A:N/ Thank you again for all the wonderful reviews. Hopefully I'll give you all the ending you want in the next couple of chapters.

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The Doctor had worried that Rose wouldn't be herself when she woke, changed by the effects of the Bad Wolf. He realised though, as he was pulled into her crushing embrace, her lips bruising his in a desperate kiss, that he needn't had bothered. He was glad that he had healed the scar on her chest otherwise her current outburst would have left her in agony but as her tongue pushed its way into his mouth, rediscovering the taste of him, he lost all rational thought and just enjoyed kissing her back with the same fervour she showed him.

He had wanted to be their when she had awoken but an untimely trip to the cafeteria to relieve the whinging of an over tired and hungry Jackie had meant they had returned to see Rose sitting up in bed, talking with Grace, smiling like nothing had ever gone wrong. Grace had got up to depart as soon as the pair had entered, making room for Jackie to run to her daughter. She had caught the Doctor's arm on the way out of the door, standing on tiptoes to whisper in his ear.

"She remembers nothing," she said softly.

The Doctor nodded before turning to Rose with a bright smile, clearing the length of the room in two strides and barely making it to sitting on the bed before she pulled him into her arms.

He felt the tears running down his cheeks as he pulled back from her and hastily brushed them away with the back of his hand. He hadn't fooled Rose though and her eyes narrowed in concern.

"What is it?" she said, her hand cupping his cheek and the Doctor didn't resist turning his face into it, revelling in the warmth of her palm and the jump of her pulse in her wrist.

"Nothing," he said, "Nothing whatsoever. I'm just so damn happy to have you awake again. God Rose Tyler of all the people in the universe you don't half know how to put me through it and do you know what, I love you all the more for it. Oh my Rose!"

He pulled her back into his arms, allowing himself a contented laugh as she snuggled into his neck, her hot breath tickling him. He heard Jackie's faint footfalls as she made to leave but he pulled an arm away from Rose to grab her wrist and stop her.

"You're not going anywhere," he said, scooting back from Rose to give Jackie room to sit between them, joining all three of them in an open embrace, "I need all my family with me right now."

Rose couldn't help but giggle at her mother's half sob, half laugh as she pulled the Doctor into a crushing hug, only pulling back when he yelped in pain.

"Hey! Watch the hand!"

Rose finally noticed his bandaged hand and her expression once again became one of concern, "What happened? Did you hurt yourself when I fell? That Doctor Holloway said the TARDIS crashed and I knock myself out."

"No, it was an altercation with a lift," said the Doctor, "Broke three bones so you're going to have to be gentle with me for a while."

"Gentle with you!" cried Jackie, not having Rose's previous words through her own tirade of telling the Doctor not to be such a baby about his hand, "She's just had open heart surgery!"

The Doctor hissed and Jackie gave him a confused look before her eyes widened in guilty shock.

"Oh God she didn't know did she?"

"Know what? What are you talking about? Open heart surgery!" said Rose, "Doctor? Doctor what happened to me."

"Hush, you're alright now," he said softly, clutching her trembling hands, "Jackie, shift over."

The Doctor nudged Jackie off the bed and onto a nearby chair. Swinging his legs up, he sat beside Rose and wrapped an arm around her shoulders, resting his head against hers as he gently massaged her fingers with his good hand.

"Are you sitting comfortably? Then I'll begin."

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The Doctor's sketchy story of what happened had left Rose utterly bewildered and upset but after several hours of him promising her that she would recover completely, she finally quieted. Content in her Doctor's arms she snuggled closer to him, half laughing at the pained expression on his face as he dutifully sat beside her, attempting to watch some ridiculous drama currently playing on the hospital television set. Jackie had long since vanished in search of food for them that didn't come from the hospital cafeteria and, although glad her mother was nearby, Rose had to admit to herself that it just being her alone with the Doctor was the most perfect place to be.

"We don't have to watch this you know," she said softly, lifting the remote.

"Whatever you want honey," said the Doctor, only half concentrating on the conversation.

"Did you just call me honey?"

The Doctor turned his head and raised an eyebrow, a soft pout on his lips, "Don't you like it? I thought it was expected that boyfriends give their girlfriends pet names. I could choose another I suppose…sweetie, darling, baby, princess…"

"You just said you were my boyfriend!" said Rose with a giggle, "Isn't that a bit domestic for you?"

The Doctor gave her a cheeky half smile, "I guess I did but if its too domestic for you I guess I could go back to just being plain old Doctor. What do you want to call me?"

Rose snuggled a little deeper into his arms, grazing his cheek with a light kiss, "In my head I always called you My Time Lord," she admitted a little sheepishly.

She felt the Doctor's laughter rumble in his chest and smiled to herself as his fingers came up to play with her hair.

"I guess it kind of has a ring to it, although…"

"Although what?"

"Well if we're thinking of how we're going to introduce ourselves in the future, I mean 'The Doctor plus One' is so last season, I was thinking you could take over and…"

"Doctor, you're rambling," said Rose playing with the hem of his jumper.

"Yes, sorry…well…" said the Doctor, nerves seeming to rise in his voice, "I was thinking if you did the intros from now on you could refer to me as The Doctor, My Time Lord or you could, if you wanted to that is, refer to me as The Doctor, my fiancé."

Rose sat bolt upright in the bed, staring down at him like he'd just grown an extra head and announced that his name was Marilyn. The Doctor's face paled dramatically and a muscle began twitching in his cheek as his mouth refused to co-operate with his brain. Rose's breathing had jumped up a gear but with each breath her expression began to change to a brilliant smile.

"Is this your way of asking me to marry you?" she said, her heart flying to her throat and forcing her to choke out her words. Her fingers intertwined with his good hand, pulling it to her heart.

"I guess so," said the Doctor, his grin mirroring hers, "Is this you saying yes?"

"I guess so," said Rose softly, "Yes, yes, oh God yes!"

Neither the Doctor or Rose were aware of the two people in the doorway as he pulled her into a kiss. Neither of them saw the Grace mouth a congratulations at a grinning Jackie and neither of them heard the door close as they both walked away.

A/N:A bit fluffy I know but I needed to write some fluff to help me get over the state of depression I've entered into since Saturday's episode! Just to be warned the next chapter may go up to an M so any of you younger readers please think carefully before approaching.

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Nova x