A-Levels and Aliens
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Hand in hand, Rose and the Doctor crept up the steps away from Rose's prison, towards the ominous looking door and the Ziola. Both felt braver now they were back together and ready to face whatever life was about to throw at them. The Doctor used his trusty sonic screwdriver to unlock the wooden door. They edged through it and were halfway across the hallway when:
"Stop!"
They spun around, the Doctor unconsciously shielding Rose by partly stepping in front of her, and faced Zoë, Zach and the other male Ziola.
"I don't think so," the Doctor replied, "Give us a good reason why we shouldn't just walk out of that door?"
"We need Bad Wolf," Zach said, leading the way down the stairs, "She must resurrect our species that were murdered in your Time War,"
"It wasn't my Time War," the Doctor growled, angrily, "I lost just as much as you did! More!"
Rose squeezed his hand comfortingly. "And I told you before I don't know how to control Bad Wolf,"
"Honestly," Zoë tutted, now standing right in front of the pair, "Do you know anything, Rose? I always thought you were particularly thick."
Rose's face contorted in anger. "What? You mean thick for trusting you and Zach? 'Cause yeah, I'll admit I was extremely thick for doing that."
Zoë scowled, not having a comeback to that.
"So Doctor," Zach sneered, "I can see why you like Rose so much. She's a great kisser!"
Rose opened her mouth in disbelief. "He's lying! I never kissed him!"
"I know," said the Doctor shortly, staring Zach straight in the eye, "I don't like liars. And I really don't like men who think they can go around kissing my girl and then lie about it!" He swung his fist and punched Zach in the jaw.
Zach clutched his lower face, tears in his eyes and wincing. "What happened to the peaceful Doctor that we all know and love?" he asked, mockingly,
"He fell in love," the Doctor answered stonily, "C'mon Rose. Let's go."
Rose let him pull her around and towards the door, proud of the Doctor for his actions and words, only to find it blocked by Zoë.
"I don't think so," she said, quietly, "We're not letting Bad Wolf go."
Rose suddenly lost it. "My name isn't Bad Wolf. My name is Rose!" she growled, "And I've had enough of you, Zoë. I thought you were my friend!"
"Yeah and mine!" came a voice from behind Zoë.
Rose looked and saw Matt standing there with a furious expression on his face; Jack standing just behind him. They had forced their way inside after waiting a few minutes and then hearing raised voices from inside the house.
"I was never either of your friends," Zoë sniffed, "Why would I want to be friends with two pathetic little freaks?"
Rose made to move but Matt reacted first, running at Zoë and attempting to hit her.
"I don't think so," Zoë said, softly, barring Matt's attack and lashing out with her arm, "Gentlemen never hit ladies, Matthew."
Rose took one look at her friend's crumpled form, his hands gingerly touching his bleeding nose and said, "You're no lady, Zoë." She gritted her teeth and swung her hand, slapping her ex-friend sharply across the face. She heard Jack's whistle and felt the Doctor's wince behind her, him having first hand knowledge of how hard she could slap. "We're going," Rose said calmly, retaking the Doctor's hand and marching out of the house, her head held high.
"You alright, Matt?" she asked, when the quartet had left the property and were a good distance away,
"Yeah, thanks Rose," Matt mumbled, gratefully taking her offered tissue and holding his nose with it, "You?"
"Mmm," Rose replied, feeling the Doctor wrap a supportive arm around her shoulders,
"You were amazing," Jack said, "Good one,"
"Thanks," Rose leant further the Doctor's embrace and the walk continued in silence.
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It wasn't long until they reached the Powell Estate. The Doctor was glad as Rose had been shivering more and more violently as they walked despite the added comfort of his overcoat.
"The TARDIS," he heard her whisper, "Can we go in?"
"Of course." He raised his voice. "Jack, I'm taking Rose into the TARDIS to check her over. You and Matt go up to the flat and tell Jackie."
Jack nodded, understanding that his two friends needed some alone time first. He knew from a few months of knowing Jackie Tyler that she wouldn't let her daughter out of her sight for a long while and the two lovers needed to talk. He steered Matt away, suddenly realising that his respect for the young man had increased as a result of his actions in trying and helping to save Rose.
