Thank you all so much for your wonderful reviews! I'd like to take the time to say that the reason there aren't a lot of dangerous adventures featured in this story is because it is Rose's story of how she came to find the Doctor. :)

Again, I don't own Doctor Who or it's characters. Anyone have a spare copy of David Tennant somewhere? I'll give you 1 million Galleons!

Enough of my talking, here is chapter 10 for all of you!

Chapter 10: Beach Adventures (Part 1)

Rose had stopped talking at that moment and took the opportunity to take a deep breath as she met her Doctor's eyes. The Doctor was looking at her silently and was grinning widely as his memories of that particular meeting came rushing back to him.

Amy and River looked at both of them back and forth before saying to Rose with a hearty laugh, "So you two fell for each other again?"

Rose grinned at her, "It was kind of hard not to! The Doctor was such a romantic in his eighth form! I had thought that his", she signaled towards the Doctor sitting in front of her, "previous self had been a romantic! It was a very lovely experience overall. We visited Jane Austen. That alone was absolutely spectacular. We met her during a town ball. It was all in good fun. She didn't dance much, but when she did it was brilliant. I can see why she based parts of Elizabeth Bennett on herself. Of course the Doctor flirted with her a bit when he first met her which is where she ended up getting the basic ideas for Mr. Darcy along with his overall form. The second time we went to a ball, we had a lovely time. Miss Jane Austen couldn't go with us this time around. She was rather busy editing her novels and getting them published. He also took me to meet a much more modern author. You've heard of someone called JK Rowling right?!"

At those words, Amy & Rory gasped in unison, while Rory asked "Did you really meet her? And I mean, properly meet her; rather than just a 'hello' and 'goodbye' ?"

"Yes! It was excellent getting to meet her. She was really surprised when we accidentally landed in her sitting room, but eventually she figured she must have fallen asleep as she was finishing writing the last Harry Potter book. It was an interesting conversation. We couldn't visit Charles Dickens since that hadn't happened to him yet but it had happened to me already. However, we did go to a beautiful masquerade ball around the same time in Hungary. The TARDIS might have kept my dress from the occasion. I asked her to keep it until I found the 'right' Doctor."

The Doctor had been quiet as Amy, Rose, and River chatted excitedly as they all walked towards the TARDIS. Rory and Jack had given up listening to the more 'girly' talks Rose, River, and Amy were having. They had settled over talking about Rory's experience as a Roman and Jack's various experiences around the cosmos.

As they approached the TARDIS, the Doctor gasped, "Is my 8th self the reason you found me?"

"Sort of. Not really. Well, it's hard to explain just yet. Remember I spent quite some time without you? I ran into all of your past selves but I can't say too much just yet… Spoilers!", Rose said.

The Doctor exclaimed, "Oh no. River! Why did you teach her that word? You know I hate it… Spoilers."

River stopped at the door of the TARDIS with a grin spread wide across her face. She looked at the Doctor, "Sorry sweetie. It's just a laugh seeing how you get! Don't worry. The reason we can't say too much yet is because Rose agreed with...with someone to tell you the stories in a specific order to avoid you getting overwhelmed with memories that you locked away."

Rose pulled out her own journal as they stepped into the TARDIS. Her journal had the special key that had been designed by her Doctor during his ninth form, where she had recorded all of her adventures up to this point.

The Doctor had been quiet during the various exchanges between his companions and smiled when he saw the journal, "I see you're using it!"

Rose gave him her trademark grin and nodded before turning to River and saying, "What time do you and Jack have to be getting back to… you know?"

River opened her mouth to answer and closed it after a moment.

"Give me a moment to check something", she said as she flipped through pages in her journal.

She eventually reached the right page and said, "Soon. It has to be timed right. Eventually we'll make it to the point where the timelines are in unison. I have to go and see you-past you. Make sure everything is going okay."

River paused and looked at Jack, "Jack, do you want to come with me? I realize you don't know me too well at this point. I want to show you some events without us actually interacting-yet. There's something that you'll have to do."

Jack stopped talking to Rory and nodded. He stood up and gave a salute to the Doctor and Rory, followed by a tight hug to Rose and Amy.

Jack released the girls and looked towards the Doctor and Rory, "What do you all have planned for the rest of the day?"

The four of them looked at each other and shrugged.

"I dunno Jack," Rose said as she walked over to the Doctor as she placed her hand in his.

