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Summary: Everything has its time Doctor, and my time with the other you right outside those doors is just getting started. I will return, whether it is as your companion, lover, wife, or merely just your friend. I will be here to ensure you will never have to be alone again.
Everything has Its Time
As soon as the rest of the Tyler family had left, Rose nodded to the door attendant and said, "Hey Daniel how are you doing today?" Daniel Montgomery was a slim and tall built man who looked to be in his late forties and had dark hair that had the beginnings of a receding hairline. He had warm and kind looking dark brown eyes, with a smile ready to appear at a moment's notice.
He nodded to her and touched the tip of his hat as he spoke in a accent that was caught between a Londoner and someone who was born and raised in a Scottish family, "Welcome back Miss Tyler, and I am well." Rose chuckled and said, "Daniel how many times have I told you to call me Rose, Miss Tyler sounds far too formal." He chuckled warmly and replied, "Oh Miss Tyler you know I am not going to do that no matter how many times you ask it of me."
The Doctor chuckled and said jokingly, "Ah I like you already, finally someone who can tell Rose Tyler no and is not bewitched by her charms." Daniel chuckled along with him as Rose mocked huffed and shook her head as she rolled her eyes, trust The Doctor to instantly have the doorman of her apartment complex laughing along with him within moments of meeting him.
Rose sighed and said, "Daniel I would like you to meet my new roommate, who you will be seeing a lot of around here from now on." She gestured to The Doctor who held out his hand and said, "Doctor Jamie Carlisle, pleasure to meet you." Daniel nodded and shook The Doctor's hand in return and said, "Pleasure to meet you to Dr Carlisle."
Rose warned the older man and said, "I thought I might as well warn you, Jamie is a scientist and will most likely keep odd hours, so if you or the evening doorman Aidan see him coming home at odds times of the day or night you will know why." Rose had barely batted an eyelid when she had heard the name The Doctor had obviously chosen for himself. Daniel nodded and replied, "Very well Miss Tyler and Dr Carlisle." He tipped his hat to them once more as he wished them a good day.
Rose took The Doctor's hand and led him over to the long staircase as The Doctor remarked rolling his eyes, "Even has its own set of stairs and elevators, so I can just imagine what the inside of your apartment looks like." Rose snorted and replied blandly, "It is a penthouse tower built about three years ago, one of the smaller ones considering how high up they can go." The Doctor faltered slightly as he asked, "Wait a minute are you're telling me that you have a whole floor of this building to yourself?"
Rose smirked knowing the Donna in him was going to freak out when she revealed what she was about to. She told him in a light tone, "Oh yeah, did I not mention that we have the whole building to ourselves, all five floors of it, well six if you include the large underground garage that you need to use the elevators to get to." She shrugged as she revealed, "The deed to this whole building is in my name, and is so expensive it even has its own elevator access on each floor, and two security guards as well as two doormen that each take morning and evening shifts." She grimaced as she concluded, "So we're talking around the clock security here, mum and dad insisted on it wanting me to be secure here on my own."
She felt The Doctor become very still beside her as they walked up the staircase leading to the first floor. She glanced his way over her shoulder, noticing he had stopped a few steps behind her. She had to stifle the wild urge to giggle madly at the incredulous expression painted right across his handsome face. She laughed as she told him, "When dad is generous he is really generous." She added rolling her eyes, "Plus mom was all for it hoping I'd find someone to marry and settled down with, figures I could fill three or four of those big rooms with grandchildren for her and dad."
She paused before continuing, "When it was first built it was meant to be five separate penthouse apartments. Dad insisted when he bought it before the building was even complete before anyone had the chance to move in, that he had plenty of ideas of what he wanted to do with a building like this. Naturally being Pete Tyler they sold it to him without much fuss, not caring as long as they received more than a few pretty pennies for it."
Rose concluded around a grimace as she asked, "It's far too much space if you ask me, what exactly do you supposed I am to do with space meant for five separate large families?" The Doctor suddenly beamed as a rather quite brilliant thought occurred to him, and said excitedly, "It would be like living in The TARDIS again, and maybe I could use one of the floors for a lab and office." He practically bounced in delight as he exclaimed, "Imagine it Rose, oh Rose really, just imagine how big a lab it would be?"
Rose laughed and shook her head as they continued to climb up the stairs. They stopped less than a minute later, turned a corner and walked a short way down a small corridor before Rose Took out a set of keys. She placed the keys in the door, which much to The Doctor's amazement as well as more than a bit of amusement, was a perfect replica of one of the TARDIS doors, colour and panels included, and even had a big brass knocker in the shape of a wolfs head.
He laughed quietly, which Rose heard and turned to ask him what was so amusing, but she instantly knows what has amused him. She grins bashfully and explained, "I honestly could not resist it, was like having a piece of home, some form of comfort no matter how small, besides if you like the front door wait until you see the hallway."
The Doctor raised a brow as he continued to chuckle as Rose opened the door. She quickly went inside to shut off the alarm system, which had started beeping the very second the door had opened. A couple of seconds later she opened the door all the way and gestured for The Doctor to follow her inside. He closed the door behind him and turned to face her as she beckoned him over to a state of the art security system, and said, "The security code is double one two double zero five."
The Doctor frowned as he asked, "Why that combination?" Rose shrugged as she removed her leather jacket and opened a door made of deep cherry wood, which had a solid silver handle that curled in a fancy design, the old-fashioned design found in equally as old-fashioned mansions. The Doctor noted it was a small cloakroom used to put coats, shoes, hats and umbrellas in. He watched her place her coat inside before removing her shoes and placing them in as well.
He bent down to remove his trainers as she put her keys on top of a table made of the same wood as the door, but had a frosted glass top. She said as she noticed him eyeing her with a frown, "The combination seemed to appeal to me, I have no idea why, but the date January 1st 2005 seems to hold some unknown pull to me. I can't explain it and have no idea what is so special about that date, but it is." The Doctor frowned even more before letting it go for the time being and placed his shoes inside of the cupboard.
He finally took note of how Rose had decorated the hallway as she shut the door to the cloakroom behind her. The walls on either side of the long and wide entrance hallway were a TARDIS blue, and had silver diagonal stripes going down the wall. A boarder across the middle of the wall was a silver trim and had silver circular swirling patterns in the centre. As for the floor, it was made of Tastes of Life Cherry Chocolate Oak Brushed & Lacquered wood and had a TARDIS blue welcome doormat.
The skirting boards surprisingly were not white, ivory or cream, but were in fact a TARDIS blue. The ceiling instead of being a typical white, cream or even ivory was in fact a pale clear sky blue colour. The light on the ceiling had a large square shade that appeared to be made of pale blue and silver swirling patterned glass.
