Rose followed the sounds of a commotion ahead. The sounds led her to a group of Judoon crowded in a doorway. Martha was trying to push through. "But it was her. She killed him. She did it. She murdered him." Rose felt her heart jump into her throat. Someone was dead?

Rose ran to the group and peered between the bodies of the Judoon. They were big and took up a lot of space but Rose managed to get a glimpse of the Doctor. "No!" she shouted and tried to push her way through. The Judoon held her back.

"Judoon have no authority over human crime," the Judoon in front told Martha.

"But she's not human," Martha shouted.

Rose's attention was drawn to a lady standing next to the Doctor's body as she said, "Oh, but I am. I've been catalogued." The lady held her hand that had an x drawn on to it up for everyone to see.

"But she's not! She assimi…" Martha trailed off in thought, "Wait a minute. You drank his blood? The Doctor's blood?" Martha quickly grabbed a scanner off the nearest Judoon.

"Oh, I don't mind. Scan all you like," the lady said as Martha pointed the scanner at her.

The Judoon peered at the results and read, "Non-human."

Shock registered on the woman's face, "But, what?"

"Confirm analysis."

The old lady said, "Oh, but it's a mistake, surely. I'm human. I'm as human as they come."

"He gave his life so they'd find you," Martha muttered. Rose had stopped trying to get through as the events had unfolded. At this reminder she started shoving her way through again. She managed to get oast the Judoon and she ran to the Doctor's side. She placed her hands on either side of his chest. When she felt nothing she leaned her head on his chest hoping to hear anything. It was silent.

The Judoon carried on with their execution of the woman. But Rose wasn't listening. The Doctor couldn't die. Rose didn't want to live without him. They were supposed to have forever together. Why wasn't he regenerating. Rose would even prefer that over not having him at all.

"Doctor," Rose sobbed. "Come on! Wake up! Regenerate! Do something!" She wrapped her arms around him. "Please don't leave me."

Rose wasn't sure what was happening around her but suddenly Martha was in front of her. "Rose," she tried to get Rose's attention. "I'm going to try CPR, ok?" Rose didn't say anything. "I need you to move."

Rose shakily pushed herself off the Doctor. Why hadn't she thought to try CPR? Rose felt immediately grateful for Martha. She had just been hoping the Doctor would regenerate.

Martha started CPR. It took a moment for Rose to register why it felt like Martha was doing it wrong. "He's got two hearts," Rose told Martha.

"What?"

"He has two hearts," Rose told her again.

"How can he have two hearts?" Martha exclaimed. At Rose's look she just continued with her CPR. That was when Rose remembered the oxygen tank. She pulled it out of her pocket.

"Martha," Rose called. Martha looked at her and her expression brightened when she saw the oxygen tank. She took it out of Rose's hand and pressed it again the Doctor's face. By now Rose was feeling particularly lightheaded. She blinked her eyes hard but it was no use. She fell backwards and the world around her faded to darkness.

XX

Rose wakes up to her name being murmured in her ear over and over again. "Rose, Rose, Rose, Rose, Rose." She blinks her eyes open. Above her is the Doctor. When he notices her eyes are open he smiles a brilliant smile at her. Rose smiles weakly back at him.

She realizes that she is in his arms in front of a large window. He is sitting on the floor with his back against a wall. She tries to sit up but he clings to her so instead she relaxes into his arms. "Are you okay?" he asks with his lips pressed again her temple.

Rose nods. "Are you?" He nods back at her. She pushes herself to her feet despite the Doctor's protests. "Because I thought you were dead. And you're not. And I was so scared. And I…"

"Rose." He looks at her and stands up. "I'm sorry." And maybe he is. But it doesn't change how scared Rose had been. Rose turns around to look out the window while shaking her head. They are back on Earth. And now that Rose is paying attention she notices that the strange stretching sensation from before is gone.

"Let's just get back to the Tardis," Rose whispers. The Doctor's shoulders slump but he follows Rose out of the hospital and to the Tardis.

