Sorry it's taken so long for the update! I'm going to kick myself with this chapter it's so bloody long and I made it a frigging romance novel again!
Kat
"I didn't even say goodbye. No wait, I'll just charge my phone yeah" said Mickey heading in the direction of the TARDIS, so that he could charge his phone.
"Mickey!" called the Doctor, who was hurrying after him.
"We can't bring her back, s'not fair. Don't give her false hope" he continued as he entered the TARDIS trying to calm the raging Mickey.
"Fair, that's a bloody joke coming from you. Rose told me about your record of dumping 'companions' off and leaving them. You've gone and done it to her too!" growled Mickey running towards his room to retrieve his phone charger.
"It's not like that Mickey. I wouldn't leave Rose. I promised her" shot the Doctor keeping closely behind Mickey.
"Then why don't you go and get her then!" asked Mickey reaching his room pulling the door open and entering inside.
"I can't like I said, it could rip a hole in space and time, there's no way back. She's trapped. I'm so sorry Mickey" replied the Doctor leaning on the door frame patiently watching Mickey.
"If I could bring her back I would, it broke my hearts when she jumped through the window"
Mickey looked at the Doctor sympathetically for a brief moment then continued plugging his phone into one of the TARDIS's wall sockets.
"Well, would you at least let me say goodbye to her, it's not only you that has lost someone. What are we going to tell Jackie?" Mickey asked defeated.
"I don't know. But I know she'll kill me for losing her daughter. I broke my promise that'll always look after her" the Doctor sighed sliding down the door frame and sat cross-legged on the floor looking into his hands.
"What I don't get Doctor is why she jumped in the first place?" questioned Mickey now sitting on the edge of his bed switching on the plugged in mobile watching the Doctor on the floor who was studying his hands.
"Because...She's Rose Tyler" said the Doctor proudly looking up a Mickey gleaming.
Both men suddenly jumped up with fright as Mickey's mobile vibrated and the text alert filled the quiet room. Mickey was first to the phone and opened the message staring at it in amusement.
"Trapped is she? Just look at this" he stated smugly throwing the phone at the doctor.
BADWOLF the message read.
"Badwolf" smiled Rose.
"Rose an omen is nothing to smile about; it was merely a figure of speech. However my offer still stands if you wish to remain here in the meantime" Reinette spoke gesturing Rose to follow.
Reinette led Rose down a series of corridors taking her to an exquisite bedroom. It's bigger than mum's flat thought Rose as she entered.
"I hope this will suit you, I'll send for someone, with night ware for you. Goodnight" declared Reinette.
"Oh and thank you for saving one's life"
Reinette then left Rose to settle down for the night.
The room Rose was left in was massive, a double for poster bed with crimson curtains centred the room and typical Renaissance styled coverings that matched. Rose slumped herself on the massive bed wondering how she was going to get back to the Doctor.
Pulling her phone from her back pocket she dialed Mickey, but it went straight to his answer phone. Coming to the conclusion that his phone battery had died (As the Doctor had never upgraded Mickey's phone) she'd just have to wait.
Waiting for her mobile to ring was killing her, she'd been waiting for over an hour now, in that time a young maid (not much younger than Rose herself) had given Rose a night gown. Settling herself down for the night she decided to text Mickey. Exhaustion was starting to take a hold over Rose, so she didn't really know what to say, so she wrote Bad wolf, hoping that the Doctor would understand the message. BAD WOLF the words that linked her and the Doctor, telling them that they can be reunited once more.
"Bad Wolf" exclaimed the Doctor jumping up and running out of Mickey's room like a man possessed.
"Oh, brilliant, why'd I not think of that?" he continued reaching the TARDIS's main consol and started dancing around pushing buttons.
"Doctor! How does that mean we can get Rose back!" asked Mickey panting as the Doctor was too quick to keep up with.
"Because Mickey the idiot! Our clever Rose left us that message. Ha" piped the Doctor still dancing around the consol flicking switches and checking the monitors.
"Wait...I've heard that phrase before...Bad Wolf. The day you sent Rose back, she said it was a link and that she could get back to you" explained Mickey.
"What you doing, thought you said we can't go back" wondered Mickey.
"Nope! We can't go back, but there must be a connection somewhere. Just checking the scanners" shouted the Doctor.
"Argh!" roared the Doctor banging his hands on the consol.
"What?"
"The TARDIS isn't picking anything; I'll go and check the other time window!" snapped the Doctor
"There must be something I'm missing or Rose wouldn't have texted us!" the Doctor started to wildly run his hands through his hair, trying hard to thing.
"Mickey, your phone's getting an upgrade!"
The Doctor removed his Sonic Screwdriver from out his jacket pocket and pulled the back from Mickey's phone. After a moment of jiggery pokery, Mickey's mobile was upgraded.
Scrolling for Rose's name in the phonebook the Doctor hesitantly dialled Rose.
Rose awoke to a vibration feeling beneath her head. Realising it as her phone, she mentally tried to pull herself together and answered.
"Rose?" asked a very anxious sounding Doctor.
