A-Levels and Aliens

Oh, I have so had enough of my impossible law homework so I thought I'd write this up instead. As always, thanks for the reviews and hope you enjoy. Rating for the first paragraph but it isn't very much.

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The Doctor woke up the next morning to discover Rose planting kisses all over his face, neck and bare chest.

"Are you trying to make me loose control?" he asked, huskily,

"No," Rose replied, her eyes dancing, "Why? Is it working?"

The Doctor's answer was to roll on top of her and start making out with her furiously. Rose kissed back with as much passion, her hands making their way up and down his bare back. The Doctor shifted slightly and his hands were just beginning to wander under Rose's pyjama top when she shook her head, regretfully.

"We can't," she said, "I've got to go to college soon."

The Doctor sighed but nodded. "Sorry, got a bit carried away,"

"Me too, I just want you so bad. Why is it every time we get in the mood, something always stops us?"

The Doctor shook his head. "We'll get there one day and it'll be worth the wait." He bent his head down to her neck and began to kiss and suck at it. "Are you gonna be alright at college today?" he asked, in between nibbles,

"Yeah," Rose gasped, "I bet she won't be there but if she is, I'll stay far, far away. Wouldn't go near her with a bargepole now!"

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Rose made her way to her usual meeting point at lunchtime, later on that day. To her relief, only Matt, Kirsty and Lauren were sitting there. Zoë was nowhere to be seen.

"Hey Rose," her friends greeted, as she collapsed onto the bench,

"Hi," she replied, "No sign of Zoë then?"

"Nope. My Maths teacher says she's quit college," Kirsty answered, "Apparently found the work too difficult or something,"

"Yeah right," Matt snorted,

"I'm kinda relieved actually," Rose commented, "I think life might have been a bit awkward at college if she'd stayed,"

"Yeah," said Lauren, "Bet she hasn't left London though,"

"Nah. I got to be careful and keep an eye out. The Doctor says they'll do anything pretty much to get me,"

"So why doesn't he or someone higher up stop them?" asked Kirsty, in exasperation, "And how does he know so much about them anyway?"

"He's an alien expert," Rose said, hastily, "And there's nothing he can do,"

"They kidnapped you! Can't they be locked up for that?"

"They're aliens, Kirsty, so no," Rose said, quietly,

"Why do they want you so badly anyway?" Lauren asked.

Matt looked up at this. Not even he knew the answer to that.

"I don't know," Rose lied, shaking her head violently to emphasise her point.

Her friend's mouths dropped open.

"I see you and the Doctor had a nice reunion last night," Kirsty said.

Rose clapped a hand over the large hickey on her neck, courtesy of the Doctor, and blushed crimson. "We were happy to see each other again," she muttered,

"Really happy," Matt smirked, "I thought he was a doctor, not a vampire."

Rose glowed like a red traffic light as her friends laughed.

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The following days and weeks passed quickly. That evening, after apologising with a giant grin about her hickey, the Doctor went over Rose's history coursework with her and by the time he'd finished telling his tales, many of which Rose and Jack could hardly believe, she knew a great deal about the period and managed to surprise her History teacher by handing in an excellent essay a full three days before the deadline.

They entered December a few days after the Doctor's return and a week after that, the Doctor, Rose and Jack spent a fun filled day decorating both Jackie's flat and the interior of the TARDIS- something that had never happened before. Unsurprisingly, Jack put mistletoe up all over the place and carried a piece around with him, surprising and delighting many girls and on one memorable occasion, Matt. The Doctor and Rose didn't mind the mistletoe and happily kissed under every piece they could find and even in some places where there wasn't any.

The trio went travelling again for a week between Rose's college finishing and Christmas Eve. They visited Christmassy places including Lapland and a German Christmas market, where they got very merry on mulled wine and gingerbread.

On Christmas Day itself, they spent the morning in Jackie's flat opening their presents. Rose gave the Doctor a collection of punk CD's, which she was certain that she'd live to regret, and the Doctor laughingly gave her some concealer and the promise that he'd give her something to use it over- the original one having faded away. Then he turned serious and handed over a necklace which Rose gasped at. The Doctor explained that the charm had a tracking device installed in it, which meant that if something ever happened to her, he'd immediately be able to find her again. He helped her put it on, making her promise to never take it off, and she gave him a hug and a loving kiss.

As soon as the festive jovialities were over, Rose put her head down and began to revise for her upcoming January exams. She had at least one in every subject and really wanted to do well. The Doctor did his best to help whether it was testing her on facts, dragging her away from her studies to have some fun when he felt she had done enough revision or giving her cuddles when she got too stressed and before each exam. Finally, they were over and overall, Rose felt pleased and optimistic about her results. She and her friends went out to celebrate at the local pub, escorted by the Doctor and Captain Jack. It was a double celebration as Lauren had just had her eighteenth birthday and proudly bought her first alcoholic drink legally.

A few days later, at the end of January, Rose was visiting her mother in her flat when suddenly the programme that they had been watching was interrupted by some breaking news. They watched in confusion and a little anxiety as the breathless news reporter announced that there had been a serious train crash on the Scottish border.

