AN: Hi folks! Here's a shiny new chapter for you (quite a shippy one) :D
In the second part there's quite an alternation between Rose's and Jack's pov, and the single reversed commas ('...') are for texts.
Help me lift my mood 'cause I'm quite fed up at the moment
No, okay sorry, don't mean to always complain.
The chapter's title is a poetic idea of EmilyAndTheDiamonds, that I thank immensely for the help she's giving me ;)
Immediately came Jackie's shouts.
"Rose! Where have you been?! I was worried sick!"
"Mum-..." Rose tried to stop her.
"And you didn't even answer my call! I was going-.."
"Mum!" She tried again but her older blonde didn't even blink.
"to call your dad! You know what he-" But Jackie finally stopped, having come down the stairs and seeing the dumbstruck teenage boy standing next to her Rose.
Rose sighed.
"Mum, this is my friend John. John, this is my mum." She said in a half embarrassed, half defeated voice. Why did her mum always have to be like this?
John was the first one to overcome the shock and took a step forward, extending his hand.
"Miss Tyler, it's a pleasure to meet you. I insisted in coming here to excuse my behaviour, it's my fault if Rose is late and also for her not answering your calls." He said, using his most polite words.
Jackie glared suspiciously at him, while Rose was having a hard time keeping a straight face.
"Were you two doing... Dodgy things?" Finally asked Jackie.
"What's..? No!" They both answered simultaneously, blushing.
"We were just talking, I promise"
"I'll slap the pair of you in to next week if you were..." Jackie said, still not convinced but she nodded before looking at Rose for a change.
After some beats of awkward silence, John coughed and took out the umbrella, handing it to Rose.
"Well, thank you for this... I guess I'll get going" he said with a small smile.
"Do you want cuppa? Tea or something?" Said Jackie, feeling guilty because of her rudeness.
"No, no it's okay. My homework is waiting for me. Thank you, though." He said with his most charming smile.
Rose and him turned around and, after she opened the door, he stepped outside.
"See you tomorrow?" John asked.
Rose let the warm feeling set in her stomach and answered positively with a small smile.
They both said goodbye and the girl once again watched him go away, blushing when he turned around and smirked as soon as he caught her stare.
Closing the door she met her mother's face.
"So.."
John entered his house, went to his room running and immediately took his phone from the nightstand.
"Woah, what's with the rush?" Jack asked, making John jump because he hadn't seen him.
He rolled his eyes, unplugged the mobile and went to the living room, flopping down on the couch and sighing.
John unlocked the phone and, seeing a missed call, immediately saved the number. "Rose" would do for now. He could add all relevant cute nicknames and otherwise relevant information at a later date.
In the giddiness of the moment, he wrote to her 'Hey, it's John', put the phone on his chest and closed his eyes, remembering the smile of a certain blonde girl.
After several beats, his phone finally ringed.
'Hey Doctah!'
John toyed with the idea of answering before acting on impulse.
'How did it go?' He typed, then sent, tensing up: Was it too soon?
Rose breathed out when her phone trilled again. She had feared the nickname had been too much.
'With my mum? well enough. she said u better be rlly good at science'
John laughed when he read the message.
'I am. Trust me, I'm the Doctor.' He grinned hitting send. This was going brilliant!
The girl rolled her eyes.
'Modest, much? and btw, what was that "i insisted in blah blah"? lol' She sent back.
John's smile stretched even further.
'Idk but it worked, didn't it?' he wrote proudly.
In that moment Donna entered the room, giving him a knowing look.
"What?" He asked sheepishly.
"Rose, huh?" She said knowingly. There wasn't even a need for an interrogation.
John looked dumbfounded"No-wh-why-how?!"
Donna looked offended "Oi Spaceman! I know you!"
John just blushed, grinned and nodded all at once.
"Tell her I say hi and that I want to get to know her. She must be good if you're so in love with her" She called while exiting the room again.
'Yeah it did. Ta for that…' Rose sent sheepishly.
The boy smiled softly at the screen 'It wasn't a problem at all. Anything for you. Oh, btw, my sister says hi and that she wants to get to know you.' Best leave off the last part, John thought.
Rose's heart fluttered reading the sweet words. She felt like hell for the bad grades and because of her friends, but this made it a little better. He made it a little better.
'Well, I kinda promised Tony he could meet u so..guess we're even. oh and say hi back to her and that I look forward to meeting her!' Rose typed as fast as she could.
John was surprised at the confession: she had promised her little brother he could meet him? Woah..
"Donna! Rose says hi and that she looks forward to meeting you!" He shouted, still lying on the couch.
Jack's voice came downstairs instead of Donna's "Can I meet her too?"
The lanky teenagers stomach knotted at the thought. So he could steal her from him?! Never in a million years!
"No!" He said decisively.
He ignored the pouting sounds and texted back 'Of course! But I won't make you meet Jack. No.'
Rose laughed imagining John's pouting face. How had she gotten in so deep so soon?
'Why?' She sent biting her lower lip.
John sighed: How could he put it without sounding too jealous?
'Well, he's...' he sent without saying anything.
How could he not sound jealous? He was, damn!
Rose frowned: What was that? He didn't say anything!
"Rose, why are you making that face?" Tony asked her.
Rose, looking up from the screen, locked eyes with her brother.
"Nothing, I just don't know what my friend means.. Nothing to worry about." she smiled.
Tony shrugged and went back to playing with his toys.
'He's what?'
John exhaled. Time to tell the truth.
'Promise not to laugh at me?'
The girl was once again confused.
'Yes…?'
'He'sfunnyandeverythingI'mnotandI'mworriedyou'lllikehimmorethanme' He sent holding his breath.
Aww, she thought when she managed to read the message.
He was envious of his brother (she couldn't understand why, though).
And he was jealous of her. She couldn't believe this. How did he even manage to type that fast that he didn't even press the space bar but managed to get every apostrophe in the right place?
When the shock wore off, she typed in her answer quickly.
'I'm sure you got nothing to worry about ;)'
John finally let out the breath he was holding: she was reassuring him. Wow…
'Not sure but thank you...'
What a beautiful being she was.
Rose pouted and wondered how he could think that.
'Trust me. I know you have nothing to envy your brother for.'
John was shocked: Did she really believe that? He couldn't believe it.
"John! It's well past bedtime, mister!" He heard his mum shout from downstairs and rolled his eyes. He wasn't a child anymore!
"Yes I'm going!" he shouted back.
'I don't know what to say. Really. Thank you. I'm really sorry, but now I gotta go...See you tomorrow?'
Rose was partly disappointed and partly relieved. She was falling asleep, but she really liked texting him.
'Kay...course... g'night' She barely managed to type and send before falling asleep to dreams of brown eyes and toothy grins and spiky hair.
John duelled for a second with why she answered like that, then put it down to sleepiness. It was pretty late.
He slipped under the blanket, still clutching his phone.
'Have sweet dreams, Rose Tyler. I can't wait to see you tomorrow' he sent before realizing what he had written. Damned sleepiness. Oh well, what's done is done, he thought.
"You gonna keep that up all night?" Came the snarky voice of his brother.
John sighed. Jack without sleep was really insufferable.
He put the phone on the nightstand and laid back on the bed.
His mind slipped back to Rose as he was on the verge of unconsciousness.
He was intoxicated by her. He was already addicted to her.
He had known he was in trouble from the beginning.
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