Amy thought for a moment before saying, "Can we go to a beach please? A private one though, where people are not likely to go?"

Rose's eyes grew wide as she embraced the idea, "Yes! Doctor, can we do that please?"

The Doctor smiled at her and nodded as Rory nodded in agreement.

He looked over at Jack and River and said, "Do you know when we can expect you both again?"

River looked at the Doctor for a moment and checked her journal. "I can't say exactly when but it won't be too long. I'll call Rose if I need a lift. As for Jack, I'll make sure to drop him off somewhere you can find him in the event he isn't with me at the time."

River went around and gave them all a tight hug and said, "Goodbye for now sweeties!"

She grabbed Jack's hand and with those words, they zapped out of the TARDIS.

"How-how did she do that?!", The Doctor asked. "Nobody is supposed to be able to come in and out of the TARDIS the way she did!"

Amy shook her head and laughed, "Doctor… its River. What did you expect? Well, Rory and I are going to go and get our bag ready. Does the TARDIS have swimsuits we can use?"

"Yes Amy, just follow the corridor and assuming she hasn't moved the wardrobes created for you lot, turn left and at the first passage turn right. If she has moved it, just ask politely and a door should pop up." he replied he started walking around the TARDIS's console.

The Doctor and Rose were left alone in the console room and when they realized they were alone, he pulled her into a tight hug. His arms went from her shoulders down to her waist where they wrapped around tightly. Rose returned the hug happily and wrapped her arms around his neck, breathing his scent in.

"Come. I want to show you something", he said into her ear as his hand crawled up her back before resting on her neck. He leaned in and kissed her softly before pulling back with a smile.

She grinned at him, "Okay! What is it?"

"I think you'll recognize it when we get there! Just come along", he said as he released her and instead wrapped his arm around her waist.

The Doctor led her along the corridors which went slightly up, slightly down, curving to the left and to the right. The TARDIS had knowingly put soft music and had dimmed the lights ever so slightly for her thief and her wolf. After about 15 minutes of walking in silence but in a loving embrace of sorts, they reached a set of doors that opened into a room.

He reached inside his pocket and pulled out an interesting looking key that had a rose engraved on it. He glanced over at her before approaching the doors. When they got a foot from the door, a key hole appeared. The Doctor inserted the key and turned it slowly before pulling it back out.

He pushed the doors open as he said to Rose, "Remember this?"

The sight that fell upon Rose made her eyes get slightly wet. "You kept this room?… My special room that you and the TARDIS designed for me?" she said softly as she entered.

The Doctor had designed this room for her many years ago; more than 50 years ago for her, during his ninth form. Just as he had a room where he went to when he was in the need for alone time, Rose had been given her own as well. It had the ability to transform itself into the type of scenery she needed.

He held her hand and gave her a kiss on the forehead, "Of course I kept it. It's one of the few rooms that weren't modified, altered, or deleted during my last regeneration…"

"Doctor… why was it locked?…", she asked him after a moment.

"Well… I didn't want anybody else using it when I… lost you. It's your room and yours only...", the Doctor said quietly.

Rose placed her hand on his cheek and she kissed him softly on the opposite cheek. "Thank you my love. We'll have to come in at some point. Let's go and get ready for the beach you agreed to take us to. Do you have any ideas yet?"

He stayed quiet for a moment before saying, "Yes! I know the perfect planet. As I've mentioned before, the human race expanded exponentially across the cosmos but there came the time where people began feeling nostalgic for their 'old' Earth. Remember New Earth? Well this planet is similar in idea but its dedicated to some of the best beaches. I went to Mexico once, lovely place. I ended up wandering around in a city called Guadalajara chasing a few aliens. After all that was done with, I found a beautiful beach there called Puerto Vallarta during my fifth regeneration."

He paused for a moment as he remembered that particular adventure fondly. There had been aliens trying to make profits, and while that wasn't illegal, the way they employed people was.

After a moment he continued, "Basically, this planet is an imitation of that beach and a few other beaches that were/are considered the best in the world, well on planet Earth. Everything a beach should be; soft sand, luscious sunlight, clear blue water that is always pleasantly warm. They perfected the planet in many ways. Pollution is almost nonexistent here since there are many organizations dedicated to keeping it beautiful. The water never gets cold. Its the perfect vacation spot for all types of people, and by people, I mean the various alien races in existence. They have private islands in addition to the beaches and because it's an entire planet, there's always space. I've never been there because I've not had reason to go. Would you like that, my Rose?"

