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Chapter 43 - The Challenge

The Doctor popped back into the flat. He had a mint in his mouth and quickly jumped in the shower to wash the smoke smell out of his hair. It was 6:30 am. He and Jake had popped over to the German bar and drank in celebration of Pete's healing. Pete was going to be alright. The Doctor couldn't express how happy he was. But, he knew Rose would be really pissed if she knew he had been out drinking when he told her he was at the hospital with Pete. Even if Pete had told them to go.

Jake popped back right afterwards. John the Quauhtin saw him and lead him into the extra security suite to sleep it off.

Meanwhile, the Doctor remembered his burnt arm all too late. The bandage was all wet from the shower. He untaped it and tossed the bandage in the rubbish. It stung like mad. He finished his shower and dried off. He took a pain pill and dug around in his jeans to find the silver cream that made his burn feel so much better that the doctor had given him. He finally found it and rubbed it on his burn. The hurt instantly stopped. He put on his pajama bottoms and looked around in the bathroom for something to bandage his burn up in. He couldn't find anything. He tried to put on his robe, but anything that touched his burn made it hurt. So, he put on a t-shirt and rolled up the sleeve to keep it from touching it.

He walked quietly down the hall and went out to where John was sitting outside the flat's door. "Could you have someone go get me the bandages I need to wrap this back up?"

John nodded and sent Sam.

The Doctor came back in the flat and turned on the kettle to make him some tea. When he got the box of tea out of the cabinet, he dropped the box in the floor. "Ugh!" he complained. He picked up the tea bags, then stood up and standing there in front of him was Jackie Tyler.

"Boo!" she said.

The Doctor screamed and threw the box of tea back across the room as he stumbled into the cabinet and fell on the floor.

Jackie laughed hysterically. "Oh, I got you! Brilliant! You daft nutter!"

The Doctor laughed as he lay in the floor. "Oh, god. Jackie."

Rose ran down the hall. "What on earth is going on? You scared me to death, mum!"

"You? Why did I scare you? I scared him! Stop being so dramatic." Jackie insisted.

Rose saw the Doctor laying in the floor, still laughing. He couldn't sit up he was laughing so hard. He had both of his hands on his face.

"What the hell are you doing here? I thought you were at the hospital?" Rose demanded.

"Um... there's a good story with that." the Doctor pointed out as he lay in the floor.

Rose put her hands on her hips. "I'm sure there is. Start talking." Then Rose felt his extreme lightheadedness. "You are trashed! What in the hell?"

"Rose! I have a really good explanation for this. I talked to Pete, and -"

"You talked to Pete?!" both Rose and Jackie exclaimed at once.

"Wait! Wait! I'll explain. Give me a minute." he said as he lay on the floor.

"Is he awake?" Jackie asked.

The Doctor shook his head. "Nope." Popping the P.

Rose looked at him. "So, what did you do? Visit him in his dream?"

"Yep!" he popped the p.

"You can do that when he's in a coma?" Rose asked him.

"Well, I wouldn't recommend it. I wanted to try to fix his scrambled neurons. Get him back on the right track. I did that when I fixed his ribs. So, when Jake and I went back tonight, I was able to chat with him. He is fine. Knows everyone. Seems to know everything. He told me to tell you, Jackie, that he is sorry that he will have to postpone the trip, but still wants to go so he can recover."

"That doesn't explain why you are drunk off your ass, Old Man." Rose told him.

The Doctor stood up and ran his hand through his hair. "Old Man had a really, really weird day. Pete told me to take Jake out for a drink. He didn't like the idea of us watching him sleep. He said that was strange."

Jackie laughed. "Sounds like him. What else did he say?"

The Doctor shrugged his shoulders, "Ah, just stuff. We had a nice, long chat. I can't remember everything. I told him to just rest and let his body wake up on its' own. Otherwise, he might have some damage from the jiggery pokery I did on his head."

Jackie shook her head. "You are so strange. But, that makes me feel better Pete at least knows what's going on."

He suddenly remembered and pointed at Rose. He spoke in her head so Jackie wouldn't hear him. 'But, don't you go looking in his dreams, Rose. Ummm... He's... umm... too delicate at the moment. Yeah.'

Rose glared at him. "Oh, I know there is more to that! And I'm not even going to ask." Rose shook her head.

There was a knock at the door.

The Doctor laughed as Rose as he went to get the small bag of bandages from Sam. "Cheers." he said as he closed the door.