"Meh?" replied Rose, her brain had not woken up yet so naturally speech was not possible.
The Doctor instantly recognised Rose's sleeping state, as he had gotten used to the Tyler women throwing pillows at him while in the TARDIS. She did not like to be woken up.
"Hey, it's me. Wake up Rose!" he called.
"Hi" she mused then relaxed back into her pillow closing her eyes listening to his soothing voice.
"Err... I got your message. I'm just trying to figure how to get you back" Keeping his voice a soft tone and trying not to disturb Rose too much. knowing what her morning rants were like.
"Rose?" questioned the Doctor wondering if she had fallen to sleep again.
"Where did you see Bad Wolf?"
"Oh, it was just something Reinette said" mumbled Rose
"Coincidence?"
"Maybe, Rose I need you to go and check the other time windows" raised the Doctor.
"Check them, if any are not damaged phone me straight away, okay?"
"Right" Rose assured the Doctor then trying to wake up properly, all she really wanted now was to get back to the TARDIS...by any means necessary.
"Good girl, get going! Do you wanna speak to Mr Mickey? He's been ever so macho alpha male since you left" joked the Doctor and Mickey glared at him.
"Put him on, yeah"
The Doctor passed Mickey back his mobile and went outside the TARDIS to run a thorough scan on the time windows. If he was lucky (Which he was) he'd find a gap between both times so that he could bring back Rose.
Finishing her conversation with Mickey (Who was whining the entire time) Rose pushed herself together, got dressed in her normal clothes. Feeling determined she exited her temporary bedroom in search the other time windows and a way back to the Doctor.
Spending most of her day roaming the grand halls and corridors of Versailles, Rose's patients was running low, but still ever determined to get back.
Her phone began to ring once more, so she hurriedly answered it hoping for good news.
"Rose?" The Doctor asked in a similar tone to the one he had spoken in that morning.
"Found anything yet?
"Nope" Rose sighed; she'd thought that she would have been back on the TARDIS by now.
"I need you to go and find Reinette. Ask her where she lived as a child... The fireplace Rose, it's not like the other time windows. It's disconnected from the main circuit, but I cannot open it from my side...its stuck!"
"There's a way back, thank you! For a minute I was considering whether or not to learn French" beamed Rose.
"Fireplace, I'm on it!" finished Rose placing her phone back in her pocket. She was now on the hunt for Reinette.
(Back on the SS Madame De Pompadour)
The Doctor was lying flat on his back beneath the fireplace; glasses perched on his nose and sonic screwdriver in hand.
"Come on, come on. Work!" snarled the Doctor his patience was wearing thin, he knew he couldn't open the connection from his side, but it was worth a try.
Getting up from the floor the Doctor kicked the fireplace hard.
"Bloody work, you!" he shouted
The fireplace kicked into motion, amazed that he had actually got it to work the Doctor quickly held on.
Head spinning slightly the Doctor entered a large bedroom with a double bed placed in the middle covered in Rose petals. Grabbing Mickey's phone from his jacket pocket he immediately dialled Rose again.
"Rose, you'll never guess where I am?" laughed the Doctor lapping up his own brilliance.
"Here hopefully, Doctor I can't find Reinette." Rose said annoyed at the Doctor for playing games with her.
"Rose Tyler, you're brilliant and correct of course!" he stated heading towards the window to view the beautiful gardens of Versailles.
"Your here. Where are you?" gasped Rose
"17th century France somewhere in Versailles...a bedroom I think?" the Doctor added.
"How?" Rose asked puzzled
"Yep I'm here, it's no sick prank or hoax... and all I did was kick that damn Fireplace! Rose, always remember when we get separated to wait five and a half hours and kick the nearest fireplace! Ha" laughed the Doctor.
The Doctor started to walk out of the bedroom and into a set of corridors. Still on the phone to Rose they came up with a plan to meet each other in the hall where Rose stopped the Clockwork droids. Naturally the Doctor arrived at the hall first. He noted that the smashed time window was still hanging from the wall and obviously the droids and smashed glass had been removed from site. Strolling across the room in the direction of the broken mirror, staring up at where the smashed glass and red brick met it other. He couldn't help thinking why Rose would throw her life away for him...and then the answer dawned on him.
The Doctor was surprised when a light hand was placed on his shoulder. Spinning around his first thought was Rose, but it wasn't. This was Reinette.
"My Doctor, how is it that you are here? Rose said it was impossible" greeted Reinette with a warm flirtatious smile.
"Reinette, err...Hi" said the Doctor scratching the back of his head nervously.
"You know me just brilliant at the impossible. Have you seen Rose?"
"One has not seen Rose since yesterday. When I went to check on her this morning she'd already left!" exclaimed Reinette.
"Well she's always like that...running off. But it is rather urgent that I find her!" choked the Doctor noticing that Reinette was moving closer towards himself and that he was being slowly forced against the wall.
"Yes, urgent. You know Doctor, Rose is more than capable of looking after herself!" whispered Reinette eagerly closing the gap between herself and the shocked looking Time Lord against the wall.
"...True, but I need her!" argued the Doctor trying to break away from Reinette.
