Chapter two

Her head had returned to its original position in her hands.

Jackie took Roses empty cup and headed to he kitchen to refill it. Rose let out an almighty tantrum-like growl and let her fingers grip tightly at the roots of her hair.

Jackie returned with fresh tea and placed it on the table in front of Rose.

"well?" she asked "what was inside?"

Rose slid the brown box, now ripped and torn from the removed ducktape towards her mother on the table. She looked at the box, then at Rose and placed her own mug onto the table, picking up the box.

Inside was a large wod of money, a set of keys and a single envelope, now also ripped open and two rings. Jackie pulled out the lose bit of paper that was hanging out and began reading it.

The words were printed out in a clear black font and were not much to go buy givun the circumstances.

Her eyes traced along the paper and she let out a small gasp every now and again.

When she was done reading the instructions she looked up at Rose with a shocked expression on her face.

"That Cheeky little-"

"mum!" interrupted Rose. "its not his fault. He didn't know what was going to happen"

"I bet he did!" she went on "what a cheek! I'll kill him. He cant just marry you like that! I'll tell you what, he's gonna have some serious explaining to do when he wakes up"

"mum, you need to act like every things normal" Rose sighed "He cant know about this, I just have to go along with it."

"As his wife?"

"I don't have much of a choice, do I? Oh god" she dropped her head back into her hands. "Mum, what am I going to do?"

Jackie sat down beside her.

"well what would he do it it was the other way around?"

Rose thought about this for a second.
"I don't know, the Doctor would never let this happen"

"Well is there a way to change it?" she asked.

Rose paused and thought.

"no." she said "not without risking his life, I cant do that, I wouldn't even know where to start"

Jackie let out a sigh.

"Rose, as much as I hate this, it looks like you don't have much of a choice"

"but if he thinks im his wife, the he's going to expect things of me and I cant do that, imagine what it will be like when the Doctor wakes up and remembers!"

Jackie laughed.

"Rose, he may be an alien but he's still a man. I don't think he will mind that much."

"mum. You don't know the Doctor. He will mind, he will probably go all weird and awkward or something. What if its not the same after that? He's my best friend I really don't want to ruin what we've got" Rose was sounding like she was starting to panic now.

"oh don't give me all that friendship rubbish" said Jackie. "I don't know what goes on in that blue box of his, but I thought you and him had been more than friends for a long time now."

Rose looked shocked.

"why does everyone say that? We're really not like that, we've only ever been good friends. The Doctor, he doesn't bother with that sort of stuff"

Jackie started laughing again

"don't tell me my baby's stuck in the friend-zone"

Rose grunted and got up. She hated it when her mother tried to use teenage terminology. It just sounded wrong. Especially when she had no idea what she was talking about.

Rose gathered everything back into the brown box apart from the rings and put the box under her arm.

"I better get to my new home." she said blandly and handed her mother the larger one of the rings.

"you should probably put this on him. When he wakes up just tell him he fell and hit his head or something"

Jackie gave her a long squeeze and she left to find her new address.