Hello again. Very sorry its taken a while to load this one up. I've been away on Holiday with no access to internet. SO here it is The 5th Chapter. Enjoy.
Rose's POV
Even after all this time I still couldn't believe just how big the TARDIS actually was. Every time I wandered around I swear I found more rooms and corridors then the time before. Sitting on a lab bed I watch the Doctor wander around placing things on benches and setting up strange equipment. The room was similar to the rest of the rooms inside the TADRIS. Plain white walls contained the 10 or so identical white medical beds in a line. Each bed had its own computer system thing which I guess monitored the patient. I wondered who the Doctor had nursed back to health and if I was going to end up in here hooked up to the machines some day. I turned my attention to the Doctor as he poured a familiar bright gold liquid into a needle that all ready contained some of his own blood. I turned my attention away from the needle and on to the Doctor as he walked forward. I silently reminded myself that he wasn't trying to hurt me and I wasn't to punch him or throw a tantrum.
"So you ready then? Any last things you want to do as a human?" He had a wicked grin on his face.
Shifting my hands into my lap I looked into his beautiful brown eyes. "Now Doctor, that sounds like 'any last words'. You haven't been tricking me have you? This isn't going to kill me is it?" I joked with only hint of worry. The Doctor's face changed dramatically.
"I would never willingly kill you Rose Tyler. Surely you know that now." His eyes were so serious that I dropped the joke immediately.
"I was only kidding around. I know you would never harm me. Though, there is one thing. Just one."
"Which is…?" His face was half way between curious and worried. I smiled at his expression. I leaned closer to him placing my hands on his chest so I could feel both hearts beating.
"Just this." I simply said, copying him from before, and closed the gap with my face to capture his lips with mine. I snaked my arms around his neck while I felt him drop the needle carefully on the bed and wrap his arms around me tight. We stayed like that for what felt like a life time and I didn't want it to end. I pulled back sitting properly on the bed, rolled up my sleeve and smiled at the Doctor.
"I'm ready Doctor. I'm ready to become a Timelady." He laughed. I smiled at the way his hair sat all messed up from my hands. He causally flattened it down and picked up the needle. Softly he picked up my arm and found the vein just inside my elbow. My breath hitched as he brought the needle closer; this was going to be hard.
"Look away Rose. I think it helps." I nodded mutely and turned my head.
"Talk to me about random things please. And don't tell me when you are going to do it." I asked focusing all my attention to the opposite wall trrying to find something of interest in the plain white bare wall. I told myself to imagine that the cracks in the wall looked like some kind of animal or something, yet there were no cracks or no indentations for me to find.
"Well, do you remember the time we had both had that drink on the planet Peer Point which made us start skipping uncontrollably?" I laughed remembering. "That was fun wasn't it Rose? We had to skip everywhere. We couldn't do anything else, just skip. My legs have never been the same." I felt a pricking sensation in my arm. The needle was going in. the Doctor stayed quiet for a few seconds and unwillingly I imagined the needle stuck in my arm.
"There we go Rose. All done. Now was that so hard? Just lie down for a minute or so. Just to let the nano genes go to work." Obediently I lay down on the bed staring at the white ceiling. So far so good. I didn't feel any different. I heard the Doctor fiddling around with things in the lab. I sat up slowly.
"You alright?" The Doctor came over to me looking at me intently. I nodded.
"I feel fine." I stood up and promptly collapsed. The Doctor caught me with experienced arms.
"You sure you're alright Rose?" He had a smirk on his face.
"I'm always alright Doctor." I told him copying the very words he had used so often He still hadn't let go of me. "Just…" I felt something move inside me. I wriggled a little. "Wow that's weird. No nothing is wrong just feels strange. Don't worry I'll get used to it I suppose. I should be alright to walk now Doctor." I smiled up at him.
"I know." He said simply. "But I just like holding you."
I laughed. "You can't hold me forever." I moved out of his arms to take a step. Down I went again. Again the Doctor caught me.
"Rose maybe you should sit down for a little longer. You don't seem steady on your feet." The Doctor's voice was worried. Suddenly I felt really tired.
"Doctor… I…" I wanted to tell him to hold me because I was falling but then everything went pitch black.
Doctor's POV
Gently I lifted Rose back onto the bed silently cursing myself. How could I have been so stupid?
Everything could've gone terribly wrong because I let Rose get up too soon. I was being cocky believing everything was alright. I shook my head punishing myself as I set up some equipment to monitor Rose. The screen next to her showed her body image, everything was working fine though her heart rate was a little high.
That was to be expected… to be honest I had no idea how this was going to work. In actual fact this was the experiment, I had made Rose an experiment which probably wasn't one of my best ideas. I would have to keep a close eye on Rose at all times. Seeing that everything was fine there was nothing left to do but wait.
Wait for Rose to wake up.
Wait for something drastic to happen though I crossed my fingers hoping there wouldn't be.
I sat down on the chair next to Rose and just looked at her. She was beautiful. Stunning even when she was asleep. I felt kind of proud.
She was mine and mine only.(I sound like Gollum) I must be the luckiest man in all of creation to be granted a second chance with Rose Tyler. She was certainly one of a kind. I let my mind wander back to when I first met Rose, took her hand and told her to "Run." I knew even then that there was something different about Rose but I was scared of getting too attached. I let her come with me which was probably the best idea in my life. The things we'd seen; the Nestene Consciousness, the End of the Earth, Daleks, Slitheen in Downing Street, Gas-Mask Children right up to Bad Wolf when I regenerated to save Rose. She never backed away even when her life was in danger yet she didn't trust me when I Changed. She hated me on sight and wanted her old Doctor back. I had to prove myself to her which I guess was only fair enough seeing as I had just changed right in front of her. We continued on defeating the Sycorax, the werewolf, Krillitaines, Clockwork Men, Cybermen on a different universe and the Wire. We were a team until I screwed it up. I closed my eyes at the memory but Rose's face burns the back of my eyelids. The pain and disbelief seeping through her eyes was enough to cut me deep even now when I knew everything was going to be alright. But I'm tiring to reverse that now, trying to show Rose how much she means to me. A cool hand touches my face and my eyes snap open to Rose looking at me, concerned. I realise that I was crying at the memory that will forever burn in my vision.
"Doctor?"
I shook my head. "Its nothing Rose, honestly. I was just thinking about… things." I gave a small smile and Rose nodded moving back to lie against her pillow. I could tell she knew what I was thinking but no one said anything.
"It's alright Doctor, everything is going to be just fine." I looked at Rose and thought of what I was doing to her. She was wrong; everything wasn't alright, not yet anyway.
So.... What did you think? Not sure where i'm going with this in the long run. Got a few ideas but and suggestions would be GREAT.
Thanks xox
