A/N: Next chapters up, They're going home soon. Sorry it's late but I had alot of problems uploading. Thanks to 'The Girl in the Wrong World' for her help.

Please read the authors note at the bottom as you have some decisions to make.

It was a long walk to the TARDIS. They didn't talk, they just walked in companionable silence. Even though they had been apart a long time and had dreamt about this moment at much the horror of their parting, there was nothing to be said. Holding hands was the only communication.

When the TARDIS came into sight, Rose stopped. The Doctor looked at her.

"You Ok?"

"Yea, just thought i'd never see she again." She said with a smile, let go of his hand ran to the TARDIS. She touched the outside softly, almost a lover's caress. The Doctor could feel the happy vibes coming from the TARDIS, she was happy their Rose was home.

Rose opened the door and was shocked as she walked to the console.

"Sarah Jane wasn't wrong about you redecorating."

"She looked different to this when Sarah Jane travelled with me" He said joining Rose at the console. He put the TARDIS into the vortex and imputed the coordinates for Pete's garage. "It won't take long for us to get back. Would you like to spend some time here first?"

"Sure" She took is hand and they made their way to the kitchen.

As they sat down at the table with their cups of tea, Rose broke the silence. "Martha seems nice."

"She is. But she wasn't you" He said reaching for her hands which she let him hold gently. "She helped fill the gap that you left but I was always expecting you to come through the door when I heard footsteps." He looked at their joined hands. "It must had been hard for her, living in your shadow."

"No I don't think she stayed there for long." He looked at her. "You move on, Doctor. It's how you cope. You need companions to fill up the silence. I think after all this time she would have found her own place in your hearts."

"She did, but it is you that those hearts belong to. Would you be able to accept her in our lives?"

"I don't want her to leave. I have a lot to thank her for. She kept you safe."

They finished up and cleaned after them. The cleaning took longer than it should, because the soapsuds ended up all over the kitchen from where they had got into a playful fight which ended up with them kissing.

The TARDIS eventually materialised in Pete's garage, out of sight.

Jackie heard the engines and met them as they came out. They looked like the soapsud fight never happened. They just looked blissfully happy. But the realisation of the day's events was starting to catch up with them. Rose left The Doctor and Jackie to pack what she wanted to take with her.

She met Martha on her way to the stairs.

Martha sat on Rose's bed as she watched the girl pack.

"He's missed you." Martha said. She had got used to the silence with The Doctor, but hoped that Rose would engage in conversation.

"I missed him too." She replied, sitting next to Martha on the bed. "Four years is a long time."

"I've never seen him this happy. He was happy when he picked Jack up, but still had that sadness behind his eyes, but that has gone since he found you. You seem to banish it all."

"We were together along time. When I met him he had so much sadness, he had been the only survivor of a horrific war. He had just regenerated, do you know about regeneration?" As Martha nodded she continued. "He spent most of the invasion swanning off. But I saved him and he invited me to come with him." She stood to carry on packing. "It took a long time for him to accept his position in the universe, and it wasn't until he regenerated into his current form, that the sadness seeped to the back of his existence. He was happier after the regeneration. The sadness was still there but it didn't rule him anymore. It is sad to think that the pain came back after I left."

She walked over to the dresser to get the photos that littered the mirror.

"This is what he looked like before." She handed a tattered old photo of her, The Doctor and Jack that she had carried in her purse since it was taken.

Martha looked at the tall man, dressed all in black. "That's The Doctor?"

"Yeh. He had just regenerated into that body. I found out later that was number nine. When we get back to our universe, i'll show you the store room where he keeps stuff from his younger incarnations. You won't believe some of the stuff he used to wear. There are pictures in there as well." Rose was hoping that Martha would pick out the underlying message in her words, but to make sure she continued. "You are staying with us, aren't you?"

"Do you want me to?"

"Course I do. He does too. You have been there for him when I couldn't. I really can't thank you enough."

They sat there in companionable silence for a moment until Rose stood up again to finish packing. She put the photo that Martha had passed her back into her back pocket. She'd show Jack that later. It would be good to catch up on old times, maybe even The Doctor would join in as well.

Once Rose's possessions had been loaded into the TARDIS, they made their way, in Pete's car to Torchwood.

They knew an invasion was coming, but they couldn't stop it and when the spaceship hit Big Ben they joined UNIT in Downing Street to deal with the Slitheen.

This time UNIT soldiers were not murdered, but in the fight to apprehend the aliens both Torchwood and UNIT suffered casualties. One of those included Rose. To everyone involved she was dead. She had been grabbed by Blon Fel Fotch, the Margaret of their world. She had been strangled. The Doctor caught her as she was dropped and ran from the room with her. He knew that she would be ok but didn't know how long it would take to wake.

As Torchwood took the Slitheen to their cells and the emergency services dealt with the casualties, The Doctor refused all help with Rose, except to allow a medical doctor to sign a death certificate. That was a tough moment for him. He really thought that Rose could be wrong, that she really could be dead.

He carried her away from the scene and took her to Pete's car. Using his sonic screwdriver he started the car and drove away.

As he approached the house, he heard Rose take a deep breath. He put his foot down and sped up the drive. He jumped out of the drivers seat, and when to check on Rose who was on the back seat.

He held her tightly once she had woken up.

"How you feeling?" The Doctor asked her.

"I've been better, but it's nicer waking up to you." Smiling she put her hand into the hair on the back of his neck and pulled his head towards her. They were kissing passionately on the back seat of Pete's car by the time the others had arrived in Mickey and Jake's van.

Jack went upto the car and looked through the window where he saw a couple making out. Banging on the window he said "Enjoying yourselves?"

They pulled back from each other so fast that The Doctor banged his head on the roof. Rubbing his head he scowled at Jack and made to get out the car. Once he had extricated himself from Rose's legs that had become tangled with his in the heat of passion, he ran and tackled Jack to the ground.

"You will find yourself chucked out of an airlock into the vortex if you do that again." The Doctor hissed into Jack's ear. He let him up so that Jack could go and apologise to Rose, which he did and then kissed her, which made The Doctor scowl and then laugh.

They all knew that it wouldn't be long before they would have to leave, and some other members had some decisions to make.

A/N: Well i've had reviews regarding Mickey and Martha and thought that I would give my reviewers the change to help me decide what to do with them. So I won't update until the end of the weekend, so you have until Sunday morning to decide what you want to happen, so post your ideas.

The possibilities:

Martha stays with Mickey on the parallel Earth

Mickey travels in the TARDIS back to their Earth

Mickey stays on the parallel Earth alone.

All comments welcome, so review to have your say.