Thrills

Chapter One: Arrival

It's a working title which I may change ... don't worry, I'll warn you if I do! If you have any ideas please let me know. Anyway, Rose is sick of monsters so she asks if she can go somewhere to relax... this was going to be a one-shot but I extended it. Enjoy!

Disclaimer: I don't own Doctor Who

xxx (it seems the ruler is still broken) xxx

"Where to then, Rose?"

Rose looked up. The Doctor had his hand on a button, and he was grinning at her.

She loved travelling with him. It was so much fun - pretty scary most of the time, but she knew she'd be fine. The Doctor, so far, had kept her safe.

So why was she feeling just a little bit bored with all that? She could never get used to going places that were millions of light years away, or even millions of normal years away in time. Every trip was individual. It was a brilliant life to lead.

What was getting boring?

"Come on, Rose, today'll do. We can go anywhere, remember? In space or ti - well, except Scotland in the few years immediately after 1879 if you're being picky, but you know what I mean ..."

"Yeah. Yeah, I know."

"Well then - where to?"

Then it hit her.

Wherever they went, something had always - happened. Gone wrong. They nearly always ended up running into trouble and having to get themselves, and usually someone else, out of it.

And Rose was bored of it.

"Where does that button take us?" she asked, indicating the one the Doctor had his hand on.

"Oh, I dunno. Just some planet or other, not really sure which one. Why?" he smiled again, "D'you want to find out?"

"No! I mean - no," Rose put her hand on top of the Doctor's, "For once, let's not go anywhere like that. Let's go somewhere where we can just - chill. Where we don't have to help people or battle aliens or - or - whatever. You know what I mean. Somewhere normal."

"Rose, you know as well as I do that you don't get normal in the TARDIS. But I do know what you mean, as you said."

The Doctor gave her a look which plainly meant 'if you get off my hand I can show you'. When Rose had removed her own hand, the Doctor pressed a combination of buttons and pulled a lever.

"So, where are we going?" Rose said slightly nervously.

"Somewhere where we can just - chill," the Doctor grinned yet again as he pulled another lever.

There was an almighty jerk as the TARDIS set off. Rose was suddenly a bit scared. Had the Doctor taken the word 'chill' literally?

But when they arrived, she got a pleasant surprise.

The Doctor stepped out of the TARDIS, and Rose followed, met by a cool evening breeze. The sky was darkening, but a couple of hundred metres away was a collection of coloured lights. They seemed to be in some sort of field.

There was faint, yet thumping, music in the air.

"That's coming from them lights -"

"Yep."

"Where are we?"

"I'm not entirely sure, but I know 'them lights' make up one of the biggest fairs in England."

Rose gasped in amazement.

"We're still on Earth then? And I can spend all my money?"

"Of course you can," The Doctor told her, scratching the back of his neck awkwardly, "Just out of interest, how much've you got?"

"About a hundred quid, I just got a load out from the bank." Rose sighed, laughing slightly, "How much d'you want?"

"Tenner?"

Rose handed over a note, giggling. Then she pressed half of her money into the Doctor's hands.

"Go on, take fifty! It's all yours. But feel free to win me as many fish as you like."

"I doubt there'll be fish at a fair this size. Ah well, I'll take you on the helter skelter until you're so dizzy you don't care!"

Rose, still in fits of laughter, grabbed his hand.

"Come on!"

xxx (still broken) xxx

The rest of the chapters will, I promise, be longer. Please review!