"You know that's actually illegal."

"What this?" Rose asked with a laugh as she chucked her shirt away.

"Yes, that," the Doctor returned and cleared his throat a bit. "Shalac are very adamant about modesty, so what you're doing now with, with taking your clothes off and stuff is, er, against their laws."

"Well, I don't see any authorities here, do you?" Rose smirked, shimming out of her trousers. "You're the one who said that the water here was absolutely perfect for swimming, and I don't have my swimsuit, so turn around will you?"

"Er, what?" the Doctor blinked and returned his gaze to her eyes from where it had previously been focused on her chest. "T-turn around? Why?"

"Oi you've already had enough of a peek show," Rose crossed her arms with an amused smile.

"Wait, are you doing skinny-dipping?"

"Well, I'm not gonna get my knickers wet," Rose said. "I happen to quite like these pink ones. So turn around, Doctor."

He blinked at her once, before spinning on his heel and facing the woods that were behind him. He started babbling about "breaking hundreds of laws on the planet" and that "she really shouldn't be doing this" and other nonsense. He was about to demand that she stop this and they go back to the TARDIS when he heard a large splash behind him followed by a very-against-the-law moan.

"Oh, Doctor," Rose called out and the Doctor felt his hearts skip a beat. "You were right. The water is so warm. It feels so nice."

"W-well I'm glad you're enjoying it," he stammered, resisting the urge to turn around as he heard her splashing about. "But you should really get out now. Cos, you know, the laws and all that—"

"You should join me!" Rose interrupted him and the Doctor practically bit his tongue. Join her? Join Rose, naked Rose, in the water, probably naked himself. Both of them naked in the water… Oh Rassilon, yes he wanted to join her. No! No he couldn't! That would be highly inappropriate, breaking Shalac laws and his laws of not letting himself give in when it came to Rose.

"Doctor?" Rose's voice broke through his thoughts. "Are you gonna just stand there?"

"Er, what?" he risked a look over his shoulder. A very wet Rose smirked up at him from the lake, the water coming up to her neck.

"Are you gonna join me?" she said again with a tongue-touched smile. He loved that smile.

"Uh…" he started, turning to face her now.

"Come on," she cooed and waded closer to the dock. "Don't force me get out and make you."

"What if I want you to make me," the Doctor blurted out without thinking. Rose's eyebrows rose in surprise and Doctor felt his blood run cold. Oh he blew it now. He completely blew it. Idiot! Don't just stand there like a wide-eyed fish! Apologize or run away or… oh this is a disaster.

"Okay," Rose smiled and the Doctor was pretty sure that he was going to regenerate any second now.

"Rose, I'm sorry I should, I," the Doctor started to ramble. "Wait, what did you say? Okay? Did you say okay? Does that mean—?"

"I said okay, Time Lord," Rose repeated. The Doctor stared at her with his mouth gaping as she pulled herself out of the water to stand before him. He kept his eyes fixed with hers, not even trusting himself to breathe as she stepped toward him.

"So, Doctor," Rose breathed as she reached up to loosen his tie. "Ready to break some laws?"

He gulped. Oh to hell with it all. Reaching up he batted away her hands and started unbuttoning his suit jacket and Rose let out a triumphant laugh.

"You are going to pay for this," he mock grumbled, still keeping his eyes locked with hers.

"Mmm," she hummed. "Maybe you should just arrest me for public indecency then."

"Oh I will," he growled as he tossed his undershirt away, and then lunged at her. Rose let out a squeak as both of them tumbled into the lake with a tremendous splash.

"Hey that's not fair," Rose said when they resurfaced. "You've still got your trousers on, mister."

"Well, didn't I say you had to make me?" he grinned as he swam away from her. "Why don't you try to take them off of me?"