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Forgive me?
This is my own version of what should have happened on that deserted street:
As Donna looked around the deserted street she couldn't help but get this strange feeling that something wasn't right (apart from all the missing people), that something was coming. "It's like a ghost town" she whispered, the words filled the eerie silence around them.
The Doctor walked forward searching for any sign of life or movement or Rose but there was nothing. Cars lay abandoned, the doors wide open and the engines silent. Windows and doors were smashed and their glass was scattered across the tarmac making the ground glittering dangerously, ghost town indeed.
"Sarah Jane said they were taking the people, but what for?" The Doctor spoke his thoughts out loud. He gave up his futile search and turned to Donna. "Think Donna, when you met Rose in that parallel world, what did she say?"
"Just the darkness is coming..." she said, still trying to shake off the feeling of wrongness that was making her skin itch.
"Anything else?" Donna made to shake her head when something caught her eye over the Doctor's shoulder, a blue flash of light that seemed vaguely familiar. Then she remembered.
Walking along the road to the shop in that parallel world there was this blue light and then a mysterious blonde woman stumbled forward. Rose.
"Why don't you ask her yourself?" She watched, a soft smile on her face, as the Doctors face turned from worried to confused and then to pure shock. His head whipped around and a small gasp left him as he saw what Donna had seen.
A blonde girl was walking forward, a heavy gun hanging from her neck and a smile plastered on her face. The Doctor's hearts skipped a beat as he saw her and a long forgotten feeling spread through his limbs – need, desire, love.
Eventually, after Rose had already begun to run, he remembered how to move. His muscles sprang into action and he propelled himself towards her. He didn't hold back as he sprinted towards her, he ran faster than ever before, his feet pounding against the ground. The glass crunched under his plimsolls as he strained to reach her.
In fact the Doctor was so desperate to reach her he failed to notice that a skateboard, haphazardly abandoned in the middle of the street after someone's desperate attempt to flee, was lying in his path. Just as his foot landed on the four-wheeled death-trap a Dalek appeared to his left and cried out:
"Exterminate!" But the deadly blue light missed its Target as the Doctor was suddenly rolling away at an alarming rate.
Had it not been a highly dangerous situation Rose would have laughed at the sight of the Doctor trying and failing to control the skateboard under his feet; instead she picked up her gun and shot the metal alien in front of her. Over the explosion of metal Rose heard the Doctor's terrified cry. She whipped around, gun at the ready for anymore unwelcome Daleks, but instead she found the Doctor sprawled on the ground, the offending skateboard lying by his side, the wheels still spinning dangerously.
Now she laughed.
The Doctor looked up at the sound of Rose's laughter, the angelic sound that woke something up inside of him like the very first time he heard it. A sound that to him sounded like it was composed by the gods.
With a strange pop Jack appeared a foot or two away from Rose. The Doctor allowed his head to roll back down as Rose's laughter ceased.
"Jack?"
"ROSE!" he heard Jack shout as he caught site of the beautiful blonde before him. "Wow, gorgeous, you haven't aged a day!" The Doctor shot up.
"There's a time and a place Jack" he scolded. The sight of Rose in another man's arms, even Jack's, made his skin crawl. She was his. Jack seemed to catch the look in his eye because he released Rose without a second's hesitation.
"I'll just go... talk to the ginger lady" he said before running off towards Donna and the Tardis.
And then there were two.
Rose removed the heavy gun from around her neck and laid it gently on the ground. She took her time standing up, her eyes trailing from the smoking dalek to the Tardis before finally settling on the Doctor. She gasped when she saw that, in the brief moment it took her to lay the gun down, the Doctor had moved forward and was now standing inches away from her.
"Nice wheels" she giggled, nodding in the direction of the skateboard but never taking her eyes off his.
"Well you know, gets me from place to place" he smiled, fingers aching to touch her. "How?"
Rose shook her head, dismissing the question. She raised her hand up to the Doctor's face ghosting her thumb over his lips and then placing her palm against his cheek. The Doctor leaned into her touch, placing his hand over hers and holding it there.
"Long time no see" he smiled, trying to keep the mood light. There was no time for long, deep conversations they had a universe to save.
"Well I've been busy you know" she whispered, her voice thick with emotion. It had been too long since she last hugged him. Over three years for her.
The Doctor seemed to have the same thoughts as her because she was suddenly being squished in a bone-crushing hug. Rose felt tears in her eyes as the Doctor hugged her. He pulled back to look at her face.
"What's wrong, petal?" he asked her, adopting the old nickname he had for her as he wiped away her tears.
"I promised myself I wouldn't cry" she laughed shakily, "Guess I missed you more than I thought" she smiled. The Doctor shook his head at her.
"I couldn't have missed you more if I tried. I spent all day thinking about you and when I wasn't thinking about you I was thinking about thinking about you. Which I suppose is really just thinking about you, but like I said I spent all day doing it. Drove Martha up the walls I did, Rose this, Rose that. Bit rude I suppose, but that's me. Rude and not ginger-"
"Doctor" Rose cut him off, "You're supposed to kiss me."
"Oh?" he asked, cocking an eyebrow.
"Yup. It's a regulation for long term separation and you're breaking regulation!" A second eyebrow joined the Doctor's other one.
"Well we can't have that now, can we?" he teased. Rose shook her head, her eyes on his lips. She tilted her head a little, her eyes back on his. The Doctor's mouth curved up a little in a soft smile and he brought his lips just centimetres away from hers. A tear fell from his eye, she was back. "I love you, you know" he whispered softly before gently pressing his lips to hers. It was chaste at first, the world falling away around them. Time unravelled for them, the crises forgotten until it was just them, sharing the sweetest kiss they had ever had. Her top lip was in between the two of his and they barely moved as both of them adjusted to the newness of it all, but it was beautiful and perfect, everything a kiss should be when shared between two people so deeply in love as they. More tears fell from both lover's eyes and suddenly neither could be close enough. A kiss that started out sweet and romantic became intense and lusting. The Doctor's arms wound themselves around Rose's waist, pulling her flush against him. Her arms were around his neck, playing with the hair there.
They both tilted their heads further, opening their mouths to each other. As their tongues met the Doctor couldn't fathom why he had never done this before. Well he had done this before but not this, not with Rose.
"DOCTOR!" he heard Jack's yell from down the street. The Doctor pulled away with a hazy look on his face, much to Rose's joy. "As much as I hate to interrupt what looks like a pretty fantastic snog, the TARDIS has lost power."
"Right. Yes." The Doctor cleared his throught. "Um, Daleks." He looked down and Rose and gave her a lopsided grin, "Allons-y?"
"Allons-y!" she laughed, placing her hand in his. Where she hoped it would stay for a very long time.
I don't know where the mushiness came from... I was in a weird mood... and slow music brings out the best in me :P I was listening to Vampire Heart by Tom McCain and Amsterdam by Coldplay when I added all the mush if anyone is interested?! :P
The Paris chapter is still a working progress because I have lost my inspiration! And Matt Smith swanning in all charm and custard has completely thrown me! If I tell you that I am also working on a Jedward chapter will that make you forgive me? :)
Anyhoo... reviews are always appreciated! Easter Eggs* for all who review! (*all eggs are of the imaginary kind!)
HAPPY EASTER!