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A Recognised Loss

Part Nine

Roses' mouth curved into an empty ghost of a smile

'You just want me to believe in you? she asked in disbelief, he smiled at her as though he believed it really was that simple

'Yes' he replied. She shook her head at him

'I can't' she sadly stated. The Doctor took her hand and he held it exactly how he used to

'Why not?' he asked 'You used to believe in me. I remember when you were willing to die for me and what we believed in' he gently stroked her cheek 'What changed?'

'You did' she whispered 'and I did. We grew Doctor – we're not the same people we used to be' she told him urging him to see what she saw

'We're not' he agreed 'We became better people, but Rose, what makes you so sure that we grew apart?' he asked softly. Rose stepped back out of his touch; she bit her lip and smiled sadly

'Because I haven't seen you in six years' she whispered – her eyes showing all the pain she held inside. The Doctors' eyes hardened

'That's not fair – I didn't know about-' he began to defend himself but Rose cut him off. She shook her head

'But that never stopped you from seeing me' she told him broken hearted. The Doctor turned away from her and begun to pace

'What was I meant to do? I thought you hated me' he sadly admitted

'Yet I was convinced you hated me' she told him as she lowered herself into the chair again, her head sinking into her hands

'I thought you'd seen better than me – that I was no longer worthy to be your companion – your friend. That you'd picked someone else up along the way and never looked back' she choked on her words

'That's not true – not a day went by where I didn't think of you, of all the companions I'd had it's safe to say none of them are even remotely close to being better than you' Rose smiled into her hand then looked up enquiringly

'So there were others? After me?' she asked curiously. The Doctor winced then slowly nodded

'Not for years after though – it took me so long to get over you' he quietly told her – her eyes gleamed as she grinned at him.

'So you over me yet?' she asked teasing – he shook his head

'Nope – don't think I ever will be' he replied smiling. Rose joined him in his smiled for a moment then turned serious again

'What happened to them?' she asked – his brow furrowed in confusion

'Your other companions? Not locked outside in the Tardis are they' she half joking. He shook his head and turned away from her to lean on a cabinet. Rose could see the reflection of his eyes in the glass cupboard above him – his eyes filled with sorrow and pain

'They all left me'

'How?' she gently asked. He frowned at himself

'I took one home – the other died' he told her solemnly.

'I'm sorry' she replied her voice soft and gentle not really knowing what to say, he nodded in reply

'But none of them were like you' he added after some time. Her face lit up

'Is that a good thing or a bad thing?'

He turned around his entire mood having changed. His eyes now sparkled and his manic grin was in place

'It's a good thing Rose Tyler' he beamed 'A fantastic thing'

She giggled at him. She didn't understand their relationship – she never had, they could turn from deadly serious to barrels of laughter within a moment. Rose frowned to herself – she would never be able to predict the Doctor – that was one thing she knew for sure. They looked at each other for a moment then Rose smiled coyly at him before turning her gaze to the floor

'Doctor…' she begun 'that night – the one we spent together – did you regret it?' she regretted asking him the moment a deadly silence filled the air. She finally managed to tear her gaze away from her slippers to see the doctor beaming at her

'Not for a moment' he enthusiastically replied

'It's just-' Rose began to stumble whilst blushing profoundly 'We never really… talked about it' she begun to look at he fingers now. The Doctor swiftly approached her – he placed one hand on each side of her face

'Well let me say this then' he began grinning at her, his eyes dancing 'It was the best night of my entire life' Rose beamed at him

'And being nine hundred years old' he continued 'that's the best day out of…. ooh 327,600 days – give or take a day. So I think that's saying something' he praised her. Rose giggled then threw her arms around his neck – he pulled her close never wanting to let go

'Thank you' she whispered 'I quite enjoyed it as well' she giggled into his ear before he realised a shout of husky male laughter that warmed Roses' soul.

Venetia lay in her bed wide awake listening intensely to her parents laughing, a single tear ran down her cheek as she hugged her Winnie the Pooh tightly.

'Did you hear that Winnie?' she whispered to her toy 'We can be together – we can be a family' she told the teddy bear before burying her face in it – her tears of joy soaked the yellow fur.

Back in the kitchen Rose had turned the radio on and now sat on the Doctors lap on one of the kitchen chairs. She rested her head on his shoulder, her forehead leaning into his neck – his hands tightened around her body never wanting to leave her. The soft tunes of Frank Sinatra's Everybody Loves Somebody came floating out of the radio filling the kitchen with music. Rose jumped up and turned around to look at the Doctor – a sweet smile on her face, she held out her hand

'Dance with me?' she asked tenderly, he smiled at her and the love her saw in her eyes. He took her hand and stood up

'No-one's asked me to dance in years' he told her, she grinned at him

'The world doesn't end cos the Doctor dances' she whispered. He smiled back at the memory before moving forward to take Rose in his arms. He closed one hand around her waist, his other hand resting on her shoulder – she moved forward so her head was leaning on his shoulder, her arms wrapped around his waist. They gently moved together losing themselves in the thralls of the music and the harmony it played into their souls.

The Doctor and Rose danced to the music in the darkness of the kitchen, shards of moonlight floated through the window giving a soft glow over the room, it wouldn't have mattered if they had been in complete darkness for the love radiating out of them was enough to light the entire world.

Venetia sat in her bed hugging Winnie the Pooh listening to the gentle cords of the music floating through the walls and into her room. She sunk back into her pillows, a knowing smile on her face, because even from in there she could feel the love that came from her parents. She softly began to sing along to the words of the song

'Everybody loves somebody sometime, everybody falls in love somehow' her beautiful voice sang out.

Rose and the Doctor swayed in each others eyes; they looked up into each others eyes

'Your love made it well worth waiting, for someone like you' Venetia sung as her eyelids began to close welcoming sleep and dreams of happy days.

Rose and the Doctor saw their love for one another reflected in each others eyes, they gently moved to the music losing themselves in their memories.

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