Title: It starts with Barcelona

Pairing: Ten/Rose

Fandom: Doctor Who

Rate: T

Story: AU version of "Doomsday": Rose stayed with the Doctor and they set up their new beginning. There's something different in Rose, something that she still doesn't understand. The Doctor does though and he'll try to help her. This time, he'll allow himself to be selfish. Only this time, because she's the reason. She's the main reason that keeps him going.

A/N: Hello, guys. I've decided it's time to try something new and that's the reason I've started watching "Doctor Who". Then, I found myself falling in love with Ten... and then in Ten/Rose relationship. Because they are unique and special. So, I've decided to write my own post-version of "Doomsday". Enjoy and I hope you like it. :)

Chapter Thirty-Eight: The way you are

The TARDIS got stuck in a planet called Midnight. They had to refuel there, because there wasn't any other way to go back to Earth. The Doctor decided to do a little sightseeing, while Rose stayed with Pete. She had a bad feeling about that planet and wanted to be closer to her child. The Doctor didn't share her worries though. He looked excited, because he had never been here before. It was his first time and that happened really rare. He said that this planet was made of blue sparkling diamonds. Even the waterfalls were made of sparkling diamonds. People here were nice and friendly. However, something in that place made Rose nervous.

"C'mon! What could possibly happen here?" The Doctor grinned, putting on his coat. "Look outside. Is there any danger?"

"Well," Rose opened the door of the TARDIS and peeked outside. "The only thing I can see is a SPA hotel. Well, something as a SPA hotel."

"See? There's nothing dangerous." The Doctor rubbed her back. "If there were something dangerous, the TARDIS would tell us."

"TARDIS doesn't know everything sometimes, Doctor." Rose looked at him. "I really think it's safer if we stay here."

"We're gonna be stuck in here another twelve hours," the Doctor gave her a look. "You really don't want to take a walk? You can visit that SPA center. I'm sure they have nannies there. You could have sun baths… well, something like sun baths, because this star is really bright."

"Thank you, but I want few quiet moments with my son." Rose gave him a look. "Maybe you should stay with us as well."

"I could do that but… you know we're never stuck in a place with no reason." The Doctor tilted his head. "Sure, TARDIS needs fuel, but why here? Why now? I have to check."

"Sometimes I wish you've had a day off," Rose scoffed.

"Oh, c'mon now!" The Doctor cupped her face. "I promise I'll be back shortly, okay? I'm just gonna check why we're here and I'll be back."

"I still don't like it," Rose muttered.

"I know," he leaned and gave her a kiss. "You stay with Pete, okay?"

"Fine," Rose muttered, placing her hands on his waist. "Be careful, okay?"

"You know me," the Doctor grinned.

"Exactly because I know you," Rose sighed and kissed him again. "Just be careful. Promise?"

"I promise!" The Doctor grinned and walked out from TARDIS.

Rose stayed at the door, watching him walking away. Then she sighed and walked back inside. She headed for Pete's room and smiled when she walked in there. He was awake. His eyes were already chocolate brown and his hair had grown, matching the color of his father's hair. Rose grinned and took him in her arms. Pete cooed, hiding his head in the crook of his mother's neck. Rose rubbed his back, walking out the room. She headed to the console room. Pete loved to be there. He could stare in the console for hours and the humming of the TARDIS made him relaxed.

Rose sat on the seat there, turning on the monitor. The Gallifreyan symbols started changing there. She had learned some of them. They showed nothing disturbing for now, so she leaned back on the seat already relaxed. Maybe the Doctor was right. Maybe she was worried for nothing. It happened often though and lately, her funny feelings were always right.

Pete cried and she looked down at him. Her fingers touched his baby face, wiping his tears. She couldn't stop the thought of how much he looked like his father. Rose sighed when he gave another cry. Oh yes, he was hungry. She had learned to recognize his cries. Therefore, she loosened her pink blouse and started feeding him. Her eyes closed and she let her thoughts wandering. In times like these, she missed her mother. She wanted to see her one more time, even for a while. She wanted to show her Pete and to tell her how happy she was now with the Doctor. However, Rose knew that couldn't happen. Not now and not ever. She had made her choice and she hadn't felt sorry even for a second. She wouldn't change anything in her life. The Doctor was her fate and she believed in that with her whole being.

Pete had finished feeding so Rose lifted him up and rubbed his back. When he burped, she chuckled. He was such a cute little thing. Sometimes she couldn't believe he had happened in her life. He was the second best thing that she wouldn't change in her world.

"…the ship appeared to be missing. I repeat! The ship is off the radar!" A sudden voice, coming from the monitor interrupted Rose's thoughts. She carefully put the already sleeping Pete on the seat and stared at the monitor. "We've caught signals for help! We're going! Over!" The voice echoed again. Now Rose was sure that TARDIS had caught something. Then she froze. TARDIS wouldn't just catch a random conversation. It had to do something with the Doctor.

