Previous Day (Friday) 6:00pm – The Bar

It took a moment before Rose realised that time was still carrying on. Sheepishly, she met The Doctor's gaze, in a hope that he would suddenly be smiling.

"That was my drink. I paid for that." Jack protested quietly. Regaining some self respect, he continued, "nice to see you again Doctor." With a smile he added "How's your night without Rose going?"

The Doctor grimaced and threw the bag onto the seat opposite them, "it's not as good as yours as far as I can see." He selected another shot from the plastic servery dish and drank it. "So this is your date then is it?" He asked Rose indignantly.

"With Jack?" She started to smile. "Well I wasn't going to tell you because I thought you might react like this. I was right, yeah?"

Jack catching the hint tightened his arms around Rose's shoulder and smiled down at her, "didn't think you'd approve of Rose seeing me." Feeling The Doctor's eyes on his face he smirked. "Another drink?" He asked as he pushed the plate forward.

The tension between them was palpable as The Doctor leant back and assessed the two. "How long has this been going on?"

"Oh only recently. He only just called me yesterday." Rose grabbed her drink and took a sip, her eyes not leaving the Doctor's, trying to gage his reaction.

"I was busy with other things. Other people and all that." The Captain mentioned arrogantly, winking at the Doctor and finally taking his first sip.

The Doctor gritted his teeth, angry at himself. Disappointment coursed through him, Rose had chosen Jack over him. The Captain, who would have been attracted to a mouse if it showed any kind of sexual prowess. Of all the people in the world, Capitan Jack Harkness had won her over. "Right, well I suppose you won't mind if I do this then." Before Jack had time to react the multiple multicoloured drinks were trickling their way down his shirt and trousers. He was essentially wearing every drink he had previously purchased.

"Doctor!" Rose screamed as Jack leapt over the table toward him.

The rest of the bar looked over with mild interest as the two rolled from the bench onto the floor, entangled in what could only be described as an undignified rugby tackle.

Rose shot up from her seat and grabbed a hold of Jack's shirt as he pinned the Doctor to the ground and punched him to the face. "That was a good shirt!" He punched him once more, "and you stranded me on this god damn planet!"

The Doctor, a man who rarely physically fought, used all his strength to push Jack off of himself. Rose caught The Doctor by the elbow as he drew back his arm.

"Leave him!" She pulled him back. "Let it go. It's not worth it!"

The Doctor looked back and forth between Rose and Jack, snatched his arm away from Rose and got up. "Brilliant. That's perfect. I will leave it." Straightening his jacket he made his way to leave, "do whatever you want Rose. I'll see you back at the TARDIS." He walked out the door.

Rose sighed as she followed him. "Wait…Doctor." She threw the door open and rushed outside "Doctor!" She yelled as she watched him walk away from her. "It wasn't true." She shrugged guiltily as he turned around. "we were joking. I was never meant to be here with Jack." She walked over to her friend who was now waiting. "I was here to meet Kyle. But things changed and Jack was here and he helped me out. We were just mucking around." She lifted a hand up to his reddening cheek, where Jack had landed a punch, "I didn't think that you'd…" Nothing further could be said when the Doctor leaned down and kissed her.

Hello Potential Readers :)

Sorry that took me so long. I actually wrote two versions of this part and wasn't really sure which one to use. In the end I liked this one better and I always wanted The Doctor and Jack to have a little brawl.

Big thanks to skidney and katarina97! Massive apologies for the delay in this update! Especially because I love your reviews and feel I've let you guys down a little bit.

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