Disclaimer: see the first chapter.

News: Oh…my…gosh! I'm soooooooo sorry! I'll never desert this story half way through so have no fear! But I'm so sorry that I haven't updated before now. I've been taking a break from all my fanfictions to write my original fiction story, which I'm trying to get finished by the end of summer so I can try to get it published (thumbs up). There's a link on my page on for it then search for the story 'The Wager', or search my penname, the same as mine on here). But I've decided to finish this fanfic before going back to it.

Thanks to everyone who reviewed and to everyone who put up with my disappearance lol, your support means the world to me! Also, thanks to everyone who told me about the new Doctor Who episodes. It means so much to me, because I need to wait until September-October for it to come out here! So unfair!

IMPORANT: If the beginning of this chapter is really weird, it's because I feel like I'm spinning. I went to Canada's Wonderland (a really big theme park) with friends and I went on the teacups EIGHT TIMES IN A ROW. So I'm permanently spinning now.

I wrote another Doctor Who songfic called "Everything Changes" if anyone is interested.

Only You

Chapter 5 – Confession

The Doctor silently cursed himself as he swiftly carried the unconscious girl through the twisted hallways of the Tardis before finally kicking the door to her room open and rushing her to the bed. 'How could I have been so stupid?' he thought furiously as he wrapped the covers tightly around Rose's shaking body. If he had made her stay in bed, maybe she wouldn't have gotten worse as soon. 'But no, I had to be a blundering idiot and now I could lose my precious Rose forever…' He didn't even question himself on calling her his 'precious' Rose as he pulled out the nectar from his jacket pocket.

He held up the small vial for a few seconds, admiring the shimmering orange-gold colour emitting from the healing nectar. He sent up a silent prayer to the Gallifrey gods as he uncorked the vial and let three small beads of liquid land on Rose's tongue. He rubbed her throat to make her swallow and then wrapped more blankets around her.

Biting his thumb, he sat next to her on the bed and drew small circles on her body to relax her body, trying to make it easier in any way possible. After a few minutes he checked her temperature again, but the fever had not dropped. If anything, it had gotten worse. Rose's body was covered in a sweat and she was panting slightly with the heat, still unconscious.

The Doctor desperately hoped she would stay asleep because he had read that stomach pains often joined the fever, so painful to the patient that they often opted to suicide instead of enduring it. He didn't want his Rose to suffer through that, he would rather die than have her go through it. Every hour, the Doctor administered more nectar to Rose, and then checked her temperature every half hour after that.

After 2 hours of this, he again checked her temperature. He could taste the hint of saltiness as he kissed her brow again, giving a little exclamation of joy when he felt that the heat had died down slightly. The fever was still a major threat to Rose's body and mind, the heat sometimes causing amnesia in patients, but it was slowly being broken down by the nectar.

As the Doctor continued to give Rose the nectar, he knew that he couldn't do this alone, but at the same time he couldn't take her home. The sickness would spread and wipe out the human race, that was a given. Other hospitals on other planets wouldn't take her, too scared of becoming infected themselves.

Suddenly he snapped his fingers, he knew exactly where to take Rose. He bolted out of the room and immediately placed the new co-ordinates into the console before rushing back to Rose's room to continue his pathetic attempt at healing her until they arrived. He sat back down on the bed and kissed Rose's forehead, this time not even checking her temperature. He leaned down and whispered in her ear, "It's going to be okay Rose, I promise you'll be healed. I'll never let anything happen to you." He draped his body over her silent and still form in a loving hug as the Tardis rattled to a stop.

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He pushed the door of the Tardis open with his foot, holding Rose in his arms easily and carrying the rest of the nectar in his jacket pocket. Rushing down the hallways, he soon found a nurse, who he stopped immediately. "This patient needs to see a doctor immediately, she is suffering from the Nex ut Vicis illness but her fever has broken, but I can't heal her alone," he said in a rush.

The nurse looked at him with large eyes as she processed what he had said. Realization lit up her eyes and she nodded before leading him swiftly to a private room in the hospital. As the Doctor got Rose settled in the bed, the nurse paged a doctor before joining him by the bed.

"Hello, I'm the Doctor," the Doctor said quickly before pulling out his physic paper as he continued watching over Rose. "I am a doctor, but I'm not skilled enough to take care of her myself so thanks for acting so quickly. I know the Salvifico Planet has quite a reputation for saving people from 'incurable' diseases, I've actually visited a few people here over the years, so I knew you were her only chance," he rambled quickly before the nurse cut him off.

"Sir, calm down, the doctor will be here any minute and you can talk to him more about how to save her. My name is Nurse Obviam, and I'll be helping also but first I need to go see another patient. You may want to get a glass of water from over there," she pointed to a counter with a jug of water sitting on it. "I'll be back shortly."

