Hey guys, it's me again. Thanks so much for the reviews!! hugs everyone It's really helped me to get this next chapter in place. The idea for this chapter just came to me, so I hope you like it!! Oh, also I've decided to start naming the chaps, so I went back and named them. Hope it doesn't confuse you. :)

The Powell Estate

The Doctor peeked around the corner of the tall gray building and saw a girl with a blonde ponytail sitting on a bench in the park. He smiled, because he knew those big brown eyes, and they belonged to Rose. He thought she looked about twelve or maybe even thirteen. He walked a little closer, and took the cover of a large chestnut tree. He stood motionless and stared at her from behind it. What he saw made him shiver. The girl was crying, and not just those little tears you get sometimes when you've had a bad day, either. She was crying full-force, not caring who might be watching, either. He took a moment to look the park over for Jackie, but didn't find her.

'I shouldn't go, I shouldn't go….' He thought silently, trying to talk himself out of what he wanted so much to do.

'But, she's crying,' He contradicted himself, for he hated to see Rose cry.

"Rose!" someone called, just as he was walking around the tree to go and comfort Rose.

He quickly took his place behind the tree, and watched. A boy came onto the scene from elsewhere in the park. He acted like he'd been looking for her, and the Doctor recognized him right off. The skinny black boy who'd come to find Rose was Mickey, the idiot, Smith. The Doctor smiled fondly, but then it changed into a frown when Mickey hugged Rose. That was what he would never get to do again….hug Rose. He looked down for a moment, but soon returned his eyes to Mickey and Rose. Mickey was still hugging Rose and rocking her gently back and forth. She was still crying, but it seemed to be subsiding a little with the boy's comfort. Mickey was talking quietly to her, trying to just be there for her.

The Doctor noticed another tree just a ways in front of the one he was currently hid behind, and he ran to it. Neither Rose nor Mickey noticed, so he continued his watch from there. Roses' crying had stopped and now she and Mickey were talking.

"I just miss him, Mickey. I never even knew him," Rose sighed.

"I know, Rose. It'll be alright. You've still got your mum," Mickey tried to comfort.

"But, Mickey, what was he like?" Rose asked, not expecting him to answer, "That's something I'll never know…..no matter how much I want to."

'Oh, you'll know what he was like, Rose. One day, you'll meet him,' the Doctor thought, for he knew that Rose had referred to her dad, and he also knew that he was right.

Rose and Mickey left the bench as they began the walk to Jackie's flat. The Doctor left the tree and walked into the open field of the park. He could see Rose and Mickey walking away, holding hands. As they were almost out of view, Rose looked back over her shoulder, and her eyes rested on the Doctor. He noticed her eyes not leaving him and smiled, his hand coming up to wave at her. She, after a moment, smiled and waved back before turning the corner with Mickey. She hadn't got a really good look at him, the Doctor decided. Nothing left to entertain him, he nonchalantly turned and made his way towards the gray building at the edge of the park, where, in the alleyway beside it, was the parked Tardis, awaiting his return. He reached it quickly and soon was inside it. He closed the door behind him, and turned to the consol of his ship. He sighed and his hand found the golden ring that the Tardis had made for him.

"Oh, Rose, do you know what you do to me?" He whispered, a tear gliding down his cheek.

The Powell Mansion-Parallel Earth

She tried to hold on, to keep herself from falling into the black emptiness of the void, but her fingers began to slip. She looked towards the Doctor, his eyes showing more fear than she'd ever seen in them before. The fear of being alone, she guessed. She tried so hard to hold on, to stay with him. But, in the end, her hands slipped, and she fell. She thought, surely, she'd end up in the void, but no, her dad caught her at the last minute, giving her only enough time to look back at the Doctor and see those brown eyes that belonged to him one last time.

"Take me back!"

Rose Tyler jolted awake, raising herself to a sitting position in her bed, her face was wet from tears she'd cried in her sleep. She looked around wildly, hoping it had just been a dream, but soon she knew it hadn't been a dream. Her Doctor was gone, and she'd never see him again. New tears formed in her eyes, and her head dropped to her hands. She cried a few moments, but only enough to where she felt numb again, and then hid herself inside the emotional cage she always kept herself in. She climbed out of bed with a sigh, and changed into an outfit she knew she hadn't worn for a while. It was a dark pink, almost maroon, shirt, covered by a grayish blue zip-up jacket, with a pair of blue jeans. She walked silently to the kitchen, hoping her mum wouldn't be there. But, as she'd expected, her bad luck continued, and her mum was sitting there at the kitchen table drinking a cupa. She looked up when Rose entered and smiled. Rose tried to smile, but didn't know or care if she managed it or not. She went straight to the cabinet and got a cup from inside it and filled it with tea that was sitting on the counter top.

"How'd you sleep, Rose?" Her mum asked while she poured the tea.

"Fine, I guess," She answered, hoping her mum would drop it, but of course, she kept going.

"Rose, you were screaming…again," Jackie cut straight to the point.

"Really? I didn't notice," She snapped and turned to glare at her mum.

"Rose, don't be angry with me. Why can't you just get over him. When your father dies, yeah, it took me a while, but I got over him. He was my husband ,Rose, but I still got over him dying because I knew that there was nothing that was going to change that. You have to understand that he's not coming back. The Doctor, he's gone and-" Jackie retaliated, but was cut off by Rose.

"Stop! Just stop it! You don't understand. I loved him, mum. I loved him so much and I can't just forget him because he was just…..just too……brilliant. I don't know if I'll ever get over him. How could anyone get over him?" Rose screamed, tears beginning to fill her eyes, but she ignored them.

"Rose," her mother quietly replied, " There will be other men. Mickey's one to think about. He's a good man, and you need someone right now."

"No. I love Mickey. I'd die for him, but I don't love him like that. I only love the Doctor, and I'm gonna wait for him," Rose responded.

"Rose, he's not-"Jackie began, but Rose cut her off again.

"No! Stop! Stop pretending like nothing even happened! Because you know what? It did! I fell in love with an alien, and now……," She trailed off, and then her voice dropped to almost a whisper, "I lost him."

"Fine, if you want to waste your life waiting for the Doctor, go ahead, do it. Do whatever you want to do," Jackie snapped and left the kitchen, leaving her cupa on the table.

Rose picked it up and poured both her mums' and hers' out. She decided she couldn't stomach tea right now.

"Oh, Doctor, do you know what you do to me?" She whispered, tears streaming down her face.

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