"That'd be great Doctor. Thank you. I think we all need this trip. Amy and I were talking and she told me everything that has happened up to this point with her and Rory, what Rory went through.. How you would get sometimes... A vacation trip is just what we need. How long would we stay there?"

"As long as all of you want. I've got a time-machine after all!", he added with a wild grin. "This will be a different type of adventure for all of us."

After about an hour (according to Rose's watch), the four of them reassembled in the console room as the Doctor explained the plan to Rory and Amy.

"So what you're saying is that we get to go a beach resort that is an entire planet and stay as long as we want?!", Amy asked excitedly.

The Doctor placed his hands on Amy's shoulders as she moved around excitedly, "That is correct Pond! We can either get the suites or we can get a two cabins on an island. What would you like?"

Rory looked over at the girls and returned his gaze towards the Doctor before saying, "Personally, I like the idea of the private island with the two cabins. I'm assuming one cabin is for Amy and myself, while the other is for you and Rose?"

"Ooh our Doctor is growing up! A private cabin for him and Rose!", Amy said as she teased and poked the Doctor.

"Oi! I hate it when you treat me like a child Pond!", he pouted, and added as an afterthought, "we should probably get going. Everyone ready?"

When the three companions nodded, he set the coordinates and thought, Please make sure we actually get there Sexy! I want to make Rose happy… and the Ponds of course. They really deserve this.

After a few shaky moments, everything grew still. Rose checked the screen monitor that let them see what was outside. She saw that they had landed in a small reception area. "I think we're here, unless we landed on a space station again."

"Well actually Rose, it's both. What they have as a system here is that you check in on the space station, get the secure coordinates for your location. If you don't have your own transportation system, you can take a shuttle down to your location on the planet. This takes a few minutes at the most. It's quite fast. We have the TARDIS so we just need the coordinates. It's sort of like a wifi password. It's just for safety precautions.", the Doctor answered.

They stepped outside and walked towards the reception desk. The Doctor approached the desk and was greeted, "Hello. May I see your identification please?"

He showed the young woman the psychic paper and after a moment, she said "Ah yes, Sir Doctor, Dame Rose, and Mr and Mrs Williams. We've been expecting you. The reservation was placed through your ship, correct? What accommodation would you like? "

The Doctor looked at his companions and said, "We would like the island with the two cabins."

She looked down at the screen in front of her, "Two cabins? Your ship put the reservation as the island with three cabins. It's a well sized island that provides easy access to all three cabins while maintaining a high level of privacy amongst each."

"Oh! Right! I forgot. Yes, that is fine" the Doctor replied, even though he was slightly confused.

A few minutes later, they walked back to the TARDIS with the cabin keys in hand and the coordinates. Rose felt her phone vibrate and saw that the caller ID said River, "Hi River!".

Amy, Rory and the Doctor rose their eyebrows as they saw Rose talking as she walked around the console. The Doctor shrugged it off and went and put the coordinates. Sexy, did you make the reservations for us? Oh, and why the three cabins?

The TARDIS replied, Yes, I heard you speaking with my little wolf and I wanted to be helpful. Oh my thief, surely you can figure out why three cabins."

Are Jack and River coming? , he asked.

Why don't you ask my little wolf? I think she is just about done with her conversation with River.

The Doctor looked at Rose who had stopped talking and was chatting pleasantly with Amy and Rory. "Rose, does River need us to pick her or Jack up?"

"No. Apparently they're on the island already. It's been 8 months for them since we last saw them.", she replied.

"What?! EIGHT months?! But it's only been a few hours for us!" he exclaimed.

"Yeah, well time works differently all around. 12 hours can be 12 months… 5 minutes can be 12 years… or two… The list goes on and on", Amy responded as Rose had a fit of giggles at the Doctor's expression.

"Let's just get going Doctor.", Rory replied as he tried to hide his laughter at the Doctor who was just standing there with an indignant look on his face.

Amy was the first to step outside of the TARDIS and sighed. It was beyond anything she had ever seen before. She had visited a few beaches during her life on Earth but nothing could accurately compare to what was in front of her. The sun was shimmering but did not burn. The sand was pleasantly cool and extremely soft. Even the rocks that decorated the sand were soft and smooth, without any jagged edges.

