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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
Meanwhile on the other side of the store Rose started to search through the choices on the rail that had the jackets on first. She asked The Doctor, "I was thinking, brown, navy, grey, charcoal and black, which would you like to look at first?" The Doctor sighed and figured he might as well start or he had feeling Rose would either chose for him, or make them stay in the store all day. He joined Rose and stared to search through the choices, keeping an extra close eye on the price tags to see which had the biggest percentage off.
He continued at this for five minutes or so before Rose cottoned onto what he was playing at, narrowed her eyes, quickly picking up a jacket off the rail at random, and all but threw it at The Doctor. He raised a brow as he managed to catch the jacket before it could hit the floor. Rose grumbled, "Knock it off already all else I will tell my parents exactly what you think of their charity, mum's just itching to slap you silly, it's been a while since she last did it I swear she would enjoy it."
The Doctor inwardly growled something less than flattering, causing Rose's eyes to practically flash in warning. He grumbled and bit the inside of his cheek before making an effort to examine the jacket she had all but thrown at him. The first thing he noticed was one, whilst it was slim fitting; it was at least three sizes too large for him. He complained, "The very least you could have done was thrown a jacket that did not appear at least three sizes too big for me."
Rose rolled her eyes and replied, "I was not looking at bloody size, and was making a point Doctor." She paused to eye the jacket and added, "Hmm, it's not pinstriped." She also noted it was a somewhat light navy and not the shade of blue he was currently wearing. He and she both noted how expertly tailored it was, and definitely was not pinstriped, was slim fitting and single breasted, with buggy line, two buttons and two back vents and was precision cut and hand finished with the finest luxury sky blue viscose inner lining.
Surprisingly considering its lack of pinstripes, he rather liked it, as did Rose. She noticed him eyeing the price tag, and rolled her eyes ready for him to start complaining again, but was surprised when he did not. She came closer, eyed the price tag, and inwardly sighed at what she had unknowingly thrown at him. He was somewhat relieved to see that the original price for the jacket was £189.00 and been reduced to £80.00, as far as price cuts went that was decent and he did not mind paying that, considering how luxurious and expertly tailored the jacket appeared.
The Doctor handed back the jacket and said, "I'll try it on when you find my size."Rose rolled her eyes as she accepted the jacket back from The Doctor before asking, "What size are you anyway?" The Doctor replied via their link not wanting to mention The TARDIA out aloud in the store, 'No idea, this suit and the other suit he wore do not have size tags in them seeing as The TARDIS provided them for us.'
Rose nodded and returned the jacket to the rack just as Stephen returned carrying a basket in each hand. When he reached them, she asked him, "Would it be possible for someone to measure him and take all of his measurements before we pick any suits for him?"Stephen replied, "Of course I can do it, I am trained to take measurements of the customers and then I pass those measurements onto one of our tailors."
He added, "How about you look for everything else you need to buy and once done I will get a measuring tape and take his measurements, plus we can go off the suit he is wearing also." He concluded, "Once we have his measurements we can find the correct size in suits and shirts for him and the tailor can make any further adjustments that might be needed."
Rose and The Doctor agreed and decided to start at the ties and other accessories until they had his measurements. They could not find suits for him until they had his arm, shoulders, chest, waist, hips and the length of his leg and inside of his leg measurements. They suddenly realised the same went for shirts as far as his collar size and chest measurements were concerned, and shoes to as far as shoe size went. The TARDIS had provided them like his suit so there were no labels saying what size they were.
Rose cleared her throat and said, "Actually I think before we buy anything, collar, chest, outer arm, waist, hips and inside leg and length could do with being measured. We need the measurements to take with us as here is not our last stop today." Stephen nodded and said, "Okay follow me and I will find a measuring tape and give him the full treatment." He called out to the other Sales Assistant to keep an eye on the till and the door, as he was busy with a customer.
He led Rose and The Doctor into an area where there was a circular platform stood surrounded by floor to ceiling mirrors. He lowered the two baskets onto a nearby chair, and Rose took the other chair and sat down. Stephen gestured to the circular platform and said, "Climb up there whilst I go and find a measuring tape, it will be easier to take your lower measurements up there." The Doctor nodded and climbed up onto the platform and waited for the other man to return.
