Y'know, this is the first time I've written a story that's mainly humorous. I've found I'm not very good at it except for a few sentences in the midst of drama/torture/romance etc. But when I thought of this idea I couldn't resist! haha thanks for all the reviews! Here's chapter 2! :)
The Doctor heard her shout. "Rose!" His hearts unclenched in relief as he saw her, still dressed in her nightie, rushing towards him, wait, they were heading straight for each oth– THUNK!
After that painful jar to his body, he looked down and saw Rose attached to his side.
"Rose..." He said, rather quietly. "What exactly did you wish for?"
Chapter 2 – The Problem
"So, let me get this straight, your exact words were 'I wish I would never have to be separated from the Doctor...'?" Rose nodded, a pout on her lips. The Doctor was both overjoyed and horrified. The joy was for two reasons and the horror for one. The one wish that Rose could have, out of anything, was that she'd never have to leave him. That warmed his hearts the way nothing had before.
And her wish had been granted, meaning she truly had a pure heart, if the legend had been true. Sure, he'd always known it in his own hearts, but seeing it in a different way filled his entire being with pride for her. And the horror was apparent, because now they were glued at the hips and nothing could tear them apart. Literally, they could not be separated.
First they tried just pushing away from each other. They took their hands and placed them on the other and pushed until Rose cried out.
"Stop! It hurts." The Doctor's hands immediately dropped. Next the Doctor tried to analyze what had happened to them. Rose tried not to blush as the Doctor's hands explored their hips, seeing what exactly kept them together. Her right hip was attached to his left, hindering but not preventing their ability to walk.
"Okay, left, now right, no, no slower, you're not..." They were both growing increasingly frustrated. "Just take a deep breath." The Doctor told her. They both calmed down and began to walk. A smile grew on Rose's face as they made progress towards the console room.
"Now, we just have to get back to Kalla 12 and see how we can reverse this-" They both cried out in surprise as the door ahead of them disappeared and they were left staring at an empty wall. They turned around and saw the hallway behind them still looked the same, with Rose's bedroom door down on the left and the Doctor's down on the right. They turned back towards the wall and Rose placed her hand on it.
"Doctor, why did the door to the console room disappear?" A look of anger was growing on the Doctor's face.
"I have a sneaking suspicion a certain sentient time ship has moved the rooms on us."
"The TARDIS? Why would she do this to us?"
"I don't know." The Doctor ran a hand through his hair, silently noticing the fact that very few of his companions grasped the concept that his ship was a 'she'. "She has been known to do strange stuff like this before." Rose frowned. She knew the TARDIS had the ability to move rooms around, after all, that's what she'd done when she first got her room. The ship seemed to like her, placing her bedroom close to the console room in case she'd ever needed the Doctor in an emergency. But this time, it didn't seem like the TARDIS liked her now.
"Let us out!" The Doctor suddenly cried, banging on the wall. Rose felt a wave of hurt flow from the TARDIS.
"Doctor, stop! She doesn't like that. Let's just go the other way, maybe we'll stumble back into the console room." The Doctor frowned. How was she supposed to know how the TARDIS felt? He shrugged it off, deciding to figure it out after they sorted this mess. The two of them hobbled off down the hallway.
Meanwhile the TARDIS rumbled approvingly. She was going to keep them going like this until they could finally talk about the horrors they had just experienced with the Beast and were refusing to acknowledge...
Rose winced as the Doctor once again yelled out in frustration at another dead end. So far, they had gone into the library twice, the kitchen once, and the most frustrating part, the movie theatre five times.
"Look," Rose said as they exited the theatre again. "how could this have happened anyway? It's not like I wished for us to be inseparable literally!"
"Rose, it's just a wishing well. It has no concept of literal and...and unliteral!" He shouted and Rose winced again at his harsh words. "Sorry." He seemed to notice for the first time how his loud voice affected her.
"But how could it have the power to do this? It entered the TARDIS and is somehow keeping us together."
"I don't know. There are many things I don't know, it's hard to believe, but it's true." Rose rolled her eyes at his pompousness. "There are many mysteries in this universe that can never be solved by our own means." Unwittingly, he began down a path opposite than the one Rose had chosen.
