When Rose got home from work Friday afternoon, she realised she hadn't done any shopping all week, she was going to have to face it, she was so in love with Alec she had neglected the basics. Going to work every day only helped a little, she was going to have to ring Pete and tell him she was coming home, how could she stay, living next door to him? It wasn't fair on either of them. Best go now before it got to the hate stage because if she saw him and he ignored her, she might lose it and make a scene. She couldn't do that to him. He'd not even sent her a text message, she could bring herself to send him one but what could she say? Ellie's visit hadn't helped, it only made her realise he was hurting as much as she was. So she got back in her car and went to the supermarket to get some groceries until she decided to ring Pete and get someone to take over the shop and then she'd go home or somewhere other than here.
She had been sitting in the supermarket car park for what seemed like ages, her groceries spoiling when a tap came on the window. She looked up and recognised the local Vicar but couldn't remember his name.
"Are you Ok? " he asked, looking concerned. "Only you've been sat for a while, I saw you when I went in."
"Oh, sorry, I was just thinking. I don't think we've actually met, my name's Rose Tyler."
"Paul Coates, Vicar," as he laughed and pointed to his attire. "Obviously. You run that little gallery in town don't you? I've been past it a few times. How are you settling in?"
Rose really didn't feel much like engaging in small talk. "Fine but please don't think I'm being rude or anything but I really don't feel like talking right now, sorry," as she was about to close her window but he stopped her.
"I'm not trying to play the nosey Vicar but I can see something's troubling you, do you want to talk about it perhaps? My door is always open if you do. I know it's none of my business but maybe I can help. Some of my Parishioners have talked about seeing you with a certain Police Detective lately, is this anything to do with him?"
Rose looked up at him. "Talk about perceptive Vicars," she thought. "Really, it's nothing Vicar, we just need to sort some things out, that's all. I don't think he would appreciate being the subject of town gossip. Thanks for the offer though."
The Vicar looked at her. "Well, if you change your mind, you know where I am. Maybe he just needs a kick start. Everyone said how much better he seemed the last few weeks. I'll let you get your shopping home, Miss Tyler."
Miss Tyler, that's what Alec called her even after they started being intimate. "Thanks, Vicar," she said as she drove off. She was going to have to do something, fast.
She hadn't realised that Alec would be home soon and see her car wasn't there and think she had gone. She drove back down her street and decided to pull into the driveway. She didn't know why she always parked on the road, it had become a habit. She had barely pulled on the handbrake when she saw Alec in the rear-view mirror. He just stood there at the side of the car, only just allowing her to open the door. She sat for a moment to compose herself but found she couldn't. Her heart was racing. What was he going to do? Tell her he never wanted to see her again or kiss her? She didn't want to know, did she? She had been going to call him and ask him how he was but he was just standing there.
Alec had picked up his keys and phone as he dashed out, the door locking behind him and the kitchen door already locked. It seemed like an age to him as Rose sat there. She was going to let him stew. After all, that's what he'd done to her, leaving her not knowing, not telling her how he felt. He should have accepted what she'd said, he was a Police Officer, trained to sniff out the truth and she had presented him with it and he couldn't see it. He couldn't see the love in her eyes as she'd watched his reaction to her story, the same love she had before on that Saturday night and that Sunday morning when they were being so intimate. He hadn't seen the tears in her eyes as she'd left last Sunday morning but he knew they had been there. He knew her heart must be breaking and as she sat there, observing him in the mirror, even then he could see the tears in her eyes.
Alec made the first move, went to open the door handle and the door swung open. Rose looked up, saw his hand reach out to help her out of the car.
"Rose" was all he said.
She accepted his hand, wiped her eyes with her other hand and climbed out, standing in front of him. He closed the door behind her, she nodded to the back door and moved around him, retrieving her groceries. Alec went to help, both silent. She put her bags down and remote locked the car. They continued to the kitchen door in silence as Rose opened it, taking the groceries inside and leaving the door open for Alec to follow. "That was a good sign," he thought. Rose continued in silence to put her groceries away, eager not to let any frozen food defrost. When the task was finished, she had no more excuses to stay silent.
Alec watched as she put everything away. He didn't know where she wanted stuff putting so he let her get on with it. She ran out of groceries to put away. He wondered who was going to speak first. They had been apart for a week, a week of not speaking and although they had been playing games with each other when they had first met, his drastic decision to just come out and ask Rose out on a date had paid off. In a short space of time, though not short enough for his liking, he had melted Rose's heart and shattered it again in the space of a few days. "Nice work", he thought.
Rose had allowed herself to become attracted to the very man she should be avoiding, then forgotten all about it, at first teasing him, using Jake as a scapegoat, then relenting to Alec's tentatively asking her out on a date then her bold response in offering to make him dinner after only three dates only to completely blow the one shot at happiness she'd waited for. She had let it happen so fast, not knowing if either of them were ready then giving in to her feelings that were starting to develop for him and finally blowing it. As they stood there, face to face in her kitchen, neither of them speaking for fear they may say the wrong thing, she realised she had run out of groceries to put away and there was no way of avoiding the inevitable. It was now or never.
Then they both snapped at once and before either of them knew what was happening their lips met and they were kissing like there was no tomorrow. When they stopped for breath, Alec was about to speak first but Rose stopped him by kissing him again. When they stopped, they had moved without noticing and Rose was sat on Alec's knee on a kitchen chair as he had pulled the chair out from under the table with his foot and sat down, pulling Rose with him. He moved gently to let Rose sink down between his legs, her skirt draped over him. Her arms were round his neck, his shirt buttons were undone and her fingers were running through his hair.
