Doctor In Love

Part 6

The Party

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Disclaimer: I own nothing

Note: Last in the Doctor In Love…story.

ENJOY!

Possibly could do a sequel? But it would be confusing to distinguish Will You…? from this story.

Note: I could always just scrap this chapter and start again if you don't like it.

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Rose shot out of her bed the moment after the Doctor had shut the door. Sighing, she paced back and forth thinking, Should I go? Should I stay here?, and kept getting the answer, Go.

Rose sighed again and, faced with the inevitable, walked into her walk-in-closet to choose an outfit for the night ahead.

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As Rose paced the console room at 8:00 in her black dress coat waiting for Mickey to arrive, she wondered two things. One, she wondered where the Doctor was and why she hadn't seen him since he had left her, and two, she wondered if she would regret her choice of clothing.

She was dressed in a dark, moonlight blue spaghetti strap dress that went down past her toes and flared a little. It was velvety, yet shiny at the same time. Her golden hair was adorned with dark blue (fake) shiny flowers, and it was up in a swirly bun with ringlets around the eyes.

She heard the TARDIS kitchen door swing open and she almost whirled round. Instead, she stilled her feet and waited, her face to the TARDIS door.

"Wow," she heard the Doctor exclaim admiringly, and she couldn't hold back a smile as she turned to face him. He too, was huddled in a long, dark black coat that ended at this ankles, and Rose found it so different from his usual brown trench coat that she just kind of…stared. "Hey," he said grinning, coming nearer to her.

"Hey," she said back softly, smiling.

"Well, I'm off," the Doctor grinned cheekily at her as he took her in his arms. "Have a fantastic time." The kiss he gave her was sweet and tender, soft and long.

"Hmm," Rose murmured as she leaned back. "Not brilliant?"

"You can't have a 'brilliant' time, coz you're not with me," the Doctor responded matter-of-factly without missing a beat.

Rose chuckled and he gave her a long hug.

"Ooh, I'm going to miss you," Rose whispered against his soft and heavy jacket.

"I'm missing you already," the Doctor whispered huskily back as he pulled her closer.

They heard a knock at the door.

"Mickey the Idiot?" the Doctor guessed as Rose reluctantly backed away with a sigh. She pulled her coat tighter around her.

"Yeah, since he's the only one who bothers to knock on a Police Call Box," Rose replied as the Doctor chuckled.

"You look fantastic," he assured her as he kissed her cheek gently and gave her one last hug.

"You're burning," Rose replied frankly as she looked into his eyes, which instead of the normal colour of brown, they were black and smouldering.

"Little too much heat in here for my liking," he admitted.

"Maybe I should –"

"No, don't keep Rickey the Idiot waiting. I'll be fine," the Doctor interrupted as they heard pounding on the door.

"I don't want to – "

"Leave me? Trust me, I don't want you to either," the Doctor finished for her gently, looking at her tenderly. "But you have to. Now, go on." A quick kiss and she was fluttering out the door.

"Now I must get my plan ready…" the Doctor murmured, rubbing his hands and striding out the TARDIS door.

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Rose chatted and laughed with Mickey on the way to the party, but her heart wasn't really in it. Arriving at last, Mickey opened the door for her, and she got out, a smile plastered onto her face.

"Crazy mansion," Mickey commented as they made their way slowly up to the giant monstrosity of a house where different people were already gathered.

"Yeah," Rose agreed as they entered through the patio and into the coat closet.

Rose felt several pairs of eyes on her as Mickey slowly and gently took her coat from off of her, and blushed, self-conscious. "You look gorgeous," Mickey whispered in her ear and she heard several low wolf whistles coming in her direction. This made her even more uncomfortable and Mickey escorted her into the ballroom.

On and on Mickey and Rose danced; Mickey determined to make Rose at ease with him and Rose determined to forget the Doctor.

A few dances into the evening, Mickey got a tap on the shoulder. "Can I take your partner?" a familiar voice asked.

Rose felt her face return to its full colour as Mickey turned her over with no complaint. As she was taken gently into the person's arms, she felt a kiss on her forehead and her head shot up.

"Can I tell you again that you look absolutely gorgeous?" the Doctor asked, holding her breathtakingly close, his cheek against hers.

"Anytime," she told him, smiling as she reached up and gently kissed his cheek.

"You see I am wearing a tux," he told her proudly.

"Are you? I didn't notice," she teased.

"Hey – " he began to protest.

"Just teasing," she told him, lifting a finger to his lips to stop the words. In reply he kissed her finger.

"I know," he told her back smiling, as he swept her out onto the balcony, still dancing.

"Where we going?" she asked, blissfully happy. "And how did you get out of taking care of my mother?"

"I simply told her I love you and that I was going through complete torture," he answered truthfully. Rose looked up at him suddenly and they stopped dancing.

"You…you love me?"

"You think I didn't?"

"Well… you never… I didn't…" Rose was at a loss for words.

"You're right," the Doctor admitted. "I never told you that I love you. It was wrong of me, and I'm sorry."

"You're forgiven," Rose replied, teasing lightly.

In reply, he leaned down and kissed her gently and sweetly.

"Why are we out here on the balcony?" she asked when they had broken apart.

"Because." The Doctor smiled at Rose. "I need to ask you something. Will you marry me?"

Rose stood silent for a moment, before turning to him with eyes very full.

"Yes – " she whispered before he swept her in his arms and kissed her forcefully. " – I will!" she ended with a laugh.

"You know what, Rose?" he asked as he fit a beautiful diamond and sapphire ring on her fourth finger of her left hand.

"It's beautiful," she breathed as she admired it, and the Doctor smiled. "What?" she asked next in response to his question.

"Fantastic," he whispered, grinning from ear to ear.

Rose had tears in her eyes when she hugged him happily.

"I love you," she whispered against him.

The Doctor closed his eyes and breathed out, pulling her as close as he could. Finally he could say it. Finally he wasn't afraid.

"I love you too."

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Okay, so maybe I shouldn't have ended it so soon, but… I have Romeo and Juliet…and Doctor Who to think of now! I dare not be so hasty in that story!

I must be in a marriage mood today because I wrote Will You 2 and Doctor In Love 6 at the same time, and they both have the Doctor proposing! Okay, so maybe reading that very intense story about David Tennant and Billie Piper last night helped a lot. Hmm…if he does propose in R&J&DW, I'll make sure to delay it! Wow, I am in a VERY good mood!

-dances and mutters something about too many bananas- I'm so pretty, I'm so pretty, I'm so pretty and witty and gay! Isn't that how the song goes? And get your minds out of the gutters, people. Gay means Happy.