Well, just as I promised, this is the last chapter of this story and, as always, that makes me sad :c but I'm really satisfied with this story so,hope you enjoy :D
A/N: There's some violence in this chapter, nothing too explicit, but be aware of it
Disclaimer: I still don't own Doctor Who.
"Th-thank you…" Rose said trying her best to not to cry. "I should-I… I'm-" She didn't know what to say. Since when was he standing there?
"Rose, what's wrong? And don't tell me that it's nothing, because I know that something is bothering you."
She wanted to run and hide in her room so she wouldn't have to answer his question; so he wouldn't see her all small and weak.
What could she say? Obviously she couldn't tell him the truth. 'Maybe,' Rose thought 'I can say that I'm missing mum or that I found my old ballet things and get nostalgic.'
She had the perfect excuse in her head, so she opened her mouth ready to try and pretend that nothing was wrong. No words came out. The only sound that left here mouth was a loud sob followed by many others as she had an emotional break-down.
She was crying so hard that she didn't notice the couple of arms that hugged her and the hand that rubbed circles on her back in an attempt to calm her.
Rose was curled up in a ball on the floor with The Doctor hugging her trying to give her some kind of comfort. He was sure that something was wrong with her since the moment that he tried to apologize to her and she told him that people used to call her like that when she was young. Her eyes were sad, and that wasn't something normal in Rose. That wasn't something that looked right in Rose. He wanted so bad to go back in time and punch the face of every person that had dared to make his Rose sad.
"Shh. I'm here Rose. Shh" The Doctor told her in a soothing voice.
"Ple-please g-go. I want t-to be al-alone" She answered him between sobs.
"I'm not going anywhere. There's nothing in this or in any universes that could convince me to leave you, not even you. So I really don't care that you don't want me here, 'cause I'm not leaving."
After a pause in which her sobs decreased, she spoke again.
"There was this guy. Jimmy. I met him when I was sixteen, he was three or four years older than me, but he was in a band and in my eyes he was perfect. We started dating a couple weeks after we met and after being with him for three months he convinced me to drop school and move in with him. That's why I never got A-levels by the way. " She said standing up and moving to a nearby chair.
He followed her, sitting in the chair next to hers and squeezing her hand encouraging her to continue with her story.
"At first all was great; we used to go out every night and have romantic dates in restaurants. But after a month or so, things changed. It started with little things like dates being less frequent or him arriving 'home' late. Then all get worse. He started to yell at me all the time, used my credit cards without my knowledge and when I refused to do something, he would tell me that I was stupid, that I wasn't worth it, that even a monkey was smarter than me. I should've gone at that moment but I was so young and even if he was a jerk, I loved him with all my heart."
The Doctor was clenching his teeth, his knuckles whiter than a paper sheet. He had the 'Oncoming Storm' look on his face and his anger was rising with every word that she said.
"Until one day he hit me; right in the eye with his huge fist. I think that he liked the sensation of control over me, 'cause he hit me again this time in my stomach, then in the ribs, my other eye and my jaw. I was on the floor if my I remember correctly, screaming for help. He was yelling at me, things like 'Get up stupid bitch' and 'Shut up!'. Maybe he saw that I wasn't getting up anytime soon 'cause he started to kick me; in the stomach again, my legs and then in my head, that's when I black out. The next thing I knew I was in the hospital with my mom by my side. After all the tears and all the apologizes, the doctor told me that I was unconscious almost two days and then he told me how bad my condition was; I had five broken ribs, a concussion, a broken leg and a broken knee. After leaving the hospital the police told me that they had caught Jimmy and that he was in prison. When we arrived to my mum's department all my things were there and well, the rest is history."
Rose ended with a surprisingly stern look and without any tears in her eyes.
"Rose I'm really sorry." The Doctor told her leaning over to give her a hug.
"It's okay, it wasn't even your fault. It was me who was just a stupid teenager in love."
"No, I wasn't talking about that. I'm sorry about all the things that I told you earlier"
"Doctor, I've already told you that it was-" she started to say when he interrupted her.
"Let me finish, please." Rose only nodded.
"I was a total jerk to you. What happened was just an accident and you were only trying to help. It wasn't right for me to told you such a horrible thing. You're the smartest person that I've known and you worth the entire universe and beyond. So… would you be able to forgive me?" He said putting his best puppy eyes
"Of course that I forgive you, you daft alien" Rose said with a laugh. "Well, with a condition."
"Your wish is my command."
"The next time that we land on the earth, you had to buy me chips and an ice cream okay?" She said with her characteristic smile.
They laugh together and then started chatting about Rose's ability to dance. After an hour of chat she knew that was now or never. Even if he kicked her out of The TARDIS at least he would know how she felt.
"Doctor?" She said looking at the floor so she wouldn't have to see his reaction.
"Hmm?"
"There's something… something that I want to tell you. When I was dancing earlier, erm… I was thinking of how much the song, well… how much that song fitted in our life."
The Doctor frowned "What do you mean? How a song about a person stalking another fit with our life? As far as I can remember we're not stalking anyone."
"No, not the 'stalking' part. I mean the part of how much a person loves another. Erm… I- I think- No, I'm sure that I- Well, this is getting difficult… What I want to say is that I- I- I lo- love- I love you." She said in a hurried whisper.
The Doctor only looked at her with wide eyes. "Ohhhh… well… that's really good to know." Then his face broke into that lovely grin that he reserved for her. "´Cause I love you too."
Rose lifted her head to look at him, a smile blooming on her face.
"You do? Really? Doctor if this is one of your 'pranks' I'm so gonna kill you."
"Of course I do! Since I took your hand for the first time I knew that we would have something special, and now look at us! Together or not at all! Dame Rose of the Powell Estate and Sir Doctor of the Tardis!" He said with a smile.
"Forever?" The Doctor asked her taking her hand. He knew that that was almost impossible, but sometimes impossible things happened in the universe. Miracles, he liked to call them.
"Forever." Rose said, more a promise than an answer. 'Cause they were the stuff of legend and not even the walls of the universe could pull them apart.
So this is it :D I really hope you enjoyed it and well, thank you so much for reading it and please, if you liked it or not, let me know it in the reviews :) Allons-y!
