I hope you like this chapter, I had to rush a bit because I wanted to post it before I went to bed. I was watching Charlie and the Chocolate Factory when I wrote it, so that's why the end of the chapter is like that. Its pointless, really. Just something to get Jack and Emily to know each other and show everyone the Doctor and Rose's relationship. Also, it gets a little more romance-y in here, and it will get more so in later chapters. Nothing too bad, though.

A bored Captain Jack Harkness was a truly dangerous thing. When bored, Jack would throw caution to the wind and ask random people out on dates, depending on if he judged them to be their type or not. And setting said bored captain loose in London was not a good idea.

Jack had been alone for over a year and a half, after the Doctor and Rose left him on Satellite Five. How he had gotten off he didn't like to think about, and how he got back to Rose's time was something he really didn't like to think about. He walked around London nightly, hoping to see a glimpse of the familiar blue police box that was the TARDIS. He knew he wouldn't find it in one night, but a guy can hope, can't he?

This particular night Jack was walking down a brightly lit street, close to the Powell Estate. Jack remembered Rose talking about where she lived, and it was somewhere around here, by his memory. Maybe Rose had come home to visit her mother. Maybe.

"You know, you really don't need to do this. I'm sure I can get what I need on my own. I know I'm not from around here but-"

"Come on, it's my treat. Really. After this we can go back to gallivanting across space, but I'm taking you shopping. It's a silly human thing, but Rose enjoys it."

Jack heard the two voices chatting, his interest rising when he heard the name Rose. And gallivanting across space. Jack looked around and saw two people a man and a woman walking down the sidewalk. No, not the Doctor. Both very attractive, though. Both of them were tall, a blonde and a brunette. Relatives of Rose, maybe? Maybe they traveled with the Doctor and Rose. Jack pushed up his sleeve and checked for alien tech, grinning. He remembered when he first met Rose, and he did a scan for alien tech.

"Finally, a professional…" She had said. Sure enough, alien tech in the area. The Doctor was around here. He did a scan for aliens, next, and quite to his surprise, both the people that had walked past had two hearts. The Doctor did say his people were gone. Maybe he had been mistaken, and one was left. But the Doctor had changed. How'd he manage that?

"Doctor! Wait, I'm coming too. You know how mum is. She wants me to see Mickey." Jack saw Rose hurrying down the street towards the other two. Hearing Doctor confirmed Jack's suspicion, it was the Doctor. And there was Rose. She was looking better than before. She was definitely older, and she had only gotten prettier. The Doctor must have to hold her close to keep the other guys off of her.

Jack decided to find the TARDIS. He still had his TARDIS key, and unless the Doctor changed the locks (Jack chuckled at the thought) he would still be able to get in. And there he would wait.


Emily walked back to the TARDIS, arms full of bags and boxes of things that probably weren't even needed, but she didn't care. Shopping was fun. The Doctor and Rose were a few paces behind her, arguing over some piece of jewelry that Rose bought. Apparently, if Rose wore it on a certain planet, the locals would consider her a goddess. Or something. Emily had ceased to pay attention. Someone was in the TARDIS, she could tell. She looked at the Doctor, who noticed it also. His TARDIS key and the sonic screwdriver were in his hand. The only people that could get into the TARDIS were people who had keys.

"Did you miss me?" Jack asked as the three of them entered the room. Rose dropped her packages and sprinted over to Jack, nearly tackling him. Emily had no idea who he was. The Doctor had a surprised grin on his face, and walked up to give Jack a hug.

"I don't believe we've met. Captain Jack Harkness." Jack introduced, extending his hand. Emily took it, and smiled. This guy was a charmer.

"Emily Violet Tyler." Emily wasn't too surprised when Jack brought her hand up to his mouth and gave it a gentle kiss. Definitely a charmer. He could get away with it too, with his good looks. He probably wasn't even a Captain, but he was trying really hard to win her over.

"Stop flirtin', Jack. We know you can't resist pretty girls, but please." The Doctor said, and Jack turned around with a grin. A slight blush had rose on Emily's cheeks, which she covered by facing the TARDIS console. Rose raised her eyebrow and a smile crept onto her face.

"So, Doctor, where are we off to?" Jack asked, and the Doctor grinned and looked at Rose. Rose had set her stuff in her room and showed Emily her room before coming back in here. The Doctor flipped a lever and Emily crossed over to the other side of the TARDIS console. Jack heard the much missed sound of the TARDIS dematerializing, and relaxed.

"Well, we were planning on heading to Candide four. It's a planet in a system totally devoted to candy. Rose and Emily would enjoy it. The Planet is totally safe, I know. Nothing can happen to it, unless someone gets into a fight with the candy. Which happens now and then, but its harmless.

