The TARDIS materialised slowly, when it finally finished the door was flung open by the Doctor.
"Right no time to waste, we got to find the spaceship, sort out whatever problems it caused and then…." The Doctor trailed of when he saw Rose's t-shirt "are you sure you want to wear that?"
"What's wrong with it? It's can't be bad as Gwen's skirt" Rose said pointing at the red mini skirt Gwen was wearing.
The Doctor scanned Gwen's red skirt with the black sweater and matching tights, her hair was tucked under a red hat.
"It suites her" he said shrugging "but your t-shirt may cause a riot" he said nodding the union jack.
Rose rolled her eyes and muttered something about a biased alien.
Whoa what a way to pull a Rose Tyler Gwen thought annoyed at herself, as she clung desperately to the rope. Usually it was Rose that got into these kinds of situations. But this time it was Gwen who was hanging on to a zeppelin during a bomb raid. Last time I'll ever try and help lost boys crying for their mother.
She was slipping, not much but still she was slipping. Her hands were getting sweaty from holding on.
And then she let go.
She was going to fall, fall hundreds of feet to her death.
And then everything froze.
She was frozen in midair.
"Can you please turn off your mobile? It's interfering with the ray" an American accent said
Gwen blinked you got to be joking.
"Please, I'm not joking, it will interfere and you may fall to your death"
Gwen quickly grabbed her mobile and switched it off but before she did she noticed she had a missed call from Rose. So they're finally noticed I went missing?
"Thank you" the voice said
Is it possible to fall in love with a voice? Gwen thought dreamily as she was pulled in by the ray into a space ship. She staggered slightly, feeling a bit faint. Two strong arms wrapped themselves round her waist and she felt wonderful warmth. She took in a deep breath a caught the wonderful smell of lynx mixed in with smoke and drink.
"You may feel a bit dizzy" the American murmured in her ear. He sounded lovely.
Gwen looked up to see the most handsome man she has ever seen in her life. The man had dark hair that seemed naturally ruffled and the most sparkling blue eyes.
"Hello" she said weakly, she pulled away a bit and turned to face him properly
"Hello" the man said softly, and then she blacked out. As she did she felt someone catch her and murmur of "I always did have that effect on women"
"I'm the Doctor and this is Rose. Could you help us? We're looking for a brunette in red"
The children sat there staring at them grinning, they liked the Doctor and Rose, and they were friendly and didn't report them about stealing the food.
"Sorry no, but there are many brunettes in red here in London" one of the boys chirped offering Rose a platter filled with beef; she shook her head and smiled gently.
"Oh no...She's not any brunette in red, she's Rose's sister. If you find a Gwen Tyler tell her we're looking for her" the Doctor said, he scanned the room and beamed "you lot are fantastic, geniuses, this must be the perfect scam. That's what I love about you humans, always surviving, always friendly…though there can be occasions…."
There was knock on the door and a small voice saying "muuuuuuuuuuumy"
Nancy gasped and the other children screamed and ran out of the back door.
"Doctor that was the kid Gwen was following" Rose whispered
Nancy whimpered "he always follows me, he wants me for something"
"Are you my mummy?"
Gwen woke up to find herself in a small bunk bed. She slowly got up and smoothed her skirt out. There was music….lovely music playing. She followed the sound to see the American man sitting there.
"Who are you?" she whispered
The man looked up and grinned. He stood up and walked towards her "Captain Jack Harkness and you are?"
"Gwen Tyler" Gwen said
Jack grabbed her hand and kissed it softly "very nice to meet you Miss Tyler"
"Now who are you really" Gwen said hiding her blush through a wave of dark hair. She lost her hat somewhere.
"I'm a time agent" Jack said waving a piece of paper in her face. Gwen held it for a moment before handing it back.
"Psychic paper" Gwen said dismissively
"How did ya know?" Jack asked looking impressed
"I have a friend who travels with a piece. Also it said you're single and you workout in the gym every week"
Jack's grin was almost unbearable "you should be careful; it says here you're single and specifically like Americans in 1941 military clothes"
"It does not" Gwen snapped
"Maybe or maybe not…who are you travelling with?" Jack said "I know you're probably from the twenty first century, your clothes are made from similar materials, by the way you should really dress in the era you're visiting it causes less riots"
"You should see what my sister is wearing; in this period if we went to Germany she'd be lynched"
Jack smiled "it just happens that I have a dress from this era, would you like to try it on?"
"And what have you trying to peep on me? No thanks"
"Good, I like what you're wearing anyway; something tells me you don't wear a lot of colour"
It could have been hours, but all Gwen could think about was her and the Captain dancing on his invisible ship outside of the Big Ben.
They shared a glass of wine and talked 'businesses. She managed to get him to tell her about the ship that fell here, she told him she was working for a Mr Spock and her sister is her partner in crime.
She looked at her pale hands moments before they were red and raw from the rope burns, now they were cured…by those nanogenes.
Jack took her hand into his and grinned
"Take me to your boss then" he said
Gwen blushed slightly; his hand fits with mine…is this why Rose and the Doctor always hold hands?
"Because he isn't your brother is he Nancy? He's your son" the Doctor said
Nancy looked down
"You were what fifteen? Sixteen? Alone and a single mother, you pretended to be his sister and he always asked you, are you my mummy?"
A tear trickled down Nancy's cheek.
"Let me save your son"
"Everyone lives Rose, everyone"
Gwen watched as Rose and the Doctor bantered and cheered. The bomb was gone, the people were no longer gas masked zombies and little Jamie was reunited with his mother.
Gwen thought about Jack, the charming man that flirted with everyone. The Doctor didn't like him…
"Doctor" Gwen said "what about Jack?"
The Doctor looked down at the console
"Could….could you save him?" Gwen asked
The Doctor looked at Rose
They had been flirting earlier, Jack and Rose. But then the Doctor charmed her all over again, with the chat Gwen watched in the cupboard….they forgot Gwen again.
"For me Doctor" Gwen asked
So he did.
The four of them did swing dance in the TARDIS. Mostly the pairs were the Doctor and Rose and Gwen and Jack. But occasionally Jack danced with Rose or the Doctor.
Gwen thinks that in time the Doctor will grow fond of Jack
Rose thinks that Gwen has fallen for Jack.
The Doctor thinks that Jack is nothing but a perverted conman…but he seems nice that Jack bloke, he likes Gwen and will look after her when the Doctor can't
And Jack thinks that the two sisters and the Doctor are a swell group and he really should stay out of this time period if he is picking up words like swell.