Rose PT6
Rose simply couldn't keep a smile off her face during the limo ride to the airport. Maybe things were going to work out, after all. She would just treat this as any other regeneration, same man, just a little bit different. This definitely was her Doctor. They kept glancing at each other and grinning. Jackie noted this as she sat across from them and pretended to read a magazine, and wondered what could possibly have transpired in the few minutes she left them alone to bring such a change over them. "I'll bet they had a quickie," she thought. She wasn't quite sure how she felt about that. Her daughter was an adult, after all, and Jackie wanted this relationship to work out for her, her poor girl had just been through so much pain and angst since she'd become trapped here all that time ago, and now here she was all over again, but this time not by accident, nor by her own choice. It was good to see her happy, but she'd have to talk to this Doctor and make sure what his intentions were toward her daughter. This one had better not run away, she thought, or old age wouldn't be an issue for him once Jackie Tyler found him.
Rose, meanwhile, was thinking about a name. She considered all the names she thought she'd like to name her children some day, and discarded those as possibilities. She wanted to pick a first name that would reflect what he was to her – her gift. Not cute, not trendy, a proper name. She remembered one that stood out when a friend of hers was pregnant and they'd been researching names on the Internet. "Jonathan." She said out loud, smiling and meeting his eyes, "You're Jonathan. My gift from God."
"Jon-a-than," he said slowly, letting the syllables roll off his tongue. "I like it. Better than plain old John Smith, but I can still be Jon for short, and it feels familiar. Jonathan I am. Your gift." He winked at her and grinned. This was too much for Jackie.
"Oh, would you two wait until you get some alone time? My God, all the syrup in the air is making me feel sticky!"
"Oi! Jackie's feeling sticky! Makes me want pancakes, but I guess I'll have to settle for you, Rose Tyler!" He leaned over and quite purposefully snogged Rose, who snogged him right back in spite of laughing the entire time. At this, Jackie rolled up her magazine and proceeded to whack him repeatedly with it.
"That's enough of that! Off my daughter, if you please!"
Jonathan obediently resumed his seat with a silly grin while Jackie tried – rather unsuccessfully – to glare at him. "Once you two get places of your own, there'll be plenty of time for that! Remember," she lectured, "we have a toddler at home!"
"Yes, Mum." Rose replied primly, trying not to laugh. Well, that wasn't quite how she had imagined their first proper kiss would be, this Doctor – Jonathan, she corrected herself – was definitely less inhibited than his other self. And happier. She couldn't quite find the words to describe it, but one of the things that had drawn her so to Jon's predecessor was the air of sadness that was ever present, even when he seemed otherwise happy. There still was a hint of sadness when she looked in Jon's eyes, but it was something she had to search for, it didn't permeate his whole being. She'd have to ask him about that. Meanwhile, her spirit was warm with the happiness you feel when you find out someone you love loves you, too.