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Chapter Nine: How They Came To Be – Part Five: First Date
The Doctor gazed into Martha's eyes as she straightened his tie.
"There you go," she said, rubbing his chest. "Everything's in its proper place."
"Not, yet," he sighed, running a hand through his wild hair. "Rose and her mother have to go back to the parallel universe and then there's the problem with what to do with…"
Martha placed a finger on his lips.
"We'll solve one problem at a time." She assured him, letting the Doctor know that they were in this together.
He kissed her finger and engulfed her in a hug.
"What have I ever done to deserve you?"
Martha smiled. "My mum is still wondering about that."
He ran his hand through her hair and kissed the top of her head.
"I guess we better be heading back," he sighed. "We've been gone long enough." He lifted her chin and dipped down to give her a final kiss. "That is going have to last you for a couple of hours." Martha pouted and batted her beautiful brown eyes at him. "Okay," he grinned, rolling his eyes in a mockingly matter. "One more…greedy."
"Yea," she cheered, wrapping her arms around his neck. "I do love the way you kiss."
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Jackie wringed the excess water out the wash cloth and wiped Rose's face.
"Stop it mum!" She said, pushing her away. "I'm not a baby."
"Rose, love let me take care of you," Jackie pleaded. "When we get home, you and I are going on a nice vacation just us girls, wouldn't you like that?" She said softly. "We can go anywhere you like…what do you say?"
"NO!" She screamed, shaking her head furiously. "I'm not going any where! I am staying here on the TARDIS with the Doctor." She whined.
"Rose…. have you ever given any thought that maybe the Doctor has moved on?" Jackie swallowed hard, knowing she was on threading on shaky ground where the Doctor was concern. "I mean it seems like he had several Companions travelling with him after you left…"
"By force!" Rose reminded her mother. "We were separated by force," she sobbed, "I would've never left him…NEVER!"
Jackie knew how devastated her daughter was when the Doctor left her in the parallel universe, but it wasn't as if she was dumped at the Powell Estates and had to resume working as a shop girl. As Rose Tyler, the daughter of Pete Tyler, she lived a life of privilege. Her private wing at the Tyler's mansion was three times the size of their old flat. She has her choice of cars to drive or if she really wanted one - a Zeppelin.
Life was great in the parallel universe for the both of them and for a while, Rose seem to had gotten use to the idea of not having the Doctor in her life after all she still had Mickey but soon Mickey had gotten tired of her reminiscing about the Doctor and moved on.
The moment Rose heard about the Dimension Cannon and the possibility of her using it to find the Doctor she became obsessed. After Pete finally gave in to her pleading to fund the project, she personally handpicked her dreamteam of scientists to help make her dream a reality.
"Oh mum, I'm so close to finding the Doctor!" Rose informed Jackie one evening at supper, after the Cannon was completed. "I'm going to try it out tomorrow."
Jackie and Pete dropped their forks and gaped at Rose. She smiled sweetly at her parents as she happily dug into her bangers and mash.
"Rose, don't you think that you should do several test runs before trying to teleport yourself through space and time?" Pete asked.
"No," she said. "I had been separated from the Doctor far too long," she answered. "And I refuse to wait a day longer." She stabbed at her bangers with her fork, trying to keep her emotions under control.
Jackie looked at her husband.
I'll handle this. Her expression told him.
Pete nodded and excused himself from the table so mother and daughter could have some privacy.
Jackie watched her daughter as she finished her meal before helping herself to a second plate.
"You must be really hungry." Jackie said, trying to sound cheerful. "I haven't seen you eat like this since…"
Rose looked at her mum and laughed. "You can say it mum," she said, filling her empty glass with wine. "Since the Doctor shared Christmas dinner with us."
Jackie smiled faintly. "Yeah…"
"Oh and he will again." Rose vowed. "Only this time dad will be here to share it with us and Tony, hopefully Mickey will want to join us too."
Jackie tucked her hair behind her ear and sighed.
"Rose, are you sure you can't wait until the trial runs prove successful?"
Rose stopped eating and narrowed eyes. "No, I will try it out tomorrow."
"But…"
"Nothing you can say or do will change my mind," she interjected. "I will start searching for my destiny tomorrow."
"Suppose you can't find him?"
"Don't say that to me, mum." She said pointedly. "I will never give up my quest to find him."
"But-but didn't the Doctor warned you what will happen if you try to find him?"
"As if I care if a few billions die," she scoffed. "I only care about finding the Doctor."
Jackie didn't know what to say, so she said nothing.
Rose touched up her makeup and brushed her hair. "How do I look mum?" She asked, adjusting her cleavage.
"Beautiful as always sweetheart."
