Just wanted to say, once again, thanks to everyone who reviewed, especially Jess/MontyPythonFan, who has reviewed every chapter so far. Thanks Jess!
This chapter is a dream in Rose's head. I'm not trying to Doctor 9 bash-I liked him. I don't think he really would say any of that stuff; it's just Rose's paranoia that she failed him. That's also why the characterisation isn't the same, because people act differently in their dreams.
Never Leave Me
Chapter 4
Disclaimer: I didn't invent Doctor Who.
Rose was sitting on the floor of the TARDIS with a deck of cards before her. For some reason, though, she couldn't read them, so she just looked at them instead. There was a little girl in the corner. Singing. "The wheels on the bus go round and round, round and round, round and round, the wheels on the bus go round and round, through time and space". She sang, smiling and laughing to herself.
"How did you get in here?" Rose asked. The girl just giggled rolled onto her back.
"There seems to be a lot of little girls get on here. Girls who don't know what they're doing". The Doctor said. He was beside her suddenly. When did he get there? It wasn't the right Doctor, it was the other one. His big blue eyes crinkled up in a smile and she grinned back. "Where are we going?" she asked. He winked, secretly. "You'll see" He said.
The TARDIS gave a shudder and then stopped finally. Rose called out for the little girl, but she'd gone now. It didn't matter. The Doctor ran out the door and Rose followed.
She was slightly disappointed to find herself in the Powell Estate. She couldn't see the Doctor She looked around for him, but couldn't seem to find him. She then spotted his leather jacket disappearing round a corner. Running after it, she wondered what on earth he was up to. She found him just outside her house, looking angry. "What's the matter?" she asked. He shook his head. "You are," he replied. She frowned, not understanding him. "What d'you mean? What's going on?"
He sighed. "Oh, come on Rose, surely you must have figured it out". She shook her head and he laughed. "God, you must be stupider than I thought". She couldn't speak. She just stood in shock. He went on.
"Y'know, I knew this would happen, since that thing with your dad. You don't think Rose. You're not good enough for me. Why do you think I sent you home before? I sent you back from platform five and you STILL WOULDN'T LEAVE!" The last part was shouted and she staggered back, speechless. He glared at her.
"So this time I'm taking you home myself. No coming back, no messing about, no 'Saving my life'," He turned to walk away. "And best of all, for me, anyway; No Rose Tyler".
The TARDIS was now suddenly a few feet away. He opened the door and turned to look at her with those big, electric blue eyes. For a final time. "Good bye, Rose," he said, before shutting the door.
"NO!" Rose finally found her voice. She tried to run to the TARDIS, to The Doctor, to apologise, to make him take her with him. But her legs wouldn't move. The engine started up and the light at the top began to flash. "NO!" She screamed. She was crying now. "NO! TAKE ME BACK! PLEASE TAKE ME BACK!" But the TARDIS was fading, and in a few seconds it was gone.
Rose just stood for a moment. She couldn't feel anything. Like she was a non existence, she couldn't even cry anymore. Just empty.
With a shaky breath, she turned to her flat, which was now on the bottom floor, and chapped on the door.
"Yes?" Jackie answered the door, looking at Rose as if she was selling double glazing.
"Hi mum," Rose heard herself saying. It was like being on automatic. Jackie just gave her a sharp look. "Who are you?" She glared at her. "I've never even met you before and you're calling me your mother!" Rose just blinked at her. "I'm Rose! You're daughter, remember?" Jackie shook her head, staring blankly. "Is this meant to be a joke?" Rose pushed past her into the flat, running down the hall to where her room was. She pulled open the door and cried in shock. "My room! Where's my room?" There wasn't anything there, just a blank wall. She went to the living room, as though expecting to find the answer there. Instead she found Mickey on the couch. "Mickey!" She cried. "I thought we left you in another univers!"
He just glared at her. "You left me-you left all of us- long before that, Rose. Too long". Rose gaped at him. "Whatd'you mean?" she asked. "It's only been a few months!" He shook his head. "For you, maybe. But we've all moved on with our lives". He nodded at Jackie. "You've been gone so long, your own mums forgotten about you".
"But what about you, Mickey". She was almost begging him to forgive her. "You remember me. Remember what we have?"
"What we had," he corrected. He stood up as a woman entered. Rose recognised her. "Trisha Macmillan?" She remembered what Mickey had told her in Wales. "What, you're going out with her still?" Mickey didn't answer, but just sent her a filthy look, and pointed to the door when her bedroom used to be. "See?" he said. "There's no place for you here anymore, Rose Tyler. No place for you anywhere. Now leave!" With that he grabbed her and began to force her out. "You didn't want us; we weren't good enough for you! And now you're not wanted anywhere!" He shouted. Trisha was helping him now, screeching and digging her killer nails into her arm. They dragged her down the hall to the front door, where Jackie was standing, glaring at her. "Get out, whoever you are. You're not wanted!" Outside, Rose could see all the things she'd faced with the Doctor; Daleks, Sycorax, Slytheen, and so much worse, "No!" She screamed. "No, don't send me out with them! Please, I'll do anything! He isn't here to help me!" she struggled in Mickey's grip, but he was too strong and just laughed. "Doctor finally dumped you? Well that's not our problem now, is it?". He pushed her out and slammed the door behind her. They monsters were closing in on the flat; she banged and kicked on the door, begging to be let in. Her pleas were unheeded. There wasn't time, she had to run.
But she couldn't run, her legs wouldn't move again. And all the while her fears were getting closer.
And then she spotted it. The TARDIS. The big blue box straight ahead of her. Suddenly, the feeling came back to her legs and she ran to it. Banging and scraping desperately on the door again, hoping and begging him to open up.
And then the doors opened, and he was there, the new Doctor. With his face and his hair and his wonderful, wonderful eyes. He didn't say anything, just pulled her into his arms and kissed the top of her head. Everything else but the TARDIS vanished. She was with the Doctor, and she was safe again.
Personally, I like this chapter best from the other ones. But please R&R and tell me what you think.