He returned less than a minute later with the tape and pen and paper in hand. He handed the paper and pen to Rose and said, "Please write down what I tell you to." Rose nodded as she uncapped the pen and waited. Stephen then stepped up to the platform and told the Doctor, "Spread your feet apart." He demonstrated indicating how far to spread and The Doctor complied.
Stephen then took the measuring tape and first measured The Doctor's waist followed by his hips before moving onto the length of his leg followed by his inner seam. He told Rose what measurements to write down. He then said to The Doctor, "Please step down and remove your suit jacket so I can get the rest of your measurements." The Doctor step down, removed his jacket, and handed it to Rose before he stood still. Stephen proceeded to measure first his neck followed by his shoulders, chest, and the length of his outer arm ending at his wrist.
Stephen stood back, took the pen and paper from Rose, and studied the results. He nodded and said, "Good we can start looking for actual items now. Just let me pass these measurements onto one of our tailors and write down a copy for you take with you, then I will be with you to recommend what is good to buy and will suit you best." Rose and The Doctor nodded and Rose handed back his jacket as they waited for him to return.
Five or so minutes later, he returned and handed a piece of paper to Rose who took it and put in her jacket pocket. Stephen than picked up the two baskets and said, "Follow me, we will start with suits and then shirts if that is alright with you." The Doctor said, "Sure that's fine." Rose added, "We were thinking, brown, navy, grey, charcoal and black for the suits." Stephen nodded and proceeded to lead them back over to the racks of jackets and suit trousers.
As soon as they reached the racks Rose instantly went and found the jacket she had thrown at The Doctor earlier and held it up as she said, "We need this one in his size." Stephen placed the baskets on the floor, took the jacket from Rose, and said, "This appears to be two maybe three sizes too large." Rose replied somewhat primly, "Oh it is, I was not looking at the size when I practically threw it at his head earlier on. He was being an annoy git with the price tags." The Doctor snorted and shook his head in disbelief, while Stephen's eyes widened slightly and he stifled a smirk.
Stephen decided there and then that he was definitely not getting in the middle of that clearly ongoing dispute. Instead, he looked the jacket over and made a quick job of locating one identical only in The Doctor's size. He put back the larger version on the rail and handed the smaller one to The Doctor, who draped it over his left arm. He then searched the other nearby racks for the matching trousers and handed them to The Doctor.
Stephen looked at the suit he had just handed The Doctor and suddenly remembers that the suit was a three piece. He told them, "Oh by the way this suit comes with a matching waistcoat would you like it to go with the jacket and trousers as a set?"Rose's eyes lit up at the thought of seeing The Doctor in a three-piece suit. The Doctor saw her reaction and smirked at her as he replied, "Yeah, I'll take the waistcoat might as well having the whole set."
While Stephen went to get the waistcoat, The Doctor placed the jacket and trousers in one of the baskets, while Rose browsed through the jackets for a moment or two. She soon spotted another blue jacket. It was not navy but a blue that was not as bright a shade, as the one The Doctor currently wore. She asked The Doctor, "What do you think, do you like this shade of blue, it is not navy nor is it as bright a shade as the suit you have on?"
The Doctor eyed the jacket noting it was bright blue though not as bright as his current suit. It was slim fitting and single breasted with two buttons and had two back vents and a luxury bright magenta cupro inner lining. He nodded and said, "It appeals more than I expected considering its lack of pinstripe." Rose nodded and said, "Yeah, I thought so to."
Stephen returned with the waistcoat and handed it to The Doctor, who took it and placed it in the basket. He asked The Doctor gesturing to the jacket in Rose's hand, "Do you want to try that as well?" The Doctor nodded and said, "Yeah I will give it a go." He added asking Stephen, "How about I pick the rest of what I like and you can find my size along with the matching trouser if it has any?" Stephen nodded and replied, "Sounds like a plan." He then took the jacket from Rose and quickly found its smaller counterpart.