He loved it, loved how she had combined the colour of the TARDIS and silver on the walls with a paler blue on the ceiling, which contrasted stunningly with the dark cherry wood of the table and the door of the small cloakroom. He knew if his other self had seen this, he would have loved it on sight, hardly surprising, when the shade of blue matched the old girl perfectly.
Rose noted his approval as she said, "The hallway is the only place decorated because I was not in the right state of mind to be decorating. Mum end up hiring paint and decorators, while I just said what I wanted in the entrance hallway and that they were to leave the other rooms alone, except to paint all the walls in every room plain white."
She added, "And of course I made sure all the floors were covered in the same wood as you see in the hallway. I have not decorated any of the other rooms yet, not even my bedroom nor the bathroom or kitchen. I had figured why bother, when I was hoping to have some sort of breakthrough at work with the dimension cannon. I had no kind of plan or any desire to set up a home where I did not consider it to be my home."
The Doctor frowned and Rose looked uncomfortable as she told him, "I only ever came here to sleep and nothing else, I was at Torchwood the majority of the time and would sleep in my office, eating takeout when I felt up to it or could stomach it." She looked briefly over her shoulder as she continued forwards and said, "I did not care and honestly did not want to come here alone to a place I did not consider to be home, home to me was with you and The TARDIS."
She concluded, "The only reason I moved out of the mansion because it was agony to see my mother having everything I had lost, for example, she had been given a second chance at being both a wife and a mother. I felt terrible over the jealousy and resentment I felt towards my own mother, meaning I had to get the hell out of there."
Rose led him down the hallway and into a large oval shaped plain and sterile looking living room, that had no colour of any description, nor did it have a television, only a single two seat black leather couch. The Doctor's frown deepened, he looked troubled as he noted there was not a single hint of Rose's personality anywhere in this place. It was not what you could consider home, but looked as if no one lived there or had only just moved in.
Rose shrugged and tried to lighten the mood as she said, "Hey, cheer up I am no longer depressed, and on the plus side I figured now that it was honestly a good thing that I did not decorate. Now we can both decorate together or hire a paint and decorator and instruct them on what we want and how we want it to look." She added, "We could get rid of all of the furniture that I already have and replace it with things we both like."
The Doctor walked over to a wall that was an oval shaped wide expansion of floor to ceiling windows. Whoever stood near the window would have the pleasure of the picturesque view of London in all of its rich and wondrous splendour. He could see The London Eye and many other such infamous London landmarks from where he stood.
Rose joined him by the windows and said, "This has to be my favourite thing about this entire building the view, you should see it from all the way on the top floor. It is the highest point on the tower, has its own set of French doors that open up to a wrap around balcony, and is the only floor that does. That is how Dad had it designed as I told you when he purchased the tower he did it before it was even completed."
She added, "Originally it was meant to be designed where each floor had a balcony, however because of the glass wall that each floor except for the top has made it structurally impossible to accommodate the original design. Naturally, this gave mum the ample opportunity to demand there be French doors and a balcony on the very top floor. She insisted it would be ideal for romantic picnics and stargazing. As you can imagine that high up the view from the top floor is positively breathtaking and puts our current view to shame."
The Doctor grinned before saying, "Picnics and stargazing, I suppose it has merit, but nothing can beat traveling among the stars." Rose nodded and replied, "True, but we will be back in The TARDIS soon enough. We won't be grounded for long Doctor I know you will not let us be, and will accelerate The TARDIS'S growth so we can have a TARDIS in no time."
After a moment of just standing together in silence as they took in the view, she silently gestured for him to follow her and added, "We could have a new kitchen put in, with all of the other fancy kitchen appliances. I never bothered to buy any and point blank told my mom not to buy anything, just in case we did get the dimension cannon to work." She paused to allow The Doctor to look around the empty space of the large kitchen.
The Doctor could not help but smile slightly as he realised she was right, there was so much potential here, and they would be able to decorate together making it their home. It was not anyone's home yet, but a blank canvas ready to turn into a spectacular, warm and inviting home that any true family home should be. He could perfectly imagine he or Rose in the kitchen making dinner or just a snack, as their children ran about giggling and playing.
Rose led him out of the kitchen as soon as he had finished looking around at what was eventually to become their kitchen. She led him to her bedroom, well soon to be their bedroom she supposed, if he wanted it to be. She continued to walk out of the large living room with him following her, as both went through an archway that was connected to a long and dominating sidewall instead of a door.
She said as they reached the bedroom door and opened the door, allowing him to enter first in front of her. "I never thought I would say this, but I am honestly glad dad bought me this place. It is totally convenient that when we have children we won't have to move to somewhere bigger to accommodate them." The Doctor smirked as he looked around the room and commented, "Six seems like a decent number." Rose blinked and looked at him incredulously as she asked, "Six, what seriously?" The Doctor chuckled and replied, "Trust me and ask no question when I tell you six is a good number for us as far as children are concerned." Rose ignored his ask no questions comment and asked in a suspicious tone, "What do you know that I don't?"
The Doctor only smirked at her in an all too knowing fashion, which bugged the hell out of Rose as he refused to answer her question. He instead asked, "So where am I going to sleep then?" Rose raised a brow and replied, "Well, in here with me if you like seeing as it is not as if we have never shared a bed before due to my nightmares in the past, or the fact we have fallen asleep curled around each other in the library and entertainment room in the past."
The Doctor nodded and replied, "I suppose, but still I think we are going to need a different, bigger and wider bed, as I don't fancy the single you have here. Besides, there is close and snug, and there is too close and squashed sardines. Trust me when I say that bed is definitely going to be the latter with the two of us in it. I know how you like to sprawl all over the place and rob the covers, oh, trust me I know and remember from experience."
Rose snorted and replied, "Fine whatever, but it looks like we are going to have to stay at my parents until we can get this place properly decorated. So I am going to have to ring mom and tell her that we will need to get in touch with some paint and decorators." She added, "In the meantime seeing as we won't be staying here means we don't need to go food shopping, but instead we could go clothes shopping for you."
The Doctor blanched and exclaimed, "What! You mean we will have to stay and sleep under the same roof as your mother for Rassilon knows how long?" Rose rolled her eyes and said in an exasperated tone, "Oh honestly, don't be such a big baby, besides I promise to protect you from my mom if it will stop your complaining. Christ, you have faced and took out a whole army of Daleks and you are scared of my mum."
She ignored him as he shot her a cool glare, and continued to point out the benefits of staying at the Tyler mansion. She said, "Besides if we are not here it means the painters and decorators can get the walls painted much quicker. We can even get the kitchen and a new bathroom installed, which includes a shower and bath. Finally all of the new lighting arrangements I want to be installed can be connected quicker, but of course, that's only if we are not around to be in their way Doctor."
The Doctor grumbled something irritable under his breath before asking, "What rooms will we being decorating or replacing everything in completely?" Rose replied, "The living room, dining room, kitchen, my office, and of course our room and bathroom. As for the rest of the rooms and the other three bathrooms they can be left alone until we need them later on down the line."
