A-Levels and Aliens

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The following Saturday, Matt and Rose met up and decided to go for a walk. They strolled along happily in the early March sunshine before deciding to take a rest in the nearby playground. Upon sitting down, Rose realised that it was the same playground where she'd finally realised about Bad Wolf. The enormous letters on the tarmac had long since disappeared but the graffiti on the walls remained. Just looking at it gave her the shivers. That had been when she'd thought she'd lost her Doctor for good and she kind of had. She did miss the 'old' Doctor but the 'new' one more than made up for it. Seeming to pick up on her thoughts, Matt screwed up his chips wrapper and asked, "When's the Doctor coming back, then?"

"I don't know," Rose replied, "I spoke to him last night and he's not sure. He got sidetracked as he had to deal with some nasty aliens who were hell bent on stealing some priceless artefact from somewhere."

Matt chuckled and she turned her head enquiringly. "It's scary just how normal that sounds coming from you," he explained.

Rose laughed. "It's my life, it is normal for me!" She sighed. "God I miss it. Don't get me wrong, I love college but travelling, it's like it's in my blood or something,"

"You gonna travel with the Doctor forever then?"

"I hope so. For the rest of my life at least,"

"What about his? Isn't he older than you?" asked Matt,

"He's a Time Lord. He lives for ages,"

"So how old is he then?"

"Just over nine hundred." Rose giggled at his face,

"Jesus! But won't that mean he'll live for a long time after you've died?" Matt said, quietly,

"It's the Curse of the Time Lords." Rose replied, sadly, "And that's partly why I love him so much. He knows that he's gonna have to watch me die and then live on but he still stays with me and loves me."

Matt sighed. "Seriously, if I ever have anything half as much as you two do, then I'll be very lucky,"

"You'll find someone, Matt," Rose said, with a gentle smile, "At uni or something."

Matt nodded and the pair sat in silence for a while, just thinking.

"Matt?" Rose asked, eventually, nibbling on the end of her scarf, "Do you think Kirsty and Lauren suspect something?"

Her friend scratched his head. "They might do, yeah," he answered, "I think they know something isn't quite right with the Doctor, especially after that incident last November, but they're too scared to ask,"

"Yeah," Rose agreed, "I hate lying to them." She sighed. "We'll just have to see what happens."

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The following Thursday, it was January exams results day and the entirety of Rose's college went to collect their brown envelopes with butterflies swarming in their stomachs.

Rose took a deep breath and tore open the envelope before unfolding the white piece of paper. She stared at the paper before looking up.

"Any good?" asked Kirsty,

"Yeah, got A's and B's in most things except in History. I got a D,"

"That's not too bad," her friend replied,

"Nah," Rose smiled, "I can always retake the exam. How'd you do?"

"Great! I'm on track for Liverpool!" Kirsty said, in excitement,

"That's cool. C'mon, let's go find the others and see how they've done!"

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Matt stepped out of the dim college building into the bright spring sunshine, later that same day. He was momentarily blinded and moved his hand up to shade his eyes from the glare. As soon as his eyes had adjusted, he glanced around and the first thing he saw made him grin.

"She'll be out in a moment," he said, "She's just talking to our History teacher. Tell her I said bye."

The figure nodded their thanks and leant back against the college wall, watching as Matt walked off and waited for his angel.

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Rose hurried down the stairs. Her chat with her teacher had overrun slightly and now she was late to meet her friends. She burst through the door and stopped dead, her eyes only focusing on one person. The Doctor. He was back.

With a cry of delight, she tore across the courtyard and launched herself into his waiting arms. Her feet left the floor as he swung her around, his hands planted firmly on her waist, her arms looped around his neck.

"You're back!" she said, happily, gazing at his face,

"Yup. Arrived about half an hour ago and came straight here," the Doctor replied, putting her down but not removing his arms, "You alright?"

"I am now!" Rose grinned, "You said on the 'phone you wouldn't be back until next week!"