"Miss Tyler."
"Yes, Detective Inspector Hardy?"
"I love you."
Rose didn't hesitate in replying "I love you too, Alec" and they went back to kissing again, passionately.
Rose had one hand down his back while the other was unbuttoning his shirt as their lips were just touching now. Alec's hand was running up her skirt as she was pulling his shirt back on his shoulders and then he was kissing her neck. His other hand was going up her back, under her top, touching the fastener of her bra.
She moved her hand to stop him. "Not here, Inspector," but Alec wasn't going to be put off, he just continued under the fastener, working his hand around her back. The hand Rose had freed was now moving up and down his bare chest as he continued to kiss her neck and although there wasn't much of a gap between the two of them, they were managing quite well considering.
Things were getting steamy now, Alec's breath was hot on her neck as he said "I love you, Miss Tyler and I don't care about your past, or anything you told me. Just tell me one thing Rose is it all over? Do you want to go back there or stay with me, forever?"
"Yes, it's all over and I want to stay with you, in this universe, forever my Detective Inspector Alec Hardy because I love you."
With that, he finally undid her bra fastener with one hand and it fell lose against her top and as he worked his hand round the front she moved to turn around to face him but before she did, she suddenly moved Alec's hands from where they were, got up, closed the window blind and went back to where they had left off, making sure Alec's hands were exactly where he had left them. "Better safe than sorry, don't want any nosey neighbours," she whispered in his ear.
Things just kept on getting better. She turned to face him now, her legs either side of his, a big smile on her face, her arms on his shoulders and Alec seized the opportunity to pull up her skirt then pull up her top, lift it over her head and her bra was now hanging loosely revealing her breasts. He pulled down her bra straps as it fell away and touched them gently with both hands and she quivered at his touch as he bent down and kissed them while Rose pulled back, her hands just touching his shoulders then his arms as she tried to pull off his shirt without falling but Alec put one arm around her back to steady her as she pulled his shirt as far as it would go. He let go reluctantly of her and put his other arm around her back and leaned her further back, bending over her as his chest touched her then pulled her up again and they kissed passionately again as they pressed their tongues into each other. After weeks of anticipation, nearly a week of not knowing what was going to happen after what Rose had told him, Alec was so close to just giving in to his passion, not here in the kitchen but he sure as hell was going to get as close as he could without actually ripping off all her clothes on the kitchen chair.
Alec gently pulled himself away, Rose's lips still pressed against his, as he moved his to her ear and whispered "Bedroom or sofa, my sweet Rosie?"
Rose observed him carefully, she didn't want him to stop, ever but replied "Sofa – for now, Inspector and I like the Rosie but only when we're alone."
He retrieved her top, placed it over her head and pulled it back down, pulled up her knickers then took one more kiss at each breast, then pulled his shirt back on, fastening a couple of buttons but leaving it loose. Rose got up, followed closely by Alec with his arms around her waist and led him into the living room, gathering any stray clothes. Alec let go, Rose pulled over the curtains then took his hand and pulled him over to the sofa, he twisted her around over the sofa arm and laid her against a cushion, pulling her top back off as he did so. Rose pulled off his shirt while Alec unfastened the cuffs and she slid it off his arms. Alec sat on the edge, pulled down her skirt just below her hips put his other hand up the skirt to raise it and under her knickers, gently easing them down then ran his fingers at the top of her thighs.
Rose was melting to his delicate touch. She reached her arm to let her hand move up and down his chest as he pulled down her skirt, finally moving to first unfasten his belt then the fastener of his trousers and finally unzipped them just as he pulled down her knickers and tossed them carelessly, her not needing them now.
"Well, Inspector, I think now would be a good time for you to do some inspecting," she teased and with that he slipped over, just raised slightly on top of her, his trousers hanging open at the top as he pulled his hand away from her now uncovered lower intimate area, her skirt now ruffled up and where he had been feeling her, suddenly deciding it would be advisable to pull down his trousers and noting it was a good thing there was a cover on the sofa. As he pulled down his trousers a bit more, Rose reached into them with one hand to help him pull them a bit further and could feel him stirring through his shorts, reached her other hand around the back of his trousers to pull them down but ended up down the back of his shorts as Alec let out a low moan as he moved his hand around her to place it under her bottom to raise her up as she felt into his shorts.
Alec responded by placing his other hand on her delicate area and made his move. He was moaning even louder now, the excitement was rising for both of them, Rose was moaning softly for him to do more now and pulling him towards her but his hand was still there as he was thanking everything he could that he'd had that operation or she would surely have killed him by this point. All the sexual tension was gone, she was his for the taking, waiting for him to take her, pulling him in towards her as she removed her hand from his bottom and moved it to the front. Just seconds later, Rose was already gone with the thrill, she was ready to take him and he was ready to take her.
She was moaning loudly "Alec, Alec I want you now."
"Rosie, my sweet Rosie, I want to you, just say yes" and with that she screamed the word he wanted to hear, the word that gave him permission to take her, the most beautiful word he could ever hear her speak – "YES!" Then he was pushing on her as hard as he could, with Rose saying she wanted more and pushing down him to make him go faster and as they both moaned for more until both were satisfied.
Neither of them wanted to stop.