I've realised that I've really been neglecting Olivia and Mickey in this fic, so this is more of a fill in chapter centred on those characters. I had a request about seeing a jealous Rose so voila! I've also added some sort of confrontation between the Doctor and Max. Hope you enjoy!
The first day at Torchwood had gone smoothly. The Doctor only hoped the second day would be okay too and that Rose would talk to Max soon. Otherwise he would have to do it and that wouldn't be a pleasant experience for either of them.
Rose had gone to get her lunch in the cafeteria while the Doctor stayed in his office, looking at several printouts about the rift Eddie had recently given him. He already liked the calm and level headed soldier, he was very open minded. The Doctor was so immersed in the readings that he barely registered the knock on his door.
"Come in" he called at the second impatient knock. The door swung open and Olivia entered, smiling to herself.
"Olivia" the Doctor greeted, surprise colouring his tone. He had hoped it was Rose, but then again, Rose generally didn't feel the need to knock on his office door.
Olivia smiled seductively. "Good afternoon Commander."
"Please, call me Doctor" he hurriedly told her, he could see why Rose disliked the title so much. He felt like the captain of a military base.
Olivia's smile grew wider. "If you insist, Doctor". She perched herself on the edge of his desk, ignoring his surprised expression. "How are you settling in?" she asked.
The Doctor smiled good naturedly. "Fine." He replied happily. "I suppose it helps that I am on good terms with Pete and Rose though."
Olivia laughed, although it sounded a little forced. "Yes, I noticed. How do you know our Commander exactly? All of Torchwood's heard about you, but Rose never did mention the specifics…"
"Oh you know…" the Doctor began, unsure of what to say. He was secretly thrilled that Rose had talked about him so much, but if she had been unwilling to mention specifics…
"We just kind of ran into each other one day." He said. "She was brilliant, and she saved my life, so I asked her to come travelling with me."
Olivia nodded, pretending to be fascinated. "And where are you from exactly Doctor?"
The Doctor's expression darkened slightly, but he tried to paste a smile on his face. "Oh, um a faraway planet. It as far as I know, it doesn't exist in this universe. But its name was Gallifrey."
Olivia leaned closer to the Doctor, batting her eyelashes. She knew that the Doctor and the Rose were close and that she had to hurry up if she wanted to seduce him. She had taken extra care with her appearance today, applying a whole tube of mascara and wearing very tight fitting pants and a low cut top. She shifted again on the desk, giving the Doctor a good view. To her displeasure the Doctor simply stared at the readouts.
"I was wondering" she began in a quieter and almost upset tone, which immediately got the Doctor's attention. He raised his eyebrows in concern.
"Well you see, I got this readout to examine at home. It was actually something Heidi had to do, but she already does so much that I wanted to lighten her load. But unfortunately, I don't understand it at all. It has something to do with rift activity and all these objects that came through, which is not my area of expertise. But I don't want to give it back to Heidi…Could you please come over and look at it for me?"
"Ummm" the Doctor said. He was generally a very sociable person and would have agreed, but seeing the way that Olivia kept leaning forward towards him with that low cut top…it made him slightly uncomfortable. He wished Rose would come.
"I would just be quick but I could make dinner and everything" Olivia added slyly. Her smile turned almost wicked. "And I have quite a few ideas for dessert. Tell me, do you like whipped cream?"
The Doctor closed his eyes for a second, the innuendo was clear. He groaned inwardly. First he had Jack in the other universe, and now he had Olivia, who had just indirectly asked him to sleep with him. Lovely.
Thankfully the door finally opened and Rose stepped in with Mickey. She narrowed her eyes when she saw Olivia on the Doctor's desk, shoving her breasts in his face. Mickey simply raised one eyebrow, unimpressed.
"Rose!" the Doctor shouted gleefully, grateful for the distraction. He immediately stood up and made his way over to Rose. Olivia frowned but stayed on the desk.
"Olivia?" Rose asked, trying to control her anger and jealousy. "Is there anything I can help you with?"
"Actually, I just wanted to talk to the Doctor here" Olivia said curtly, shooting a grin at the man in question.
"About?" Rose asked. She was aware that this was actually none of her business, but she saw the look in Olivia's eye and knew what she was planning.
"Oh just a readout I have to write a report on" Olivia said nonchalantly, as if the subject suddenly didn't matter anymore.
Mickey raised an eyebrow. "If you are having trouble with a read out then I am sure Max or Eddie could help you. Or Rose. I don't see why you especially needed the Doctor's help."
Olivia huffed slightly, but refused to leave. Rose closed her eyes for a second and decided that from now on she really needed to make her relationship with the Doctor clear-even if it was unprofessional. She walked over to him and he reached for her hand-a normal thing for them.
"I need to discuss something with you" she said quietly, but in Olivia's hearing range. "Privately" she added, with a pointed look at Olivia. But she still refused to budge.
"I didn't finish my conversation with him" Olivia said to Rose, annoyance clear.
