She gave him a tight smile and left before he could agree. Probably a good thing, he might end up going down memory lane about when she'd say morning and he'd give her the 'time is relative' or 'not in the TARDIS' speech and they'd argue until they agreed she would refer to it as the waking hours unless they were part of a timeline when he would have to call it morning.
Quite lucky she left when she did.
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The Doctor was having separation anxiety, not that he'd call it that, or admit to it at all. If asked it was a logical reaction to recent events, taking into account their share history and painful separation, yep definitely not separation anxiety.
After arguing with himself; everyone else was asleep, the Doctor made up his mind to walk past Rose's room, just a quick look, check she's sleeping peacefully and give his mind some rest.
This turned out to be a brilliant idea, the best idea he'd had in ages, not counting proposing to Rose as that was mainly Donna and Jack.
The Time Lord had strolled past Rose's room only to back track and then panic, he eventually found her in their room, and his hearts settled back to a normal pace to see her alive and safe and a warm feeling overtook as he registered the room.
The second reason it was a brilliant idea was because Rose was not sleeping peacefully as he had thought; her brow was creased and lips pursed, obviously in some discomfort. Her body was moving slightly, as if struggling and her arms reached for nothing.
The Doctor recognised it and quickly toed off his shoes and socks, slipped his jacket onto the spare chair and climbed in next to his love, pulling her into a tight, protective and very comfortable embrace.
Rose stirred slightly, the movement dragging her from sleep to find concerned eyes peering at her, a familiar voice whispering words of comfort and lulling her back to a sleep safe from monsters.
Rose fell bonelessly into the Doctor and mumbled almost too quietly for the alien to hear, but he managed to catch what she said before allowing hope and the feeling of his love safe in his arms to carry him to sleep.
"Thank you."
When Rose woke she was alone, the warm patch letting her know the Doctor had been there but had recently gotten up. The smell of eggs and bacon drifted into their room and questions of his whereabouts and why were answered. That man (alien) ate way too much and never gained a kilo, talk about frustrating!
Before too long the smoky smell of hot bacon became too much and the baby decided it was time to run to the loo.
After throwing up last night's meal and then cleaning herself up, Rose made her way to the kitchen. She knew she was getting close when she heard the Doctor's excited voice rambling on about something or other.
As she entered the room the Doctor turned from the stove to give her a huge smile before bending slightly forward to give her a sweet kiss in greeting.
"Morning beautiful!"
Rose had gotten used to his mood swings over the time she spent with him but it was still slightly disconcerting when her mood was only slightly better than last nights.
"Thank God you're up! Spaceman over here has been banging 'round the kitchen for ages making a mess. I mean sure I love that he's so happy but there's only so much talk about Galifreyan babies a girl can handle, specially with how fast he talks! I'm going to go find Jack, Mister Ecstatic has cooked enough for an army!"
Donna left as Rose processed what the red head had been saying. Lost in thoughts she didn't register that Jess had moved over to her until the girl started speaking.
"I don't know what happened but he's so happy it's tangible! And I understand that you probably still have things to sort out but just sit him down and talk to him, communication is one of the problems here and the stress isn't good for the little one. I've seen how you two are together and it's amazing. Donna told me all that's happened and I think as the more down-to-earth person you need to make him stop and talk it through. The only reason these fights happen is due to his and your fear, you're going to have a baby so you need to get it out in the open and become a family."
With these words of wisdom chasing each other around Rose's mind, Jess left the room.
Rose knew her young friend was right, the more she thought about it the more it made sense. They would have to talk, and it may not be pretty but Rose would not walk away, they had a child to think of now. First problem was said baby didn't like the smell of fried eggs and bacon.
"Doctor?"
"Mhmmm?"
"Doctor, can we go to the library maybe?"
The Doctor turned, spatula in hand, pout in full force.