The Doctor nodded and sighed wearily as Rose said, "Go and put your converse back on while I go and ring mom and tell her to expect us." She added as she took out her I phone and said, "As soon as mom knows I'll take you clothes shopping and we can eat out wherever you want." The Doctor nodded his very reluctant agreement, which Rose tried to ignore as best as she could.
He let out another tiered sigh as he thought of what the effects of living under the same roof as Jackie Tyler for god only knows how long was going to be on both his mental and physical health before he and Rose could move back into the penthouse. He grimaced and sighed irritably at his current luck, hoping that neither he nor Jackie ended up causing a full-scale war.
He watched as Rose walked out of the bedroom and down the hall as she talked to Jackie. He took one last look around what was soon to be his and Rose's bedroom, before he left the room and made his way down the hall and headed for the cloakroom, and grabbed his converse ready to leave when Rose was. Rose packed all the clothes she wanted in a bag for herself before grabbing the keys off the side table and putting her shoes and coat back on.
They left the penthouse after Rose had reset the alarm system and headed for the elevator. Rose pressed the button for the lower ground once they were inside and the doors slide closed. Less than two minutes later the elevator came to a stop and the doors opened to reveal a vast oval shaped underground garage. There is a long winding tunnel like corridor lit up with several white circular lights that would lead to the main garage door and outside onto the busy London streets.
The Doctor noted it was big enough to house at least eight to twelve cars just as Rose had said. He wondered whom the two cars occupying it belonged to, which were a deep Amethyst Red Aston Martin DBS Volante Dragon and a silver Volvo. The Doctor asked, "There is so much space in here and only two cars present, so which one is yours?" Rose in answer hit a button on her key ring and heard a beep as a small blue light flickered on the side of the driver's car door of the Amethyst Red Aston Martin DBS Volante Dragon. The Doctor happily noted it was not the Volvo, not liking the design for some reason.
Rose replied, "As I already mentioned this garage comes with the tower because it was supposed to be five separate apartments, and can house eight to twelve cars." She shrugged as she made her way over to her car and The Doctor followed. She added, "Obviously the Aston Martin is mine and is a limited edition as they only made 88 of them in total." She continued to add as she opened the boot and placed her bag inside, "As for the Volvo, well, that is Daniel's; I allow him and Aidan, the other doorman, to park their cars in here for guarding the door to my penthouse."
She closed the boot, walked around to the driver side, and opened the door as The Doctor goes to the other side and opens the passenger's door. He let out a low whistle as he noted that the interior was made of chancellor red coloured leather, which had a golden Chinese dragon on the passengers and drivers chairs. "Oh this is beautiful, just stunning, I would not say no to having a car like this, perhaps in blue like the old girl." Rose chuckled knowingly at hearing what colour he wanted.
Rose replied, "This car comes in certain colours, interior included. The colours combinations are one mine, which is Amethyst Red with Chancellor red leather, which is contrast-stitched in Sahara Tan thread, which complements the gold plating throughout the car along with the piano black trim and bright metalwork. The second choice has all the features mine has, except it is Volcano Red with deep purple leather interior. The final option is Champagne Gold with spicy red leather."
The Doctor asked as he reached out to smooth a hand over the chancellor red leather, "What kind of leather is this?" Rose replied, "I think dad said it was called Bridge of Weir leather." The Doctor nodded as he smoothed his hand over the soft and expensive leather before lowering himself inside of the car and sitting comfortably in the passenger's seat and closed the door.
The Doctor comments as Rose climbs into the driver's seat and closed the door behind her, and puts on her seat belt, as did the Doctor. "I think I might be interested in the Volcano Red and deep purple interior, it appeals, which I guess must be Donna's influence as he would have never found any appeal in those kinds of colours." He adds, "Is it possible Pete could make some enquires as I would really not mind having a car like this but with the other colour scheme."
Rose replied, "I do not see why not, this line of Aston Martin is recently new and I have only had this car four weeks, and is the first time driving it. It has been sitting inside of the garage since my recent birthday just gone. Dad got it on the off chance that I would eventually return, I guess he and mom wanted to soften the blow if after solving the stars going out problem I was for some reason or other unable to stay with him and end up back here." She concludes, "But yes I will talk to him tonight and ask about getting you your own car, might give you an even bigger incentive to pass your test and not fail."
The Doctor shot her a look at her mentioning him possibly failing his driving test, hopefully, the part that is Donna is more dominating in him in that regard as Donna could drive. He was really going to be reliant on that newly gained part of him in order to pass his driving test. However, in the sixties during his third self's forced banishment on Earth, he had owned and drove Bessie a yellow coloured Roadster. That thought alone was enough to install in him a little hope of success.
He now especially wanted to pass his test after seeing Rose's own car, he seriously wanting his own in the colours she described. Then there was the fact he did not want permanently to play the passenger to Rose's driver, he refused to have her end up being his personal chauffeur. He felt he needed to have some independence, hold onto his dignity, and not constantly rely on Rose to get around to wherever he needed to go. No, he needed to pass his driving test, simply had to.
Rose placed the key in the ignition, and turned it and instantly started up the engine, which practically purred to life. The Doctor hummed appreciatively and murmured, "The engine practically purrs and is really silent." Rose replied around a smirk, "You pay for quality you are going to receive it in return." Rose chuckles at the knowing smirk The Doctor shoots in her direction as she presses two separate switches on the piano black console, which lowered both the drivers and passenger's side windows.
She drove forwards and down the tunnel like corridor, which took a full minute to reach the end. She stopped at a control panel situated low enough for her to reach out of the window and hit one of the switches that raised the large door. Rose drove forward and straight out of the garage as the door slowly lowered and closed behind her automatically seconds later.
The Doctor sighed as he leaned back into the chair and relaxed as he watched Rose smoothly place the car into the correct gear and increase the cars speed slightly as she drove off into the early afternoon London traffic. As he continued to watch her navigate through traffic, he cannot help but think that he could get used to this kind of life as long as his Rose was right alongside him for the ride.
He chuckled as Rose placed a CD in the console and nods as Ian Dury and The Blockheads start playing. Rose looks sheepish as she admits, "I would listen to it when I found myself particularly missing you and The TARDIS." The Doctor looks caught between amusement and genuine sympathy as he listens to the song playing, which happens to be the very same song playing before they had met Queen Victoria and the werewolf.
He sighed, thinking of the past memories of his other-self before he asked his companion, "So where to first?" Rose replied as she signals to the other cars that she is about to turn before she does and said to The Doctor, "I figure we could go and eat first before heading for Savile Row, they are a bespoke men's tailor, it is high end and is one of the places dad likes to go for his things."
