Doesn't follow the show's story line, so no Doomsday! Jack is with them; also they have met Martha and Donna and they will be around. Gallifrey still exists and the Doctor is not the last of his kind.
I don't own anything! Everything belongs to BBC!
Morning had came by for all the sleeping occupants of the Tyler's family home. Jackie was the first to be up and had checked up on Rose. She was surprised to see that Jack was still sleeping in his chair and had not moved, but what really surprised her the most was the fact that the Doctor was in bed with Rose, holding her close to him.
Without a word, she gently closed the door on her way out and went about to get breakfast ready. While she was preparing it, she was so focused in her task that she had not heard someone coming up behind her.
"Morning."
"Oh, Jack, you startled me." Jackie told him with a hand over her heart and received an apologetic smile from him. "Hungry?"
"Yes, Ma'am."
"Go wake up the Doctor and check on Rose for me. I will get everything else ready." Jackie had told Jack has she got things ready for breakfast. Knowing the Doctor had a things for bananas, she made banana pancakes.
Jack left the kitchen without a word and did as he was told. Reaching the room, he knew the Doctor had to eat so he did not become ill himself, but looking at the sleeping couple, he had a hard time waking him up. They looked like this is where they belong.
"Hey, Doc." Jack whispered and he nudged his shoulder. "Wake up. Jackie has breakfast ready. You need to eat." As the Doctor got out of bed, he ended up waking up Rose.
"Doctor?"
"I'm right here, Rose. Jack just woke me up." The Doctor told the woman as he sat down beside her.
"Your mom has breakfast ready. Do you think you could eat, Rose?" Jack asked as he leaned against the door frame.
There was a moment of silence as Rose thought if her stomach could stand the idea of food. "Ya, I think I can eat."
Jack left the bedroom to go back to the kitchen and saw that Jackie had breakfast already. She had even prepared plain toasts for Rose, just in case. Looking at this, it made Jack wished that his own mother would have been like this.
"Rose believes she can eat. I can bring her the toasts, if you wish."
"That would be great, Jack. Here take this to the Doctor as well. I know he can be a pain, but he needs to eat as well." Jackie gave him a tray holding the Doctor's pancakes, Rose's toasts and tea for the both of them. "Drop it off to them and come join me after."
The Doctor stood up and helped Rose sit up in her bed, while making sure she was comfortable. He had placed his unused pillow behind her to support her back while she sat up and pulled up the Gallifreyan blanket closer to her. He sat down beside her again once she was settled. He laid a hand against her forehead, still hot to the touch as it was yesterday.
"You are still burning up, Rose. I wish I could help you more."
"Just stay with me, Doctor." She told him and it was true. She just wanted him by her side. They could get through this silly illness together, just like everything else.
"That is something I can do." He smiled at her as he laid a hand against her cheek. "You feel like eating something? Your stomach doesn't feel ill?"
"No, it doesn't, strangely. I am actually hungry, but with the fever, my whole body hurts."
"Wakey wakey. I got breakfast." Jack said as he entered the room, still holding the tray. "I was told to drop this off and go get my own breakfast. "
"Thanks, Jack." The Doctor grabbed the tray and passed the toasts to Rose. "Oh banana pancakes."
"How come I get toasts while you get pancakes. That is so not fair." Rose whined from her spot.
"Eat your toasts first. If you can keep that down, I will share my pancakes with you."
"You promise, Doctor?"
He gave her a smile assuring her that he was indeed promising her to share his breakfast if she wasn't sick. By this time, they had not noticed that Jack had left them alone. They ate in complete silence.
Rose ate her toasts and was able to hold them down. She gave the Doctor a smirk, letting him know that he had now to deliver on his promise of sharing his pancakes.
"Oh, fine." The Doctor cut one of the pancakes in small pieces before forking a few pieces and holding the fork out for her to take. "Enjoy." They had gone back and forth with this until all the pancakes were gone.
Jackie had came into the room after she was done with her own breakfast. She was happy to see that Rose was awake but still had a major fever and sleepy.
"How are you feeling, Sweetie?"
"Still hot and shivering. Everything hurts but at least I can eat. I even had some of the Doctor's pancakes." Rose told her mother with a small giggle. "I would like a shower though. I feel so gross with all this sweat."
Rose grabbed the Doctor's hand and got out of the bed as he pulled her up. Once she was up, he cradled her up and carried her over to the washroom.
"I'm just gonna turn on the water for you." He told her as he sat her down on the counter and went about getting the water ready for her. Once it was ready, he gave her a small kiss on the forehead. "Call me if you need anything."
