DISCLAIMER: No, I don't own Doctor Who. Yes, I wish I did. No, I don't earn any money from this. Yes, David Tennant is My Doctor.

ALL PRAISE TO THE MIGHTY BBC! ;)

SUMMARY: Starting at the end of Utopia, things change for the Doctor and the Master. But in a good way, I promise! Doctor/Rose. (This is my first fic, so take it easy on me, please!)

A/N: After looking over what was finished already, it seems a bit... short. Then I realized that 3 chapters had been left out of the editing/upload process between Ch.12 and the end. Fixed now! YAY!
So yeah. It's done. Finished. Finito. NOT HERE! But it's comin'... eventually... ;)

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Back in Cardiff, Rose, Jack, and Koschei made their farewells to Rose's granddaughter and made their way to the TARDIS waiting patiently for them.

Rose stopped and stared. "She's really here, isn't she?" then ran to the 'Police Box'. She placed a shaking hand on the outside panel and heard the jingling chimes of pleasure in her head. Rose laughed and made to pull out her key, when both doors flew opened on their own, welcoming her home finally. Neither Jack nor Koschei had ever seen this happen before, not even for the Doctor, and stood there in shock as Rose rushed in and grabbed one of the coral struts in a huge hug.

Rose whipped around to her men and demanded. "Where is he? Where's the Doctor?" She looked a bit frantically around the room, peering into shadows and underneath the console where he would normally be tinkering.

Jack rubbed his neck, obviously a bit more than uncomfortable. "Yeeeaaah... um. See.. the thing is..."

Koschei interrupted. "Hedoesn'tknowyou'rehere!"

She turned to him, pale. "Why?" she whispered. "Doesn't he want me here?"

Koschei hurried to explain. "Oh yes! Yes, of course he does!"

He quickly explained he had finally worked it out to get here but, since so much time had passed, the Doctor had given up hope, thinking she was dead.

"He tried to stop me but... Well... I stopped him." Koschei turned away carding his hands through his hair in a move so reminiscent of his friend before he wheeled back to Rose. "He was gonna drug me. Put me to sleep and leave me somewhere, toss me out of the airlock, who knows. But, I ... sorta… attacked him before he could get too close. Drugged him with his own concoction," he grimaced.

"He's been unconscious for about 2 weeks now,"Jack supplied.

"Take me to him," Rose said in a voice that wasn't all there.

In the infirmary, Rose stroked The Doctor's hair from his face, laid her hands on his chest to feel the reassuring thump of his two hearts, and put her head on his shoulder.

"Doctor. My Doctor. I'm here. I'm here. I love you," she whisper/sang to him before she straightened. "He should be in his room," looked up. "Darling, can you help? I don't know where it is."

The lights flickered softly and a door appeared across the hall, covered in beautiful Gallifreyan script and a depiction of the phases of a violet moon streaking across the top.

"There! Now, up you go!"

Jack and Koschei disconnected the various intravenous lines they'd hooked the Docto to, and carried their friend to his room to allow the drugs to finish wearing off.

"I'm staying here tonight. You two go sleep as well and we'll talk tomorrow."

"Alright, Rosie." Jack hugged her tightly. "I am so glad you're home."

"Yeah," she smiled, tongue between teeth in that infamous smile. "Me too."

Koschei interjected from the doorway, "I'll just go get us back to our universe. Sleep well, Rose Tyler."

"You too. And thank you again. I owe you more than you know."

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Once the TARDIS and her inhabitants were safely back in their universe, only five and a half hours had passed. She cut the feed from the Rift and allowed the multi-dimaensional corridor to close safely.

A quick peek showed all sleeping peacefully, Her pilot wrapped in the arms of his love. Had the TARDIS a corporeal body, She would have been dancing gleefully around Her console.

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