Chapter Fourteen; Halloween

Later that night Rose stepped out onto the deck and hung her arms over the railing as she looked up at the moon. "I remember not so very long ago, when you were just a girl." She sung softly to herself unaware that the doctor was slowly walking up behind her. "I'd hold you in my arms, I'd give you the world. You know that I would be there you'd trust me and say that I could always count on you." She sung before heaving a heavy sad sigh.

That's when she suddenly heard a creaking sound upon the deck floor and she gave a loud gasp of astonishment before quickly spinning around and noticed that her husband was standing there behind her. "What was that?" he asked her with bewilderment. "Nothing," she began quickly with a shake of her head before brushing a bit of hair from her face. "Just something that my father used to sing to me that's all." She answered anxiously with a nervous grin.

"I didn't know you could sing." He told her. "I can't, forget it." She said as she felt her heart speed up against her chest. "What do you mean you can't? Rose, you have one of the most beautiful voices that I've ever heard." He told her. "Do you really think so?" she asked him. "Yeah," he assured her with a nod. "I mean would I ever lie to you?" he questioned her with disbelief. "No. No you wouldn't but_" she began. "Then why don't you believe me?" he asked her. "I do, I just meant that even though I can sing I choose not to. I mean I want to, but every time I think somebody's watching me I freeze up." She explained.

"Oh I see, you've got a case of stage fright." He said. "Of course, what else did you think that I meant?" she asked him. "Listen sweetie, I know that this must be hard for you, but you really do have a wonderful gift and I'd really hate to see you waste it." He said. "I know, but I can't. I'm scared. Alright there, I admitted it. Some time lady that I've turned out to be. I can save the whole planet from an entire alien invasion but I can't go out on stage and face everybody else." She said as she folded her arms and turned her head away from him.

"Rose, look at me." He began soothingly as she slowly turned to look back at him. "You can do anything you put your mind to if you work hard at it. I mean you were scared to save the world and sacrifice yourself too, but you remember why you did it anyway?" The doctor asked her. "Yeah, because I loved you. And the rest of my family and friends and the entire planet." She answered. "Exactly. It was your love for us that pushed you, and it sounds to me like you have a real love of singing." He said.

"So what are you saying?" she asked him. "I'm saying that I think you should give it a try." He told her. "I can't, it's impossible." She said. "No it's not, it's your dream. And when you dream what the rest of the world thinks doesn't matter anymore, because dreaming is what makes the impossible possible." He said. "Well, why do you care about this so much anyway!?" she exclaimed. "Because I love you, and I want you to be happy. And so does the rest of your family." He said.

"That won't happen until I find a way to get back to them." She said with a scoff. "I know, and I promised you that I would help you find a way to get back to them, and I'm always a man of my word aren't I?" he questioned her as she simply nodded. "I just miss them so much." She said as she turned her head away from him again with a sniff. "I know you do. C'mere." He told her as he pulled her inside a hug and kissed the top of her head before resting his chin upon it.

"Is everything alright?" Gibbs asked as he walked over to them. "Yeah, she's fine. She just has quite a lot of issues to deal with right now." He explained. "Well I just thought you'd like to know that the crew and I are tellin' ghost stories up in my cabin and you're invited to come if you'd like." He said as the doctor looked down at his wife. "Rose, do you want to go listen to them tell ghost stories?" he asked her. "You know if things get too scary you can always snuggle up to me and I'll protect you." He added with a grin. "Alright!" she answered quickly as she broke out of his arms and grabbed ahold of his hand. The doctor laughed as he found himself being dragged away.

The doctor and Rose had had so much going on lately that they had nearly forgotten that it was Halloween. Of course their two boys were fast asleep since it was way past their bedtime, but Jessie and Doc traveled along with them. As the doctor sat down Jessie jumped up onto his lap and started to purr. He absentmindedly started to scratch her behind the ears as she sat laid down. "So, not a cat person are you?" Rose questioned as she sat down next to them while the cat began to shut her eyes. "Alright, you caught me. But in my defense I never met a feline this sweet before." He said as the dog laid down on the floor right by his side.

"Alright, so how bout we play a game of pass the ghost story?" he suggested as the other crew members immediately agreed with him. "It was a dark and stormy night,.." He began. "Thunder roared and lightning flashed, a tree fell down and a frog got smashed." Rose finished with a grin as all of the crew members simply just looked at her. "Don't mind her, she's being a goof." The doctor said with a roll of his eyes. "What? You're telling me that you never heard of that before? We used to joke about it all the time in Girl Scouts." She said. "What's Girl Scouts?" a crew member asked her. "Never mind." She said.

Well Gibbs started telling a story about a headless old pirate named Nicholas, and by the time they had gone around the entire circle, Rose realized that that must have been the origin to Sleepy Hollow. After they were finished telling ghost stories, Michael woke up and needed a feeding. Meanwhile Johnathan had been having a nightmare. The doctor comforted him while Rose fed the baby and then the two of them went back to their own cabin for the night. "I'm really worried about Johnathan." Rose began as she started to undress herself.

"He's really afraid that he won't ever see his grandparents again, or the planet even." She said. "You aren't still worried about it are you?" he asked her. "No. Well, not completely." She said as she climbed into bed under the covers. The doctor climbed inside next to her and kissed her lips. "Well just remember, everything's going to be alright, I promise." He said as he kissed her again. "I love you." She told him as she kissed him back. "I love you too." He said as they both said goodnight and Rose cuddled up inside his chest. He kissed the top of her head softly before the two of them drifted off to sleep.