The Doctor snorted and drawled, "So in other words it is where the snotty snobs go to shop?" Rose snorted in reply and said, "Careful the Donna in you is coming out to play Doctor." She added less jokingly, "And my dad is not a snotty snob thank you very much." He held up his hands in mock surrender and replied, "Most likely one of the extreme few who are not then." Rose did not answer and merely rolled her eyes as she pulled up in a nearby car park of Pizza Hut.
The Doctor grinned and said, "Ooh Donna loved Pizza." Rose grinned and asked, "And I take it you have inherited that love from her then?" The Doctor returned the grin and replied, "Oh yes, absolutely, pizza and even chips I love both." He added smirking as he told Rose, "Donna tried to get the other me to eat it, but he preferred chips, not that he did not like pizza he honestly did not mind it on occasion, but he was all for chips at the end of the day."
Rose grinned even wider as she parks the car and removed the keys from the ignition after hitting the switches to wind up the windows. She removed her seat belt and The Doctor removed his own belt and opened the door as Rose does and both get out. Rose and he shut their doors before Rose presses a button on her key ring and the doors all lock, a blue light flashes briefly, and a short beep indicated the state of the art security alarm was now very much active.
The Doctor grabbed her hand and led her to the front doors of the restaurant as he asks her, "So no fancy restaurant then?" Rose snorts and replied blandly, "Hell no, I try to avoid them if I can help it. Seriously, what we will most likely spend in total here would not even cover the price of a starter for one person in those fancy restaurants you mentioned."
The Doctor grinned and shook his head as Rose added in an incredulous tone, "I mean have you seen the size of one of their courses, hell even our Tony would not be satisfied with what they give you. Of course, it is ideal if you are one of those who take to putting their fingers down the back of their throat and forcing themselves to be sick after just eating a carrot or celery stick."
The Doctor found himself caught between incredulous laughter and cringing, the Donna in him clearly disapproved of only eating a carrot stick or some celery, and then force it back up again after you had ate it. He scoffs, "Oh please, give me a break a carrot stick or celery is a snack for Christ sake, and exactly how many calories do you think you are going to gain from a bloody carrot stick?"
Rose removed her hand from the door and threw her head back and laughed. She said between bouts of giggles, "Oh my god that is definitely not something he would have said, I would wager more like something Donna would have said and thought, but by god, you ain't half bloody right." She sobers as she added in a more subdued tone, "Though you cannot help but sympathise with those who do."
Now that set The Doctor off laughing as Rose pulled the door open, but sobers just as quickly as he had laughed as he thinks of the last part of what Rose had said. He agreed that one could not help but sympathise with those who did have that disorder, not only them but also their families, who have to watch their loved one practically destroy themselves, yet not able to stop themselves either. He shook his head trying to clear his head of the less than pleasant subject.
They notice a honey blonde haired female employee with a neat and cute pixie cut, dressed in the typical black uniform with the Pizza Hut logo on the shirt approach them. She asked, "Table for two?" Rose cleared her throat and replied, "Yes thank you." She added, "Do you have a more private area far from the windows?" The Waitress nodded and grabbed two menus before gesturing for them to follow her further into the restaurant. She knew exactly who this woman was if not who her companion was. She knew why Rose Tyler, The Vitex Heiress would be asking for a private table far from the windows.
She led them to a square shaped table in the far corner of the restaurant situated behind a tall wall and a large green and red plant. Rose nodded her approval and thanked the Waitress, who placed a menu down in front of each of them as they took a seat opposite each other. She smiled politely and said, "Of course Madam that is what I am here for." She added, "I am Lindsay and I will be your server, and what can I get you to drink first of all?"
Rose ordered a coke with ice and The Doctor ordered a 7 up with ice. Lindsay nodded and before she left to get their drinks she said, "Please take a look through the menu, decided what starters or salad you want and what kind of pizza and toppings, and I will take your order once I return with your drinks." Rose and The Doctor nod before she left to get their drinks.
Rose removed her leather jacket and draped it over the back of her chair, and placed her car keys on the table near her napkin beside her fork and knife. She picked up her menu, as did The Doctor, after removing his suit jacket and draped it over the back of his own chair, leaving him in his maroon jumper. Rose noted that she liked him in that jumper, particularly the colour and made a mental note to persuade him to buy some maroon and burgundy items in his new wardrobe.
Rose asked as they scanned their menus to see what they had to offer, "What do you want for starters?" She added, "I am going for a salad from the self-service bar and some breaded chicken strips and a sour cream and chive dip." The Doctor scanned the menu briefly before replying, "Salad and some Hot 'N' Spicy chicken strips with sour cream and chive dip. We could split some cheesy nachos between us if you want to."
Rose nodded before looking at the pizzas and said, "I fancy a cheesy bites crust, which only comes in a 14 inch, but we can share it between us." The Doctor nodded and said, "Yeah alright, but what about toppings, are we going to get the same or do you want to go half and half?" Rose smirked and commented, "Wow, Donna really did like her pizza didn't she." The Doctor laughs and replied, "Ooh, didn't she just, in fact, she insisted the other me take her to Italy so she could try genuine Italian pizza."
Rose laughed just being able to imagine it and giggled more strongly when The Doctor said, "You know one of these days I would love to go to Italy and try out their pizza, maybe Milan, Rome, and Venice." He added grinning in delight as he continued, "Seriously, how can you go wrong, lovely warm sunshine, pizza, spaghetti Bolognaise with meatballs, Lasagne and excellent wine? And of course, you and I working on getting a gorgeous tan, something that is next to impossible in constant bloody rainy Great Britain."
Rose giggled, nodding as she replied, "Oh trust me I would love to work on my tan." She sobers slightly and adds more seriously, "So sure we could go, but first, let me find out whether I am pregnant or not. If I am then our potential Italian holiday will have to go on the back burner for a while. I assure you I want to check out their wine selection, but cannot nor will I even attempt it whilst pregnant."
The Doctor nodded in understanding as he said, "Of course, I have no intention of drinking alone, and if you are pregnant then we will have to wait until the baby is at least a year or two old before we could take them on a plane to go on holiday in another country." He added after pausing, "In fact, I would sooner wait until we have the TARDIS up and running, at least able to travel in space if not time yet."
Rose was about to ask about the TARDIS when Lindsay returned with their drinks. She placed the coke in front of Rose and the 7 up in front of The Doctor. She asked, "Have you decided what you would like for starters?" Rose gave her order as did The Doctor, but said they were still deciding on the toppings for the pizza. "That is fine, I will get you your bowls for your salads and you can decide on your pizza topping," Lindsay informed them.
Lindsay left to retrieve their bowls and Rose and The Doctor took a sip from their glasses. Rose asked The Doctor as they scanned the menu for pizza toppings, "So how long do you suppose it will be before we have an operational TARDIS, even if it is only through space to begin with?" She wondered when they would be able to go back to traveling through time and space, and looked forward to exploring what this universe had to offer, to compare the differences and what remained the same in her original universe and the one The Doctor referred to as Pete's world.
