Sorry it took me a while to upload this…

I know the "special guest" is supposed to join us next chapter but it might take a bit longer. Do you have any guesses on who it is?

Previously: He was about to open the door when he heard a noise behind him.

He turned around.

What stood before him made him scream.

Booth quickly took out his gun and pointed it at what could only be described as a monster. The creature was bald and had pale skin. Its whole face was distorted- protruding cheekbones and Supraorbital bones (he had learned that tem from Brennan), with barely any flesh on it, just skin. Its eyes were deep inside his skull, inside two nooks, and its nose was just two holes. The skin on its cheeks was stretched downward toward its mouth, only it didn't have one. Instead the skin met in a 'v'. The rest of its body looked human (and was dressed in a black rumpled suit), except for its hands, which only had four thick, long fingers.

And even though it had no mouth, the creature spoke.

"Give usss the Doctoooor and no harm willl come to you or your friendsss"

The creature's voice was a loud, angry whisper, and sounded like hundreds of voices merging together.

Booth felt completely helpless. He guessed that the gun would be no use against this thing. This was worse than any steroid-pumped drug dealer he had ever come across.

Much worse.

Booth, for once, did the only rational thing that he could possibly do. He reached over to a cart standing close to him and wheeled it forcefully towards the monster. That took it by surprise and off balance, which gave Booth the three seconds he needed to open the TARDIS door and run inside.

"So that about concludes our tour!" Rose said as they entered the console room.

"Dude, this place is amazing." Hodgins said excitedly, and sat down on the jump-seat. The swimming pool had most impressed him, and he had wanted to stay longer in the botanical garden. There were barely twenty species of plants that he identified. He could spend all day there, it was practically heaven. "Can you teach me how to fly it?"

The Doctor groaned. "Rose, can I talk to you for a minute?" He took her to the side.

"It's my ship! She doesn't like them, I can tell." The Doctor hissed, loudly enough that Brennan and Hodgins could surely hear him.

"Doctor. I have a connection with the TARDIS, remember? She's fine with them. And anyway, I've known you long enough that I. Know. When. You're. Lying." She touched his nose with her finger at every word. The Doctor pouted and crossed his arms, huffing.

"I don't like it when people mess with my ship." He muttered.

An idea popped into Rose's head. She leaned in closer to him and pecked him on the lips.

"You play nice and we'll see where that leads." She said slyly.

"Rose Tyler, that's no fair!" He said, trying to contain his smile.

"You never said anything about blackmail not being allowed." She shot back.

The Doctor sighed dramatically and pretended to ponder it over. Then his grin was back in a flash.

"You are good, Rose Tyler. Very good."

They turned back to Hodgins and Brennan, who had, of course, overheard the whole thing and quickly averted their gaze.

Just then, Booth burst in through the doors. All head swiveled in his direction. His gun was in his hand and he looked frightened, but just for a moment, because fright was replaced immediately by confusion and then shock.

"Booth, are you okay?" Brennan asked and walked over to him. He stood gaping at the room and rubbed his head.

"Oh, wow." He said. "How is that- but it's-"

"Bigger on the inside." The Doctor completed. Rose loved to see how pleased he was whenever anyone said it.

"This is-wow-this is amazing." He put his gun back in its holster. "How? I don't understand how-"

"Alien tech." Hodgins explained nonchalantly, like it was obvious.

"Why did you come running in?" Brennan asked again. Only then did Booth snap out of his state of shock and refer to Brennan's question.

"Yeah, I don't know why I came in running like this… like there's a… hole in my memory or something." At this the Doctor frowned. Something didn't seem right. Booth seemed to take no mind of what happened, he was just mildly confused.

"Look, Bones, I'm sorry. I shouldn't have snapped at you."

"It's fine, Booth, you were just trying to protect me."

Booth smiled and awkwardly put a hand on her shoulder. After her confession in the car and he and Hannah broke up, things haven't been completely normal between them.

Booth cleared his throat. "It's getting late. I think we should call it a night." He said.

"Yeah, I should be getting home." Hodgins said.

The Doctor turned to Brennan.

"Can Rose stay with you?"

"Of course."

"Doctor!" Rose protested.

"Rose, it's gonna be cold and gloomy here with the engines off. You should stay with Brennan."

"What about you?" She said. There was a tint of worry in her voice.

"Oh, I'm gonna stay here and work on the old girl's engines." The Doctor said cheerily.

"On your own?" Rose asked. She still didn't like the idea. He noticed her worried look and held both her arms. "I'll be fine." He said gently. She nodded in agreement, and the Doctor grinned and hugged her tightly. When they separated, Rose leaned up and kissed him. The Doctor turned a deep shade of red and moved her back so that they were at arm's length.

"Rose!" He hissed. "Not in front of people!"

"You're blushing!" Rose said in a sing-song voice. The Doctor's blush deepened even more, if it was possible.

"Oi! No I'm not!" He put his hands on his cheeks to hide it. They all laughed except for him. He crossed his arms and glared at Rose, which made her laugh even harder.

"Lighten up, Doctor, I was joking!"

That didn't make him feel any better.

"Next morning I'll come in early and meet you here. We'll have to explain to Cam and Angela what's going on." Brennan said. "Hodgins, you're in charge of that.

"Why me?" Hodgins complained. "Cam will kill me!"

"Because I told you to. I am your boss. Please keep that in mind next time you answer me, Dr. Hodgins."

