So she did, she told him everything and for the first time since she had arrived here, she felt relieved someone else knew besides a few in Torchwood and her family. They made love again that night and Alec got even more marks, she didn't have to hide her past any more. They went out to dinner the following night, Alec went to get his things for the next morning and Rose suggested he brought enough for a few days until they were sure about each other but by the following weekend, he had moved out of the hotel and in with Rose. She got a lecture from Ellie about it but Ellie had to agree her boss was no longer a grump and it made Rose happy so who was she to argue?
They finally went to London for Alec to meet her mother, who was on her best behaviour for a change and Pete was pleased to see Alec again and remarked it had been a real coincidence he had met Rose. By Christmas, Alec had contacted his daughter finally and the couple planned to make their way up to Glasgow by train because it was too long a journey by car as Rose found out she was six weeks pregnant just as Alec had booked them into a hotel in Glasgow and they had talked about inviting Daisy to come down and stay with them to see how they all got on with the hope she might decide to come and live with them once she turned sixteen. Alec doted on his partner and wouldn't let her do anything while he was around and Rose was feeling a little smothered when he was at home but she knew he had missed out when his daughter was growing up so she knew she couldn't deny him anything, he was going to make a great new dad.
A week before they were due to go up to Glasgow, Alec drove them down to Torquay for the weekend to celebrate being together six months although it was cold and there was a chance of snow, he didn't care. He had booked a room overlooking the seafront, taking Friday afternoon off and on the Saturday afternoon, he took Rose onto the beach, well wrapped up although it was slightly warmer than the rest of the country and he spelled out her name with pebbles on the sand. Rose couldn't bend down enough to do the same so she used a long stick Alec found for her and while she was writing his name in the sand, Alec was putting the finishing touches to what he was doing and when Rose wondered what was taking him so long, he came up behind her and watched her finish writing 'Rose loves Alec forever' with a heart at the bottom, then he steered her to where he had been writing and told her to close her eyes.
When she opened them, he had written 'Rose Tyler, will you marry me?' under their names made out of the pebbles. Rose threw her arms around him and said 'yes' without reservation and he produced a diamond ring.
"How long have you been planning this?" asked a stunned Rose, admiring her new engagement ring in the afternoon sunshine.
"Oh, for a while actually, before you told me you were pregnant, I was waiting for the right time and now you are going to meet my daughter and hopefully, if he'll speak to me, my father, I wanted to introduce you as my fianc e rather than just my girlfriend or partner. Is that okay?" he asked hopefully, holding her hand.
"That's perfect and I'm sure I'll love your daughter as much as you do. I'm a bit nervous though, that she won't like me or think that I'm trying to take her mother's place."
"Oh, she's more grown up than that, she doesn't blame me any more for what happened, not since her mother accidentally blurted out she was the one who was seeing someone else, it all came out at a funeral, that's where all the family secrets rear their ugly heads. Now Daisy knows the truth, I think her mother will have her hands full trying to keep her away from us."
They walked along the beach until Rose said she was feeling the cold then they went back to the hotel to break the news to her mother and her stepfather, who gave them their blessing and Jackie was immediately taking charge of their wedding plans although Alec wasn't so keen, he wanted just a quiet wedding but Rose said there was fat chance of that. They decided on a spring wedding at the Tyler residence so they had chance to get used to being engaged and when they got back to Broadchurch, announced their engagement to the local paper but soon found out it had spread across the country and Alec had to get used to being in the limelight.
The journey to Glasgow was quiet and they checked into their hotel on the 23rd and Alec had a hire car booked and they had arranged to meet Daisy in a local coffee shop and she and Rose soon hit it off, talking about the baby mostly, Daisy wanted to know what they wanted and if Rose had been for a scan yet. Rose was due to go after the New Year but wasn't going to be told what she was having and Alec had agreed they would wait until the baby was born. Alec wanted to book an extra Christmas dinner at the hotel for Daisy although her mother wasn't keen so they arranged to meet on Boxing Day instead. Alec had planned to ask his daughter about visiting but waited until they were all together, having spent Christmas Day talking to her on the phone and finding out what had been going on as she didn't want to talk while they were out.
Rose was resting before Christmas dinner, she was showing now and while not so much tired, her feet ached a lot, Alec was always massaging them when he could. He had missed out so much when the preparations for his daughter's arrival were being made and had resented being left out but Rose was more than making up for it, he would do anything for her and pampered her like crazy and loved every minute of it. When they met with Daisy again, exchanging presents, she had bought something for the baby and asked nervously if she would be allowed to go to their wedding. Alec immediately said yes, he would make all the arrangements for her to get to London and it was just after her birthday anyway so she could travel on her own. Just as he was about to take her home, Rose reminded him of what they had to ask her.
"Go on, ask her," Rose nudged him.
Alec looked at his daughter awkwardly.
"Right then. Daisy, Rose and I have talked about this and when you're sixteen, after our wedding, we'd like you to come and stay with us for a while and if you like it, to come and live with us. We can move to a bigger house, you can get a job in the area and you'll be around when the baby comes. What do you think?"
Rose was holding onto him, smiling and hoping she would say yes.
She did, after coming up with excuses like there wouldn't be room for her and they would have enough with the baby but Rose went up to her and put her arm around her and said she would like nothing better for them to include her in their family. The poor girl started crying, which set Rose off as they all hugged, Alec trying to hold a tear back for want of not being seen but Rose saw his face. After he had taken her home and he was back at the hotel, they both hung onto each other and he just whispered, "Thank you Rose, for giving me another chance to be a father."
They left Glasgow, making their way to London to join the Tylers for the New Year celebrations. Jackie couldn't believe how big Rose had got, she was only three months and put it down to her just being happy. The wedding plans were gone over and when Rose said Alec's daughter was coming down for it, they included her as a bridesmaid and when they called her to tell her she was overjoyed and asked when she came for the wedding if she could stay down there. So the arrangements were made for her to stay with Jackie and Pete until they got back from their honeymoon.
When they got back to Broadchurch and Rose went for her scan, they discovered the reason why she was so big, she was having twins. Alec was over the moon, he couldn't believe his luck, from having very little contact with his daughter to having two more and having her join them. They started looking for a bigger house, Pete insisting he helped them with the financing, so they were able to look at neighbouring villages and found a nice four bedroom house ten minutes away from Alec's work.
The wedding soon came around, everything was running smoothly, Rose was now just over six months and said the journey to London was hell but worth it. Daisy was met at the railway station by Alec, Rose was resting before the wedding and the Tyler house was in chaos with Tony making a new friend in Daisy and running circles around her and Alec the day before when Jackie was adding the final touches to the marquee in the garden. Alec was forced to spend the night before traditionally apart from Rose and thought about sneaking in to see her but thought his future mother-in-law would be watching him like a hawk and decided against it. Instead, they had spent time in one of the smaller sitting rooms just lying on the sofa talking and making more plans.
Just a year after they had met, Rose had twins, a boy and a girl, Daisy was living with them and enrolled in the local college where she studied hard, wanting to join her father in the police force. Alec was promoted, suspecting his father-in-law had something to do with it and Ellie got promoted at last to DI which was why Rose thought she had been against Alec when he had first arrived. All in all, one meeting and one bet by Ellie led to Rose now enjoying family life with a husband, teenage stepdaughter and two children of her own. She had always hoped she would get back to her own world but this was her world now and the other one was more like a dream, a far off place she had spent twenty years exploring, her family was here, her friends were here and most importantly, the love of her life was here Alec Hardy.
The End!