The Doctor replied as he scanned the topping selection, "Firstly we need to build a sonic screwdriver each, after that, I would say we could have a TARDIS that can at least travel through space if not time say in four years. As for travel through time, maybe in five or six years, ten if there is any kind of complications." He paused before telling her, "Though I should warn you without the accelerant option it would have taken a couple of centuries after all TARDIS'S are grown Rose and not built."
Rose looked up from the menu in surprise as she asked quietly enough for them to hear and not anyone else in the restaurant. "Four or six years, wow honestly that quickly?" The Doctor grinned and replied, "Yeah that quickly." He gave her a quick and brief summary of what Donna had thought of, which had Rose beaming happily at the thought of a TARDIS of their own and admiration of the genius of Donna, and the absolute wonders of a Time Lord mind combined with human imagination and instincts.
After that, they made a quick decision to go half-and-half on the pizza, deciding that they were not keen on the other choice of toppings. Lindsay returned with their white bowls for their salads just as they chose their own choice of toppings for their side of the pizza. Rose decided on ham, crispy bacon with pineapple and double cheese. The Doctor chose Pepperoni with Crispy bacon and mixed peppers and double cheese.
Once Lindsay had placed their bowls down in front of them, she wrote down their pizza order on her pad. Once she left taking the menus with her, Rose stood and took her car keys with her as she went over to the salad bar. The Doctor looked after their jackets and their drinks and then took his turn to fill his salad bowl when Rose returned a little less than five minutes later.
Once he returned they settled down to eat. Rose had tried a little of everything except for the lettuce and all of the dressings. The Doctor had also avoided the lettuce and the chopped up carrots as well as all of the dressings, bar one, which he had decided to try. The other choices of dressing had made him cringe at the sight of their colouring, texture and especially their smell.
Rose grimaced as she saw which of the dressing he had chosen, she had not liked the look of any of them the one he had chosen in particular. She wrinkled her nose and commented, "I did not like the look of the dressings, especially your one in particular. If I am going to eat any kind of dressing then I would sooner make my own, at least I know what I am putting in it."
The Doctor smirked around a bite of cucumber and the dressing in question. He was especially amused when Rose commented, "I have never chosen quite this much food in one sitting before." He explained, "That's because of your change, seeing as Gallifreyan's eat more as they use up more energy and have a faster working metabolism, meaning neither of us will ever be the size of a house, we will never have to deal with being obese."
He grinned as he concluded, "If you are pregnant then you will eat almost twice as much as you do now." That made Rose grimace before she continued eating. She could not imagine eating more than she already did, though then again he did have a point they did use more energy and thankfully their fast working metabolism would prevent them from getting fat. She imagined the other Doctor's metabolism worked even faster, especially with him being more Time Lord.
They ate in silence for the next five minutes before Lindsay returned with their starters and placed the correct order down in front of them. She then left and Rose and The Doctor arranged the plate of cheesy nachos in the center of the table so they could easily reach. They then arranged their salad bowl near their chicken so they could continue to eat it with their chicken.
The Doctor picked up a piece of chicken with his fingers, dipped it into the dip, and collected some salad on his fork. He bit into the chicken, put his fork full into his mouth, and moaned as the spiciness of the chicken combined with the different flavours in his salad and the sour and tangy taste of the dip practically assaulted his taste buds in the best way possible. He said happily, "Bloody lovely."
Rose was sporting her usual tongue between her teeth grin before she picked up her coke and took a sip. She said half jokingly and half-serious as she put her glass back down on the table. "I guess I am not the only one who needs to learn how to curve back their reactions to the taste and smell of food in public." The Doctor shook his head and said, "Not really, my reaction is down to the fact this body is new and still extra sensitive, which always happens even with him for the first couple of weeks or so after regenerating."
He added smirking, "You on the other hand down to the fact you have spent the last twenty plus years with mediocre taste buds of a human and are now having to deal with the more far superior taste buds of a Gallifreyan." Rose snorted and commented, "In that case, your tenth self never stopped being extra sensitive after regenerating and developed an oral fixation." The Doctor snorted before sticking his tongue out at her playfully, this caused her to snort as she quipped playfully, "Oh that is charming and ever so mature Doctor." He rolled his eyes in reply and went back to eating his food.
Once they had cleared their plates of food, Rose and The Doctor wiped their hands and mouths on the provided napkins before drinking from their glasses. Five minutes after they finished their starters Lindsay returned and took away their dishes and said she would be back with their plates and their pizza, which would be ready in five minutes.
Sure enough five minutes later Lindsay returned with the plates and the pizza. She placed the pizza down in the center of the table and a plate each in front of them. She asked if they wanted any salt and pepper or a free refill of their choice of drink. Rose and The Doctor asked for extra napkins and said they were ordering coffee with desert they did not want a refill. Lindsay nodded and said she would be right back with their napkins and told them to enjoy.
Rose picked up the triangular pizza server and placed a slice of pizza on her plate before passing it to The Doctor so he could scoop a slice of his own. As soon as each had a slice on their plate, Lindsay returned with their napkins and was gone again as quickly as she had arrived and moved onto another table.
Rose picked up the slice of pizza, took a big bite, and had to stifle a moan of pure pleasure as the cheese oozed and melted onto her tongue along with the taste of pineapple, Ham and bacon, a form of greasy heaven. Unfortunately for her The Doctor had not only heard but had seen her reaction. He sniggered and placed a hand over his mouth to stifle his mirth, while Rose flushed and glared at him for finding her rather embarrassing plight amusing.
Rose swallowed and placed her slice back down on her plate and hissed, "What the hell am I going to do, and how long do you suppose this will last?" The Doctor smirked and replied, "Oh no my dear Rose, I assure you it never goes away, you will just have to learn to curve back that reaction, is all you can do I am afraid." He paused and his smirk suddenly turned devious as he added, "I hope I am around when you eat in front of your parents for the first time, your mother especially."
Rose glowered and kicked him in the shin underneath the table, and resisted the urge to throw her drink at him. The Doctor winced and glowered right back at her and had to resist the urge to not reach under the table and rub is now stinging shin. Ah so that was how she wanted to play was it, well ha, that was absolutely bloody fine with him, bring it on.
He offered one last dirty look before he picked up his own slice of pizza, took a big bite, and could not help but close his eyes as his taste buds and sense of smell went crazy. Oh wow, he could honestly understand what had set Rose off. The flavours, textures, and smells were beyond incredible. He would not openly react if he could help it, refusing to provide his companion with any more ammunition to fire against him.
They continued to eat in silence for the next ten minutes before The Doctor broke the silence and asked, "How long do you suppose we will be at your parents, and where exactly am I going to sleep Rose?" Rose sighed and replied, "For as long as it takes for the decorators I am going to hire to finish with the rooms we want complete, so a couple of months tops." She paused before saying, "As for where you are going to sleep, well, I figured we could use my old room I had when I first end up in this reality full time."
