They walked upstairs and Rose stopped in front of her door. The Doctor was in the next room, probably either wondering where she was or he had brought something from the Tardis to fix, never mind what she needed.
"So, this is your room? Mine's just across. I don't suppose you'd want to keep me company for a while, would you?"
Rose pretended to consider, she had already made her mind up if he asked her. She wasn't going to miss a chance like this. The very least she would get a good snog out of him then she could make the Doctor jealous and kick him into making a move. Well it was half an idea.
"Why not, mine's only a single room anyway."
"What about your friend?"
"Oh. He'll be fine, he won't even check on me, I'm a free agent."
Well it wasn't like he owned her and he had put up with Mickey for long enough, which probably explained his reluctance to pursue things any further. Alec opened his door, Rose dodged under his arm as he held it open, then he took off his jacket and threw it on the chair, loosening his tie. He had managed to remember the bottles of water and went into the bathroom to take his pills, not wanting Rose to see him doing so.
Alec took his tie off and began unfastening his shirt buttons, Rose took over and finished the task for him, running her fingers down his chest as she did. She liked a man with chest hair for some strange reason, she found Alec had just enough, not too much. He leaned down to kiss her neck, smelling her perfume.
"You smell nice Rose. Does that sound cheesy? I hope not."
He continued to kiss down her neck and her collarbone, until he reached the v-shaped neck of her pink top, pushing it back on her and continuing to kiss just above her right breast. Then he moved across, doing the same on her other side. Rose put her arms around his neck and began pulling his shirt across his shoulders, trying to get it down his back but the cuffs were still fastened. While still kissing the top of her breasts, he fumbled with the cuffs of his shirt as Rose tugged it over his arms, ready to take it off.
As soon as her mission was accomplished, Alec lifted the hem of her top and pulled it over her head, revealing her black lacy bra. She was glad she was wearing her best underwear. He leaned down some more, trying to lift the cups of her bra to get access to more exposed skin. Rose was nestled in his neck, kissing it and trying to avoid his prickly facial stubble but finding it was quite soft and not minding so much. Then he steered her backwards towards the bed and sat her down.
"Shall I do the honours?" he asked, taking her shoes off then toeing off his own. Rose just smiled.
Then he pushed her backwards across the bed, pulling at her trousers, with her help and soon had them off. Then Rose reached for his belt and the fastener on his, pulling at the zip and noting he seemed rather large. It had been a while since she had been with a man, she had stopped being with Mickey after she started travelling with the Doctor and he only messed around anyway, it never lasted very long and he never did it to her liking, it was all about what he wanted. Pulling his trousers down until they fell around his ankles, he stepped out of them. Then he knelt astride her and leaned down as Rose grabbed his neck and pulled him down.
Trying to keep a grip on the edge of the bed, they began kissing in earnest, sending shivers down Rose's back. She had never been kissed like this before. Rose scrambled further onto the bed, allowing more room for Alec's legs on the bed as he reached around her back and unfastened her bra, flinging it across the other side. Then breaking the kiss and leaving her totally breathless and lost for words, he dived down to kiss both her breasts as her arms wandered around his back and her hands found themselves down the back of his shorts, groping his bum and calling "Alec."
Alec smiled, at least she remembered his name. He whispered "Rose" back to her as he looked up to see her smiling. He moved down to kiss across her tummy, his hand wandering to the waistband of her black lacy knickers.
"Rose, may I?" he asked, fingering the material.
That was a first for her, someone asking her. "Mmm, please Alec, please."
He moved his position to free the article as it came over her legs. He could already feel she was getting excited and he wasn't too bad himself in that department. It had been a good while, not that he hadn't wanted to but he was afraid to, afraid of going too far and ending up in the emergency room. He would have to take this easy and not over-strain himself. Perhaps she would understand. He threw the item over onto the floor and knelt again, kissing her hips and working his way inwards to kiss her lower half.
Rose pinched his bum as she let out a squeal, to which Alec smiled and continued what he was doing and Rose had never felt like this in her life as he kissed and bit her and he looked up, smiled and Rose took one hand from his bum and ran it through his hair.
"Alec, please, I want you."
Alec only hoped he could oblige. He moved to one side slightly and placed his fingers where he had just been kissing and Rose squealed again then he watched her face as he made her moan for him, her smile getting wider with the pleasure she was getting from him. Rose had never experienced anything like it, she had faked most of them with Mickey just to keep him from doing it clumsily again but this time, it was the real thing. As she came down slowly from her high, Alec moved so she could scramble towards the pillows, rather awkwardly as she didn't want to let go entirely of his bum as he crawled after her, getting under the covers she had just pulled back.
