Chapter Three

The Doctor was brought back into consciousness the following morning, as he felt Rose's soft lips on his. He kissed her back almost immediately, before breaking away and the two gazing at eachother.

"Good morning" Rose said delightedly.

"Morning Rose Tyler" he responded, grinning with elation.

Rose was currently lying in his arms, the two of them completely with a loss of clothes. Rose trailed a finger up and down the Doctor's bare chest which sent a shiver up his spine.

"Sooo..." she began teasingly "How was it for you?"

"Does it need saying?" he responded giving her a cheeky grin.

Rose chuckled and kissed him briefly on the lips.

"Judging from your noises last night, you approved of my timelord abilities in a certain department."

Rose blushed bright red, even felt a little shocked at how bold and upfront the Doctor was being.

"More than amazing" she said simply and grinning at him.

The alarm clock suddenly started beeping and Rose quickly switched it off.

"I'd better get ready for work" the Doctor began with a sigh.

"Oh don't go!" Rose pleaded "Can't you stay in bed with me all day?"

"You know I would love to …but i've got a class of geniuses to teach, I'm afraid."

Rose laughed "Okay, but you owe me big time!"

The Doctor grinned "I'm sure I'll think of a way of making it up to you" he kissed her cheek quickly, before heading into the en-suite for a swift shower.

Rose lay back in bed, grin plastered on her face as she brought the bed covers up around her.

...

The Doctor returned home from work at gone 7:00pm, he had had to stay behind to complete some marking and attend an important department meeting, so he had stopped off in the local café to grab a quick evening meal.

"Rose, I'm home!"

"Up here" she replied from upstairs.

The Doctor draped his brown overcoat over the stair banister and jogged upstairs.

"Where?" the Doctor asked, searching the rooms.

"The bathroom" Rose replied.

The Doctor headed into the family bathroom to discover Rose completely submerged in a bubble bath; her head and the very top part of her shoulders were the only part of her that could be seen.

The Doctor smiled "Hello you, enjoying the bath?" he kissed the top of Rose's head before sitting down on the very edge of the bath.

"Yeah" Rose beamed "Care to join me?" she teased.

The Doctor picked up a handful of the bubbles "Nah it's alright, not much of a bath person…you stay there and get all squeaky clean. I'm gunna make myself a sandwich, I'm still hungry. Do you want anything?"

"No I'm alright thanks; I'll be out of the bath in a minute. I'll come and join you downstairs" Rose said, moving slightly in the bath.

"Okay" the Doctor grinned and blew the handful of bubbles he had, directly at Rose, she giggled as most of them landed on her nose. He then left her to it.

The Doctor had finished the last of his sandwich by the time Rose came downstairs, her hair towel dried and she was just wearing a pink towel around herself.

The Doctor raised his eyebrows "Run out of clothes?"

Rose giggled "No…just wanted to come down and say a proper hello to you" she came over and kissed him very deeply.

They broke apart quickly with the Doctor looking dazed "Now that is the kind of greeting I would like every day!"

"I'm sure it can be arranged" Rose said sweetly, kissing his cheek and rushing back upstairs, the Doctor left feeling awfully dazed.

Two days later…

"Oh come on Rose, what's with all the secrecy?" the Doctor wondered.

They were walking, hand in hand, through Hyde Park. It was a Saturday and the first day of the Doctor's time off until the College year started again in September. Rose had been teasing him for the past hour about something she was going to surprise him with.

"Let's go sit on that bench and I'll tell you" she said and led him a few feet to the wooden park bench, the Doctor looking at her expectantly.

"Remember the other day I was asking about the summer, and asking if you were working or not?"

"Yeah I remember, I remember all too well" he smirked.

Rose chuckled before taking something out of her bag.

"I know we can't travel the universe anymore, what with not having the TARDIS, but that doesn't mean our travelling days have to be over does it?"

She handed him a white envelope and encouraged him to open it.

The Doctor took out two tickets and read what was on them.

"Me and you, we are going to go on holiday! We'll do New France, New Spain, New Italy and then I was thinking maybe the New Caribbean?" She was beaming at him.

The Doctor was looking awfully stunned yet he turned to Rose with a smile.

"Oh Rose Tyler you're a genius!" he kissed her forehead lightly "What a brilliant idea!"

"Not as dumb as I look" Rose told him with a smile.

The Doctor smiled "You're far from dumb, you're brilliant!" he brought her into a tight hug.

"So how do you feel about travelling for the best part of the summer?" Rose inquired curiously.

"I think" the Doctor began "It's fantastic! Me and you discovering new sights and sounds, experiencing everything each different place has to offer. It's going to be just like the old times."

Rose smiled and took his hand "We leave in five days."

"Well we better get preparing then hadn't we?" he handed Rose back the tickets to put in her bag, before standing up and holding out his hand which Rose took instantly "Come on, holiday shopping is needed."

Rose giggled and they walked away.

The Doctor and Rose spent an entire month travelling. They spent a week in New France (mainly New Paris), heading over to New Italy to see New Rome, New Venice and New Milan.

New Spain was their next destination where they spent the majority of the time on the beach and Rose gained a beautiful glowing tan in the process.

Finally the two of them reached the New Caribbean, where they were planning on taking trips to different small islands but spend a lot of time in New Barbados.