The Doctor nodded his head before turning back to Rose. He gave the girl more nectar, making sure she swallowed it all before checking her temperature again. Still high, but breaking. He sighed in relief at his luck before kissing her again on the forehead. He watched over her until he head the door open when he turned to greet the doctor.

"Hello, I'm Doctor Aevum, and I'll be with you until we have this patient healed," he smiled at the Doctor before turning to the patient. Now, what symptoms has she had so far and how did you break the temperature?"

The Doctor explained about how the symptoms had appeared and then how he had treated it as best he could. He showed Dr. Aevum the nectar but failed to include where he had gotten it. More worried about the patient, Dr. Aevum didn't press the matter. He had high doubts that this human would pull through this, but he would do everything in his power to make sure it happened anyway.

He allowed the Doctor to continue giving the nectar to the young girl as he did a body scan of her and did some other tests to see how far along and how spread out the illness was. An hour later Rose began coughing heavily and Nurse Obviam held her down as Doctor Aevum gave her a medicine to keep her asleep and to stop the coughing. Everyone was tense since the stomach pains were due to start soon. The only thing keeping the three watching over Rose optimistic was the fact that the fever had dropped, and was quickly disappearing.

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The Doctor woke with a start. He looked around the empty hospital room quickly, taking note that it was about 3am before turning back to Rose. Her body was tense, though there was no longer any sweat on her since the fever had abandoned the fight. Doctor Aevum and Nurse Obviam were taking a well-earned break since they had been with Rose all day.

The Doctor realized he had fallen asleep on the bed, an arm around her now shaking shoulders. His brow folded in concentration, why was she shaking? She wouldn't be cold, but… 'Oh no…' he thought quickly. He scrambled off the bed and called the doctor and nurse. Just has he hung up the phone, knowing they were both on their way, he heard a suffering scream and he turned back around and all but ran towards the bed.

Rose's back was arched off the bed in pain as she let out another cursed scream. Her eyes were open and she looked at him, tears running down her face as she grabbed for him like a lifeline. The Doctor took her hand, wincing as she squeezed his hands between her clenched hands as more pains took over her body.

She was panting and sweating, trying to catch her breath between fits of pains. Her face was contorted in pain, and the Doctor couldn't even imagine what she was going through. She began mumbling out loud, little thoughts to the Doctor, "please kill me, I can't take the pain…please end it Doctor…I need you to…please kill me…"

Tears rolled down the Doctor's face as he heard her begging for him to end her life, but how could he? "Please Rose listen, I'll make you better, I promise this will pass. Please stay with me, don't leave me in this life alone," he begged before kissing her on the lips, temporarily silencing her pleas for death, but Rose was in too much pain to even try to enjoy the kiss.

She wrenched away from the Doctor's kiss and screamed in pain again, yet her pleas of death had subsided. The Doctor squeezed her hands, letting her know he was here for her. As she arched off the bed again, Doctor Aevum and Nurse Obviam burst into the room. Dr. A yelled orders to Nurse Obviam and told the Doctor to hold Rose down as they used medicine to try and stop the pains, or at least to put her back to sleep so she didn't need to suffer.

After the medicine had been forced down Rose's throat, her screams dwindled in volume, but continued none-the-less. Finally, they died down entirely as the medicine took effect and put her back to sleep, a temporary release from living hell. Everyone was sweaty from the effort, and the two hospital workers excused themselves to get changed and washed up before they would return, leaving the Doctor alone to his thoughts.

He shed his jacket and fetched some water from the counter, trying to get a hold of himself again. Only then did he realize what he had done. He had kissed Rose. But then thoughts of her suffering through that pain made him realize that it didn't matter, if he lost Rose, he would lose everything. Wiping away the tear tracks that littered his flushed face, he returned to the bed with the sleeping Rose in it.

He sat there, looking at her and he captured her silent lips in another quick kiss before leaning down and whispering in her hear, knowing she would hear him, "I won't give up on you so you better heal soon. I need you to, I can't live without you…I…I love you Rose, please don't leave me."

A/N1: Whoa! I wasn't expecting that! I'm just writing as it comes along, I've only done a brief plan of what each chapter is going to have, so I'm as surprised as you are! Obviously this will make my Doctor more OOC than ever, but really, I don't care. Lol, it can only be so close to the real Doctor when I make my own story. Sorry, but its true.

A/N2: That was a lot longer than 1 week for an update! Again, sooo sorry, but I'll try to finish it before I go on vacation again to Europe at the end of July.

A/N3: Please review. I don't mind if you rant at me for disappearing for so many months, but I still get excited when I see 'Only You Review' in my Inbox.

Thanks for sticking with me!