The Doctor held Rose in his arms and felt a little peace, he wished he could just stay here but he had to go and explain to River. As he began to release her she looked up at him, lovingly. There was no point in hiding it any more they both knew that.

"Whatever, you decide." She told him, "I will always love you." Rose smiled at him, she had to be strong. If she was honest, all she wanted was for The Doctor to tell her that he loved her too, and for the pair of them to go off seeing the universe again, but she had to let him decide and deal with whatever he chose. The Doctor smiled back at her.

"I'll come back" He promised. "I will always come back". With those words still hanging in the air, he left Rose alone and went to find his wife. As he passed Jackie in the hall he gave her a reassuring wink, everything was fine. As soon as he had closed the door behind him Jackie went to check on her daughter. Rose was sitting on her bed, smiling happily. Jackie sat beside her, still thinking of the woman she had just encountered she had to say something, it could be important.

"Rose, there was this woman. Strange woman. She had a lot of hair." She started slowly. Rose's eyes darted up to meet her mothers, she knew instantly who it was. She felt her strong jealously making a comeback.

"River" she hissed.

Jackie looked puzzled, before she could ask Rose who the woman was she had left the house. Rose was beyond angry. How dare this woman, firstly take the man she loved and try to rub it in that they were married, now she was stalking him to make sure he wasn't seeing her? Anger, jealousy and rage built up inside of Rose. She was going to have it out with River, and she knew where she'd go. The one place in the whole universe where she would feel safe, the TARDIS.

…

Rose flung open the door's of the old blue box and stepped inside. She seemed calm, but her anger was burning away at her.

"River" she shouted authoritatively, she didn't have time to play games, she just wanted everything out in the open. She heard footsteps from below her, then River walking up another staircase. The TARDIS did seem bigger compared to "her" one. The two woman glared at each other. They were connected by the man they both loved but hated each other for doing so.

"What exactly is your problem?" Rose questioned?

"and how do I have a problem?" River giggled.

"oh, come on River. I know okay. So you can just stop." Her voice was getting louder.

" Rose" River began sympathetically. "I know how you must be feeling.."

Rose cut her off.

"No, you don't. You don't and how dare you even think that you do. Does he even love you, because he didn't exactly look happy to see you earlier did he? What? Did he show you the universe and fall in love with you? Cause that happened, River. He fell in love with me, and that just doesn't go away. Not after 6 years. Not after regenerations. Not even after marriage."

River was looking at her, Rose knew it wasn't right but all she wanted to do was punch her in the face.

"Life with The Doctor is hard. We never meet in the same order. I know more about him than he does, and every time we meet that changes. He knows more, I know less. One day I will look at him and know everything about him, but he won't even know my name, and that will kill me. He will know me one day and the next nothing." River turned away from her, trying to compose herself.

Rose started to feel guilty, it wasn't River's fault, was it?

"So how did you meet then? " She asked wanting to know if it was genuine.

"I was just a baby" River sighed. " I was stolen from my parents and trained to kill The Doctor, just a small innocent child. My life had been all planned and layed out for me before I had my first breath. But I couldn't do it, my mother told me who I really was, and I looked at him, dying at my hand and I couldn't do it. So I saved him. Gave him my last regeneration energy so that he could live. That was when I first realised he wasn't just "The Doctor" he was more." She sat on the stairs opposite Rose. Silence fell across the TARDIS, for the first time the two woman felt a mutual bond, they understood each other. Rose slowly made her way towards River, and sat beside her. She began to imagine how she must have felt. To suddenly have the ex turn up on her doorstep. Rose felt embarrassed, her head sank.

"I'm sorry"

River looked up at her, she smiled.

"You have nothing to be sorry about. Everyone has a first love. I think, in all honesty. You were his first, and that's not something you forget easily is it? You were always the only one" she whispered.

Realising that she had heard everything Rose put her arms around her, the two woman broke down. It was hard having a life with The Doctor, you always had to be strong. So you could keep up with him, you can't let your emotions get in the way of saving the world. But sometimes it was your emotions that saved you. The two broke apart as The Doctor came stumbling in over his feet, fearing the worst. He was shocked to see the pair hugging. He had to stop and re-think what he had just seen.

River helped Rose up as the pair giggled at The Doctor's bewildered expression. They may not be best friends, but they could at least act civil.

"So, the main question is how did you end up in a parallel world that you sealed off?" River said.

The threesome stood at the TARDIS console together, that they didn't know, but they were going to work it our together.