Okay, here's chapter 30, this will become the first part of New Earth, so please don't be confused by the title for this one.
New Year's Eve had finally arrived, Rose and the Doctor could be found wandering through the streets of London hand in hand, their wedding rings still in their pockets as Jackie was with them, only she wasn't right next to them, they had agreed to meet back at the flat when they had finished. They didn't buy anything, but they did wander around all the shops and discovered that this Doctor liked bananas more than the last.
After dragging him away from the bananas, Rose got some food for the Tardis and then they went back to the Tardis and she put it away. "We can leave tomorrow." the Doctor told her.
"Good." Rose said "I never thought I'd hear myself saying this, but I need to get away, it's too domestic for me, now."
The Doctor laughed. His laugh was different now, right enough so were a lot of things that made him who he was and is. Rose was used to his change now and if she were honest, she'd say that she loved him more now than she did before.
They spent the rest of the day together and unfortunately for Rose, Jackie dragged her to the pub for New Year, she also made the Doctor stay in the flat.
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The Doctor was so bored, there was nothing to do, absolutely nothing, he'd fixed her video player, apparently it was on the blink as Jackie had informed him the day before, he had fixed the TV too and over the last two days he had fixed the Tardis. It was nearly midnight he noticed as he looked at the clock. 'I wonder if Rose is having a good time' he thought as he sat down with a cup of tea.
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Rose was not having a good time. The reason Jackie had brought her was so that she could try to set her up with someone, now that she and Mickey were no longer together. She also knew that this was also to try to stop her from going away again. She spent the night with her friends and at 11:30 she made her way back to the flat where her husband was spending their first New Year together alone.
She opened the front door of her mother's flat and entered the living room, where the Doctor was standing looking out of the window. She stood in the doorway watching him "Are you going to stand there all night?" he asked, turning to face her with a grin on his face. "You're back early." he commented when she chose to ignore his question "Is everything alright?" he asked, crossing the room to stand in front of her
"Yeah." she said "I realised, while I was in the pub, that I'd rather be here with you than in there with my mother." she hugged him.
They sat down together on the settee.
15 minutes later the clock chimmed "It's midnight." Rose said "Happy New Year, Doctor."
"Happy New Year, sweetheart." they kissed.
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Jackie returned at around 3 o'clock in the morning and found both the Doctor and her daughter asleep on the settee. It appeared that they had fallen asleep sitting up, she didn't wake them as she was completely smashed (A/N: Like my cousin was last night) she just shook her head and went to bed.
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The next morning, Rose woke up in her husband's arms, the unusual thing was that he was still asleep. She watched him for a few seconds and then woke him up by kissing his cheek.
"Morning." she said, smiling at him
"Morning."
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A few hours later, Rose was packed and Jackie and Mickey were ready to say goodbye the four of them headed down to the Tardis. The Doctor entered the Tardis while Rose was saying good bye he slipped his wedding ring back on, he'd shrunk it a bit with some device or other as it didn't fit him very well and walked up the ramp towards the console. He took off his trench coat and flung it over one of the supports as he went. He pulled on a lever, which appeared to power up the Tardis and he began to set coordinates
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Outside the Tardis, Rose was being pestered by her mother "Have you got everything?"
"I've got everything." Rose answered "Don't worry."
Jackie hugged her "Be careful."
"You have to call Mo about..."
"Never mind Mo." Jackie said
"Okay, I'm going now." she told her mum
She hugged Mickey. "Bye." they said and she walked into the Tardis and closed the door behind her.
Once inside, she took off her coat and bag and then returned her engagment and wedding rings to their rightful place. She looked up at the Doctor and smiled. He smiled back and pulled a lever and the Tardis began to dematerialise from the Powell Estate. Rose walked to the console and held on as their journey began "So, where are we going?" she asked
"Further than we've ever gone before."
Well that's part one complete, you'll get part two soon.
TTFN
Julie.