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Chapter 15:

And so there they lay. Two distraught beings and one unconscious person. Person, so what is he a human? No, he doesn't…FEEL human. The Doctor's thoughts were beginning to resume as he had gently rocked Rose Tyler till she calmed down and was now on the verge of regaining all her senses. However, even though physically her state was improving, mentally was another issue.

Rose wasn't quite sure how things had unfolded as they did but was thanking God that the Doctor had somehow managed to reach her. If he hadn't she … well she didn't dare to even think about such results. She shivered slightly which resulted in a stronger hold around her by the Doctor. She stole a glance at his face; he was clearly in deep concentration, staring at the Prince. She let her head fall against his strong shoulder. It was odd; to just lay in his arms. Usually he'd pick her up, bounce up and down and ask if she was alright before easily forgetting the life or death situation she was in and then solve the task at hand. But this time was different, he was just holding her. Rose stifled a giggle as the thought came to mind as to how absurd a position they were in. Mind you, becoming quite the habit isn't it? Rose recalled the momentous "ball releasing" time which started this whole adventure up. Right before the alarm went off in the TARDIS they were so close…no it really was just my imagination. Then there was the time in the palace when he had some weird breakdown…WHICH I still haven't understood fully. And now this.

Am I losing it and just making these things up? Could this all be some form of sexual frustration or the results of a love sick young blonde female?

Only time could tell…Ironic isn't it? Well that's the story of her life…

"Rose."

Snapped out of her philosophical fantasies Rose abruptly turned her head at an angle gazing up at him. He was looking down at her with such gentle and caring eyes.

"Yes Doctor?"

He smiled, inwardly warming up at the sound of her innocent voice. "We should head back to the TARDIS where I can give you a proper look over to make sure nothings gone wrong in there!" He emphasised with a few light taps to her forehead. She giggled and then asked.

"But what about the Prince? We can't just leave him here, I bet you the police or whatever they have here are looking for him. We'll be arrested and caught and-!"

"Ahh! Now there is the beauty of this entire situation."

"Huh?"

He grinned another one of his insane 'Just-you-wait-and-see' grins. Rose sat quietly waiting for his continuation of just how this was a beautiful situation. Meanwhile he was happily gazing around the room with a smile plastered over his face. Rose continued to stare at him, getting agitated as every moment passed by until his wandering gaze fell upon her eyes.

"Oh! Yes, sorry bout that! Now then…hmm where was I? Ahh yes! Well you see Rose Tyler, I have a sneaky suspicion that the being lay over there isn't the real Prince."

Rose's eyes widened and her mouth formed a 'o' shape. "You're kidding!" She whispered with as much shock as a shushed human voice could get.

The Doctor grinned and nodded. Just as he opened his mouth to continue his little revelation the three main doors of the ballroom burst open and allowing a flood of black kitted personals to rush through.

One voice boomed loudly and echoed across the whole room, "FREEZE!"

Rose was turning her head from side to side as she tried to grasp as much of the situation as possible. Whilst the Doctor slowly removed one arm from his grip around Rose and gently raised it. He too slowly stood gently pulling Rose up with him.

"Hang on hang on! Its me, look the Doctor and Rose Tyler, so you can put those shiny dumb pieces of junk you call weapons either where the sun don't shine or point them at someone else.

"At ease men!" Cried the same voice, and all the guns were lowered. However the soldiers still stood in what seemed an uncomfortable position. Whilst a normal person would consider this command as something to allow the soldiers to hold a stance of their own free will, the opposite was true. They all now stood with the weapons pointing diagonally downwards and their legs shoulder width apart. Their faces bore expressions of concentration and the up most defiance. Well some of them were, those who were closest to the Prince were still aiming there weapons at him, obviously something discussed before the raid of the building.

From within the sea of soldiers a tall and strongly built man came forth, which Rose assumed to be the general or leader of the bunch of soldiers. Clearly in his later years of life, Rose suspected, as his short and dull hairstyle gave no colour but grey and his overall stance and expression upon his face allowed the obviously many years of experience in this field to shine through.

"Doctor."

"Sergeant Hallot."