"You're taking me to a place full of sweets? Doctor you know I'm going to be hyper for days afterwards!" Rose said, and Emily grinned. She remembered Candide seven; her parents took her there when she was eight. She was sick for days.

"There's something I'd like to see." Jack said, looking over the TARDIS controls. Nothing had changed since he was last here. Except the Doctor. But he liked the new one. Much more attractive than the last one, although, Jack liked the last one's outfit better. This one was too conservative with a bit of rebel in it.

"Alright then, Candide Four, here we come." The Doctor said, a wicked grin on his face. Jack realized how much he had missed this, flying around space and time with the Doctor and Rose. He missed the TARDIS, he missed the danger and excitement that went on.


Ten minutes later, they found themselves in a virtual paradise of sweets. The whole planet was made of sweets. Rose looked up and found a tree with candy apples on it. She reached up to pull one off, and found they came off quite easily. Rose bit into it, looking like a kid at a fair.

"Remember the applegrass on new earth, Doctor?" Rose asked, stepping onto a path which was made of bricks. Rose smiled, looking around. Everything but the buildings were made of candy. She couldn't see any cars or vehicles of any kind. It must be a sort of low tech planet or something. She didn't want to ask the Doctor because no doubt he'd go into one of his lengthy lectures about physics or something.

"Well, go on, have fun." The Doctor said, and Rose grabbed his hand and pulled him along, disappearing into a forest of tall bushes that looked like they had Jolly Ranchers on them. Emily walked over to them and pulled a blue one off the bush. She stuck it in her mouth, and giggled. Jack stood beside her, watching her pull a few more of the Jolly Ranchers off of it before continuing down the path. Jack didn't know where Rose and the Doctor were going, but he was quite content watching Emily walk around, sampling some of the strange candies. She had found a multicolored rock that was made out of Bottle Caps, and she was eating a bit of that while they strolled down the path. Jack was nibbling on some candy corn, watching Emily. She wasn't more than 20, if Jack was correct in his estimates.

"So, Emily, how did you meet the Doctor?" Jack asked, and Emily shrugged.

"Well, I was in New York City in 1984, and my TARDIS blew up. The Doctor happened to be around too, following me, and he offered to let me come with him. He's a Time Lord, I'm a Time Lady, I couldn't refuse." Emily said, kneeling down beside what looked like a river. She stuck her finger in it and brought it back up and lifted it to her lips, tasting it. It was the liquid form of some sour candy, Jack deduced, when he watched her face pucker up.

"Oh God, that's sour." She managed after a minute, and Jack laughed. How sour could it be?

"Its not that bad, is it?" Jack asked, and tried it himself. He found that it was every bit as sour as Emily said it was.


"Rose, what are you doing?" The Doctor asked, stumbling along beside Rose. They were deep in a forest of some sort, hardly any light came through. Rose stopped and looked around for a second before turning to the Doctor.

"I wanted you to myself. I got selfish when it was just us around, you know, and I kinda want it that way again. I'm not trying to say that I don't want Jack back or anything, I love seeing him again, but they're going to ask questions about us." Rose said, reaching up for another candy apple.

"And so what if they know about us? It's not like it's a crime for a Time Lord to love someone. Jack's not stupid, he'll figure it out eventually, and Emily already knows, we're her parents, for pete's sake. If Jack sees you going into my room at night, so what? He won't do anything but joke about it. Jack's never been the type for long term relationships, not that I've heard him talk about. Trust me, Rose. They won't care." The Doctor said, and Rose dropped the half eaten candy apple to the ground and kissed the Doctor. He tasted the sweet candy and apples and wanted more, which she gave him. They sank to the ground, Rose's hands sliding underneath his jacket, the Doctor's sliding under her jumper.


"I wonder what the Doctor and Rose are doing. Maybe they got lost or something. You think we should go look for them?" Jack asked after an hour of talking with Emily. They had walked around for a while, making sure they could see the TARDIS everywhere they went. Emily shrugged, and found caramel willow tree branches. She broke off a piece and popped it in her mouth.

"Nah, they'll be just fine. The Doctor hasn't lost his TARDIS before, I don't think he will now. But I am getting hungry, for real food, so I'm going back to the TARDIS to get some chips. You coming with me?" Emily asked, brushing a bit of a peanut butter cup off of her shoulder. She had found chocolate and nearly devoured it all.

"Sure, if you want. I couldn't let you go on your own, could I?" Jack asked, offering his arm in the old earth fashion. Emily took it and the two strolled off towards the TARDIS, joking and laughing the whole way.