A/N: 9/Rose. Set anytime during the first series. And, of course, a follow up to Chapter 30: Mood Ring. One difference, something new actually, is that there are two possible endings and since I couldn't decide on one, I'm leaving it up to you guys.

Mood Ring II

"Doctor!" Rose's tone was urgent and worried. It was the only reason he flew from beneath the console so fast that he hit his head on it. Clutching at his throbbing forehead, he looked for the danger.

"What is it?" He asked Rose who was striding towards him. Something wasn't right. She was grinning wickedly. Suddenly, she'd jumped on top of him and was now sitting over his chest. "What are you doing, Rose?" He eyed her right hand suspiciously; she had her fist clenched around something.

"Testing you." She replied mysteriously, her eyes sparkling as she clutched at his left hand.

"For what?" He snatched his hand away and rubbed at his sore head.

"That's what I'm trying to find out," Rose grinned and outstretched her palm. "Now give me your hand and no one gets hurt."

"I'm already hurt," he complained, but he complied and placed his own hand, palm up, over hers.

She unclenched her other hand and slipped what felt like a ring onto his finger triumphantly. It took his spectacular Time Lord brain .75 seconds to figure out what game she was at. He so suddenly snatched his hand back that he startled her. That didn't particularly bother him as he was concentrating on preventing her from her goal by hiding his hand as far within the console as he could reach.

"Doctor," she complained. "No fair."

He scoffed as he tried to remove the offending object one-handedly. "No fair? You're the one who didn' even ask my permission to put this on."

"I just want to see," she dismissed him before learning forwards to steal his hand back. She had just managed to get a hold of his hand before he snatched it away again sideways. Losing her balance, Rose tumbled down. Her hands landed roughly on the floor beside him and before she could stop her descent, her lips were pressing into his. Their eyes met and in a flash Rose was backing away. But as she sat up, her head hit the console's edge. She cursed and stopped moving to cradle her head.

"Are you alright?" The Doctor forgot his predicament and placed his hands gently around her head.

Ending 1: She forgot her pain and gazed down at him. He gazed back in silence. As Rose leaned down to kiss him again, his hand came to rest at the back of her neck. The ring faded to a deep, content magenta but was forgotten as its wearer and owner tried to remember who they were in terms of each other.

OR (from …gently around her head.)

Ending 2: "A-ha!" Forgetting her pain and embarrassment, she grabbed his hand and held it strongly against her as she used her free hand to unroll a scroll. "Red, let's see, let's see." He lay silently below her, letting her read. "Ah, here it is. Says, red is a sign of l-." She stopped reading out loud without taking her eyes from the paper. "Oh." Her cheeks began to turn pink. She seemed determined not to look at him, but he wouldn't have it. When she made to stand, he stopped her. She dared to look at his face to see, in surprise, that he was grinning brightly.

"So, Doctor," he asked cheerily, raising his eyebrows suggestively. "What are the results of my test? Do tell."

A/N: So, which did you like more? The kiss or the tell?