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Chapter 15.
After deciding to prank the Doctor, Rose was stuck for idea's as to what she was going to do. She wasn't exactly pressed for time though as the Doctor would not be expecting her to prank him, at least not yet. Rose went to find the man himself and see if she could think of anything later. Not surprisingly she found him in the console room, he spotted her as she walked in and gave her his trademark grin.
"Hello, wasn't expecting to see you for a while. Well lets see then. How are you feeling? Do you hurt anywhere? Tired at all?" The Doctor said at a bit of a babble.
"Hi Doctor. I'm fine, not tired and no I don't hurt anywhere," Rose replied.
"You're sure?" He questioned her sceptically. He was answered though when Rose grinned at him, walked over and hugged him tightly. She drew back from him and straightened his tie for him. He seemed satisfied by this and turned back to the console.
"So where we going next then?" Rose asked. "You still haven't taken me to Jilaxus Nine you know. What's the matter? Scared to let me loose on the largest shopping satellite of the galaxy?"
She could see the smirk lift the corner of his mouth as he continued to look at the monitor. "Not at all, if Rose Tyler wants shopping, then shopping she will get." He input the coordinates for Jilaxus Nine into the console before turning to her. "You sure you can handle it though? I mean it is the largest shopping in the galaxy" He said, smirk growing wider by the second.
Rose adopted a look of mock anger before sticking her tongue out at him playfully. "As long as you don't go licking the walls or insulting the locals I reckon we'll be OK." She retorted. His smirk grew into a full smile as he walked past her into the kitchen.
The Doctor stood in the kitchen with his hands resting on the side as he waited for the kettle to boil. As much as Rose said she was OK, he couldn't help but feel much more protective of her now than he had been previously. That was probably why he had consented to take her shopping with absolutely no argument. Well aware that he would be unleashing a monster as soon as she stepped through the doors, and also aware that he would very happily pay for everything that took her fancy. He knew he would be catering to her every whim for a good long while. Making a cup of tea for them both before they landed, he thought back to the kiss she had given him before she had left the TARDIS. Oh how he longed for her to be able to remember it now. But then he supposed it posed as the ultimate punishment to him for allowing her to be hurt. Logically he knew it wasn't his fault, that he couldn't have known it would happen but it all came down to how deeply he cared for her and wanted to keep her safe here with him where he could look after her. Domestic, nah he didn't do domestic. With that thought, he finished what he was doing and went to take Rose her tea before he took her shopping.
Tea drunk and TARDIS parked safely right in the centre of the satellite the Doctor turned to Rose and handed over a chip loaded with unlimited credits, much the same as the one he had given Adam on satellite five. She grinned at him, pocketed the chip, grabbed his hand and dragged him off to the nearest shop.
Six and a half hours later Rose was getting a little bored with all the shopping. He had been amazing today, carrying all her bags for her, stopping wherever she wanted and he hadn't complained once. But what she really wanted now was to go back to the TARDIS and snuggle up next to him in the theatre room and watch a film or two. Smiling to herself, she asked him if he would take the bags back to the TARDIS for her and told him that she would follow him shortly after getting a few final things. She could tell he was reluctant to leave her alone but she appeased him with the promise that she wasn't going far and that she would be back within ten minutes.
Eight minutes later, and yes he had been counting, Rose walked back into the TARDIS where the Doctor was waiting anxiously for her. He felt himself relax considerably when he saw she was OK and that nothing had happened to her in his absence. Spotting the bag she held in her hand he tried to find out what she had bought. Rose was giving nothing away though and asked him if they could just drift about in space for a while. When he had acquiesced to her request, she reached for his hand which he promptly gave and led him to the theatre room he had created a while back. It suddenly dawned on him what she wanted and he certainly wasn't going to deny her. He sat down on their usual sofa's and watched her set up the film she had chosen. She then dimmed the lights, moved over to him and snuggled into him as the movie started.
Rose was being awfully quiet considering she had put Mission Impossible three on. Normally she would be bouncing with excitement at all the action but she hadn't moved since the film had started. The Doctor took a look down at her form as she lay in his arms and noted with a smile that she had fallen asleep. All the shopping must have taken more out of her than he anticipated so he picked her up gently and took her to her bedroom. He put her gently into bed being careful not to wake her. Unable to resist, he pressed a kiss to her forehead before leaving her to get some well earned rest.