The next morning, when the Doctor awoke, Rose was still fast asleep on his chest. He didn't want to move in case he woke her, but he wanted to start the day so they had more time together. Every second that went by meant that they had less time together and the Doctor wanted to make the most of the time they had together. If they could not sleep and had enough energy to go a whole month- or however long they had left- without rest, then the Doctor would do that if it meant that he was with Rose for longer. He would miss her when she was gone again, but at least this time he would be able to look after himself and be happy, just like Rose wanted him to. He was going to do it for her.

The Doctor looked down at the sleeping butterfly that was Rose. He smiled, it wasn't everyday you awoke to find a butterfly asleep on your chest, and it was even rarer that that butterfly was the person you cared about more than the universe itself, though the Doctor had never said that to her, he couldn't bring himself to tell her how he felt. But he was going to have to pluck up the courage soon before he wasted his very last chance to tell her. If he didn't, he would never get another chance. He had to tell her soon before it was too late!

A few minutes later, Rose began to move and she stood up at her full height and looked at the Doctor.

"Morning," the Doctor smiled at her.

"Morning," Rose said.

"You OK?" The Doctor asked, he had detected a hint of sadness in Rose's voice and that was the last thing he wanted. He had always hated to see Rose sad.

"I'm just realising that we really don't have long together and I don't want to leave you again. I want to stay with you, but I can't." Rose told him.

"I know, but we will see each other again, even though that may be a long time." The Doctor said.

"But I don't want to wait. I can't wait for that and it means you will be dead too and the universe will be at risk."

"That doesn't matter, there'll be someone out there saving the universe. Jack will do it, he can't die remember." The Doctor said, hoping that that would cheer Rose up a little, but it didn't help in the slightest.

"I'll miss talking to you every day, but I will be able to send little signs to you, telling you that I'm still there with you wherever you are." Rose said.

"What like, pulling a leaver here and there?" The Doctor smiled.

"Something likes that. But whatever I do, I will make sure you know it's me." The Doctor smiled at her again and if he could hug her he would have done by now.

"So, anyway, what do you want to do today?" The Doctor asked.

"How about we go back to some of the places we've been that we liked?" Rose suggested. "We don't have to stay very long at each one, but I would like to see the view of the different planets."

"OK then, hold on for a bit, I need to get dressed. Be right back." The Doctor got out of bed as Rose flew off of him. He then grabbed his clothes and headed for the bathroom. Rose sat on the bed and waited for the Doctor to return, hoping that he wouldn't take too long, she knew what he was like though. Sometimes he would as he would be a minute, but he was in there for over an hour. Rose rolled her eyes: men, or was it just the Doctor? Maybe she'll never know...

The Doctor came out of the bathroom in record time! ONLY 30 MINUTES! Rose flew up to him and sat on his shoulder. The two of them went into the kitchen to grab breakfast.

As usual, Martha, Donna and Jack were already in the kitchen eating. The Doctor grabbed a bowl and poured some cereal and milk into a bowl before grabbing a spoon and sitting down.

Rose flew onto the table and sat in the middle.

Donna looked at Rose and smiled, it was then she realised how weird this was. Even though she had only met Rose once, she had got to know her in her human form. So finding out that this butterfly that had almost been stalking the Doctor was Rose, had shocked her just a wee bit. It was just...odd.

"So what are you doing today?" Jack asked with a mouthful of food in his mouth.

"Jack, don't be rude! Don't talk with your mouth full!" Rose told him.

"Hey, even though she's a butterfly she hasn't changed at all, has she?" Jack said to the Doctor who then laughed.

Rose gave Jack and the Doctor and death glare.

"All right, all right, keep your wings on!" Jack put his arms up in a surrender and everyone at the table (except Rose that was) burst into fits of laughter. Rose didn't find it remotely funny and continued to give everyone her death glare. They only laughed harder, because, they had to admit, a death glare coming from a butterfly was pretty funny, even if the butterfly happened to be their friend.

~...~

When they had finished breakfast, Jack asked his question again and the Doctor told him that he and Rose were planning on going to a few places they had been in the past that they had always wanted to go back to, but had never had the chance. Well, the Doctor had gone back to New Earth once, but Rose had only been once, and for the majority of that she had been under the influence of Cassandra.

The Doctor and Rose told the others that they would be in and out of the TARDIS all day and that they would be taking off and landing a lot too. So, the Doctor told them, that unless they wanted to feel the TARDIS moving all day long, they should go further into the TARDIS where the feel of the ship moves weren't as strong. The three of them had agreed had said good bye to the two of them before walking down the TARDIS corridors and deep into the TARDIS. That just left the Doctor and Rose standing in the console room, the Doctor's hand on the final leaver that would send them away to their first place that they had wanted to revisit for some time now.

The Doctor threw the switch and they were off. The ride was bumpy and Rose had to keep flapping her wings just to stay where she was. The Doctor had to hold onto the rail to stop himself falling over.

"Where are we going first Doctor?" Rose asked.

"Err...not sure, Rose, but wherever we're going its one hell of a bumpy path." The Doctor told her. Rose didn't reply and just concentrated on staying where she was and not falling somewhere where she could get hurt. Not that if she did get hurt it would make a lot of difference. Rose wasn't even sure she could feel pain anymore as she was dead. If she could feel pain, wouldn't that mean she was alive?