This continued for the next twenty minutes with The Doctor picking three more suits with matching trousers, he already had four. He could not help but notice there was a lot of blue. Blue to his and the other Doctor's people they considered the colour as their go to mourning colour. However, unlike his other self it appealed to him on a level that had absolutely nothing to do with mourning. The other him he had only brought out the blue suit when he had first lost Rose.
The final, choice was pale grey and had the Prince of Wales check, which was in subtle black and white. It was slim fitting like all his other picks, and had the same single breast, and two buttons and two back vents however; this choice had a luxury black cupro inner lining.
The Doctor nodded to himself and said, "That's it for the suits as with the two pinstripe ones that is a total of five, and is more than enough." Rose nodded and asked, "Okay, how about we move along to the shirts now?" The Doctor replied, "Sure I could do with a few shirts." Rose snorted, "You need more than a few." She said via their link, 'You only have the t-shirt on your back, so I'd say you need more than a few.' The Doctor inwardly sighed as he realised she made more than a valid point.
Stephen led the way over to the section where the shirts were after going to get another basket and put the full one to one side for The Doctor try on later. The Doctor said to Rose, "Okay I'll make a deal with you, you pick some and I will pick the rest. I was thinking four or five." Rose replied, "You will need more of a selection than that." The Doctor sighed frustrated and asked, "How many more than five or seven could I need?" He continued asking in an exasperated tone, "Rose there is only seven days in the week how many times a day do you suppose I plan on changing my shirt?"
Rose rolled her eyes and smirked, choosing the right words to wound him up as she replied, "As many as catches our eye of course." The Doctor's eyes narrowed, however he sighed in defeat a moment later when Rose said via their link, 'Do not complain, once we get today out of the way I promise you will not have to shop for clothes until you start making your own income.' The Doctor would surely hold her to that and she knew it to.
Stephen was incredulous and more than slightly amused. They bickered and joked around like an old married couple, and he could perfectly picture them together as an old married couple. There just seemed to be a natural and comfortable ease around the pair. He could not stifle a snort and the pair heard him. He said apologetically, "Sorry, it's just that you bicker like my parents do, and they have been married for more than twenty years." Rose and The Doctor grinned sheepishly and shook their heads in amusement.
Rose sighed and turned to Stephen and said, "Okay, strange question, but how many shirts do you have in your closest?" She added at both of their incredulous expressions, "I am making a point here, just please answer." Stephen cleared his throat and figured he would humour her. He replied, "About twenty, and most of them are from here seeing as I get staff discounts so I take an advantage of it."
The Doctor moaned as Rose laughed and said, "Ha, see you and your four or five shirts are not going to cut it." She added, "For example you go to work in one shirt but then come home and if there is a function or other events we have to attend to support dad and Vitex you will have to shower and change into a more formal shirt." She paused and rolls her eyes before adding, "I am not saying buy so many just for the hell of it and because I know it frustrates you and your likely checking every price tag as we go along."
She turned to the shirts on display and said, "Twelve maybe thirteen should do it, a mixture of business, formal and casual. I pick some and you pick the rest, done deal." The Doctor was done arguing over the shirts, as much as he did not like the thought of how much that many shirts would cost Pete he realised what Rose had said made a lot of sense, more than he was happy admitting to.
Rose started searching the shirts and asked, "Who is picking first?" The Doctor ran a hand through his hair and said, "You can if you want." Rose nodded and beamed in triumph having won that round. Rose hummed happily to herself as she started to search through what the store had available. The Doctor narrowed his eyes at her happy humming, while Stephen bit the inside of his cheek to stop the laughter that wanted to seriously bubble up. He was glad these two had decided to walk into the store during his shift he had seriously needed the entertainment.
Rose continued her search and after a moment she picked up and shirt and said, "I like this it will go lovely with that grey silverish pinstripe three piece suit." She held it up for The Doctor to see and asked, "What do you think?" The Doctor eyed the dark grey shirt that was slim fitting and had a curl resistant small cutaway collar, split yoke and two back darts and a single cuff. He nodded and said, "Yeah I like it, not what I'd normally pick, however I have been doing a lot of that in the last couple of days anyway."
