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Chapter Thirty Seven: Stew, Cake and Dreaming…
Sarah Jane made her way to the TARDIS kitchen for a cup of tea and was surprised to find the Doctor and Martha sitting at the table, the Doctor was smiling adoringly at Martha as she ate.
"How about a glass of juice?" He suggested, pushing himself to his feet.
"I'll get it," Martha replied, getting up from the table.
"Martha…"
She raised a perfectly arched eyebrow, stopping him from saying another word.
"Okay, you win." He sighed, sitting down.
"H-hello," Sarah Jane spoke up, making the couple aware that they weren't alone.
"Sarah Jane," the Doctor greeted warmly as she approached the table. "Would you like a bowl of o'jur stew?" He offered.
Sarah Jane glanced at Martha's half eaten bowl of the fuchsia gelled substance and politely refused.
"It tastes better than it looks," Martha assured her. "Me, I can't get enough of it."
"I'll just have tea." Sarah Jane replied.
"Okay, I'll get it for you," Martha offered, moving towards the cupboard.
The Doctor watched as she opened the cupboard and reach for a cup. "Martha, I don't think that you should be stretching …"
"Doctor, I'm not going to break," she replied, annoyed. "Really, you think that I'm made of glass."
"Well in a way you are." He countered.
Martha grabbed the cup and turned around to face her husband; her hearts melted when she saw his head tilted to the side just so and his expressive brown eyes gazing back at her, full of concern and love. "Arugh…" Martha sighed, throwing her hands up in defeat. "You know I can't stay angry with you when you give me that look."
"What look?" He asked innocently, blinking slowly as he pushed his hair out of his face.
"Your, I'm-so-adorable-won't-you-take-me-home-puppy-dog-look," she quipped, smiling. "Even your hair gets into the act."
"It works every time." The Doctor boasted, winking at Sarah Jane.
Sarah Jane hid her smile behind her hand; it was quite obvious that the Doctor and Martha were madly in love with each other.
Martha put the kettle on for tea and walked to the refrigerator and took out the container of juice and a half eaten banana cake.
"Would you like a slice of cake with your tea?" She offered.
The Doctor stared at the cake. "Martha, that's my cake," he muttered. "Francine made it for me."
Martha rolled her eyes, ignoring him. "Cake, Sarah Jane?"
"Yes please." She replied.
"Sarah Jane…" the Doctor whined, fringing hurt.
"It's not like you're not going to get another one Sunday," Martha retorted. "Sarah Jane, do you want a thick slice?"
"Sure why not?"
Martha cut Sarah Jane a thick slice of cake and placed it on a saucer.
"Did someone mention cake?" Adric announced as he and Donna strolled into the kitchen.
"Sure, do you and Donna want a piece?" Martha asked.
The Doctor glared at Donna, pretending to be angry.
"You bet I do," she said, sitting down next to Sarah Jane. "And make it a thick one," she added. "Once I had asked Skinny for a slice of his precious cake, he had cut it so thin it was like eating banana flavored air."
"I had to make it last for a week," the Doctor said weakly in his defense.
"Hello everyone," Jack greeted, he pulled up a chair and sat next to Donna; he noticed the bowl of gelled fuchsia goo and grimaced. "Uh, what's that?"
"O'jur stew," the Doctor replied; eating a spoonful of Martha's meal. Jack pulled a face as the Doctor's smacked his lips. "Mmmm, mmmm, good."
"Ewww," Donna spoke up. "Is Martha still eating…?" She stared at Martha; her brown eyes grew widened as the truth finally dawn on her. "It was morning sickness wasn't it?"
"What?" the Doctor answered, not really paying attention, he grabbed a saucer and asked Martha to cut him a slice of cake.
"Last month…when Martha was very ill," she explained. "It was morning sickness wasn't it?"
"I'm afraid so," Martha confessed. "I'm sorry we didn't confide in you, but at the time…"
Donna held up her hand to silence her. "Say no more."
"So, we're forgiven?"
Donna glanced across the table and smiled warmly at the Doctor. "There's nothing to forgive, love."
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Mickey held Jackie's hand as they both sat in companionable silence, staring at the sleeping young lady who hasn't stirred the entire time they had been there.
"Thank you for sitting with me," Jackie said softly to the young man sitting next to her. "After the way my daughter had treated you, I'm surprised you still care."
"What happened between me and Rose has no bearing on what I feel about you, Pete and Tony," Mickey replied. "Besides Gran, you three are the only family I've got."
Jackie smiled softly and gave his hand a gentle squeeze.
"I will always care about Rose because she's your daughter but other than that…" Mickey shrugged. "I don't have much sympathy for her…sorry."
"You are entitled to your opinion."
Mickey nodded in agreement.
"I think it's time to go home," Jackie sighed. "I'm missing Pete and Tony and the sooner Rose is hospitalized, the closer she will be to getting better."
Mickey nodded in agreement
"What do you think Rose is dreaming about?" Jackie asked, after a few minutes of silence. "Do you think she's dreaming about the Doctor?"
"When is she not?" Mickey chuckled.