"Rose, come here!", she exclaimed as she ran out and saw the cabins not too far from where the TARDIS had landed. They were "old fashioned" in a way but looked quite modern.

The Doctor walked out of the TARDIS followed by Rory and said, "Why didn't I think of this before?"

Rory looked at the Doctor and said, "Maybe because Rose wasn't here…".

He looked at Rory and nodded, "I think it would have been hard to come alone when something this beautiful deserves to be shared with the ones we love… You spent 2,000 years without Amy and I spent what seemed an eternity without Rose."

Rory placed his hand on the Doctor's shoulder as a symbol of understanding before walking out of the TARDIS. He saw the Amy and Rose had already run over to the cabins where a third and fourth figure stood. As he and the Doctor approached them, he saw that it was none other than Jack and River, who had her arm interlinked with Jack's.

"I'm glad you all could make it! Leave your things in the cabins and change. I think it's time we all had fun with a game of beach volleyball. We have a few activities we would like to do with all of you before we set you free", River said to them as if she were a chaperone.

Amy walked over to Rory and pecked him before grabbing his hand and leading him towards the cabin that had a glowing plaque Mr. Rory Williams & Mrs. Amy Williams. "We won't be long", Rory told them as they began to walk away.

The Doctor imitated Amy and pecked Rose on the cheek, but instead scooped her up and said to River and Jack, "We'll go and get ready. I suggest you two do the same. And please, Jack behave. Her parents are here!"

"I can't promise anything", he replied as he winked at River. The Doctor and Rose looked at each other and burst out laughing as he carried her towards their cabin. Their plaque read, Sir Doctor & Dame Rose.

The Doctor opened the door relatively easy considering he had Rose in his arms. They went inside and looked at the cabin. It was slightly larger on the inside and was decorated in a soft blue color. The bed was heart shaped and had stars on the cover. The Doctor carried Rose to the bed and set her down gently before giving her a very sweet kiss on the lips.

"...I love you, my Rose.", he said to her when their kiss ended. "Let's get ready so we can beat the lot of them at volleyball. I don't know how to play but it can't be harder than football right?"

Rose laughed and said, "I haven't played volleyball in ages. The last time I played was with Shareen when we were maybe fourteen? What did you bring to wear?"

The Doctor winked at her, "That's for me to know and you to find out. How about you?"

She replied and returned the wink before approaching him. She wrapped her arms around his neck and leaned in, teasing him with a would-be-kiss, "Like you said Doctor, its for me to know and you to find out. I should mention, the TARDIS has provided me with a different one for each day."

The Doctor had not been expecting that from Rose and as a result was left standing there for a few seconds in silence. When he came to, he realized that Rose had already gone to get changed in the large bathroom the cabin had provided. He laughed softly and went over to the bag the TARDIS had placed in his room. Inside were a pair of swim trunks, a simple TARDIS blue, a white towel, a pair of dark sunglasses and a pair of flip-flops.

He took the trunks and walked over to their room. I can't believe I'm actually going to wear this… I haven't gotten wet on purpose in a long time, much less relax on a beach!, he thought as he removed all the pieces of clothing he had except the dark boxers he had on. After a few minutes, he stepped out wearing a thin cotton shirt and the swim trunks. He noticed that Rose hadn't come out yet and decided to knock on the door to the bathroom.

"Rose, are you ready?", he asked as he knocked.

The doorknob began moving and Rose came out wearing a purple bikini that had white flowers scattered all around. On top of that, she was wearing a light see-through beach dress that hung loosely around her. On her shoulders was a lavender colored bag that contained her towel, some sunscreen lotion, and a deck of cards.

"You look beautiful Rose!", the Doctor exclaimed as he walked towards her. He picked her up and spun her around for a bit before saying, "We should go outside. I'm not sure how long we've taken."

She blushed slightly at his comment and nodded as she interlinked her hand with his.

"Let's go beat them at volleyball!", she said enthusiastically.

Author's Note:

Chapters 11 & 12 are half-way done! I hope to have Chapter 11 up by the end of the week but I can't make any promises. I'm currently in Berlin, heading off to Brussels on Tuesday, Amsterdam on Thursday and then the Harry Potter Studio Tours on Saturday!

For those of you waiting on "The Adventures of Rose Tyler & the Doctor", fear not! The four chapters for that short story are in progress as well!