Rose tossed and turned in her sleep. She dreamt of the Daleks and the Cybermen, like every other night.
She was in the middle of the battle of Canary Wharf once again and the Daleks and Cybermen advanced on her from all around her. The Doctor stood helplessly in the background unable to do anything, unable to save her.
Like so many other nights, she woke up screaming his name. Every night since she'd been abandoned by the Doctor, she'd had the same dream. Every time she woke up screaming and crying.
After a while, her mum and dad stopped coming in to check on her, instead they listened to her sobbing through the wall feeling helpless.
She'd dreamt of hearing the TARDIS returning so many times. Sometimes, she'd run outside and look around frantically for any signs of the blue police box and find nothing.
So when she woke up almost a year later to the sound of the TARDIS engines far off in the distance, she put it down to her imagination and tried her hardest to get back to sleep.
She was disturbed by Jackie and Pete running into her room. Pete flicked the light on and the brightness blinded her. Throwing her arms over her face to shield from the light, she turned in the direction of their footsteps.
"Rose, did you hear that?" Jackie asked, sitting down on Rose's bed.
"Hear what?" She mumbled.
"Rose…I think it's him, the Doctor." Jackie whispered.
Rose sat up quickly and her eyes widened as she stared into her mother's. She looked up at Pete.
"What makes you think it was him?" She asked.
"We heard the TARDIS." Pete told her.
"You mean I wasn't imagining it this time?" She demanded.
Pete shook his head and smiled at her.
"We heard it." Jackie told her.
Rose flung the duvet off herself and onto the floor. She jumped out of bed and grabbed her robe. Shoving it on over her pyjamas, she ran out of the room.
"Dad, come on. Take me to him." She called over her shoulder.
"What now? Can't I get dressed first?" He asked.
Rose span around and pulled his arm.
"No now." She said, urgently.
Jackie followed them downstairs and ran into the kitchen. She grabbed the car keys off the table and threw them to Pete. He caught them one handed and ran out to the car where Rose was waiting impatiently. She yanked the door open as soon as he unlocked it and sat in the passenger's seat.
Jackie watched from the front door as they sped off into the night. Mickey had woken at the noise and joined her.
"Good luck." She shouted.
"Is it him?" Mickey asked.
"I think so, we heard the TARDIS." Jackie told him.
"But how? There's no way he could have come back without the universe collapsing." He frowned.
"I don't know. But he's here." Jackie smiled.
Pete shoved his foot down on the accelerator and watched the dial increase, a hundred miles an hour, a hundred and ten miles an hour. Rose fidgeted impatiently.
As they drew closer, she bit her lip and began to feel nervous. What would she say to him? Had he found another companion? Her heart sank at this thought and she tried to push it to the back of her mind.
When they reached the beach, she jumped out and began to run along it. The tide had come in and she was running in almost knee deep water but she didn't care. Her heart pounded as she saw the familiar outline of the police box growing in the distance.