Rose silently nodded and knew exactly what he meant by that last comment. She placed the shirt in the basket Stephen still carried before turning back to the shirts to choose her second choice. A minute later, she found it, it was lilac and navy stripe and slim fitting, and like the dark grey shirt had a curl resistant small cutaway collar, split yoke and two back darts and a single cuff.
The Doctor was a little taken back at the sight of the lilac, yet however he sooner that than pink he supposed. Rose placed that in the basket and grinned as she said, "That lilac and navy stripe will make great work shirt." The Doctor nodded in agreement and said, "I guess, and yeah that rather than pink, I won't wear a pink shirt Rose." Rose grimaced and said, "I'd never ask you to."
Rose placed the shirt in the basket and moved onto the third choice. It was black Herringbone and slim fitting with curl-resistant Windsor collar; pucker-free French taped armhole seams and a split yoke, with two back darts and a double cuff. The Doctor said, "Black I never thought to wear black shirts but I am willing to give it a go." Rose grinned and said, "I think you will look incredible in black." The Doctor grinned and knew he had to have that shirt just for Rose's reaction to see him wearing it alone.
Rose went back to choosing after placing the shirt in the basket with the others. The fourth choice came two minutes later after Rose shift through and discarded options that did not appeal or she did not think would flatter The Doctor. She noticed it was on offer that three shirts cost £75 instead of buying one for £40. Rose said, "Three of these, because one they are on offer and it is cheaper to buy three instead of just one." She paused and held up the shirt as she added, "Reason two trust me when I say we will be attending many black tie events, so many that you will be sick of them by the end of the year."
The Doctor sighed and nodded knowing she was right and realised he was most likely having more shirts. He eyed the shirt and noted it was white poplin pleated slim fitting, double cuff evening shirt that had a curl-resistant Windsor collar, pucker-free French taped armhole seams, and a split yoke, with two back darts. In short, it was the typical kind of shirt wore with a tuxedo.
The fifth choice came less than five minutes later and had The Doctor grinning when he saw what Rose had chosen. The colour much appealed, and was such a lovely pale shade that his other self would have never chosen. It was a pale green fine twill slim fitting casual shirt and had a small collar with contrast blue button thread and embroidered chest logo, and split yoke for a better fit.
Yes, The Doctor really liked this pick and told Rose so. "Green seems to appeal, that and blue so that is a great choice." He added via their link, 'Rose blue is the equivalent of mourning on Gallifrey as is black to humans, however the colour appeals to me on level that has nothing to do with mourning. I imagine it is an influence from the part that is Donna.'
Rose silently took this in as she placed the shirt in the basket and asked, 'So you chose the suit you are currently wearing because the colour appeals and you are not in mourning for some reason or other?' The Doctor replied, 'Yeah that and because I was somewhat in a rush to dress, and very much naked when I was created from that hand of his, Donna got a right eyeful she did.' Rose inwardly snorted as she imagined what Donna's reaction would have been like.
Stephen noticing what colours that she seemed to pick told her, "We have a large selection of white, navy and other shades of blue, along with lilac and red with many patterns, such as Herringbone, stripe and check." He added, "Some customers even buy pink, I myself on the other hand honestly do not see the appeal, nor would I ever buy or be seen wearing the colour."
Rose and The Doctor almost instantaneously said, "No way." Rose grimaced and said, "Absolutely not, I do not like a man in pink, and could honestly care bloody less what those fashion trends are saying." The Doctor winced and said, "Agreed, and as I already said I will not wear a pink shirt or a pink anything for that matter. I do like the colour but on Rose and definitely not myself."
Rose's final and sixth choice was black satin stripe, extra slim fitting and had a double cuff, a curl resistant small cutaway collar and a split yoke, two back darts and pucker-free French taped arm-hole seams. The Doctor liked her final choice and took Rose's place closer to the shirts as she placed her final choice in the basket. Stephen placed the now full basket on the floor and exchanged it for the second.
