More 10/Rose, with a tiny cameo from Jack Harkness thrown in. Hope you enjoy!
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It started innocently enough.

"Where to today, Rose?" the Doctor asked, finishing up his tea and plopping the cup back down on the counter with a bang. "You name it, off we go."

Rose thought for a minute.

"New Galactia? Space China? Piscorin? Amaphalaxid?" he literally was hopping from foot to foot with his own singular mix of impatience and enthusiasm.

"I know!" Rose shouted. "It's Jack's birthday in a couple days. Let's go see him."

The Doctor literally deflated. "Well, yes, that's all fine and good, Rose, but really? All of time and space and you want to go see Jack? On Earth?"

Rose grinned and made big eyes at him. "Please?"

The Doctor turned away, making a show of washing up his cup to try to avoid her imploring look. Really, this wasn't fair at all. Rose knew he couldn't withstand the puppy dog eyes for more than a few minutes.

"Please please?" she said, sidling up beside him and bumping elbows gently. "It'll be fun!"

He sighed, giving in to the inevitable. "Fine. Earth it is. But just for a short visit. And then we're off to see the singing sands of Kafalonia Falls."

Rose clapped excitedly. "Oh good! And hey, we can surprise him. Just drop in with a banner and some noise makers and maybe a cake or something." Seeing the Doctor's dubious expression she downgraded a bit. "Or just party hats. That's festive."

The Doctor pushed his hair out of his eyes. "This is not how I pictured my day," he grumped.

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They landed the TARDIS in Jack's living room, and as always the Doctor led the way out the door, a ridiculous party hat on his head and a noisemaker in his hand. He even seemed to be getting into the spirit of the thing, approaching it with a reserve of good humor that Rose didn't dare point outin case it suddenly evaporated.

Rose was tight on The Doctor's heels when he came to an abrupt halt, yelled a garbled curse, and literally threw them both into the TARDIS, slamming the doors behind him.

"Mission aborted!" the Doctor groaned. "My eyes!"

"What is it?" Rose asked worriedly. She hadn't seen anything; her view had been entirely blocked by the Doctor's coat. "Is Jack okay? Is someone hurt?"

The Doctor scrubbed at his face with his hands. "Jack is... Jack is just fine. He's just busy."

"What do you - "

She was interrupted by a buoyant knock at the door. Rose stepped around the Doctor to open the door, to find a shirtless, pantsless Jack Harkness greeting her, a blindingly white towel tied around his waist that was rivaled only by his sparkling grin. He wrapped Rose in a huge hug. "Rosie! Doctor!" He winked. "If you wanted to see me naked, Doctor, all you had to do was ask."

Rose snorted "Ah! So that's what happened!" She gestured to the Doctor. "All this one could say was 'Oh my eyes!'"

Jack burst out laughing. "Well, anyways, the more the merrier. Would you like to come in?"

"Sure -" Rose began.

"No!" the Doctor cut in. "No, thank you. We'll be at the pub around the corner when you've finished with... with whatever was going on in there." He grabbed Jack's arm and steered him out the front door. "And put on some trousers!"

"That was rude," Rose said under her breath as he hurriedly pumped the rotor and took off, repositioning them on the sidewalk outside the apartment building.

"Yes, well, seeing Jack in the all together with three ... I'm not all together sure what they were. At least one of them was green. I think one might have been a Vinvocci. You know, the spiky cacti-looking ones?" The Doctor shuddered."No offense to the Vinvocci. Fine creatures. However, seeing them engaged in foreplay in Jack's living room is ... well, let's just say I wouldn't mind boiling my eyes for a while."

Rose laughed, and took his hand, pulling him down the street towards the pub and steering them to a table in the window where they could watch the street for Jack's approach. "Let me buy you a pint, Doctor."

He nodded gratefully. "New rule. Always call ahead when visiting Jack."

Rose nodded seriously.

"Really, Rose. Drop in visits are rubbish."

"Yes, fine, got it." she replied distractedly, taking a big gulp of her ale. "Now, Doctor, tell me about these Vinvocci you saw. What was happening? How are they ... uh... compatible with humans?"

The Doctor dropped his head on the table with an audible thunk. "Rose Tyler, this whole day just cannot be happening."

Rose grinned. "Doctor, you know Jack will tell me anyways, and in a great deal more detail than you want to hear. So you might as well satisfy my curiosity."

The Doctor sat back up and grabbed a napkin and a pen.

"Ok," he said. "But listen carefully. I'm only going to go over this once."