Barcelona reminded Rose that The Doctor promised to take her to the planet but she couldn't let on to Jamie. Jamie took too much time looking around a shop that they almost lost the tour guide, making them laugh while everyone looked at them.
"Ah, just like the old days when we used to travel around, eh Rose?" Jamie nudged her as they sat on the sun deck of the ship when they got back. "I was right about not having to trail our luggage around."
"Yeah, ya were," Rose had to agree, still not over their trip to the Vatican and seeing a weird photo on her camera that looked like she'd seen an actual ghost.
"Come on Rose, I explained about that photo," Jamie went serious.
"I don't remember seeing anyone pass me, well not in a white robe," Rose insisted. "I'm gonna have Jake examine it when we get back."
"He'll tell you the same as me," Jamie replied, waiting for afternoon tea to be served, then he'd be first in line. "Only he'll laugh at it more then I did."
"Be serious Jamie," Rose tried to tell him. "Sure you weren't just larkin' around though?" she then wondered, knowing what he could be like sometimes.
"Rose, I wasn't wearing white, remember?" Jamie reminded her. "Try to just forget about it eh? I told you we weren't going home when we get back to Palma and I promise no more visits to churches, okay?"
Rose had to agree though maybe if she told Alec Hardy, him being a detective, he'd probably launch an investigation. She dare not mention him to Jamie though, he'd not even mentioned the detective since last Sunday. She hoped that it would be the end of Jamie getting more jealous of the detective than all the others put together.
The rest of their honeymoon seemed to fly by, with a week in a resort hotel when the cruise ship docked in Palma and Jamie said they could sit by the pool and relax for the next week, though Rose wished they were staying on board for another week and visiting different places.
Had she really missed travelling around that much? When they got home, she was going to have to decide if she wanted to get her old job back or do something new. Maybe she could find another position within Torchwood, then Jamie might not get the urge to go off anywhere again?
Soon, they were on their way home and Jamie had yet another surprise for Rose as they waited for their ride to the airport.
"So, are we gonna go see mum and Tony tomorrow?" Rose was asking.
"Yeah, Tony's gonna love that camel," Jamie laughed, seeing it sticking out of the top of a bag. "Mind you, your mother will still complain it's tacky."
"Hey, she'd complain even more if ya'd got her that camel ornament," Rose tried to be serious.
They both laughed as their luggage was put in the back of the coach for the ride to the airport but once there, they were directed to another lounge, Rose thinking it was the VIP one. It was but it also doubled for the zeppelin port as well, one being on the ground in the distance.
"Jamie, are we going by plane or that?" Rose pointed out of the large window in the corner.
Jamie held his hands up.
"Oh, so you guessed then? I thought with all the extra stuff we'd be bringing back, it would be good to have a generous baggage allowance."
"We'd have got away with it," Rose replied. Then she realised the trouble he'd gone to. "Aw, it was a nice thought, thanks," she then told him.
Once home, Rose was glad they didn't have to rely on the laundry service in the hotel and they went to visit Tony and her parents the next day.
"This is cool," Tony was admiring the toy camel. "Did you get me a t-shirt as well?"
Jamie ruffled the boy's hair.
"Think it'd forget that mate?" he laughed, as Rose handed a white plastic bag to him.
Then she stood and stared at it, Jackie noticing.
"Rose? Ya look like ya saw a ghost," she laughed.
"I think I did Mum. Jamie, are you thinking the same as me?"
"It would explain it," Jamie had to agree, thinking she would now maybe forget about the photo. "Rose took a photo and when she looked at it, she thought it was a ghostly figure, since we were in the Vatican. Bet you anything someone passed by holding a white plastic bag?"
He was glad Rose could finally get over it and she was accepting the explanation.
"Yeah, what else would it be Rose?" Jackie wanted to know, remembering the 'Ghosts' back in their old world that were actually Cybermen trying to break through from this one and the Torchwood there had let them.
Jamie hadn't been told of those events so they had to keep quiet. It wasn't that Rose didn't trust him but she could never admit she'd been here before, in a time machine with an alien. They had all stuck to the same story that Rose and Jackie had the misfortune to get mixed up in those events and they wanted to forget about it.
Even though Jamie was now family, Pete was still reluctant to tell him everything and if the time came, he'd be the one to break it to his now son-in-law.
Rose went back to helping Jamie for a while, then took over Mickey's new department when he decided he couldn't work there any more. Rose had been hoping she could give up work and concentrate on having a family but even though Jamie made a fuss of Tony, it seemed he wasn't that bothered about having any kids of his own.
Back in Sandbrook, the investigation into the death of Pippa Gillespie had ground to a halt, with nothing going on now Tess had managed to lose vital evidence to convict the neighbour. Alec had thought of taking all the blame but then decided he was not going down alone. Tess was still annoyed at the way he'd acting after getting home from Rose Tyler's wedding.
He had decided to let Tess tell Cate that Rose had sent her condolences. Cate had then questioned how on Earth Rose had asked for them to be passed on.
"Cate, my daughter was one of her bridesmaids," Tess had told her late one afternoon. "Well she was the head and we were there for the weekend. She said she was quite sad to hear about it."
"Well I suppose she was trying to apologise then?" Cate had asked.
"How do you mean?" Tess wondered.
