Jack and Rose sat talking for a long time before they remembered what they'd been sent out to do in the first place.
"So, what can a Time Lord actually do?" Rose asked standing up and brushing herself off. "Apart from the whole mind reading thing."
"Well technically you're a Time Lady, but I guess it's the same thing," Jack replied. "And I don't really know. You can see everything like the Doctor and I think you've got this kind of connection with Time and the vortex but like I told the Doctor I don't really know more than that. You gotta remember that as far as I was concerned for the first twenty years of my life Time Lords were myth, legend, non existent."
Rose nodded thinking. She could still hear the Doctor. All the thoughts echoing round his mind, round time and space. Looking at Jack she realised she was with the wrong person. Jack could handle steering the TARDIS for a bit but the Doctor needed her company more right now.
"C'mon," Rose said heading back towards the TARDIS. "The Doctor needs to talk. Can you drive the TARDIS for a bit?"
"Yeah, course," Jack replied. They opened the TARDIS doors and found the Doctor had disappeared into its depths.
"Take us… I dunno… just hang in the vortex for a bit," Rose said heading for the other door across the console room.
"Ok," Jack said, manning the controls and starting the TARDIS up.
The Doctor heard the TARDIS start up and new that Rose was coming to find him.
"Damn telepathic link," he mock complained. In truth he'd been hoping that Rose would come to find him.
Rose found him in the first room she tried, surrounded by bits and bobs that he'd collected over the years and used to patch up the TARDIS.
"Alright?" She asked stepping over wires and plugs to sit down next to him.
"Yeah," he replied rewiring something that he was going to use in the TARDIS later.
"You know, you were a bad liar before but I can see your thoughts now, so you've got no chance," Rose replied smiling slightly.
"Gee thanks, Rose," the Doctor said smiling back at her.
"Oh c'mon, Doctor, just tell me what's wrong," Rose said her tongue between her teeth.
"It's nothing," the Doctor replied, as he picked up a weird looking contraption and began to wire it up. "I'm just so used to being the only one it's not quite believable that there's two of us…"
"Two minds, one soul, eh?" She said quietly.
"Got that right," the Doctor replied finally looking up at her. "Inter linked with the Time Vortex now…"
He sighed and Rose looked at him puzzled.
"Your mothers going to kill me," he said grinning.
"Nah, she won't," Rose replied smiling back. "Or at least I don't think she will…"
"Oh fantastic," the Doctor said. "Imminent death…"
Rose giggled and pushed him gently.
"You won't die," she replied, though for some reason she had a nagging feeling at the back of head.
"So, anyway, did Jack show you the ropes?" The Doctor asked, pulling Rose into his arms.
"He doesn't know what the 'ropes' are," Rose replied. "It's probably better if I find out for myself anyway."
"Mm, though Mister Innuendo knew everything?" The Doctor said, breathing in Rose's scent. "Obviously he just pretends to."
"Nah, that's you," Rose chuckled.
"Oi!" The Doctor said. "Do you mind? I can chuck you out an airlock any time, you know."
"But you won't," Rose said confidently.
"Well… no…" the Doctor frowned realising he was beaten. "But that's not the point."
"C'mon, Jack'll be wondering where we are," Rose stood up and held out a hand to the Doctor. He took it and stood up next to her.
"We could always make him a Time Lord as well," the Doctor joked.
"Don't let him hear you say that," Rose said grinning. "I'm not sure I could stand two smug know-it-alls."
She quickly ducked out the room before the Doctor could get his hands on her.
Later that night the Doctor and Rose were once more in bed together, his arm wrapped protectively round her. The pair were talking in low whispers so as not to wake Jack who was further down the hall.
"What were your parents like?" Rose asked quietly.
"Normal, I suppose," the Doctor replied. "My mother was human, my father was a highly respected Time Lord. You should've heard the fuss when the found out that my fathers child was only half Time Lord."
"I suppose that's why you like humans so much," Rose said in a hushed tone.
"Mm," the Doctor agreed. "My mother bought me up. My father could only remain in such a high status if he denied his family."
Rose thought she could hear a slightly bitter tone in his voice.
"Still he cared for us in secret and I don't suppose it would've been any good if he'd lost his job," the Doctor continued.
The lay in silence for a moment both pondering.
"Ever though about kids?" Rose asked.
"Never had anyone to have them with," the Doctor said. "I told myself that I'd have to find a Time Lady after I saw the pain my Dad went through when my mother died."
Rose paused slightly.
"I always imagined having a huge family," she said. "Mostly because I was lonely as a kid because of being an only child."
"Mm," the Doctor had to stop himself from laughing. "You'd have your hands full, especially if they were as stubborn and hot headed as you."
"Cheeky," Rose said turning slightly to look at him. "But seriously have you never considered having kids?"
The Doctor pondered.
"I suppose I've been worried about bringing them into this kind of world," he replied. "When I first started thinking about it the Time War had already begun. I couldn't bring a child into that kind of environment."
"What about now though?" Rose pressed.
"I dunno," the Doctor hesitated. "I mean look what happened to us recently. It's dangerous enough for you two, can you imagine running around with a child in tow?"
"Jack doesn't do much," Rose grinned. "He could always baby-sit."
"Well yeah," the Doctor shifted uncomfortably. "But you're nineteen Rose. Do you really want kids at nineteen?"
He suddenly realised what she was implying and was reluctant to breach the subject much further.
"Depends," Rose said.
"On what?" Asked the Doctor.
"You," she replied.
They stared at each other for a moment.
"Maybe we should discuss this in the morning," the Doctor said yawning. "We could spend a long time on that conversation and I don't want to stay up all night."
"Ok," Rose agreed, kissing him gently.