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A little later…

Rose wandered into the console room, clutching a photo of her father. She'd been thinking a lot about him recently, just like Gwyneth said. She never really knew Pete, she only had stories that her mother had told her when she was a kid. That's all she had for so long. Stories. And a single photo. But now she was in a time machine…

Her gaze flickered over to the Doctor and Freya who were sitting on the captain's chair. The Time Lord was talking to the Time Lady that same language Freya spoke a little earlier. Rose had to admit she was a little irked that the TARDIS still wasn't translating it because she really wanted to know what they were saying. The only thing she knew was that it was amusing because Freya laughed.

Rose took a deep breath and spoke getting the attention on the Doctor and Freya "I was wondering…could we go and see my dad when he was still alive?"

"Where's this come from, all of a sudden?" the Doctor asked from where he sat on the captain's chair next to Freya. He'd been telling her some of his funnier adventures, in Gallifreyan as it appeared that the Time Lady spoke that better than English which wasn't too much of a surprise given that it was their language after all. And then Rose walked in.

"All right then, if we can't, if it goes against the laws of time or something, then never mind, just leave it", Rose said.

"No, I can do anything", the Doctor said "I'm just more worried about you".

"I want to see him", Rose said adamantly.

"Your wish is my command. But be careful what you wish for", the Doctor said getting up and going over to the console.

~Register office~

The Doctor, Rose and Freya sat at the back on the room watching the wedding.

"I, Peter Alan Tyler, take you, Jacqueline Angela Suzette Prentice…"

"I, Peter Alan Tyler, take you, Jacqueline Suzanne…Suzette…Anita…" Jackie narrowed her eyes as Pete stumbled through saying her name.

"Oh, just carry on. It's good enough for Lady Di", she said.

"I thought he'd be taller", Rose remarked quietly to Freya and the Doctor.

"To be my lawful wedded wife, to love and behold till death us do part"

~TARDIS~

"It was a hit and run. Right outside the church where Stewart and Sarah were getting married. Mum said…" Rose swallowed fighting back tears as she spoke about how her father died "mum said that he was dead when the ambulance got there. He died alone" Freya put an arm around her. The Time Lady knew what it was like to lose a parent having lost both in the Time War. "can we go there? So I can be with him?"

"Of course. Whats the date?" the Doctor asked.

"7th November 1987", Rose replied.

~Waterley Street~

"It's so weird", Rose said stepping out of the TARDIS to see that it was just an ordinary day "The day my father died…I thought it'd be all sort of grim and stormy. It's just an ordinary day".

"The past is another country. 1987's just the Isle of Wight" the Doctor said.

"You…sure…Rose?" Freya asked.

"I'm sure Freya", Rose replied.

~Jordan Road~

The trio stood side by side on the pavement waiting. "This is it. Jordan Road", Rose said "He was late. He'd been to get a wedding present, a vase. Mum always said, that stupid vase" Pete's car came around the corner "He got out of his car…" the car pulled up "…and crossed the road" and stopped "Oh, God. This is it"

They watched Pete pick up the vase from the passenger seat, completely oblivious about what was going to happen. Freya took Rose's hand as Pete got out of the car not seeing the beige vehicle coming right for him. Rose hides her head in Freya's shoulder, the blonde also adverting her eyes when the car hit Pete. She had seen worse in the War but that didn't mean she could watch someone get hit by a car. She didn't like death…especially those that could've been prevented.

"Go to him", Freya said to her. Rose looked at her father, really wanting to…but she couldn't. She let go of Freya's hand and ran off. The Doctor and Freya hurried after her. They found the human leaning against a wall, tears in her eyes.

"I'm sorry….I just couldn't", Rose sniffled.

"It's…ok…Rose", Freya said gently completely understanding why she couldn't. Then they heard sirens approaching. "It's too late now…he was dead when the ambulance got there. Can I try again?"

The Doctor hesitated. He knew it would be a bad idea having two sets of themselves in one place but the look on Rose's face… he couldn't say no.

The Doctor, Rose and Freya stand out of sight, watching their first selves. "Right, that's the first us. It's a very bad idea, two sets of us being here at the same time. Just be careful they don't see us", the Doctor told the girls "Wait till after first Freya walks away, then go to your dad".

For the second time, Pete's car pulls up and comes to a stop. "Oh, God. This is it", they hear the first Rose say.

Pete picks up the vase from the passenger seat. "I can't do this", Rose said.

"You don't have to do anything you don't want to, but this is the last time we can be here", the Doctor told her. Rose stares at her father getting out of the car. She couldn't watch him die again. She just couldn't. I can stop it she thought and ran out.

"Rose! No!" the Doctor shouted but it was too late.

