their own, not that they minded. Until a girl walked up to them and started talking to them, but not so much them, as The Doctor. The girl, whose name they had learnt was Tanya, kept not so discreetly hinting at things, like being a cheerleader and being single. And it seemed to be making The Doctor very nervous, Rose noticed, so she decided to help him out.

Rose took The Doctors hand and winked at him, so that Tanya couldn't see, and moved to sit on his lap, she heard The Doctor gulp. "Is she your girlfriend then?" Tanya asked him sounding a bit disappointed, but Rose was grateful that Tanya didn't keep flirting with The Doctor, because then she would have to take more drastic measures, and Rose wasn't sure how The Doctor would react to what she had in mind.

"Ah, yes," The Doctor said in a slightly higher pitched voice than usual. "Would you like to dance Rose?" The Doctor asked desperate to get away from the disappointed cheerleader.

"Sure," Rose said in a cheerful voice, and then as they were walking on to the dance floor she called over her shoulder, "it was nice meetin' you Tanya."

"Don't push it," The Doctor said in her ear as they reached the edge of the dance floor.

Rose smiled, "sorry." She said as they started to dance to another slow song. This is as good a time as any I guess… Here it goes. The Doctor thought.

"Hey Rose?" The Doctor said, feeling really nervous.

"Mmmm?" was all the answer he got from her.

"I was wondering," The Doctor started but then stopped, not knowing how to ask right.

"Yeah, Doctor?" Rose asked when he didn't keep talking. Then she heard The Doctor take a deep breath.

"I was wondering if we could do more than pretend?" The Doctor asked her and then started to find the back wall, covered in balloons and streamers, especially interesting.

Roses head shot up so fast she could have sworn she got whiplash, and that she had finally cracked and gone mad. Because The Doctor would never actually ask that… Would he? But instead of questioning it, Rose decide if I just say 'yes', he will either ask 'what are you talking about?' or start grinning like a maniac. Rose was personally hoping for the latter, because then it would prove that he had actually asked, and her imagination wasn't getting the better of her and making her go nuts.

"Okay," Rose answered after, two agonising minutes of The Doctor wondering if he'd just ruined their whole friendship.

"Really?" The Doctor asked a smile taking over his face; he had been so worried that he hadn't even noticed the change of song.

"Yes, really." Rose answered, laughing and not quite believing it herself. Her best friend was now her boyfriend. And then she thought, what if this goes bad? And added, "on one condition!" and she saw The Doctors face fall.

"What's that?" The Doctor asked nervously.

"If this goes wrong, we can go back to how we were," Rose said.

"I'm afraid, Miss Tyler, that I can't agree to those terms," The Doctor said, his smile starting to return.

"What?" Rose asked, scared that she was pushing it too far, "why?" she had to ask.

"Because that's assuming that this goes wrong," The Doctor said softly.

Rose was curious as to how he could have so much confidence that it was going to work out, "how are you so sure nothin' is goin' to go wrong?" Rose asked.

"I'm so sure because one, what would I be without my over confidence? And two, we're us, we'll always make it."

"Okay." Rose said, "can you answer something honestly for me Doctor?"

"Well, I'm nothing if not honest. And I'm always honest with you, Rose, you know that, right?" The Doctor asked, worried that she would even think that he could ever lie to her.

"Yeah, 'course!" Rose answered quickly.

"Then ask away," The Doctor said, his smile back on his face again.

Rose took a deep breath and asked the question that had bothered her since she said yes. And it happened to be the same question she had asked earlier on that day, about Mickey and Shereen, "How long do you think it's goin' to last?"

The Doctor smiled a small, faraway smile and leaned down to whisper in Roses ear. "Forever," he said, and at that answer, Rose could feel tears coming to her eyes, even as she furiously tried to blink them away so The Doctor wouldn't notice how much that really meant to her.


So did I do the long awaited get together of The Doctor and Rose justice, or did I mess it up? I'd love to hear what you thought! :)