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Chapter 44

Rose was in the closet getting ready to return to the hospital. The Doctor was in the bathroom, trimming up his beard.

"You know what might be a good idea?" he asked her. "Take your paper to the hospital so you can work on your speech."

'That is a great idea! Thanks!' Rose told him.

"When are you giving that again?" he asked as Tony and Genie popped their heads in the bathroom door.

He smiled at them both. "Hey! Do you need a shave before we get our day started?"

Rose was confused, 'What?'

"Sorry, Tony and Genie are in here." he laughed as he sat them both on the cabinet. He put shaving cream on Tony's face. He took the blade out of a razor and handed it to Tony. "Here. Don't use any razor on your face unless I give it to you. Got it?"

Tony nodded his head as he stood up on his knees to see himself in the mirror. He shaved the cream off his face.

The Doctor looked at Genie. "How about you? Do you need to shave?"

She looked at him like he was crazy. "You are a nutter! I'm a girl."

He shrugged his shoulders. "I've seen girls with beards!"

Tony shivered. "Oh, that's nasty! Genie isn't one of those girls!"

Rose was laughing from the closet. "Genie, come in here. There's too much testosterone out there!"

The Doctor helped her down from the cabinet and she skipped into the closet with Rose. "Wow! I didn't know all of this was in here!"

The Doctor smiled as he went back to work shaving his neck. He pointed at Tony. "I've got something you are going to love, Comrade! Well, two somethings!"

Tony looked back at him. "What is it?"

"Well, I made you a football like mine that will come back when you clap for it. The other thing, is a surprise! I think even Genie might like it. Rose will hate it. I promise that."

Rose called from the closet. "What on earth have you done, now?"

"Don't ask questions you don't want answers to!" he laughed at her as he took a towel and wiped his face off. He handed the towel to Tony, who did the same thing. The Doctor grabbed his aftershave and splashed it on his neck. He then put some more in his hand and put some on Tony's face.

"There you are, Comrade! Come check this out!" he said as Tony jumped down from the cabinet and followed him into the bedroom.

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Rose and Genie heard Pink Floyd begin to play on the stereo really loud.

'Oh god. What are you doing?' Rose asked him.

'Ha! Not even telling you, woman.' he teased her.

"Ugh. Genie, go see what madness this is now." Rose said.

"Sure, Rose!" Genie said as she skipped out of the closet.

"Oh! That is awesome! " Genie exclaimed.

"Hello!" Shakes called from the sitting room.

"Back here, mate!" the Doctor called.

Shakes walked into the room. "Doctor, is Rose wanting to go back to the hospital today? Oh, that looks fun!"

Rose could hear everything over the radio. 'What the hell are you doing?'

The Doctor just laughed at her. "Come on and give it a go, Shakes! It's amazing at stress relief!"

Tony laughed, "This is great!"

The Doctor asked, "Genie. Want to try it?"

Rose heard Genie say, "No, thank you. You guys are crazy."

Rose laughed. 'Sounds like someone is on my side in there.'

"Ha! Rose!" he laughed at her.

Rose heard the Doctor tell Genie, "Okay, then. You stand up here on the bed and set us all up. Alright?"

Then felt the Doctor get extremely excited. "Alright! Men! Pick a damn Zeppelin. Let's knock it out of the sky!"

Rose dropped her make-up brush and ran into the bedroom. She stood in the bathroom's doorway. She saw the Doctor, Tony and Shakes all standing near the bed with a football at their feet. They were looking at the huge window and each one was pointing at the Zeppelin they had picked.

Genie stood on the bed. Pink Floyd was blasting through the stereo.

'You playing Pink Floyd can't be good. How drunk are you?' Rose asked him.

'Just a bit, not as bad as I was.' he told her.

"Alright, Genie!" the Doctor yelled.

Genie yelled, "Line them up!"

They all replied, "Got it."

Genie yelled, "Shoot them!"

Rose nearly screamed as she watched all three of the guys kick their footballs as hard as they could towards the window. As soon as the footballs got within a few centimeters of the glass, they just stopped and stuck to the window.

"Ha! I got mine!" the Doctor said.

"I got mine, too! Yes!" Tony said. "Look at that!"

"Oh this is brilliant! I could do this all day!" Shakes laughed.

Genie jumped on the huge bed and laughed.

The Doctor shook his head as he clapped and his ball returned to him. "I hate Zeppelins."

Tony and Shakes both clapped once and caught their footballs. They were already lining them up to kick them at the window again.

Rose walked over to the Doctor. He smiled like a loon at her. "Well, hi there beautiful lady! And you said I would break the glass. Ha!"

She rolled her eyes at him. "Explain what you have done."

He smiled, "It's a force field. I put one on the window in the living room, too. I was worried about the children."

Rose was confused. "But, I've seen you roll up your socks and throw them at the window."

He put his hands on his hips. "Yeah. I do."