"I wanted to surprise you," said the Doctor,

"Well, it worked!" Rose closed the distance between them and gently kissed him, opening her mouth after a few seconds and probing with her tongue, asking for permission which the Doctor instantly granted.

It would have been likely that the two would have stayed there; kissing all evening if it hadn't been for the slight cough that interrupted them. They broke apart reluctantly and looked around.

"Oh my God!" Rose said, mortified to see that it was her history teacher, a knowing grin on her face, "Sorry!"

"It's quite alright. This the famous boyfriend then?"

Overcome with embarrassment, all Rose could do was nod dumbly.

"I'm the Doctor," the Doctor said, taking pity on her and shaking Rose's teacher's hand,

"Pleased to meet you," she replied, "I've heard a lot about you from Rose in class."

The Doctor shot Rose an amused glance. "It's all true," he said, immediately,

"I'll bet. Anyway, I must be off. See you tomorrow, Rose,"

"Bye," Rose whispered, still blushing as her teacher walked away. As soon as she was out of ear shot, she groaned and hid her face in her hands. "I'm never gonna be able to look her in the eye again!"

The Doctor laughed. "Never mind," he soothed, giving her a comforting hug, "C'mon, let's go home." He took her hand and interlinked their fingers before they walked back to the TARDIS together.

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Jack was overjoyed to see Rose again. The trio invited Jackie down to the TARDIS for a rowdy evening, where the Doctor and Jack entertained the girls over dinner with tales of their adventures of the past few weeks. They also celebrated Rose's exam results, during which they all come to the conclusion that it would be best if she retook her History exam. Her history teacher had made the same judgement when Rose had spoken to her earlier that day.

Finally, at just past eleven o'clock, Jackie left for her flat and the Doctor and Rose retired to their bedroom.

"You're all knotted up," the Doctor murmured, feeling her shoulders, "Stress?"

"Probably, especially these past few months,"

"Well, I think you've coped brilliantly," the Doctor said, nuzzling her neck, "D'ya want a massage?"

"Please," Rose nodded, rolling her shoulders,

"C'mon then."

They moved into position with Rose crawling to sit between the Doctor's legs on the bed while he leant against the headboard. Rose stripped off her pyjama top and suddenly giggled.

"I really hope Jack doesn't come in!" If he did, he would have a spectacular view of Rose's front as she was sitting directly opposite the doorway.

"I'll ask the old girl to lock the door," said the Doctor, closing his eyes briefly as he connected with his magnificent ship, before beginning to gently rub Rose's shoulders, easing away the tension. Rose hummed in appreciation and leant back against his hands.

"So," the Doctor said, after a period of comfortable silence, "You tell your History class all about me?"

"Mmm, yeah" replied Rose, "It was originally just me and Matt discussing you but then some of my friends who sit close by cottoned on and before long, the whole class would talk about you. We use it as a kind of distraction technique when we've had enough of History."

The Doctor chuckled. "What exactly do you talk about?" he asked, lowly,

"Most things, really," murmured Rose, closing her eyes,

"Have you told them about our cuddles?" he whispered, abandoning the massage and snaking his arms tightly around her waist, "Or our kisses?" He leant forward and kissed her lips, sideways from his angle. "Or other things we get up to?" He moved his mouth down to her neck and started peppering her with kisses, sucking and biting at her skin.

"Not…not in great detail," Rose gasped, as shivers swept up and down her spine. Suddenly, she felt something nudge her lower back, something that definitely hadn't been there before. She turned to look at the Doctor, amusement and lust overriding shock. "This is really turning you on, isn't it?"

"Little bit, yeah. You?" said the Doctor, his voice husky,

"Little bit, yeah,"

"Wanna do something about it?"

Rose looked at her Doctor, staring into his eyes that were smoky with desire and want. She breathed out gently, aware that her eyes mirrored his.

"Yeah," she said, before succumbing to the passion.

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Oh my God, we finally did it!

Rose had woken up the next morning to find herself tangled up in a mess of arms and legs with a very naked Time Lord. She smiled happily and carefully extracted her arm before cupping the Doctor's cheek, staring at his peaceful features.

