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Ok Chapter 31 some things start to come to light then you only have one more chapter till a long awaited moment. and its a good one. I'm not a tease on purpose I just wanted it to be perfect.

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The pair of them were both sitting in the media room again, cuddled up next to each other and watching Aladdin. Rose had flat out refused to watch The Lion King or The Muppet Movie again. When the movie was done and the genie was free, she leaned over to him.

"Doctor," she began, chewing on her lip. "Can we watch another memory, now?"

He grinned like the madman he was. "Yup, Rose Tyler, we certainly can. Just give me a mo to set it up."

The Doctor was happy- very happy, The new sleeping arrangement suited him perfectly. He was more rested than he had been in years. And Rose was his friend again. They were still not as close as they once were, but they were getting there. He hadn't shown Rose another memory since the last one- waiting until she asked, letting her adjust to all of the changes in her emotions. She was teasing him more, and laughing. But on occasion he would see the sadness flicker into her eyes and a few tears slide out.

She was stronger now, more than when she had first arrived. The jacket still covered her shoulders all the time, even at night as she lay sleeping in his arms. It was hers now, she had laid claim to it. Just as he had laid claim to her two shirts. However, he did not mention the leather and she did not mention her shirts. They were both avoiding the topic, along with the sleeping habit they had found themselves in.

Along with the kiss.

The kiss that was never far from his thoughts, a kiss that he very much wanted to repeat. A kiss he had wanted for years. But she was still not ready to take that next step. Most days she would allow him to hold her hand and cuddle with her. There were still times when he went to take her hand and she would yank away from him. She was still fighting her demons. She was winning, but it was a long battle. But even on the days she fought the hardest with her emotions, at night when she was asleep her barriers dropped and he would end up with Rose sleeping on his chest, cuddled as closely as she could.

He turned back to the woman on the loveseat. "Werewolves, Scotland, Queen Victoria. Do you want to add anything?" he asked. She nodded her head in affirmation, before jumping off her seat to add her own memories to the swirling ball. He noticed that once again it tinged gold as she touched it. They hurried back to their spots before it started.

The memory began with the inside of the TARDIS. He raised his eyebrows at her in a silent question. This must have been a part she had added. He had intended the memory to start at Torchwood Estate. She grinned up at him and said, "I liked this part. You dancing around the console, singing, it's good to be a-"

"-lunatic," they both finished together.

"Never did get to take you to see them in concert," he added, sadly shaking his head. She patted his hand in a comforting gesture. "It's okay, Doctor. Werewolves are just as good, yeah?" She gave him that tongue-in-tooth grin he loved. He smiled back at her. She really had no idea what she was doing to him.

They both turned their attention back to the memory, up to the part where they were separated for her to go get changed. He watched as she opened the closet and found Flora, and explained to her that she had a friend that could help. He saw Rose get taken and tightened his grip around her shoulder, and felt her relax into the tensed embrace. She shifted slightly, allowing her head to fall to his chest- one palm coming to rest in between his hearts. His favourite position by far, even if he did have to fight to keep his breathing stable and hearts beat calm. He was playing with fire every time they sat like this- it was getting harder to remember the reasons why he should not kiss her. He felt Rose shift slightly and she buried her face into the fabric of his shirt and inhale slightly before turning on her cheek again to watch the rest of the show. He really didn't think she was even aware that she had done it. He glanced down at her head on his chest and prayed to every deity he knew- though did not believe in- that he would not turn her around and kiss her. He forced his eyes away from her and back to the screen.

Rose was in a room now with other people, and his brave, foolish, and very jeopardy friendly pink and yellow girl was trying to have a conversation with a werewolf. She was trying to get him to tell her everything.

"Doctor I Got that from you, you know- Floor 500, us locked up and you're just having a nice conversation with our captor. Like there's not a big worm thing hanging from the ceiling." He felt her smile across his chest the words were spoken with absolute confidence. He could not resist leaning down and brushing a soft, tender kiss to her hair. He was happy. She seemed to have picked up on some of his better habits along with the running. But then something else struck him. Rose had said got that from you.

She had referred to the old him and this him as the same person for the first time.

He picked up her hand from his chest turned it over and pressed his lips to her palm, words failing him for the moment. He let go of her hand and it found its way back to where it had been. They watched as the man spoke.

-Look! Inside your eyes. You've seen it too.

-Seen what?

-The wolf. There is something of the wolf about you.

-I don't know what you mean.

-You burnt like the sun.

Rose felt the Doctor tense under her. They had never discussed this- she had kept the werewolf's remarks to herself and truly, she had forgotten them in the adventure that followed. She sat up and looked at him. He was staring back at her in shock, though she did not know why. They were just words, they hadn't meant anything. She was no longer Bad Wolf, she didn't glow like the sun. She was just Rose Tyler, former shop girl, Torchwood agent, and companion of the Doctor. Nothing special about her at all, not really. Okay, the fast healing was a bit odd, but the dimension cannon had been responsible for that right. Right?

She could see the gears turning fast in his head. He was fitting pieces of a puzzle together, while she was still trying to open the box.

He finally opened his mouth to talk but no words came forth. He asked the TARDIS for what he needed and a mirror appeared on the table. He reached down slowly, never taking his eyes off hers. He handed her the mirror. Rose gave him the most confused look she could muster. He just dumbly gestured towards the mirror. She turned and gazed at herself.

And promptly dropped the mirror in shock. He caught it quickly before it hit the ground and smashed into a million shards of glittering crystal.

Her eyes were glowing gold not the bright gold of her being bad wolf. But flakes of it flared in her eyes, dancing around. In the few seconds that she had seen it, Rose had seen untempered power, and it scared her more than just a little. Bad Wolf was still there and it had decided to make her presence known.

Oh no, was his first thought when he had seen her eyes glow gold before it had faded into flecks. He didn't understand what was going on. He had removed the Vortex from her- or he thought he had. Either way this was not good. The Bad Wolf was present in her eyes and it wanted to play.

It did clear some things up, though. The fast healing was now explained. The small amount of Vortex energy that remained a part of her- the Bad Wolf- had allowed Rose to heal faster. What else had it changed? Was this the reason his other self had been able to pull her through the universes? Was she going to be okay? The questions were piling up and he had no answers.

He took a deep breath, then one more, steadying himself. He forced himself to look past the gold glittering in her eyes, searching for the honey brown that hid beneath it- searching for Rose. When he found her, he saw fear. She was as afraid as he was, but confusion also was there. He grabbed her and held her tight.

"What's going on Doctor?" Her voice trembled with her fear. "Why're my eyes gold? Am I going to be okay? Am I going to- d-die?" Her voice broke. "I don't want to die any more. I just found you again. I don't want to go."

He forced himself not to flinch at those words. "You're not going anywhere, Rose Tyler. You, me and the TARDIS, remember?" He pulled back to look at her again. The gold was fading. "As for what's going on with you- my guess is that I didn't remove all of the Vortex from you and a part of Bad Wolf has remained."

"What's going to happen to me?" Her voice still shook.

He cupped her cheek and tenderly said, "I'm not going to lie, Rose- I don't know. This has never happened before a human has never looked into the Vortex and survived. You are unique, not only did you survive it, you controlled it. And it's changed you. I need to ask you some questions. I told myself I wouldn't push you for answers, but we need to know, Rose. I need to know how I can help." He took a deep breath. "Rose, I need you to trust me. You're not going to be able to run- we have to know. I need answers- honest answers- about your time in the other world. And I know in order for you to answer honestly, you're going to have to trust me. Do you trust me, Rose?"


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