"And Cam is your boss." He muttered under his breath.

"What did you say?"

"Nothing, Dr. B."

Brennan, Hodgins and Booth said their goodbyes and exited the TARDIS. Rose lingered behind.

"Don't get into any trouble, yeah?" She tucked a lock of hair behind her ear.

"Weeell, the trouble always comes to me, not the other way around." Rose raised her eyebrow at that.

"What? It's not my fault that the Daleks took over the TARDIS last week!"

"You left the shields down!"

"It was important! I was expecting a delivery from the emperor of Coscos! You know the socks with the glow-in-the-dark stripes can't be found anywhere else." He explained.

Rose shook her head. "Why are glow-in-the-dark socks so impo- oh, nevermind."

The Doctor came up to her and took her hands in his. He looked into her eyes.

"Goodnight, Rose Tyler." He grinned. Rose stroked his cheek.

"Goodnight, Doctor."

"I can get you something to sleep in." Brennan said. She had just finished making the couch for Rose.

Rose nodded and Brennan walked off into her room.

It was weird to have this woman in her house. She thought about the things she knew about Rose. She was the Doctor's traveling and romantic companion. British. That was pretty much it. This whole day had been bizarre. She was still trying to wrap her head around it.

"Is this okay?" Brennan came back and handed Rose a big blue t-shirt and grey sweats.

"It's great, thanks." She took the clothes from her. "I should have thought about bringing some clothes."

An awkward silence pursued. Brennan tried to think of something to say and failed. The truth was, she was exhausted and just wanted to go to bed, but according to everything Angela had taught her, it would be rude.

"So," Rose started. "How did you and Booth meet?"

"He asked for my help on this case he had. We didn't get along very well and it ended badly, but about a year later he needed me again. This time it went much better, and we're partners ever since."

"Are you… together?" Rose asked. It took Brennan a moment to get what she meant.

"You mean are we romantically involved? No, we're- we're just partners." She had said this countless of times since she had met Booth, and never had it felt less true. Rose raised her eyebrow. "Right."

A pause. It seemed Rose was testing the limits of their new-found relationship.

"I see the way he looks at you." Rose said finally. "And how you look at him." She added sneakily and smiled with her tongue between her teeth. Brennan smiled shyly and sat on the couch.

"It's… complicated. Very complicated. A while ago he told me that he would like to try and start a relationship. I… turned him down. Then he left for Iraq and I went to the Maluku Islands to pursue an archaeological find, and when we came back half a year ago, he had a girlfriend, Hannah. Only then did I realize that… I also had feeling towards him too. But it was too late. Then, about three weeks ago, Booth proposed to Hannah and she said no. We haven't talked about it since." That was the short, simplified version, but getting into the details of their relationship would take the whole night. Rose sat down next to her.

"What's the problem, then?"

"What do you mean?"

"He has feelings for you, you have feeling for him. You're both single."

"So?"

Rose looked at her like she was crazy. "So, tell him how you feel! You have nothing to lose."

"But I do." She said desperately. "If things don't work out between us, I lose my partnership with him. And I don't want that to happen." Brennan could feel her tears well up. "Can we please talk about something else?" She said quietly.

Rose realized she had hit a nerve. "Yeah, sorry. Didn't mean to butt into anything that isn't my business."

"It's okay."

Brennan had a thousand questions about the Doctor, but she didn't want to be pushy herself. Finally, curiosity got the better of her.

"How did you and the Doctor meet?"

Rose smiled. She, unlike Brennan and more like Angela, seemed happy to share the details with her.

"I haven't talked to my friends in forever, and I never had the chance to tell anyone about him." She explained as if reading Brennan's mind.

"I met him-according to my timeline- about five years ago. These creatures that looked like plastic dolls attacked the shop I worked in, and he saved me. He offered that I travel with him and I agreed. About two years later we," Rose took a deep breath. "we were separated. I was stuck in an alternate universe and it was impossible to come back to this one. Worse two years of my life." She swallowed back tears.

"Then how are you here?" Brennan asked. Wait. Different universes? She mentally noted to talk to the Doctor about that later.

"I managed to build a time-machine in that world and passed through. There was a big mess over here that had to be fixed. After everything was sorted, I stayed. That was when things changed. He finally got the chance to say he loved me. One thing led to another, and here we are." She smiled.

"I love him. He's my Doctor." She paused. "My Doctor." She repeated softly, pondering over the words. Brennan smiled.

"Well, your story is definitely more interesting than mine." She said.

"Booth is good looking." Rose said and giggled.

"He has excellent physique." Brennan said excitedly. "He can carry me quite easily. One time we were rescuing a girl from this crazy serial killer who would kill his victims using their phobias, and there were snakes all around us and I was scared so he carried me on his back, but I was in a wonder woman costume-"

"A wonder woman costume?" Rose said incredulously.

"Yes. It was Halloween and we were on our way to a party when-"

Rose cut her off again. "This sounds like a really great story, but I'm exhausted. You can tell me next morning, yeah?"

"Okay." Brennan got up.

"Good night, Rose."

"Night."

Brennan opened the door to her room and was about to enter it when suddenly she turned back to Rose with a grin.

"The Doctor has wonderful hair." She said slyly and giggled. Rose laughed.

"He really does, doesn't he?" She said.

Brennan turned back to her room and closed the door behind her. Rose lay down on the couch without changing into the clothes that Brennan gave her, covered herself up, and fell asleep immediately, a smile still on her lips.