"Thanks," she smiled brightly and kissed Jackie on the cheeks. "Now let's go and get my Doctor."
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Martha and the Doctor spend their first weekend alone studying in Central Park with the TARDIS parked nearby.
During a break they strolled around the park, the Doctor used it as language lesson as he had her pronounced the names of things he had pointed out to her in Gallifreyan.
"Tree." He said.
"Vese." Martha replied.
"Bench."
"Ghys."
"Those are too simple." He smiled. "How about something a little harder…" he glanced around the park and smiled. "Come on Martha." He entwined his fingers with hers.
"Where are we going?"
"To Belvedere Castle," he said, picking up the pace."You'll love it."
"Have you been there before?" She asked, remembering he had told her that he wanted them to discover Manhattan together.
"If you are trying to ask me if I had been there with Rose, then the answer is no." He replied, understanding why Martha would have asked, especially after taking her to New, New York, a place he had once visited with Rose.
"Sorry, I had to know."
"No need to apologize," he said. "We have a lot of issues to work out and Rose being one of them. "I had been reading up on the famous sites to visit around Manhattan," he admitted. "I wanted to be able to showoff how knowledgeable I am to impress you."
"You needed to read a book for that?" She quipped.
"Martha Jones, you are a very hard woman to impress." He confessed, remembering the first time he had introduced himself to her as the Doctor.
"I'll take that as a compliment." Martha's stomach flip-flop as he gently squeezed her hand.
"Here we are," he gestured dramatically at the building ahead of them. "Belvedere Castle."Martha looked up at the beautifully crafted building and gasped. "It's not the Buckingham Palace," he commented looking at her expressive face. "But…"
"It's beautiful…" she said.
The Doctor fished into his never ending coat pocket and took out a camera. "It's a good thing I carry this around; you never know when you might need one."
Martha shook her head in disbelief.
"Smile for me, Miss Jones," he said, aiming the camera at her.
"What?"
"You're not camera shy are you?"
"No but, I'm not dressed…"
"Bullocks," he said. "You can make Zeyhion mud look good."
Martha blushed.
"Strike a pose and say something brilliant."
Martha placed her hands on her hips and stuck out her chest.
"Ooh, sexy."
Martha giggled in spite of herself.
He took several pictures of her in a variety of poses, including one of her flipping him the bird.
"Such naughty hand gestures," he tsked. "I'm sending that one to your mum."
"You wouldn't dare."
"Ha!"
"Don't you want to pose for some pictures?" She asked.
"Of course," he replied switching places with her. "I'm very photogenic you know."
"Modest much?"
He winked at her.
After shamelessly posing in every position possible, the Doctor asked a passing stranger to take several photos of them together. He stood behind Martha and wrapped his arms around her shoulders and rested his chin on top of her head as she leaned into his body. She felt his hearts beating rapidly against her back.
"Wonderful." The woman said, snapping the picture.
Martha looked up into the Doctor's eyes as if to question whether his hearts was beating for her.
"Vyt." 'Yes.' He confirmed, bending his head down to pressed his lips against hers.
"Awww how cute!" The woman cooed, she snapped the picture and handed the camera back to the Doctor.
"Thank you." He said, gracing the woman with a charming smile.
"My pleasure." She replied, thinking Martha was one lucky woman.
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They made their way to Belvedere Castle, taking photographs at every level.
The Doctor fished into his coat pocket and pulled out two pair of binoculars and handed a pair to Martha. He brought a map of Central Park and a small book on the wild life that inhabited the park.
"Fancy a trip, Miss Jones?"He asked, with a maniacal on his lips.
"I love to, Mr. Smith."
The couple spent the rest of the day, laughing and having fun as they discovered the wild life of Central Park, together.
They ended their adventure by having a late supper at one of New York's City's finest pizzerias.
"So what do you think?" the Doctor asked, taking a sip of beer. "Did you have a boring time?"
"Are you kidding?" Her whole face lit up as she smiled. "I had a great time."
"So our first date was a success…good." he silently patted himself on the back.
Martha was going to protest but decided to remain silent.
"As first dates goes, I'll put this on my list of top five."
He raised his eyebrows in surprise. "Top five?"
"Top five." She smirked, taking a sip of wine.
"Would you mind me asking, what number?"
"Sure."
He waited for her answer, after several minutes passed by he cleared his throat. "Martha…"
"Oh, you're waiting for an answer?"
"Yes."
"Alright, pick a number with between one and five."
"You're not going to tell me are you?"
A wide grin spread across her face.
"Oh you an evil woman, Martha Jones." he said jokingly. "But its okay, I love a challenge, and you Martha Jones is well worth it."
"I now." She agreed.
A/N: how come insane people don't listen to reason?...lol thanks for reading!
