Rose materialized with her hands pressed against her temples. The burning sensation receded a moment later and she straightened up, looking around. She was in a dark alley. Not exactly the best place to come out.

She looked up. The sky still seemed normal. Did she make it or was she now in some other time? She pulled her phone out and called Torchwood.

"Hello?" Ted answered.

"What do the readings say?"

"You're still a little off the right time."

"Can you shift me again?"

"Yes, but it's going to be about ten minutes or so."

"I'll wait then."

She hung up and slipped her phone back in her pocket. The litter on the ground began to move as the wind picked up. A moment later the high-pitched whine of the TARDIS engines filled the alley.

Rose spun around and backed up a few paces as the TARDIS materialized. It was him. The doors opened and the future Doctor stepped out. Her heart sank. He was the Doctor, but not the one she needed to find.

He'd changed, not his face, but his clothes. He wore dark pants, boots, a pink-ish shirt, tweed jacket, red bracers and a bowtie. She couldn't help laughing when she took in his new outfit. It had taken her a while to get used to his change from the leather jacket to the three-piece suit and now…she shook her head.

The Doctor looked up at the familiar laugh. The door in his mind burst opened and all those feelings rushed out. She was back…again. He'd meant to hop to the moon. Had expected to step out on the moon and he'd been so busy trying to work out what he was doing in an alley that he hadn't noticed her until she laughed.

Seeing her once was hard enough, but a second time? He didn't know how much more of this torment his hearts could take.

"Hello, again," she said.

"Hello," he greeted.

He knew he should leave, but she'd said hello and it was only right that he greeted her back. He didn't want her to accuse him of being rude again. She stepped closer to him and for a moment he didn't breathe.

"You changed."

"Nope, same face…see," he said, slapping his cheeks.

She laughed. He'd missed her laugh so much. It made his hearts ache.

"Shut up! I mean your clothes."

"Oh." He straightened his suit and then spun around. "What do you think?"

He realized he was actually worried about what she thought. He had just thrown it together. Of course he could always find something else in the TARDIS wardrobe. This had been last minute and there hadn't been a lot to work with at the hospital.

She stepped closer, inspecting him. She ran her hand down the side of his jacket and he felt his hearts beat faster at her touch.

"I like it," she said, smiling as she reached up to straighten his bowtie. "It reminds me of the outfit you were wearing when we stopped the Cybermen. I think the bowtie makes you look cool."

"Really?" he asked, looking in her eyes.

"Really."

She gave him that smile and he couldn't help, but smile back.

"You're right," he said, pulling her into a hug, before he could stop himself because she was standing so close. "Bowties are cool."

She laughed.

"You're mad you know that?"

"I think you might be right about that."

"I think I am. Mad man with a box, yeah?"

"Mad man with a box," he said, smiling. "I like the sound of that."

Rose couldn't shake the feeling that he seemed sad and the way he kept looking at her with such intensity made her feel like there was something wrong. No one followed him out again. Where was she?

He released her and she stepped back, gazing into his eyes. She wasn't sure if she should ask. This was the future Doctor and she knew things like that could be dangerous.

"So…um…are you okay?" she asked.

His looked at her and for a moment his eyes clouded over and he seemed so sad then it was gone and he was smiling at her as if he didn't have a care in the world.

"I'm fine, never better," he said.

"Doctor, you can't lie to me. Never could. You know that."

"It's just…new face, new body, just a little getting used to time. That's all."

She eyed him suspiciously, but decided to let the matter drop. She didn't have much time. They'd be shifting her in a few minutes.

"You're not alone are you?"

"No…yes…I mean, I am alone right now, but not how you think. There's this girl, Amelia, although she calls herself Amy now."

"A girl?" Rose asked and couldn't help feeling a little jealous. So, he was with someone else now? Where was Rose then? What'd happened to her?

"Yes, she was a little girl when I met her, about eight or ten, I'm not very good with human ages. She's not little anymore."

"You met her when she was a little girl?" she raised her eyebrows.

"Yes…shut up! Not like that. She's just a friend, if that's the right word. I mean, she did hit me with a cricket bat so maybe, but then she thought I was breaking in and it had been twelve years since I left and I did tell her I'd be back in five minutes, but still that cricket bat hurt."

She laughed. It was the first time he'd thrown her words back at her. She was usually the one telling him to shut up.

"She hit you with a cricket bat?"

"And it hurt."

"You're such a girl."

"It was a cricket bat!"

"I like her," Rose said. "You're going to take her with you, aren't you?"

"Yes, I kind of owe it to her since I was gone for so long. Don't you think?"

"Yes, obvious that." She pulled him in for another hug, before stepping back. "I'm going to be shifting in a minute. Don't want to accidentally take you with me, yeah?"

"No, can't have that. I'd never find the TARDIS again and I think she'd be pretty upset about that."

Rose thought about asking him what happened to her, but she knew he couldn't answer her. Too much future knowledge was bad. She remembered how he always kept things to himself when anyone from the past asked. She didn't want to put him in that position with her.

"Take care of yourself, Doctor, and remember I love you," she said and then she shifted.

The Doctor stood there for a moment unable to breathe. And remember I love you. He knew and he'd never forget. How could he? He loved Rose Marion Tyler. Always had and always would. He let out a sigh and then stepped back into the TARDIS. He needed a little time to get his bearings before he returned for Amy. He decided to run the TARDIS to the moon like he intended before he went back for her.

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Thank you to all my brilliant readers!

So, I have a couple different ideas for the villain and I figured I'd let you guys vote on it.

1. The Valeyard

2. Evil Parallel Version of the Doctor

3. Parallel Version of Madam Kovarian (not real sure about this one)

4. Some random OC

5. None of the above because I'd like it to be (insert character here).

There you go. Let me know. :)