Rose paid for her fish and chips and sat down on the wall with her feet dangling on the edge that was near the arcade. Jackie sat down next to her daughter. She could tell something was brothering her, and she knew the jacket she was wearing was nearly three sizes two big on her. She could tell that she had been crying when she had woken up that morning.

"What's wrong sweetheart?" asked Jackie as Pete sat down next to his wife.

"I ran into the-"

"I believe you have my jacket Miss Tyler." said a male voice in a Scottish accent.

Rose looked up and saw the man that she had ran into last night on the beach. She turned around and stood up from the wall. She shrugged it off and nearly threw it at him.

"How did you know who I am DI Hardy? Because I didn't introduced myself. " snapped Rose.

"I am DI here Miss Tyler. I have my ways of finding out things." said Alec with a nearly cocky smile.

Rose crossed her arms over her chest. "You think that's suppose to sound impressive. You are sorely mistaken," and she walked way leaving the man and parents alone.

Jackie stood up and faced the man that reminded her of the Doctor. She balled her fist up at her side to stop from slapping him across the face. Pete stood next to his wife and placed his hand over her clinched hand.

"You listen to me and remember this. My daughter was hurt very badly recently, and you look just like him except for the beard you have on that damned face of yours." hissed Jackie.

Alec slipped on his coat. "I that would make her reaction understandable." He whispered to himself. "Have a good day," and he walked way from the couple.

"Jacks, was that necessary to tell the man that. That is private matter with Rose." said Pete.

"I just don't want her hurting more then she is right now. If I would know that he was here I wouldn't suggested this place."

He kissed his wife's brow. "It would happen sooner or later dear." She sighed heavily and nodded her head.

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Rose ran hard along the shore line, tears ran down her face. She couldn't believe that he had shown up again. She ran faster the waves wetting her running shoes and her sweat pants. She knew if her mother found her running like this again. It would upset her greatly. Because the last time she ran like this she had nearly hurt herself. She had to clear her mind of what happened at lunch. She had tried walking around town and going to a few small shops but nothing seemed to help her pain. She waited until near sunset before she went for a long, hard run.

Alec sighed heavily when he saw the Tyler woman run hard. He could tell she was pushing herself far too hard. Almost to the point of hurting herself. He saw her stumbled a couple times, but continued her run.

"Alec are you going to stop the woman, before she hurts herself?" asked Ellie as she walked next to him.

"The last time I came in contact her I was insulted and nearly slapped by her mother. If she hurts herself then it is her own doing." said Alec.

"Don't be a bastard Alec. What is causing her to push herself so hard?" she asked in wonder.

"According to her mother I look like a man that her daughter loved, from what I can gather from my observation of Miss Tyler and Mrs. Tyler either he left or something tragic happen."

"They're not a case that needs solving. This is a young woman that is hurting and hurting so bad her heart is shattered." said Ellie.

"That's not my fault Miller." snapped the Scotsman. "Oh for heavens sake." said the man when he saw her fall into the sand. "I don't want to get involved in the tragic story of this woman.

"Go help her Alec. You're already involved rather you like it or not." said Ellie and she gave him a gentle shove in the fallen woman's direction.

"Damn it Miller." mumbled Alec and he walked to Rose.

Rose laid in the wet sand with her hand laid on her left ankle and using her right arm as a pillow and her body shook hard with sobs. She didn't know if it was from the pain her twisted ankle or the pain of the man that looked like her Doctor.

Alec sat down on his knees, his shoes and pant getting wet and muddy from the sand and salty water. He untied her shoe and slowly removed her shoe before the swelling of her ankle caused more pain within it's constricted area. He took off her sock. Alec removed his tie and wet it in the cold ocean water and gently tied it around swelling ankle.

"It's the closest thing I have to ice." said Alec gently. "What the hell were you thinking running herself until you injure yourself."

Rose got up from the ground putting nearly all her weight on her right foot. She shoved him slightly, "Trying to forget you! You have no idea how much pain you cause me just by looking at you!" She turned to leave, but stumbled nearly landing on her left ankle, but Alec caught her under the bend of her knees.

"Damn it woman, you can't even walk." said the DI and easily shifted her up into his arms.

"Put me down! I'm stronger then I look. I'm damned Commander of fucking Torchwood Institute! Put me down!" yelled Rose.

Alec held onto the strong woman ignoring the soreness in his chest. He felt her go still in his arms. He looked down and saw she had finally had fallen asleep from exhaustion. He turned his head and saw Ellie walking next to him.

They reached Alec car and Ellie opened the back door, and Alec laid Rose down on the seat. He closed the door. He nodded to his DS and got into the car. He drove off to the hotel knowing that her parents would be worried.

Alec pulled up to Pete and Jackie's room and got out of the car. He walked up to room door 6 and knocked on the door. He didn't have to wait for long before the door opened revealing Jackie.

