The liquid on her lips seeped into his mouth. She felt him licking up the antidote and for once in her she didn't really care if this drastic action was going to cost her life, because he knew that her Doctor was going to be alright. At least her dying moments would be filled with the memory of his lips on hers.

The others were oblivious to the little life saving kiss the Doctor and Rose were sharing. It was only when the Doctor had mustered up enough strength did he pull away.

"Don't ever take a risk like that again." He said angrily. He was more shocked than angry though and Rose could hear it in his voice. "There might not have been enough antidote for both of us!"

"But there is," Rose whispered licking her lips slightly. She could still taste the Doctor.

"You Rose Tyler, you really are one in a million." The Doctor shook his head.

"We're even now though. You saved my life with a kiss so I'm just returning the favour." Rose smiled slightly standing up. She staggered. The Doctor stood up and took her hand.

"Right. I suggest we leave before..." The Doctor had been going to say "before the time cell explodes" but it did before he could finish his sentence.

"Ah," said Frodo. "Is that our cue to run as fast as we can?"

The Doctor smiled.

"Yes!"

They began to run, all nine of them. The Hobbit's though smaller ran very fast and had no trouble keeping up.

Rose remembered the first time she'd met the Doctor. She could hear his words echoing round her head.

"Nice to meet you Rose, run for ya life!"

It seemed that that had been the first of a thousand mad sprints they'd made.

All nine companions collapsed inside the TARDIS.

"Right. I think we should set her in flight and bed down for the night. I don't know about you lot, but I'm exhausted." The Doctor grinned; the others nodded their heads in agreement.

A few hours later after everyone had been shown the rooms were they'd be sleeping the Doctor sat in the control room tinkering with the control panel.

Rose wandered in, wearing teddy-bear pyjamas.

"You ok?" She asked. The Doctor was still wearing his leather jacket and jeans. Rose wouldn't have been surprised if he slept in them, if he slept at all.

"Why shouldn't I be?" He asked her cheerily not looking up.

"Just checking." Rose whispered.

They remained in silence for a few minutes before Rose came out with what she'd been dying to ask for ages.

"Why won't you admit it?" She burst out suddenly. The Doctor looked up frowning.

"Admit what?" He asked confused.

"You know what. I can see it swimming round your brain. I can hear it bouncing off the sides of the TARDIS. Every five minutes the same conversation in your head, I can hear it. It's driving me nuts." Rose moaned hiding her face in her hands.

There was no answer. She could sense rather than hear the Doctor moving towards her.

"Rose..." He began.

The Hobbits lay awake in their room. Each knew none of the others was asleep, but none could be bothered to ask what was wrong. Frodo kept muttering to himself, but only when the vial's light was needed. After a while he heard a hiss.

"Frodo!" Frodo sat up and looked over the beds. Merry was sat bolt upright.

"Pass us the vial," He said opening his hands to catch it. Frodo chucked it and Merry got out of bed to search in his pack for something. Frodo frowned confused, until he pulled out an apple. Merry chucked it at the bed next to his own and crunching noises could be heard.

"Thanks," Merry chucked it back. "Pippin was hungry. Again."

Harry lay awake listening to the sounds of the other two as they snoozed. He'd seen them earlier when they thought no one else was watching them in their room. The way they acted around each other, they were defiantly more than friends. But how could he persuade them to be more open?

The Doctor placed a hand on Rose's shoulder.

"I can't. I just can't. The last person I let get close to me died. I can't go through that again. I can't loose you." The Doctor sighed.

Rose looked up at him.

"You won't. Look we've been in..." she counted on her fingers. " Eleven life-threatening situations and each time we've saved each other."

"I know," murmured the Doctor rubbing her shoulder gently.

"So it'll hurt more if you don't admit it!" Rose said.

Frodo finally drifted into an uneasy sleep, as did the other Hobbit's. But the dreams they had troubled them. Almost as if they were being manipulated by something.

Harry still couldn't think of a way to get his friend's together. Unless... A thought struck him. Maybe the Doctor had somewhere on his ship that they could... ahem... trap the pair.

The ship shuddered. Frodo, Sam, Merry and Pippin sat up at exactly the same moment. Looking at each other they slipped out of their beds to find the Doctor.

Ron and Hermione woke and though Harry was watching them, all three were listening for the sound of disturbance.

Rose and the Doctor frowned.

"What's wrong with the TARDIS?" Rose asked getting up and following the Doctor to the control panel.

"I think we've landed..." The Doctor muttered.

"What? But I thought... wait... the TARDIS has a mind of it's own right?"

"Yeah." The Doctor looked at Rose suspiciously.

Rose knew exactly what the TARDIS was doing. There was too much tension and bad feeling on the ship so the TARDIS had decided they needed to sort out their differences before she'd move. Great...

"You know..." began Rose.

"Don't," the Doctor said rather unenthusiastically. "I don't need you giving me some stupid remark about me being alien."

"Actually, I was going to say it might be good to get out of the TARDIS. You know, get some fresh air somewhere we're not likely to be kidnapped or eaten or killed."

The Doctor smiled. As much as he knew that he was her Doctor, she was defiantly his Rose.

The Doctor opened the doors of the TARDIS and stepped outside. Rose followed him but they could see nothing unusual. Which was slightly unnerving. They appeared to be at the top of a large hill with forest on either side of them. The Hobbit's soon followed them and Rose almost jumped out her skin when she saw them.

"Blimey," she muttered clutching her heart. "You guy's are quiet."

"Sorry," whispered Merry grinning sheepishly. Harry, Ron and Hermione soon followed them.

"Well I don't know why we're all out here, because there's nothing of interest." The Doctor said cheerfully. "C'mon we'll get warmed up in the TARDIS"

Many of the crew had their arms wrapped around themselves and hurriedly agreed. Of course in order for them to get into the TARDIS it might have helped if the doors were unlocked.

"Ah," he said.

"What?" Asked Rose her teeth chattering.

"We... umm... well, let's go for a camping trip shall we?" Rose clenched her teeth together so hard that she thought they might break.

"You mean we can't get back into the TARDIS?" She asked closing her eyes and praying she was wrong.

"No, we can't." Rose made a mental note that someday she would teach the Doctor to be normal, or at least teach him so that the only crisis' he ever had weren't domestic ones...

Rose couldn't stand it. Of all the times for the TARDIS to lock them out, it had to pick now.

"You and your stupid ship," she moaned walking away from the Doctor who was holding his sonic screwdriver up to the lock.

"Oi! I resent that!" The Doctor replied.