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Chapter 22

Rose and Danny lie together sleeping in her bed. Rose rest her head on his chest and had fallen asleep as he ran his fingertips up and down her spine. Based on that, she knew he had fallen asleep before her.

She was exhausted and so satisfied as she lay there nude. She briefly allowed herself to wonder why he seemed so pleased with her. There was no way she could have ever caught the attention of someone like him back in the other Dimension. With a pang of fear, she realized that she was now an heiress and that may have a lot to do with how Danny had begun to act around her.

She closed her eyes tightly as her heart broke. Tears welled up in her eyes as she began to cry with the realization. "Oh God, please no." She thought and rolled over to hug Danny tighter.

He kissed the top her head, "Shhh. It's alright."

Rose drifted off to sleep.

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The sun was bright in Rose's eyes. She rolled over and felt something stick up her nose.

She jumped up and found she was lying on a bed of hay inside of a barn.

She was suddenly afraid and stood up.

She was nude.

She looked down and gasped. "Where are my clothes?"

"All over the flat." A female voice teased.

Rose looked up to see her own face looking at her. Oddly, she didn't feel self-conscious about being nude and uncovered herself.

It would have been as if she was looking into a mirror and seeing her reflection this stranger looked so much like her. Only, she wore a dirty pair of jeans that Rose recognized as her own favorites. The left knee had been torn out. She had left them in the TARDIS.

The memory of the TARDIS brought the Doctor back to her mind. Her heart began to ache again.

The woman walked over to a Rose and handed her a white robe. "Here you go. I always loved this one."

Rose thanked her and slipped on the robe.

It fit her perfectly and hugged every curve in such a way that left Rose admiring herself in a mirror she had just noticed hanging on the barn's wall. She pulled her hair up and smiled.

"Yeah," The woman said and sat down on top of a haybale. "I always loved that one. It made me feel so sexy."

Rose glanced back at her and grinned. "I wonder what Danny would think."

"Danny, huh? And not the Doctor?"

Rose closed her eyes and remembered the thought that had plagued her just before she fell asleep.

"Danny truly cares for you. The matter of money is no difference to him."

"How do you know?"

"Oh, I know." She laughed. "Danny is really good for you. In fact, I prefer him."

Rose tied the robe around herself and crossed her arms. "What do you mean, you prefer him?"

"John is just….so…..arrogant."

"He's brilliant!" Rose found herself arguing.

The woman smiled in a naughty way, "As brilliant as Danny in bed?"

"I have no idea."

The woman stood up and walked around, "Believe me. I know. I've had the pleasure of both. And I'm telling you….Danny. At least he won't cheat on you, well, with me."

"Wot?" Rose asked her. "John who? Hang on, who are you?"

She stopped and looked back at her. "This is the first time we've met, isn't it?"

"Well, you look like me. But, I don't think I know you."

"You don't." She smiled. "Well, not yet. But, you'll be getting to know me more and more as time goes on."

Rose grinned, "What is this? An evil version of myself?"

"No. A very powerful version of yourself. I call myself the Bad Wolf-"

"Hang on. Bad Wolf?" Rose's heart leaped into her throat. "But, that's what was written-"

She smiled, "You're so powerful, Rose. You haven't even begun to see it yet. But, when you do, you will be able to call to me. I can come to help you."

"I don't need any help."

"Oh, I think you do. That's the reason I've given you Danny. He will heal you in ways that John could never. You have a lot to work through. So does he."

Rose remembered her suspicions.

The woman walked slowly to her and took her hand in hers. "Believe me. I'm only here to help. Soon, you will need to help an old friend of yours, and someone you have just met."

"Is this the same person?"

She smiled, "Yes. But, don't worry about Danny. He is absolutely what you need right now and it was such a good idea for your son to save him."

"My son?"

She held her hand up. "We'll talk more later. Danny is trying to wake you up. And I won't keep you from that at all."

"Wot?" Rose asked and heard it echo in her head.

She looked around and the other woman had disappeared.

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Rose gasped.

