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Rose speeds back to Cardiff in record time-just over an hour-and begins packing right after tossing her friend's purchases into his lap.

"What's got you in such a rush?" he prods as he crosses his arms over his chest and leans against the door frame to observe the girl as she darts about, "And am I invited? Manic packing always gets me in the mood to have some fun. Come on kiddo, talk to me."

She shoves an armload of clothes into a battered duffel bag then spins on her heel and heads to the closet, "You never told me that he'd regenerated again."

"Who? The Doctor? I didn't know that he'd changed," the former time agent somberly confesses, "We sort of lost touch after what happened with Davros and the planets. Rose, I swear that I would've told you had I known. You know that I would never deliberately hide something that important from you."

She is silent for such a length of time that Jack's mental squirming nearly becomes tangible.

"I believe you," she breathes after a while, but does not divert from her frantic pace.

Jack casts all pretenses aside and steps in to intercept his best friend, "Where will you go?"

She shrugs one shoulder, "Maybe I'll go to America and see how Rex and his crew are handling things there. The Doctor doesn't wander that way too often, so I should be okay for a bit."

"Or you could just stay here with me and oh, I don't know, maybe actually talk to him long enough to explain how you got back to this universe and why you are suddenly acting all crazy when he shows up," Jack argues and forces her to stop by grasping her hands, "Rose, you of all people know that he will never stop trying to find you now that he's learned you've returned. He's going to want to know the why and the how of things, just like he always does. You should at least stick around long enough to tell him what happened."

"Yeah, well luckily I don't answer to you," Rose snaps in irritation as she releases his hands and picks up her bag, "An' I sure as hell don't answer to him no more."

Suddenly the tell tale wheezing of the TARDIS landing resonates through the building. Jack tries to grab Rose, but she smacks the device on her arm before he can reach her and vanishes with a loud crack!

Can anyone say over-reaction? lol