A/N Thanks for the reviews guys!!!! Being cheeky and posting while at works. Here's the last chapter!!!

Chapter 3

"Doctor?" Rose called, wincing as the cold water ran down her back.

"You okay? What happened?"

"Dunno, one minute everything was fine then they just went off. Where've you been anyway, thought you were getting me a drink?"

"Hmm? Oh, little boys room." He said absently looking up at the ceiling.

"A job for the Screwdriver?"

"In the TARDIS." He shook his head. "Nope all we can do is get everybody out."

"It's just as wet outside!" Rose complained peering up at her water soaked Doctor.

"True, but at least the ceiling won't cave in on top of everyone if we're all out there."

"Outside it is then!" Rose ran to the doors and started yelling for everyone to get out.

The Doctor ran to help Mickey with the very drunk Shareen. In the end he gave up trying to walk her out and scooped her up in his arms, running for the exit with a very soggy and fed up Mickey on his heels.

"Why is it whenever you turn up something goes wrong?" Mickey grumbled.

"Mickey this isn't some alien invasion this is nature." Rose defended.

"Well actually it's shoddy building work." The Doctor said sitting Shareen on a nearby bench. "Are her parents here?"

"No. They left long ago." Mickey told him.

"Better get them back here then. The emergency services will need some information from them I'd imagine."

"I'll go. Anything to get away from Shareen's wandering hands." The boy volunteered, jogging off through the heavy rain.

The Doctor looked down at Rose and saw her shudder. He shrugged out of the jacket to his costume and wrapped it round her shoulders whilst pulling her close and rubbing her back, trying to warm her up.

"I d-don't th-think it-s's g-gona help." She stuttered.

"Well it's worth a t-try." He told her, the cold getting to him far more than normal. "Bloody hell, its like ice." He complained; rubbing her back harder more to keep himself moving.

"C-can't we j-just g-go?"

"W-when Ricky gets back." He felt Rose giggle at him and poke him in the side.

It didn't take long for Mickey to re-emerge from the estate holding an umbrella, flanked by whom the Doctor could only assume were Shareen's parents.

"Be right back." He told her jogging over to them.

Rose watched him talk to them, no doubt explaining what the problem had been caused by and how they should get their money back. She wasn't positive but she could have sworn he was shaking.

He left Shareen's parents laughing and jogged back to Rose. "Home." He told her, taking her hand and almost running through the estate.

Rose stopped him as they neared the stairwell to her mum's flat.

"TARDIS is this way." He told her.

"M-mum's is c-closer." Her teeth chattered and the Doctor nodded. The TARDIS was all the way over the other side of the estate, Rose looked half frozen and if he was honest he was more than a little cold himself.

XxXxX

Rose shushed him as they bundled inside. "M-mum'll be asleep b-by n-now."

The Doctor ushered her into the living room before darting into the bathroom to retrieve some towels. He spotted her dressing gown on the back of the door and grabbed that too. When he returned to the living room Rose was on the floor getting the heater started.

"I need to get you out of that dress." The Doctor told her then stopped. "Sorry that came out a bit wrong."

Rose stifled a giggle as she shrugged his coat off. It was only now in the light of the living room she could see the Doctor's costume. His coat had been black velvet with red brocade trim with tails at the back. Looking up at him she froze at the sight before her.

There he stood, hair plastered to his head, water running down his face. His shirt was slicked against him and so see-through Rose could make out the dusting of hair on his chest. She'd never really had him down as a chest hair type really. And as for his trousers, well they left very little to the imagination. He looked like something out of a Jane Austen drama except ever so slightly more flamboyant.

Rose sneezed.

"Right you, off!" He told her, closing the space between them and reaching for the zip on the back of her dress. He cursed quietly as his fingers shook and he shivered.

"What about you?"

"I'm o-okay." He stuttered.

"Liar." Her fingers trembled at she reached for the strange tie that bowed around his neck.

His struggle with the zip was over and he reached for her dressing gown. "H-here. Put this on." He held it up in front of her and turned his face up to the ceiling as Rose stripped the dress from her shoulders. He heard it land with a soggy thud on the carpet and as Rose slipped her arms into her gown the Doctor grabbed her dress and headed towards the bathroom again. Rose followed close behind, rubbing her hair with a towel.

"What are you doing?" She hissed.

"I don't think your m-mother will appreciate soaking wet clothes in the middle o-of her living room r-rug, do you?" He reached for the shower and switched it on, letting the warm water run over his hand. "In." He nodded. "It'll warm you quicker."

"Doctor you have to get out of those clothes."

"I'm fine. Go on." He left the bathroom, closing the door behind him and hurried to the living room. Picking up one of the towels he'd retrieved earlier he wrapped it round his shoulders and tried to warm up.

XxXxX

Jackie padded out of her bedroom at the sound of the shower running. Spotting the glow from the living room she rubbed her eyes and headed towards it.

"That girl's gona be the death of me" she muttered. "Leaving lights on all over the place. That's what happens when you….." She yelped in shock.

"'S o-only m-me J-Jackie." The Doctor stuttered.

"What the bleedin 'ell 'appened to you?" She crossed over to the vulnerable looking figure perched on the coffee table, as close to the heater as possible.

"Sprinklers w-went o-off and g-got caught in the r-rain." He shivered even harder and snuggled down into the towel.

"Well sitting here like that's not going to do you any good."

"I'm f-fine."

"Don't be so stupid. Come on, up." Jackie grabbed his arm and pulled him to his feet.

"Just look at ya, soaked to the bone and trembling like I don't know what. Is Rose okay?"

He managed to nod as Jackie whipped the towel away.

"You can get that shirt off for starters." She told him, leaving the room for a moment. He could hear her muttering to herself in her bedroom.

