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A/N: A sort of follow up to "12 Ways the Doctor says 'I Love You'". Lovely isn't it?

12 Ways Rose says "I Love You"

Better with two.

She meant that in more ways than one. Before the Doctor had exploded into her life, she'd always felt just a little bit alone, even when surrounded. She forgot the feeling with him.

He's not my boyfriend, Mickey, he's better than that. He's much more important.

She knew that now. What they had was so much more than she could ever hope to have again.

I wouldn't have missed it for the world.

And she really wouldn't have. Dying, after all he'd shown her, after all he'd given, didn't seem so bad. It was the thought of dying without ever having known him that she dreaded.

It didn't feel like dancing.

And a smile didn't feel like smiling. Hand holding didn't feel like hand holding. A hug didn't just feel like a hug. It was all so much more with him.

Two hundred thousand years in the future, he's dying, and there's nothing I can do.

It was one thing dying beside him. Thinking of him dying alone was more than she could bear.

I want you safe, my Doctor.

It wasn't too much to ask. But there wasn't anything she wouldn't do to make it happen.

I thought you and me were...

How could she have been so wrong? She wasn't. They were. He said so without saying so.

Even if he was, how could I leave him... all on his own, all the way down there?

She couldn't. Because he would never leave her. Because he was coming back. Like always.

Who's gonna hold his hand now?

She'd held so many hands before she'd met him, but none fit quite as perfectly in hers as his. And the one thing she feared more than losing that hand was thinking of him being all alone.

Forever.

Forever didn't have to mean infinity. It could mean a really, really long time. But did it hurt that she wished it meant infinity?

I made my choice a long time ago and I'm never gonna leave you.

He needed to understand that the only way to save her was by never leaving her side.

I-…I love you.

It was a relief to tell him the words that had floated between them, unspoken, for so long. And it felt like the end of the world when he couldn't say them back.

A/N: If there are other/better quotes you know of for either chapter that I didn't mention, hit me up, let me know, let's work together. Had a pretty good runner up for this chappie too, actually a really good one I can't believe I cut (From New Earth: "Can I just say, traveling with you... I love it.") Someone suggested I turn 12 to 13 for both. Just might… And review! And if you've still got time after that, hop on over to "30 Thoughts: The Doctor" by Francesca Montag. Because, trust me, if you like this, you will not only not be disappointed…you will be blown away. Ta!