Rated: M (just to be safe)
Disclaimer: I own nothing, Doctor Who belongs to the BBC and if they don't like be borrowing it and want to sue me, they'll have to catch me first!
Sorry it took so long, I've been a little busy.
For the first time in ages the Doctor was truly happy. He and Rose had been going out for several months and he was actually enjoying the domestic side to life… At that moment they were both curled up watching the Lion King.
'Rose?' he asked. 'Why are we watching this?'
When he got no reply he looked down to find that Rose had fallen asleep. He shook his head. Humans slept their lives away. He gently picked her up and carried her to her bedroom.
After tucking her into her bed, he sat with there for a few minutes, stroking her hair as he thought. He knew that one day Rose would die and leave him behind. She'd grow old and die and he wouldn't, he'd live on, alone, grieving for his lost love. He was suddenly shaken from his thoughts by Rose turning over in her sleep. He got up and left the room, stopping in the doorway, just to check she was ok, before turning and heading to the console room.
Rose woke the next morning in her bedroom. She looked around and realised she must have fell asleep while they had been watching the movie.
Half an hour later she walked into the console room, showered, dressed and ready for an adventure.
'Doctor?' she asked casually
'Yeah?' came his muffled response. Rose walked around the console to find him with the sonic screwdriver in his mouth, playing around with some wires.
'What's up?' the Doctor looked up at her for a minute before removing the sonic screwdriver from his mouth and standing up.
'Just fixing the TARDIS'
'Where we off to today?' Rose asked curiously
'Your choice' he said happily 'past or future?'
'Future'
'Earth or another planet?'
'Another planet'
'Ok, how about Parfentiamentrus, the year… ooh lets say… 6541?'
'Sounds good to me' she said cheerfully 'just, don't ask me to say the name…'
'what Parfentiamentrus?'
'yeah, that' Rose grinned
'Par-fen-tia-men-trus'
'Par-fen-tia-men-trus?' Rose asked hoping she'd gotten it right
'Yes!' the Doctor yelled as he scooped her up into a hug 'come on, I'm going to have to find you some different cloths'
Rose let The Doctor lead the way through the TARDIS's many corridors towards the wardrobe…
'How big is the TARDIS anyway?' she asked after a few minutes
The Doctor thought 'Ooh… fairly big, put it this way, you could walk for hours and not find the end'
'Well, what's the end like?' she asked
'It's like… like… a room'
'A room?'
'Yeah. A room that's empty, unless the TARDIS has decided to redecorate it just before you walked in, and then it could be anything'
'Oh. Cool'
He turned around and smiled at her, Rose, you're amazing' he leaned forwards and kissed her ever so gently.
10 minutes later the Doctor left the wardrobe room so Rose could get changed, he hadn't helped her pick her clothes in the end, deciding it would be more fun to see what she chose for herself.
Jackie Tyler was lonely without Rose in her life. She felt terrible about what had happened, she knew it was her fault that she'd never see her daughter again. She went about her day to day life filled with the sorrow of losing her only child.
Rose was standing in the TARDIS console room a few weeks later, waiting for the Doctor to come back from wherever he'd gone to find his coat, when she noticed a golden light seeping from the console. She would have ran straight to the Doctor and told him about the problem, but she found herself mesmerized by its twisting golden elegance. She stood quietly as the golden light reached towards her, stretching and floating with an elegance that could only belong to the time vortex.
The Doctor returned from the search for his jacket to find Rose standing, staring at the Time Vortex as it moved towards her. She seemed hypnotised by its beauty.
'Rose! No!' he yelled as he ran towards her 'Rose, don't look at it! Look at me, Rose!'
Rose was aware of a distant shouting, someone was calling her name, telling her to look away from the beautiful light in front of her. She knew she should, she shouldn't be seeing this. But as she went to turn her head away, it called to her; it called her name so softly. She turned back to look at it as it encircled her, everything else faded from Roses mind, all she was aware of was the warmth that seemed to stretch to the furthest corner of her mind, lulling her into a blissful sleep.
The Doctor watched in horror as the Vortex took control of Roses mind, sending her into a sleep he didn't think she could wake from. Her body rose of the floor, her arms stretched to the sides, in the Doctors eyes she looked like an angel, her golden hair being gently swept by an invisible breeze. She stayed like that for several minutes until suddenly, her eyes opened, shining with a golden light.
'Rose?' the Doctor asked cautiously
He watched in horror as the vortex left her, she fell into his ready arms, but didn't stir.
The Doctor carried her to her bedroom and lay her down.
'Oh Rose what have you done, you silly little thing?' he said sadly as he stroked her hair.
'Oh, that's a very nice thing to say to your girlfriend' Rose said quietly
'Rose? Oh my god Rose!' the Doctor yelled as he hugged her 'you ok?'
'Course I am, why I wouldn't be?' she said, grinning at him. 'you lied'
'When? I don't remember ever lying to you'
'you do it all the time' she accused, smiling. 'And I mean, when you said you sang a song and the Daleks ran away. You lied! I was the reason you regenerated! It was me!' Rose broke down into tears and hugged him. 'It was me, I killed you'
'Rose, you saved me, if it weren't for you I would have been killed by the Daleks forever. Thanks to you I'm here, and I'm fine, ok?'
'yep' rose replied, still in tears
The Doctor stayed with her for hours as she cried. Finally she cried herself to sleep. He got up to leave but Rose started to stir, so he took off his shoes and jacket and lay down next to he. Rose snuggled up to him and he hugged her close, never wanting to let go.
TBC