Once they are in the Tardis the Doctor sends them to the vortex. They both sit in the in silence for several minutes. Rose is sitting in the jump seat and the Doctor is leaning against the console.

Finally the Doctor breaches the silences with the same question from before, "Are you alright?" Rose had said she was fine earlier but he wasn't convinced.

She ignored him in favor if looking at the Tardis grating. "Rose?" The Doctor moved away from the console and kneeled in front of her.

"I'm fine," Rose whispered. But her voice was wobbly and from the Doctor's position he could see tears building up in her eyes.

"No, you're not." He grabbed her shoulders and tried to catch her eyes with his own. But she refused to look at him. "Rose." His voice was just as quiet as hers had been. "Talk to me."

"Why?" Rose gave a humorless laugh.

"What?" The Doctor's brows furrowed.

Rose finally looked at him, "Why should I? You never talk to me." He opened his mouth to protest but Rose kept going. "You always just run off and do whatever you want. And it scares me so much. I don't want to lose you. I already lost my mom and my dad and Mickey. And I don't know what I would do if I lost you, too." Tears poured down Rose's cheeks.

The Doctor stared at her shocked, "Rose. I'm not going to leave you."

"Yeah? What about today?" she spat at him. She jumped to her feet and the Doctor followed her lead.

"I know what I was doing. It was part of my plan."

"You almost died!" Rose shouted shoving him. He stumbled back a few steps staring at her with wide eyes.

Rose slowly sat down on the floor of the Tardis with her knees pulled to her chest. The Tardis was also humming angrily at him. When he heard sobs coming from Rose he couldn't just stand around anymore. He walked over to her and sat beside her.

"Rose," he started.

"Leave me alone," Rose rasped. Instead he pulled her body into his laps and held her as tight as he could. She struggled against his hold still sobbing. "I'm sorry," he whispered into her hair several times. Finally she stilled and wrapped her arms around him as well. It was an awkward position but the Doctor didn't mind and he hoped Rose didn't either.

"I don't want to lose you," Rose whispered.

"You're not going to lose me," the Doctor tried to reassure her.

"Promise?" she asked.

"Promise."

XX

They sat there for several hours. Every time he went to stand up Rose would tighten her grip on him until he relaxed again. Eventually the Doctor broke the silence by asking, "Are you ok?" It was a bit redundant but he needed to know if Rose was feeling better now.

She nodded her head but said nothing. Her tears had dried long ago leaving her face feeling stiff. What she really wanted was to go to sleep. It had been a long day and she was tired. But she didn't want to leave the Doctor's arms. True, he would most likely stay with her until she fell asleep but she knew that it wouldn't be the same as being in his arms like she was right now.

Something else was tugging at her. Something she needed to tell him about. It was important. He needed to know. But she couldn't remember what. She closes her eyes and thinks over the events of the day.

With a gasp her eyes fly open. That's right! She hadn't scanned as completely human. And then there was that strange feeling she had been feeling all day. "What's wrong?" he asked.

"I… There's something I need to tell you," Rose says.

"What?"

"Earlier. At the hospital. I got scanned by one of the Judoon." He nodded and she continued. "But he said…" She pulled away but didn't get off of his lap. She wanted to look at him. "He said that I wasn't completely human," she rushed the words out.

The Doctor stared at her for several seconds. "You scanned as partly human?" Rose nodded. "But not fully human?" Rose nodded again.

"Do I need to have more tests done?" Rose asked. She really didn't want to have any more scans done but if the Doctor felt like he needed to run some more tests then she was willing to do it.

"No," he shook his head slowly. "I think that because the Huon particles have merged with your cells when the Judoon scanned you they picked up on the Huon particles. I'm guessing it came up as something unknown." Rose nodded and he continued, "They wouldn't know what Huon particles are. Like I said before they are ancient and can only be found in the heart of the Tardis."

Rose nodded, "Why didn't they attack me? I didn't scan as completely human."

"They likely knew that they were looking for someone with no human blood in them. You had human blood so it couldn't have been you," the Doctor told her. Rose nodded but didn't say anything else. "Is somehting else bothering you?"