"Owch!" They both cried as their bodies slammed back together. "Let's not do that again." Rose replied, trying to rub her hip but his own was in the way. She tried not to think about that, instead being thankful that both their fronts weren't stuck together. Now that would have been awkward. Not that this wasn't, but still...
She looked at the Doctor, who was looking around with both anger and...something else in his eyes, almost like a relief. He'd had that face since he first saw her in the hallway immediately before they were stuck together.
"Doctor, is something troubling you?" As soon as it was out of her mouth she regretted her wording.
"Well yes! We seem to be stuck together and my own TARDIS won't let us out so we can fix this!"
"No, not that, I mean, you've been awfully worried about me lately." The Doctor's eyes snapped back to her.
"No, no more than usual." He admitted.
"See, right there. You don't need to be worried about me at all. You're just trying to shield me from whatever you're going through. I know you're still shook up about what happened on the asteroid, I am too." She noticed he visibly shivered when she brought it up. "Things like that are going to happen as long as I travel with you; we need to be calm and work through them. But-"
"Rose...there's something I need to tell you. I willingly fell into that pit, just to satisfy my curiosity. I left you all alone and I shouldn't have. I-"
"I know." The Doctor looked at her, feeling the back of his eyes beginning to well up.
"But you don't know all of it."
"What else is there to tell? Why even go there? You saved us. You saved me."
"I need to get this out. I haven't been able to look at you without feeling guilty." He paused to take a deep breath. "When I was in front of the beast and realised what I had to do to save the universe, it meant sacrificing you. I had to put you in extreme danger where nearly anyone else would have died. I almost couldn't do it."
"So why did you?"
"Because I believe in you." He whispered so softly Rose almost didn't hear him. She opened her mouth, but couldn't think of a thing to say. That was the closest he had ever come to saying 'I love you', and probably ever would. Finally she smiled.
"Know what I would've said if you had asked me?" Her eyes began to twinkle.
"What?" She leaned in closer to him.
"Do it." The Doctor grinned at the memory those words brought up.
"I could save the world but lose you." She nodded in agreement.
"You see, if we spend all our time worrying about what might happen, we won't be able to live our lives like we're supposed to. That's what my mate Shireen always said, and she never worried 'bout anythin'." The Doctor's eyes looked at her lovingly. He raised a hand and stroked her cheek lightly. She closed her eyes and leaned in to his touch.
"Oh Rose, you're the greatest thing that's ever happened to me. If I ever lost you I-"
"Don't say stuff like that." Rose interrupted him, her eyes flashing back open. "You've got me now. And I'm not going anywhere." She reached up to grab his hand that was against her cheek to reassure him. The Doctor smiled, but inside he didn't feel much better. Someday she would be gone and-
"Doctor, stop it!" The Doctor couldn't help but chuckle.
"How do you see right through me Rose Tyler?"
"Oh," She smiled at him cheekily. "I'm just that good." The Doctor's eyebrows creased and for a moment, Rose looked confused. Suddenly he closed the small gap between them and kissed her soundly. It was a little awkward in their condition but for Rose it was the most wonderful sensation. She didn't hesitate to kiss him back as forcefully as she could; dreaming about this moment for two years. When the Doctor finally pulled away from her, she had a dazed look in her eyes and didn't move for a few seconds. She stayed like that until the Doctor coughed awkwardly and looked away.
"Right, so..." Any further discomfort was interrupted.
"Doctor, look!" The doorway to the console room had reappeared. They both shouted for joy, trying to hug the other but nearly fell over in the process.
"What was that all about?" The Doctor glared at the ceiling of the TARDIS. There was no reply except a slight rumbling which sounded an awful lot like she was laughing at them.
The Doctor couldn't keep the smile off his face as they entered the console room. Soon this would all be sorted out. He and Rose hobbled over to the console and stood in front of it awkwardly. The Doctor suddenly realised this was going to be a lot more difficult in this situation.
