Jack stared at Rose across the console and she shrugged her shoulders. "Where do you want me to start Jack?"
"The Doctor seems as good a place as ever"
"Jack"
"You can't simply give up on him"
Rose closed her eyes, "I never gave up on him, he gave up on me"
Jack shook his head, "I doubt that Rose"
"I built my world around him Jack, I was willing to give up my family for him. You have no idea how much time I spent in the other world trying to stay close to my memories of him when I could have spent time with my mum and now she's gone"
"Oh Rose"
"I had a dream about him later and it turned out it was our minds communicating. I stupidly thought it meant he cared about me started to believe that maybe we'd find each other agan. Then the last time i saw him at 'that' meeting he couldn't bare to look at me" Rose closed her eyes, "It hurt so much and then to see him walk away from me like that without a second glance. It almost destroyed me. So I tried to convince myself that I don't need him" she sighed and stared at her hand being held by Jack, "I was lying to myself Jack. I do need him" and suddenly she was crying again.
"Rose, Rose, my poor angel" Jack stood up and pulled her into his arms, "It's okay Rose, we'll sort this out"
Rose shook her head, "I can't see him again, I can't face him, I can't see him walk away from me again I don't think I could survive it a second time"
Jack held Rose against his body, feeling her sobs slowly leave her body.
Suddenly a bell rang and Rose looked to Jack, and he stared at her before running into the control room, Rose stared at the Tardis view screen, "The Tardis has detected a distress signal," Rose looked at Jack, "I think we should check it out"
Jack nodded, "Will you be ok?"
Rose nodded, her mask slipping back into place, "I'll be fine once I'm out there doing something"
Jack watched sadly as Rose directs the Tardis to follow the signal all the time admiring her strength.