"I can't believe you nearly married Henry VIII," laughed The Doctor
"In my defence, he was very charming," Jenny protested, as they all legged it back to the TARDIS. Several of the Kings guards were chasing them, as apparently rejecting a King's proposal was some sort of felony. Oops. The soldiers were quickly gaining so jack stepped in,
"I'll hold them up, meet you back at the TARDIS okay?" he said
"Alright thanks jack," said The Doctor as he grabbed Rose's hand and left with her and Donna
"Stay safe," said Jenny as she gave him a quick hug and ran off after The Doctor and the girls.
"Hey I hardly need that," jack shouted back with a laugh. He raised his hands at the guards and then slowly fell to the ground with a thud. This gave The Doctor enough time to get the girls back to the TARDIS, safely and Jack was quite happy to take the hit, literally.
He soon awoke with a gasp and saw that the guards had gone off in hot pursuit of his friends, no wait he thought my family. Jack, although flirty, did love everyone, and he considered The Doctor, Rose, Donna and Jenny his family for sure. They all meant too much to him, and he'd be dammed if any of them ever got hurt.
He quickly got up, catching his breath, and ran off to find the TARDIS. He turned corners and ran in every possible direction searching for it, but it was just gone. It wasn't where they had left it that's for sure. He looked around frantically, silently praying The Doctor hadn't left him again, but suddenly he heard a familiar whooshing sound and the TARDIS landed right in front of him. He sighed with relief as jenny opened the door.
She ran up to him and gave him a tight hug, "sorry, we didn't know where you where so we tried to find you as quickly as possible" she said
"it's fine, I will admit I was a bit worried when it wasn't where we parked," he quickly released Jenny when he noticed the look The Doctor was giving him, "I was worried you'd left me behind again doc." He said.
"Leave you Jack? You're a hard man to shake, always end up finding me in the end." The Doctor said with a laugh as he headed back into the TARDIS, leaving jenny and jack alone outside. He didn't really want to think about what was going on behind those doors as jenny and jack stood outside. He sighed inwardly, he guessed if Jenny had to have a 'boyfriend' at least it was Jack, someone who would look after her throughout her very, very long life.
Then he looked up at Rose, and frowned slightly, she was only human. She couldn't have that long life of happiness with him, she would age and wither and die. But then he looked at her a bit closely, she should've been around twenty-three linear time, but she didn't look much older than about twenty. Come to think of it, Rose had never shown any signs of ageing at all, not even when they originally travelled together, and when she took off her make-up she still looked like the fresh faced nineteen year old who wore baggy jeans and hoodies. Her style had changed since then, donning leather jackets and slim fit t-shirts, but her face remained the same. Her peroxide blonde hair looked a lot more, natural these days and she hardly had roots. He didn't really remember her dying her hair at all since he had regenerated into his tenth body, as her hair didn't seem to need it anymore.
It all seemed very impossible, but Rose was an impossible woman. And after the gunshot incident on Chamara X3, the doctor was beginning to become suspicious of just how extraordinary his Rose was. He studied her closely and realised she hadn't in fact aged since… the game station. After then, she had mentioned to him casually how all of the spots on her face had cleared up, and he had thought nothing of it what with human women and their constant hormones, but now he realised since then that Rose practically glowed never a blemish, or any signs of age. He vowed to check out the blood sample he had taken out of her, and find out exactly what was going on.
Jenny and Jack where back inside the TARDIS and were chatting with Donna, and Rose walked over to The Doctor. "You alright?" she asked "you look like, lost in thought or something"
The Doctor quickly shook his head, "oh nothing really, you know me big head full of stuff" he gave her a quick reassuring smile. Rose wasn't buying it so she gave him a quick kiss, "you can tell me anything okay? If you need me I'm here."
"I know Rose. I love you."
Rose smiled, "Quite right too."
"Oi, that's unfair!" The Doctor scoffed giving her a light shove
"Oi, girl-beater" Rose protested pushing him back
"You Rose Tyler are going to get it!" he said with a mischievous grin.
Rose smiled at him, before turning and fleeing down a corridor. The Doctor just laughed and ran off in hot pursuit of her. Donna, jack and Jenny all just sat there with a slight confused look on their faces, as both Rose and The Doctor ran off down the hall. Donna just rolled her eyes,
"Those two act like a couple of kids." She said with a laugh.
Tickle fights with The Doctor was one of Rose's favourite things possibly in the whole universe. The TARDIS would often help her hide, but usually made her easy to find exactly when she wanted to be. Being with The Doctor had pretty much trained her to have speed and stamina, so she easily flew down the many corridors, without getting too tired, but The Doctor was better. He could pretty much sense her what with his 'superior timelord biology' but he knew she made it easy for him, and often slowed down once she wanted to be caught. He knew the TARDIS was usually on her side to, but sometimes would help him out.
They would often do this; randomly start chases or a tickle fight, even before they were an item. Back on the TARDIS before torchwood and canary wharf The Doctor and Rose would always find themselves cuddled up together, or hugging or holding hands. The Doctor craved her touch, with his heightened time lord senses it was like putting ointment on a burn, and he always craved more. In his ninth body he had tried so hard to keep her at arm's length, but somehow she had broken through his exterior and by the time he regenerated he just had to touch her. He thought about her so much during his regeneration, his body was practically moulded to fit hers. Their hands fitted together perfectly, they were the perfect height for each other, and they were just perfect. And once she was gone whenever he held hands with Martha to run, or even Donna it just felt off, like to pieces of a jigsaw puzzle that didn't quite fit.
