It was about 8 nights later that Mickey found out. He had often felt a weird vibe before going to bed, but then again, he felt weird vibes all day with everything that happened.

This night however he couldn't fall asleep and decided to get a glass of water from the kitchen. As he passed Rose's room he thought he heard voices. He knocked on her door.

The Doctor had only just come in and settled down beside Rose. The knock made them look at each other. She couldn't deny Mickey, this would be the end of their secret.

"Come in." She announced against her will.

"Hey, I thought I heard voices…" Mickey stopped at the sight in front of him. Rose in a singlet sitting up in bed, partly covered by her duvet. The Doctor, in his trousers and partly unbuttoned shirt, on top of the duvet next to her. Both were looking at him.

"I was just going to read the Doctor a bedtime story." Rose explained. "Would you like to join us?"

Mickey was still recovering from the pang of jealousy he felt at the sight of them in bed together, even though the sight itself was pretty innocent.

Mickey had been jealous of their relationship from the start, even though nothing sexual seemed to be going on.

"Yeah sure." He said and entered the room.

He made his way over to the bed clearly wanting to sit there. This forced the Doctor to move into an upright position like the one Rose was in. He seemed to scowl at Mickey for maybe half a second.

Mickey sat on the bed leaning up against the footboard.

There was a strenuous silence in the room, which Rose couldn't stand.

"Well, since it's Mickey's first time. I think he should pick." She announced.

"Uhm, oh, well, okay. Beauty and the Beast." He decided on. He saw it lying on top of the pile of storybooks next to Rose's bed and he had always liked that one.

"OH YUK!" The Doctor protested. "Not that one Rose, please."

"It's not that bad." She laughed at the Doctor's reaction. She knew he hated it, but quite liked it herself.

"I like Beauty and the Beast." Mickey defended himself.

"Alright Beauty and the Beast it is. " Rose announced.

"Oh no, that's not fair. Rose I don't want that one. Now I have to share story time AND listen to stories I don't like. That's not fair." The Doctor whined.

"Yeah well Rose said I could pick." Mickey argued. He actually really didn't care what story would be read, but for some reason he didn't want to give in to the Doctor. He was standing his ground.

"Rooooose" The Doctor whined again, making puppy dog eyes at her.

She couldn't resist him.

"Alright, alright. How about this, I read Beauty and the Beast and then afterwards I'll read whatever you wa.."

"Peter Pan." It was out before Rose had finished her sentence.

Rose couldn't help but laugh at his determined face.

Mickey relaxed a bit against the footboard and enjoyed listening to Rose's voice. When he first realised that Rose was reading bedtime stories he thought the whole thing rather childish. But he was starting to enjoy it. All he had to do was avoid the occasional scowl the Doctor sent in his direction to show he still wasn't happy about the story choice.

When the story finished they were all starting to get tired. Mickey had slouched down a bit further. The Doctor moved to rest his head on Rose's shoulder, this freed up space for Mickey's legs, which he eagerly took, though he looked suspiciously at the two. It also allowed the Doctor to see the pictures in the book. He particularly liked the pirates.

The story took a bit longer as Rose's reading got slower with her increasing tiredness. When she finished they were all half asleep.

"Alright, out you two. Time to sleep."

Grudgingly Mickey started to get up, but the Doctor made no move.

"You too pirate." Rose told him while she ruffled his hair.

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AN: yes i promise this story will one day live up to it's M rating, though i'm still trying to figure out if i should go for the playful flingy stuff or the serious soulmate type of thing. Any suggestions?