Then Alec sat up. "Am I taking things too fast Rose because if I am, please say something."

"No Alec, it's just, well there are things you need to know if we are going do this, if you want me as much as I want you but it's getting late and it's going to take me quite a while to tell you everything. I don't want you not knowing what you're letting yourself in for if we are going to become romantically involved. I couldn't do that to you. I didn't tell you about Jake and I let you dangle on the end of a string all this time. It's because I was using Jake as an excuse while I figured out how I felt about you. Now I've figured it out and I'm letting go of my safety net."

Alec wondered now should he mention Torchwood? Would Rose volunteer to tell him about it? Would he be going too far to bring up the name? No. He wanted her to tell him in her own time, right now all he wanted to do was kiss her again and ask just what she had playing at, getting him all hot and bothered like that, playing hard to get when she'd known all along that Jake wasn't what he'd led himself to believe and that Rose had neither confirmed or denied her exact relationship with Jake by choosing to keep him hanging on and making him think the worse. Had he made a mistake and should he have confronted her before now? He should have told her how he felt a week ago, or when he had the chance after she'd invited him for coffee that Sunday morning but Alec had thought she'd just split up with Jake. Well, what was he supposed to think but he was annoyed with himself more for not making the extra effort to find out sooner and saved himself from an extra week of torture. Rose had finally come clean about Jake but there was still the question of Torchwood. Would it come between them?

"Rose, I don't care how bad your past is, whatever it is can't be that bad, unless you're a wanted criminal or something but then I'd know and I'd have to take you into custody for interrogation," he half joked. "Then I'd enjoy questioning you officially."

Rose just laughed. "Inspector, I wouldn't expect anything less. Are you going to handcuff me then? Please?"

"I left my handcuffs in my other jacket," he laughed back and leaned forward again to kiss her again as Rose mumbled something about he could handcuff her any time and if it required a full strip search she was all for it.

He reluctantly got up to fasten his trousers, having managed to retain his shorts and helped Rose to her feet, still standing as close as he dare to her and put his arms around her waist as she adjusted her top and skirt then she wanted to fasten his shirt buttons, taking her time and running one finger in-between each shirt button she fastened. This was going to take a while Alec thought, hopefully. She left the top two buttons open and reached up to kiss the open space and placing her arms around his neck.

"Detective Inspector Hardy, you are not the only one who is going crazy you know. I want to continue this as much as you do but when you've heard what I have to tell you, you may not be so keen after all."

"Never, Miss Tyler, nothing you can say could possibly change what I feel right now. I so want you properly and if it means I have to wait then so be it." Alec thought that it was best he leave right now before he lost total control and completely lost it, and then Rose might hate him and never want to see him again. "I'll leave, for now but this isn't finished Rose, not by a long way. Do you like to go running by any chance, I go most Sunday mornings so maybe we can go together?"

Rose thought about it, she had a lot of experience of running but not specifically for leisure purposes, more like running from aliens and danger. "I'd like that, shall we say 0700 or is that too early for you Inspector? The loser makes breakfast."

"You're on Miss Tyler so I hope you have plenty of food in."

"You're so full of yourself Inspector," she laughed but she was already planning on losing to him. "0700 sharp outside then but are you sure you want to be seen in public with me so many times?"

"Yes, I want to be seen with you and that first Sunday I was just being cautious considering a man had just left your house and I didn't want the neighbours talking about you."

"How considerate, Inspector but with you being in the Police they wouldn't have had anything to talk about really unless you already have a reputation?" she teased.

There she was, thought Alec, they were just about to make love to each other, on the brink and she was already back to teasing him and he loved it, got excited even by it and boy did she know how to tease.

He kissed her long and hard and finally said goodnight, telling her he wouldn't now be able to sleep and he'd probably lose the bet in the morning. As he walked down the small driveway, Rose was watching with a tear in her eyes. She was letting him walk off because she had to, not because she wanted to. She so wanted him to stay the night. She had no choice, she wanted him so badly, she would have to make some sacrifices and tell him everything. It was late; she should phone her step-dad before she did anything about it.

As Alec left, he was tempted to ask Rose if he could stay the night, no sex but just doing more of what they had just been doing because he so wanted to do more and just be with her but he decided not to push her and regret it later.

Just as Rose was about to phone Pete, who she knew he would still be awake, her phone beeped and a message arrived from Alec saying "Hi, Sexy, had a great time, hope you did too. Looking forward to more" with three xxx's at the end. She just replied "Me too and you're the one who's sexy." She got through to Pete and told him all about Detective Inspector Hardy, how she was developing feelings for him and wanted to tell him everything that he'd not been able to gain access to on the internet. Pete stressed he wasn't sure it was a good idea though, Jake had told him how Alec looked like the Doctor and he too was worried about her. Rose assured him he was nothing like the Doctor, that he wasn't becoming a substitute and that he couldn't be any different if he tried. He may look the same but Alec Hardy was growing on her and she wanted to do something about it, fast.

