Chapter Eleven
After awhile, they both got changed and got into bed together. Boots was in between them searching for somewhere to lie down while they lay facing one another in the darkness.
"Do you have to work tomorrow?" Rose asked him.
"Yes, but I'm off the next day. What about you?"
"Yeah, I have to work," she said, rolling her eyes. "I usually have to work since I'm project manager. Which means I'll probably have to face Dad tomorrow."
"What do you do there?"
"I head up new projects and look over and approve design plans for weapons and things like that. That's how I was able to convince them to build the dimension cannon."
"Rose, you really should find someplace else to work, after all Torchwood did, even if it is an alternate Torchwood. Still, they were the ones that came up with those void crossing devices. You don't wanna do something wrong that might destroy the fabric of space and time and then carry the blame the rest of your life."
"I know and I wanna find something else but nothing else pays as well as Torchwood."
"You could make pizzas."
Rose giggled.
"You know, that might be a good idea. Making pizzas with you wouldn't be that bad," she said.
She smiled at Boots who was snuggling up against Jonathon.
"Or…I could babysit your cat while you're away at work."
"Yeah, right, and I'd never see either of you again," he said while she giggled.
She scooted closer to Jonathon's body.
"Oh, so now you're trying to suffocate her because you can't have her," he said.
"No, just wanna be close to the two of ya," Rose replied.
"For the love of God, run Puss Puss before Dangermouse here squishes ya."
"I am not Dangermouse!" Rose said, slapping his chest.
"I'm sorry, DM, it was a slip of the tongue, won't happen again."
"Blimey, you're just as bad as the Doctor is," Rose said.
"Just thinking up a cute pet name for my girl," Jonathon said innocently.
"Okay, I get to call you Frobisher then," she said.
She giggled when Jonathon raised his eyebrow and then he grinned.
"Okay, if I get to call you Dangermouse, it'll be worth it," he said.
Rose leaned in and gave him a kiss. She sighed.
"I don't want to go in to work tomorrow," she said.
"Then don't. Frankly, I'd really wish you'd quit working there," he said. "Why don't you come and work with me?"
"At the pizza shop?"
He grinned.
"Sure! You and I working side by side making pizzas. You liked my friends, didn't ya?"
"Yeah, I did."
"Well I think they like you so come and join our little family."
Rose laughed at that.
"That sounds wonderful but I need to stay a bit longer so I can figure out a way to get us off Earth."
"Oh yeah, forgot about that," Jonathon said, his spirits sinking.
"Don't worry, I'll put all my time and energy into finding a way for us to escape this planet," she said.
"Well, hurry it up," he teased. "Because unlike the Doctor, I can't stay young forever."
Rose fell silent as she fingered his pajama top.
"Rose?" Jonathon said when she didn't say anything after a couple of minutes. "What's wrong?"
"So frail, so fragile..." she murmured.
"What is?"
Her eyes met his.
"This body," she said. "This body with its one heart. So fragile."
Jonathon put his hand over hers.
"I'll be careful," he said. "I won't let anything happen to me."
Rose undid a couple of the buttons on the top and slid her fingers inside. Jonathon's heart raced at the touch of her fingertips and he felt himself becoming aroused and wanting her in the worst way.
"Oh Jonathon, my Jonathon," she whispered. "You were made just for me."
Jonathon's heart swelled with love and he gently brushed the hair away from the sides of her face. Rose smiled when Boots stirred and purring, walked up to her face.
"Hey, Puss Cat," she said as Boots snuggled up under her chin. "I meant Jonathon was made for us."
Jonathon stroked the side of her head as she closed her eyes and enjoyed the feel of his fingers against her face.
"Jonathon," she whispered. "My Jonathon."
"My Rose," Jonathon whispered back. "You are the best thing that ever happened to me."
"And I feel the same way about you," Rose whispered.
She hesitated a moment and then kissed his cheek. Jonathon's eyes shut as his body warmed and he gently put his hands on Rose's face and stroked her left cheek with the pad of his thumb. He then leaned in and kissed her lips, a kiss Rose eagerly returned.
"Rose, please tell me if I'm going too far," he said when he stopped. "I'll stop, I promise."
"You're fine, Jonathon, keep going," Rose whispered.
Jonathon's hands roamed down her body. He rubbed and caressed her ribs and back as Rose closed her eyes and sighed contentedly. Jonathon took his time, doing everything the Doctor used to do, afraid to take it any further than that for fear of upsetting her. Rose moaned softly and Jonathon felt himself becoming even more aroused.
"Jonathon, stay with me forever," Rose said softly. "Don't leave me."
"I won't, Rose. I swear I won't."
"My love."
Jonathon's heart soared when he heard her whisper that. He took his hands back up to her cheeks and cupped them as he leaned in for another kiss. His eyes widened in surprise and delight when Rose reached up under his pajama top and began to caress and stroke his stomach and chest, touching gently the fine, soft hairs that grew there. While he did that, Boots got up. Mewing, she walked over to him. Jonathon chuckled and kissed her head.
"My two favorite women," he said softly.
Rose giggled when Boots slowly rubbed against his chin with her head and body, purring softly while she did it. Rose took one hand out and stroked her. Boots mewed and walked over to her face, gently butting her nose and then rubbing down her mouth and chin. Jonathon laughed when she wiped the cat hair off her wet lips.
"She was just being affectionate," he said to her.
"Well, she can be affectionate without making me eat cat hair," Rose replied.
Jonathon sat up in bed and picked Boots up.
"Two's company, three's a crowd, mate," he said to her. "I'm afraid it's the sofa for you for awhile at least. I want to get intimate with my girl and I can't do that with you putting your arse in our faces."
He got up and held her near while he walked into the living room. He put her down gently on the sofa and smiled when Boots mewed and walked over to the edge, begging to be picked up again.
"I'm sorry, but you're gonna have to wait awhile before you can get back in bed with us again. I have a girlfriend and she doesn't want to squish you when she puts her body up against mine. So you behave and don't cough up hairballs or vomit or pee or poop or scratch the furniture and I'll let you know when you can come back to the bed, yeah?"
He kissed her head and stroked her body once before he leaned back up and went back into the bedroom.