"Thank you, Doctor." Rose smiled at him before gently closing the door behind him, getting undress and jumped into the shower.
She took her time and enjoying her shower. Her sore muscles were finally able to relax under the constant pressure of the hot water.
After her quick shower, she dried herself and it was then she realized that she had not brought a second set of clothes. She would have to walk to her room just wrapped up in a towel. Right now, the only thing that she didn't want was to trip or lose her towel.
While Rose was in the shower, Jackie had gone into her daughter's room and replaced the sheets with new warm flannel sheets. She wanted to keep Rose comfortable and warm while she recuperate. She knew that the Doctor would make sure that nothing happened to her as long as he lived. Jackie had joined the boys after she done.
The Doctor and Jack were sitting in the living room, numbingly watching the television. Not sure what to do with themselves. They just had to wait for Rose to get better before heading out in the universe again.
Their thoughts were cut off when they heard the shower being cut off. They all stopped what they were doing to make sure that she was still ok. As she left the room, the Doctor stood still as he saw her in the towel alone.
'Good god.' That was the only thing that the Doctor could thing of. All his thoughts were focus on her alone.
As they made eye contact, Rose had tripped on her footing. She closed her eyes in the anticipation of hitting hard on the ground. The only thing she had felt was a pair of arms wrapped around her waist holding her up. Opening her eyes, she saw the Doctor holding her up.
"God, this has to be the worst thing happening in my life right now." Rose mumbled to herself at the awkward position she was in.
"Don't worry about it." The Doctor smiled at her and made sure she was stable on her feet before letting her go. "Go change and then we will get you back in bed."
Red to the face, Rose simple nodding to the Doctor and practically ran to her room. At this point, she did not want to face him at the moment. She rather faced the Daleks than deal with him. Her feelings for him were rushing at the moment since he was taking care of her. Rose quickly changed into a tang top and shorts that her mother had left for her on the bed. As soon as she was done, she opened to the door to see that the Doctor was standing there, waiting for her.
"I take it that you are ready." The Doctor smiled at her as he entered her room. "Let's get you back in bed. You need sleep right now. The faster you heal up, the faster we can go back to travelling and Jack flirting with every breathing thing."
Rose giggled at the Doctor's comment as she got into her bed. The funny thing is that the Doctor was right about Jack. He did flirt with every breathing thing. Once she was in her bed, she finally notice the new blue blanket.
"What is this?" Rose asked as she fingered the blanket covering her bed. It was the softest material she had ever felt in her life. "So soft."
"While carrying you from the TARDIS into the house, I wrapped you up in this blanket. It's from Gallifrey."
"Yours?" She asked with a surprise. The Doctor was still taking care of her while she slept. His blanket was covering while she recovered.
"Yes, I took it from my bed. I was just worried about you and the blankets on your bed were a mess."
"Thank you, Doctor." Rose smiled to the Doctor and laid down in bed, ready to sleep some more. "You will still be here when I wake up?"
"Always." He settled down on his chair and grabbed her hand. "Now, sleep." Shortly afterwards, both room occupants were asleep.
Both Jackie and Jack had stayed in the living room while the Doctor and Rose slept. Jack was surprised that the Doctor was actually sleep; he always bragged that he didn't need that much sleep. While they watched television, they were surprised when someone knocked at the door. They were not expecting no one to show up today. Shareen had not mention anything about coming back today.
Jackie had gotten up to open the door and was surprised to see that Mickey was there, and with a beautiful woman next to him that she had never seen before.
"Mickey, what are you doing here?" Jackie asked her daughter's ex-boyfriend.
"I know this is strange, but I would like to introduce you to my new girlfriend. Is it okay if we come in?"
"Oh, oh, of course, come on in." Jackie told the two as she held the door open for them to come in.
As they walked from the door way to the living room that Mickey was familiar with, the couple was surprise to see Rose and the Doctor on Earth.
"Rose?" Mickey. "Doctor?" Martha. The sleeping occupants did not move an inch. They slept on without a care in the world. Martha and Mickey looked at each at the acknowledgement of a person in the room.
"Why don't you come in the living room and I can explain to you what is going." Jackie suggested to Mickey and his new girlfriend, and they followed her without a word.
"Well, let's start with introduction. I'm Jackie, Rose's mother, and believe it or not, this is Jack. He is friend with Rose and John."
"John?" Both Martha and Micky asked at the same time.
"You mean the Doctor, right? So, that must make you Jack Harness." Martha stated as she looked around the room. "Before meeting Mickey, I travelled with the Doctor and Rose."