Both men seemed to be sizing one another up for the brief moments they regarded each other. Rose stood behind the Doctor gripping his hand quite tightly as she awaited some conversation to try and figure out what was going on.

The Doctor grinned as the Sergeant stepped forward and they shook hands.

"I'm very glad to see Miss. Tyler is alright." He stepped to the side and gave a small smile and a nod to Rose, who in turn grinned shyly and nodded too.

The Doctor then began to speak, "You see Rose, these are the men who were assigned to search for you, and they were assigned by the Prince. However when they noticed that his majesty kept on delaying search squads, asking them to carry out ridiculously irrelevant tasks and mysteriously disappearing they began to ask their own questions and questioned their next direct leader, Sergeant Hallot. Brilliant you lot are!" He emphasised by releasing Rose's hands momentarily and spinning on his heel whilst throwing his hands in the air as he pointed to the group of soldiers. As he stood still he grabbed Rose's hand again and continued. "So the leader of these lot, Sergeant Hallot, came to me voicing his concerns, and you know what? He couldn't have been right if he tried! So – "

"Now Doctor, I think we both know that isn't strictly true now is it?" The Sergeant injected with a devious grin plastered on his face. With his broad grinning Rose had to admit she was slightly surprised to find hardly any wrinkles appearing. I got to ask what his secret is she light heartedly thought to herself. Mentally she shook herself and quickly snapped back to the issue he brought up, obviously causing her confusion, as did much of the rest of the situation.

"Doctor?" She spoke quietly as she questioned he pause in explanation and the interruption of the Sergeant.

Rose frowned, if she wasn't mistaken she could have sworn she noticed the Doctor's face begin to redden slightly, but before she could continue that thought the Sergeant continued.

"You see Miss, it wasn't I who consulted the Doctor over the poor leadership skills of the Prince, but he who would not stop insisting that the Prince's orders were, in his words, a load of rubbish." Rose giggled and the Sergeant continued to grin, obviously loving every moment of this. The Doctor remained quiet but Rose had noticed his grip on her hand tightening slightly.

Hallot continued, "To be honest Miss I first suspected it was something to do with the fact he was the type of man who didn't like to be ordered round."

"Tell me about it" Rose injected with a grin on her face. The Doctor turned to her with mock anger on his face briefly before he returned his gaze, which looked quiet rude from what Rose could see, back to Hallot.

"But it turns out Miss he was a bunch of nerves when you went missing and heaven forbid we didn't find you-"

"Anyway! I think she gets the gist…as I was saying before I was rudely interrupted I teamed up with him and we struck a deal. We agreed that I'd go solo and find you, because I work better without an entourage." He whispered the last few words whilst grinning madly. "And once I found you I sent a telepathic signal to the TARDIS who in turn sent a signal to the sergeant and here we are! Bob's your uncle and Timothy is your cousin twice removed!"

Rose was nodding along silently until his last remark when she sharply gave him a look. He looked sheepishly back at her and then coughed and averted his gaze to the surroundings which he seemed to have found very interesting all of a sudden.

Rose giggled and then slowly stepped forward to the Sergeant, putting her hand out and saying, "I owe you and your men my life. Thank you very much sergeant."

The sergeant accepted her gesture, firmly, and shook at her hand. "Not at all Miss Tyler, if anything we are in debt to your visit. It is unfortunate that it had to be played at in such a manner, but if you had not arrived here in Forick we would have continued to be ruled under false leadership."

Rose smiled slightly and nodded.

"If you will excuse us Miss Tyler, Doctor, we have to detain this man for questioning and most likely imprison him for the kidnapping and possible harming of an innocent civilian." He bowed slightly and stood straight. "Good day to you both."

The Doctor and Rose then too straightened from their bow and replied with their sincere thanks and left the mansion hand in hand.

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As the Doctor and Rose stepped out into the night of Forick, Rose paused and took a deep breathe in. She slowly opened her eyes to gaze at the starry night. "I thought I'd never see the sky or stars again." Her eyes began to water but she vowed to try her best not to cry. She let her head fall slightly and laughed. The Doctor meanwhile was just starring at her and gazing at the beautiful sight of Rose Tyler's face bathed in the gentle moonlight. It seemed to make her glow, like an angel or a spirit.