He nodded around an audible sigh, and Rose instantly knew what the issue was, her mother. Rose returned the sigh and said, "Look I know living with my mom for the next couple of months bothers and gives you chills on many levels that I may never learn or know about, but honestly you got along on the zeppelin on the way home so what is different now?"
The Doctor snorted as he replied, "Oh for one when we were on the zeppelin, I was under the impression that once we landed and were dropped off at your place we would not have to see her until tomorrow at the latest. I had no idea we would end up having to live under the same damn roof as her for the next couple of months, Rose." He sighed in exasperation as he took a large bite out of his pizza and eyed Rose tiredly as he chewed.
Rose pinched the bridge of her nose between her thumb and finger and sighed wearily. She inwardly cringed as she suddenly realised with startling clarity that the next couple of months were not going to be easy or a constant fun time picnic by a long stretch. She knew her and her dad had their work cut out for them living under the same roof as The Doctor and Jackie Tyler. Perhaps this was not going to be as easy nor run as smoothly as she first thought. Now she thought about it she could not help but think what the hell had she honestly been thinking when she had thought it could work. Oh, she knew it would take both herself and her dad to prevent possible miniature scaled world war taking place.
Rose cringed even more so when she imagined it would possibly be like what would happen if you were to place her inside of a small room with no windows and every female companion The Doctor had ever had travel with him. Jeanne Antoinette Poisson, Reinette, Madame De Pompadour, whatever the hell you want to call her. Especially her regardless she never had the chance to set foot inside of The TARDIS.
Now Rose honestly did not mind either Sara-Jane nor Donna and Martha, but Reinette, ha, hell yeah she minded that. That woman had left Rose with a kind of sour taste in her mouth that no matter what she did or how she tried, Rose could not get rid of it. Rose hated feeling the bitter jealousy towards the blonde French woman. Rose felt petty and childish for still feeling as such after all those years. However, the feeling would just not leave her alone.
Reinette saying how she knew The Doctor was worth the monsters rubbed Rose the wrong way as if Rose had not already been aware of that fact. She had evidently been in love with The Doctor, made worse for Rose when she could very vividly recall having looked into the fireplace and seen the French blonde woman throwing herself at him and practically snogging him within an inch of that regeneration.
Worst of all he snogged back and did shit all to stop her, then the idiot had the sheer blood nerve to exclaim, 'Ha, and I just snogged Madame Du Pompadour.' Rose knew it was ridiculous to dwell on what happened four, nearly five years ago for her, but with her new ability to remember in greater and vibrant detail, well, it made that whole experience worse, high definition kind of worse. Ha, she might as bloody well been witnessing the damn scene again in cinemascope.
Rose snapped out of her bitter thoughts when she heard the low moan that came from her companion. She was shocked when she heard him mutter, "Oh that bloody idiot, I daren't mention Joan Redfern if that is how she feels about Reinette." Rose let out a rude sounding snort and remarked, "Ha, another one why the hell does that not actually surprise me?"
The Doctor cringed torn between feeling two points of view. The part of his personality that is purely the other Doctor can understand both situations with the other two women. Then the part of him that his purely Donna is pissed and can totally sympathise with Rose. He feels confused and torn in two directions, not a feeling he enjoys finding himself on the receiving end.
The Doctor murmured mentally to her, 'Oh Rose, you have no idea how incredibly torn I am right now. I can understand the situation with both Reinette and Joan from his point of view, Joan by the way, was a widow and the nurse at a military based all boys' school in 1913. Where he went undercover as a human with no memory of being The Doctor except for when he was asleep and dreamed. He was in hiding from aliens known as 'The family', who had stolen a vortex manipulator and had the lifespan of mayflies, and were after stealing his remaining regenerations in order to live.'
He added, 'I can understand his reason for his actions with them both. He is lonely with the weight of the universe on his shoulders and perhaps more than a slight bit fickle. The TARDIS was more right then you can imagine when she said he was too fickle in that regeneration and how he currently is for you to be with him and he constantly not break your heart.'
He paused before adding around a tired yet sympathetic sounding sigh, 'But the part of me that is purely Donna gives me a female perspective, and please believe when I say that gives me an insight that would make any other man cringe in horror and in fear that his sense of manhood was about to be annihilated.'
Rose inwardly burst out in laughter at his last comment, while he inwardly grinned before sobering. He added, 'I can perfectly understand and sympathise with you and feel more than a tad pissed at my other-self. He is far too fickle and the only reason I am not to the same extent as he is because of Donna. She could be fickle as much as the next person could, but never ever when it came to somebody else's feelings, which I guess is down to her being human whereas he is not. It balances out that unfortunate trait of that regeneration perfectly.'
Rose sighed and shook her head as she said, 'I honestly have no idea why that crap decided to bother me now, I mean after all it has been nearly five years since I met Reinette.' The Doctor replied, but inside of her head not wanting others to hear, 'Because you are under a lot of stress since your change and all of your memories and life experiences are catching up with you in order to allow you to re-examine them with your new brain capacity. You're most likely remembering things you thought long forgotten.'
He paused before telling her, 'Painful memories are the worst, it is just like as I heard you think earlier on, viewing the scene all over again in high definition cinemascope, hell, more powerful and vibrant than that even. It is almost as if you are back standing on that spaceship, looking through that fireplace and seeing her throwing herself at him. And yes your mental description was about spot on, snogged him practically within an inch of that regeneration.'
He continued sympathetically, yet there is a slight irritable scowl due to thinking of his other-self. He said, 'I know it must seem more painful to you, especially as he never pulled back and tried to stop her. However, please believe me when I say he would have pushed her away had he honestly had an idea that you were even nearby Rose.'
He concluded gently, hoping you believed what he was telling her and said,' 'If he had known that you had seen and heard what you had I know he would have never said what he had. I know as I have his memories and know exactly what he feels for you, know that he loves you so much that letting you go to be with me for the next seven decades and until he regenerates into a different man practically killed him Rose.'
Rose played with the slice of pizza on her plate as she said, 'I love him I truly do, never doubt that.' She paused before adding, 'But now I am thinking more clearly after remembering those memories I thought I managed to blank out after nearly five years, it made me realise that he and I are not ready or capable of holding onto a relationship with each other as we both currently are.'
She looked truly sad and weary as she concluded, 'Oh, the old girl was correct, more than correct when she said I need to live and become someone who can not only keep up with him and keep him in line but can dish out any shit he tosses my way back in spades. However from what I have seen of his timeline, that regeneration has seen and had too much crap inflicted upon him, damned Master did not help with that did he.'
