A/N: Obviously I don't anything, otherwise you'd be watching this on the tv, not reading it here.
Oh my God, I'm so sorry for all the mistakes in the last chapter. I have just reread it and my toes are still curled, there were SOOOO many mistakes. Sorry about that, I don't have a beta, just a mallfunctioning spellcheck! And thanks to those who reviewed and were kind enough not to comment.

And sorry for being a complete airhead and posting the wrong chapter. Must be finals getting to me. Thanks to No1fanofalot who notified of my of this stupid stupid error!

Fight for this love

"Honestly Tosh, we're not exactly making minimum wages. You couldn't find a better car?"

"What's wrong with a Fiat?"

"It's a Fiat!"

"It came highly recommended."

"So did syphilis!"

"Owen, please don't compare my car to syphilis." They sat in silence for a while, Tosh steering the car in the direction of her home. "Some day, huh?"

"Yeah, some day. I'm getting really tired of Jack's secrecy."

"I'm sure he has his reasons."

"Don't be naïve, Tosh. Jack likes to be in charge, that's the only reason he's leaving us in the dark."

"I don't think Jack would do that. He's a good person. And obviously he's upset about us opening the rift. His friend seemed upset about it as well."

"Who is that guy anyway? He was hugging Rose like there's no tomorrow."

"Are you jealous, Owen?""No, I just don't like when some stranger come waltzing in and pretends he owns the place.""He didn't do that. He seemed very nice and obviously him and Rose are old acquaintances. He's a doctor too."

"No, he called himself "the Doctor" like it was some kind of posh title. Who does that anyway? I'd like to know what kind of doctor he is. Obviously not the real kind, like me"

Tosh sighed. "Owen, you're jealous. Do you really fancy Rose that much?""I don't fancy Rose!"

"Sure…. What about Gwen?"

"Her and Jack and Ianto are busy with their own little twisted triangle. I've removed myself from that mess."

"Why are you always like that?""Like what?""Never mind. We're here."

Rose has opted to stay behind when Gwen was ready to go. To be honest, it didn't look like Gwen wanted to go home either. She had been fighting with Rhys yet again and by now it was almost like their default setting was to yell at each other. And Rose had a feeling Gwen wanted to just forget about her troubles with a bottle of Jack and a shag from Jack, probably in that order. Rose decided to let it go for now, she and Gwen were really not that close yet, so Rose didn't feel like it was her place to comment, and she had her own problems to worry about as well.

"You wanna go back to the TARDIS?"

The Doctor nodded at this. "We'll take a detour; I really don't feel like involving Donna in this."

"How did you meet them? Donna and Martha?"

"Just sort of happened. Donna somehow managed to transport herself into the TARDIS after…" He closed his mouth and swallowed the words. "And Martha was working in a hospital that ended on the moon."

"The moon?"

"Yeah it was great fun. Although I lost a pair of shoes and my sonic screwdriver had to undergo some serious reworking."

Rose nodded. They were walking slowly through Cardiff but both were careful not to touch each other and the small talk was painful, but neither knew how to start the conversation properly. Oddly enough, it was the Doctor who took the first step. "So you work for Torchwood now?" It was meant to be a question, honestly, he tried to make it sound like one, but it came out more like an accusation anyway.

"Never really stopped, I suppose. Worked for Pete in the other world.""This is a different kind of Torchwood" the Doctor commented. He felt a little betrayed by both Jack and Rose, but mostly Rose, seeing as Jack would obviously never change his ways. Torchwood had been the cause of so much evil in this world, they had made it impossible easy for both the Daleks and Cybermen to just walk (roll) in and take over this world and they had ripped him and Rose apart and for that he was not sure he could ever forgive them. And here was Rose, working for the very same institution that had separated them and was all about killing aliens instead of helping and understanding.

"It's not, really. Jack did a great job of rebuilding. Torchwood one, the one in London, it's dead, so to speak. And despite your thoughts, Jack did learn something from you. It's not just about hunting aliens (okay, not exactly true, she reminded herself, but she didn't really think the truth would help her case with the Doctor)." When the Doctor didn't answer, she continued. "And they're good people, they've been good to me. Jack has been good to me…"

"How did you come through the rift?"

Rose was taken aback by both the change in subject and his bluntness. "I don't know. It was weird, like it was two places at the same time. It just sort of happened, I suppose."

A thoughtful "hmm" was the Doctor's only response.

"Do you know why it happened" she asked. Honestly, she already knew, or at least she had a strong idea about it, but she wanted to hear the Doctor's theories before she divulged her own. And then there was the whole "how is he going to react" thing, she didn't even want to think about that. Things had been so simple when she was just a nineteen-year-old shop girl and the Doctor was just a big-eared two-hearted alien who had blown up her workplace. She found herself missing those days. Now she was a twenty-something half-human with really weird "powers" (she didn't even know if that was the right word) and a title and he was a handsome two hearted alien with severe commitment issues.

"No" he just said and kept walking.

"Why are you acting like that?"

"Like what?"

"Like the biggest prat on this side of the moon?"

"I am not!"

"You so are! If you're mad just tell me."

"Fine, I'm mad!" They were almost yelling at each other now.

"Why? Because I'm doing something for my self for once?"

"Because what you're doing is wrong!"

"It's the same bloody thing that you do, you idiot!"

The Doctor looked away. "Torchwood is wrong!" His voice was low and forced calm.

"Then tell me what is right."

"I can't…"

"It's not fair.""What?"

"This, us, you judging me! It's not fair. I didn't ask for this, I wanted to be with you, I told you I love you and now you're just…." Rose sighed. This was going nowhere and yelling at the Doctor didn't even feel remotely as satisfying as it ought to be.

"Rose, I don't know what to do about any of this. What you did was wrong, everything! When you crossed over you endangered both worlds and by opening the rift, well, who knows what will happen? That dragon might be the least dangerous thing that came through!"

Big tears started to roll down Rose's cheek but she didn't care by now. "I can't believe you're saying this!"

"What did you expect? This is hard for me too, but it doesn't change what you did was stupid and selfish. And that's not the Rose I knew!"

"Maybe I changed?" She angrily wiped a tear away. "Maybe I had too! Things were different in the other world and I changed.""And look at what you changed into! A blonder version of Jack!" The words were barely out of the Doctor's mouth before Rose's hand connected with his cheek. "Rose" he called as she started to walk away. "Rose, I'm sorry."

She stopped. She wanted him to be sorry, so badly, but she wasn't sure if he really was or if he just didn't like fighting with her.

He caught up with her and gently stroked her cheek. "I'm sorry."

"Yeah, me too" she said and looked at his right cheek that was turning redder by the minute.

"You certainly are your mother's daughter" he said and smiled at her. He took her hand and they silently walked back to the TARDIS.

They snuck inside because the Doctor didn't want to wake up Martha and Donna, although he had a feeling Donna was probably sitting in her room with a glass to the wall, trying to pick up any kind of conversation between him and Rose. She really was the most nosy and intruding woman he had ever met, Jackie included.

"It feels weird to be back" Rose said as she gingerly sat down on the captain's seat.

"Good weird of bad weird" the Doctor asked.

"Good weird, definitely" she answered with a smile.

He sat down next to her and took her hand and for a while, they just sat there in silence, not looking at each other, although Rose did notice that they were both moving closer and closer to each other.

"This is nice, yeah?"

"Yeah" he agreed. "The TARDIS is glad to see you."

"Oh good. I was worried she would forget about me.""Forget about the one who tried to paint her pink all over? Never!" They both laughed and when Rose turned to look at him, their noses almost touched. Really, it was inevitable that their lips met soon after that.

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