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"Doctor," Rose began hesitantly, she couldn't believe she was in this situation. "These are two former classmates of mine, Marissa and Lara."

The Doctor raised an eyebrow at Rose's pause; he could tell something was bothering her, she seemed uncharacteristically nervous. "Pleasure to meet you ladies." He smiled at the two women, observing their snooty looks and fake smiles. This should be fun, he mused. "Have you been here long? We just checked in, lovely place, bit boring though, I'm definitely ready for some excitement." He turned to Rose, "when is the rehearsal? Will there be food? I'm starving!"

Marissa and Lara could only stare at the Doctor. He was nothing like either were expecting. Jackie Tyler had made him out to be a much older man. This man was young and handsome, and he spoke at the speed of light. Neither of them could answer his question before he was on to another subject.

"So," Marissa began, "Rose tells us you are a doctor, but you also introduced yourself as 'the Doctor' that is not your name is it?"

The Doctor was about to say yes when he noticed Rose's pointed look. What's up with her? "Well," he began, trying to come up with a believable lie, "my name is difficult to pronounce, and everyone ends up calling me Doctor anyway, so now I just introduce myself that way." He smiled widely in an attempt to sell the lie.

The two ladies looked skeptical. "And your wife calls you Doctor too? Don't you find that a bit weird Rose?"

"My wife…" the Doctor began, confused.

"Not at all," Rose interjected, grabbing the Doctor's hand and smiling sweetly up at him. "It just fits him perfectly; my husband just is the Doctor."

"Um, yeah, right, Rose and I are married," the Doctor spluttered. The information was beginning to piece together in his mind, but it still didn't make sense.

"So we know you travel a lot, but what exactly do you do?" Lara asked.

"Yes," Marissa added, "what kind of doctor are you?"

"I uh," the Doctor glanced at Rose who had such a sweet smile on her face, asking him to play along, that he couldn't refuse. He gave her a mischievous smile, took a deep breath, and plunged right in. "Well, I do a little of everything. We travel because we love a good adventure, and wherever we go, we try to find and help anyone who needs helping. I used to travel on my own, but when I met Rose, she showed me how much better life can be with two." The Doctor squeezed Rose's hand and the two smiled at each other. The Doctor looked so proud of his lie that Rose had a hard time swallowing her laughter.

"How sweet," Lara said, smiling genuinely at the obvious affection the two had for each other.

Marissa scowled, unhappy with Rose's happiness. "So you don't have a house?"

"Course we do!" the Doctor said, noting Marissa's unpleasant tone. He was starting to dislike this lady. "We live where we land."

This time, Rose couldn't hold it down and giggled at Lara and Marissa's confused expressions. She was eager to see how the Doctor was going to explain the TARDIS.

"What does that mean?" Marissa asked, this man was baffling her, and to her chagrin, Rose seemed to be enjoying her confusion immensely.

The Doctor gave Rose a wink, "We have a, er, a sort of plane if you like. Very large and luxurious with plenty of room."

"She's gorgeous!" Rose added, "Always feel safe and happy there."

Marissa's mouth dropped open. This was not happening. Rose Tyler could not be doing better than Marissa Hedgeworth. That was just wrong. She was about to say something rude, when some other wedding guests came around the corner, and she was pulled into a whole new conversation.

The Doctor turned away from the group of chattering women, glad the awkward interaction was over, raised an eyebrow, crossed his arm, and mouthed to Rose, "Wife?"

Rose gave him a guilty look, and quietly said, "I'll explain when we get back to the room."

They excused themselves by saying they had to get ready for the rehearsal and went back to their room.

Marissa glared after them; this is not over Rose Tyler.

"Alright Rose," the Doctor said as they sat down on the couch in their room, "what was that all about? Why do they think we are married?"

"I'm really sorry Doctor; I don't know what got into me. I heard them talking, and it was like I was back in school again." Rose looked down at her lap, embarrassed by the whole situation. "They were the popular rich girls, and I was the trash from an estate. I don't know how it happened, but all of a sudden I was telling them I was married to a doctor. I wanted to be better than them. They were always trying to be better than me, they always were better than me. For once, I wanted to be the one to show them up. I wanted them to think someone educated and wealthy could be interested in me. It was stupid and selfish, and I am really sorry."

The Doctor laughed, Rose seemed so distraught about the whole thing. "Rose, you are better then those girls. What I said to them wasn't a lie, we do travel to help people. We have saved so many lives. I doubt those ladies have done anything like that."

"I know, it's just, I can't tell them that can I? I thought this was all behind me, you helped me find a purpose in life, and I love it! I just …I don't even know."

The Doctor couldn't quite understand why this was important to Rose, he thought she was brilliant! But for some reason, showing these girls up did matter, so he made a decision. "Well, if we are going to do this, first things first."

"What?" Rose asked in shock.

"We better tell your mother that we are married!" He grinned cheekily at her but quickly frowned again, "maybe you should tell her and I stay here. That way you can explain what happened without me getting slapped."

"You don't have to do this Doctor; I can tell them the truth, it was stupid of me to lie in the first place, it really doesn't matter."

"Naw, it will be fun!" the Doctor said. Truthfully, it kind of scared him. He knew Rose loved him, and he was pretty sure she knew he loved her, but there were so many reasons they both left it at speculation. Even pretending to take things to another level with Rose basically felt like taking things to another level.

"You sure?" Rose looked surprised.

"Yes yes," the Doctor said, "now you go find your mum and tell her what's going on before she spoils it. I will find us some rings so we look legit." He frowned, "did I just say legit? Yuck! Never ever let me say that again!"

Rose laughed, "Alright then, meet back here in an hour? We still have a rehearsal dinner to go to."

"You don't have to remind me, my stomach is looking forward to it!"

Rose shook her head smiling and headed to the door. Before leaving, she turned back, "thank you Doctor."

When the door closed behind her the Doctor sighed. "Anything for you Rose."