She laughed again, "I'd thought I'd never see you again." She gazed at him with slightly watery eyes, as he tried his best to restrain himself from embracing her and never letting go. "Come on, let's go…let's go home." He grinned. It was odd calling the TARDIS home, because he was referring to her home as well as his own. She smiled and gripped him tighter as they walked through the deserted streets of Forick.

And so they continued as such, in compassionate silence. The sound of their footsteps the only thing breaking the silence, apart from the odd sigh or deep intake of breathe from Rose or the Doctor. More Rose really than him, she was still in shock over the past few days but she knew deep in her heart he'd find her. He'd save her, the same way he saved her from a life of boredom the first time they met, and the same way he saved her every day on the TARDIS with his wild ideas and contagious grins. With these thought's she too was grinning and was now in a position to call her life content, or more appropriately fantastic.

"So that's the end of another adventure ay?" Rose said, the Doctor however remained silent for a while before replying, "Yep!"

"Honestly, we go out for some fun and relaxation and we get pulled into all sorts of trouble!"

"Well that's really your fault, like I said before you're setting new standards for jeopardy friendly!" He grinned as she shoved him with her shoulder. He swerved off the pavement on to the road.

"You could have seriously injured me Rose Tyler. What if a car had swerved out of nowhere and hit me!" He replied with mock seriousness. "I'd have to regenerate and I'm fond of this body!"

Me too…Rose replied in her head. The Doctor looked back at her, she was just standing there, hands on her hips with a smug grin on her face, as if to say she was a million times stronger than him. He grinned back, but in more of an insane manner. As he quickly jumped back on the pavement and nudged her just hard enough to make her too swerve off her feet. She laughed and landed sideways against the wall. She was about to turn back to him, promising to wage war, when something caught her eye.

She pressed off the wall with both hands staring at the billboard in front of her. Her eyes locked on and didn't seem to want to let go as every other muscle in her body contracted and were beginning to feel sore. Her eyes watered and she could sense he had moved and was now standing really close behind her, his warm breathe against her back against the relatively cold air giving his position away. She whispered, "You kept it…"

"You'd think I'd throw it away or something?"

"I…I'm such an oversensitive idiot at times…"She replied with a defeated sigh, "I don't know why I got so worked up back then…" In her mind she knew why, and she'd damn well make another similar scene if they ever found themselves in a similar situation as before.

"I don't think you were over sensitive and personally I don't think you believed one of those words you just said". She laughed as he gave a kind gentle smile whilst his eyes lingered on the photo. She laughed quietly though, as if any louder and she'd break the moment.

He stepped closer again, his chest way now against her back. She shut her eyes tightly, trying her best not to be fazed by his closeness but failing miserably. She was now concentrating on every breathe she was taking in, hoping she wasn't breathing as loudly as she sounded in her head. The last thing she wanted was to over step the boundary of their "relationship" and ruin things forever.

"Anyway, I happen to think that's one of your best photos" He spoke so quietly that even the rustling of trees seemed to empower and drain out the sound of his voice. With her eyes slowly opening she smiled and gazed at the poster in front of her. She looked so happy in that photo and yet it seemed odd…it seemed…fake. Yes that was it. For some reason her laughing face and curved body position seemed empty. The photo was incomplete.

"Incomplete…" She uttered the last trail of thought in her mind.

"Hmm?" The Doctor frowned and only had to shift his eyes slightly to look down at her face from a perfect angle because of the close proximity of the two of them.

"The photo, it sorta looks weird…because well it's incomplete. I mean you've cut off yourself…it just…seems fake."

He smiled, he could have put in some witty joke about how his face would drag more attention away from her face and thus the purpose of the flyer would equal knout. But he didn't, instead he took a shallow breathe in and raised his hands to rest on Rose's shoulder. She leaned back against him now as he slowly tilted forward and rested his head against the back of hers.

"Rose…" he whispered.

