Will You… Part 3

Note: Guess wha guys? I have gotten an oral fixation! meaning I am obsessed with my teeth! I swear, it's the weirdest thing ever! I realized it this morning during church... 2 hours... i was unconciously rolling my tongue over my teeth OVER AND OVER again! and playing with my teeth! and at least 5 times my friend caught me with my pen stuck in my mouth! and I licked my high lighter! (well, okay, maybe THAT was an accident)... wow. I think i've been watching Doctor Who too much to think that an Oral Fixation is good.

Disclaimer: MWAHAHAHAHA...I don't own anything.

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Rose paused just outside the TARDIS and saw her mum running. Had the Doctor just shoved her out the door? Where was he going to go? She ran back inside before the Doctor could disappear on her.

"'Ang on a minute, you're coming with me, mister," Rose told him sternly.

The Doctor shrugged and sheepishly smiled at her from where he had been darting around pressing some buttons. "It was worth a try," he said, and pressed a giant red one.

"Come on." She tugged him out and he reluctantly followed… right into the arms of Jackie Tyler. Her arms came around him before he knew what had hit him.

"Oh, come 'ere you big softy!" Jackie exclaimed affectionately, and the Doctor wasn't given a choice. At least she was in a good mood.

"Um, hello, Jackie," he mumbled as Rose laughed at him behind her mum's back. He wrinkled his nose at her and she stuck out her tongue.

"Help?" he mouthed.

With a sigh, Rose stepped forward and tapped her mum on the shoulder. Immediately Jackie turned round and attacked her in a great big bear hug. "Oh, my little girl, so far from home, it's great to have you back, sweetheart!" Jackie cried, holding her daughter tightly.

"Mum… I've missed you, Mum," Rose whispered as tears pricked at her eyes.

"So, where have you been?" she asked.

Rose didn't have time to answer, for the TARDIS door swung open, and out stepped a bleary eyed Captain Jack Harkness… in his boxers. "Hey, what's going on… crap."

Rose could see her mum about to flip, and she quickly turned her round as Jack realized what was going on and ran back into the TARDIS. The Doctor could hear him cursing all the way to his room and snickered slightly. He looked over at Rose and grinned when he saw she was trying to hold her laughter in and turning purple as a result. Jackie turned back round and eyed her daughter.

"Oi, I think I'm going to be sick…" Jackie ran to the rubbish bin as both the Doctor and Rose let loose their pent up laughter as they both leaned against the TARDIS wall for support.

"Oh wow…" Rose finally said after their bout of laughter had subsided and she was wiping tears from her eyes. "That was the best thing since…I dunno…"

"A long time?" the Doctor suggested, before doubling over again in another laughing fit, and Rose followed suit. They had just managed to maintain their composure by the time Jackie had come back, but just barely.

"Did you get sick?" the Doctor asked politely.

"I really want to slap you, Doctor. WHO exactly, was THAT?"

"Captain Jack –"

"Harkness, at your service," the ex-time agent interrupted from where he was relaxing against the doorway of the TARDIS and flashed his charming smile, ever the cool one.

"Close the door, they'll be a draft," the Doctor said sharply.

Jack raised an eyebrow saucily at the Doctor but did as he requested. The Doctor sent him the death glare as he pushed past him and locked the door.

"Do they like each other?" Jackie whispered to her daughter who was watching with a hint of a smile on her face.

"Oh yes, definitely… well, maybe… WELL…" Rose paused and considered thoughtfully. "Just leave it," she told her mum, not willing to explain about Jack and why there might have been tension before they had become family-like friends.

"Now…" Rose began, smiling.

"Who's up for some tea?" the Doctor finished cheerfully, sending Jack a meaningful look. Jack nodded silently and walked over to Rose.

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As the group of four travelled into the flat, Rose and Jack went over their latest adventure together in great detail.

"And I was all, 'DOCTOR! TURN LEFT! LEFT!' and he was all… 'NO! TURN RIGHT COZ IT'S ALWAYS THE RIGHT WAY TO GO!' and we turned right – and right into the things we were trying to escape from! I think I laughed for an hour when we got back!"

"And meanwhile, I was being escorted by two lovely aliens. Really nice couple, especially when they – "

"Jack," Rose hissed, jabbing right beneath his ribcage.

"What?" Jack asked innocently, nudging her back and wrapping an arm loosely around her shoulders.

Jackie froze in her tracks and the Doctor took her arm and pulled her along. "That her new boyfriend?!" she hissed furiously, absolute horror on her face.

The Doctor bristled. "No," he said calmly, but by this point, readers, whenever the Doctor professes to be calm, we all know that he is definitely not calm.

"Good," Jackie said with satisfaction, and the Doctor had to hold back a smirk.

He just wanted to gloat in Jackie's face, "He's not, coz WE'RE GETTING MARRIED TODAY!" he could just IMAGINE her reaction. Her shocked expression… just like the one she was wearing now. Shoot… please tell me I didn't just say that. And then he knew he had. Because up came Jackie's hand, and down came her calloused palm… on his cheek. He kneeled over in pain. "Ow!"

"That's what you get! That's what you get for – " Rose had come running up and had helped the Doctor up again. Now she stood between them, her feet planted firmly on the ground.

"Mum, STOP."

"But did you just hear what he said? My baby did NOT grow up to marry a frigging ALIEN!"

"Mum, STOP – "

"I am not letting him go near you EVER AGAIN!! I WILL KILL HIM BEFORE I LET THAT HAPPEN – "

"MUM!" Rose screamed so loud the Doctor winced and covered his ears and Jack had a headache for a week.

Jackie looked particularly annoyed. "What?" she exploded at her daughter.

"Last time I checked, he was the hero of the world. Last time I checked, he was saving me and telling me that he loved me with tears in his eyes. Last time I checked, you were giving him hugs and kisses and saying things like, 'welcome to the family'. Last time I checked – I WAS RUNNING MY OWN LIFE AND NOT YOU!"

There was a pause after Rose had shouted the last sentence, and she walked over to her Doctor and gave him a hug and a gentle kiss, which he responded to eagerly.

Jackie watched them for a minute, in the middle of the deserted street. Calmed down enough, she walked over to the Doctor and Rose who were still busy. Tapping him on the shoulder, she waited until he reluctantly broke off the snog and turned around to face her.

"Do you love her?" Jackie asked bluntly.

"Yes," the Doctor replied gravely and without hesitation, looking solemnly into Jackie's eyes.

"You promise to take good care of her?" Jackie pressed.

"Jackie – I'll take good care of her. That's all I can do. You know as well as I do that I can't promise anything. But if love helps… I love her with both my hearts, and I will never let her go." He turned back to Rose and smiled tenderly down at her.

"Then there's only one thing I can say."

The Doctor turned round – and met a slap.

"Remember that, Doctor. Remember that. If you do anything to hurt my Rose… remember what you'll be coming back to." Her glare made it simple enough.

The Doctor nodded before turning back to Rose who wrapped both hands around his face, gently caressing his swollen cheek. He glanced appreciatively down at Rose with a smile, which she returned, and gave her a hug. "You're brilliant, angel… you know that, don't you?"

"Angel.. that's a nice name," Rose replied smiling. The Doctor gave her a long kiss and squeezed her hand. "Let's go get married," he told her excitedly, grinning like a schoolboy, and with a laugh they started off to Jackie's flat.

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