Danny snapped his head up. He had been kissing her neck. "I didn't mean to scare you."

She relaxed and covered her eyes. "I'm sorry. I was dreaming something mad."

He continued to kiss her neck down to her chest. "Something mad, huh?"

She hummed in agreement.

"Do you want me to stop?"

"No." She replied without opening her eyes.

He continued, "It's morning, Rosie."

"No, it's not." She was torn between going back to sleep and giving into him again.

She heard his deep voice chuckle. She could feel herself growing wet already just lying there under him.

He kissed the end of her nose. "It's alright, Rosie. Sleep some more. I think I must have worn you out last night."

She smiled without opening her eyes.

"Really worn you out." He smiled. "I'll take it as a compliment."

"Five-star rating."

He laughed, "The date or the sex?"

"Both." She smiled.

He laughed and she felt him roll out of the bed. He stood up and slipped on a pair of boxers he had worn the night before. She looked up at him.

He stood in front of the window that showed the sun beginning to rise in the distance. His greying hair seemed to glow in the sunrise as he walked to the bathroom and yawned.

"Hey!" Rose popped up in bed. "That's not no!"

He stopped and turned around as he reached the door of the bathroom. "Woman. You are going to break something off of me! I'm not a piece of meat!"

She laughed as he playfully closed the door. She smiled as she lay back against the pillows and rubbed her eyes. Then, the thoughts of what the woman in her dream had told her began to cloud her mind. She lay there thinking about it.

Danny walked back into the room with a yawn. He slipped into the sheets and wrapped his arms around her again. "Sleeping a bit more. I think I like that idea, Rosie."

Her mind was spinning. "Danny. I had the strangest dream."

He didn't open his eyes. "Was I there?"

"No. It was just…well…she looked just like me."

He opened his eyes and sat up, "So, two of you? That has my attention. Some girl-on-girl action?"

"Ugh. No!"

Danny made a disappointed sound and rubbed his face. "Well, damn."

She sat up and gathered the duvet around herself. "Danny. It's just, I don't know anything about you."

He smiled, "I guess you don't you Dimensional refugee."

"Danny. I'm serious. Please. Tell me something about you."

"Google it-"

"I'm not going to do that!" She insisted as if the very idea was mad. "You can just tell me."

He took a deep breath.

"And if you don't want to talk about it, that's fine. I just need to hear that."

He sat up and took her hand. "Yeah, I guess that's fair."

She noticed he lay back and began to study her hand.

"I was married. And….it didn't work out."

"Well, that I know."

"Then what else do you want to know?"

She realized with a pang of guilt what she was wanting to ask him. "Danny, I'm sorry. I just-"

"Are nosey about a guy you're sleeping with? It's allowed." He joked. "You are the only one I'm sleeping with. What other questions do you have?"

She smiled, "I just…I guess I'm curious why you are…."

"Why I'm what?"

She hid her face. "I wish I hadn't asked it. Nevermind-"

"No." He took her hands from her face. "What? Go ahead."

"Why someone as handsome as you are, would be interested in someone like-"

He stopped her sentence as he moved in and met her lips with his own. Holding her head, she completely forgot anything she had wanted to ask him as he kissed her. She lay back on the mattress only to feel him lay down with her. They continued to snog for a long time. Butterflies in her stomach threatened to completely overtake her senses.

He pulled the duvet down from her chest. "When did you put this on?"

"What?"

Looking down, Rose realized she was wearing the white, silk robe from her dream.

Danny untied it and opened it to reveal her bare breasts.

"This was in my dream." Rose began.

Danny was busy kissing her breasts. "Mine too."

"No." Rose insisted.

Danny stopped and looked up at her. "No?"

"No, not that. Continue."

"Oh." He understood, and began to kiss her again.

She lay back and ran her fingers through his hair. "Danny…."

He stopped and looked up at her. "Hang on. So, you weren't kissing your own breasts in this dream? What is wrong with you? Have you seen these?"

She rolled her eyes. "I'm not a lesbian."

"Hell, I am. If these were mine, I'd never get anything done."

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