The Doctor searched through the shirts and the first to catch his eyes was a wine and black dobby black extra slim fitting, with a single cuff. It had a curl resistant cutaway collar and a split yoke, with two back darts. Rose took one look and said, "Ooh I like it, I just never expected you to pick something like that, it is a little daring compared to your usual tastes." The Doctor shrugged as he put it in the basket. He said around a smirk, "Do not know why but this sort suddenly appeals."
His second choice was lilac with fine white stripe and a round white contrasting collar, slim fitting with a single cuff, split yoke, and two back darts, and finally it had pucker-free French taped arm-hole seams. Rose raised a brow as she asked, "Embracing the colour lilac are we?" She added asking, "I think it will look great on you, but how come you're suddenly picking the colour when you have never wore it in the past?"
The Doctor smirked and said in reply, "You seem to like it so why not." Rose frowned slightly and said, "Do not pick and wear the colour just because the thought of you wearing it appeals to me, only wear it if you want to." The Doctor chuckled as he placed the shirt in the basket and said, "Rose I would not wear something I do not like not even for you. The fact that you do is just an extra added bonus."
The Doctor's third and fourth choices were one, a casual black printed pincord slim fitting with a soft collar, split yoke and a chest pocket. The second shirt, which went into the basket with the others, was a casual burgundy printed pincord, slim fitting with a soft collar, split yoke, with a chest pocket. Rose smiled and said, "Burgundy, I had hoped you would pick some burgundy. Ever since you put that jumper on I could not help but notice that burgundy or red suits you."The Doctor grinned and said, "I did not know that, still it's not a bad colour and is worth giving it a go."
Rose eyed the basket and said, "One more before we move onto the ties, pocket squares and cufflinks." Stephen said, "I will meet you over at the ties when we are done here, you are going to need two more baskets at this rate." The Doctor nodded and asked "How many ties are you thinking, I thought perhaps six or eight?" Rose shook her head and said, "How about just as many as your shirts, as you will need ties to match with some of your choices. Your job along with a lot of formal events will see you wearing some form of tie or other."
The Doctor inwardly sighed tiredly as he imagined just how much the bill on Pete's credit card would be at the end of that month. He turned back to the shirts and started to search for the final one. He found the fifth and final shirt five minutes later. It was a was a slim fitting navy white reverse stripe with a white curl resistant cutaway collar, and a Split yoke, with two back darts, and pucker-free French taped arm-hole seams. Rose eyed the final choice and nodded in approval as he placed it in the basket filling it practically to the top.
They left the shirts and made their way over to the ties, whilst Stephen went and put aside the baskets full of shirts for The Doctor to try on, and to get two more empty baskets for the ties, pocket squares and cufflinks. The Doctor said to Rose as they reached the ties, "I'll pick some and you can pick some as well, so I get ties that catch my eye and you get the ones you want to see me in." Rose was quick to agree and was already sorting through the ties when Stephen returned with the two baskets.
Just as he set down the baskets at his feet, Rose had already found the first pick it was a navy blue Prince of Wales, had blue skinny check, and was made of one hundred percent woven silk and one hundred percent wool interlining. She added it to the basket knowing it would look great on The Doctor. The Doctor nodded when she said, "That check tie it can be worn with a plain shirt and suit, dad has something similar but in a different colour."
She then went back to her search for the ties she was certain would look great on The Doctor, and immediately spotted two of them at once. The first was powder blue with a Birdseye textured pattern and made of one hundred percent woven silk and had a one hundred percent wool interlining. The texture against her hands was lovely soft and smooth to the touch.
It was such a pretty shade of blue Rose thought as she held it up against The Doctors front to see how it would look on him, and nodded in satisfaction at what she saw. The Doctor eyed her in amusement but remained silent. Apparently, Rose had taken to heart what he had said about blue, even if the blue she had picked in question was powder blue.
The second choice that caught her eye was navy and lilac, had a paisley pattern, and made of one hundred percent woven silk with a one hundred percent wool interlining. She placed them inside of the basket with the other picks. The Doctor on the other hand noted it was blue and lilac, the best of both worlds he realised. The paisley pattern did not hurt either his other self wore quite a few paisley ties as well.
