Gold Hair and Lightning

Ch. 12: Discovered Truths

The Doctor crossed his arms and gave Rose a 'way to play dumb' look.

"You pick the most powerful man on this whole stinkin' bloody planet, and galaxy for that matter, and start a flirt fest."

Rose's mouth flopped up and down. Then it promptly shut and her eyes narrowed.

"I had no clue," she said, her voice low. "You were gone, and he sat down to talk. He flirted, I sat."

The Doctor threw his head back and laughed. "Oh what about all the laughing and going on? And he walked you to the bloody TARDIS Rose!"

Rose stepped toward him, trying to look as menacing as possible with her pregnant belly. The aura of anger radiating off of her was almost tangible.

"He walked me home because someone ditched me. A certain Time Lord as a matter of fact. Seems to me there's only one around." She crossed her arms and took another step, then decided just to keep going. The Doctor stayed firmly planted where he was, choosing not to let her see that his hands were shaking.

"I had multiple bags to carry and in my present state I wasn't going to get very far with them."

The Doctor snorted. "You could have came back to the TARDIS and snatched a shrinking device. You could have done a million things but you chose to let him walk you here after he made it apparent that he was highly interested!" The angry Time Lord's voice had steadily been rising since the beginning of his rant, and Rose wasn't taking being yelled at to well. The pregnant woman grabbed her hair in frustration.

"Why would I even be thinking of shrinking devices when I was busy trying to find you after leaving me alone for ages! For being a bloody genius who knows everything you can be right daft!"

Roses voice was getting louder as by the second and the Doctor thought he was noticing that gold glow around her again, but it was quickly overshadowed by the sight of her petite body flying towards the floor. The frightened man lunged for her and caught her moments before hitting the ground. She was out cold.

"Rose!" he called. A sheen of sweat had broken out across her forehead and her skin was clammy. The Doctor quickly scooped her up and ran to the medical room. He laid her on the closest table as gently as possible.

Scrambling around the frightened man got all the equipment he needed and started performing diagnostics. Pretty soon it became apparent what was wrong. Sheer over exertion. Rose's body was exhausted.

The Doctor threw his face in his hand. Part of it was his fault. She had been walking all day because he was jealous and ditched her then he had started a fight with the already touchy woman. It had been to much on her still recovering, pregnant body. He couldn't figure it out. He still didn't know his feelings towards her but there was such a surge of overwhelming jealousy at the sight of that man flirting with Rose. The frustrated man sighed again.

He did the most simple thing he could in the situation. He wetted a wash cloth and gently placed it across her forehead then pulled up a chair to wait for her to wake up.

After a few minutes, Rose's eyelids began to flutter and the Doctor jumped up and placed a hand along her warm face. When she was finally awake, the blond woman looked over and quickly spotted the worried brow of the Doctor.

"Rose," he said softly. "I'm sorry. I'm so sorry." The pleading sound in his voice made Rose want to forgive him right away, but she could hardly recall what happened until he reminded her.

"I had no right to accuse you and all because of my being a daft idiot. You could have been seriously hurt. I'm so sorry."

The slightly bewildered woman just darted her eyes to the side for a moment before speaking.

"Umm what exactly happened? I just remember….Oh wait, we were fighting weren't we?"

The Doctor shook his head and caressed her cheek. "And it was my fault." he said. "Your body couldn't handle all the excitement of the day. So for a little while, you should really take it easy. Rose I don't know what I would do if something happened to you or our son. Please forgive me," he pleaded.

The pregnant woman nodded her head and gave a slight smile at the Doctor's mildly cheesy but sweet statement.. "It's alright. And I'm sorry too for loosing my temper right nice."

He smiled at her. "Fiery one you are."

Rose made a move to sit up and he quickly helped her, then just as quickly wrapped her in a hug. It took her slightly by surprise, but she returned it with a warmth that made his heart melt.

All he wanted to do now was hold her in his arms. He wanted to try and do just that today, but he didn't know how she would feel about that. They still hadn't talked much in the way of feelings and he honestly still wasn't completely sure how he felt towards the woman carrying his child. Sure he knew that he cared for her, but he didn't quite know how far that reached. In the back of his mind, he could hear that nagging voice whispering love. He ignored it and shoved it even further back.

"Rose," the Doctor said in a low voice, "we were having such a nice day earlier. Can we try for that again?" He heard a muffled 'yes' and smiled. "Jolly good!" he exclaimed playfully. He was delighted to hear Rose laugh. "Then why don't we relax now and watch a movie until you fall asleep?" He felt Rose nod her head into his chest and he gently released his hold on her.

They went to the movie room and as Rose settled in on the couch, the relieved man put in a movie. He didn't even pay attention to what he was putting in, and at the moment, he didn't care. Rose and his child were alright.

The Doctor settled into the couch next to her and almost laughed when he realized Elmo in Grouchland had made an appearance on the screen. He heard a giggle from Rose.

"I forgot about this movie." she said, a laugh still on her voice.

"I umm, I'm not sure where this came from." said the Doctor, his face tinged with slight embarrassment.

Rose full out laughed. "Oh don't lie! I still recall your obsession with this movie." she said playfully. "It wasn't that long ago you know."

"Oh just, just hush." the Doctor said as he slumped back into his seat. The pregnant woman smiled and to the Time Lords shock, she snuggled into his side. He sighed with affection as he put his arm around her and drew her closer to himself.

Only 30 minutes into the movie, the Doctor heard a light snore and looked down to see Rose out cold.

And it was in that moment that he knew. He had such an overwhelming feeling of affection when he looked down at her that he was sure, there were deep feelings there that he was almost frightened to explore.

The overwhelmed man had to stop and take a moment to just breath. "I think I'm in love with this woman." he whispered. When the Doctor finally felt he could breath again, he made a move to pick Rose up so he could take her to bed.

She made a slight whimper and burrowed closer into his side. And his hearts melted. He snuggled in closer with her until he fell asleep, his body lightly wrapped around hers.

Just as his eyes drifted closed for a nice long nap with Rose, the gold glow momentarily consumed Rose's body.

END CHAPTER

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