Bit of a fluffy chapter
Chapter 9
Rose was sat in Jack's office, she didn't want to be near the Doctor, he just made her feel guilty that she hadn't been there to save him sooner. Reniette had once called him a 'lonely angel'. That seemed so appropriate now, she thought sadly. She decided that she should probably talk to the Doctor though otherwise, knowing him, he'd think she was freaked out by him or something.
"Where's the Doctor?" She asked Jack
"Somewhere outside. He's trying to avoid other people by going out late I doubt it'll make much of a difference"
Rose nodded sadly "I'm gunna try find him"
"Ok see you later"
Rose pulled her jacket around herself tighter shivering against the night air she could see the silhouette of a person on top a building guessing it was the Doctor she made her way up to him.
When Rose finally reached the top, she walked up behind the Doctor, she could see his wings un-tucked slightly, arched up above his shoulders, the feathers reflecting the moon light, making them look silver.
"Hey" Rose said shivering
"Hi" the Doctor said in a slightly absent tone
"Aren't you freezing?"
"Nope" he looked back at her smiling as she walked forwards to stand right beside him, he noticed she was shivering and put an arm around her shoulders, not that it made much difference, even though his DNA had been mucked up he still had the lower body temperature of a Timelord.
"Why are you up here?" Rose asked
"One, no people up here I won't get spotted and Two; I have the strange urge to be high up" he laughed bitterly
"Do you think you can actually fly?" Rose said carefully
The Doctor remained quiet for a moment
"Hm? Oh yeah I can, part of Genesis making sure that they were successful, it involved painful tests…"
Rose remained silent; she didn't really know what had happened to the Doctor in 'Genesis'.
"How do you know you can fly if you were trapped inside?" she asked
He raised an eyebrow at her; she took a step closer to the Doctor leaning her head on his shoulder. He could feel her shivering against him he tentatively unfolded his right wing and stretched it around her just slightly he felt her tense as it brushed against her arm but she instantly relaxed again
"Creeps me out" she murmured not looking up at him
"Freaks me out more" he replied "Anyway let's go back in the hub before you get hypothermia"
"It's freezing" she muttered "You're honestly not cold?"
"Nope" he laughed his feathers ruffled slightly Rose noticed that they were fuzzed up against the cold night air
"Aren't your wings cold?" She asked curiously "They look all f...fuzzed up"
"Fuzzed up?" he laughed
"Anyway y...you want to be outside f...for a bit. I'm f...f…fine" she said teeth chattering
"You can either walk in willingly now or I can carry you in"
"I'd like to see to try!"
"Trust me one of the joys of genetic experimentation I'm now a lot stronger and faster" he said "So walk or I'll carry you"
"Fine I'm walking" she said sliding away from him
"Good" he smirked
"Right can't believe I'm saying this but I'm going to bed"
"You're actually going to sleep?" Rose asked him incredulously
"What's so bad about that?"
"You never sleep! Ever."
"Well I don't get my DNA redesigned that often"
"Fine I'll see you in the morning" Rose watched the Doctor disappear into his room still not quite believing that he was going to sleep.
In the morning, Rose decided, that after all the times that the Doctor had woken her up early it was her chance to get revenge. She pushed his door open to see the Doctor led out on his bed, topless, one arm and one wing flopped out onto the floor. His other arm hidden beneath the wing that was splayed out across the bed
"You going to get up?" Rose asked, kicking his arm lightly he groaned in annoyance
"You always wake me up at the crack of dawn so technically I've let you have a lie in"
He snorted and opened one eye to look at her in vague annoyance
"Come on move"
"You sound like your mother" he muttered pushing his arms down and swivelling his legs around so that he was sat up, he shifted his wings so that they hung limply behind him
I can see why you don't sleep much it makes you act like a teenager Rose said
"I'm fine" the Doctor groaned forcing himself to stand up "And I'm not acting like a teenager otherwise I would've thrown something at you"
He glanced around the room trying to find some clothes when we realised Rose was staring at him
"What?" he asked his forehead creasing slightly
"I didn't say that" she whispered
"I just heard you say it"
"I thought it" her voice dropped even quieter
He just stared at her for a moment he opened his mouth as if to say something but instead just quickly left the room.