The Doctor sat in the console room, just staring at nothing. He had taken Rose to her room, letting her sleep off what had happened, and then he had gone back to the console room, where he sat and... well, he sat.

He, the Doctor, a time lord over 900 years old, seemed to be going through some form of shock.

And then the TARDIS woke him up out of his daze with an image of Rose beginning to stir. His mind started working again.

Rose yawned, stretching her arms out beside her. Her eyes slowly fluttered open as she fought the confusion that muddled her brain. Her brow furrowed as she couldn't recall anything after she went inside that museum place.

She sat up, but that was the wrong thing to do as a pounding headache began to make itself known. She groaned and fell backwards onto the bed. What did I do yesterday?.

She eyed the door that she was mentally willing to bring her tea; Her mom's cure for everything.

Her mom...

Tears stung the back of her eyes as she thought of that experience, but she fought them back.

She rubbed between her eyes as she sat up, trying to possibly relieve her headache slightly.

Then surprise held her frozen for a moment as the Doctor came into her room holding a cup of hot tea. She blinked as she took in the sight. Then she only became more confused.

"Did I sleep in?" He only really ever came into her room when she spent too much time in there and he got bored.

She saw something pass through his expression, but she couldn't label it. He then shook his head. "No, not really. The TARDIS let me know you were awake, and as I figured - and figured right, mind you - that you would have a headache, I brought you some tea."

She was stunned as she automatically accepted the cup. "Um...This might sound weird, but what happened yesterday?"

"You don't remember?" It was a question, but he looked as if he already knew the answer.

"No.. I remember going to that one museum thing, but after that..." She trailed off as she saw him nod. "What happened?"

"Well, it's a bit hard to explain..." he rubbed at the back of his neck awkwardly.

She knew he was keeping something from her. She narrowed her eyes. "Doctor..." There was a warning in her voice.

He ran a hand through his hair before speaking. "Well it's a bit difficult to explain because I don't actually know," at which he paused and pointed at her, annoyance in his eyes, "And that does not happen often!" He began to pace, "But I have ideas. Er, well, one idea."

Then he looked back at her, guilt layering his expression. "And it goes back quite a while as well." He paused a moment, studying her.

Worry and anxiety cause her to pull her legs up to her chest, wrapping her arms around herself. Her headache and the tea were long forgotten.

"Ahhhh, well, do you remember way back, right before this regeneration? You, uh, woke up on the floor of the TARDIS and didn't remember what happened? Weeeelll, that is pretty much what happened, again. sorta. But different..."

"Doctor!" She interrupted him, trying to get answers rather than his ramblings.

"Ah, sorry. Um... Short answer?"

He looked like he was feeling so awkward, it really was worrying her. She just nodded.

"I think you are, um, a time lord. And that isn't a sexist gesture, because my people didn't think like that, you are a girl, obviously, but..."

His voice trailed off in her head, not hearing anything after the "time lord." part. Everything, both inside and out, was frozen.

Then the Doctor was right in front of her, his hands on her shoulders. "Rose, breathe." While his voice was soothing so as to calm her, his eyes betrayed the panic and worry he was feeling.

She listened, though, and then her mind began racing. "I'm a time lord, like the duplicate of you?" Panic began to crawl up her spine as she saw the other Doctor aging and dying once again. Then she saw it happening to herself.

"No, I believe, from what you had said earlier, that you are fully time lord. The other me was half human, and you have been fully transformed into a time lord."

"From what I said earlier?" Confusion mixed with her worry.

THe Doctor swallowed, unsure how to go about explaining things. "And that goes back to that what I was saying earlier." Now he sat down, not looking at her because he didn't want to chicken out. " Im sure you remember me sending you back, and then what happened was that you looked into the heart of the TARDIS. You took in the time vortex, and it was going to kill you. You took the TARDIS back to satellite 5, and you turned all the Daleks to dust.

"You saved me, Rose, and I had to save you. I took the time vortex out of you, and that is why I had to regenerate in the first place. But I must not have gotten it all out, because that is why you are a time lord now. Those pains you've been having? That was probably the changing process. Then, today, you went into that museum without me - Which I did not appreciate - and long story short, the time vortex took control of you again and told me that you were changing - Are changed.

Now he turned to look at her, not surprised to see shock written all over her face. "And now you have a pounding headache because you just went from being mostly human to fully time lord."

Rose listened to what he said, and then she realized something. Something she was shocked to not have realized before.

She had two hearts. She could feel both hearts beating.

Her eyes grew wide, her hand reaching up to feel the beating of her second heart.

She was thoroughly stunned, not knowing what to even think. So she just stared at the Doctor.

"I'm not human?" Her voice was small, still too shocked to really think.

"No, Rose, and I am so sorry." Guilt layered his voice as he watched her with concern.

Then something occurred to her. "But... Doesn't that mean I would be like you?"

The Doctor just nodded, trying to keep his own feelings from affecting hers. He wanted to know how she felt before allowing himself to express anything.

"Then..." she couldn't bring herself to say anything more. If he didn't want her to stay... She finally had his forever, but now he was sorry.

She felt the tears starting to build. Once again, she fought them back. "If you want me to go - ."

She got interrupted by the Doctor pushing off the bed, frustration showing in every move he made.

"I can't even blame it on you being human now! You're just.. Female!" He spun around and pointed at her accusatorially. "That is your only excuse now!"

The Doctor's outburst surprised Rose speechless.

"You, Rose Tyler, are brilliant, but you still have moments of stupid! So, I will explain myself. I know what it's like to be a time lord. You love someone, and they die. You will have to deal with saying goodbye to numerous people, and I wouldn't wish that on anyone.

"Now that that is said, though, I am selfishly glad that you are a time lord, because then I will never have to say goodbye to the woman I love." Finally, he stopped his tirade and stood still, waiting for her response.

Relief washed over her as she felt like she was practically glowing, she was so happy. She stood up and walked over to the Doctor, a smile crossing over her face before she grew serious. "I'm sorry, Doctor, it's just hard for me to get over being sent away so much. And I don't want you to feel bad for that, Doctor, because it led me here. To you." She smiled then, her own love showing clearly on her face.

"It doesn't matter what else happens, because now I will have you, for your forever."

The Doctor cupped Roses face in his hands, his eyes showing the deep seated love he felt for her.

"For our forever."

Their lips met, passion igniting between them as the promise of forever hung over their hearts.

Author's Note: The End!

Or not.

the epilogue will be arriving soon for your reading pleasure!

I would suggest not reading it if you are allergic to mushy, gooey, lovey stuff. Then again, I doubt you would have gotten this far if you were xD