I woke up again in the med bay.
This is getting old, I thought as I let out a sigh.
I looked over to a chair nearby and saw my beautiful pink and yellow human.
She was leaning heavily forward. Her cheek coming to rest against the afghan on the bed as she lay asleep. She looked tired. Her eyes were rimmed with red and slightly puffy as if she had been crying.
I reached over and rubbed her shoulder which caused her eyes to fly open.
"Doctor", she said as she grabbed my hand, "What happened?"
"Blimey Rose. You're going to break my hand if you keep squeezing it like that", I said before she retracted her her grip some with a grimace.
"Doctor, what happened? Why do you keep passing out? Are you sick?", She asked quietly staring directly into my eyes.
I sighed and brought my other hand over my face as I took a long deep breath.
"Doctor?", Rose asked.
"Rose I'm fi-", I began but was cut off quickly.
"Doctor answer me", She said again.
"Rose I'm fine. I must have just needed a quick kip", I said as I tried to sit up in the bed but the pain in my head forced me to close my eyes instead.
"Doctor don't lie to me. You've been out for about a day relative time.", She said, "What is happening and why?"
"I don't know", I said quietly as I rested my free arm over my eyes.
Rose was quiet for a moment, "Are you in pain?".
"It's fine. Really Rose. I'm fine, nothing to worry ab-", I started but was again quickly cut off as something wet dripped onto my captive hand.
"Rose?", I asked moving my arm away from my face so that I could look at her, "Oh Rose. Shh, it's okay. Don't cry. Please don't cry".
I sat up quickly which caused me to let out a small gasp as the pain spiked. I had wrapped my arms around Rose's silent crying form before she could check on me. She slightly struggled against me for a moment before finally excepting that I wasn't going to let go until she stopped crying.
After a few minutes she spoke, "It's your head isn't it?".
"How did you know?", I asked as I rubbed circular Gallifreyan into her back.
"You are good at ignoring physical pain. You wouldn't be in a bad way if it was something physical", She said as she nuzzled her nose into the crook of my neck.
"Rose Tyler you clever little bird", I said with a smile before my expression darkened slightly and I looked at her closely, "I don't know what is causing me to pass out, well other than the harrowing pain. I feel as if I am missing something. Something starring me straight in the face".
"We'll figure it out, yeah? Like we always do, right?", she asked with a smile beginning to flirt on her face as hope filled her voice.
"Yeah. We'll figure this out like everything else", I said as I placed a chaste kiss on her temple and gave her a snug squeeze..
We were quiet for a long time before she spoke again, "How long have you been in pain?".
"About a month relative time", I said before quickly adding, "But I am fine. Really. It's not like I am dying or anything".
"But what if you are?", she said as her eyes once again filling themselves with tears.
"I'm not. I know when I am dying. Every one of my cells would be screaming. The only thing screaming is my head, so Rose seriously don't worry about it. It's nothing", I said trying not to wince as the pain increased slightly.
"How can I help?", She asked as she rubbed the hair at the nape of my neck.