"Alright, I guess it's time to continue your TARDIS flying lessons." Rose's face suddenly turned solemn as she remembered those times back when Jack was still traveling with them...before the Game Station. Before everything became so complicated. She hated to admit it but she still missed those times. Being carefree and silly with her two best friends. The Doctor seemed to notice her change of mood and wisely stayed away from what he knew was currently on her mind.
"Do you remember how I showed you to take off?" Rose reached for a switch and the Doctor immediately stopped her.
"Press it with your left hand." Rose brought her right hand back.
"Right." She said, nodding.
"No, left."
"Yes, you're right."
"No, not my right, your right-"
"Doctor!" She interrupted him, nearly on the verge of giggles. "I mean, correct."
"Ah, right."
"No, left."
"Rose!"
"Okay, okay!" She was definitely giggling by now. She used her left hand to press the switch and the Doctor dragged her to the other side of the console.
"Quickly now." He ushered her. "If I don't pull this lever we'll fall out of the vortex." The two of them continued to fly the TARDIS until they came to a sudden stop. They fell over and the Doctor landed on top of Rose.
"Mmph." She groaned under his weight.
"Sorry." He quickly rolled off her, which caused her body to flip onto his, their noses nearly touching. They stared into each others' eyes for a moment, before struggling to get up and out of that awkward situation. Rose scrunched her face up. She was getting tired of these awkward moments. She couldn't wait until she could feel her right side again, which was starting to become numb with the pressure of his body against hers. It took a few minutes but they finally got up.
"Wait! I have to get dressed!" Rose cried out suddenly, seeing she was still in her thin and mostly see-through nightdress.
"Why?" The Doctor asked, a confused look on his face. Rose looked at him incredulously.
"I can't go traipsing around on a planet dressed like this!"
"But Rose," he whined like a child. "It took us so long to get here, now we have to go back?" He saw Rose wasn't going to budge on this, even though she'd have to somehow get dressed with him attached to her side. Suddenly he had an idea. He took off his suit jacket and put it around her shoulders. It was difficult for her to get on but it covered enough.
"Won't you get cold?" She asked, snuggling into his jacket that smelled so good.
"Nah, my body temperature is regulated, just like all time lords. It's merely for show." Rose made a chuckle of amusement. "What?"
"Nothing. It's just typical." The Doctor raised an eyebrow at her.
"I can take you home you know." Now it was Rose's turn to raise her eyebrow.
"Really? And let mum see us like this? She may try to forcefully take us apart." The Doctor shivered, his eyes widening in horror.
"L...let's just go." Rose laughed as the two of them staggered over to the door. "Huh. That's weird." The Doctor muttered as he looked around their wooded surroundings.
"What, what is it?"
"We're about five miles outside of town."
"What? Can you move the TARDIS closer to where we need to go?"
"Nah! We can make it!"
"Five miles? Stuck like this?" The Doctor nodded.
"No problem, right?"
"Well, maybe not for you." In truth, Rose was already bone-weary. Not only had she been expending energy worrying about the words the Beast had said, she had considerably lost sleep and this entire chaos of them being stuck together had completely drained her. She did not relish one bit the thought of walking five miles just to get to a town they weren't even sure held the answer for them.
"Come on!" The Doctor jerked forward and Rose was forced to go along with him. She was in shape alright, traveling with the Doctor gave that added bonus, but she was sure she wouldn't last long. Still, she put on an excited face and tried to keep up with him.
Ten minutes in she could feel her knees getting weak. The Doctor didn't seem to notice as he droned on about the 27th Century's advancements on the atom stabilization techniques...as if he thought she was interested in that.
"And then by 2655, there was a breakthrough that-" he was suddenly cut off as Rose dropped to the ground, nearly taking him with her.
"M'fine." She muttered as she tried to stand up, and that was when the Doctor finally realised how much stress she had gone through the past few hours. Without a word he picked her up bridal style and began to walk again, thankful that the wish allowed him to carry her. Rose tried to protest but felt her head dipping into his warm and comfortable chest. Within a few seconds she was sound asleep. The Doctor looked down and smiled at her, his hearts warming at her peaceful expression.
"As I was saying," he continued quietly. "the breakthrough in 2655 was the catalyst for the spark of new technology that enhanced..." After all, it probably would help keep her asleep, at least for a little while.
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