She got Pete's blessing to give him limited information on the condition she left out details of Torchwood's methods of operation and the fact Rose from another universe, at least for now. Rose reluctantly agreed, one thing at a time. She would have to break it gently to Alec but felt some relief she could tell him something. Pete also agreed to lift a partial block on access to the Torchwood files, she could grant access using a special username and password that they allowed specially selected persons to use that only needed limited access. Rose felt much better when she got off the phone, after sending her love to her mum and brother and asking him not to tell her mum how Alec looked like the Doctor or she'd have her on the first train down to Broadchurch to give him a slap on the face. She would have done too if she'd found out just what they'd nearly done that night.

She had just got to bed when her phone rang. It was Alec and it was getting on for midnight.

"Hi, Sexy, did I wake you?"

"No, just getting ready for bed and you?"

"Just thinking of you, nothing much."

"Oh, so now I'm nothing much, Inspector, you didn't think that earlier on the sofa did you?" she teased.

He quickly defended himself. "Miss Tyler, you are baiting me again, stop it. I was tempted to ask you if I could stay the night with you."

"What stopped you, Inspector? Afraid you couldn't handle me?"

"Oh, nothing of the sort, I was just afraid we would go too far but I regret not asking you now. I suppose it's too late to come round?"

He sounded sad in a way she thought. She was sorely tempted to give in and say yes. "Inspector, if you can't promise to behave then I'll have to say no and we're going running together in the morning anyway, can't you wait a few hours?"

"No and no I can't wait until the morning Rose, I want to be with you tonight, please, Rose I promise to at least keep my shorts on if you let me come round and I won't do anything you don't want to."

Rose took all of 30 seconds to relent. "OK, Inspector but you start anything more and I promise you'll regret it. I'll come down and let you in the kitchen door and don't let anyone see you, we must get a gate in between our two houses at this rate, or we will really get gossiped about."

She hung up and put her dressing gown over her pyjama shorts and top and went downstairs just as Alec arrived on the doorstep. She let him in and locked the door. "Blimey, Inspector, were you already out of the door when you rang me?" she asked. She never got her answer as he wrapped his arms around her then led her towards the stairs.

It was more than Alec could ever have hoped for when she agreed to let him go back round to her house at that time. He didn't want to have sex with her, not yet but he just wanted to feel her in his arms as he went to sleep, it had been so long since he had done that, he'd never found any woman he'd met that he actually wanted to do that with. He would have had a one night stand but not with Rose, she was special, not like anyone he'd ever met before and this was going to be different.

Rose set her alarm for 06.30 and woke Alec and after some persuasion and a good while just kissing he went home to get changed. He had kept his promise and kept his shorts on and they had just fallen asleep in each others arms. That was all he had wanted. While he was getting changed she had time to choose what she could wear to go running. She settled on a pair of running shoes, grey leggings and a white buttoned t-shirt with a pocket at the top. A short while later, she caught sight of Alec appearing on the street outside her house. He wore the same running gear as she'd seen him in last Sunday and he looked so sexy in them. She waved that she was ready to go, picked up her keys and mobile, stuffing her phone in the top pocket of her shirt, locked her door and joined him.

Alec greeted her with a sly, "Hi, Sexy, how far do you want to run this morning?"

"Name the distance, Inspector, just try and keep up with me."

With that, Rose headed across the street, through the gate onto the playing field and was away before Alec knew it. He soon caught up but not before he caught sight of Rose running and was enjoying the view. They played tag with each other all along the coastal path, each deliberately falling back and each knowing the reason why, with Rose enjoying the view of him in those shorts. Neither of them really wanted to win and they didn't want a tie either. Alec signalled to Rose to stop at a bench he could see in the distance so he got there first and sat down, head between his legs, catching his breath. Rose joined him 30 seconds later.

"I let you win," she said, slightly out of breath but not as much as Alec was.

"It's not over yet, Miss Tyler, we have to run back first."

"Oh, you never said it was a two part race, Inspector."

"Then why did you think I was winning? We have to get back before the loser is declared."

Rose was disappointed and it showed. They sat for ten minutes then Alec sprung up, grabbed Rose by the hand and said, "Right Miss Tyler, now the real race begins" and was off before she knew it.

Did he want her to lose? She doubted it somehow. She was two steps behind Alec most of the way back and he wasn't moving over to let her past like he did on the first leg of the race. Rose wondered if indeed he wanted her to lose so he wouldn't have to make breakfast or to prove a point. Rose was good at running but for the wrong reasons, Alec on the other hand did it for fun. They could see the gate that led to their street, the path suddenly became wider, should Rose make a run for it? Should she let it be a tie or let Alec's ego remain intact? At the last second Rose decided not to make a run for it and Alec won by two steps. They rested at the gate with Alec lifting his arms in mock triumph.