Meanwhile, the Doctor had let themselves into the TARDIS and he'd packed Rose off to their bedroom to change into warmer clothes. He waited in the Control Room for her return and fiddled with the controls and tidied up a cold cup of tea that had been abandoned in the rush to save Rose.
Five minutes later, he was still waiting so he decided to go and find her. He wandered down the corridor and into their bedroom, where he discovered her lying on their bed, facing away from the doorway, still in her clubbing gear. She'd removed his coat and it was draped over the end of the bed.
"You alright?"
She nodded tightly and he crawled over the bed and lay down next to her.
"No you're not. Did they hurt you?"
"No, just left me there," she mumbled, rolling over and straight into his arms,
"OK," he nodded, holding her tightly, "C'mon, you're freezing."
The Doctor pulled the duvet out from under them and then pulled it up around their shoulders. He then hugged her even closer, staring into her eyes.
"Tell me what you're feeling."
Rose sighed and blinked, not tearing her eyes away from the Doctors'. "Angry, scared and worried but at the same time happy, secure and loved." She smiled at the Doctor before it faded away into a frown. "The Ziola… what do you think they would have done to me if I hadn't gotten out?"
"I don't know," replied the Doctor, slowly, "Before the Time War, the Ziola alien race were known for their brutality,"
"Oh," Rose shivered, "Thanks for getting me out then,"
"Anytime," the Doctor smiled, "I'm really glad to see you again,"
"Me too. I really missed you. I used to think that this wasn't true or just exaggerated but it seriously did feel like I had a hole in my heart or something equally as clichéd,"
"Have I ever told you how much I'm in love with you?"
"Yeah but feel free to tell me again," Rose grinned.
The Doctor grinned back before leaning in to close the already minute gap between their lips. The long- awaited kiss was amazing, sweet and pure. The two participants didn't come up for air for long minutes as they both tried to make up for lost moments of the past three weeks or so. Finally they broke apart with a gasp and then lay in contented silence, happy in the knowledge that they were back together.
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"Rose! Oh Rose!"
Jackie Tyler had run into the hallway and descended upon her daughter, hugging her tightly, before Rose and the Doctor had even managed to get into the flat. They had talked some more on the TARDIS before Rose had gotten dressed into some warmer clothes and they'd made their way to the flat.
"I'm OK, Mum. I'm fine," Rose said, shooting the Doctor a look,
"Yeah Jackie, I just checked her over and there's no lasting damage. She just needs food and drink. Could you go make her something?" he asked.
Jackie nodded, released her daughter and hurriedly made her way into the kitchen.
"Thanks," Rose said, taking the Doctor's hands, "She tends to get a bit overprotective,"
"Don't I know it," he joked, wincing as he recalled the numerous slaps that Jackie Tyler had given him.
Rose grinned before kissing his cheek and then they walked into the living room.
"Rose! You're alright!" cried Lauren and Kirsty together, from where they were sitting on the sofa, Matt in between them, still dabbing at his nose which appeared to have stopped bleeding.
"Yeah," she grinned, "Where's Jack?"
"In the kitchen," Matt smirked, "Go and see."
The Doctor raised his eyebrows at Rose and together they peered around the doorway, only to find Jack standing in front of the cooker, stirring a pan with one hand and flipping bacon over in a frying pan with his other. Jackie was standing next to him, looking bemused while pouring glasses of orange juice.
"Nice to see your kitchen abilities are being put to good use," Rose laughed.
Jack turned, grinning widely. "Rosie petal! C'mere!" He held out his arms and Rose ran into them. "Missed ya, babe," he muttered honestly. Even though he had seen her earlier and her him, during the rescue mission, this was the first time they had actually been able to talk properly, without the constant threat of the Ziola.
"Yeah, missed your cooking even more," Rose replied.
Jack chuckled. It had been such a surprise to one day discover Jack's talent at cooking. He had quietly made the dinner one evening in the TARDIS when Rose had been feeling down because of Matt's cold behaviour and the Doctor had been busily comforting her. They had eaten it and truthfully said that it was the best food they had ever eaten. After that, they got Jack to do the cooking as often as possible. He had told them he had learnt during Time Agent training.
"What're you making?" Rose asked, ducking underneath his arm so she was anchored to his side. The Doctor came and stood on her other side, his arm snaking its way around her hips so she was sandwiched between her two favourite men. She was in heaven.
