"Oh god," Rose breathed, remembering. Anna and James could sence Rose, because her unborn child was half Time Lord.
"Now you see?" Anna said. "Do you see just what the thing growing inside you is?"
"You want to open a vortex into another reality with the power of two Time Lords, an unborn half Time Lord, and a single TARDIS?" she asked in disbelief.
"Two Time Lords, a TARDIS, a woman who once absorbed the heart of a TARDIS and her unborn half Time Lord offspring."
Rose was quiet for a moment. "Complicated."
--
"Tell me about her," Martha said to the Doctor.
"What?" he asked, knowing exactly what she spoke of, but unsure of how she could possibly know.
"This girl you obsess over so much," she replied. "The last one you traveled with."
"I don't know what you're talking about," he replied, wondering if it was to late to drop her off on some moon.
"Don't play dumb with me. I saw a picture of you and her. Blonde. Pretty. And besides, there are shoes everywhere. Pink pumps, black boots, unless your a cross dresser and haven't told me, I'm gonna say they're hers."
"Don't," he said, using the same phrase he used anytime a conversation of theirs was aproaching the topic of Rose Tyler.
"You're no fun."
"You're no fun," Rose complained.
"You're turning me into a domestic human!" he exclaimed in response.
"I am not. That's mums job," she grinned.
The Doctor was carrying at least half a dozen large bags(where as Rose was carrying two, signifigantly smaller ones) from various stores around the mall. It was the year 2014 and they were doing some early Christmas shopping. It was a few months before the invasion of the Daleks and Cybermen.
"I hate your mother," he commented.
"Oh thats not true. She just hasn't had time to grow on you," Rose said.
"And hopefully she never will. That woman is the devil in carnet."
"Didn't we meet the devil in carnet already?" she pointed out.
"May I remind you, that in an alternate universe, you are a dog?"
Rose's mouth fell open and she punched him in the arm, causing him to drop all of the bags.
--
"What's my absorbing the heart of the Tardis have to do with anything though?"
"No ones body is ment to do that," James explained. "Not even ours. You remember what happened when the Doctor took it out of you. Every cell in his body started breaking down. And he only had it in him for an hour and he had to regenerate to keep from dying. Its to much for anyone to handle."
"Everyone but you," Anna added. "Any normal human would have died the instant they looked into the vortex. But you... You're different. We don't know how, we don't know why, you just are."
You were fantastic! Absolutely fantastic. And you know what? So was I.
--
"For once in your life, Marhta Jones, would you shut up," the Doctor shouted. "Shut up and never mention Rose Tyler again."
"Ahha," Martha smiled, having reached part of her goal. "Her name is Rose Tyler."
"Ahhhh," The Doctor groaned loudly.
"I lo...I love you."
"Quite right to," he replied. "And I suppose...If its my last chance to say it. Rose Tyler--"
--
"So how are we going to do this?" Rose asked.
"Well, for starters, you've been having dreams about him, have you not?" Anna asked.
"How do you know that?"
"I'm the Dreamer. I can visit the dreams of others. I try not to 'cause its a bit rude, but soemtimes my mind brings me places," Anna shrugged. "Tell us about the dreams."
"I thought you said--"
"I break myself when I realize why my head is doing."
"Well, they're just like normal dreams, but in every one, he's there. Not doing anything, just standing. In a doorway, down the street, always out of the lime light."
"Do you ever talk to him?" James asked.
Rose shook her head. "Even when I walk right past him. I know he's there, and yet, its like my mind refuses to agknowledge that he is."
"You have to break past that barrier. You're going to go to sleep just like normal. When you enter the dream and see him, you have to break through the dream and talk to him--"
"Why?" she asked.
"Because we're going to need his help, and your the only connection we have to him. When your traveling through space, you have to have a destination, especially when traveling the alternate dimentions. If you don't, you could end up anywhere. You have to pull yourself toward the desired destination, and the destination has to pull you in."
"Go to sleep, tell him that you've found someone who can get you back to your universe, mind you, don't tell him about us, want that part to be a suprise."
"Am I ever going to see you again?" Rose asked him.
"You can't," he replied.
--
"Tell me about her," Martha begged. "Tell me about Rose Tyler."
"I'll tell you that her mother was a right bleeding pain in the arse."
"Come on, have a cup of tea," Jackie ordered.
"Thats you're cure to everything, isn't it," the Doctor said. "I'm sorry, but I don't think a cup of tea is going to help us stop the man eating Aliens that are roaming the city!"
"Whats wrong?" Martha asked, as the doctor completly blanked out of their conversation.
--
"What about mum and Pete and Mickey?" Rose asked.
"They can come. But you must go find them and bring them back here quickly."
Rose nodded and ran out of the TARDIS in search of her family.
--
"Doctor! What is it?" Martha asked, waving a hand in front of his face.
After about five minutes, he came back to reality and rushed over to the center console.
"Doctor?" she asked, as he flipped switches and turned knobs.
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in-the-stars- Its not that I hate Martha, I really don't know anything about her. I live in America and we haven't even gotten to see the Runaway Bride(BTW: if anyone knows when that will be airing over here, let me know!)
♥Morgan