Rose sat in the shade of a tree, her knees pulled up to her chest, an ice lolly in her mouth. Nearby, in the sunlight, the Doctor lay in the grass. He watched her with half-closed eyes. She was smiling, staring off into the distance, her lips turned cherry-red by the flavored ice.

"Want some?" Rose asked, holding up the frozen treat. The Doctor shook his head and turned his face towards the sun. She got up and walked over to sit at his shoulder. His mouth was slightly open, his teeth almost literally glinting in the sun. She held the ice lolly upside down, her thumb and forefinger pinched tightly on the stick, and let a drop of cherry-flavored water fall on his tongue.

The Doctor opened his eyes and grinned at her. She dangled the ice lolly lower, and pulled it away as he jerked up. The click was audible as his teeth closed over the empty air. Rose giggled and did it again, lowering the cherry ice just within reach of his teeth, and raising it again at the last second.

"Come on, Rose," he said, laughing. "Even I'm not that fast! Humor me, please?"

"Oh, alright," she said, and let him bite the end off the ice lolly. She sat back in the grass and smiled. He turned his head to look at her as he sucked the flavor out of the frozen cherry treat, and a trickle of red ran down the side of his face. Rose laughed and caught the drip on her fingers. She licked the juice off.

The Doctor opened his mouth to speak, but decided against it. He just grinned up at the sky. Rose knew that even though he wasn't looking at her, the smile was meant for her.

"Somewhere in the universe," he said suddenly, "people are vanishing mysteriously without a trace. Some sort of evil alien must be taking them, but the people of that planet, that solar system, that galaxy, can't stop it on their own."

"Somewhere in the universe, someone needs your help," Rose said. "Somewhere out there, some time, someone needs our help."

"Somewhere between the beginning and end of the universe," he confirmed.

"Let's go," she said. She was grinning.

She jumped up and offered him her hand. He took it, and she pulled him to his feet. Together, they walked down the street towards the TARDIS, hand in hand.

A/N: I like this one better than Happy Birthday Rose. More fluffy. Fluff is fun to write. :P

I like the next one even better, though.