When We Fall: First Date
Rose arrived at the lake the Saturday afternoon dressed in her denim shorts and dark purple bathing suit with a baggy yellow shirt over it. The area was amazing! So beautiful!
She looked around and found David sitting on a blanket on the fresh cut green grass staring out in front of a huge lake.
He looked so handsome in his blue swim trunks and white baggy shirt and his messy brown hair blowing in the breeze.
Rose took a deep breath and slowly came towards him. "Hi!" She smiled trying to hide the butterflies already flying in her stomach.
He glanced over at her and stood up smiling back. "Hi! Well, what do you think, good yeah?" David asked referring to the area.
Rose nodded impressed. "It's almost like a storybook!" She glanced back at him. "Where'd you find this place?"
David shrugged. "The land belongs to my parents. I live in that ranch on the other side of the lake." He pointed towards the woods.
"Wow!" She said amazed.
He smiled offering her a seat on the blanket. "Yeah, my parents are Doctors. They plan on building a children's hospital nearby soon and I get to intern." David said proudly.
Rose grinned nudging his shoulder. "Look at you, huh?" He smiled sheepishly. "Yeah, it's a dream come true."
She tucked her knees under her chin glancing at him thoughtfully. "You really like helping people, huh?"
David nodded. "Oh yes, don't let all this fool you. My folks have always taught me and my little sister the importance of hard work and giving back."
He laid back on the blanket stretching out his lean body. "I have always believed a little hard work never hurt anyone." Eyeing him up and down Rose suppressed a flirtatious smile. "No complaints from me." She mumbled to herself.
"So what about you? What's home to you?" David asked playing with a blade of grass.
She shrugged. "Me, mum, dad and my baby brother Tony."
He arched his eyebrow. "Tony Tyler?"
Rose smirked. "Don't start." "Sorry." He muffled a grin.
"What's your dad do?" He asked.
She leaned her head back gazing at the blue sky. "Dad owns the Torchwood Company. They make and sell parts, test out weapons for the military and agencies all over the world. It requires a lot of traveling."
David nodded impressed. "Must be exciting traveling to all those places."
Rose sighed. "Yeah but it gets lonely and I get homesick a lot."
"I'm sorry." He said softly.
She smiled slightly. "Well, at least I still have my friends waiting back home besides it's only during the summers."
"Do you have any plans after high school?" David asked curious.
She shrugged pulling at her fingertip. "To be honest I don't really know what I want to do. Right now I'm just a shop girl; wow, I sound boring don't I?" Rose scoffed softly.
He smiled at her squeezing her hand. "You? Never!" "Thanks." She grinned.
He then stared at her studying her short golden flowing blond hair, sparkling eyes, and pink lips. David never knew such a beautiful girl could exsist.
Rose noticed he was staring. "What?" He lowered his eyes and smirked. "Just noticing your face."
Rose arched her eyebrow. "Oh?" David nodded. "Yeah, you're very pretty." Her face turned crimson. "Thanks."
David then snapped his fingers. "Before I forget I got you this." He handed her a long stem Daisy.
She blushed again. "Thank you." He shrugged. "Well, I know it's not much but I wanted to get you something."
She smiled sniffing it. "It's everything and I love it!" Rose replied gently setting the flower down beside her.
He grinned grabbing her hand. "Glad you like it, now come on!" He said pulling her up.
"Where?" Rose replied. "You wanted to go swimming, right? Well, the water temperature is best at this time of day." He explained removing his glasses.
"Sure, you don't want to be a weather man?" Rose teased.
"Cute, Tyler, very cute!" He remarked as he peeled off his shirt revealing his incredible muscular upper body.
Rose's eyes grew. She knew he was cute but this was better than anything she could've fantasized. It was really hard not to gawk as he jumped into the lake and popped back up water dripping off of his sculpted physique.
"Well?" He said running his hand through his wet hair. "Huh?" She said snapping out of her thoughts. David chuckled. "Are you coming in or what?"