"You are so full of yourself Inspector," Rose grinned "and don't think I let you win, I have to concede you are slightly faster due to the fact your legs are longer than mine so you have an unfair advantage."

Alec turned to her "That's a poor excuse, Miss Tyler, if ever I heard one" and with that, he opened the gate to let her through and Rose at the last second saw the road was clear, made a break for it and ran across to her house, beating a slightly stunned Alec who didn't known the race was still on.

"Hah! I win, Inspector. I'll go get changed while you cook breakfast," as she raised her hands, declaring herself the winner.

"Just one second, Miss Tyler. You're not allowed to get changed, you cheated. I thought the race was over and you changed the rules. So you have to compromise and have breakfast with me the way you're dressed now. As consolation."

Seeing she wasn't able to argue herself out of that one, she nodded and followed Alec to the kitchen door. She'd not been in his house before but was surprised to find it well organised, at least the kitchen was. She sat down at the table while Alec cooked breakfast, offering to help but he said something about a bet is a bet regardless of any underhand tactics used to win. They both just laughed. She insisted on helping with the dishes though and he didn't argue. As they finished the dishes, he pulled the blind to on the kitchen window and he turned and put his arms round her waist and up the back of her t-shirt, feeling under her bra strap and she reached up and kissed him as she put her hand up the front of his t-shirt and pulling up her own at the same time, feeling her tummy on his bare chest.

He moved her over to a chair and pulled her down with him, undid the buttons on her t-shirt taking out her mobile and keys and putting them on the table and sliding down her bra strap and feeling her bare shoulder then kissed her neck, running a hand on her legs and then her bottom, feeling through her thin leggings then put one hand down the back of them. Rose undid his t-shirt buttons, put one hand up and inside feeling his chest and the other down his tracksuit bottoms as there lips met again and they kissed passionately. She slid round to face him, he pulled down her leggings leaving her sat on his legs in just her lacy knickers, feeling her on them, she could feel his bare legs under her and she was so turned on by it, she began to put one hand down the back of his shorts, pulled up his t-shirt as he pulled up hers, revealing her matching lacy bra and pulling it up, all the while kissing passionately, their tongues entwined.

Still in some of their clothing, they felt one another, Alec's hand reaching round the front and down Rose's knickers as she felt down the back of his shorts, he could feel they were both starting to get very aroused as she moved on his legs and she moved herself in response. He gave in and pulled them down as she pulled down his shorts and they touched all too briefly, Rose moving around on him, sitting on the chair the only thing stopping them.

As Alec very reluctantly let go and they adjusted their clothing and cleaned themselves up a bit, Alec going to get a pair of jogging trousers, it was still quite early so Rose decided perhaps now was a good time to come clean with him. After he came back Rose looked at Alec.

"Do you have internet access Alec, there's something I want to show you." He shook his head.

"Then do you have a laptop? I could connect to my home wireless connection."

Alec went to get his laptop and they moved into the living room and sat on the sofa and she found her home network and entered the security password.

"I made a phone call last night; to get permission to tell you want you want to know, from Torchwood."

Alec had been right, she was involved with them but he didn't care.

"The reason why you couldn't find out anything about me is because of them, my files are sealed, to everyone. I know you tried to access them, I'm not mad with you because you did but it created an alert and they traced it to you. I was told about it. Alec, I'm not who you think I am. My name is Rose Tyler and my step-father is Peter Tyler, head of Vitex and Torchwood." She stopped to let it sink in before Alec had the chance to turn and walk away and she wouldn't have to tell him any more. It should have been more than enough to scare anyone away. Only a select few knew the true nature of Torchwood, even the Police weren't privy to them except for a few very high ranking officers who were sworn to secrecy and that Torchwood helped out from time to time. Even then they were referred to as 'Special Ops'

"I had access to your files, Alec, from the Police database and other sources and I know all about what you told the press, including your ex."

Alec moved towards her, put his arm around her waist and said "Then tell me the rest."

So she logged into the Torchwood account using the limited access her step-dad had given for Alec and showed him, telling him everything she was allowed to tell him, from start to finish. Well it was all true, just most of it was not in this universe but she would have to tell him the rest if he were to believe her.

Alec never moved, they just sat there, on the sofa and he listened. He moved his arms away from her and Rose's heart dropped into her stomach as she thought she had lost him. He sat back slightly and regarded her carefully. He knew there was more to it so he came right out and said it. "I'm a Police Inspector, Rose, now tell me everything and don't leave anything out this time. I don't need shielding from the entire truth, I have high clearance so don't think you can tell me half of it and leave the rest so you might as well get it all over with. Now start from the beginning, leave nothing out."

Still sitting on the sofa, those thin leggings were getting to him but he resisted. He sat beside her, leaving a gap. Regretting she would be breaking her promise to Pete, she started from the top, leaving nothing out including the things she'd been told by Pete not to tell him.

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You can now read what happened when Rose let Alec stay the night in 'Rose and Alec's first night' - it fills in the gaps.