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"It's a book I found all about stars. It's an astronomy book of sorts, all about the different constellations. I...I saw it and thought of you." The Doctor cleared his throat and lifted his gaze to meet Rose's.

"You got this for me?" she asked doubtfully.

"Well, yes, yes I did. But if you don't like it.. if it's not something you're interested in... you don't have to keep it." He went to take the book from her hands but she hugged it tightly to her chest.

"No! I love it! It's just so sweet of you. Thank you, D- John... I mean uh Mr. Smith." She blushed deeply at her double mishap.

"Please, call me John." He secretly loved the way it sounded coming from her.

"Alright. But you must drop the Miss and just call me Rose, yeah?"

"Agreed," he said with the biggest smile he could give.

Rose opened the book and instantly was reminded of the nights in the TARDIS library where she would curl up in front of the fire while the Doctor would read to her. He would always make sure to stop and explain anything Rose might not understand. "There are some awful big words in here, John. I might need your help understanding it all."

"I would gladly help you, Rose."

The sincerity of his words caused her hearts to race and the babies began kicking out of nowhere. "Oof!" she let out as she grabbed her stomach.

"Is everything alright?!" he asked, greatly concerned, as he led her to sit in the chair behind his desk, "Should I fetch the nurse? Or your brother, perhaps?"

"Oh no, John, I'm fine," she assured him, patting his hand that was still resting in her arm, as he knelt beside her. "It just seems like all these two want to do lately is move about as much as possible. Nothing to be concerned about though."

"Oh. Alright... Wait a moment, did you say two?"

"Uh..." Oops. She hadn't meant to let that slip. "Yes. I'm pretty positive I'm having twins."

"Really? That's remarkable, Rose."

The look he was giving her brought tears to her eyes. As she watched him gaze at her stomach for a moment she, yet again, felt a kick from one of the babies. This time, however it was much more gentle. Rose quietly reached for his hand, not wanting to break the spell of this moment, and placed his hand on the swell of her stomach. His eyes quickly darted between her and the bump as both babies began nudging where his hand laid, causing Rose to giggle.

"Is that...!?" He looked up at her completely in awe.

"Seems like they like you," She told him quietly, looking down.

"Quite right too," he whispered. She jerked her head up to look at him. He was still staring at her stomach though and didn't seem to realize the impact his words had had on her. Not till he heard her let out a soft sob. "Rose? Rose, what is it? What's wrong?" he asked frantically, moving his hands to her shoulders.

"S' nothin," she said, wiping away her traitorous tears.

"Of course it's something. Did I do something wrong?" His mind was screaming that of course he did something wrong. He had been touching her rather intimately. It was utterly improper and wrong of him. Of course she had been the one to place his hand on her, but he still should have stopped it.

"No!" Rose practically shouted at him. "No, never. I just... I was just remembering something is all. And you... you are just so wonderful."

He didn't know what to say. He was elated that she though he was wonderful, but was that just her grief speaking? She hadn't lost her husband that long ago, only find to out she was with child, his child or children, after he was gone. Could she really trust her emotions. Could he?

"Rose... I..." He cleared his throat trying to think of the right thing to say.

Rose of course recognized his reaction, immediately. It was the same one the Doctor would have whenever they would come close to talking about their feelings for one another. He would always end up stumbling over his words and changing the subject. Rose decided to do what she always did, give him his way out.

"I should really be heading back to my office. Jack will be looking for me."

"Ah yes, yes, of course." What had he done? She would never want to speak to him again.

"Thank you for my book, John. I love it." It was then Rose decided to forget about rules and propriety. "Perhaps when you are free one evening we can read it some together?... Maybe do a bit of stargazing?"

"That sounds...brilliant."

And with that, before Rose could even take a second to doubt herself, she leaned in and gave him a quick, chaste kiss... and then promptly left the room before she snogged him senseless.

As soon as she closed the door behind her she ran right into Joan Redfern. "Oh excuse me, Matron. I wasn't paying attention to where I was going."

"Yes I can see that," the nurse replied briskly. "And what do you have there?" she asked gesturing to the book in Rose's hands while noticing she had just excited Professor Smith's classroom.

"Oh, it's just a book about stars that John," her mistake caused Joan to glare, " I mean Mr. Smith, thought I might be interested in."

"I see. And is that what you're schooled in?"

"You could say that," Rose replied as her posture straightened. She was suddenly feeling like she was about to be verbally attacked. And if the Doctor had been there he might have noticed a slight golden glow in Rose's eyes.

"Hhmm. Well personally I find it all a bit silly," Joan told her haughtily.

Rose just stared at her. Something deep inside her wanted to lash out at this arrogant woman but she felt it wasn't the right time. After a few calming breaths, she finally felt like she could speak properly. "You are entitled to your opinion, Matron. John," this time calling him that on purpose, "happens to love the study of stars. Maybe that's why we get along so well." Rose smiled sweetly. "Good afternoon, Matron!"

As soon as she was out of Joan's sight, Rose walked as quickly as she could out of the school. She needed out of there. When she made it outside she began walking down the road, towards the TARDIS. Rose was craving the calming presence of the ship in her mind, even if it was only faint from the emergency power. She knew it was probably stupid to leave the school without telling Jack, or at least Martha, but Rose decided to take that one moment to be completely young and selfish. She was so tired of telling them her every move. Rose was an adult now and she did not need Jack or Martha's permission.

Soon, however, walking wasn't good enough. So she ran. She was briefly concerned that it might be a bad idea to run in her pregnant state but feelings of love and elation began washing over her and Rose knew her babies were happy with the running.

When she made it to the TARDIS she immediately rested her head on one of the coral struts, "Hello, old girl." Somewhere in the back of her mind, Rose felt a gold presence lightly flare. She knew this was the TARDIS responding. "I wish I could just fire you up and take us away from here. Jump to when the Doctor's back to himself. Wouldn't that be nice?" Rose felt a tingle as if the TARDIS was telling her Yes, yes that would be nice.

"Can I tell you a secret? I think I might be falling in love with this human version of him. Is that wrong?" The TARDIS couldn't give her an actual response but instead sent her a thought of understanding. "I don't know what to do. I know it's him but I still feel like I'm betraying my Doctor." Out of nowhere a wave of dizziness came over Rose. She moved to grab the console and squeezed her eyes shut. When she opened them the dizziness was completely gone. It was then that Rose noticed that something in the TARDIS had changed. Laying across the console was an item Rose never thought she would see again. A jacket. Her first Doctor's leather jacket, to be exact.

Rose slowly picked of the jacket and lifted it to her nose. It still smelled like him. Leather, Cinnamon, TARDIS grease, and Time. With that, Rose could no longer control her emotions. She curled up on the captain's chair and cried. Clutching the jacket like it was her life line. And in a way, it was. Rose knew what the TARDIS was trying to tell her...

It was okay to love John Smith because he was still her Doctor. The same way it was okay for her to love and miss her Doctor with big ears and blue eyes and it was okay to love and miss her Doctor with pinstripes and really great hair. She could love this human version of him and she would miss him as well when he was gone.

As Rose's tears subsided, she realized how cold she had become. Not ready to let it go just yet, Rose put on the jacket and let it envelop her in warmth. As sleep began to overtake her and her eyes began to close, Rose could swear she heard a hushed whisper in her ear and it said one word...

"Fantastic."

Coming Soon: The Family of Blood make their first appearence. Will they have any effect on the babies?

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