Rose pulled him back down on her to snog him again, fumbling to pull his boxer's down one handed as the other was ruffling his hair again. He realised what she was doing and stopped her.
"Rose, I need you to be on top, ok?" He knew he could just manage if she did all the actual hard work, he had just taken his pills and should be ok.
Rose managed a "Mmm, whatever you say Alec" back to him as she battled his hand out of the way and resumed her mission.
Scrambling out of his shorts, Rose could now tell she had been right with her earlier estimation of Alec and wasn't disappointed as he moved onto his back and she went to hover over him, stopping to kiss her way across his chest, just to torment him.
"Rose, I don't have any protection with me."
"S'ok, I'm covered."
At least she thought she was but it was only one time, she would get a shot when she got back to the Tardis, she was sure there would be something on board. She had stopped taking anything after she stopped seeing Mickey, mainly because it messed with her periods and she was better without it and it wasn't like she needed to take it.
"There's one more thing Rose."
Rose looked up and smiled. "What's wrong?"
"Well I neglected to tell you I have a bit of a health problem so go easy on me will you?"
Rose ran her finger across his stomach. "What sort of problem are we talking about? You seem fine to me."
"Well it's not something you would notice. If something happens, leave me a few minutes then if I'm no better, call an ambulance. I have pills but I've only just taken them."
Rose sat up. "Should you even be thinking of contemplating this if there's something wrong with you?"
"Rose, I need this. I've been under a lot of stress and I need to relax. I've not been with anyone since I got divorced. I'll be fine, honestly, just go easy. Please Rose, I've never even wanted to try again until tonight, believe me. If you have to call, tell them I have a heart condition, they'll know from my records."
"And do the police know about this?"
"No and you can't tell them, I have to finish this case, I let a killer get away on my last case and I'm not doing it again. I'll get help when it's over, I swear I will. Please Rose, please be with me?"
Rose leaned down kissing his chest then went to kiss him properly. "Ok, if you promise you'll let me help you. The Doctor I'm with, he could help you."
"I thought he was a writer?"
"Well that's not exactly true, it just saves a lot of explaining. He's brilliant and he could help you with your condition, I'm sure he could. Please Alec, you have to trust someone, trust me.''
He knew she was concerned about him. "OK, I trust you now come here."
Rose moved over him and laid herself down, gasping as they touched. As Rose moved around on him, doing all the work, Alec relaxed and just went along with it. All the tension that had been building up was beginning to fade away as she moved on him, he preferred to be the one on top but this was the only way he could be close to a woman and Rose dispelled all his fears he couldn't have sex any more as she made soft moaning sounds and called his name as they came at the same time.
Rose finally collapsed on him as they both felt their pleasure wash over them, Rose still reeling from the sensation he had made her feel. She had never felt like that before and still didn't know what had happened this time that Alec should be any different but she knew it was different. Rose moved onto her side and looked to see if he was ok. He was trying to get his breath back but apart from that, he wasn't clutching his chest or seemed in any sort of pain, he thought he had got away with it.
"Rose, you were amazing. I didn't hurt you did I?"
"No, that was great Alec. I'd never have known there was anything wrong with you if you'd not said."
"I just didn't want to collapse on you and you didn't know what to do. I've just proved I can still have sex without it actually killing me but you did help, you didn't have to go easy on me, you could have walked out."
"I wouldn't have done that, I'm not like that. It's been a while for me too. I was a bit shy at first but you were just as gentle, just what I needed. Are you ok?"
He was getting his breath back and his heartbeat was returning to normal, well as normal as his ever got. "I'm fine Rose, really. Do you have to leave now?"
"Do you want me to?"
"No. My alarm it set for 7am, I could wake you. Will you tell your friend?"
Rose giggled. "No way, it's nothing to do with him. I'll talk to him in the morning, come and meet him at breakfast, I'll introduce you. I'll just say you bought me a couple of drinks since I had no money on me. Then come and meet us tomorrow evening and I'll talk to him, you can tell him what's wrong with you."
"I have heart arrhythmia tell him. The only hope is for me to have a pacemaker but they don't know if I'll survive the operation."
Rose was horrified. She couldn't allow him to suffer like that, even if she hadn't just had the best sex of her life with him, she had to get the Doctor to help him or at least try to.
