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Chapter 12.
His hearts stopped. "What? Rose. No. Why?" Was all he could say. Gathering his senses, he calmed down enough to speak again. "I've ruined everything."
Rose looked up in surprise and more than a little confusion at that. "It's not you silly." she said. "My mate Keisha left a message on my phone. Something's happened to mum, she's been taken to hospital." With that, what little restraint Rose had on her emotions broke and she promptly burst into tears.
The Doctor reached towards Rose and pulled her across the sofa and onto his lap for a hug. He stroked her hair softly and allowed her to sob against his shoulder. When her tears had ceased, he pressed a light kiss to her forehead and told her to get her stuff. Rose gave him a wobbly smile and left the room. The Doctor headed to the console room to set the course for present day earth.
Rose entered the console room just as they had landed. The Doctor was relieved to see that she had only packed a small bag. "Is that all you're taking? He asked.
"Yeah," she replied. "I should only be a few days, a week at the most. Is that OK?"
"Absolutely, stay as long as you need to. Uh, if you give me a ring when you're ready, I will come and pick you up." Rose smiled and nodded at this.
Moving over to him, she put her bag down and pulled his shirt out from behind her back. "Here, you might need this before you get cold," she said. "I put the rest of your clothes back in your room" The Doctor moved over to her and took the shirt. He didn't put it on though, so Rose took the shirt back from him and started to unbutton it. When she had unbuttoned it, she put the shirt on him but left the buttons open. The Doctor had simply been looking at her while she did this and made no move to button the shirt up either. Rose looked up at him and offered a small smile. "What?" She asked.
"I wanted to apologise for starting this whole pranking war thing. I shouldn't have done it and I'm sorry." He replied.
"Right well, apology not accepted because you have nothing to be sorry for. It was fun doing the pranks, and I for one would like to continue it when I get back. Unless you want to admit defeat?" She said.
The Doctor flashed her his trademark grin at this and said "Me? Never."
Rose picked her bag up again and placed it on her shoulder. Gathering her nerve, she reached up and pressed a kiss to the Doctor's lips. It was meant to be a quick peck but the Doctor wrapped his arms around her and started to kiss her back.
The Doctor was in heaven. He had been completely astonished when she had kissed him, but he certainly wasn't complaining. He wondered vaguely if he was dreaming again, but the little pleasurable sparks that kept shooting through his body completely put paid to that idea. One thing he was sure of however was that dream or not, he wasn't going to let this opportunity go to waste. He wrapped his arms around her and started to return her kiss.
They broke apart a few minutes later both breathing heavily. Rose gave him a coy smile. "How about we pick that up when I get back?" She said.
"You try stopping me", he replied cheekily. "You take care alright and remember to ring me and let me know when you want to come back or if you want to stay any longer."
"How do I ring you anyway? You don't have a phone," she said.
"You'll have to video call me so I can use the monitor to talk to you." He answered. Rose nodded andadjusted her bag.She headed to the door of the TARDIS and stepped out,taking a deep breathshe pulled the door shut behind her.
When the whirring and groaning of the TARDIS engines had faded to nothing, Rose started her walk to the hospital her mother had been admitted to. Rounding the corner, she briefly registered a sudden pain as something hit her head. Before she could establish what had hit her however, a sudden wave of dizziness surrounded her and she collapsed onto the hard concrete and lost consciousness.