Rose's POV:

Rose couldn't help but throw her arms around the Doctor, locking them in an embrace that she had longed for for so many years. That was when he whispered in her ear the one thing she knew he had been trying to tell her back on the beach in parallel Norway, "I love you."

Pulling back from the hug, Rose planted a light kiss on his lips before turning back to see a more than slightly baffled Jack Harkness. The ex-time agent didn't get a chance to stare at them long before the heater clicked on causing papers to fly from Rose's office and all over the lobby.

"Oh my stars!" The blonde squeaked, "I forgot I dropped all my papers when I heard the TARDIS!" The Doctor and Jack jumped to help as Rose darted around the lobby trying to pick up and sort through her frenzy of paperwork.

"How many are there?!" The Doctor was hardly visible through the pyroclastic flow of paper yet she would still see his arms already stacked with the objects in question.

Jack replied from the other side of the room before Rose had a chance, "Take the number of aliens in Torchwood's files and multiply that by at least ten!"

"Someone turn off the heating!" Rose's screech was barely audible through the rustling of paper and panicked footsteps.

The Doctor popped up next to her, papers and sonic screwdriver in hand, "Where's the thermostat?"

Rose glanced past him, "It's on the wall to the right of my office!" The TimeLord ran across the room, hurdling a table and dodging papers as he went. The familiar whir of his sonic screwdriver was followed by the clicking of the heater turning back off, and with that the papers began to settle.

A knock on the door drew their attention away from the mess, "You guys start picking up papers while I go get my mum and Sadie," and with that Rose slipped out of the room.

Doctor's POV:

With a glance between each other, he and Jack obeyed Rose's order and began to pick up papers. When the Doctor looked up he saw a little girl in Rose's arms who must have been Sadie, Jackie trailing right behind. The brunet had a moment of almost vertigo; Sadie looked almost exactly like her sister, if Rose didn't dye her hair blonde. Sadie eyes were a glimmering hazel and her hair a dark brown, which he guessed was probably Rose's natural hair colour.

The Doctor was pulled from his thoughts as Sadie spoke, pointing at the Doctor. "Rosie, who's that?"

The TimeLord couldn't help but smile at the little girl's words, "Rosie?"

She gave him a playful glare before answering her sister, "That's the Doctor."

Sadie gasped audibly and looked at Rose in disbelief, he hazel eyes wide with shock and awe. "Is it really him?"

"It really is," Rose said with a little laugh.

The Doctor's grin grew wider at the excitement that lit up not only in Sadie but Rose as well, "Hello."

As her sister set the four year-old back on her feet, she ran up to him, "You're really the Doctor? The man in the Blue Box?"

He crouched down so he was at her level, "Yes, I really am."

Without warning Sadie threw her arms around him, and she was so sweet and innocent, The Doctor couldn't help but gently return her embrace. When she pulled back she looked him straight in the eyes, "Thank you!"

He tried to repress the surprise and not let it show but he could tell by Rose's snickering that he had failed, "What for?"

Sadie looked thoughtful for a moment before she tried to respond, "Saving the un-un-"

"Universe," Rose finished, helping her little sister who was having trouble pronouncing the three syllable word.

"Un-i-verse," she said slowly, looking up proudly at him as she said the word she had formerly struggled with.

Standing back up, he gave Sadie the same respect she had given him, and looked her in the eyes that resembled Rose's, possibly more than they should have. "You're welcome little one." He ruffled her hair before she ran back over to her big sister, who picked the little girl up once more.

Turning his attention away from Rose's little sister, his eyes rested on their mother, "Jackie!" His comment was immediately greeted by a slap to the face, "Ow! What was that for?! I should have expected it, but what was it for?!"

"For leaving us at that bloody bay in the parallel universe!" He could tell by the look in her eyes that she wanted to say worse, but wasn't about to do so in front of a four year-old, but he could also see the humor behind her stern gaze.

"Sorry, I didn-" The Doctor's attempt at an apology was cut short as Jackie hugged him, "Okay we're hugging now," He looked up at Rose, "Your mother's confusing."

"Tell me about it," Rose laughed, rolling her eyes dramatically.

Despite the slap to the face, he hugged her back, "It's good to see you again Jackie."

She was silent for a moment, but when she spoke again, the TimeLord knew she was making use of his oldest rule 'using a hug to hide your face', because her voice was so quiet only he could hear it. "You listen to me; you take care of my daughter. Don't you dare let go of her again. She cares about you more than anyone else and I can't watch her go through what she went through again. Do you understand me?"

"Yes ma'am." He replied in a soldier's tone, before his voice slipped back into its usual whisper, "I'll die before I lose her again…you have my word."

Jackie pulled back from the hug and looked up at him, her eyes deadly serious, but her voice stayed light and airy, so not to alert the others to their conversation, "Then it's good to see you again Doctor. I'm sure I will hear all about your new adventures soon." She piped, looking over to her older daughter. "Well if that's all then I'll be on my way," and with that she walked back the way she had come. Just before she rounded the corner to leave she called back over her shoulder, "And clean up this mess, this room is worse than Sadie's."

The Doctor rubbed the side of his face where Jackie had slapped him, he hadn't said much but it had hurt, "Nine hundred years and it's always the mothers!"

Rose's eyes shimmered with laughter as she set her little sister down and walked over to the tall man. She stood up on tip-toe so to whisper in his ear the one thing he hadn't expected but it was joyous for him to hear all the same, "I love you too." With that she kissed him on the cheek and walked over to help Jack with the papers that littered the floor.