"Well, Pretty Lady, I am indeed Captain Jack Harkness."
"That is my girlfriend, Martha Jones, and I am Mickey."
"What is going on with Rose and the Doctor?" Martha had finally asked. She had been a bit worried about two friends that were currently sleeping in the next room.
"Yesterday, I believe, the Doctor went looking for her since she wasn't up and about yet. He found her still in bed, sick with a massive fever. I believe the fever is still going on now. For once, the Doctor didn't know what to do, so we came here. Now, we are just waiting for Rose to get better before heading off again."
"You mean he hasn't run off yet?" Mickey asked surprisingly at the Doctor's behaviour. Martha had left the apartment and gone straight to their vehicle. She grabbed her medical bag that she always carried with her.
"No, he hasn't. He has been by her side every since."
"Do you mind if I check her over?" Martha asked Jackie as she came back into the apartment. "I am an actual doctor and I've travelled with the Doctor."
"If you think you can help her, Martha, please do."
The Doctor was surprised when he saw Martha standing before him. He hadn't seen her for a while and out of no where, here she was. Standing before him and one of her hand on Rose's forehead.
"What are you doing here, Martha?"
"Well, Doctor, I was originally come here because my boyfriend wanted to introduce me to someone. To my surprise, we met up with Jackie who happens to be Rose's mother and a Captain Jack Harkness as well." Martha quickly explained to the Doctor. "Now, what more can you tell me about Rose."
"Wait, as in Mickey the Idiot."
"Oi, I heard you, Doctor." Mickey told him from the doorway. Jackie and Jack were in the room as well waiting on what Martha would tell them.
"I don't really know what caused it. One day she was perfectly fine, enjoying life, running around the TARDIS and next, she was like this. She can eat and keep it down, but she has a huge fever, she says that her whole body hurts."
Martha listened to the Doctor's explanation, she slipped a thermometer under Rose's arm pit, waiting for it to giver a reading. Taking out the stethoscope, she gently placed it on Rose's left breast, listening for her heart beat. The pulse was rapid, compare to a human who had a fever, and beating a bit out of the norm.
After realized that Rose had indeed looked into the Time Vortex of the TARDIS to save the Doctor and had been travelling with him for so long. She moved the stethoscope from the left side to the right and was in utter shocked. There was a secondary heart beat.
"What did you do to her?" Martha looked at the Doctor. While waiting for an explanation from the alien, the thermometer beeping indicating a fever of a 107 degree. "She should be in a coma, but right now, she is just sleeping. Please, Doctor, tell me what is going on."
"I don't know what is going on, Martha. I am telling you the truth. I promise you."
"So you have no idea about the secondary heart beat on the right side of her chest?"
"What?" That one heard was yelled from the other 4 occupants in the room. It was loud enough that it had woken up Rose.
"Look, I know you guys are probably not going to like the idea, but I would like to take Rose to the hospital and use the equipment there."
"No, Martha, she is not going there. They will discovered what you just did and use her for experiment." The Doctor told her with great determination. He was worried about Rose's life at the moment.
"Doctor."
"No, she is not going to a human hospital, Martha. If it is going to a hospital, it is going to the TARDIS' infirmary. It has everything except human blood. I don't keep that stuff on hand." He mumbled the last part somewhat as a joke that nobody either got or appreciated. "So if we need it for Rose, Jackie will be close by."
"My blood won't match Rose's, I can promise you that." Jackie finally spoke out. She knew that Rose's secret would be revealed soon.
"Does she has her Father's blood type? Do you know what it is?" Martha asked in her professional manner.
"She has neither mine nor Pete's. What you guys don't know know is that Rose is actually adopted." Jackie told them. "We actually found her on our honeymoon and no one reported a missing child. After a while, we adopted her."
"Found her?"
"Yes, let me go get what we found her in. I kept it." Jackie explained to them and left for her room.
"Wow, I can believe that she is adopted. She looks like Jackie that it's quite freaky." Mickey finally said a word. During all this time, Jack had remaining the corner and had not said a thing, but at Mickey's comment, he started laughing at how true the statement was. They did indeed look very identical.
Before another word was said, Jackie had returned to the room and being the only alien in the room, she had handed the items to the Doctor. At the touch of the blanket, he knew that the material was very familiar to him, but it couldn't be. The distance was too great for it to be here of all places. He realized that he still had the second item in his hand, a letter, written in a circular pattern. He knew this language.
"No one has been able to figure out what it says." Jackie told everyone as they all looked at the Doctor who stood stiff.
"I know what it is. I have seen it all my life. It's Gallifreyan."
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