"How am I supposed to do this?" Rose questioned as she and The Doctor approached Jackie Tyler's house, "How do you tell your Mother that her daughter is dying?"

"Shhh," The Doctor stopped her, he hated it when she said that, in his eyes she wasn't dying, that was not what this situation was, "Don't, you're not. You're...you're ill. Not dying, there's a difference Rose." Rose couldn't help but sigh, she knew this was tough for both of them, tougher than either of them had imagined.

"Right, sorry," Rose whispered quietly and shivered, "What am I supposed to tell her?"

"Just, tell her what you told me." The Doctor squeezed her hand gently; Rose has agreed she wanted to do this alone, and as though right on cue, out Jackie came, shouting at them as always.

"You two! What you standing out here for? Come in, out of the cold!"

"You'll be alright," The Doctor whispered in Rose's ear, she wasn't sure if she meant today or the next few months and years. Before Rose walked over to her mother, The Doctor gave her a soft kiss on her cheek. He started to walk away before Jackie started shouting at him once again, insisting to know where he was going. "I've got a lecture!" He yelled, leaving Jackie and Rose to talk for a while.

Rose took a deep breath and walked in to the mansion, trying to calm herself down as she sat on the sofa. Jackie noticed there was something up straight away.

"Are you okay sweetheart?" She asked, "I'll make us a cuppa and we can talk."

"No," Rose whispered, she didn't want this to stretch out even longer then it had to; she just wanted to get it off her chest, "I need to tell you something Mum. It's important." Rose barely whispered the last part, she didn't want to worry her Mum, but there was no way to avoid it this time, Rose herself knew what it was like to be a Mother now, there was constant worrying. Jackie sat down net to Rose, her face was troubled already.

"What is it? Is it The Doctor-"

"No," Rose cut her off quickly, "Just, let me explain Mum. The other week, I had to go for some tests, and..." Rose stopped as she started to build up the courage.

"What?"

"They found...cancerous cells," Rose began to explain, she could see Jackie's heart sinking right in front of her, the same way The Doctor's did, it broke her heart watching two of the people she loved the most, fall apart in front of her. "But, I'll be fine; they're taking me in to surgery soon."

Although no-one had told Rose she had a good chance of surviving this, she had to tell herself everything would be okay, someone had to start being optimistic, no matter how many times she'd said it to The Doctor, she could still see he didn't truly believe it.

"How soon?" Jackie whispered as she started to cry.

"Next week," Rose whispered, she was glad it was happening quickly instead of having to wait months for surgery, dwelling about it. She couldn't decide whether it was a good or bad thing, her mind continuously went to the thought that she needed to be put under surgery because of complications or if they didn't do it now it'd be too late. These thoughts were always running through her mind.

"Oh sweetheart!" Jackie cried, hugging her daughter close to her as the two of them cried next to one another, over the past few years and months they'd grown apart, maybe all the sayings were true, it takes a tragedy in a family to bring them back together. In this case it was definitely true.

XX

"I'm going to be here when you wake up, I promise." The Doctor kissed Rose's cheek gently. It was finally the day of Rose's surgery, and it was just minutes before she was going to be put under.

"You can't stay the whole time," Rose sighed, "Its five hours, you've got to go home."

"And I will, but I'll be back an hour before you wake up, your Mum's going to look after the kids at hers whilst I stay here with you, I don't want you waking up alone." The Doctor explained to her, holding her hand tightly.

"I'm a big girl." Rose whispered, "I don't mind."

"You do, I know you do," The Doctor replied, he wanted to stay in the hospital every minute Rose was there, "Together. That's what we promised; I'm not going to leave you unless I have to." He gave her a quick smile and a kiss before the nurses put her under the anaesthetic, and he watched as Rose slowly began to close her eyes, losing consciousness, he hated seeing her eyes close, though he told himself it was just like her falling asleep...not dying.

The Doctor left half an hour after Rose went in to surgery, praying everything would smoothly, and walked out of the hospital, going to spend to time with his kids.

XX

Three hours later, The Doctor drove himself to the oh so similar hospital, Rose would be coming round in just over an hour's time, he knew he was early, but he wanted to be there for Rose, not letting her be alone unless she had to.

He took a seat in the familiar corridor, waiting outside the surgery Rose was in,it made him feel slightly better knowing Rose was just through those doors. It did until he noticed five nurses rushing over to the surgery room.

The Doctor's hand began to speed up as he heard monitors bleeping away uncontrollably in surgery.

"Rose." He whispered and ran over to where she was, trying to look in to see what was going on, screaming out her name, even as a male nurse came outside to calm him down. "Rose! Someone tell me! What is going on?" He begged and he continued to hear the beeping inside, he could see inside, he could see what was beeping.

Rose's heart monitor. Her heart was giving out.

"Rose!"

A/N: Is Rose okay? What's going on?

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