Rose frowned again, but decided to change her tactic. "Well, then you can finish it now." She said brightly. Mickey nodded.
"In fact, why don't you get the readout and we'll all help you."
Olivia fumed, but decided to play along. "Okay. I'll be back in a sec." Rose smiled as she left the office.
The Doctor smirked slightly. The uncomfortable situation had almost been worth seeing Rose get jealous. Rose sighed to herself and hugged him.
"Jealous?" the Doctor whispered to her with a slight smirk. Rose groaned.
"Am I that obvious?"
"You're quite adorable when you're jealous you know" the Doctor told her. I should try to make you jealous more often."
"Don't you dare!" Rose hissed, pretending to be offended, while Mickey chuckled.
"Heads up, boss, she's coming" Mickey said, as he spied Olivia walking down the hall.
The Doctor smiled. The best way to prevent situations like this in the future would be to clearly show everyone that he and Rose were in a relationship. The second Olivia approached the door he tilted Rose's chin up so that he could kiss her. She was surprised by his move, but immediately realised what he was doing and kissed him back enthusiastically. Both of them heard Olivia enter the room and stop cold in her tracks when she saw them. They pulled apart, smirking slightly, but the Doctor kept his arms around Rose.
"I ummm, I seem to have left the readings at home" Olivia said, and everyone could hear the sharp displeasure in her tone.
"Well, I am sure we can discuss them tomorrow Olivia, don't worry."
Olivia nodded, and left the office, a sneer on her face.
"Does anyone else have the feeling we should pair her with Jack?" the Doctor asked.
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Rose and Mickey had gone to write a report on the dimension cannon while the Doctor went to the cafeteria to eat lunch. He got his sandwich from a smiling cafeteria lady and sat down at an empty table. A second later he was joined by Max.
He raised his eyebrows in surprise. "How may I help you Max?" he said with false politeness.
"By telling me exactly what you've done to Rose!" Max hissed, with no pretence of friendliness.
The Doctor mock furrowed his brow…"Well, let's see, I've talked to her, hugged her, made her pancakes this morning, kis-"
"Not what I meant alien!" Max snarled. "What happened to the woman I know? Did you brainwash her? Manipulate her? Are you controlling her?"
The Doctor raised one eyebrow, completely unimpressed. "You seem to have quite an imagination Max. In most people I would consider that a good quality. But with you…" he trailed off, shrugging his shoulders.
"Shut up!" Max all but yelled and attracted stares from several other agents. "Answer me Martian, or you will regret it!"
The Doctor rolled his eyes. "I'm not from Mars" he said. You work with aliens Max. You should know that."
"Just answer my question!"
"I haven't done anything to Rose!" the Doctor said curtly, irritation showing. "I really don't get what your problem is Max".
"You're my problem!" Max responded angrily. "Ever since you've been here, Rose hasn't been herself. I've known her for almost six years, and this giggly woman isn't Rose, so you're not fooling me."
The Doctor sighed. "How much do you know about her Max?" he asked. "Because some pieces of information seem to be severely lacking."
"I know lots of things about her!" Max retorted. "I know she's from a parallel universe, I know about her past life, I know you broke her heart and hurt her." He almost smiled in satisfaction when he saw the look of pain flit across the Doctor's face, but then it was gone.
"Is that it?" the Doctor asked, taking a bite of his sandwich. "I have to admit that you haven't exactly made a lot of progress in the last few years Max. I know a lot more about her than that. Have you ever asked her about what she did before she came here? How she ended up in this universe? What her childhood was like?"
Max said nothing.
"I thought so" the Doctor said. "I hate to break it to you Max, but this isn't the girl you thought you knew. "
"I know her!" Max insisted angrily. "And I'm going to find out whatever it is you're doing to her".
The Doctor shook his head. "I wish you good luck with that. But the easier method would always be to trust me".
"Not likely" Max hissed. "I don't trust aliens."
"Well, I certainly hope you conquer your xenophobia in the future" the Doctor said, seemingly unaffected."
"You better learn to watch that mouth alien!" Max snarled, hands once again going towards his gun.
"Listen to me" the Doctor suddenly hissed, his patience having reached its end. "You really don't want to get into a fight with me. I love Rose, and I would never ever do anything to hurt her intentionally. I know you fancy Rose, but this behaviour isn't going to help. I've seen a lot in my life, but I've never been involved in a rivalry for the affections of a gorgeous and lovely 26 year old girl, but I assure you Lieutenant, thatit would be wise not to pick a fight with me over it."
Max fumed but the Doctor looked back, his brown eyes dark, danger flashing in them.
"I'll let you get on with your lunch Max." he said, and his voice took on the normal, false pleasant tone he generally used with threatening aliens. "Hopefully I won't see you later."
With that the Doctor left the cafeteria. Rose better talk to Max.
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I have quite a lot of ideas for the next few chapters, but I would love to hear any suggestions you guys have (I'm not guaranteeing I can work them all into the story).
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