"Well, it goes right through. Why is it stopping the football and not the socks?" Rose asked him.

He rubbed his beard and smiled at her. "You know what?" He bopped her on the nose with his finger. "I'm not going to explain that bit. Let it be a mystery to you. It's more fun that way."

He dropped his football and kicked it as hard as he could towards the window. The force field caught it.

"Oh! Look at that one Tony. That was brilliant." he marveled.

He clapped his hands once and the ball came back to him.

Rose laughed as she shook her head. "Are you going to stay home and do this all day?"

He laughed under his breath. "Gosh, I wish. I love this! Nah, I need to go to Torchwood. Malcolm and Tosh opened that wormhole yesterday and it got interesting. I asked them to not do that again unless I was there. Plus, I have some paperwork I have to sign." He kicked the ball again.

"Ugh, that wasn't as good." he said. He clapped and caught the ball. He looked around and saw Genie. "Genie. Come here and give it a try. I need to chat with Rose a bit."

Genie smiled and jumped off the bed. The Doctor took off his necklace and put it on her neck.

He took Rose's hand and walked over to the doorway. "Malcolm and Tosh had a Dalek come though the wormhole yesterday."

Rose looked shocked. "A Dalek? Just one? What happened?"

"Oh, it's destroyed now. Don't worry about that. I'm just worried if I want to continue this. Is it worth it to get someone out of the Void knowing what I'm risking? There could be anything in there."

Rose looked confused at him. "You know the answer to that."

He ran his hand through his hair and nodded. "Yeah, stupid question. Of course it is. It could be weeks before we find him, though. I have no idea what might be unleashed on this world because of this."

"What did you do to the Dalek?" Rose asked him.

"I had it destroyed. Jake shot it, and me." he told her.

"That's not like you." Rose looked surprised.

He shook his head, "It's really not. It's more like you, or Donna. I haven't decided which. Daleks ruined my entire life. Killed so many I loved. I'm not letting them here in this dimension to ruin my life. I won't let it happen again, Rose. I'll kill everyone of them again if I have to."

Rose could feel his determination and his hate.

Rose looked at him, "Be careful with hating something that much. If you hate it, it will always be in your mind."

He looked surprised at her. "That's Shakespeare. You're quoting Shakespeare. And you don't read it. How?"

Rose shrugged her shoulders and laughed, "I have no idea. Maybe you are bleeding into me a bit."

He shook his head, "No, you were doing that before we joined."

Rose looked at him. He could feel her worry. He wrapped his arms around her and kissed her quickly. "It's alright. I'm sure it's nothing. For me to worry about, not you."

Rose put her hand on his cheek. "Sweetheart. How long as it been since you slept?"

He smiled, "Oh, I'm not answering that. My entire day will be rescheduled to involve a long nap."

His phone rang. He kissed Rose on the end of the nose as he answered the call. "Michelle! You're working this Saturday? You need a life, woman."

Rose heard Michelle's voice on the other end of the call. She felt the Doctor get excited. He bounced up and down and kissed Rose quietly on lips.

"Yes! Oh brilliant! Oh, I'll call and thank her! Wow! I love Rose's posh friends." he teased.

Rose pointed at him and laughed, "Watch it."

He laughed as he continued to speak to Michelle on the phone. "Really? She did? Did we have a meeting planned? Oh, no. That's completely fine. I just need to get ready and get over there, then. I'll see you in about fifteen minutes. Thanks!"

He ended the call.

Rose looked at him curiously. "Mind sharing with the class?"

He was smiling like a loon. "Oh, wow! It's going to be a great day!"

He took her hand and went back into their closet. He shut the doors and took her hands.

"Oh wow, this is big!" Rose told him.

He was so excited, he couldn't speak. He rubbed his face and then held up a finger. "Okay, got it! The best part about being joined is this." He stepped in and cupped her face with his hands. He kissed her. As his tongue danced with hers, Rose put her hands in his hair. 'Oh, I love it when you play with my hair.'

Rose smiled as he kissed her. 'What is going on, Old Man?'

He laughed as he kissed her. 'I'm not going to stop kissing you until I'm done telling you. J. is coming to talk to me about something. I have no idea what. And Harriet has invited us to use her private Presidential Room at the football game tonight! Oh, Tony is going to flip! It's for his birthday. She feels bad she had to come back to London so early. Plus, she doesn't know we haven't told him about Pete.'

Rose laughed as she felt how excited he was. 'Snogging while filling me in with your news is the best part of being joined?'

'I could kiss you all day. It is intoxicating. Worse than anything I would ever drink.' he told her.

'We could carry this a bit further, but you told Michelle you'd be there in fifteen minutes.'

He groaned. "Damn it! I did tell her that. I only have 11 minutes left. Damn!" he cleared his throat and raised his finger to make a point. "Tonight, woman. After the game. When we get home. You are mine! Come over here and help me pick out a suit for today."

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