"Oh please, no." Rose shook her head. "Don't do this to me, don't!" She muttered under her nose. Her heart beat faster but she turned around, taking Pete in her arms.

Rose walked to her kid's room and put him in his crib. Pete was sleeping soundly so she looked at him for another second and then ran out the room. The monitor in the console room was still working, but didn't show a picture. The screen was blue and the only thing Rose could hear were the conversation between the rescue team.

"We're approaching the ship now. It looks like it'd lost its pilots cabin. I repeat - no pilot's cabin. We're inside now. The stewardess is gone. I repeat – the stewardess is gone. Ten survivors, plus one man down. He's injured. He's unconscious, but still breathing. They said he saved them all. I repeat – the people here said he saved them all. They don't know what happened."

"Oh, damn you!" Rose cursed though tears. "You've had to do it, have you?"

"We'll be back in the hotel in ten minutes. I repeat – ten minutes."

At that point Rose stopped listening and grabbed her pink leather jacket. Then she rushed out the door, heading to the hotel. She had to stop them of taking him to the hospital. The Doctor had told her how dangerous that could be. So, Rose had to take him back to the TARDIS.

That turned out to be easy to say than done. She had to prove that she was his wife. Then she had to use the psychic paper to prove that she's a nurse and she could take care of him. It was bad enough to watch him lying on the improvised bed in the foyer of the hotel all pale and motionless. She had to be strong for him.

They let her take him in the TARDIS. Two men of the rescuing team carried him to there. They said it was an honor, because he had saved the people's lives in that ship.

"Ma'm?" Rose heard a woman's voice calling her and she turned around, just before she could enter the TARDIS. "Are you his wife? John Smith's wife?"

"I… yes," she looked at the young black woman. "Yes, I am."

"I just wanted to thank you." The girl smiled. "He saved us, all of us. I'm sorry we hadn't listened to him since from the beginning."

"What happened?" Rose tilted her head. "Why he was even on that ship?"

The girl shrugged. "He said he had to be there, but he didn't know why. Also, he wanted me to talk to you." The girl paused. "He said that if something happened to him, I have to find you. Find Rose, he said."

"Well, you found me." Rose tried to smile, but really she didn't feel like smiling anymore.

"He said that if he can't tell you this… that… you'd know what to do. And he also said not to do stupid things." The girl coughed. "I'm sorry, m'am."

"It's okay," Rose sighed. "I know him enough to know what he meant."

"We didn't know there's such a creature, m'am." The girl bit her lower lip. "It… made one of the women there crazy. It took her brain. It wasn't her anymore. It was that creature speaking. Then it tried to take Mr. Smith, but he didn't let it. He tried to resist, but that creature was too strong… He fought until the end, m'am. If the stewardess hadn't sacrificed herself to save him, he would be dead by now." The girl sniffed. "He tried to warn us, but we didn't listen. Why? Why we didn't listen to him?"

"Hey," Rose took a step closer and wrapped her arms around the young girl. "It's okay. He'll be okay. I'll make sure of it, I promise."

"Thank you, m'am." The girl smiled through tears when she pulled back. "Please, tell him that he's our hero? If there's anything we can do for you and him, anytime…"

"Okay," Rose nodded. "Now, I really have to-"

"Just one more thing," the girl interrupted her. "He wanted you to know that he loves you."

"I-", Rose coughed to cover the tears. "Thank you."

The girl simply nodded and walked away. Rose let out a heavy sigh and walked back into TARDIS. The humming of the console showed to her that the ship was ready to go. She pulled down the lever and pushed few buttons. Soon after that, the TARDIS dematerialized and vanished from the planet Midnight.

Rose walked to the Doctor's room. It was their room now. The TARDIS had made few changes so she could feel comfortable there as well. Rose walked to the bed and sat there, close to the Doctor. She rested her head on his chest and sighed when she heard his both hearts beating. He was going to be fine.

"I should've listened to you," she heard his weak voice.

"I wish I could see that," Rose whispered.

"I'm sorry," the Doctor's hand rested on her back and Rose snuggled in him.

"You've saved all these people," Rose muttered. "You don't have to be sorry." Her hand on his chest glowed in a soft light. "Let me help you now."

"No," he uttered. "You're gonna feel weak after that. We both know that."

"You can't exactly stop me now, can you?" Rose closed her eyes, focusing over the small amount of energy passing through her hand. "And you you're not that badly injured. I can deal with that."

"Rose," the Doctor tried to talk again.

"Shh-shh," she hushed him. "Just relax and let me help you now."

"Stubborn human," the Doctor muttered.

"Stubborn Time Lord!" Rose chuckled quietly. "Thank you," she said after awhile. "Thank you for being the way you are."

"What?" He sounded confused.

"Helping people, saving worlds." Rose looked up at him. "Thank you, Doctor."

The Doctor didn't say a word. He just stroked her hair and his palm rested on a side of her face. Rose gave him a small smile. He smiled back at her and just then she realized that he was her world. Even more than that. He was her Universe and even beyond. She'd never felt sorry for loving that man. Not ever.