The Doctor nodded and said, 'Of course you have seen bits and pieces from both his past and future timelines, with your new abilities you can see timelines as long as they are not your own.' He added, 'As for you growing up, you and I both know The TARDIS was talking about you experiencing motherhood and having a career. As much as it pains me to admit you will need the patients only gained from motherhood to deal with him from time to time.'
Rose laughed and picked up her pizza again and said, "You admitting to that, no matter how much that pained you definitely is Donna's influence. He would not admit to such a thing not even on pain of death." The Doctor laughed and threw his head back as he dropped his slice of pizza back on his plate and mock scowled at Rose, who was sporting a cheeky smirk.
They continued to eat their pizza in silence until it was all gone. Rose then leaned back and rubbed her stomach before blushing, and said, "I feel somewhat ashamed after eating all of that, and that I can still find enough room for dessert and coffee, what the hell does that say about me now?" She wiped her hands and mouth with a napkin as The Doctor laughed and wiped his own hands and mouth on another napkin.
He placed the napkin on his plate and said, "I could eat dessert and drink coffee as well, that is just our bodies way of storing up energy, which happens when we sleep or we eat. Because we are currently not using up any of that extra energy, you because of your transformation and me because this is a new body, which means we are eating more. I imagine over the years to come you and I will eat more then we will ever sleep."
Rose shook her head and sighed as Lindsay approached their table and started to collect their plates and the empty pizza pan. She told them, "I will return in a few moments with the menu for dessert and coffee." Rose and The Doctor nod as she turned on her heel with their dirty dishes and they finished the last of their drinks.
Less than two minutes later Lindsay returned with two much smaller menus and placed one down in front of each of them. She told them, "I need to go and collect the bill from another table, but will be back in five minutes to take your order." Rose and The Doctor nod and Rose told her, "It is fine take your time." Lindsay smiled and nodded gratefully before leaving for a table on the other side of the restaurant.
Once she had left Rose and The Doctor opened their menus and scanned the choices of desserts and hot beverages. The Doctor said, "I fancy a Caffé Latte and Banoffee cookie dough, comes with vanilla ice cream and toffee sauce." He grinned liking the sound of that, and asked a grinning Rose, "What about you?" Rose said knowingly, "Of course your choice has banana in it." She added, "As for what I fancy, well, I think I will have a Mocha and a Toffee Apple Crumble, which also comes with Vanilla ice cream and toffee sauce."
When Lindsay returned she took out her pad again and asked, "Have you made your decision yet?" Rose and The Doctor nodded and gave her their orders and Lindsay nodded and wrote down their orders. She said, "Give me fifteen minutes and I will be back with your desserts and coffee." At their nods, she picked up and took away their menus and empty glasses.
Rose settled back in her chair when suddenly she remembered what her mom had said over the phone when Rose had informed her that she and The Doctor would be coming to stay. Jackie had said that she would have the housekeeper prepare her old room for her and The Doctor. Jackie had also insisted that it made sense that she and The Doctor informed her of what happened on The TARDIS instead of waiting until tomorrow.
Rose said, "Oh Doctor, I forgot to warn you." The Doctor frowned as he asked, "Warn me about what?" Rose inwardly cringed as she replied, "When I was on the phone to mum earlier on she said that seeing as we were coming to stay at the mansion, well, we could tell her about what happened on The TARDIS after Tony has gone to bed instead of waiting until tomorrow." She paused and her cringe became visible when she sees his eyes narrow slightly, and she quickly adds, "I never agreed to anything and said I would have to run it by you first beforehand."
The Doctor grumbled as he leaned back in his chair and asked, "Rose did it not ever occur to your mother that perhaps I might want to settle in before she starts with the bloody Spanish Inquisition and starts getting all slap happy? I mean seriously, I thought we agreed that your dad was going to have a nice long chat with her before she was unleashed on us and allowed to start screeching like a bloody harpy."
Rose snorted yet also grimaced at the same time but did not reprimand her companion for his less than stellar description of her mother. As much as it pained and exasperated her to admit, she knew she had to, that being her mother did at times screech like a harpy. Her mother was the total opposite of her calm, mellow and reasonable dad, which is why she and The Doctor were counting on him to try to keep her at arms length away from her daughter and future son in-law whilst they explained what they figured she was going to blow a major gasket over.
Just as Rose opened her mouth to answer him, Lindsay returned with their orders and placed their choices down in front of them, along with extra napkins, before leaving. Rose reached into her jacket pocket, took out her Apple iPhone 5, and pressed the speed dial for her dad's iPhone. Less than thirty seconds later Pete answered and Rose said, "Hi Dad, look listen I need a favour, it involves mum and The Doctor."
Rose nodded and listened for a few seconds as Pete speaks on the other end of the line. She watched as The Doctor picked up the large and round cup and took a long drink from the hot and frothy beverage. She smirked slightly and shook her head as he winked playfully at her, as he swiped his tongue against the white froth caught on his upper lip. She picked up her own drink and stifled a happy sigh as the hot and milky Mocha hits her taste buds. Rose inwardly moaned which The Doctor immediately caught onto and grinned behind the rim of his cup.
All the new tastes and smells are positively delicious, yet she winced at the thought of what the less than pleasant ones are going to be like. The Doctor who caught onto her thoughts snorted and lowered his cup back onto the saucer. He said around a smirk, 'About as strong and as mind-blowing as the delicious smells and tastes, but I can grantee it is not going to cause you to moan in pleasure, more like the opposite.' Rose winced at the very thought of what he had described, before going back to her conversation with Pete.
"Yes dad I realise this, but I really need you to have a chat with mom before me and The Doctor arrive tonight after our shopping trip, plus I am going to take him to see a movie afterwards. Yeah, that will give you time to try and butter her up or at least mellow her out somewhat." Rose sighed when she noticed The Doctor motion for her to hand over the phone to him. Rose said, "Dad, The Doctor wants to talk to you."
Rose handed her iPhone to him and he brought it up to his ear and said lowly enough for Pete and Rose to hear but not the rest of the restaurant. "Hello Pete, Rose has mentioned that she and I need a favour, well, more like I need the favour." He paused as Pete talked on the other end before he said, "Yes I understand you are the one who has to live with her and put up with her less than mellow nature, however, think about it from not only my point of view but your daughter's to. She and I are going to be living in the mansion for possibly the next two maybe three months."
He paused and grimaced as he added, causing Rose to let out a startled snigger into her coffee cup. "Then there is Tony to think of, and the last thing you need or want is for him to see his mother going for his potential uncle's throat. I mean he is a little young to face and confronted with the fact his mother is not as sweet and soft natured with others as she is with him. I think you and I fear that would scar the poor boy for life."
The Doctor raised his brow at Rose and said, 'Not funny Rose, I am not kidding here, this situation has the potential to scar you innocent baby brother for life if he even catches the slightest wind of what his mother is capable of. Plus if you add Donna's influences into the mix then you have potential hell on earth.'
