A very important thing in this fic is that the original Doctor went back with Rose, the duplicate never existed. The tenth Doctor managed to defeat Davros, and touched the hand, which resulted in the creation of the next regeneration. Donna decided to keep travelling with him, and Mickey went back with the Doctor and Rose. The Doctor finally allowed himself to love Rose in JE, because he missed her so much and regretted never saying those three magic words to her but also because the huon particles and bad wolf have been changing Rose to the point where she has a very extended life span and is able to heal from injuries a lot quicker and easier than a human should. Also, in case some of you noticed, Mickey's gran is still alive.

Rose was so happy.

She had her Doctor back.

He was still the same, and finally he let himself love her. He had gotten some coral from the TARDIS, and decided they could grow one. It would take some time, but they had that right now.

They had a whole new universe to explore.

Like last time, they were at Bad Wolf bay, but this time Rose left the beach happy, not heartbroken.

But Jackie nearly slapped the Doctor. Again. Well, it was unavoidable really.

"Bloody Norway!" she cried, as the 11th Doctor dropped them off. She marched up to the Doctor and brandished her mobile in his face. "I barely have signal here. Do you have any idea how long it's going to take for Pete to send one of his zeppelins around?"

The Doctor backed away, clutching Rose's hand in his. He could burst with happiness that he had Rose, but Rose seemed to come in a package with her mother. He could hear Mickey laughing in the background and saw the smile on Rose's face.

"That was the other Doctor, not me!" he practically squeaked, in a desperate attempt to defend himself. Beside him, Rose was shaking with silent giggles.

"Mum, give him a break!" she managed to say. "It shouldn't take more than 8 hours…I hope".

"Exactly!" the Doctor jumped in, already having calculated the time in which one of Pete's zeppelins would manage to fly from London to Bad wolf bay. "I'm sure we can pass the time some way…we can" -he looked around lamely, thinking. "Have a water fight?" he offered, seeing they were on a beach.

"A water fight?" Jackie cried. Obviously she wasn't that mad at the alien, she was overplaying it. It was fun terrifying him again…not many held that sort of power. Rose and Mickey knew what she was doing; both were unable to contain their laughter.

"It's bloody freezing!" She screamed at the Time Lord, barely managing to contain a smile at his fearful expression. "You've travelled all of time and space, and that's the best you can come up with?"

The Doctor shrank under her glare. "Run!" he told Rose and dragged her all the way down to the other side of the beach. Jackie watched her daughter, with a fond smile on her face. Her hand was held tightly by the Doctor and she was laughing as they ran together. Finally, she tripped and fell, pulling the Doctor down with her. Together they simply lay in the sand, talking and laughing.

It was good to see Rose so happy. She deserved it.

Mickey was watching Rose too, but with no hint of jealousy in his eyes. He had his own girlfriend now, but he and Rose had remained almost inseparable in this universe. Mickey was the only one who could properly understand what travelling with the Doctor was like. At Torchwood and anywhere else, he had been Rose's closest confidante, her best friend. While most of Torchwood thought Rose to be arrogant and full of herself at the beginning, Mickey sat with her, talked with her, held her while she cried and could see through her cold façade. Obviously Torchwood's opinion of Rose Tyler had changed; she had earned everybody's respect, but was still very business-like, barely ever laughing and showing those types of emotions. She was the commander, and she behaved that way. Only Mickey once again realised that she was hiding her pain under that coat of coldness, and talked to her the same way he had before the whole parallel universe fiasco. Although Rose's façade from Torchwood dropped when she got home, Mickey had never seen her as carefree before as she was now.

With a smile, he imagined Rose's team's expressions at seeing her like this. Their jaws would probably drop. To her team she was Commander Tyler, not some giggly young woman. Oh, Max would be so shocked, Mickey thought. Max was the main lieutenant in Rose's team. He was a good soldier, but didn't have the best relationship with aliens, as his mother had been killed by a cyberman and the rest of his family had been converted. Mickey personally though he was rather full of himself, not to mention rather possessive. He had originally thought Rose to be snobby, spoilt and dumb, like most of Torchwood, but he had had it bad for her ever since she had defeated the Sycorax. They had even been out a few times, though Rose refused to call it dating. Mickey knew that max was still persisting, but he had no chance. Especially now that the Doctor was here.

Torchwood would see a whole new side to the Vitex heiress now that the love of her life was here. The carefree, funny, joking and giggly side that had been suppressed for almost 6 years.

***DW***

They found a small hotel near the beach eventually, and stayed there for the next few hours. The Doctor and Rose simply sat together, the Doctor's arms around her, sometimes talking, but mostly they were just still, enjoying the feeling of finally being close to each other after such long time. Jackie was on the phone with Pete, recounting her adventure and assuring him that everyone was fine. Mickey called Leslie, his girlfriend, to tell her he was okay, and that he looked forward to seeing her soon. He also talked to his gran, apologising for going away again, but assuring her that he would make her a lovely cup of tea once he got back home.

The atmosphere in the hotel was just like in the Tyler mansion. But it had become just that much happier.

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