"What's that?" Rose asked him.

He sighed. "Come here. I need your help with this. Jackie, Sam can take you back to the hospital as soon as you are ready to go. I've got to go lay down for a few minutes."

Jackie laughed as she drank her tea. "I got you back! Ha! It's going to be a good day!"

Rose walked with the Doctor into their bathroom.

"Finally got tired?" Rose asked him.

"No, my head is spinning too much to do anything at the moment. Here, I need to put this bandage back on. I forgot about it and got it wet when I took a shower."

Rose looked at him, "What are we putting it... oh my god! What on earth did you do?"

"It's not that bad. I got shot by Jake, AGAIN! I think he needs his damn eyes checked." he complained.

Rose patted his chest. "Take off your shirt. It's really high up on your arm."

He carefully took off his shirt and winced from the pain. Rose put a pad on the wound and pressed it gently. "This explains why my arm has been hurting all day."

"It's not bad, Rose. Don't worry about me."

Rose rolled her eyes at him as she wrapped the gauze around his arm. "See, that would have worked before we joined. Now, I can feel it. You can't josh me."

He ran his hand through his hair. "Alright, fine. Since I can't hide it from you, yes. It does hurt. But, I've got some cream for it, and I took a pain pill, so - "

"Wait! You took a pain pill after you have been up all night drinking with Jake?" Rose asked as she taped his bandage together.

He looked confused. "Umm... yeah. Probably shouldn't have done that."

Rose smiled with her tongue in her teeth. "You. Go to bed right now. I'm getting a number out of you! I bet you are just absentminded enough that I can finally get that out of you!"

He rolled his eyes and laughed as she pushed him into the bedroom. "Rose, I'm not going to tell you that."

He fell backwards in the bed. "Wait, where is Genie?"

Rose walked over to the double doors and locked them. "She went back to her bed after you left."

Rose climbed on top of him on the bed. "There is a number that I need, Old Man. You are going to tell me."

"Ha!" he laughed. "Do your best, woman! I'll never talk!"

"Oh, you might." she looked at him with her tongue in her teeth.

"Oh my! Pulling out the big guns. Nope, I won't tell." he smiled.

'Oh, you might. I know your favorite thing.'

"Ha! Nope!" he laughed as she palmed him through his pajama pants and kissed him.

'You taste all minty. Where are those mints?' Rose asked him.

He smiled under her kisses. "Damn. You did guess my favorite thing. You are a mean woman."

"I know all of your favorite things, Old Man. Now, where are those mints?" she whispered to him.

He laughed, "In my jeans. Left pocket."

She went into the bathroom and returned with the tin of mints. She climbed back on top of him and sat the tin next to him. She leaned down and returned to kissing him.

'Oh, my darling. You are wearing way too much clothing to talk me into telling you anything.' he teased her.

Rose realized she heard music playing quietly. "When did you turn on the music?"

He smiled, "My shagging playlist that you asked for. Ha! Try your best woman! Never getting that number!"

'Howlin' for You' by The Black Keys played quietly.

Rose laughed at him. "You listen to the craziest music."

He smiled at her. "You like my crazy music." He lay his hands on the sides of her face and rolled her over in the bed. He lay on top of her and looked her in the eyes. "I do love nothing in the world so well as you."

She smiled at him. "I love you." She ran her hands through his hair as his lips met hers.

'Wait, just a bit.' Rose told him as she put two mints in her mouth. He smiled as he began to kiss her again.

'This is like ice. Oh, I love it.'

'You taste better this time than you did last time we did this. How is it different?' Rose asked him.

He smiled, 'You are so clever. I can taste the mint, and you all together. It's amazing.'

Rose passed the mints into his mouth as they kissed.

Rose slid his pajama bottoms off of his hips and pumped his length in her hand. She rolled him over in the bed. He lay his hands above his head, as she kissed all the way down his chest.

'Not telling you, Rose. I know how you never will back down from a challenge, so I'm enjoying this.' he laughed.

'Oh, I'll get that number.' she told him as he smiled.

She put two more mints in her mouth and asked him, 'Do your super sensitive trick to yourself.'

He pointed at her. "Damn, you are a mean woman! Hell no! I'm way too drunk for that and I will tell you! No!"

She licked his length, 'You it's just a word. Just say it. Imagine how it will feel with the mints.'

"Mean! Mean! No!" he ran both of his hands through his hair.