On the second night, the Doctor and Rose were taking a long walk on the beach. Neither of them had shoes on, just letting the sand run between their toes. The sun was just setting beyond the horizon; the sky had turned a pinkish sort of colour with dashes of stunning orange. Rose had never seen a sunset like it in her life. It was breathtaking.

They had stopped near a tall palm tree, both huddled together, their arms around eachother and Rose was resting her head in the crook of the Doctor's neck, as the two of them watched the beautiful orange sunset in front of them.

"How stunning is this place?" Rose said breathlessly "Y'know you have taken me to some stunning planets when we travelled, but nothing beats a sunset like this, in the middle of the New Caribbean."

"I must admit, it is rather amazing" he kissed the top of Rose's head.

The Doctor had now stopped looking at the sun and was gazing down at Rose, who had an idyllic smile on her face, she looked so very content.

"Rose?" the Doctor said softly.

She looked at him "Yeah?"

"I want to say something…"

Rose smiled, nodding for him to continue.

"All this month we've spent together has been the best fun I've had for a very, very long time. Spending it with you and knowing that we won't be facing danger, just makes me appreciate it even more. This trip has made me grow to love you even more, Rose Tyler."

Rose beamed with joy but stayed silent, letting him carry on.

"I'm liking this whole domestic thing, it's grown on me a lot, and that's all down to you. I never thought I would get used to being on the slow path, but I have. And now that we are on this slow path, I feel that there is one thing missing. One thing I've always wanted to have, but never could because of the life I used to lead."

Rose was looking at him in wondrous curiosity, not really understanding what the Doctor meant by all this.

The Doctor had taken something green out of his pocket and handed it to Rose, she looked at it to find it was a folded up palm tree leaf, she gazed at the Doctor with confusion.

"Unwrap it gently" he said softly.

So Rose carefully unfolded the palm tree leaf and in the middle was a beautiful, yet simple, platinum diamond ring.

Rose gasped and picked it up delicately, letting the leaf drop onto the sand by their feet. Whilst at the same time, the Doctor had got down on one knee and was beaming at her.

"Rose Tyler, will you do me the honour of becoming my wife?" the Doctor asked, with every happiness.

Rose was crying with delight, she still held the diamond ring between her index finger and thumb as she answered him.

"Doctor! I will, yes, yes I will marry you!"

The two of them gave a cry of happiness, the Doctor picking her up in a hug around her waist and spun her around. Rose hugging him back, being careful not to drop the ring. He quickly placed her back down onto her feet and beamed at her.

"Here, let me" he took the ring from her and placed it on her finger.

It fitted perfectly.

"We're engaged!" Rose said, now fully in tears of joy.

"Oh Rose, I love you so much" the Doctor declared, wrapping his arms around her.

"Love you too, fiancée!" they both giggled and kissed deeply, Rose with her arms wrapped around the Doctor's neck.

...

"Doctor, I don't want to wait" Rose suddenly proclaimed, as they carried on walking on the beach. "Can we get married as soon as possible?"

"But I thought you'd want the whole big white wedding, dresses, cake, bridesmaid's, reception…"

"None of that matters, we only know a spare few people on this planet, I would rather it just be you and me, just the two of us and no one else."

The Doctor smiled "D'ya know, I rather like the sound of that."

Rose beamed "How about we do it here? In Barbados."

"Get married on the beach?"

"Yeah!" Rose grinned "We could ask around and I'm sure we'll find someone who can perform the ceremony for us. Oh Doctor it would be beautiful."

"Yeah it really would" he gleamed with delight "Let's do it! How does tomorrow sound to you?"

Rose wrapped her arms around his neck "Sounds perfect!" She kissed his lips briefly before the two of them got very over excited and began laughing as they held hands, rushing back to their hotel, not believing what they were planning on doing the following day.

The next day …

The Doctor was wearing his normal pinstripe suit (as it was Rose's favourite) Rose had, very luckily, packed herself a long white maxi dress and so planned on wearing that. She kept her hair down but placed a beautiful white orchid to the side.

She made up a bouquet of pink orchids and white roses that she had bought from a market a few streets from their hotel.

In their hotel itself, they had found the main person who performs wedding ceremonies for couples on the beach, and he was happily willing to do so for the Doctor and Rose. The two of them then finally found two people who would act as their witnesses. Not long later, Rose and the Doctor headed down to the beach, hand in hand, ready to begin the ceremony.

"You definitely sure about this?" the Doctor whispered to Rose.

"One hundred percent" she replied, happily "And you, Doctor?"

"No doubt in my mind" he said excitedly and gave her hand a quick squeeze.

Their impromptu wedding ceremony on the beach had attracted a small gathering of people standing quite a few feet away, all watching with happy smiles, as were their two witnesses.

The registrar began the ceremony with the Doctor and Rose smiling all the way through; they exchanged vows and wedding rings (which had also been bought from a jewellery shop in town) before finally it was announced that they were husband and wife.

"You may now kiss the bride" the registrar told them.

Rose and the Doctor beamed at eachother and kissed romantically.

The small group of people who had stayed to watch started clapping.

The Doctor and Rose glanced over and smiled.

They got all the legal documentation of the marriage sorted out, to prove it had been a real marriage ceremony and that they were man and wife in the eyes of the law of New Great Britain, and the rest of the world.

They celebrated that day with champagne and a gorgeous evening meal, that the hotel made a special effort to prepare. The rest of their time in the New Caribbean, Rose and the Doctor treated as their honeymoon. And what an incredible honeymoon it was.