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Chapter
3
A new arrival
Rose stood there motionless for about fifteen minutes when she finally pulled herself together. Come on Rose, get it together. There must be some mistake. Another voice in her mind then attacked her thought. MISTAKE? It just damn well materialised. I don't think human technology is quite there yet don't you? She then laughed at herself for talking to herself. She was so deep in thought that she forgot about what she should do. If this really was the Doctor then why wasn't he out here coming to see her! That must have been his reason for coming right? Maybe he was trying all this time to come back to her and her finally cracked it!
As she stared in wonder she began noticing subtle differences. The Shape of the door was odd. It had a slightly curved corners rather than a sharp point edge. The sign on the door stated that it was a Public Box but that it was out of order. Strange. She thought.
The Next thing she did was perhaps the most stupid and yet bold thing Rose had done in the last 4 years. She knocked on the door. She prayed and prayed that he would open the door and give her one of his world class grins which she had missed for so long. But instead after she knocked on the door she began to hear the noise of unlocking chains. It was so amusing, had the Doctor passed domestic-like chains found in the 21st Century London? Once the noise had stopped the door flung open and Rose stepped inside the box.
"Doctor?" she managed to whimper.
But before she continued she was completely in awe at the change in the room she stood. The basic structure was the same however the railings were a different pattern and the floor was solid metal. Maybe this is what he meant long ago about him redecorating the TARDIS.
Before she could think any further Rose heard a voice.
"Hello!" It chirped in a very similar accent to Rose's.
Rose who was now completely stunned beyond thought replied quietly, "Doctor?"
The man who stood before her was not the Doctor as she previously knew him to be. Oh God, had he regenerated? The man before her was tall, slim, though slightly well built, blue eyes slightly ruffled dirty blonde hair and a very subtle grin was plastered on his face.
"Uhh… well this is odd, I was expecting you to be a little more shocked than that, I mean its not every day a human sees something that is small on the outside and big on the inside! And I also couldn't help but hear, twice, you calling me 'Doctor'." He stammered.
Rose was confused. Had the Doctor lost his mind? Why should she be shocked she travelled with him for so long!
He continued, "My name young lady is The Minister. And you are?"
"I…I…" Rose coughed and tried again "My name is Rose, Rose Tyler."
"Well Rose, gorgeous name by the way" he winked whilst saying the last part, and Rose found herself blushing, "tell me how you are not stunned by the difference in size of the outside from the inside"
"Its Time Lord technology". The Minister was stunned and shocked, his eye grew wide and the dimmed light inside the room was being swallowed by the huge holes within his eyes.
"Now how did a young 21st Century human come to know that then? Hmm?"
"Well…" She turned her back in an instant realising what she was about to say and go on to talk about. Could she do that? Could she really bring up all those painfully memories from the past? Painfully tears began to sting in the back of her eyes. Rose suddenly felt a hand gripping her shoulder and with that one touch he seemed to be able to win over her trust and bring out the bravery within. No one since the Doctor had been able to do that to her. She felt strangely comforted by the hand and smiled as she turned around.
Somehow the Minister began to sense not only her discomfort but how delicate and fragile she was when it came to this issue. He decided was going to tread carefully and needed to look out for Rose. She knew stuff she wasn't meant to know for thousands and thousands of years to come.
"I used to travel alongside a Time Lord, going by the name of The Doctor."
"Aah yes now I see why you brought me here girl" He motioned to the green column in the middle. Rose smiled as thoughts of the Doctor and his 'old girl' came bursting into her mind.
"I see your TARDIS means much to you too"
"Ooo! Well aren't we the clever one! Knowing the name of my time travelling machine! Well then seems like you know much more than I thought!"
Rose smiled as their eyes locked and she felt as though slowly and carefully he was off loading any last painful and agonizing thoughts of the Doctor, and turning it into something she felt she could speak of more freely to him.
"But I'm afraid The Doctor isn't here, not anymore, we got separated. And I'm afraid you wont find him either." Rose's voice began to die down in tone and in strength. "He is in a parallel universe."
"Well then, if my TARDIS brought me here to see you then maybe all hope isn't lost ay? Yes I know it is impossible to travel between universes but I have a knack to try and do the impossible." He grinned, and what a grin! It was so innocent and yet conveyed so much mischief.
"But wait!" Rose cried, suddenly remembering, "You can't be a Time Lord! They were all wiped out in the Time War! How did you survive?"
"I and this Doctor friend of yours are the only two Time Lords remaining. I have been trying to find him for the past three years. I suppose finding you is a great step forward in progress, but I'm not quite sure how it will help me find the Doctor. HA! Look at me calling him already by his impersonal termed name and I haven't even met him!"
Rose smiled she felt so comfortable around his man, maybe it was because he was so like the Doctor. Maybe because he could finally take her away for some travelling and finally make her one wish come true! Wait…is that my wish? Look how far I have come in my life. Sure it's not much compared to what I've seen but still, I can't just go jumping around the universe again and leave all this behind. Leave my family. No. Maybe I shouldn't even consider this. Rose you silly idiot he hasn't even asked you to travel with him! And this was all under the assumption he didn't already have a companion or even if he travelled around much. Maybe he just sort of did nothing on the TARDIS.
"So do you have a companion on board too?" Rose inquired in as innocent a tone she could surface using her voice, while trying to contain all these overwhelming emotions within her.
"No, I don't travel with anyone, couldn't find the right person! The people I've met are either too talkative, annoying, scared, arrogant, boring or just too normal!" He grinned ear to ear.
"Oh" she replied, saddened obviously as she seemed to have not even to have been considered by him to travel along side him. It's for the better Rose, look just walk out of there and forget it, live on like you did before.
As Rose turned away from the Minister she began to quietly walk towards the door. She had almost reached it and had began to raise her right hand to reach out for the door to open it and leave, when she felt her left hand being grabbed on to. She froze and her muscles tensed. She turned around tentatively and gazed deeply into his eyes, unsure of what to expect next.
"Rose?"
"Yes?"
"I was wondering, it does get quite lonely in here and during my travels, and I know I said I rarely travel with a companion, but seeing as you already know so much about Time Lords, and other species I should assume, would you…would you like to travel with me?"
She was gob smacked, it was almost like when the Doctor came back and asked her to come with him, he too was a bit wary when it came to asking. But who was this man. All she knew was that he was some Time Lord, looking for the Doctor but also travels around too. How could she even consider travelling with this man! She hardly knew him!
The Minister stood their gazing deeply into her large cocoa brown eyes, waiting. Hoping. Come on Rose, what is holding you back. I know you crave this kind of adventure. I can feel it. What is holding you back?
"Rose?"
She snapped her head out of her day dreams and looked back to the figure in front of her. It was so difficult to tell how he felt, he bottled his emotions behind his blank and emotionless face.
Decision time Rose Tyler. Yes or No?
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