Rose's Dream…
The Princess Rose waited two years…
Two years for her alien Prince in his blue magical travelling time machine to come and rescue her.
Her mother, Queen Jackie tried to encourage the beautiful blond Princess Rose to move on with her life, surely there had to be at least one man in all of the kingdom who was worthy on her love.
"My fair Princess Rose, why must you mope around your room for something that will never happen?" Queen Jackie asked her beautiful daughter. "The alien Prince is lost to you forever."
Princess Rose shook her beautiful blond head, refusing to believe that her one true love is lost to her – never to be seen again.
"Oh Queen Mum, you don't know of what you speak of," she said, rebuking her. "The alien Prince and I shall see each other again; the love we share does not die because we are apart. It continues to grow and get stronger, binding us to each other until the end of time."
"What about Mickey the Handsome?" Queen Jackie suggested, ignoring her beautiful daughter's suffering. "Surely he is worthy of thy love and loyalty."
A frowned formed upon Princess Rose's beautiful countenance.
"Queen Mum, Mickey the Stupid no longer shares my bed or my heart," she hissed. "He refuses to worship me, he accused me of the most horrid and vile thing."
"And what is that, my wonderful Princess Rose."
"I called out the alien Prince's name in the throes of passion," she replied, her delicate pale skin turning a pale shade of scarlet. "As Mickey was diddling me with his man-pole, I tried not to think of my alien Prince but it couldn't be helped, my every thought is plagued by him."
"So what Mickey the Handsome accuses you of is true?" Queen Jackie tsked.
"He refuses to worship me," she answered, ignoring her mother's question. "He said I will never partake in the pleasure of his man-pole impaling my hot, virginal, slick sweet treasure box…" Princess Rose trembled slightly as her royal knickers became moist, thinking about Mickey's man-pole buried deep in her treasure box. "I shall go on a quest to find my alien Prince." Princess Rose said, abruptly changing the subject.
"That's impossible! He lives in a different world far, far away."
"That will not stop me; true love shall find a way."
"Didn't the alien Prince warn you not to find him? Didn't he say worlds will be destroy and die?"
Princess Rose turned up her cute little nose and rolled her gorgeous eyes. "The alien Prince does not mean that," she huffed. "He knows I will do the opposite of what he says. He knows I will not stop until I find him."
"But Princess Rose, I feel you must heed his warning."
"Me? Heed his warning?" she scoffed. "If I had heeded his warning my father, King Pete II will not be have found his true love in you Queen Mum."
Princess Rose searched until she had found a way to get back to her alien Prince.
The Dimension Cannon…
Her father, King Pete II, refused to provide the gold and silver coins for her new hobby until she threw a royal snit. Princess Rose went on a hunger strike refusing to eat until he changed his mind, not even the offer of Mickey the Stupid diddling her with his man-pole until her gorgeous brown eyes turn a sparkling royal blue, as tempting as it was, couldn't persuade her.
Soon word of the King's cruelty to the beautiful Princess Rose spread throughout the land.
"We can't let our beautiful Princess Rose wither away to nothing!" The public cried. "We must stand up for what is right!"
In a matter of days, riots broke out in the streets and there was talk of overthrowing the king. Fearing for his kingdom, King Pete II relented and opened up the royal vault and gave to his darling Princess Rose's hobby freely and with his blessings.
Working her team of the best scientists and engineers to the point of exhaustion, the Dimension Cannon was finished in record time.
The beautiful Princess Rose bid farewell to her family, and set out on her journey to find her alien Prince. She didn't know how many worlds she left dying in her quake, nor did she care.
She was Princess Rose, a woman in love…
The day she found her way back to her alien Prince and his blue magical travelling machine, was a wonderful day indeed!
The sun shined perfectly on her shimmery beautiful blond hair as it beat softly against her back as she ran to her alien Prince.
"My beautiful Princess Rose, you have found me!" he cried, running towards her with open arms.
"My alien Prince!" she shouted, tears of pure love falling down her face.
He scooped her up in his arms and twirled her around several times before placing her lovingly on her dainty feet.
"You've found me," he gushed, looking upon her beautiful visage in awe. "Even when I told you not to, you've found me."
"Our love is stronger than mere planets dying," she sighed dreamily, "Don't you agree?"
Her alien Prince laughed, lifting her in his arms. "We shall never part again." He proclaimed as they headed towards his blue magical travelling machine.
"And you shall never change." She replied, smiling. "You will have this face forever."
As they approached his blue travelling machine, the beautiful Princess Rose noticed a rainbow on the horizon and squealed.
"Look my love, just for us." She sighed.
Her handsome alien Prince stopped and looked in the direction of the rainbow and nodded. "Just for us." He agreed.
And the beautiful Princess Rose and her alien Prince stepped into his blue magical travelling machine - and lived happily ever after among the stars.
A faint smile found its way on her lips…
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Torchwood Hub, Parallel Universe…
"FUCK!" Alcarez shouted, her soft gray eyes widened in disbelief…
tbc...
A/N: Thanks for reading!