"Fried breakfast for four pm," Jack answered, "It's almost done. Hey there, gorgeous!"
Matt, who had just entered the kitchen, looked confused and vaguely worried. "Erm… sorry Jack. I don't swing that way,"
"Shame," Jack replied, starting to dish out the food onto seven plates, "Good looking guy like you."
Matt nodded dumbly before scuttling out of the room. Both Rose and the Doctor burst out laughing.
"Can you try not to psychologically scare my friends?" Rose asked,
"Sorry," Jack said, not sounding in the least so, before picking up some plates and carrying them through to the table. "Give me a hand with these? Grubs up!"
The Doctor, Jack, Rose, her mother and her three friends all crowded around the small table to eat their meal. It was a tight squeeze but they all managed it. Whilst they ate, the conversation was light and full of good humour, whether it was teasing someone or just playful banter. Every one of them was glad that things had turned out the way they did.
Rose put down her knife and fork after she was finished, wiped her mouth and turned to the Doctor who she was sitting next to. "What's gonna happen to the Ziola?"
The conversation suddenly vanished and all heads turned to face them.
"Good point," said Matt, "I mean, we just left them there. Didn't stop them or lock them up or anything,"
"There's nothing we can do," the Doctor answered, "I'm fairly certain that they aren't a threat to anyone else, only Rose and myself possibly. And they won't try anything else anytime soon. They now know that Rose is strong,"
"Yeah, and I got a fighting force around me," Rose smiled,
"But what if they do try something? We don't know for sure that Rose isn't in danger anymore," asked Matt, quietly,
"We'll be ready for them. Don't let them stop you living your life, hun," Jack said, looking across the table at Rose,
"Does that mean that Zoë won't be at college anymore?" asked Lauren, hesitantly,
"No and if she is, keep away from her and tell me," the Doctor replied, "She's dangerous."
The three teenagers nodded seriously and there was silence for a few moments before Kirsty spoke.
"Doctor, is now a good time to ask about the aliens thing?"
Matt and Rose stared at Kirsty, not having realised that their friends knew about aliens being real.
"Yeah," the Doctor said, "I can't tell you much but basically aliens do exist and they do come to Earth but its rare that they actually do anything serious,"
"OK," Lauren said, trying to understand and digest this information, "So that thing, Christmas before last, that was aliens and it was aliens when Downing Street got blown up and that spaceship landed in the Thames but all the newspapers said it was a hoax?"
"Yep," said the Doctor, "All aliens. But keep it to yourself, yeah?"
The girls nodded, feeling a little overwhelmed and still a little confused. But they knew that they'd be told if there was something that they needed to know. To have the precious knowledge of aliens actually being real that few other people knew was enough. Both Kirsty and Lauren wondered for a minute if they'd actually ever met any aliens unknowingly, other than Zoë and Zach, if they could be alien and yet still look human. It was a strange thought.
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Later on, after Rose's friends had gone home, sworn to secrecy about the days events, and the TARDIS crew had returned to their ship, Rose and the Doctor were once again in bed, joined temporarily by Captain Jack, who was perched on the end of the bed. All three were ready for bed and Rose was trying to stop staring at Jack's exposed abs. He caught her eye, winked and then laughed as she blushed.
"Oi, stop flirting with my girl!" the Doctor joked, pulling Rose onto his lap. She stretched out her legs and settled between his, linked her fingers with his which were resting on her stomach and leant back against his firm chest.
"Are you two going to stay here for a while now?" she asked,
"Definitely," replied the Doctor, "We'll stay here until the end of January at least, I promise,"
"Good," said Rose, happily, "These past few weeks have been really tough but I think I can cope if…when you go again."
The Doctor kissed the top of her head. "You're an amazing person, Rose Tyler,"
"Amen to that," Jack replied, standing up and stretching, "Right, I'm off to bed. G'night guys,"
"Night Jack," the Doctor and Rose said, as they friend left the room.
Rose pulled up the duvet and then rolled off the Doctor, snuggling down. The Doctor immediately pulled her closer to him and she lay with her ear pressed against his chest, listening to his dual heart beat. He was back.
"Night Rose,"
"Night Doctor."
Rose sighed contentedly and shut her eyes.
Life was good.
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