Rose looked at him again, "It's going to sound stupid. But I'm not crazy." The Doctor just looked at her patiently waiting for her to tell him what was wrong. "When we were on the moon… I had this odd feeling. I don't really know how to describe it."

Rose frowned and narrowed her eyes trying to find the right words to describe the strange feeling. The Doctor's brow was furrowed. He wasn't sure where this was going but Rose looked distressed and he needed to help her. "At first I thought it felt like something was missing. But then I realized that's not what it felt like. It felt like something was supposed to be there and then it was just gone but I was still connected."

The Doctor whose eyes had widened stood and pulled rose to her feet as well. "Like there was a cord and it was being pulled tight?" he asked. He had to be sure. What Rose was describing should be impossible for her. This wasn't something humans could do.

Rose nodded her head, "What's wrong?"

"Rose, I want to check something," he told her hesitantly.

"Ok?"

"I need to look into your mind. I know that you don't like anyone going in there and I wouldn't ask if I didn't feel like it was important. It's just what you are telling me should be impossible and I just need to check," he rambled.

Rose stopped him, "Doctor. It's ok. I trust you. I jus' don't like anyone in my mind without permission."

He looked at her with awe. "You really trust me?"

"Of course," Rose replied. "You're not going to do anything bad, are you?"

The Doctor rushed to reply, "No, of course not! It's just that… looking into someones mind isn't something that should happen very often. Someone's mind is very private."

Rose nodded in understanding. "What do I do?"

"Just close your eyes. Anything you don't want me to see you can imagine that it is behind a door and I won't look." Rose took a deep breath and did as he asked. Her eyes slid shut and she locked away the thoughts that she didn't want him to see. The Doctor lifted his hands to her temples and watched her for a second. Joy swelled in his heart. His precious girl trusted him to do this.

He closed his eyes and gently prodded into her mind. She startled for a second before settling down.

They stood this way for several minutes while the Doctor looked around her mind. After he was satisfied with what he found he pulled away. Rose opened her eyes when she felt him retreat. The Doctor stood smiling in front of her.

"What?" She returned his smile hesitantly.

"Nothings wrong… But that… pull that you were feeling was your connection to the Tardis." At Rose's raised eyebrows he continued, "Most humans would form a small link with her. Just enough so that the Tardis can translate for you. But you're connection is much more powerful than that. I think the Huon particles might have opened a bond between you two."

"But everything's alright?" Rose asked.

"Yeah. I think that you might be developing some telepathic abilities because of it. They are still developing but they are definitely there. I don't know how telepathic you will be but I would say that you will probably develop the ability to communicate through touch with other telepaths."

"Like…" Rose paused. "With you." He nodded. "Is there anything else I should know?"

The Doctor shook off his disappointment in Rose's lack of excitement. She doesn't know what this means for him. "I think your bond with the Tardis might be even stronger than mine is because of Bad Wolf."

Rose smiled and asked, "Really?"

"Yes. But don't abuse it. She's my ship and I don't need you girls ganging up on me," he joked.

"Wouldn't dream of it," Rose responded with a tongue touched grin.

"Alright, time for bed. It's been a long day and I know how Rose Tyler needs her sleep."

"Will you stay with me?" Rose asks shyly. The Doctor grins and takes her hand.

XX

The next morning walks into the galley to the smell of eggs and toast. The Doctor is sat at the breakfast table tinkering with a toaster. Rose rolls her eyes and grabs her plate off the counter. She takes a seat across from him. He looks up startled, "Rose! Finally awake I see!" Rose scowls at him and kicks him in the shins. "Ow," he complains. "Someone's in a mood."

Rose narrows her eyes at him in mock annoyance but her grin gives her away. "Where are we going today?" Rose asks once most of her food is gone. Now that they had been back on an adventure rose was eager to explore some more. This was her life and she loved it.

"I was thinking…" the Doctor hesitated before looking at Rose.

"What, Doctor?" Rose asks.

"I was thinking that we should give Martha a trip," he says. "You know, because she saved my life. And your life. And well everyone in the hospital. And half of the Earth."

