-1 The Doctor felt the force of the punch throw him backwards into the TARDIS doors, banging his head hard. He blindly raised a hand to his face, feeling his tender nose.

"Mickey!" Rose was screaming somewhere in the background, an American drawl cutting in occasionally. The Doctor blearily opened his eyes and looked around. Rose was arguing with a blurry shape that he knew would become Mickey. A hand reached down and pulled him up, propping him against the door of his ship.

"Jack?" He groaned. Jack laughed and leant in closer.

"I have waited to hear you say my name like that for so long…" The Doctor sighed and shook his head in amusement.

"Same old Jack."

"Same old Doctor." Jack pulled the Doctor's hands away from his face and gingerly felt his nose.

"Same old Doctor with an almost broken nose…" He muttered. The Doctor pushed himself off of the TARDIS and let everything come back into focus. Mickey's shape came in clearer now, and the Doctor came face to face with an angry pair of eyes.

"What the hell have you done to her?" Mickey growled as he pulled Rose into a protective hug.

"Mickey! Stop it." Rose pushed herself out of his grip, teetering on her heels.

"Look at yourself Rose! You're hysterical! And I bet he's to blame as well?" Mickey jabbed a finger in the Doctor's chest. Rose pushed his arm away and stood between the two.

"Mickey, we had this talk before we came to this universe. I don't need you to protect me. I don't need you to fight my battles. I can do it myself." She said in a deadly quiet voice. Mickey seemed to deflate slightly, but still held his defensive position.

"Obviously you do! Look at you! You're miserable. All I heard when we were in Pete's world, was how you wanted to get back to him. How you loved him, how sure you was that he loved you to. Now look at yourself! What? Did you find out he didn't love you as much as you thought he would, that he doesn't love you at all? What is it Rose? Answer me!" The Doctor realised that he was witnessing an age old argument, but still winced when Rose swung her hand to connect with Mickey's face.

"It's none of your business." Rose whispered, all of her previous gusto disappearing. The creak of the TARDIS door quietened the room, and they swung their heads around to look at the door. River stepped out, all to aware of the heavy silence settling on the room. She looked around, spotting Rose's tear stained face watching her sadly. A young dark skinned man stood beside her, eyebrows raised and shaking his head. River looked around searching for the Doctor, but found him with his eyes lowered to the floor, avoiding eye contact with anyone. Particularly from the handsome man that was now glaring at him.

"Doctor?" River asked carefully, her discomfort evident in her voice.

"Come here." The Doctor held his hand out towards her, and she quickly took it.

"This is River. River Song." He said as confidently as he could without looking at anyone.

"He did it again didn't he?" Mickey smiled bitterly.

"Shut up Mickey.." Rose glared at him, mouth curled up in distaste.

"Another Reinette." He said to her, but this time it was more out of sympathy.

"Mickey!"

"No Rose! He's not worth it! I had to listen to you cry yourself to sleep nearly every night because of him. But you still insist that he's better for you than me." Rose groaned and put her hands to her face.

"Mickey, we've had this conversation time and time again. I'm gonna love him no matter what you say. I don't care what he does Mickey." Mickey pressed his lips together and shook his head.

"I thought you were done caring about me! I'm not gonna keep trying to make you see sense Rose, I'm going back to our universe, and I'm not staying for you! I believe that was what you said wasn't it?" Mickey looked at her for a moment before storming out, slamming the door behind him. Rose breathed out shakily and looked round to Jack.

"Hi." She smiled slightly, and Jack rushed forward to pick her up in a hug.

"I believe that we didn't have enough time for this before." He murmured into her neck. Rose wrapped her arms around his neck and squeezed him tight.

"Jack? What's wrong with Mickey?" Gwen's voice floated through the room. Jack stepped back from Rose and gripped her hand.

"We have visitors." Jack said steadily. Gwen looked from Rose's red eyes to the Doctor's red nose and sighed.

"Not just a pleasure visit then?" She said. Gwen looked to Rose smiled.

"Come on, you need to get out of those clothes. High heels are not a good thing at Torchwood. I learnt that from experience." Rose smiled softly back and followed Gwen out of the door.

"Ms. Song was it?" Jack turned to her, eyes lingering on her hand entwined tightly with the Doctor's. River nodded politely and the Doctor finally looked up.

"Ms. Song, why don't you go into that room there, and ask Ianto to get you some coffee?" River walked stiffly through the door that Jack had motioned to. The Doctor looked to Jack and offered him a smile that was not returned.

"What did you do?" Jack asked him softly. The Doctor groaned and leant against the TARDIS.

"A lot of things." Jack pulled out a chair and sat him down on it.

"Walk me through it."

AN: I don't think that this chapters as good as it can be, but I'm so depressed! David is leaving us! After I heard that, I just felt so abandoned! And Steven Moffat said that he doesn't want any characters from the last four series to return….so that means no more Jack…no more Mickey…no more Donna…and no more Rose! But I bet he has no problem with River. I think I am seriously hating on him right now. I'll give him a chance I suppose, but it's not going to be easy….*sigh*, anyway….hope you lot enjoyed this though, I'll update when I've finished wallowing….(It won't be that long lol)