Chapter 5

Sweat was pouring off her head, her heart was beating much faster than usual and her breathing was getting quicker and quicker yet she was smiling, laughing, she was happy. The happiest she had been in a long time. But then it ended, she woke up. She remembered. The sweat was mixed with tears. She was no longer laughing or even smiling she was sobbing. It didn't matter with Doctor, you could be running for your life from the ugliest and scariest thing you ever saw, but when he squeezed your hand and gave the biggest grin ever, it didn't matter because you just new you'd OK and that he would make sure of it. She didn't hear it the first time because she was bawling her eyes out but the second time she heard it loud and clear.

"ROSE!" screamed Jackie

"ROSE!"

Before her mum could shout again she was up and out of the door wiping her faces with her sleeve on the way.

" Mum shut up you're gonna wake the neighbours."

But once she turned the corner she new that it would matter about waking next-door up. The whole street would be awake soon enough because of them. Jackie was standing in the middle of her bedroom, a puddle of liquid surrounding her. Both hands on her stomach, Jackie looked up at her daughter

" I think this little one wants to come out"

Rose grabbed the phone and went over to her mum and gave her a huge hug.

" Ambulance please"

" Poppy … Poppy Tyler"

Rose was sitting in the chair next to her Mum's hospital bed. In her arms was a bundle of joy, the one thing that has put a smile on her face for … well since him. Well the first real thing anyway. The dream didn't count. It wasn't real. She wished it was but… but it wasn't. Anyway that wasn't the most important thing at this precise moment. The most important thing was her baby sister she was cradling in her arms. Her mum seemed to have a thing about flowers, she was Rose and the new baby was Poppy. Jackie lay asleep on the bed she was exhausted which was not surprising considering she had just endured 11 long hours of labour. Rose had been there throughout everything. Pete arrived about 8 hours in after rushing from his business trip. But he was there when it mattered, when his child was born. He was outside ringing all of his mates at the moment then he was going to go and collects some of the things they had brought for the baby. Poppy was beginning to stir, she didn't wanted to be asleep much longer, but Jackie needed her sleep so Rose got up and walked around the room with her sister in her arms. She decided to tell her a story.

"Once upon a time there was a young woman who did nothing with her life she got up went to work came home, watched TV ate chips then went to bed again. She did that everyday and didn't really do anything with her life. But one day a stranger rescued her from plastic shop dummies who were trying to kill her and from then on her life was great…."

Rose was so engrossed in her story she didn't notice her mum wake up. But Jackie didn't make a sound she just layed there and listened to what her first born was saying. The baby was not even a day old and already she new about The Doctor.

Rose had silent tears sliding down her cheeks, yet she was smiling, she was sharing her adventures with her sister, even though she was asleep and couldn't even understand her anyway, but it helped. She had been talking for over an hour now.

"… and when he held my hand it just made everything better, I just new that he'd save me from all the monsters and enemies, and his smile, his smile would make my heart melt. We were growing closer and closer by the day. Everything was good, it was more than that it was… it was.. fan..fantastic. but then it all went wrong everything changed. All because of torchwood, but I told him I told him how I felt and I knew that he was gonna …"

"Aaa aa aa choo" Jackie couldn't hold it in anymore she had been needing to sneeze for ages now. Rose looked around to see her mum wide awake, tears threatening to fall from her eyes.

" How much did you hear?" Rose enquired, wiping the tears from her face.

Enough darling, enough to make me understand."

Rose hadn't realised that poppy was awake, she started to squirk making the two women jump.

" ssshhussh shush shush, aww I think someone wants there mummy" with that Rose handed over the bundle of blankets to her mum, kissing her on the forehead beforehand.

" I'm just going to get a drink mum ill be back in a min"

" okay darlin"

As soon as Rose was out of the door she started running, she needed fresh air, everything was getting too much, it was all getting on top of her.

Once she was outside she sat on a bench and hugged her knees to her chest, there was a chill in the air and her teeth were chattering but her mind was far away, she was with him.

A huge bunch of flowers walked in the room along with a balloon and a teddy, Jackie could just about make out a bald head and straight away new it was Pete.

"and here's your daddy" Jackie cooed to her newborn flower.