Chapter 9
Last time…
Red: "Rose, what do you want?"
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Rose ran her hands through her gold hair and her heart started to race. She didn't mean to say those things out loud. She didn't want to say them. The words—the words just came out and she couldn't stop them from flowing. It was like something was controlling her. Something was willing her to say the things she never meant to say.
She looked around the peaceful meadow to collect her thoughts, but nothing helped. She still couldn't stop the words from collecting on the tip of her tongue. She looked at Richard and he very barely tilted his head in confirmation and suddenly she knew. She knew he'd cast the same spell on her. She could only speak the truth—but she didn't know what the truth was. She didn't know who she wanted.
Red marched up to Rose and grabbed her shoulders. He was like an anchor in a whirlwind of emotions. She felt lost, but his gaze was steady and intense. They had an unearthly red glow and it was like he was peering into her soul.
"Rose, don't be afraid. Just say what's on your mind."
"But, I don't—I don't know. I can't."
Rose pulled free from Red's hold and shoved him a step back. She looked at the three men and shouted, "I can't take it!" She pointed at Nine "You, I don't know if you'll ever see me other than a stupid ape! I ain't a kid and I don't want to be somebody's bloody responsibility!" She turned to Ten, "And you, you're a damn flirt and a liar! You used to believe in me!" and lastly she said to Red, "And you, you keep secrets! You're safe, but you hurt deep inside and you never let anybody help! I hate this stupid truth spell and I hate that you're all mad and—and I really wish I could have the Doctor. I want the Doctor to be hot like Ten, but crazy about me like Nine, but that's never going to happen cause I'm small and the universe is big. The universe is so idiotically huge that I'm never ever going to get what I want."
Rose then collapsed onto the ground and began to weep.
It was so unfair. Nothing she said would change anything. The Doctor was who he was and she could never deny him his nature and she couldn't change herself. It was impossible, yet she saw something glint in Richard Red's eye. He gave Rose a mysterious smile and gently touched her face with the back of his hand.
Rose: "Richard?"
With a charmed smile Red replied: "My Lady Rose, your wish is my command."
And then slowly the dream world began to fade…
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At the Tyler mansion, Jackie strolled through the front door carrying her son, Tony and a collection of shopping bags. It had been a hectic day, but she was glad to be home.
She casually kicked off her designer shoes in the hall and placed her bags on a table. She sighed to herself and gave her son a smile. She really loved begin rich. She never had to worry about bills or money ever again.
She said, "Now, let's get you down for your nap little man and then Mummy can go watch her soaps." However, Jackie suddenly paused and had a weird feeling of déjà vu. It was like the moment had happened before.
Yet, Jackie shrugged her shoulder and thought it was just her being a bit tired and said, "I think maybe Mummy needs a nap too."
She patted her sleepy eyed toddler on the back and walked to the living room. As she entered the room, she saw Rose lying on the couch. Jackie shook her head disapprovingly. Really? Why can't that girl take proper care of herself?
She marched up to Rose and shook her shoulder.
Jackie: "Come on, wake up sweetheart. You've got a perfectly good bed you could be resting in instead of this stiff old couch."
Rose mumbled, but soon sat up like a blot and looked around.
Rose: "Oh my God! What happened? Where is everyone? Where the Doctor?"
Jackie: "Calm down, you were just dreaming. Rose, I warned you. You're working too hard. There are plenty of people working at Torchwood. You don't need to be their every minute. You should be enjoying yourself. Go shopping, have a night on the town. Rose, I bought some lovely blouses and some shirts for Pete, come and take a look and tell me if you think he'd like them."
However, Rose didn't hear a word her mother said and was looking around the room confused. This wasn't right. She was just in a weird mind-meld thingy with the Doctors and Richard. How did she get here? Why was she by herself?
Rose walked to the backdoor of the house and ran out to the yard and looked around. Everything seemed normal. Everything seemed fine.
She ran her hands through her hair and spun around, but still nothing. There was nothing wrong—there was nothing out of place.
From the doorway she could hear her mother shout, "Rose? Are you all right? What's wrong?"
Rose: "I-I don't know. I—afgh!"
Rose tripped over something in the garden. She almost had a bad spill, but had managed to stay standing. She looked down and saw that it was a leg.
She crouched down on her knees and carefully poked the leg, but it didn't move, instead she heard a moan. She tentatively cleared away the tall grass and flowers and saw it was the Doctor.
Rose: "Doctor!"
Rose pulled him up and leaned him against her side and shook his shoulder to wake him. He groaned and pressed his head at the crook of her neck.
"Doctor! Doctor, wake up!"
"…Bananas are great…"
"Doctor, I'm so going to let my Mum slap you if you don't wake up."
The Doctor opened up his eyes and frowned. "Rose, that is cruel and unusual punishment."