The Doctor had a habit of saying one word and then making Rose's insides either flip with excitement or clench in fear. This time she too could describe how she felt with one word . Ecstasy. Control yourself Rose! Her mind was going crazy, nerve messages being sent from one side of her brain to the other trying to figure out whether these were just friendly gestures or a lover's proclamation.

She moaned lightly as he slowly drew back and turned her gently with his hands still firmly on her shoulders till she was head on. He was now towering over her and blocking the light which once was illuminating her face. Even in the darkness she stole his breathe away.

Her loving eyes were gazing up into his looking for something, but she was interrupted and never finished her search, because she was given the answer.

In one slow but flowing movement he dipped his head down and gently placed his lips against hers. Rose's heart leapt and she could have sworn it stopped beating altogether. She'd waited for this moment for so long she wasn't sure if they were ever meant to kiss. As if it would result in the end of the universe.

Rose's lips were only slightly parted before they met the Doctor's, she needed all the air she could get, what with his chocolate brown eyes boring into her soul. But as soon as his lips touched hers she lost every single gram of sanity and brain cell she ever possessed.

His lips were gorgeous; firm, almost hesitant but definitely not overpowering. He seemed to sense the delicacy of the moment and the sensitive issues which were going to be brought up because of this one simple, heart stopping action.

His hands were still firmly gripping her shoulder's as his body slowly began to hunch over hers. His stance was strangely casual, both feet slanted in opposite directions and one slightly ahead of the other. Rose's position started as a strong posture but slowly melted into an arched body, giving way to his slightly weighted kiss and overpowering body position.

They remained still as such for a while. Just a kiss, but too much to describe in one word. After what seemed like an eternity his hands slowly loosened their grip and began to fall either side of her loosely hanging arms. Rose would have moved her arms into a more responsive position but her mind was numb and bodily movement seemed as great a task as moving the sun.

As his hands now rested on her arms, he unknowingly he began to push her back till her back made contact with the wall. One of his hands let go of her arm and wrapped itself around her waist timidly. Their kiss had now developed one step further as Rose finally made the bold move of parting her lips and gently sucking on his lower lip.

Once skittles sweet made the advertisement of all the colours in the rainbow, well Rose was now tasting all the sights, scents, feelings sounds and smells of the universe, just by kissing, or rather, tasting this Time Lord. As she did so she allowed her head to fall back slightly as they both lingered before one another gasping for the apparent lack of oxygen.

Their bodies were extremely close as Rose's body had been pulled deeper into the Doctor's chest whilst the Doctor seemed to have trapped her in between his body and the wall. They were in unity. As their heads pressed against one another and their breathes mingled they opened their eyes. Both were staring at the other unsure of what to say. Rose's mouth opened quickly and slightly as if to motion she were to speak but no words came forth. The Doctor grinned and then bowed his head whilst shaking it lightly.

"Rose, it's been so long since I have…well you know…"

"Danced?" Rose injected with a light cheeky grin. He replied with a full blown grin.

"Yes, I suppose that's a pretty good way of putting it." He drew in a deep breath averted his eyes and then spoke in a low voice whilst holding his breath as he so often did and as Rose recognised. "We don't have to finish this Rose, if you don't want to. I can think of a hundred reasons why we shouldn't…I shouldn't be doing this to you- "

He never got to finish the sentence when Rose interrupted and his eyes were immediately back on her beautiful face.

"No." Was her only reply. For a moment his hearts stopped and he felt as though for the first time in his 900 years of living he might die of fright. Rose seemed to latch on to this and quickly added with a giggle. "I want to do this, and you see you aren't doin' anything to me! Well I mean…not that I'm not really enjoying…just that…God you know what I mean…"

He laughed, and pulled her even closer and if Rose wasn't mistaken, it was almost a rough tug, as she was now fully pressed against him, and it wasn't the wall's doing either. The were just two souls, time travellers, friends…lovers, pressed against one another and one thought went through both their heads simultaneously.

Nothings ever felt so natural and normal as this.

With that the Doctor nodded slightly and guided Rose Tyler back to the TARDIS for some alone time for these two lovers. A time where they both could show just how much they meant to each other, in their own special methods…

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