roseandtenshipper from teaspoon knew that I used the name Chuck from Maniac Mansion and therefore gets the kiss ;)
This is number 8:
After their snog session, the Doctor and Rose decided they were in need of a cool-down (in more ways than one...), so they went to the pool for a quick swim. They killed two birds with one stone that way, since 'skinny dipping' was Number 8.
Having learned from his mistakes, the Doctor went to get them water-proofed sunscreen (after he placed Chuck on one of the sunlounger, much to Rose's dismay...).
"Oi, why is the plant getting the best seat?" she asked pouting.
The Doctor had to pinch his hand behind his back, in order to restrain him from thinking, where else he would like her lovely lips to be right now. Wouldn't be that good to get a hard-on again, while it is faintly certain that Rose won't bother to help him out for a while... Not to mention that it gave her the possibility to taunt him with it.
"His name is Chuck, Rose, and he is a palm tree... You don't hear me calling you a primate, do you?" He suddenly saw that vein on her lovely forehead popping up, which usually meant pain... mucho pain of the non-pleasurable kind.
"Ehm... you see, he is still small and needs a lot of sunlight to gr-" Oh... second vein... that meant destruction and death... really not good... "Th-that is... I...ehm... Your skin! I think you had better sit in the shade to protect your lovely skin!"
The Doctor noticed that his 'save' apparently didn't do anything to save him at all. He threw his remaining dignity away and did the only thing that could save his sorry ass: begging with puppy-dog-eyes. "Please, don't hurt me!"
Rose sighed, went to one of the sunloungers (not in the shade) and lay down on her belly. "Put some lotion on my body!" She said this in a commanding voice and especially emphasized the word body.
Already feeling the oncoming frustration (no pun intended), he answered "Yes, ma'am!", saluted and went to carry out his task. He shot a quick glance to Chuck that clearly said 'Yeah, I'm whipped... but you would be too if you were in my place. Tyler women are the most terrifying creatures in the whole universe... ask the Dalek emperor and Pete, if you don't believe me!' and felt very smug that he still got the power to put up to 15 sentences in one two-seconds-glance, an ability he actually gained on Taunterlus X-9.
The Doctor suddenly remembered something and blew a kiss to practically no one.
"Oi! What was that smacking sound?"
"Just fulfilled a promise to one of my lovely fans!" He ignored Rose's muttering ("Daft half-alien loony.") and spread some of the cool sunscreen on his hands. Then he began to slide them gently over Rose's back.
She shuddered with the first contact on her heated skin and then relaxed when he began to massage her shoulders. Rose moaned when the Doctor reached an especially tense spot and chuckled when she heard him groan in response. The poor guy really had a hard time with her...
The Doctor's hands moved down over her back and she shivered when his fingers just barely touched her waist. This time, it was him who chuckled at her reaction.
Then his fingers wandered even lower to the small of her back and over her bum. He couldn't resist to squeeze her luscious cheeks a little and grinned when he heard her gasp.
"Do-doctor, I-" Was that really her voice? She swore it wasn't that high before... "I think I can manage from here on..."
The Doctor was very pleased with himself. "Are you sure? I don't mind to cover the rest of your body... Especially-" His hands slid down to her thighs. "-certain areas." She could hear him practically wiggling his eyebrows.
When his hands moved a little bit higher between her thighs, she suddenly turned her body around and looked at him with wide eyes, a slight blush evident on her face.
Panting, she said, "I-I'm fine!", stood up, ran to the pool's edge and dived into the water.
The Doctor grinned at Chuck. "Yeah, still got it!"
The rest of the afternoon, the Doctor and Rose spent with playing volleyball in the water and fooling around. Once in a while, the Doctor went to Chuck to see if he was alright and to put some sun lotion on him.
Rose rolled her eyes. "He is a damn plant, Doctor... Not a kid."
"Doesn't make him less important, Rose Tyler." He turned his head to her. "And I have to practise for later."
Her body went stiff for a moment. That wasn't a subject they touched before... "So, you... you want to?"
"Want what?" He already went back to his task and put some lotion on the palm tree's leaves. Could Chuck speak, he would tell him to look out for a flying sandal. "Ouch! What was that for?!"
"I'm trying to talk to you about having children and you are paying no attention!"
The Doctor looked at her. Really looked at her. It was no question for him that they would have children at one time, but he didn't expect the subject to come up so soon. "You aren't really asking me, if I want to have children with you, do you?"
She looked sad for a moment and he wondered if it was something that he has said, when suddenly a light bulb lit up in his head. "No! No, no, no, no, no, no! I meant that it shouldn't be a question! Of course I want to!"
Rose was in his arms in an instant and he nuzzled his nose into her hair, breathing in her scent.
She grinned and hold him even tighter. Tongue peeking out between her teeth, she said, "The apartment won't be big enough any more. We will need a house... "
"Oh, yes!"
"With windows, doors and carpets."
"Oh, yes!"
"And without a mortgage."
"Oh, ye-... eh... What?" He pulled back to look at her face and fought the urge to kiss her, when he saw this lovely little pink tongue...
"Pete already suggested to lent us money for a house... We can give it back over the years. Would be better than a mortgage, wouldn't it?"
The Doctor grinned again. "Oh, yes!" Then he looked thoughtful for a second. "Can we get one with a whirlpool?"
She swatted his arm and laughed at his suggestive leer. "Down, boy! Still got some time to kill."
He pouted again and Rose realised that it became harder and harder to fight her desires.
"No!"
"But Ro-"
"Absolutely not!"
"Come on! Just for tonight..."
"No!" Rose glared at him. "I can understand that you need someone who can't run away when you are talking, but this is too much!"
They stood in front of their bed. Chuck was currently situated on a chair next to it and wore a nightcap on his leaves. The Doctor thought he looked adorable. Rose thought he looked ridiculous... and she was right.
The Londoner girl sighed. "You can't seriously think, I would let 'Chuck' sleep in our bed, do you?"
"Pretty please? It's his first night at the mansion... He is scared!"
"He is a plant."
"Palm tree."
"Still plant."
"I have to inform you, Rose Tyler, that palm trees are leading the Earth in two billion years! You could speak to an ancestor of the future king!" He wagged a finger at her.
"Not the same universe, Doctor. And he can be the plant of the president for all that I care! He won't sleep with us!"
"But, Ro-"
"No! He is a plant! And like every other plant, it's best for him to stand in one place!" She paused for a moment. "By the way... did you even water him today?"
The Doctor looked suddenly completely shocked, turned around and ran into the bathroom.
"Nutter," Rose said lovingly and climbed into their bed.
Thirty minutes later, Chuck was watered and Rose threatened the Doctor to extent their sex-less days (ha!) to a week. He finally gave up and apologised to Chuck. Then he slipped under the sheets, lay an arm around her and placed a hand on her belly. He couldn't wait until a new life would grow inside her... a little version of him, her and the hope for a Gallifreyan race in this universe. He didn't know if he still had enough Time Lord DNA inside him but he still hoped for a new start of his people.
With this thoughts, sleep claimed him and he dreamed of his future family.
The palm tree meanwhile had different thoughts. He stood under the window and bathed in the moonlight, while thinking that maybe... just maybe he would have been better off in the shop.
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