A/N: Just a short chapter today, but there will be a longer one tomorrow. Only 2 or maybe 3 more chapters to go and then the epilogue so go on and enjoy this one.

As The Doctor took them through the void, she noticed how smooth the journey was compared to last time. Everyone was quiet. All were deep in thought. Rose the most. She had just left home for good. She would never see her family again. A lonely tear fell down her face as she realised what she had done. She was not regretful, just a little scared of what the future would hold for her in the long term.

When The Doctor noticed she was silently upset, he approached her enveloped her in his arms. Jack was watching quietly beside Gwen, when he noticed what was happening, he led Gwen out of the console room. He didn't want to risk The Doctor proving true on his threat of airlocks and the time vortex.

The Doctor saw him go and was pleased to have Rose alone. He led her to the fireplace and they sat down without breaking contact.

Neither of them said anything they were unsure of how the other would react. So instead they just held each other. After a while, when Rose's tears had stopped, she leant back in his embrace to look at his face. It was mixture of love, happiness, and sadness. She leant up to wipe a tear that was threatening to fall away with her thumb. She left her hand there and held his cheek, he leaning into the touch.

As one they moved towards each other and their lips met in the middle. The Doctor slowly eased Rose back onto the floor, deepening the kiss as he did. This time it was not Jack who disturbed them, it was the TARDIS.

She started to shudder and as The Doctor got to his feet, he was knocked to the floor as the TARDIS bucked to one side. Jack and Gwen came running in from the corridor. Jack went to help The Doctor at the console, while Gwen helped Rose from the floor.

The Doctor and Jack got the TARDIS under control again, as she started to materialise. All the scanners were blank as The Doctor tried to get information on where they had landed.

The Doctor exited the TARDIS first followed by Jack and then the girls.

They looked about in awe. They had never seen a place so beautiful. But The Doctor had different reason for the look on his face. He hadn't been here for so long, even when he could come here he didn't want to. And now he couldn't come here it was the only place he wanted to be.

"Mia" was all The Doctor said when he realised where he was. He ran towards a house that stood alone under the watchful gaze of a large mountain.

As he ran on ahead his companions ran behind him but unable to keep the pace.

When they caught up to him he was watching a women in the side garden putting washing on the line that was attached between two posts.

He glanced at Rose, before he called to the woman.

"Mia?"

The woman looked towards him as he took a few steps towards her. He put his feet together and bowed his head towards her.

"You called me Mia"

"Yes" He said quietly.

"Then I don't need to read your ID. There is only one person who calls me Mia. It is you isn't it? Theta?"

As the woman came towards him his companions could see the tears rolling down the woman's face. She took the doctor into her arms as he started to cry.

"Now, now Theta, are you going to introduce me to your friends?"

He left her embrace, and stood up to his full height.

"Jack, Gwen, this is Mia" then he walked up to Rose, took her hands in his and led her towards the woman.

"Rose, this is my mother."

A/N: Right you probably saw that last line coming, but oh well. I wrote this chapter and the ones following, before many of the others so I did write this before Gridlock, so any inaccuracies are accidental.

I called his mother 'Mia' because him calling for his mum would ruin the last line. But he will be calling his dad 'Father'. Also, because of the way my story will fit into his timeline, I put in that he would go to Mia and bow his head giving her permission to read his mind to find out his identity but as you know she knows who he is.