The TARDIS landed with a bump and Rose was ripped away from her thoughts. The Doctor stood up after having fallen to the floor mid-flight.

"You OK?" He asked Rose and she flew over to him.

"Yeah, you?"

"Been better." The Doctor told her. Rose laughed and the two of them walked out of the TARDIS and out into the open air.

~...~

The air was fresh and sweet when they first made their way outside of the TARDIS. The Doctor closed the door behind them and Rose turned to look at him.

"We're on New Earth, aren't we? I can smell the apple grass." Rose looked around the sight; it wasn't the same as the last time they had been here. Either they were in a completely different place or the hospital that had been here the last time they had come had been taken down. "However, I don't think we've landed in the same spot."

"No, we haven't. I looked on the scanner before we came out and I believe we are in New England- the country, not the place in America, which would be called New New England. And we're not there; we're in the future of your England. I think we're in...actually, I don't know where we are to be honest. But I hazard a guess and say that we're in..."

"Doctor, shut up." Rose told him.

"Ah, sorry, was I rambling again?"

"Yes, you were, Doctor." Rose told him.

"Sorry,"

"Don't worry, I've missed it."

"I've missed you telling me to shut up. Anyway, what do you want to do now that we're here?" The Doctor asked her.

"I don't mind, how about we just go for a little walk? I've always liked the smell of apple grass." Rose told him. The Doctor smiled at her.

"OK, then. Come on." The Doctor led them down the road. It was a field and there were flowers everywhere, they hadn't noticed when they first landed, but life was full of nice surprises. Rose had never realised how lucky she was that she knew the Doctor and that she was able to come to places like this. Other people would never be able to dream up something like this. It was beyond dreams.

They walked and walked, (well in Rose's case she flew and flew), until they came to a spot of land where the grass was greener than Rose had ever seen in her life.

"How about we sit here for a while?" The Doctor said his voice low and calm, which made Rose fall in love with him more.

Rose just nodded.

The Doctor took off his coat and lay it down on the grass before sitting down. Rose found a space on his coat and settled down on it too. The Doctor looked at her, smiling.

"Perfect, isn't it?" The Doctor asked as he looked around at where they had come.

"It sure is," Rose told him.

"I suppose when you have to go, you can come here whenever you want, there'll be nothing to stop you." The Doctor told her, his voice now full of sadness. His eyes showed how he was feeling too.

"Doctor, let's not remind ourselves of what's to come. Let's just enjoy what we have right here, right now. Can you do that? For me?" Rose said. The Doctor nodded, though his expression was still sad.

"So," the Doctor swallowed and tried liven up a bit, but Rose could still here sadness within his voice, something that she guessed might take a while to leave. She hated the fact that she was doing this to him, that she was the reason he was sad. She hated it! "What do you want to do?"

"Just sit here and talk." Rose told him.

"What about?"

"How about you tell me more of Gallifrey. You never told me what it was like." Rose said, but as soon as she saw the Doctor's face, she realised that it probably wasn't the best subject to bring up. "You don't have to if you don't want to; I'm not going to force you." Rose said hurriedly.

"No, it's all right. I should tell you. I should've told you before, but I never got around to it." The Doctor told her.

Rose flew up onto the Doctor's chest and faced him, ready to listen. The Doctor gave a small smile to her and began to tell her about his home planet:

"Gallifrey was the most beautiful planet that I had ever seen. It had a burnt orange sky and the twin suns just lit up the sky and gave it a magical feel. The trees were sliver and they glistened in the sun light all day. The grass was soft, not at all like the grass on Earth. I used to play in it all through the day with my friend Koschei- who later became my enemy, but that's a long story which we don't have time for.

"It was a peaceful planet before the war, and rules were strict, so I normally broke them, but that's me all over really." Rose laughed at that, she could see the Doctor getting told off by another Time Lord for doing something wrong. "Anyway, when the war broke out, Gallifrey changed. It felt darker, like the suns didn't want to shine as brightly as they had done when I was a child, and the beautiful silver trees were broken. It became a wreck. Gallifrey became a different place. It was horrible. I remember standing by my house, just looking at what damage had been caused. There was fire and wreckage and bodies and broken Daleks everywhere. If you imagine the damage done by World War One and World War Two, put them together and times it by ten, that was what Gallifrey looked like at the height of the war. The once beautiful shinning planet had become a place where the suns never shone and people lost lives unnecessarily." The Doctor's voice broke at the end of his tale and Rose looked at him, sorrow in her butterfly eyes.

"You don't need to tell me anything else. I don't want you to get too upset." Rose said.

"Thanks, tell you what. I'm going to take you to see where Gallifrey once stood. I've never taken anyone to see it before, but you've always been special to me and so I think you deserve to see where I lived before I met you." The Doctor told her.

"I'd like that." Rose told him. The two of them smiled at each other and for the rest of the day they lay on the ground and looked at the view of New Earth. They watched as the sun set behind the hills of New England. It was one of the most beautiful sights both the Doctor and Rose had seen in their lives.

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2,394 words this chapter was! It's more now obviously, but the chapter itself over 2,000 words. God I am proud of myself! Wahoo! I've written longer, but considering I had no idea where to go with this before I think that's pretty good going.

Thank you to everyone who has given me ideas, you have helped a LOT.

I don't think this story has many other chapters left to go really, but I think it's going to be at least two, but we'll see how it goes. I'm going to do a one-shot set after this story is finished about how the Doctor is coping.

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