Rose rushed past their first selves and knocked her father out of the way of the oncoming car. "Did not see that coming", Freya remarked. She'd half expected Rose to either stay where she was, which she wouldn't blame her for one bit or she'd pluck up the courage to do what she wanted to do and say goodbye to her dad.

The Doctor watched Rose help her father up with a horrified look on his face. She has no idea what she's just done…he thought. What Rose had just done was change a vulnerable point. That put the entire Earth at risk.

It wasn't the entire Earth he was worried about. No, he was more concerned with the fact that Freya…the last Time Lady…his Soulmate was at risk. All because Rose Tyler saved her own father.

Pete enters the flat followed by the Doctor, Rose and Freya. "Right, there we go", Pete said setting down the vase "Sorry about the mess. If you want a cup of tea, the kitchens just down there, milk's in the fridge…well, it would be, wouldn't it? Where else would you put the milk? Mind you, there's always the window sill outside. I always thought if someone invented a window sill with special compartments, you know, one for milk, one for yogurt…make a lot of money out of that". Rose smiles in delight as she listens to him ramble on about his ideas. The Doctor and Freya hung back nodding politely. "…Sell it to students and things. I should write that down. Anyway, never mind that, excuse me for a minute" and with that Pete pushes past them and disappears through a door.

Rose looked around at all of her dad's belongings "All the stuff mum kept. His stuff. She kept it all packed away in boxes in the cupboard. She used to show me when she'd had a bit to drink", she said, reminiscing.

The Doctor leans against the doorframe arms folded, saying nothing. Freya too stayed silent watching the Doctor out of the corner of her eye. His demeanour seemed to have changed the moment Rose saved Pete.

"Here it is, on display. Where it should be", Rose said completely oblivious to the angry Time Lord and the concerned blonde behind her. She picked up a bowling trophy examining for a moment before setting it down. Then several bottles in the room caught her eye "He made his money selling this Vitex stuff. He had all sorts of jobs. He was so clever".

Rose looks around and spotted some plans on a table "Solar power. Mum said he was going to do this. Now he can", she said happily. She turned to the Doctor and Freya smiling but neither of them smile back. The Doctor was too angry at her and Freya… well she was worried about the Doctor.

"When we met, I said 'travel with me in space'. You said no. Then I said 'time machine'…" the Doctor shook his head "I did it again. I picked another stupid ape…I should've known. It's not about showing you the universe. It never is. It's about the universe doing something for you".

Rose glared at him "So it's okay when you go to other times, and you save people's lives, but not when it's me saving my dad", she said getting angry.

"I know what I'm doing, you don't. Two sets of us being there made that a vulnerable point", the Doctor explained.

"But he's alive!" Rose argued.

"Our entire planet died. Our families. Do you think it never occurred to me to go back and save them?" The Doctor shot back. Freya looked down, hugging her arms around herself trying not to remember how her parents…her brother…died. The Time Lord noticed this and put an arm around her.

"But it's not like I've changed history. Not much. I mean he's never going to be a world leader. He's not going to start World War Three or anything…."

"Rose, there's a man alive in the world who wasn't alive before. An ordinary man. That's the most important thing in creation. The whole world's different because he's alive", the Doctor told her.

"What, would you rather him dead?" Rose asked.

Freya opened her mouth to say something when the Doctor beat her to it. "I'm not saying that…" he said exasperated.

"No, I get it!" Rose said angrily "For once, you're not the most important man in my life".

"Let's see how you get on without me, then", the Doctor said "see ya". He took Freya's hand and led her to the front door. Rose quickly went after them.

"You don't scare me", she said unconvincingly as she managed to slipped past them to stand between the pair and the door "I know how sad you are…"

"Was sad", the Doctor corrected her.

"What?" Rose asked a look of confusion on her face.

"I was sad because I was alone. But I've got Freya now", the Doctor told her.

"Yeah but you wouldn't leave me here, you'll just hang around the TARDIS waiting for me" the Doctor just glared and pushed past her, still holding onto Freya's hand. He opened the door and walked out with the Time Lady "And I'll make you wait a long time!" Rose shouted after him before slamming the front door.

"We really leaving her behind?" Freya asked as they walked away.

"Yes, she made her choice", the Doctor replied.

"But Jackie…" Freya started.

"Rose made her choice the moment she decided to save her dad", he said.

"Yeah…I guess", Freya said reluctantly agreeing with him. She cast one last glance at the Powell Estate and sighed.

~Waterley Street~

The Doctor stopped outside the TARDIS, pulled out his key and unlocked the door. When he pushed it open, they saw that the inside was gone! "She gone", Freya said as the Doctor felt around the walls "how?"

The Doctor stopped feeling the walls and turned to Freya. She was a little startled by the look on his face "Rose", he said angrily. He ran off down the road, Freya running after him.