The second Rose had heard his thought she felt her stomach drop. But that wasn't fair. There wasn't anything wrong with Martha. And she had saved the Doctor's life. Which Rose was always thankful for. But… She didn't want to share the Doctor with anyone. And he got along with Martha in a way that made Rose jealous. Did the Doctor want to see where things with Martha would lead? Rose wasn't going to stop the Doctor from being happy. If he needed this to be happy then she wasn't going to stop it.

So she told the Doctor, "Sure."

She wasn't smiling though and the Doctor must have noticed that. He asked her, "Are you sure?"

This is your moment. All you have to is tell him that you don't want Martha here. But that wasn't fair to the Doctor or Martha. "Yeah," she said smiling weakly at him. He beamed back at her before dashing out of the galley and down the hallway. Rose stayed put. She's not very hungry anymore and she pushes the remainder of her food away.

She sits there for a few minutes before feeling the Tardis land. She makes her way to the console room. Rose enters the room as the Doctor runs back in. The door slams behind him but no one follows. "Is she not coming?" Rose asks feeling hope rise up inside her.

"She is. She just wants proof," the Doctor informs her.

"Proof?"

"That the Tardis is a time machine." With those words the Doctor lands the Tardis and runs out the doors.

She patiently waits for him to come back. After what feels like forever he finally returns. Rose tells him "You never gave me proof, you know." Rose looks at him with raised eyebrows.

He smiles back at her and says, "You never asked."

They land again and the Doctor slips back out the door. Rose walks to the jump seat and sits on it. She waits for the doors to open again and when they do she hears, "No, no, no. But it's just a box. But it's huge. How does it do that? It's wood. It's like a box with that room just rammed in." Martha steps in and out of the Tardis several times and despite not really wanting her there Rose smiles. The Tardis is a lot to grasp. Martha makes her way up the steps saying, "It's bigger on the inside."

The Doctor who had mouthed the words with her said, "Is it? I hadn't noticed." Rose rolled her eyes at him but didn't say anything. She didn't want to ruin Martha's moment. He closed the door and said "Right then, let's get going."

"But is there a crew, like a navigator and stuff? Where is everyone?" Martha asks.

The Doctor tells her, "Just me and Rose." He gestures to Rose and she lifts her hand in a wave when Martha looks at her.

Martha smiles at her before turning back to the Doctor. "All on your own?"

The Doctor rubs the back of his neck. "Well, sometimes we have guests. Just one trip to say thanks. You get one trip, then back home. I'd rather it just be me and Rose." Rose smiles at this.

Martha walks over to the doctor and says, "You're the one that kissed me." Rose smile drops and she feels cold.

The Doctor looks at Rose panicked and says, "That was a genetic transfer." Rose doesn't have any right to be as upset by this information as she is. But she is upset.

Martha looks at Rose for a minute before saying, "Well, then. Where are we off to?"

The Doctor looks relieved at the change of conversation but Rose can't focus on that when she feels like her body has been turned to lead. She turns her eyes to the floor so she doesn't have to watch the Doctor and Martha. She still hears him say "Close down the gravitic anomaliser, fire up the helmic regulator. And finally, the hand brake. Ready?" He looks at Martha briefly before looking at Rose who is still not looking at him. Maybe bringing Martha along was a mistake, he thinks. I don't want her getting between me and Rose. But she deserves this for saving me, the hospital, and half the planet. And more importantly for saving Rose.

Martha looks at him grinning and he can't help but grin back. "No," she tells him. But he can tell she doesn't actually mean that.

"Off we go," he says pulling a lever. The Tardis begins to shake. Rose holds on to the jump seat and the Doctor and Martha hold onto the console. She almost wants to laugh at the look on Martha's face. She had clearly not been expecting it to be so bumpy.

Martha shouts, "Blimey, it's a bit bumpy."

The Doctor just smiles and says, "Welcome aboard, Miss Jones."

Martha smiles back, "It's my pleasure, Mister Smith."

Rose pushes back the tears and hurt that she knows she doesn't have any right to feel. Because as much as it might feel like it at times, they are not together.