He's mine. All mine.

"Morning," the Doctor said, sleepily, snapping his eyes open suddenly, "How are you today?"

"Amazing," Rose breathed, "You know when you said ages ago that when we finally did it, it would be worth the wait?"

"Yep?"

"Well, you were right,"

"Have to agree with you there, beautiful."

Rose smiled and laid her head on his chest, listening to his hearts beat. He softly stroked her bare arm, his fingers making patterns on her skin.

"I haven't told you this yet today but I love you," he said, with a sweet smile.

Rose laughed. "I love you. Always have, always will,"

"Always have?"

"Near enough, yeah," Rose yawned, a hand creeping up to trace his lips, "I knew I liked you when you caught me after we defeated the Nestene Consciousness on our first adventure. Do you remember? We had a little moment where we were both holding onto one another and staring at each other just before we had to run for our lives before the building exploded,"

"Yeah, I remember," the Doctor grinned, "I was so gutted when you decided not to come with me,"

"I am so glad you came back and gave me a second chance!" Rose said, passionately,

"Me too! So, when did you fall in love with me?"

"I think I loved you when you bought me back to modern day London after we saw the end of the world and you told me about Gallifrey. I could see it hurt you to talk about it but there you were telling me, a girl who you'd only just met! And then I think I fell slap-bang in love with you in Cardiff, just before we thought we were gonna die and we were locked in that dungeon and we held hands and… well, I just suddenly knew."

The Doctor smiled. "It was the same for me. Do you remember that dress you wore? You looked so beautiful,"

"For an ape?"

"No, you were possibly the most beautiful woman I'd ever seen and you still are."

Rose couldn't help it. She reached up and captured his lips in a searing kiss. They loved each other and that was all that mattered.

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The following day, it was a Saturday and having nothing ultra important to do (for a change), Rose begged Jack and the Doctor to come out with her for a day trip in London.

"Come with me to the Camden Markets!" she pleaded, "It's great there and I haven't been in ages!"

"Sounds good to me!" Jack said, grasping her hand and then turning to the other present male, "Doctor?"

"I can't," he said, sorrowfully, "I need to fix the TARDIS." He looked at Rose. "We had a bit of a problem while we were away and something's wrong. I need to see what it is and it might take a while."

Rose nodded. "OK. Good luck with it." She dropped Jack's hand momentarily to embrace her lover. "See you later, yeah? Probably late this afternoon. We'll bring chips back for tea,"

"Great!" said the Doctor, kissing her briefly, "See you tonight."

Rose smiled before retaking Jack's hand and leaving the TARDIS, making for the nearest Tube station. She was determined to have a fun day.

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A couple of hours later, Jack and Rose were lost in the maze that was the Camden Markets. They were enjoying themselves thoroughly and were having a good chat, it being just the two of them for a change.

"Oooh, look at these!" Rose gasped, staring at some brightly coloured scarves on a nearby stall, "Aren't they gorgeous?"

"Yeah," Jack agreed, eyeing up the cute young man manning the stall, "Hey,"

"Hi," he replied, with a smile,

"I'm Jack," the Captain said, extending his hand.

Rose rolled her eyes. He was off again. "I'm gonna look at the next couple of stalls,"

"OK, honey," Jack replied, distractedly.

Five minutes later, feeling rather smug with the guy's 'phone number safely in his pocket- just in case-, Jack turned away and began to look for his best friend.

"Rose?" he called, scanning the crowds and not seeing her. "ROSE?" He pushed his way through the throngs of people, desperately looking but never seeing. He pulled out his cell phone and quickly called her mobile number.

"Yeah?"

"Rose?"

"No, it's the Doctor. What's up, Jack?"

"Is Rose with you? Why do you have her cell?"

"She must have forgotten it. It was lying on the Captain's Chair…" The Doctor paused for a moment. "Jack, I thought Rose was with you…"

Jack fought the rising panic in his chest. "She's not, Doctor," he said, worry appearing in his tone, "Doctor, Rose has disappeared."

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