"Doctor, what happened? Where's the other Doctor? Where's Richard? And, why are you dressed like that?"
The Doctor sat up and looked down at his clothes. He was wearing a different leather jacket and a t-shirt with dress pants and shoes. Rassilion! He'd never pick shoes like these in his life. They were too dressy—too shiny—too pointy.
Suddenly, he looked at his hands. Damn, those weren't his hands. At least, hands he ever remembered having. He pressed his hands over his face and into his hair. Oh! When did he have so much fluff?
He anxiously turned to Rose wide-eyed in horror.
Rose: "What's wrong?"
Doctor: "That damn Tellic is what's wrong! He's gone and changed my body."
Rose: "What are you talking about? You look the same."
Doctor: "No! No, Rose. I don't look the same. Richard Red had gone and made your wish come true."
Rose frowned confused, "What are you talking about?"
The Doctor gave Rose a miserable look and softly muttered, "He's gone and made me pretty."
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Rose wrinkled her brow and gave the Doctor a strange look. It was too weird to even think—No, it was too impossible to be true. It couldn't be. Could it?
"So—you're saying that you're the old you, but now you look like the new you?"
The Doctor shouted, "Yes! Exactly! That mind munching pretty-boy has now made me into a pretty-boy too."
Unexpectedly, the two heard Jackie calling from the house, "Rose! Are you all right? Who are you talking to, love?"
Rose: "I'm fine Mum! Give me a minute."
Jackie: "Did you find what you're looking for?"
Rose: "Yeah! Just—go back inside. I'll be in soon."
Rose then sat to face the—the not-quite Doctor and stared into his odd blue eyes. She was surprised to see those eyes on that face. She wasn't used to seeing the tenth Doctor's face with those deep stormy blue orbs. For these were the eyes of the On Coming Storm. They belonged to the man he once was—the haunted man—the man that had willingly died so she might live. She never thought she'd see those steel blue eyes watching her again.
Rose: "Doctor…why did Richard do it? How are you like this?"
Doctor: "Remember, back in the dream. Remember how Red told you he'd grant your wish. Well, the man is good to his word. He did his psychic hocus pocus and put everyone to sleep including your mother and then shipped me back on his spaceship, the Victory and meddled with my DNA. He then sent pretty-boy back over the wall and literally planted me in your garden. Rose, I don't know if I ever mentioned this, but I really hate psychics."
Rose was—amazed. She wasn't sure what to think or how to feel, but strangely she was—dare she say—glad. She would have never guessed in a million years that Richard would turn out to be her very own fairy godmother and she was pretty sure he'd be horrified at being called that, but she really couldn't complain. Richard had actually come through and done the impossible. He had made her wish come true.
She was surprised that her silly wishful thinking was even her real wish, but while looking at this man—this man made just for her, she suddenly realized that she was given the best of two men.
Yet, Rose nervously nibbled on her bottom lip and gave the Doctor a puzzled glance.
Doctor: "What?"
Rose: "So, you're still my Doctor?"
The Doctor sighed, "In a manner of speaking, yes."
Rose: "…Good."
Doctor: "What? Rose Tyler, what on earth goes on inside your head? Wait! No, don't answer that."
Rose laughed and hugged the Doctor tightly in her arms and kissed his face.
Rose: "So, you don't know about what happened to me after the Game Station. You don't know about what happened later on?"
Doctor: "Nope. Nothing. It was all, 'I'm fantastic' and then there I was—back being me again."
Rose: "Then, you didn't get to hear it the first time."
Doctor: "Hear what?"
Rose smiled brightly and leaned forward to give the Doctor a slow burning kiss. She took her time to learn all the soft caresses of his lips and lightly tasted the flavor of his mouth with her tongue. She breathed in deeply and stole his breath as she gradually ran her fingers through his untamed hair. She felt him pull her close and tenderly glide his hands over her back and neck. It was heaven. She was sure that if the world end today she'd die a happy woman.
Gently, she pulled back and panted softly near his left ear, "I love you. My Doctor, I love you."
Doctor pulled her even closer and said: "But, it isn't the same. Rose, I'm not the same."
Rose: "No, I want you. You're all I've ever wished for."
At her words, the Doctor suddenly hugged Rose tight and buried his face into her neck and felt overcome with emotion. Never, had he imagined that Rose would love him. He was a destroyer, a murder. He was dangerous and foolish, but for the life of him he couldn't help savoring ever minute in her embrace.
Rose: "Doctor?"
Doctor: "I love you, Rose. I've always loved you. Always."
End.
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Hooray! I finished it! Who said a girl can't have it all, LOL! I know it's a twist, but I hope you like it. And I'm not copping out and pleasing everyone by meshing 9 and 10. I just love that 9 is so loyal and sweet and 10 has got the looks. Why not have it all? I don't know if I should add another chapter for a follow up, but for now this is it.
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