The Doctor was upset. Alone, and depressed, he felt that life was no longer worth living. He had given up looking for Rose, and even his newly reconciled relationship with Sir Ducksworth wouldn't cheer him up.

"What am I going to do, Sir Ducksworth? Fight the baddies alone?" He sighed, and patted his friends yellow plastic head. "I can't take you! You'd just get damaged and I wouldn't want to loose someone else! God, why was I such an idiot! She's probably out there, alone, sleeping on the cold hard floor, nowhere to go! What have I done?"

Meanwhile, Jack had calmed down, and he was willing to accept that he should apologise to Rose. She had only asked a question, why did he get so angry about it? But everything was back to normal, and Rose was getting on well with his team. She was now part of the Torchwood family. He pulled Ianto and Gwen over to one side one afternoon to talk to them privately.

"So...What do you think?"

"What do we think of what?" Gwen asked. Jack sighed and nodded his head in the direction of Rose.

"Of Rose! Do you like her?"

"Yeah, course! We wouldn't have welcomed her in if we didn't!" Gwen replied.

"Why'd you ask?" Ianto cut in. Jack shrugged and then grinned.

"I was wondering if we could ask her to join our team. I men, she's perfect! She's travelled with the Doctor, and she knows about aliens and stuff, and she's a good laugh! And Gwen, now you have another woman to talk to!" Gwen rolled her eyes. "So. What's it gonna be?"

"I like her. Yeah, why not," Gwen smiled, and her and Jack both looked at Ianto. He nodded enthusiastically.

"Then it's settled. We'll call a meeting later on tonight, and ask her then," Jack decided.

"Rose. You know how much we love you, right?" Jack began that evening, as they were all settled down on the sofa. "Well-"

"Oh god, I've outstayed my welcome, haven't I? I promise, I'll leave tomorrow mornin', or even now, if you want-"

"Hold on! You're not going anywhere," Jack pulled her back down to the sofa, and she breathed a sigh of relief. "In fact, we want you to do the opposite. Do you know what that means?" Rose shook her head, not really sure what Jack was getting at. "We want you to join our team!"

"Are you serious?" Rose frowned, and Ianto nodded.

"We think you're perfect for it! Only if you want to, mind you. I know that you want to travel with the Doctor and that, but it was just a suggestion," He shrugged, and Rose laughed delightedly.

"Oh god! Yeah, totally! Thank you so much!" She gushed, and leaned over to kiss them all on the cheek. "I swear, you won't regret this!"

"I know we won't," Jack hugged her. Rose bounded out of the room, still beaming like she had won the lottery, when a thought came over Gwen. She was frowning, and Jack noticed her expression. "What's wrong? Do you think we've made a mistake?"

"No! It's just...What if the Doctor finds her. She won't want to stay with us!"

"We'll cross that bridge when we come to it," Ianto said diplomatically. Jack patted him on the back and Gwen sighed, knowing that two men weren't going to understand. Well, at least she had someone to talk to about them now! Having another woman on the team was going to be fun.

Three months later, Rose had well and truly become a member of Jack's team. She was intelligent, brave, and quick in many situations. Gwen could talk to her about anything, Ianto would stay up late and have some in-depth chats with her, and Jack had a whale of a time, just larking about with them. Rose had almost forgotten abut her old life, and the Doctor, and their bathroom, buzzing with adventure and fun. She would tell Gwen about her feelings for the Doctor, and how misty her love for him had become. Gwen, in return, told her about her husband, Rhys, and her frantic wedding. Ianto showed her a deep meaningful side that she never knew she had, and Rose taught Ianto how to let loose and appreciate life more. Jack was feeding off of every ones energy and enthusiasm. The team had never felt so right.

Until The Doctor found Rose.

Gwen shrieked with laughter. Her and Rose were standing in her kitchen at Gwen's home, drinking coffee. Gwen had invited her to stay with them for as long as she needed. Rhys adored Rose. Not like that, as he was married to Gwen, but he respected her and late at night they would play cards and swap stories about their life. Rhys wasn't so keen on Jack, and he felt that Gwen wasn't always safe at what she did. But he accepted it, like the good husband he was.

"Did he really do that?" Gwen asked, calming down after her laughter fit.

"Yeah! So he' left us, stranded, nothin' else to do! I'm wantin' to kill 'im, and the Doctor's goin' crazy about these zombies in gas masks!" Rose giggled, and Gwen rolled her eyebrows.

"Typical Jack! What happened next, you obviously survived!"

"Well, it turns out he was heroic enough to get his ship and transport the chula warship thing to somewhere else! And we saved the day, and Jack joined the TARDIS crew!" Rose finished.

"What's the TARDIS?"

"Time and Relative Dimension in space. It's the Doctor's ship. Bigger on the inside. Waay bigger," Rose added with a smile. Up until then, she hadn't realised how much she actually missed the Doctor, and his quirky little ways. "I need to use the loo," She told Gwen, and she scurried upstairs. Locking the bathroom door, she sank down onto the bath and reached for her phone. She found the TARDIS on her contacts list, and clicked onto it. Holding it up to her ear, she heard the ringing noise, and she grinned. She was going to talk to him! But then she had a doubt, Actually, she had a lot of doubts. She had a good life with Gwen, and Jack and Ianto. The Doctor wasn't looking for her, was he? She was about to hang up when he answered.

"Hello?" He chirped. Rose was stone cold, not saying anything back. "Hello? How did you get this number? I only give it out to...Rose? Is that you? God, please tell me it's you!" He sounded desperate, and Rose's heart broke. The fear in his voice was chilling, but she hung up quickly. She trundled back downstairs to find Rhys and Gwen deep in conversation.

"Everythin' alrigh'?" Gwen asked, smiling. Rose nodded and smiled back, still shaking.

The Doctor looked at his phone, and suddenly had an idea. If he could patch it up to the monitor, then he could trace the signal and possibly find Rose! He got to work straight away, not wanting to miss a second.

It was half an hour after the phone call. They were watching telly peacefully when there was a bang on the door. Gwen jumped and glanced at the clock.

"Who would be comin' round to see us at half ten?"

"I bet it's Jack!" Rhys said, and Gwen sighed.

"It's my night off, Rhys. Please shut up!"

"Night off. Pah!" Rhys scoffed. Rose got up to get it. "I still think he'd call on you on your night off. He's that kinda bloke, you see! I don't trust the man one bit! I can't believe you do!" Rose smiled, and she unlocked the door, not knowing that there was a surprise waiting just behind it. She tucked a stray bit of hair behind her ear and listened in on their argument. As she was doing so, she unlocked the door and looked back into the living room.

"Listen, if you two don't shut up, I'm seriously gonna have to move out of here," She grinned, and turned to meet their visitor. Her face fell when he saw who it was.

"Rose?" The Doctor squinted. Rose wasn't sure what to do. "Is that really you?"

"Yeah, it's me," Her voice was thick and emotional. The Doctor scooped her up into a hug, that lasted for a long time. Their joy was almost overwhelming, but they didn't care. Gwen came to see who was at the door, and as soon as she saw them embracing, she knew who the man was.

"The Doctor," She whispered, and gulped.

In the next chapter, Rose will have to choose between the love of her life or Torchwood! Again, you can give me feedback, and make your minds up!

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