Chapter 5

Rose lay in the Doctors arms, staring up at the stars above, neither of them seemed to notice the cold or damp grass, they were enjoying this moment in time. The Doctor shifted slightly and Rose turned her head to look at him, a slight smile on her face, a huge grin on his

"This breaks all the Time Lord rules you know" he said smugly, Rose laughed at him

"Not like that ever stops you" she said to him "and there's no one to enforce them either" she said without thinking, gasping as she realised what she said, sitting up suddenly

"God, I'm sorry that was totally stupid and thoughtless…" she babbled not able to look at the Doctor fearing she would see that sad far away look he got when he thought about his home planet

She felt him sit up beside her and his arm slide around her shoulder, pulling her into his side

"Doesn't matter, its true anyway" he said softly his eyes sad but only for a moment before getting up and pulling her to her feet

"Better get back to the Tardis before you freeze to death" he said smiling happily as he tucked her close to him, walking back to the Tardis

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They sat in the white room again, both with a cup of tea and biscuits on a plate between them.

"But if we mess in time, wont what happened with my dad happen again?" Rose asked in concern, the doctor munched on his biscuit and stared thoughtfully at her,

"Nope don't think it will, because were going to change the future not the past" he said quietly, then grinned at her "Now if old you was stupid enough to try and come here now and change it, then yeah" he said, his smile breaking out into a big grin

"But you didn't, you came to us to get us not to do it, brilliant really" he said happily "you must be learning something" he added, moving away in time to avoid the smack Rose aimed at him.

"So the fact that I came here won't upset things?" Rose asked again, not sure she really understood all this time stuff, the Doctor shook his head

"Don't think so" he said cheerfully getting up and fetching more biscuits

"But you don't know?" Rose persisted following him

"Nope" he said munching on his biscuits again, not seeming to be worried about the dreadful repercussions of her own future actions.

Rose sighed and went back to the sofa, her mind turning back to what the older she had said, a thought sticking out that needed an answer

"So your name is Theta?" she asked him quietly, remembering what she had called him, he turned and grimaced at her,

"Hoped you hadn't heard that" he moaned "One of my names is Theta Sigma" he confirmed "But I prefer the Doctor" he added on sternly, not liking the way Rose grinned and her eyes narrowed at him. "Got it?" he added on for good measure, not trusting Rose's nod.

He returned to the sofa and pulled her into his lap, liking the way she felt in his arms, the way she seemed to fit perfectly.

"So you gonna tell your mum?" he whispered into her ear just as Rose took a sip of her tea, causing it to splutter out of her mouth and all over the sofa, then having to pat her back as Rose choked

"Not bloody likely" Rose gasped, "I'll phone her form another planet if it happens" she gasped, her eyes wide, from both the choking and the thought that one of these days she would have to tell her mother she was having the Doctor's baby.

When the coughing subsided she sat looking at the Doctor intently, he sat watching her back for a few minutes

"Do I have Tea on my nose or something?" he asked grinning, having had enough of her staring. Rose shook her head

"How can we have a kid? You're an alien" she said, her eyes going wide at the images popping into her head, of all the sci-fi films she had watched as a kid.

The Doctor grinned, guessing where her imagination was taking her; he leant forward and kissed her nose

"My mother was human" he whispered, then sitting back to enjoy the impact his words had on her. He wasn't disappointed as he watched, disbelief, then doubts, then anger run across her face, but he had to admit the anger wasn't the one he was expecting to stay in place the longest, but with relief he watched it move away to be replaced by a laugh

"Hah so your half human" she called out with glee, "the great high and mighty, superior Doctor, is half stupid ape" she laughed, nearly rolling of the sofa in hysterics that the Doctor was in fact half human, but the Doctors strong arms caught her before she fell and pulled her against him, silencing her laughs with his mouth.

Rose responded as the Doctor hoped she would, her arms snaking round his neck, her mouth meeting his. Then she pulled back from him and grinned

"Ape man" she whispered before returning her mouth to his.

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Rose once more lay in the Doctors arms, only this time she was in his bed and her mind and body were exhausted but very satisfied and pleased with itself and the Doctor. The Doctor pulled her closer, to him and pulled the blankets over them both

"Go to sleep" he whispered into her hair, "We're going to have a busy day tomorrow" he said gently reminding her of the older Rose's visit. Rose nodded sleepily against his chest, the rhythmical beating of his two hearts lulling her to sleep, as the Doctor lay watching her, he wondered what the repercussions of the day's events would be, knowing that there would be some even thought he had told Rose that there wouldn't be.

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Jackie lay in her bed and quietly cried herself to sleep; as she wondered if Rose would be back tomorrow or if that damned Doctor would whisk her away again.