Hey guys, thanks for all the reviews so far!! You guys are absolutely fantastic!! A mention I forgot last time – Emela – thanks so much for reminding I was meant to be posting this (all of you should be thanking her too since if she hadn't it might have been weeks before I remembered!) Anyway, lets do a bit of backtracking to find out where all the trouble of the first chapter started ey?

The Day Before

"Right, that'll be £28," the waitress said as she returned to their table, clearing their plates onto her tray.

Rose looked expectantly at the Doctor. "You said it was your shout," she reminded him as he gave her a blank look.

"Oh…right," he said as he rummaged through his pockets, realizing belatedly that he hadn't stopped off at the ATM. "Bollocks," he mumbled quietly, before resorting to the psychic credit card.

Rose just rolled her eyes, as did the waitress when he showed it to her. "Let me guess, you're the last of your kind and just happened to crash here. You rummaged through some bins to get the clothes on your back and you'll be forever grateful if I just let you have this one meal for free right?"

"Got the first bit right. Clothes are because someone pissed off his ship and she wouldn't let any of us get to the wardrobe, let alone the kitchen!" Rose replied, glaring at the Doctor as she pulled her scorched shirt to cover as much of her as possible.

The Doctor just glared back. "Look if she had just…hang on," he stopped midstream, turning to face the waitress, quick glancing at her name badge before asking, "Becks, aren't we on Earth?"

"Depends, which one were you after?" she asked, not seeming at all perturbed by the question. "There was Earth, New Earth, Earth the Sequel…ooh there was also that little one near Raxacoricofallapatorius, but you know, after what happened on Earth they had to evacuate pretty quick. The Slitheen family didn't--"

"The original one," the Doctor cut off her explanation, much to both her and Rose's annoyance, the latter quite keen to find out what the Slitheens had gotten up to this time.

Becks looked at him sympathetically. "Aww, you must be a Time Lord. Should have guessed, surprised you're not walking around with a cane at your age!" she said, pulling a seat over and straddling it backwards as she faced him. "Word to the wise, you might want to touch up those grey hairs a bit, they've added on at least another century," she added in a hushed tone, before turning to Rose. "Must be rough traveling with 'im! These lot have a worse sense of direction than a human bloke with no sense of direction! And to get them to ask directions is even harder!"

Rose couldn't help but smile, "Tell me about it! And they don't just get lost in space, they have to go and add time into it as well! 'How bout Sheffield in 1979 for a Blockheads concert…oh wait, it's 1879 Scotland, same difference'" she replied in quite a good impression of the Doctor.

"I'm sitting right here!" the Doctor pouted.

Becks petted his hand with a warm, if somewhat condescending smile. "How bout this, you tell us where and when here is, and we'll forgive you all you previous misadventures," she told him, causing Rose to giggle.

"Whenever it is, it's definitely London. Hope for your sake it's near enough the beginning of the 21st century," he added giving Rose a warning look.

She glared back at him. "Oh so you don't even know when it is and you're going to leave me behind! You complete and utter--"

"As this would be the fourth time you guys have fought today," Jack cut her off, returning from the bathroom, "can we just not and say you did?" he asked, taking his seat.

The fighting pair just glowered at each other for a moment longer before looking at opposite walls. Becks however just oggled him, forcing her jaw off the floor as he looked over at her.

"Hello there," he said giving her a charming smile.

"Hi," was all she managed to force out.

Jack's smile only grew. "I'm--"

"Captain Jack Harkness," she filled in before he had the chance, causing him to raise a brow.

"Do I know you?" he asked, surprised to find he felt rather bad about possibly having forgotten her.

She shook her head, her earlier demeanor returning as she gave him a bright smile. "Course not…" she paused, giggling slightly as she stared at him. "You honestly don't know do you?"

"Know what?" the Doctor asked as Jack just shook his head.

"Blimey…how does that work?" she asked as she frowned, but it disappeared a moment later when she seemed to start answering her own question. "Are you Rose Tyler?" she asked, turning to Rose who just nodded. "Blimey…this is like…the beginning! The start, before even the--"

"Darling I pay you to work not to gas bag," the manager cut her off as he walked by.

Becks got to her feet, returning the chair she'd been sitting on to it's place. "So umm, do you lot have any money or just fantastic dishwashing skills?" she asked teasingly, though with an apologetic smile.

Rose sighed. "I'll go see if I've still got any money on my card," she replied, getting up and heading for the exit.

"I said it was my shout, I'll get the money," the Doctor retorted, following her out. The ensuing argument was inaudible thanks to the door closing behind them.

Jack sighed as he looked back at the waitress. "You'd never guess just the day before yesterday they couldn't be happier to be together would you?"

"Life threatening situations tend to do that," Becks replied as she slipped into the seat opposite him.

Jack chuckled. "You don't know the half of it!" he said seriously, before sighing as he watched the two people he cared most about in all the universe fighting. "I just don't get it. I mean they care about each other so much, but to look at them you'd think...you'd think they hated each other!"

"It's because they care so much that they're fighting," she told him softly, placing a hand over his reassuringly. "They're just both so scared of losing each other that they're trying to limit the fallout in the only way they think they can."

Jack pulled a face. "If only they could see how the other one saw them for just one day." He gave a soft laugh. "Knowing them they'd end up fighting about which one cared more after that!"

Beck's just smiled. "You never know, it might help, walking in each other's shoes for a day."

Jack stared at the two switched friends in front of him. "Umm guys...I might know what caused this," he said, already preparing himself for the yelling that was sure to ensue.

Hehe hope you liked your character Becks ;) Hope you all enjoyed, let me know what you think!! Chapter 3 is a bit harder than I thought, so hopefully reviews will get me through the block ;)