Rose said, "I'll pick two more then you can pick the rest." The Doctor replied, "Alright sounds like a plan." Rose nods before going back to her search, and less than a minute later, she finds another. It is a luxury black and white and plain patterned it has a contrast knot, is made of one hundred percent woven silk, and has a one hundred percent wool interlining. Rose adds it to the basket after receiving a nod of approval from The Doctor.
After another five minutes of searching and discarding, she finds her final one. It is grey and white, had an abstract raining design on a grey background, and is made of one hundred percent woven silk with a one hundred percent wool interlining. She adds it to the basket, and as she is about to stand back and let The Doctor choose, is when she quickly spots the bow ties. She chooses a black silk one and puts two in the basket due to an offer.
The Doctor grumbled as he asked, "I am not a fan of bow ties Rose, and why two of them?" He continued to protest, "Only time I wear one is when I wear my tuxedo, and even then I do not wear it because I like it but because it goes with the whole black tie theme."
Rose told him quite plainly, "Tough, you better get used to them because that strip of black silk will soon make a regular appearance in your wardrobe." She paused before adding, "And the reason why I put two in the basket is because they are on offer and of course it does not hurt to have a backup."
She gestured to the ties as she concluded, "Now it is your turn to pick I'd roughly say another six or seven." The Doctor nods around a sigh and moves closer to the ties knowing when he has lost an argument or discussion to Rose Tyler. A fact which he knows will happen more often now due to her transformation.
The Doctor started to search the remaining choices, which were quite a lot. Some appeal more than others do, while a few others made him grimace in disgust. Unfortunately, a brown and a blue tie in particular, had him wondering via their link to Rose why something so hideous ended up existing in the first place. Rose could not help but silently agree. She said, 'Oh god they should be made criminal, or burned to the point of being ashes.' The Doctor inwardly snorted and nodded in complete agreement.
The Doctor visibly cringed as he saw two ties, and was especially annoyed when he saw the print on a brown tie. "Oh come on why would you bloody want to go and ruin a perfectly good brown tie with actual butterfly patterns of all things?" he complained. Rose snorted into the palm of her left hand. Stephen cringed to and said in knowing sympathy, "Yeah I thought that about the blue tie, why ruin a perfectly good blue tie with floral patterns?"
Rose honestly could not help herself and had to ask Stephen, all whilst pointing to the offending ties, "Do customers actually come here and buy those?" Stephen winced deeply, and murmured, "Unfortunately yes they do" he paused then added "Oh and no before you actually ask I am not one of those individuals, I do actually have some sense of fashion standards." Rose and The Doctor could not help but laugh at hearing this.
The Doctor returned his attention to the ties and found his first two, two minutes later. The first pick was lilac with white stripe and made of one hundred percent woven silk and had a one hundred percent wool interlining. Rose said, "That will go beautifully with your lilac shirts." The Doctor nodded and replied, "Exactly, and was the main reason it caught my eye."
The second pick was navy with an abstract design of white ocean waves pattern on a dark background. It was made of one hundred percent woven silk with a one hundred percent wool interlining. The Doctor found he could not help but be especially fond of this pick. He placed both in the basket as Rose said, "Oh I really do like that one and cannot wait to see you wear it." The Doctor said, "Yeah I admit this so far is my favourite out of the others."
Stephen saw what he had picked and said, "Oh that tie has just recently become available again, and the abstract pattern is way back in the stores 1957 archive. They decided to bring it back at the beginning of last month. I have one as well it is really attractive and popular design and definitely a sound move on the company's part for their decision to bring it back."
The Doctor continued his search and found a further two five minutes later. The first was navy, lilac and red paisley patterned and made of one hundred percent woven silk and a one hundred percent wool interlining. Rose said as he put it in the basket, "Those colours and that pattern combined are surprisingly appealing." The Doctor replies, "Yeah I know." Stephen nodded and said, "I have this one as well, in fact I am currently wearing it." He gestured to his front and the tie around his neck.
