AN: sorry it's taken me so long to update, but life gets in the way of writing sometimes, and this chapter is a bit of fluff to get my muse going again I am afraid

Sora's-evil-twin: The name Sky is a shortened version of my own daughter's name which is Skylar

Chapter 8

Rose sat in the kitchen area of the Tardis, a cup of tea nursing in her hands, trying not to panic. She kept telling herself that the Doctor often wandered off without telling her where he was going, although usually he took the Tardis with him. She sipped the now lukewarm tea and tried to still her mind, no one could have got into the Tardis, he obviously left on his own, but not to get biscuits that was for sure, she looked at her watch for the hundredth time, six hours he had been gone, not long in the scheme of things but long enough to have Rose terrified, she just wasn't sure what was form her terror should take. She sighed; she would rather face the slithreen than this unknown fear of losing the Doctor she thought sadly, the fear made all the worse by what had happened the night before, what if he had decided it was all a mistake but didn't want to tell her? She thought in panic, then re thought it, the Doctor was nothing if not direct, and if he regretted it he would tell her.

Rose laid her head on her arms and closed her eyes for a moment, exhaustion and fear pulling her into a light sleep.

The Doctor stood in the doorway and watched Rose sleep, he could tell from the way her hand still clutched her mug that it wasn't an easy sleep, her hair was messy as if she had been running her hands through it repeatedly, Damn he thought to himself, this was one of the reasons he had always avoided becoming involved with his companions. He smiled to himself slightly, Rose was like no other companion he had ever had before though, and that was what made her so special, that and fact that there had been an instant connection that he had never felt before.

He crossed the room and softly smoothed her hair, snatching his hand back as her head shot up

"Thank God Doctor" she said as she threw herself at him, tightly wrapping her arms around his neck and kissing him with a mixture of passion, fear and desperation. The Doctor returned her passion and pulled her tighter into his body.

"OW" he yelled as her hands suddenly smacked his head, as Rose pulled herself out of his embrace and glared at him

"Where the hell have you been?" she demanded as her eyes shot daggers at him

"Do you have any idea how worried I was about you" she growled as she put her hands on her hips and waited for a response

The Doctor couldn't stop the grin that broke out over his face

"Missed me then?" he asked happily, ignoring her anger, watching as a gamut of emotions flashed across Rose's face before she shook her head in exasperation

"Yeah, but don't let it go to your head, I miss Mickey too" she added on with narrowed eyes, enjoying the dark look that flashed across the Doctors face. Before the grin returned and he scooped her up in a hug before turning and exiting the kitchen area, he paused at the doorway

"You coming then?" he asked before carrying on to the control room, Rose just shook her head and followed him out

"So where you bin then?" she called out to him as she hurried to catch the Doctor up

"Meeting our new friends the cryotrons" he called back.

Rose stopped dead in her tracks at his words

"You what?" she whispered before hurrying up and placing her hand on the Doctors arm to try and halt him, but she slowly pulled her hand back and stared at his jacket, her face growing pale, the Doctor watched her carefully, his eyes intense as he watched her fear flash across her face, fear he knew would grow with what he had to tell her.

"I loved this jacket" he muttered mournfully, fingering the big hole that Rose's hand had found seconds before, then he turned a full watt smile on her

"They are bit thick, but the good news is they don't want to destroy the earth" he said nodding and grinning like a child who had found the biggest secret in the world.

"They don't?" Rose asked stupidly, her eyebrow raised in question

"Nope" he said turning to the console and fingering a few switches "They just want to kill Sky, preferably before she's even born" he said quietly

"By killing me" he added almost in after thought, before turning and smiling at Rose again "Good isn't it?" he asked

Rose stood there, sure that her mouth was on the floor, not sure whether to believe him, or whether to kill him herself and save the Cryotrons the bother. Without realising it Rose rubbed absently at her stomach, much as a pregnant woman would.

She watched in silence as the Doctor jumped around the console getting ready to send the Tardis god knew where.

"Why?" she asked quietly, watching the Doctor still momentarily in his actions before continuing

"Don't know yet" he said "Can you pull the lever in front of you?" he called grinning as Rose pulled it without thought, her eyes never leaving him, he slowly counted in his mind 1, 2, 3, 4, 5…

"Where the hell are we going then?" Rose asked angrily, finally coming out of her stupor, causing the Doctor to grin; he really had thought she would be quicker than that

"Moving the Tardis, they know where it is, and I don't like playing sitting duck" he said happily nodding in satisfaction as the Tardis came to an abrupt halt.

"Chose a really great hiding place too" he added crossing to the door "although it took some time to organise" he added thoughtfully before opening the door and walking out and into Rose's bedroom.