"Come on then, cough up!" Rose taunted cheekily smirking, her tongue poking out the side of her mouth. She had her hands stuck out in front of the doctors like a beggar.
The Doctor glared at her, but his eyes glinted with laughter, the corners of his mouth twitching. He sighed, searching through the endless pockets of his jacket, "You'll make me go broke you know! Then what will I do?" He joked, finally submerging a wallet from the jungle in his pocket.
Rose chuckled as he shoved the money into her out stretched hands; she pocketed it quickly, grinning teasingly at him. "My, my a penniless Time Lord," She smiled, "outsmarted by a mere human-"
She laughed and the Doctor very suddenly lunged at her, intending to playfully grab her. But she was too quick. Leith and liquid in her movements she danced out of the Doctors reached, all the way smiling tauntingly at him, he grinned rakishly, "Ach you wee beastie!" He chided a Scottish accent again, barely hiding his laughter, "No one outsmarts a Time Lord, especially when it's me!"
Rose laughed and leapt off around the console, for some reason the Doctor calling her 'Beastie' caused her stomach to flutter, although, a lot of things he's said to her made that happen. Of course, he would never realise, she thought.
Last nights incident had especially caused a riot of butterflies through her stomach. That subject however, the Doctor had somehow skilfully avoided bringing to light all day, well they did have other things on their mind, one of those being a rather hungry werewolf.
Now Rose had become careless, lost in though she forgot she was meant to be running from the Doctor. So, very suddenly…
WAM!
Something that felt very much like a rampaging bull collided with her side. Then, in what seemed like slow motion she fell to the TARDIS floor, the sounds of someone's maniacal laughter in her ears the whole way.
"Gotchta!" Cackled the Doctor, seemingly unaware that he was lying on top of Rose.
Since when had the Doctor been so… domestic anyway? "Yeah well…" Rose gasped, noting the very minimal distance there was between hers and the Doctors bodies; she could feel his breath lightly tickly her neck as his eyes bored into hers. "I am so not amused!" She spluttered finally, unable to hide a smirk, though her stomach was doing cartwheels.
The Doctor hardly registered what she had said, how had he gotten into this situation? His mind was fuzzy, he could hardly form a coherent thought, and now this was strange for him. His head was clogged with the dizzying scent of Rose's hair, loose strands of which were strewn across her face. Without thinking he moved one hand so he was properly holding himself above her and gently brushed the strands off her face, tucking them behind her ear. His hearts sped up, beating out of tempo, his fingers seeming to leave a trail of fire to Rose along her skin. He wanted to touch her again, to caress her delicate features, already the Doctor was leaning closer to Rose, closing off the already tiny distance there was between them. Wetting his lips slightly, taking pleasure in the way Rose's lips obediently parted before he had even reached her mouth.
Then, suddenly, he realised what he was doing. And as if she had stung him he sat upwards shockingly fast. However unfortunately not realising just how close the TARDIS console was behind him. THWACK! For the second time in 5minutes a loud bang echoed round the TARDIS.
"Agh!" Yelped the Doctor angrily as his head connected with the metal of his machine. There was no way it had been that close before; the TARDIS was doing this on purpose, he knew it. "Bloody medalling time machine…" He muttered under his breath. Then remembering what had just happened he jumped back up, laughing nervously. What was wrong with him? His last regeneration never would have been in a situation like that, what on earth did Jacquie put in her tea?
"What on earth does your mother put in her tea?" He demanded dazedly, not realising he had said his thoughts out loud.
Rose who was feeling shocked, hurt and now confused, struggled to sit up. "What?" She asked, or more like snapped, however the Doctor didn't notice her tone of voice, nor did he answer her question; his attention was gone again and his eyes lay on a book which had flopped onto the floor.
"I forgot to ask earlier, why did you have Hairy Maclary in your book shelf?" Rose stared at him, slightly taken aback by another sudden subject change.
"Well…I," She felt her cheeks flush, "I…dunno…Why'd you take it outa there?"
Now it was the Doctors turn to stutter, why had he brought up this topic? The one he had so tactfully avoided all day? "Well…I…was…I got a…shock…and walked out…with it…" He muttered, scratching his ear awkwardly.
"You got a shock!?" Rose burst out, finally managing to stand, her voice was incredulous, "I was the one who walked into my bedroom with a strange man standing subtly in the corner!"
Idiotically the Doctor laughed at this point, he wasn't laughing at her, but what she said reminded him severely of the first time he met her mother.
"What are you laughing about?!" She demanded, somehow she couldn't bring herself to be properly angry at him, "It's not funny! It's embarrassing!"
"Embarrassing? It was more embarrassing for me!" The Doctor retorted, unable to keep the smile away from his voice as it kept creeping back along his face, "I was the one who saw my companion in that tiny…miniscule…I wouldn't even call it worthy of being a tea towel, we need to do something about that actually, you need new towels!" He decided, however he couldn't deny that he really didn't mind her current towel.
"Wha- I like my towel!" Rose cried furiously, though still not actually angry, "And no ones supposed to see me in my towel anyway are they!?" She demanded. Ha, she had him now.
The Doctor was stumped, well for a moment at least, "Well…You should have knocked!"
Rose blinked, "…What?"
"Knocked." The Doctor repeated, the corners of his mouth twitching.
"To come into my own room?" She asked incredulous. "You're unbelievable you are!"
The Doctor laughed; he'd won. He was about to swoop down and give her a hug, though he didn't know why, there was no reason for it. When suddenly Rose's pocket vibrated and her ring tone sounded out.
Rose jumped slightly, sliding it out, then mouthing 'Mickey' to the Doctor as she answered. He couldn't help but roll his eyes annoyed, just like him to interrupt them.