Reinette finally grabbed the Doctor by the lapels and forced him into a long passionate kiss.
Rose ran along the corridors in search of the Doctor. Knowing that he'd probably be waiting for her, she burst into the ballroom and froze.
Reinette and the Doctor were fully engaged with each other.
Initially shocked at first seeing her best friend entwined with a promiscuous French mistress, Rose stood there and tried to take the sight in. An escalating feeling of rage was slowly building up in her mind as she watched the pair. Rose knew deep down that she had always had feelings towards the Doctor and that maybe he had felt the same way about her...at the moment that was not the case.
"The Bastard!" Rose whispered
Trying to fight the tears creeping from her eye lids, Rose turned away from the pair of them and ran out the room. Needing some air, she decided to go outside into the gardens so that she could clear her head from the jealous thoughts that had now started to plague her mind.
Reinette had deepened their kiss and had pressed the Doctor against the wall, she suggested to the Doctor by her actions that they should move elsewhere before they are seen. Meanwhile the Doctor was concentrating on the task in hand he heard a slight murmur and opened his eyes, but there was nobody in the room except him and Reinette. He started to think about Rose again, pulling himself away from Reinette in disgust with himself.
"I'm sorry, I can't" he told her and suddenly started to walk off leaving the Frencharistocrat standing by herself and confused by his reaction.
Mentally ripping his hair out, the Doctor stormed out of the ballroom unaware that Rose seconds before him had came out the same way. Feeling sick with himself about kissing Reinette while having an epiphany of way Rose really jumped through the mirror.
"Thick idiot" snapped the Doctor running his hands threw his hair again, he decided that he needed some fresh air so he too ventured outside into the gardens.
Wondering the vast gardens for what seemed like an age, the Doctor finally caught a glimpse of Rose in the distance sitting beneath a large apple tree. Picking up his pace he moved in on Rose, feeling completely relieved at the sight of her being out of harm's way but sensing a feeling of guilt line his stomach as he should have never let her go in the first place. Rose had her back facing towards the Doctor and didn't realise he had slipped and sat down beside her.
"HI" said the Doctor noticing that Rose would not look at him her line of site was fixed on the ground and her facial expressions were hidden under her blond hair.
"Hi" shrugged Rose still keeping her eyes fixed on the floor.
"Rose?" asked the Doctor moving attentively closer, knowing that something...or someone had upset her.
Rose reacted bitterly to the Doctor's affection and edged further away widen the space between them. Still mentally refusing to take her eyes from her feet, the Doctor had hurt Rose's feelings for the first time. She kept thinking about the man who had promised to never leave her behind, never hurt her and always protect her.
A short silence fell between the pair, Rose wiped her mascara stained face with the back of her hand, while still trying to hide the fact that she was crying from the Doctor.
"s'nothing I'm fine" sniffed Rose failing miserably at hiding herself from the Doctor.
But the Doctor knew her better than that anyway and could sense that she was distraught, he also knew why she was upset as well and the Doctor hated himself for it. She must have seen himself with Reinette in the ballroom. Deciding to dig a little deeper before running to conclusions he'd try and get her to open up.
"Thought we had agreed to meet up in the ballroom?" The Doctor asked in a cheery manner.
"Yes, but then I decided to come out here, what being a nice day an all!" replied Rose in a sarcastic voice knowing very well that he was rubbing it in. She slowly lifted her tear stained face and leaned her head on the back of the tree looking up at the clear sky.
"Did you find Reinette then?" slipped the Doctor instantly regretting the use of words.
"No, I didn't...but you did" snapped Rose with a dangerous gleam in her eye. Bolting upright and on her feet, she kicked the Doctor and stormed off.
Not wanting to leave her side again and forgetting the physical pain she had inflicted on him, the Doctor stood up as well and ran after her, full belt.
Running after Rose in this regeneration was not an impossible task for the Doctor but making her see sense was going to be difficult. Having caught up with her, the Doctor grabbed her with both arms wrapped firmly around her waist pulling her towards him.
"Rose, it's not what you think" pleaded the Doctor hysterically avoiding the swinging arms of an enraged Rose Tyler, who was pounding her fists on the Doctor's chest.
"Let go of me! You don't need me Doctor...clearly!" spat Rose forcing herself from him but his grip tightened.
"No. Not again" shouted the Doctor, both now eye to eye with the Doctor giving her a serious expression.
Slightly confused at the Doctor's response Rose eased herself but the Doctor again refused to let her go, so she gave up. Removing one arm from around her waist, the Doctor brought it up towards Rose's face and wiped away her tears with the pad of his thumb.
"I don't need Reinette. I need you!" he said gently, his gaze penetrating deeply into Rose's. A single tear fell from the Doctor's cheek and Rose's heart once again started to ache for him.
"I am so sorry Rose, she forced me" sighed the Doctor still rubbing his thumb across her cheek, then finally dropping his hand around her waist again and drawing her into a hug. The Doctor closed his eyes and rested his forehead on Rose's, they just stood in silence listening to each other's breathing.
Thanks to those who reviewed the first 2 chapters. The last one is up next
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