Okay, here's the third instalment for today, I'll be updating Series 3 with Rose soon, hopefully.
Chapter 60
Jackie let Rose go when the Doctor had finally given up the fight and came over, once Rose had released her mother, she turned to her husband, who held her just as tightly as she held him, knowing that other than Jackie, he was all that Rose had left. They stood like that for some time, until Jackie appeared with two steaming cups of tea, which she sat on the table beside them and made them sit down, when they did, the Doctor took a quick drink of his tea, before making Rose do the same, when she'd drunk some of it, the Doctor put the cup back on the table and sat backwards, Jackie noticed that when he was sitting further back, Rose had gotten herself as close to him as she could, when she saw the Doctor wrap his arm around Rose, she knew there was more to their relationship and until they revealed what that something was she could only speculate.
Some time later, when Rose had let exhaustion take over and had fallen asleep, the Doctor moved her and laid her down on the chair, he then covered her with his coat before going into the Tardis and finally removing it from his mother in laws living room.
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Rose must have heard the engines, 'cause the minute they started up, she woke up and turned to Jackie "Where's he going?" she asked
"He's taken the Tardis outside, he'll be back any minute."
Rose relaxed after that and tried to go back to sleep. When the front door opened and the Doctor entered, she smiled up at him and then he sat down beside her and she laid her head on his shoulder and slowly fell asleep again, when both of them were asleep, Jackie left the living room and headed for Rose's bedroom and grabbed a blanket for them, she covered them with the blanket and kissed her daughter's forehead and left the room.
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At some point in the night both the Doctor and Rose woke up, rather uncomfortable, so they fixed that, the Doctor lay flat out and Rose curled up beside him, that still wasn't really comfortable, but it was either that or head out to the Tardis, the Doctor wrapped his arm around Rose and if Jackie asked it was a comfort to her and also to make sure that she didn't roll off the chair in her sleep.
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The next morning, Jackie woke first, she showered, then dressed and entered the living room. She smiled when she saw them, she may not have liked the Doctor when they first met, but Christmas had softened her hatred of him a lot and she knew that he was good for her daughter, she wondered again what kind of relationship they had, but she decided that she wouldn't ask them that. She went into the kitchen and made breakfast, all the time banging around making sure that she woke the couple up. When breakfast was ready she was surprised to see that her plan had worked. She put their plates on the table and they ate, when they were finished they went into the living room where Jackie asked "Right, what really happened yesterday?"
Rose was shocked, she hadn't expected that question so soon, but was saved from answering by the Doctor, who began the explanation first.
Okay, that's this chapter complete, the next will be up very soon.
TTFN
Julie