"Oh, it's you, have you came here about Rose. Pete just left to the station to report her gone." said Jackie.

Alec motioned for the woman to follow him to the car. He opened the back door and carefully lifted Rose out of the car. He groaned slightly at the pain. He knew he would have to take something for the pain when he got home. He told her about Rose running until she had hurt her ankle and was unable to walk.

"I don't know if I should be pissed off at you or thank you DI Hardy." said Jackie opening Rose's hotel room door. "You look so much like the Doctor that's nearly so painful for Rose."

Alec laid the young woman down on the bed. "It's up to you if you want to get that ankle looked at or not. Good night Mrs. Tyler," and he left the room and headed home.

Jackie sighed heavily and removed her daughter's sandy clothes and put on her pajamas and tucked her in after placing an icepack on her ankle. She pushed back Rose's hair from her face and left her to sleep off her exhaustion, and she went to tell Pete that Rose was in her room asleep.

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Alec sat at in his office, slipped on his reading glasses and turned to his computer. He punched in Torchwood, Commander Rose Tyler. He was blocked out by security codes. He tried again only to get blocked once again. He sat back and clasped his hands behind his head in thought. He leaned forward and typed in Rose Tyler, he growled at all the names that popped up under the name, and he typed in Pete and Jackie Tyler. He let a rare smile cross his face and clicked on the name pulling up history on the family. He raised his brow at the information that it held. The family visiting were millionaires, but they surly didn't like they were rich. The daughter had a tragic past and Pete and Jackie act like newly weds. He shook his head. He typed in The Doctor, he nearly slammed his fist on the table when thousands of pages popped up on the search engine. He shook his head. He should have known better.

"You better not be doing a background check on that poor girl on the beach." said Ellie as she entered the off with two cups of hot tea and sandwiches for lunch. "Here. I brought it from home. You wouldn't live on the bending machines here."

Alec took the sandwich off his desk and removed the plastic cover. He took a bite of it. "Why come here to Broadchurch, and then why stay when it suppose to cause so much pain on the daughter?" He asked between chewing it.

"Well, maybe it's safer here seeing a double then what's going on at home." said Ellie.

"Oh come on Miller. If I was in their place I would pack up quicker then you could blink. What would you do?" asked Alec.

She sat back in thought and wiped her mouth with her napkin. "I really don't know. It really depends on what's going on in the home. Just like I said maybe it's better here then there. We can nor will never know. So stop looking up on the family."

"I'm not hiding away Miller. She can hide in her room and cry herself to sleep for all I care."

She shook her head. "You can be a royal bastard."

"It's an art Miller." said Alec.

"Alec if you do run into her, maybe it's best to just walk past her and not say a word. You're good a ignoring people use that art you know how to do so well."

"Easy Miller. You're starting to walk a fine line." said Alec earning a roll from Ellie's eyes.

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Rose laid in hotel bedroom with her hurt ankle propped up on a few pillows, her parents had taken her to the doctor have it check out. It was only a sprain, but they told her to stay off of it for a few days, and no running for a few weeks. She threw down the remote of the television after flipping through it for nearly five minutes. She had been in the bed for two days now. She wanted to go and check out the church and find old grave stones like she did when she was little girl.

Rose sat up and threw her legs over the edge of the bed. She grabbed her socks and shoes. She wrapped up her ankle and slipped them on her feet. She grabbed jacket, wrote a note for her mum to find on her pillow telling her she was going to look for old grave headstones at the church. She left her room and closed the door behind her and left after locking the door behind her.

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Rose roamed threw the graveyard and stopped to read several. She stopped and saw a young blonde girl with several flowers in her hand. She quickly walked closer not to disturb her but to read the headstone after she left the grave yard.

"That's just great. Another damned tourist to come and find my brother's headstone. How dare you come here? You have no right to be here. You're sick all of you. You see or read about my brother's murder and you just couldn't resist to come and pay your "respects," to Daniel Latimer." snapped Chloe Latimer.

"I didn't come here to see that at all. I've been and seen more death then you can dream." said Rose stepping closer to Chloe. "I don't nor can I will understand your pain. But it must be hard."

Chloe sat down on bench nearby and Rose sat down next to the young woman. She could see that the slightly older woman had seen pain, it was in eyes.

"It just ever since my brother died it's brought thousands of people wanting to see the sight where my brother was found, and then they come here. It's not right."

"I'm Rose Tyler." She said introducing herself.

"Chloe Latimer." she said and women shook hands.

The blondes smiled weakly at each other, and told each other about their sad stories. They had to admit that it was nice to talk to a stranger, and to someone who didn't want to show pity. After awhile the new acquaints left and agreed to have lunch one afternoon. They exchanged phone numbers and left to leave their separate ways.

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