D: So I kind of realized that most of my prologue was Author Note… So I won't waste your time now, I have a legit chapter to get to!

Still don't own DW… Sadly.. Review please!

What Ten Seconds Can Do

Chapter 1: Wish I May, Wish I Might…

Her hand was slipping; the Doctor could see her fingers (soft beautiful fingers that were usually tangled so perfectly with his own) sliding on the lever. He was scared that the TARDIS' beautiful gift was not going to work, scared that the ten seconds he had begged for was not going to work after all. All the Doctor could do was watch, scream out her name, beg her not to let go, and pray that he wouldn't have to relive another loss. He cried out when one hand slipped and she desperately clung to the lever, one handed, and tried to throw her other hand back up to grip again.

Not Rose! He thought Not my Rose! I can't lose her! Not again… I can't… I… I love her!

This sad realization hit his brain like the Dalek who had slammed into the lever Rose was holding now. He loved her; his silly little pink-and-yellow human ape with hazel eyes, tanned skin, and that wicked smile that drove him mad; The smile he would never see again if she didn't hold on. He cried her name out again, desperate to say his new words, his new epiphany, but knowing he only would the moment she was safe. He couldn't lose her, not again. It would break him for sure.

Then, the wall closed up; the last Dalek and Cyberman flew into the void, and everything stilled around the room. Rose's knees slammed to the ground and her sore hand fell into her lap, throbbing from the grip she had managed to hold. She looked up, ready to make sure the Doctor was okay, but he was already sprinting to her. He had her in his arms, in an almost too-tight-hold before she could even vocalize her worry.

"Doctor?" Rose gasped as he shifted her up and onto his lap. She felt him bury his face into her neck, felt his hands splay against her lower back and his arms only tighten in desperation to feel her comforting weight." Doctor-"

You're safe," The Doctor breathed. He took a deep breath of her familiar scent- vanilla mixed with sunshine and time. Rose shifted her hips, so the fit more comfortably against his own, and her hazel eyes shifted up, still worried at the sudden emotion. Her eyes met his watery brown ones, and she felt her breath catch as a tear slid down his cheek." You're here… You're not in the void, you're not in Pete's World… You're here, and you're safe! Oh, Rose… My Rose…"

"Doctor, I'm okay," Rose said soothingly. She tried to calm the man- cuddling and cradling her like some kind of intergalactic rarity or space teddy bear -with soft words. She tenderly moved her own arms up to cradle his lean frame back, and the Doctor relaxed a little. He buried his face in her neck, her lovely hair ticking his forehead and nose, as one hand stroked the velvety sliver of skin between her jeans and her now-torn-shirt. Rose, in turn, tangled one hand with his free one, and stroked his hair and neck with her other one. She hummed out a familiar song- the one the TARDIS was constantly making when they traveled -and soothed out a few more words to try and calm him.

Neither really spoke, though, for what felt like a few moments- in reality was probably at least an hour. Rose the first to move, lifting her hands to cradle the Doctor's face in her hands and study his eyes. He stared back, losing himself in the depths of her own hazel orbs.

"Doctor, are you-"

"You're okay…"

"You already said that…" Rose said, her tongue poking out between her teeth as she smiled at the Time Lord's repetition.

"I mean… It isn't a dream… You're really okay…" The Doctor said. He lifted one hand- the one not still on her hip -and touched her cheek. His arm grazed hers, still lifted to hold his face tenderly, and he stroked his thumb over her cheek." Rose… My Rose… You're safe…"

" 'course I am…" Rose said. She gave that same smile again and the Doctor couldn't help returning it this time." I told you, I'm neva' gonna' leave you… You're stuck wif' me…"

"Rose Tyler, there are so many worse things I could be stuck with," The Doctor said," But nothing in the world better then you to be stuck with…"

~*DW*~

The Doctor tried to explain to Rose how the TARDIS had given him this gift, tried to tell her about what had happened before he got to change it all. He told her about Donna and the time he had with her- Rose thought the crazy red head sounded fun the Doctor's ears still hurt. He told her about Bad Wolf Bay, and almost began crying again- "I was not crying Rose Tyler! I simply had Vortex Stuff in my eye…" -before Rose made a realization to his story.

"wait, so the TARDIS rewrote a time-line?" Rose gasped. She gave the Doctor wide eyes as he reached for his key to the TARDIS, still holding her hand. He hadn't let her go the entire way back. Even when the Torchwood officials made it back, and questioned them for an hour, he grasped her waist with his arm, or held her hand in his own. He wasn't going to let her go for a long while." Isn' that-"

"Not impossible," The Doctor finished," Just normally frowned upon by us Time Travelers… Course seeing as we're the only two left we can just ignore that… The ole' girl knew I needed you, Rose…"

Before Rose could comment on that statement, the TARDIS door slammed open and the song of Time, the Vortex's melody, spilled out as a welcome home. Rose scurried din- the Doctor still clinging to her hand -and began cooing hello's and thank you's to the machine. The Doctor watched with proud eyes as Rose held a conversation, in hums and coos, with the beautiful machine. The blonde woman took a few thorough minutes to thank the TARDIS before the machine spoke again.

Rose, my Bad Wolf, The TARDIS hummed. The Doctor was curious to see what the machine would do next so he stayed silent. What is your deepest desire and wish? I granted the Doctor's wish… I can too grant yours… If you want.

"I wan' forever," Rose said immediately. As if she had known this was coming, seen this new gift before it was even offered," I wan' a chance at forever, wif the Doctor…" She squeezed his hand and glanced up," Wif' my Doctor…"

If you so wish it, I can grant it… The TARDIS hummed in a happy tone, However, your timelines would be merged. You two would live forever, together, but if one dies, the other will as well… The cost of forever…

"Please…" Rose said desperately. She was surprised to hear the Doctor murmur the same thing, her eyes snapping up to meet his." You're okay wif' this? You wan' to try and spend forever wif' me?"

"Only you," The Doctor murmured," Forever would only be the same with you, Rose Tyler… MY beautiful Bad Wolf…"

There was no time for a beautiful embrace or more words. The TARDIS filled the room with energy again, and with those words… The words that had brought the Doctor back to his Rose.

I am the Bad Wolf, I create myself. I take the words... I scatter them, in time and space. A message, to lead myself here. I want you safe, my Doctor. Protected from the false God. I can see everything. All that is, all that was, all that ever could be.

D: Chapter two is being typed now, it'll be up shortly. Reviews are loved!