A/N: Okay folks, I'm sorry about the screw-up with the last chapter, here's a fresh update. Sorry it took so long. Dedicated to miss kiwi because you inspired me. Kel is for you!

Breathless, the Doctor broke apart form Rose's kiss. For a few minutes, he just wanted to look into her eyes and hold her. The Doctor never wanted to lose Rose again. For several hours, they just sat on a bench in the quad in the others arms. But, when the sun set, they both knew that shortly, they would be apart again. Standing slowly, Rose tried to prolong their final moments.

"Please, come," the Doctor asked sadly.

Her voice was barely a whisper," You know I love you-"

"Then come. Rose, you left all this behind because it was boring. This, it's not for you."

"I'm sorry," she kissed him gently and then ran off, tears streaming down her face. Her heart broken, once more.

IOIOIOIOI

The Doctor leant his head gently against the door to the TARDIS when Paul (Rose's new friend) approached him.

"So, you and Rose are…"

"Yep. And don't you think any different. She's mine, I'm not losing her again to some psycho lunatic who thinks I'm just some older fling."

Paul, taken aback by this sudden fierceness backtracked," No, I wasn't thinking of that at all I was- "

"Yes you were. I know. Don't try lying."

"Okay, wow, Time Lords can read minds. It's all true. What I was going to say was that I might be able to talk her out of staying here, but I must say it is a pleasure to meet the man behind the website that Mickey Smith operated."

This time, it was the Doctor who was taken aback. This ape wasn't as stupid as the rest of them. It might be wise to take him up on his offer. "How do you intend to help us?"

"Simply make her see how horrible life on earth is. Oh, I would do anything to touch the edge of the universe Rose is being quite foolish… yes… If you ask me Doctor, this is the start of the rest of your life with Rose Tyler."

IOIOIOIOI

Rose cried herself to sleep that night. She felt like shit. The next day however, the TARDIS was still standing in the quad, but no Doctor accompanied it. Students began to question it and the following buzzes of conversations were picked up on Rose's:

"I heard it's part of an assignment."

"Nah, it's some government spy box."

"Those things were around in London during the sixties, bet it's for history."

"Come on! That's so lame, it's probably something the school cooked up to make us more universally connected."

Rose laughed at the last person, and knew she would never know how right she was. Still, it didn't take the ache away from her heart. She fiddled with her TARDIS key when a voice awakened her from her thoughts, "Stop that, it'll burn you."

She whipped around to see Paul standing behind her, His warm eyes dancing with excitement.

Rose sensed this, "Why are you so excited?"

"I dunno, I'm in the presence of a beautiful lady, I've just met my idol and there's a space ship about to crash land on the quad."

"What?"

Rose stared up above as an out of control space ship crashed into the fountain in the quad. It was a Chula ship.

A familiar voice said, " Stupid girl! I told you not to touch it! Now my ship! God, and this one was new too! I mean after Hitler blew up my last one…"

As the dust cleared, Rose began to shift away the rubble that was blocking the exits and the drawl returned, the familiarity in it annoying, " Good on ya Kellie look what you've done, it'll take a million scams to repay for that!"

"It's Kel! And you know it!"

It was then that Rose realised who the drawl belonged to – Jack.

She called out, "You know that didn't exactly work last time."

The pair inside the ship stopped bickering at this mystery voice and Jack called out, "Rosie is that you?"

"It's Rose! And you know that too!"

"Sorry, Rose, can you get us out? Where's the Doctor? Is he with you? I've got a bone to pick with him. Leaving me on that godforsaken satellite…"

"Uh, he's here, but not here here. I mean, the TARDIS is here, but the Doctor isn't. Anyway, I don't want to see him."

"I don't mean to break up this reunion, but we're still trapped," the girl Kel butted in. "You can run around mad jumping and screaming and hugging later."

Rose beckoned to an awestruck Paul who had watched the encounter, to come and help her move the rubble.

It took the best of both of them, but eventually, with some help from a rather impatient Jack and Kel, they freed them.

"Now, there's a body I never thought I'd see again," Jack teased.

"Hey! I resent that!" Rose said playfully hitting him in the chest as she embraced him again. Jack was like a brother to her and losing him had been hard on her.

Kel then coughed impatiently waiting to get introduced.

"Oh right, Rose this is Kel, Kel this is Rose. Rose and I travelled together with the Doctor a while back. And as for Kel, well she stumbled on board. Recruitment trainee. That's bull if you ask me. She's fifteen, doesn't act like it though."

"Oh, and Jack, this is Paul, he's a friend of mine. He's been tracking the Doctor through Mickey's old website."

"Yeah, I heard about that, sorry. Now,S where's this handsome Doctor of ours?"

"I don't know, and I don't care."

"Rose, what happened? Did you have a fight or something?"

"Not really. I'm just not travelling with him anymore."

" Rosie what happened?"

"You'd better sit down."

There. Again I'm sorry it took so long, I'm not giving up on it. Next update up soon. Or as soon as miss kiwi inspires me again…

Reviews are always welcomed, although no flames as they will be donated to the Dalek organ fund