"I'll tell him."
She got up and retrieved her knickers then picked up his shorts, flinging them at him. He caught them mid-air and smiled. Rose had made him feel better already. After she came out of his bathroom and settled down with him, she fell asleep, Alec promising to wake her when his alarm went off. He felt happier than he had in a long time and he knew now it wasn't too late for him to hope he could get better.
They woke the next morning and kissed for a while and Rose went back to her room, hoping that the Doctor's hearing wasn't that good that he would hear her sneaking into her room. Just after eight, there was a tap at her door. It was the Doctor.
"OK Rose? Coming for breakfast? Who were you talking to last night? I heard voices outside your room and did you sneak into your room without saying goodnight?"
Rose was sure she was blushing. "Didn't know you were back. I was talking to the real DI Alec Hardy, he's a real detective, no wonder they let you into that crime scene."
"You didn't tell him did you?"
"Not exactly. Oh, he's not going to arrest you or anything. Me and the hotel owner both thought he was you playing tricks on us until we realised. He thought it was funny. We were talking, he bought me a few drinks. Doctor, he needs your help, he's seriously ill."
The Doctor sat on the chair near the door. "Go on, what's wrong with him?"
"He's got a heart condition, heart arrhythmia and he needs a pacemaker, only he may not survive having one fitted. Can you do anything for him?"
The Doctor considered her words. "I'd have to meet him and take him to the infirmary and that means bringing him into the Tardis but seeing he's in the police, I don't see that will be a problem, no-one would believe him probably. Ok, I'll meet with him, you seem to make a habit of helping lost causes Rose Tyler. Now hurry up, I'm starving."
They went down to breakfast, Rose not so keen to be all over him this time and he looked relieved she wasn't clinging to him as they entered the dining room. Alec was already seated so Rose went up to him.
"Morning Alec, this is the Doctor I was telling you about. You can tell why I thought you were him. Doctor, this is the real Alec Hardy, say hello."
The Doctor leapt forward and thrust his hand out, grabbing Alec's. "Yes, right, hello, I'm the Doctor, nice to meet you Alec Hardy, very nice, more than nice, brilliant. Sorry those officers on the beach thought I was you, I did try to tell them. Anyway, may we join you?"
He pulled a chair out and sat opposite, on the outside, leaving Alec to stand up to let Rose sit down. "Rose told me you have a slight problem Alec, care to tell me about it?" the Doctor said quietly.
"Did she tell you what it was?"
"Yes she did and I can help you, if you want. I know you've probably got to get to work so meet us tonight, behind the hotel, I need to take you somewhere. Do you trust us?"
"I trust Rose so I'll have to trust you. I'd rather not talk here though, only you two know about it. I'll be back just after six, I'll go straight round to the car park, I'll meet you there."
They had breakfast and Alec said he had to leave but not before he took Rose to one side when the Doctor went back upstairs. Making sure no-one was around, he pulled her into the sitting room and kissed her.
"Can I trust him Rose? You seem to have a lot of faith in his abilities."
"Yes Alec, you can trust him, I'll see you tonight then. Don't worry, you'll still make it in time for dinner."
They kissed again and Alec left first, feeling optimistic. Rose went up and tapped on the Doctor's door.
"Are you ready to go then? You promised me a boat ride on the river, remember?"
He smiled. "So I did Rose. Are you sure you only had a few drinks with him last night?"
Rose pulled a face. "I just met him Doctor, we were talking, he's just lonely and wanted someone to tell his secret to, his boss doesn't know about his health problem. We were all laughing because me and Becca thought it was you playing games with us."
The Doctor didn't know whether to believe her or not but she had only just met the man, his could-be twin. They went out and Rose wanted to look in the shops on the High Street, just as Ellie Miller was passing by in her car, seeing the two of them looking in a shop window and thought maybe she should go get her eyes tested, she was seeing double again.
Ellie arrived at the station, passed Hardy sat in his office reading his computer screen and tried to forget what she thought she had just seen. She was either imagining it or he had a twin or worse still, he had a time machine and kept swapping between having and not having a beard and changing his suit. It was that or he was Clark Kent and Superman and she doubted that very much.
Alec tried to concentrate but all he could think of was last night with Rose, she had been amazing but he was worried now what he was setting himself up for plus she was young, very young and he had no business with a young blonde, let alone getting her into his bed and having sex with her but she had been just what he had needed.