The Doctor grinned, while Rose said to The Doctor as she pointed at Stephen, "Well, if it looks half as good on you as it does him than I would say we have a sure winner." The Doctor snorted and asked in a mock scolding tone, "Rose Marion Tyler you would not happen to be implying that I cannot wear it better or at least as good as he is are you?" Rose in reply delivered her famous smile with just a hint of tongue peaking out.
Stephen laughed and jokingly held up his hands and said, "Oaky back to choosing, I did not point that out so you two can have a mock lovers spat." Rose and The Doctor let out somewhat loud snorts and this. Rose said laughingly, "Oh he enjoys it he does, he likes the challenge keeps him firmly on his toes and never bored. Trust me him truly bored can be disastrous if left to his own devices." The Doctor rolled his eyes and turned his attention back to the ties, even as Rose giggled and Stephen laughed.
The second pick he had found was a navy background with a pale blue tile design. It was made of one hundred percent woven silk and had a one hundred percent wool interlining. Rose asked Stephen jokingly as The Doctor put it in the basket. "Do you have this one to?"
Stephen smirked, shook his head, and replied, "No I do not I am not too keen on tile designs to be honest." The Doctor smirked and said, "Normally I am not either but for some bazaar reason this one has appeal, do not ask me why as even I do not have an answer why."
By the time Rose had stopped giggling and Stephen was back to being silent but still amused, The Doctor had discovered his final three picks, his first choice, which was a navy with a white chain link pattern and was made of one hundred percent woven silk and a one hundred percent wool interlining. It was part of a deal, two for £39.
The second tie that tied in with deal was navy blue it had a contrasting paisley pattern, made of one hundred percent woven silk, and had a one hundred percent wool interlining. The final tie was a slim looking navy and white with spot and cross cotton print. It just like its other counterparts is made of one hundred percent woven silk and a one hundred percent wool interlining.
The Doctor placed them inside of the basket with the others, which had become quite a sized pile. They were going to need another basket, and wondered how many were full and waiting for him at this point.
The Doctor turned to Rose and noticed she was a little further down the aisle. He looked at Stephen questioningly, who said, "That is where we keep our pocket squares and our tie and pocket square sets, along with our cufflinks and tie pins." The Doctor shook his head and asked, "Shall we go and join her as she did say she I was having those?" Stephen smirked as he followed The Doctor over to where Rose stood browsing intently through what the store had to offer.
Rose looked from the display and up at them when they reached her. She grinned and said to The Doctor, "Look at these they have a huge sale on in this area."The Doctor looked and saw she was right there was indeed a sale. The Doctor sighed feeling slightly less uncomfortable at possibly buying multiple of those with how low priced each item was.
Rose asked, "How about this, I chose some and you can chose the rest?" She added, "I will chose four pairs of cufflinks and you can choose the rest." She paused before concluding, "As for the tiepins, well, I can only see about two that are suitable and not overly chunky or gaudy." The Doctor nodded as he eyed what was on display and sale and had to agree with her opinion on the tiepins.
With that agreed upon, Rose instantly picked out her choice of five pocket squares. The first two were of the same style and were a silk dobby mid blue Birdseye textured pattern, while the second was a red and similar to the mid blue dobby pocket square.
The final four were not but might as well have been a set, as they all had the Birdseye pattern, and were made of one hundred percent pure silk, only difference was there colour. She had chosen a grey, pale blue, oyster and finally lilac. The Doctor said, "Not bad."
He turned his attention back to the pocket squares, and quickly found the first five that appealed to him. One was navy with a white border and made of pure silk. A second choice was in the same style only red with a navy coloured border. The third and fourth and the fifth picks were in that style as well but was pale blue with a white border, and the other two gold with a white border, and white but with a navy.
His next choice he spotted he quickly realised he had picked a tie in the same colour and pattern and this was the matching pocket square. It was navy with a white spot and cross cotton print and made of pure silk. His final choice was navy with a white spot print and made of pure silk.