She stood there slightly nervous remembering her friends teasing her about the Loch ness monster. Rose knew they were just joking but now she wasn't so sure.
"What about Nessie?" She replied reluctantly. He frowned. "Who?"
Rose scoffed. "Loch ness monster, hello?" He looked at her like she was crazy. "You're kidding, right?"
"Your legend not mine besides I can't help it if I'm wary." She protested.
David shook his head chuckling. "I can assure you Rose Tyler Scotland has no such thing."
"Well." She said still hesitant. "Come on, I won't let anything happen." He assured her.
After about a minute Rose peeled out of her shorts and shirt and jumped into the water making a huge splash. She laughed shaking the water from her hair. "Oh, the water's wonderful!"
"See and no Loch ness." He smiled.
Rose sighed looking around. "Okay you were right. There is no" She turned and realized he was gone.
"David? Where'd you go?" Rose said worried. Suddenly she felt something touch her leg and she yelped.
David popped up laughing. "Sorry but you started it."
Rose arched her eyebrow. "Oh, you think it's funny, huh?" She said before ducking underwater.
"Wait, what?" David said confused before having his arm tugged down. "Oi!" He frowned.
"What are you doing?" He asked feeling something grasp his wrist. A minute later she came back up smirking. "What did you do?" David said worried.
"What do you think?" Rose replied very coy. "I'm afraid to find out." He said sounding nervous.
"Just take a look at your wrist." She said her eyes dancing. He pulled his arm up and there was a twisted blue and black thin rope bracelet on his wrist. He marveled at it. "Whoa, what is this?"
"I made it for you last night." She blushed. "It's amazing! Thank you." He grinned thoughtfully.
"You really like it? I make them all the time." She smiled shyly. David smiled and took her hand. "I love it but why go through all that just to give it to me?"
She smirked nudging his shoulder. "A little payback."
He grinned then leaned over and whispered. "To be honest Nessie scared me, too when I was kid."
Rose smiled muffling a giggle. "So you hungry?" He asked.
She nodded and they swam back to shore.
"So what you bring?" Rose asked. David shrugged. "Just berries and grapes and some nuts plus a couple of grape sodas. Nothing fancy."
She smiled and watched him open the wood basket and they started eating. "So why do you want to be a Doctor?" Rose asked sipping her drink.
He shrugged popping a blueberry in his mouth. "Well, I used to watch my parents and see what a difference they were making not just with medicines but also with compassion and joy and it was just so beneficial to the patients and I want to make a difference, too."
Rose bit into a strawberry and grinned. "I think that's nice."
He chuckled. "Yeah, well, you see my friends when I start talking about medical stuff. Sometimes I drive them crazy."
"I'll listen." She said sincerely. He glanced at her and smiled. "Thanks." "Just don't mention needles. I can't stand needles." Rose added making a face.
David snickered. "Okay." After eating they laid back on the blanket talking while watching the purple and orange swirls in the sunset and their fingers intertwined.
Rose looked over at him. "I had a really nice time." He smiled. "I'm glad."
"Is there a way I could I see you again?" Rose asked softly.
David propped himself up and looked at her. "Do you want to?"
She smirked. "Yeah, why is that so surprising?"
He shrugged. "Well, I am a bit of a nerd, I don't really date a lot in fact I" He was about to say but Rose pulled him over silencing him with a tender kiss.
He kissed her back caressing the side of her face. His lips were soft and his kiss tasted sweet like berries. It was perfect and special.
After the kiss she rested her forehead against his smiling. "Does that answer any questions?"
David smirked and lightly touched her arm. "Mm, almost." He gently pulled her towards him kissing her and Rose melted in his embrace.
Author's Note: Hi, again! Here is the flashback and it is a slight rewrite, sorry for that. I wasn't that happy with the original chapter and I prematurely deleted the original Doc Manager. But I hope you like this and thank you for reading! :)