The other's story

The Doctor and Susan decided to stay over for a few more days. He had a suspicion that maybe he could fix something with the TARDIS so they would be able to cross between dimensions, after all, when Gallifrey existed Time Lords had done it, he'd done it, Rose really wasn't the first companion he'd left behind in a parallel universe. The main difference between her and Romana had just been that Romana had chosen to stay behind; Rose had chosen to stay by his side even if it meant being parted from her family. Now, hopefully, she wouldn't have to choose.

Later, when they had gone to Rose's room and she'd just discarded her top, standing only in her bra, she suddenly felt him wrapping his arms around her waist. Feeling a shiver down her spine, the nice sort of course, she leaned back against his chest.

"You know what Rose?"

"No…" well, she had a feeling what it was; she just wanted to hear him say it.

"I love you!"

"Yeah… love you too!" slowly she turned in his embrace so she stood facing him, she felt his hands move up her back and gasped silently when he unhinged her bra. Not that it really mattered to her; she was going to take it off anyway.

Slowly, very slowly, their lips descended to towards each other and met in a kiss soft yet passionate. It was their first kiss. Some would argue that they'd done it before but kissing to get the time vortex out of someone, which he'd done in his previous reincarnation it had been the kiss there had been the reason for his regeneration, and kissing while being possessed by someone who claimed she was the last human didn't really count.

Finally, after some very long blissful moments, they broke apart, finished changing for the night, and went over and laid down in Rose's bed. Her head resting on his chest.

"Rose."

"Yeah…"

"You know… if I can't make that dimension-hopper work we might never see each other again."

"Yes we will." She turned slightly and laid down halfway on top of him, his hands resting on his chest, feeling his beating hearts underneath them. "We will because when you leave I'm going to come with you."

He opened his mouth as if he was going to argue with that but she wasn't really in a mood to argue with him so she pressed her lips against his, shutting him up.

"Rose…" he breathed when they'd finally broken apart.

"Yeah…"

"I love you!"

"I know. You told me so already."

"What? Can't a man tell a woman he loves her?"

"I didn't think you were a man!"

"Human? No! Man? Yes! Do you want to test it?" and with those words he rolled over so that Rose lay underneath, pressing his lips against hers while his hands slid up under her night shirt.