The Doctor turned to the cufflinks and said to Rose, "You can go first and pick." Rose nodded and turned to Stephen asked, "I already spotted several I like, but what would you not buy yourself?" Stephen raised a brow and said, "I am suppose to sell them not say what not to buy." The Doctor grinned and said, "Oh go on we won't tell on you." He added, "Besides you would be doing us a great service by being honest and telling us what not to buy."
Stephen still looked a little uncomfortable at what he was about to do, it went against his training; but if they said they would not tell on him then he would take a chance. He turned to the display and said, "No to the rainbow colour enamel kind, they just do not hold appeal, same with anything floral. Then there is the kind I call the gimmick themed, you know the ones that are of a cricket bat and ball or the tennis themed ones."
Rose nodded and said, "That is what I thought when I looked to." The Doctor grimaced and said, "I at one point used to love playing cricket but I definitely do not want to wear cricket themed cufflinks." Rose shook her head and said, "Some do like this sort, they think it is a laugh, I on the other hand think they look tacky no matter how expensive."
She turned back to the cufflinks and her first three picks were one, a set of cufflinks that were sterling silver with black round Catseye. It had a dark little mother of pearl inlay that contrasted alluringly with the branded silver setting. Then there was her second pick that was almost identical to the first but instead of a dark mother of pearl it was a pale blue mother of pearl.
The third was also mother of pearl but a lovely almost like a silvery white colour. Unlike their dark and pale blue silver-plated counter parts, this set was rhodium plated, and the sort usually worn during formal dinners or other such functions. One of the reasons Rose had chosen besides the fact the colour of the stone appealed.
She placed all three picks inside of their black boxes into the basket on top of the pocket squares. Her final picks was blue and white square enamel cufflinks with a delicate bamboo leaf motify on them. Rose thought they were lovely and asked The Doctor, "What do you think of these, I think they are lovely?" The Doctor looked at the cufflinks she held and replied, "I would not have thought to choose them myself but they appeal." Rose placed them inside of the basket with her other three picks.
The Doctor turned his attention back to the cufflinks, searched through what they had on offer, and said, "I can only see four other pairs that I would wear, the rest and those Stephen said he would not recommend I have to agree I do not like them and are not doing anything for me." He paused before saying, "I have to be honest here and could care less who I offend when I say that they look somewhat gaudy. They are too over the top and will have people looking at my shirt cuff most likely wondering what the hell I had been thinking."
Rose shook her head and grumbled, "Rude." The Doctor raised a brow and replied, "I know, and as I said I could care less in this instance." Rose sighed yet again, he was still as rude as ever there was no changing or getting around that she had come to understand. All she could do was try to keep the peace when his rude episodes actually managed to offend someone at some point and she knew it would happen. Stephen was amused rather than offended because he agreed with him, though others in the future might not.
The Doctor snorted and shook his head at Rose's grumbling and Stephen's amused and knowing smirk. He turned back to the cufflinks, picked up all four choices, and placed them inside of the basket with the rest. The first pair was plain round shaped and made of sterling silver. The second pair was also plain and made of sterling silver but was oval shaped. The third and fourth pairs were one, an intricate silver knot design made of rhodium-plated silver. The final pair was the golden coloured version of the silver knot design.
Stephen pointed to the plain sets and said, "For an extra fee of £14.50 each those two plain pairs could be engraved with your initials if you would like that sort of thing. We even engrave initials on shirts, ties and pocket squares to, though that is half the price of the cufflink engravings." Rose said, "Of course." The Doctor winced and said, "But Rose that would be an extra £28.50 on top." Rose rolled her eyes and said, "Dad has his engraved to, it is a nice personal touch."
The Doctor inwardly grumbled but decided to not to argue over something as stupid as the price of engraving his cufflinks, shirts, ties and pockets squares. He turned to the section that the tiepins are on display not far from the cufflinks. He scans what is on offer before picking only two, which both are silver and rhodium plated. He puts them into the basket.
Rose asked, "Are you ready to move onto the jumpers and polo shirts?" The Doctor reluctantly agrees knowing it means more of Pete's money spent; regardless that he needs the clothes in question.