This chapter was really hard to get done, and I don't like it that much. Sorry.

Rose was amazed at the vocabulary of her opponent. She'd beaten him, but only just. The thing was, throughout the game she had felt competitive, but was also impressed with some of the boy's moves.

I guess in Heaven you can't get angry, she thought happily. She'd even extended her hand to shake at the end, but the boy had vanished into thin air.

"Now what do I do?" Rose said to herself. She then looked around her room. It was exactly how it had been in the TARDIS. A pile of books in one corner, some photos in the other … she walked over to the photos now. There were heaps with her and the Doctor, but also some of her when she was younger. There was a picture of when she won the bronze medal in the under 7s gymnastics.

"That's what I'll do!" she exclaimed. "Gym!" She was instantly transported to a gymnasium. It looked just like the one back home. It smelt like it too.

"I guess not everything can be perfect," Rose stated. However, the air soon became clearer and fresher. Rose smiled as she hoisted herself up on a beam.

Wait, what about my clothes? she thought. But when she looked down at herself, she was now wearing a leotard. She stretched her fingers out and began walking along the beam. It was easier than she remembered. She felt like she could do anything. She decided to test that theory. She closed her eyes and did a cartwheel. She landed perfectly.

"Nathaniel!" she called. Nathaniel appeared in front of her.

"How is it that I can do something that I haven't even attempted in over 10 years?" she asked.

"You can do anything here," Nathaniel said simply. "You can be as good as you want. That is of course unless you're competing against someone. And if you don't want to be fantastic, you don't have to be. You've got all the time in the world to practise and become the Nadia Comaneci you dream to be." Before Rose could respond, Nathaniel vanished. Rose thought about what he'd said.

Do I really want to be good? she asked herself. She decided she'd rather get good on her own. Immediately she lost her balance.

"Okay, here we go," she said.

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After about an hour, Rose was getting better. She was remembering all the moves she used to know, and trying some new ones. When she fell, she didn't feel any pain. She didn't notice a woman who had been watching her for some time. It was only when she walked up to her that she stopped and looked. The woman was wearing sunglasses. Why, Rose didn't know.

"Impressive," the woman said.

"Thanks," replied Rose. "I'm Rose by the way."

"I thought so," the woman said. "I just wanted to be sure." The woman took off her sunglasses. Rose gasped as she looked into the face of Madam de Pompadour. Rose had a million things she wanted to say to her, but none of them came out.

"Reinette," she breathed. "Er, hi."

"Hi," Reinette said. "Uh, can we talk?"

"About what?" Rose asked.

"I think you know," Reinette answered. Rose sighed.

"Oh, all right," she said. "Your place or mine?"

"Mine," Reinette said. The gym disappeared, and Rose found herself surrounded by 18th century furniture, save the plasma screen, the laptop and the posters of Jude Law.

"Interesting," Rose said. Reinette blushed.

"Please make yourself comfortable," Reinette said.

"Listen Reinette, I just want to get this over with and get out," Rose said.

"Please Rose, I want to apologise," Reinette said.

"Huh?" said Rose.

"You heard me," Reinette said. "Listen, the first thing I did after I died was ask about the Doctor. I wanted to know everything about him. I only saw so much when I read his mind."

"You what?" said Rose.

"Never mind," said Reinette. "Anyway, I spent a lot of time watching him on his adventures. It was weird, since it was going through time and I was seeing things that hadn't happened yet or happened years before, but anyway, I've seen his life. I've seen his companions. And … I've seen his relationship with you." Rose looked up.

"I though I was special," continued Reinette. "I thought the Doctor was my guardian angel, when really, he was just stumbling into random bits of my life. But after seeing the way he looks after you, I realised that he was yours."

"Wow, thanks," Rose said.

"Just telling it like it is," said Reinette. "He almost confessed his love for you when he went down into the Pit." Rose's mouth dropped open.

"He … did?" she said.

"I'll show you," Reinette said. She then turned on the plasma TV.

"Doctor ascending into Pit," she said. The screen fuzzed, then came into focus. There was the Doctor, about to drop. Rose watched, anxious.

"If they get back in touch... if you talk to Rose... just tell her... tell her I … oh, she knows."

Tears came to Rose's eyes.

"The Doctor didn't love me like I loved him," Reinette said. "But he loved you." Rose slowly nodded.

"I'd like to get to know you Rose," said Reinette. "How about it? Want to make a friend?" Rose thought for a bit, then smiled.

"Sure," she said.

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Reinette had been telling Rose about some of the lighter moments in the Doctor's adventures, and Rose was loving it.

"Ha! Seriously?" she said.

"I swear," Reinette said. "But I won't spoil the rest for you, now you can see it yourself."

"Oh yeah," said Rose. "That'll be interesting."

"It's amazing what you can see from here," Reinette said. "For example, I learnt why the clockwork droids wanted my brain."

"Oo, why?" asked Rose.

"The spaceship was called the SS Madam de Pompadour," explained Reinette. "My picture was inside and everything."

"Oh, we must have missed that," Rose said.

"Yeah, the TARDIS was parked right in front of it," Reinette said. Rose started laughing.

"Well I have to say Reinette, I've really enjoyed myself," she said. "You're not the person I thought you were."

"Hey, I've been here for over 200 years, I've had some time to think," reminded Reinette.

"True," said Rose. "Anyway, if you don't mind I think I'll leave now."

"Of course," said Reinette. "There's still much for you to do."

"So everyone keeps saying," Rose said. "Actually, I think I'd really like to see what the Doctor's up to. How do I do that?"

"Just get a TV and tell it what to do," Reinette said. "You can see what he gets up to in the past, the present and the future."

"Don't you think that's like spying?" Rose asked.

"You can only do it if you can justify your reason," Reinette explained. "Like how I wasn't allowed to see into Jude Law's bedroom …"

"Okay, thanks," said Rose, getting up. "So, I just imagine myself back in my room?"

"It's as easy as that," Reinette said. Rose smiled and closed her eyes.

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I'm not sure who I'm gonna to do next or how this is gonna pan out, so it might be a bit of a wait. Sorry.