Rose giggled as she kissed back up his chest. "What are you scared of?" she whispered.

He laughed quietly at her. "Oh, man you are good. I know what you are doing."

She laughed as she licked his nipples with her icey breath. 'It's just a word. You know you want to. I'm going down there now to put you in my mouth. Say it quickly.'

He gritted his teeth. "Damn. Damn!"

Rose put some more mints in her mouth. As she looked up at him and smiled with her tongue in her teeth.

He threw his hands in the air. "Okay, two minutes! That's it!"

Rose giggled. "Oh, yes. I've got you now."

He laughed as he whispered something.

Rose took him in her mouth and sucked. She rolled her tongue around his tip and stroked him in her mouth. The icey mints and her hot breath made him forget everything. He gripped the duvet as he moaned.

'Don't get loud. We have children in this flat.'

'Two! Two children!' he said.

'Not the number I'm looking for.' Rose teased him.

He continued to moan as she continued to take him deeply in her mouth.

'Oh, my god. You are so good at that.' he told her in her head.

She moved her head back and forth as she sucked his member. He smacked the duvet. Rose could feel his satisfaction. She could tell he was trying so much to remain shielded from her. But, the alcohol. The pain pill and the sensitive trick she had talked him into using was over powering his senses. He was lost in his pleasure and couldn't even remember how to speak aloud any longer. She continued to roll him around in her mouth with the mints.

'How many times have we been married?' she asked him.

'Ten. Ten different times.'

'How many gingers have you had?'

'Five. Defiantly five.'

'How about blonds?'

He moaned. She sucked harder and he smacked the duvet.

'Well?' Rose asked.

He screamed. "I forgot how to count!"

She let go of him and kissed up to his lips. She sat on him and took off her shirt, exposing her breasts.

He rubbed his face and whispered something. He was panting like mad. He looked up at her bare chest. He sat up and kissed her as he cupped both of her breasts.

'Remember how to count, yet?' Rose teased him.

He leaned back to look at her, "No."

He held her face as he continued to kiss her. Rose moaned under his touch. She ran her hands through his hair. He rolled over and slid her pajamas and knickers off of her. He rubbed her furry patch between her legs and slipped a finger inside of her.

He whispered to her as he kissed her neck. "Tell me, do need me deeply here? Or do you want my tongue there?"

Rose moaned at the thought. She grabbed him and slipped him inside of her. She pulled her leg up behind his back. He stroked slowly inside of her as he ran his hand down her body. The mints made him feel so cool inside of her.

'I love that I can do this with you.' he smiled at her as he continued to kiss her. She moaned as he stroked deeply.

'I love that you go so slowly.' Rose moaned.

'Go wisely and slowly. Those who rush stumble and fall. And that really hurts!' he laughed.

Rose laughed, "Sounds like painful injury."

"Oh, it was." he told her as he continued to stroke.

She ran her fingernails down his back and bit his neck. Both of them were lost in the pleasure the other one was feeling.

'I have felt that you were close for a while. How are you holding off?' Rose asked him.

'Don't worry about me, I'm trying to get you there.' he told her as he panted. He put his hand between her legs and rubbed her clit and he made a circular motion with his thrusting. Rose moaned loudly. He covered her mouth with his.

'That did it! Shh... children in this place.' he said as he kissed her.

She couldn't speak. She couldn't think. Had he used that sensitive trick on her?

'Tell me, Rose. What number do you have in this bet with these guys? How many do you think it is?'

Rose moaned, 'Oh, god. I'm not telling you that!'

He could hear the number in her head. He laughed as he continued to stroke.

'Okay, tell me the rest of those guys' numbers. I know you know them.' he told her.

'I'm really not telling you that!' Rose insisted.

He could hear the numbers in his head. He smiled.

He kissed her neck. She could feel his hot breath as he whispered in her ear, "I love you so much. You are the most precious thing in the universe to me."

She felt warmth as he erupted inside of her. She heard him whisper something.

He continued to kiss her neck and whisper to her. "I love that I can feel you through our link. As you breathe out, I breath in. Your voice is the loudest thing in my head. I love that I can find comfort in you anytime."

Rose found her voice and whispered back to him. "This is the best. I can feel you so much more than I have ever felt you before. I could feel your pleasure, which gives me satisfaction. I'm so glad we joined. It's better than anything I could imagine. Not just when we make love. Even throughout the day. It's like we're together, even if we're not. I love you, more than anything."

He leaned down and kissed her.

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