"What are you doing?" Rose's voice drifted through the door. Looking up her saw her wrapped in her dressing gown, hair piled high on her head under a towel.

"Catching his death, that's what." Jackie moaned pushing past her daughter. "I told you to take that off."

"N-nothing else to w-wear." He shrugged, trying to control his shivering.

"Well you'll have to make do with this wont you?!" Jackie told him, holding up a very pink dressing gown. Sighing, she shook her head as the Doctor fumbled with the buttons at the top of his shirt as his fingers refused to co-operate.

"Come on Rose. It's Christmas all over again."

Rose was at his side in an instant, trying to ignore the terrified look on his face. She pulled the shirt from the waistband of his trousers, and undid the couple of buttons that held it closed at his neck.

The Doctor watched helplessly as the two women stripped him down to his boxers, rubbing his wet body over with a towel.

"They're gona have to come off too." Jackie told him simply.

"N-no."

"You're never gona get warm with wet underwear."

"N-no." He said again with a little more determination.

"Doctor. Mum's right. Look at the state of you. Your lips and fingers are going blue. You're not allowed to get sick yet, you've only had this body for a few weeks."

"Rose." He had a pleading look in his eye.

"Hang on." Rose darted out of the room and when she re-entered she was holding up a pair of boxers. "I bought them to sleep in but never got round to it. Come on, swap ya."

The soggy Time Lord watched the pair hesitantly for a moment.

"Oh fine, fine. We won't look." Jackie huffed with good humour and turned her back to him, Rose did the same.

"Ooo Doctor, I know I've seen it before but well…." Jackie teased.

The two women heard a stumble and mutterings they didn't understand.

"N-not f-funny, Jackie."

"It is a little." Rose giggled, risking a peak over her shoulder at him. She was just in time to watch him snap the elastic in place on his hips. "Besides we're only teasing, I changed you at Christmas all by myself." Looking up at his face she winked and saw his eyes narrow in suspicion.

"Here, put this on. Mum how 'bout some tea?" Rose draped Jackie's dressing gown over his shoulders and began rubbing his arms. She could feel his body trembling under her hands. "Right, on the sofa you."

Nodding wearily the Doctor did as he was told as Rose left the room. On her return she was gripping her duvet and a blanket. She paused in the doorway and smiled softly as she watched the Doctor rest his head back against the cushions and close his eyes.

"Here." Rose laid one of the blankets over the Doctor, tucking it closely round him.

"You're an idiot you know that? You wouldn't be in this state now if you'd just taken those clothes off when we got in."

"Point taken." He sighed as his body shuddered involuntarily.

She climbed on to the sofa next to him and wrapped her arms round him, pulling him into an easy hug.

The Doctor went willingly, liking the warmth she radiated through the blanket.

Rose reached for the duvet and draped it over both of them as they sunk lower on the sofa, weariness tugging at them.

"Here we are, nice cup of tea and then sleep looking at the pair of you." Jackie rolled her eyes handing them the mugs as they untangled themselves from the covers. "Don't forget to turn out the lights when you go." She yawned leaving for her own bed.

"Blimey, she's trusting." The Doctor said after enjoying half his mug, letting it warm him from the inside.

"Why'd you say that?" Rose sighed, tiredness plain in her voice.

"Her teenage daughter and a strange man, half naked on her sofa and she goes off to bed."

He smiled at her and she felt butterflies fluttering in her stomach.

"I think she feels sorry for you. You came to the party despite not really wanting to and it turns into a complete disaster. And to top it all off you looked after me, made sure I was okay before you even thought about yourself. Always a good move with mums." She smiled back, nudging him playfully. "Come on." She stood, bundling the duvet round her snugly.

"What?"

"Well, you're too tall for the sofa and it's warmer in my room." She saw the hesitation and something she thought was a flash of fear cross his eyes. "I don't bite, promise. Although if you snore I'm elbowing you." She smiled and grabbed his hand pulling him upright.

He regarded her for a moment and grabbed the blanket. Ignoring her snigger at the pink fluffy dressing gown that wasn't quite long enough to reach his wrists, he allowed himself to be led, somewhat reluctantly to her bed room.

Rose threw the duvet onto her bed and hissed at the cool air that met her before diving underneath it.

"Come on then. Get in."

The Doctor laid the blanket over the top and slipped between the two.

"What are you doing? You'll never be able to keep me warm on top of the duvet." She complained.

He chuckled and shook his head before complying and was more than a little pleased when Rose snuggled up to him, resting her head on his shoulder.

"I like that sound." She yawned.

"Which one's that?"

"Your heartbeats."

He may have been mistaken but he was sure that she pressed a light kiss to his chest before nuzzling into the fabric of her mum's dressing gown.

"Thank you for tonight." Rose whispered.

"You're welcome. Good night Rose." He whispered, pressing a light kiss to the top of her head.

Sighing contentedly, the Doctor snuggled down as far as he could into the bedcovers, arms wrapped around his companion and smiling to himself as sleep crept up on him.

XxXxX

Jackie padded out into the hall and peeked through Rose's open door. She sighed as she saw the scene before her. Even in sleep the Doctor looked as though he was ready to protect her daughter from whatever the universe may throw at them. Jackie had to be grateful for that. Her daughter had fallen for the alien and there was nothing to be done about it. Could be worse, she supposed, could be one of the lads off the estate. She had to feel sorry for Mickey though, that boy would never give up on Rose even if it was a futile plight. No one could ever take the Doctor's place for Rose and Jackie knew it. She just hoped it wouldn't break her heart too badly when it all ended. Now that was a stupid thought. She already knew her daughter will be destroyed when it all comes to an end, she just hoped she'd be able to pick up the pieces and put her back together again.

A/N: That's all folks. Hope you enjoyed! Don't forget to review even if it is the last Chapter!

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