"…We are hearing that the driver of one of the train's involved in today's crash appears to have fallen asleep and consequently not seen a red stop signal and as a result ploughed headfirst into the Virgin train from Edinburgh to London…"

"Oh my!" Jackie gasped, her hand over her mouth, "Hope nobody was too seriously hurt,"

"…There have been many casualties and so far about fifteen people have been declared dead, including both drivers," continued the news reporter, "It's not clear just how serious this incident is but Scotland Yard have told us that they are almost certain that this is not a terrorist attack,"

"Well, that's something at least," Jackie said,

"Yeah," Rose nodded, "I'm gonna go see if the Doctor knows."

Jackie nodded and Rose jogged down the steps and across the forecourt into the TARDIS.

"Hey Rose," Jack greeted, "You're back early!"

"Yeah, look there's been some breaking news," said Rose, fiddling with the control panel until the screen began to emit News24. She stood there and watched it, feeling the two men stand behind her, the Doctor circling his arms around her waist and resting his chin on her shoulder. They watched it in silence for a few minutes until Rose felt they'd gotten the gist.

"It's not aliens, is it?" she asked, turning her head to look at the Doctor,

"Nah, just an accident," he replied, looking at her with a gentle smile before turning back to the screen, "Nothing suspicious about it at all."

Rose nodded and took his hand from where it was resting on her hip. "C'mon, Mum wanted to know if you wanted to come 'round for tea."

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The next day, Rose was in her bedroom, doing a small piece of homework having just gotten back from college, when she heard Jack calling her name.

"Rose! Your Mom's here!"

"Coming," she called back, putting down her pen and skipping to the control room, "Hey Mum, are you alright?"

She looked at Jackie, who was very pale and looked on the verge of tears. "I…I've just been on the 'phone to your Aunty Gillian," she began, shakily, "An' she's got some bad news. Your Uncle Jim was on that train that was hit yesterday in the crash,"

"Is he alright?" Rose asked, quietly, unconsciously holding her breath,

"No, he's… he's dead!"

Rose's knees buckled and the Doctor darted forward to help her stay upright. He could feel her shaking uncontrollably.

"Your Uncle Tony and Aunty Josie are coming 'round in fifteen minutes and we're driving up to Edinburgh to help Gillian and the kids. Do you wanna come?" Jackie asked, with a sob.

Rose shook her head. "I… I'd rather stay here," she muttered, feeling grateful for the Doctor's strong supportive arms holding her tight, "Give them my love and keep me updated, yeah?"

"Alright," Jackie said, tears cascading down her cheeks from grief,

"Jack, will you go and help Jackie?" the Doctor asked, quietly, knowing that Rose needed only him right now, no matter how much she loved Jack.

Jack nodded and gently put an arm around Jackie's shoulder before leading her away.

"You alright?" the Doctor asked Rose,

"No," Rose whispered, turning to bury her face in his chest, "Uncle Jim, he was my favourite uncle. He's Mum's younger brother and when I was little, he was like a father to me. But then, when I was thirteen, he and his wife Aunty Gillian and their kids, Jane and Harvey, they all moved up to Edinburgh and we kind of lost touch as we couldn't afford to go visit them and we didn't have their telephone number for a while,"

"I'm really sorry," the Doctor said, kissing her head lightly, "I know how hard it is to loose a loved one,"

"Yeah," Rose nodded, bunching her hands in his shirt and remembering how he'd lost all of his family and his planet. She raised her head suddenly, a thought occurring to her. "Doctor?" she asked, wild hope in her eyes, "Can we go back in time and warn him not to get on the train or something so he won't die? Please?"

The Doctor's face fell. "We can't, Rose," he said, sadly,

"Please Doctor," Rose begged, "I know we can't stop the crash but please can't we just warn my uncle? It's gonna tear my family apart,"

"It's not possible," the Doctor replied, hating himself after seeing the grief and desperation in her eyes, "We're part of events now, I've explained this to you before. I'm sorry,"

"We can!" Rose cried, wiping her eyes furiously, "Come on, please Doctor? For me?"

"No Rose," the Doctor said, firmly, hating that she'd used that card, "I'm not going to risk the Reapers coming, just for you. You know what happened when we went back to see your Dad and I don't want it to happen again and it will if we try it,"

"I can't believe you're denying me this one thing," Rose shrieked, her body heaving from her sobs, "I thought you loved me!"

"Rose, stop this!" the Doctor said, taking a shaky breath, "I know you're upset and you're saying things that you don't mean! You know exactly why we can't do this and I'm really sorry. You know I'd do it if I could but I can't. Don't you think I'd have gone and saved my people if this sort of thing was possible?"

Rose took a step backwards and searched his face, only seeing a firm no etched into his features, firm resolve in his eyes. "I'm sorry," he repeated, "We can't,"

"I hate you," Rose hissed, not hearing a word of his explanations, only the words 'we can't', "I HATE YOU!" she screamed, before pulling herself out of his arms and fleeing the room.

The Doctor watched her go, feeling his hearts break.

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And please welcome back the angst after a noticeable lack of it last chapter! Anyone got any opinion of how the Doctor's gonna respond to Rose when they see each other again? And Rose? I'd like to thank my good friend Nicole, who I went on holiday with and she dutifully read all the chapters (except this one funnily enough) for coming up with the names of Rose's family (except for Jim- that's mine!) and helping me with the plot. I think I kind of scared the people in front of us when I started talking loudly about this train crash that I was gonna have happen and a person I was going to kill… Anyway, hope you enjoyed.

Review please. Constructive criticism is gladly received