Rose moaned both inwardly and out aloud at the thought of her poor innocent baby brother seeing their mother having a hysterical harpy episode. Hell, it would probably leave the poor kid with a complex that no matter how many millions their dad could spend on therapy would not help little Tony Tyler. She loved her brother dearly, far too much willing to want to subject him to such horrors.
The Doctor choked back a snort at her thoughts as he continued his conversation with Pete. He said to the other man, "Look she wants a very important and life altering conversation before either Rose and I feel ready for her to be told. There is a reason why we are asking you to talk to her tonight before we tell her tomorrow. I am sorry Pete, I really am, but I am not going to budge on this, we cannot rush this. It will be a conversation that will have your less than pleasant wife blowing a bloody major gasket."
He paused to sip his coffee before saying, "In short she is not going to approve, she is not going to give a damn here that what happened to Rose was a fixed point in time that under no circumstances could ever be rewritten. Neither Rose nor I going to mess around with the laws of time just to make one Jackie Tyler happy. In order for us to even dare think of breaking those kinds of rules would have to be something major, yet would not cause a hole the size of Belgium to be punched into the skin of the universe of the other reality due to rewriting a part of time that should not be."
The Doctor picked up his spoon before continuing, "Oh yes, of course you seem to get how vital this situation is, but I strongly doubt your wife will. The only thing she is going to understand is that her precious daughter is not how she was before. Jackie needs to learn to look outside of the box Pete, and I believe you are the one who can help her do this and you are the mellower and level headed one."
He noticed as he dipped his spoon into his dessert and broke off a spoon full, that Rose looked as if she is in heaven as she chews on a mouth full of her crumble. He smirked before he told Pete, "Look I will have a further chat with you when I arrive later on, but in the meantime, I will hand you back over to Rose." He lowered the iPhone from his ear, handed it over to Rose who placed her spoon on her plate and took back her phone from The Doctor.
The Doctor then starts to eat his cookie dough, closing his eyes in bliss as Rose ends her conversation with her dad and hung up. She placed her phone on the table and quickly picked up her spoon again and digs back into her crumble. She moaned quietly around a mouth full, having to resist the urge to moan out loud. The Doctor murmured, "Ooh this is pure bliss I tell you, sheer bloody bliss." Rose nodded rapidly in silent agreement as she continued to sigh in pleasure.
They continued to eat in silence due to the crumble and cookie dough being far too good to interrupt by useless talk. After five minutes of silence, both put their spoons down within seconds of the other. Rose leaned back in her chair, sighed happily, and said, "Ah I am stuffed." The Doctor chuckled as he leaned back in his chair and drawled, "Ooh, but oh so pleasantly so."
They continued to sit in companionable silence drinking the last of their coffee. As they finish their coffee, Rose removed her credit card from her wallet and The Doctor puts his suit jacket back on. He frowned as he told her, "I do not like the thought of you paying for everything, especially if I cannot at least pay half." Rose sighs as she put her leather jacket back on and picked up her keys and said, "Look it is just until dad can provide you with new ID papers, and after that, you can find a job. You will be paying your half of our expenses before you know it. This will not be our last time going out to eat or shopping and to a movie, next time you can pay if it makes you feel better."
She murmured down their link and said, 'Someday soon you are going to provide me with the means to travel through time and space and show me the wonders this universe has to offer. So if I cannot give back to you when possible what the hell does that say about me, Doctor?' She speaks out aloud as she added, "Please just let me do this, it is no hardship for me, if it were I would not do it, no one will ever force me to do what I do not want."
She concluded, "Plus for Christ sake, I have more money then I know what to bloody to do with, what or who else will I spend it on?" The Doctor sighed and told her, "Right just as soon as I earn my first paycheck I am taking you out to dinner and to a movie." Rose merely eyed him in amusement as she shook her head.
Just as she was about to signal for a Waiter or Waitress, Lindsay returned and noted they had finished and Rose has her credit card out. Rose handed over her credit card to Lindsay and told her to take a five pounds tip. Lindsay looked surprised, but nodded none the less and went to put the card though the system. Rose said to The Doctor, "It is not like I cannot afford to offer that much, besides she provided us with privacy without any fuss and did it professionally. Hell, I have gone to a few restaurants and had the staff be idiots who only suck up to me because they see a rich customer and an heiress."
The Doctor nodded and said, "Tony will have that all to look forward to when he is old enough to realise what is happening and be annoyed by it. He is the second heir to the Vitex fortune." Rose nods and said, "Actually I imagine he will be the one who will be trained and groomed to takeover Vitex when dad retires, seeing as I have already informed him I will attend the parties and other functions required, but I do not want to run it."
She added quietly at his knowing glance, "Besides, our Tony is the true heir, something which I do not begrudge him. Vitex needs a strong heir to take over, and I believe one day that Tony will be the one to do it. I will be there to watch him become something great, in fact, I have already seen a few inklings in his timeline when I saw him earlier on."
She concluded and is smirking, "Besides the heir to which dad likes to refer to as The Torchwood dynasty is going to be all mine. And now with you here you will mostly take the role as my second in command if you want it." The Doctor grinned at this and smirked when Rose flushed slightly as she said, "Possibly Doctors J and R Carlisle will be the future heads."
Lindsay chose that moment to return and handed Rose her credit card back and the receipt. Rose nodded her thanks, and put the card back in her wallet and placed it in the inner pocket of her jacket, before standing up followed by The Doctor. He took hold of her hand and they walked out of the restaurant and headed for her car.
When they reached the car, she handed him the receipt and said, "Fifty quid, fifty-five quid, if you include the tip for the waitress. See I told you even the total amount spent on our meal would not even cover a starter for one person at those swanky restaurants." The Doctor snorted and remarked blandly, "Yeah and I wager you would go in and come out of one of those restaurants feeling like you barely ate anything at all."
Rose snorted and nodded her agreement as she pressed the button on the key ring and unlocked the doors and deactivated the alarm system. They opened the driver and passenger side doors, got inside and shut them closed. Rose and The Doctor put on their seat belts then Rose placed the key in the ignition, started the car before reversing out of the parking space, and pulled out of the parking lot.
The Doctor threw the receipt into the glove compartment before leaning back in the seat, and asked, "Savile Row now?" Rose nodded and continued to drive for the next twenty minutes until they reached the large shopping complex and Rose parked in the large car park. She got out and went over to a nearby meter, put in enough money for a parking ticket and rejoined The Doctor. She stuck the ticket to the window shield on the inside of the driver's side.
She locked the doors, reset the alarm system and allowed The Doctor to take her hand as she led him to Savile Row. As they walked towards the store, Rose grinned and said to The Doctor before they went inside. "Oh, I thought I might as well warn you that dad told me to go all out in Savile Row and a few other stores as well. He said seeing as it is your first wardrobe that you are to see it as he welcoming you to the Tyler family and that there was no limit to what I can spend on you."