Disclaimers, etc., see chapter one
The Living Rose
By Eugena
Chapter Two:
In which The Doctor Causes a Paradox
He couldn't help but visit Fortuna again. He had to check the work schedules and pick a day that Mickey was off. He figured that he was with Jackie today. The two had formed their own family with Rose linking them. He hoped Jackie would find Mickey a new girlfried. Mickey had helped him a lot in the past. He tried not to forget that. Even Rickey the Idiot deserved to be happy with someone—just as long as it wasn't Rose.
Ironic how in so many ways Mickey had brought them together.
He looked at the statue again, remembering all the reasons he should make more statues:
Rose as Fortuna, Rose as Minerva, Rose as Venus...
Déjà vu hit him as he daydreamed. His mind began to panic. He was sure he got the date right, but was he was about to cause a paradox?
A man in a leather jacket walked past him, and he heard the man's thoughts clearly.
"I asked for a test drive, and the TARDIS sends me to 2006? Not much of a test there."
The man in the leather jacket stopped and turned around, his mind suddenly remembering seeing something out of the corner of his eye.
He gazed longingly at the statue, wanting to reach out and touch it. Several thoughts pressed in his mind.
The Tenth Doctor smiled. He remembered how he felt. He wanted the woman who was right there in front of him, but he kept putting up barriers between them.
Yet, he didn't remember today. Time isn't linear, but still...
"It twists and turns," the man in the leather jacket thought in response. He glanced at his next self.
The Tenth Doctor nodded to him and smiled. He was going to forget this day anyway.