Disclaimer: Everyone knows I don't own Doctor who, I don't know why I must remind myself of this every single chapter. Sigh.

A/N: I said to someone that I wouldn't be posting for a while. "This is a lie"-Umbridge. I will write, right now just to prove myself wrong. I would like to thank Godborn in this chapter, for her amazing dialog that I shall steal.

As the TARDIS landed, Rose was having second thoughts. Was this really the right idea? Was this the right thing to do? She sighed and walked over to the door to meet the Doctor where he was waiting.

"Are you sure your ready?" He asked turning his bambi eyes on full blast.

"No," she sighed "but I probably never will be so…"

As her sentence drifted of, a loud banging filled the control room.

"Doctor!! Doctor!! Open up!! It's me!! Martha!!"

Rose slumped to the ground against the door, her head in her hands. Even her voice sounded hot, smart, caring. How could she compete with this?

"Rose, you don't have to-"

"Its fine." She stood up, took a shaky breath, and stood aside, allowing the Doctor to open the door.

Creak

The door opened and the Doctor stepped out.

There was the sound of people hugging and then a concerned voice.

"What's wrong?"

Rose took this as her cue. Instead of peeping around the door, she stepped boldly out into the room. She wasn't sure of the expression on her face, and she didn't really care. She didn't look at the Doctor, only at the beautiful Martha girl who seemed cool and confident. Her expression turned instantly from worry (about the Doctor), into shock and happiness.

"Oh my goodness!! He found you!! He found you at last!!" The girl was hugging Rose and Rose wasn't sure how to react.

"Come on, I'll make some tea, and you can tell me about it."

When Rose entered Martha's kitchen, Martha shooed her out.

"No, no, you go back outside. DOCTOR!!" she yelled. "GET IN HERE!! YOU KNOW HOW TO MAKE A CUPPA!! I WANT TO TALK TO ROSE!!"

The Doctor walked into the kitchen while Rose was leaving. Their arms brushed and Rose felt a tingle down her spine. She plopped down on the squashy couch, and gazed after the Doctor in admiration. He was putting himself through this for her. As a friend or a lover, she didn't know, but it was still touching all the same. The feeling vanished as she heard voices from the kitchen.

"Martha, I really don't want any trouble-"

"You worry to much-"

"This time, I don't think so."

"It'll be fine. Trust me."

"I do."

There was a brief silence and then Martha walked into the room.

"Hello" Martha said simply.

"How did you know me?" blurted out Rose "There aren't any pictures or anything…"

"I knew right away it was you."

This wasn't the answer Rose was looking for.

"How?"

"The way he looked at you…" All the while there had been the tinkling of mugs, or cupboards opening and closing. Now they had stopped. "I knew right then." Martha finished.

Rose had been shocked into silence.

"He never looked at me like that" Martha continued. "No matter how hard I tried. One time we went to see Shakespeare, and in the end there were these witches…but any way. So we stayed the night, and there was one tiny bed. He was goofy smiling and happy one minute, and as soon as he lay down his mood dropped. Its almost comical now, looking back. He just lay there staring at the ceiling, and I was flirting a bit, I won't deny it, and he just kept talking about science and stuff I didn't understand." Here she paused for a bit, as if steadying herself. "And then he started on how it would be so obvious if you were there. He said "Rose would know. Right know she'd say exactly the right thing."" She paused again. "Then he sealed himself away and reminded me that this was my only trip. He only promised me one you see. All that night, he just kept staring at the ceiling. There was this scream, and he was his regular self again. Monster therapy." She smiled slightly.

Just then, the Doctor walked in carrying three mugs all at the same time. Rose stood up to take one, and then plonked down again.

"So what happened then?"

"Typical Doctorish stuff" replied Martha as if the Doctor weren't there. "Saving worlds, defeating monsters, and lots of running."

"But then she left." cut in the Doctor.

"You left?" asked Rose looking slightly horrified.

"Yeah, because-"

"Martha," interrupted the Doctor warningly.

"because," Martha continued "I knew he could never love me as much as he loved and loves you." She finished looking proud.

Rose stood up and went over to Martha and gave her a hug. "Thank you." she whispered as tears fell down her cheeks.

Martha returned the hug, and then stepped away.

"So fill me in!" she said smiling. "What all has happened since I left?"

"Well," said the Doctor, and he launched into a long explanation of how he had discovered the power source of Jack, and how he had gone over to Pete's World.

Here Rose cut in.

She told how she hadn't believed it was really the Doctor, but she made it almost comical. She described how jealous she had been of Martha, and how she had demanded to come see Martha. During this, the Doctor sat down next to Rose on the couch, and looked at her like she was the most beautiful thing in the world.

"Doctor.." Martha cautioned carefully "its not polite to ogle." she smiled cheekily. "even if its only her face."

The Doctor blushed and looked away.

Wait a minute. Hold on! Thought Rose. The doctor blushed. He blushed. Wow.

"Martha, could I use your loo?" asked Rose.

"Yeah, sure, its right down the hall, first left." she replied cheerfully.

Instead of going down the hall, and taking the first left, Rose decided to wait outside the door, and listen in on the Doctor and Martha's conversation.

"You got over me quick then!" Martha joked.

"Phfft! Like you can talk! I see a ring! Who's the lucky man?"

"Tom Milligan? You know the one from the 'Year that never was'?"

"Speaking of that, how's your family?"

"Oh, y'know, Tish is ok, Leo's normal, Mum and Dad are coping…" she trailed off. "They're getting back together." she finished.

"That's nice."

"Yeah, I suppose…"

"Something wrong?"

"Well, it was when they were captured by the Master that they got…" Rose started to walk away. It was obvious that they weren't going to talk about her any time soon. She walked to the loo, and then walked back so they would hear the footsteps. As she walked in the room, both backs were turned so they couldn't see her.

"What about you Doctor? Gonna pop the question anytime soon?"

"Martha…"

"What did I say?"

"I can't. It goes against…everything!"

"I think you need to reverse that statement Doctor. Love doesn't care about right and wrong."

"She'd never say yes anyway." Rose took a sharp breath.

"Rose! Uh..Hi!" stumbled the Doctor. "Well Martha, I guess we should be off now." He said hurriedly, almost shoving her into the TARDIS.

"Bye Rose!! Nice to meet you!!" Martha called out.

"Bye Martha!! See you soon!!" Rose replied.

The Doctor slammed the doors behind him and worked the controls. He took of the handbrake and the TARDIS shook violently. The Doctor was holding on, but Rose was thrown to the ground. After she had picked herself up, she looked at the Doctor. He looked mad. Really mad.

"Now," he said almost threateningly. "How much did you hear?"

OOOH!! is the doctor really mad? or just nervous? ohhh!! so, even though i only got 4 REVIEWS!! i decided to post this cause i won't be home for a while. enjoy!! and this time, you will not get away without reviewing. I suggest you do. the buttons right there!! it only takes a few minutes!! well, seconds depending on how long it is...GOGOGO!!