Rose took a deep breath as she sat in the waiting room as nerves began to fill her, now she was actually sat there waiting, she wished The Doctor was sitting there with her to hold her hand for support. As much as he insisted to be there, Rose insisted back that someone had to look after the children, Rose didn't want them to go to Jackie's, she didn't want to tell her anything before Rose and The Doctor knew for definite.

"Miss Tyler?" Rose faintly heard a voice ask for her. She looked up and slowly started to walk towards the office, her legs shaking with every step as she walked in to the office waiting to hear the news. Her life was about to change.

XX

The Doctor leg was twitching for hours as he paced up and down the living room waiting for Rose to come home, all day his head hadn't been on his work, he'd been thinking about Rose's test results. The idea that this could change their lives scared him, of course this past week whilst they'd been waiting for the results the two of them had been trying to be positive, for all they knew it might not be anything, the two of them could just be over-reacting over nothing. The Doctor couldn't help but have a gut feeling something was wrong, his part time-lord senses were taking over this week; his gut was telling him something was wrong.

As more time passed, The Doctor found himself looking at the clock every five minutes, every minute Rose wasn't home, to him it was a bigger sign it was bad news.

"Come on Rose." He whispered to himself, trying to concentrate on something, he wished the kids weren't in bed right now, they were always the perfect distraction for him, they were blind to bad things around them, and they were always so happy and cheery, they could make anyone forget about their problems. He started to tap his foot again as the clock continued to tick behind him. Another few minutes later, the silence was broken by the sound of the door unlocking. The Doctor jumped out of his seat, bouncing up and down on his feet, taking deep breaths as Rose walked in, his heart sunk slightly as he saw the expression on her face.

Rose had been crying, judging by the amount of mascara there was running down her face, he guessed she'd been crying quite a lot. Quickly she sniffed, wiping away the smudged mascara.

"Hey." She whispered, her breath was heavy and she looked down at the ground, not wanting to look at The Doctor's broken expression. "You should sit down." Rose took The Doctor's hand in hers gently, sitting him down on the sofa. The Doctor shook his head slightly, his mouth open like a fish, not knowing what to say to her.

"Wh..." The Doctor could only manage half a word; his heart was beating faster than he thought was possible, his foot tapping against the floor at what seemed to be 100 miles per hour.

"Just...calm down," Rose looked down at his foot, which calmed down for a moment, "this is the hardest thing I have to tell you," She whispered, the tears started to brim in her eyes once again, and a tear fell down her cheek.

"It's alright, whatever it is, whatever is wrong, we'll work through it, we always do...right?" He whispered, wiping away Rose's tears.

"Yeah," Rose tried to force a smile on to her face, "Doctor, they found something..." She hesitated for a moment, the words she wanted to say weren't coming to her, all the way back to the flat she had built the words up in her head, thinking about every little word she was going to say, Rose knew it was going to be tough, she didn't think it would be this tough.

"Take your time." The Doctor whispered, squeezing her hand gently.

"They found cancerous cells," Rose whispered, she daren't look at The Doctor's reaction until she was finished, "cancer, travelling through the void affected the cells and meant that the cells began to expand and grow, DNA mutation, impacting the cell growth and..." Rose paused for a moment, everything she was saying just seemed blurry and nonsense, "I'm not saying this right am I?"

"No, you are," The Doctor, tears were starting to fall down his own face, this wasn't something he had ever imagined, he never even considered cancer. "Just take your time, what...what kind?" He stuttered as he began to speak.

"Thyroid," Rose began, "They found it in the thyroid gland, the doctor explained that its Medullary carcinoma," She didn't know whether to give him all the details her doctor had, she believed it was best to be prepared, "My doctor told me it could spread even more, at the moment they've detected it in the glands, but it can move down to the chest, or liver or..." She stopped as she thought of it happening.

"But..." The Doctor had never cried like this, emotions just took over him, and he gently stroked Rose's cheek. "It won't. It won't. What do we do now?"

"First they have to do surgery, it's the first step...we'll take it one step at a time. Take it as it happens."

"Okay." The Doctor nodded, he hated the idea of Rose having to have surgery, he wanted her to be fixed, this was all just a horrible dream, they'd fight through this, he shook away the faint thought that this could mean death, it wouldn't, that wasn't what it meant at all. All Rose and he could do was fight, and they would, together they'd fight this, the things they'd faced together, this was just another journey, something trying to hurt them, but they'd fight it.

And they wouldn't give up.

After Rose had explained everything she could to The Doctor she collapsed in to his arms and cried gently, wiping the tears away as they fell down her face. This was going to tough.

A/N: You have no idea how difficult that was for me to write. My best friend had thyroid cancer, so hopefully the storyline will seem true/real.

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