In the control room, Jack and Jenny were talking, as Donna had gone off to have a shower.
"So when are you going to tell him?" Jack asked
"Soon," said Jenny "just not now, not yet."
Jack took her hands, "you're going to have to tell The Doctor eventually, or he'll probably find out and you'd rather let him know yourself."
"Let The Doctor know what?"
Jack and Jenny sprang apart; neither of them had noticed Rose had walked into the room.
"Erm well, you see…" started Jenny awkwardly
"Is this about you and Jack being together?" Rose asked casually, as she began to flip some switches on the TARDIS console. Jack and Jenny immediately eyed her suspiciously, and she noticed the odd looks.
"Well come on it's obvious, the way you two look at each other, makes me want to have a cold shower or something. Well, only when the doctors busy" she gave jack a grin and a nudge and continued to walk around the console. After a few moments of silence, Jenny finally sighed and broke into a grin
"Is it really that obvious?" she asked with a shy giggle
"God yeah!" exclaimed Rose "honestly your worse than me and The Doctor and that's saying something" she laughed just as The Doctor entered, "speak of the devil, here's himself"
The Doctor just smiled at them all and ran up to the console, "talking about me were you? Honestly guys, I know I'm amazing. But please say it to my face." He smirked at them and began to walk around the console pressing buttons, unaware that Rose was following behind him correcting all the mistakes he was making.
"Anyways, I've got some stuff I need to catch up on boring and all very erm, spacey wacey. So I thought I'd send you all on a nice little break somewhere sunny, I was thinking Yenkva, beautiful planets. Very pink, you'll like it Rose. Now I just need to set the co-ordinates right." He could hear Rose pulling down the lever he'd just pushed, and he abruptly turned around on her, "did you touch something?" he asked
"No dear, just admiring your work" she said innocently
"Good, you might learn something" he said with a wink and went back to piloting. Jenny and Jack were silently cracking up behind him and he didn't even notice, this just made them laugh harder. Donna emerged from one of the corridors in a new outfit, and her hair pulled into a ponytail.
"What are you two finding so hilarious?" she whispered to Jack and Jenny as they stood cracking up behind The Doctor and Rose. This just made them laugh harder and Donna sighed, "Fine then don't tell me, honestly you two, worse than a couple of bloody teenagers!"
She walked over to The Doctor and Rose, who were now sat together in the captain's chair.
"Right then, where we heading?" she asked The Doctor
"Well as I was saying, I've got some erm, business to sort out so I'm sending you lot on a little vacation, call it an early Christmas present"
Donna smiled and gave him a playful nudge, "that's more like it, a break finally! What's this 'business' then, taking Rose on a date or something" she asked
"Oh no, Rose is going with you lots."
Rose turned around to face him, "oh what?"
"Well, can't leave this lot roaming around Yenkva on their own, Jack will probably try and sleep with some weird alien girl-"
"No chance of that," Rose mumbled under her breath
"-and, Donna will probably pick a fight with someone. Probably someone alien and dangerous."
"Oi!" protested Donna giving him a shove "I do not 'pick fights'"
"may I remind you of the incident in 1895 Canada, or with queen Elizabeth the first, or on Felentra 5, or on-"
"Alright," Donna butted in with her arms folded, "you've made your point"
"I didn't even mention ancient Greece." Smirked The Doctor and Donna rolled her eyes before going back to jack and jenny who had only just stopped laughing.
"What is this business you're sorting then doctor?" Rose asked
"Oh it's nothing, just got to check in on something, not important and besides you deserve a break. All that running and saving the world, must tire you out." He said with a smile
"well, I suppose I could do with a break" said Rose, "and these lot do need someone to keep them out of trouble, but I better be rewarded for babysitting time when we're back."
"Well I'm sure I could think of some possible way of repaying you" The Doctor said quietly, dropping his voice an octave.
Rose just giggled and shoved him before getting up, sensing that the TARDIS had landed.
"Where are you going, TARDIS hasn't landed yet, it hasn't made the wooshy sound?!" said The Doctor
"It isn't supposed to made that sound, you just leave the breaks on" said Rose as Jack, Jenny and Donna began to get up too.
"Really?" said The Doctor surprised "and how did you know that?" he asked, intrigued
"Well I just, I don't know I guess I just knew it." Rose said with a shrug. The Doctor eyed her suspiciously and reached into his pocket.
"Right, just in case you get into any trouble, Rose here is my psychic paper and my screwdriver please do not break or lose it. And Jenny, here I made you one, time lords gotta have a sonic device so here, sonic screwdriver."
He chucked the object at Jenny and she caught it easily, her soldier like reflexes kicking in.
"And Rose before you get jealous" he teased "I am making you one, it just isn't finished yet."
Rose broke into a grin and took his psychic paper and screwdriver, feeling privileged The Doctor ha d trusted her with his most precious items. He followed them out of the TARDIS, to make sure he hadn't landed somewhere wrong and gave Rose one last hug,
"Don't get into too much trouble" he said
"Me? Trouble? Please." She said with a laugh, and gave him a quick kiss on the lips before running out , and closing the TARDIS doors behind her.
The Doctor looked into his hand, and clutched the hair he had plucked out of Rose's head without her noticing. He felt guilty for doing so without her consent, but he needed to know what was wrong with her, or what was right with her, or whatever she was. He sensed that the TARDIS knew, but she wasn't giving him any answers right now, and what happened on Chamara X3 had been plaguing his mind for the past few weeks. He needed Rose's DNA, to see exactly what she had done.
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