Previously:
"Get your ass down here and ask her before I kick it from here to Pluto"
"All right, all right"
John hung up quickly and groaned when he realised that he just agreed to ask THE Rose Tyler out…suddenly he felt like he was sixteen asking the most popular girl in school out…and that didn't turn out so well, so how the hell will this turn out?
John paced up and down on the Roald Dahl Pass; he ran a hand through his hair in frustration. He hated this top secret job that his sister and best friend have, he doesn't even know the flipping location, this was where he always met them for lunch or something and now he was supposed to find Rose to ask her out.
He was a doomed man, he was sure.
"John?"
He turned abruptly to see Rose standing there holding a cardboard box filled with coffees.
"Hello Rose, nice to see you again. How are you? I'm fine, good day? Mine's been all right" he babbled nervously.
She giggled "here to meet Donna?" she asked.
"Err…no actually…I-I-I cameheretoaskyousomething"
She blinked "pardon?"
"I came to ask you something" he said slower, though he had now taken to tugging his ears nervously.
"Oh" Rose said, shifting the cardboard box of coffee's in her arm "what was that?"
"Well you see, the local hospital is having a fund raiser ball and I completely forgot that I had tickets for it. I was originally going to beg Donna to come with me or give them to Ianto and Gwen but then I thought…I thought…." He trailed off, his cheeks stained scarlet.
"Yes?" Rose said stepping closer to him, she couldn't help but find it amusing that the Doctor (though it wasn't really the Doctor) was stammering and blushing around her while trying to ask her out.
"Ifyouwouldliketocomewithme" he blurted out.
"I'm sorry John but I think a cat has stolen your tongue, could you repeat that?"
John inwardly groaned, she was laughing at him. he knew this wasn't going to be a successful venture, after all why would Rose Tyler sister to Jack Harkness (also known as Sir Flirts-a- lot, Sir Shags-a-lot and for some reason the Face of Boe) want to go out on a date with him? That kiss was probably either trauma from the near death experience or something to do with the fact that she's Jack's sister.
"I said that I was wondering if you would like to come with me" he looked down at his feet praying that the ground would open up and swallow him.
Rose looked down at his feet and prayed that the invisible lift wouldn't start and he would then fall in, Gwen had told Jack enough times… "Sure, I would love to come with you"
"Would you?"
"Yes!"
"Oh that's brilliant, that's fantastic, wonderful, amazing, perfect" she giggled as he continued to babble and she shut him up by pressing her lips to his for a chaste kiss.
"Jack will drop me off at the flat, for say seven? He could hang around and keep Donna company and then take me home once we get back"
"Sure, sure. That would be good, great, lovely, wonderful. So seven then…" he slowly shuffled to the side (away from the invisible lift).
"Seven" Rose said smiling. She watched in amusement as he ran off like an over excited puppy; once he was gone she stepped onto the invisible lift and stood there patiently as she was pulled down. She looked to see Jack and Donna grinning. "You set that up didn't you?"
"Oh yes, now come on let's get to the TARDIS wardrobe you need a dress" Donna said dragging Rose off of the lift and down to the vaults.
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I can't smell a Time Lord anywhere Father of Mine.
Now, now Daughter of Mine you have to have patience.
Sister of Mine is right, Father of Mine. Not a single sniff of a Time Lord.
But can't you smell it Children of Mine? There are several people with time burning through their veins. I think I can smell an immortal.
Wife of Mine you are right. But the immortal is worthless; we'll never get anything substantial off of him.
Can you hear that Father of Mine, Mother of Mine and Brother of Mine? I can hear the loud woman.
Yes Daughter of Mine I can, it's seems like she's underground.
Wife of Mine, I have gone through my vessels memories, he has closed a good few up but the ones I have access too…there is a Hub underneath called Torchwood. I shall go in and find the Time Lord. You and our children shall wait up here.
Of course Husband of Mine.
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"Gives us a twirl" Donna ordered Rose after she zipped up what seemed to be the tenth thousand dresses that Rose had tried on. Rose sighed but did as she was told. "This is it! This is the dress for you!"
"You think?" Rose asked staring at her reflection. It was a fully lined halter neck bustier made of dark wine silk trimmed with gold swirls, the skirt was a full gathered skirt in dark wine silk with three layers of petticoats underneath. It looked simple but not too simple.
"Yep now all we need is to find some shoes, jewellery and sort out your hair…oh and you make up of course"
Rose inwardly groaned, something told her that it would take a very long time before she can get out of here. She turned to look at the clock and groaned outwardly when it showed that it was only five…two very long hours.
Two hours later and the torture was over, she was now wearing matching pumps (no high heels she might need to run later) and her hair down in ringlets. Her nails were painted in the same dark red as her dress and so was her lips, her eyes were outlined thickly, so thickly that it reminded her of the times before Canary Wharf when she did her eyes like that every day. She was too old for that now.
She wrapped the dark red silk shawl over her shoulders and picked up the matching purse, she had to hand it to Donna; she was fantastic at make-overs. She held the skirt of her gown over her ankles and she got up to the main bit of the Hub, Jack offered her hand up the step ladder.
"Can I just say that you look utterly fantastic and don't bother calling me or Donna when you two bugger of to a hotel" Jack said grinning.
Rose slapped his arm "Jack! It's just a date, not…not…not…"
"A romantic night that ends in a hotel room" Jack supplied.
"Not what I was going for but it'll do" Rose said. They walked past someone who stood there silently. The pair paused and looked over their shoulders.
"Owen, what the hell are you doing here?" Jack asked.
"Just thinking" Owen said in a monotone voice.
Jack sighed; he really didn't want to deal with a depressed Owen right now. "Well don't do anything I wouldn't do" he said hastily before walking up to the garage where Donna stood waiting for them
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Ianto and Gwen had gone home, Jack and Donna were planning to spend an evening watching films while waiting for Rose who (like Martha) was going to the ball, leaving Tosh to stay in the Hub and keep an eye out for rift activity. She spotted Owen in the CCTV and decided to check in on him properly. She pulled off her glasses and walked down to find him sniffing (which was rather pointless) the air.
"Owen? Is everything all right?" she asked.
"I thought you all went home" he said coldly.
"No I was needed to stay just in case of rift activity. Want to come up and sit with me?"
"No"
"Oh, ok…are you sure you're all right?"
"Yes"
"Owen you know you can tell me anything" Tosh said, she reached out and touched him on his shoulder when suddenly he pinned her to the wall and held an alien weapon to her head.
He sniffed "human, completely human. No time in her veins. Tell me where is the Doctor? Where are he's little friends?"
"I-I don't know" Tosh stuttered.
'Owen' smirked slightly "my vessel is putting up a fight; he's begging me not to hurt you. Since I want to keep such an interesting vessel I won't harm you. But if you don't tell me where the Doctor and his little gang are then I shall have to harm this body. Maybe break an arm"
"NO! Please don't hurt him"
"Then tell me where they are"
"A ball, this fund raiser for the hospital. Don't know the exact location"
'Owen' released her "good girl now run along before I do something you'll regret"
"I'll safe you Owen" Tosh whispered hoping that Owen could hear her before she ran as fast as she could.
Wife of Mine get your best blaster out, we've been invited to a ball.