"Rose!" The Doctor continued to yell as the beeping continued, her heart was failing, and it was just one long beep. His heart had never beaten this fast he felt like his heart was in his throat, all The Doctor could do was yell, yell for Rose, demanding to know what was going on. Why was no-one telling him anything? This was his wife; his wife was dying right in front of him. Her heart wasn't beating.

The Doctor began to find it difficult to breath as nurses and doctors rushed around Rose, trying to resuscitate her. Nothing was working, the voltage was increasing, but nothing seemed to be happening.

"Come on Rose!" The Doctor muttered to himself, he didn't think it were possible for his heartbeat to accelerate any more than it already had, "Don't do this, please don't this, don't leave me, or Jenny, or Jack or Isabel. They need you, I need you baby!" His heart started to slow down as he started to hear beeping again, Rose's heartbeat was increasing. He let out a sigh of relief, she was alive.

For now.

XX

The Doctor sat by Rose's bed side for hours and hours, her heartbeat was still weak but stable for the moment. Her surgeon has informed him that she should be awakening soon. He knew the next couple of weeks were going be tough on the two of them, and their family as a whole. Due to the surgery there were certain things Rose couldn't do, normal every day things.

She couldn't stay out in the direct sun for too long, or lift heavy objects due to strain on her neck and back, little things such as picking up their small children she could no longer do until there was no pain and stitching in her neck. Cooking was going to be difficult as well, pain from her surgery was going to mean it's difficult for her to swallow, soup it was for a while.

The Doctor came out of his trance of all the difficulties over the next few weeks as Rose's eyes began to slowly flicker open. He smiled gently, holding her hand in his as Rose's eyes adjusted to her surroundings, and handed her a drink.

"Your throat's going to be a bit sore and dry." The Doctor explained as Rose took gentle sips on the water.

"Thank you." Rose whispered gently, she was unable to feel the full pain of the surgery yet, due to the medication they had her on, she knew the pain would hit her over the next few days as the medication dose would become smaller. "How'd it go?" She asked and took note as The Doctor swallowed; taking a deep breath, panic and anxiety began to fill her.

"They had to cut down the procedure," He began to explain, squeezing Rose's hand to comfort himself more than Rose, "Your heart went in to shock towards the end and...and stopped for a minute or two." The Doctor swallowed, taking his face in to his free hand, "I thought you were gone."

"I'm not going anywhere." Rose whispered, the pain in The Doctor's eyes was clearly visible, this was hurting him a lot more then he would ever let on and admit to anyone. He was hurting, more than anyone, he watching his wife undergo medical procedures and there was a lot more to come over the next few months, and they both knew it could be a possibility of years that they struggled this illness. "Come here."

Rose opened her arms for him, offering The Doctor a hug, she knew all he needed was some reassurance and some comfort, someone to just let him forget for a moment and see things were going to be alright after all.

"I don't want to hurt you." He admitted, but Rose simply shook her head at him, telling her Husband he could never hurt her. As soon as his wife pulled him in to a deep hug, he let out a gentle sigh of relief, she was alive, in his arms. Everything was going fine and everything was okay for now, when they first heard the news they had agreed they would take this one step at a time, not overwhelming themselves with possibilities and stacks of information over their heads trying to sink in to their brains.

Step one was complete, Rose's procedure was over, until the Doctors ensured she was fit enough to undergo more surgery to finish off what they had started, how long that was going to be, neither of them know, it could be weeks, but it could be months. But until then, The Doctor was going to do everything he could do to ensure Rose was well looked after, especially over the next few weeks, checking she wasn't in too much pain and not being stubborn as always, doing things she shouldn't be doing.

He was her Husband, and it was his duty to look after her. That's how he always saw it.

They look after one another when times get tough.

A/N; The end of another chapter. Let me know your thoughts.

I'm trying to ensure this is as realistic as possible, I don't the details of surgery etc I haven't faces it first hand, I know a lot of information from my friends' experiences.

And for those sweet messages asking about her, she's fine, she actually got the all clear a couple of years ago, but there's always risks etc, and long term damage, which Im going to try and relate in to this story.

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