"Well, she had the nerve to put that silly contest to be a bridesmaid in those magazines and send every teenager into meltdown at the thought of winning," Cate complained. "Then Pippa disobeyed me and applied and she'd won a place."
"Really?" Tess was surprised. "She never said anything to me about it. She was probably too busy to think to mention it?"
"I can believe that," Cate told her. "Typical. I mean she had the nerve to get the magazine to call me, I had no idea Pippa had applied. I bet anything it was Claire and Lisa who encouraged her."
"Was she disappointed she couldn't go?" Tess had dared ask.
"Oh no Tess, I'm not answering any questions on the subject so forget about it," Cate had turned on her. "I don't want to hear anything else about it. You don't get to make me feel guilty I didn't let her go Tess. Had I known something was going to happen, well, I don't want to think about it. Now please leave."
Tess had known she'd hit a sore point and wondered if it was worth mentioning to Alec. Had it made a difference on how Pippa was the night she went missing? She thought about if Daisy hadn't won or she'd not been allowed to go and Daisy would probably not talked to them until she'd forgotten about it.
Instead, all the news coverage afterwards, double page spreads and magazine specials about the big day and Daisy's photo had been in them. She had been grateful Rose's PR team had left out where the bridesmaids had come from but their names were mentioned. Luckily, the local paper hadn't figured out Daisy was the daughter of the two lead detectives in a murder investigation but it was only a matter of time.
As Rose was getting back to work again, the subject came up as Alec remembered Rose had asked for them to tell Cate how sorry she was for their loss.
"Yes, I remembered Alec," Tess was insisting. "I've not had time to tell you about it and I've only just managed to tell her anyway. I was waiting for the right time."
"Well I hope you didn't tell her it was you who lost the pendant?" Alec asked sarcastically. "Well, what did she have to say?"
"Stop going on about that. She didn't say much. Oh, she did mention something odd though. Apparently, Pippa had been picked for being one of Rose Tyler's bridesmaids but she'd applied behind Cate's back and Cate had refused to let her go. I wonder if that was why Daisy was chosen instead? I'm not sure I like the fact Daisy may have been second choice," Tess then complained.
"Is that all you're bothered about Tess?" Alec asked her. "She was picked, end of story and if you'd not let her go, she could still not be talking to us. What else did Cate have to say about it?" he wanted to know, wondering why Rose had never said anything.
"She wasn't happy that Rose had sent her sympathy," Tess replied. "She was really annoyed about being contacted that Pippa was invited to be a bridesmaid when she knew nothing about it."
"You need to ask her more about it," Alec decided. "It could have affected how she was before she was killed. Had she still been talking to Lisa about it? If she was still unhappy, she could have got Lisa to take her next door despite being told not to."
"I'll see if Cate will talk but she may want to forget about it," Tess told him. "We never took any of this into account, I mean how the girls were up to that night and we never asked if they'd blamed Lisa for Pippa putting her name forward either," Tess realised.
"Rose mentioned she only picked out the winning envelopes but nothing about seeing Pippa's name," Alec remembered.
"She must have forgotten," Tess realised. "She did have a lot going on and we weren't there to ask questions."
Alec thought she could speak for herself. He'd had plenty but hadn't dared, the Tyler family had been more than generous opening their home to guests and Daisy had been treated like one of their own. It had been a bit unnerving to look at Jamie but when they'd first met, he had a feeling the other man hadn't taken it very well.
They'd had staring contests on several occasions, even Tess had noticed but he couldn't imagine how Rose had felt. If she'd had danced with him, what then? No, it had been best he'd held back from dancing and especially kissing the bride. What had brought it on, he had no idea, maybe it had been Daisy going on non-stop about it? He was now once again in his daughter's good books for keeping his promise to take her to the wedding but it had cost them a fortune buying all the newspapers and magazines so she could keep them.
Then, Tess changed the subject.
"Oh, Rose's mother sent some photos that had been taken during and after the ceremony," she told him. "Daisy looks so happy in them, they've come out really well."
"Well the Tylers would have used the best photographers in London," Alec replied. "You wouldn't expect anything less than perfect."
"Do you want to see them?" she wanted to know.
"I'll look when I come and see Daisy," he replied, not wanting to seem over keen.
"Alec, won't you change your mind and not pin all the blame on me for the missing pendant?" Tess then asked him.
"Tess, you were responsible," Alec reminded her. "How can you say otherwise? You volunteered to take the evidence back when you were on your way home, there are no excuses. You chose to stop and carelessly leave it in the car."
"I wasn't thinking Alec," Tess admitted.
"No Tess, you weren't," Alec agreed. "You were too busy wanting to meet Dave, you see him all day."
"Stop going on Alec. It's different seeing someone at work," she told him.
"You had best hope we can do without it," Alec replied. "Someone needs to keep going on at Claire as well. She knows more than she's letting on."
"We already know that Alec. "I can't work on Cate and Claire. You might have better luck with her."
Alec was already worried, the way Claire was giving them the run-around.
"If Lee Ashworth gets off, he'll go straight for her. Then we watch them," Alec suggested.
"You can't just leave it until then Alec," Tess told him.
"Have you got another idea?" Alec asked her.
Things didn't get any better concerning the ongoing case. Alec had considered getting help from Torchwood but doubted it would do any good. They had looked into what had happened over Pippa being chosen to be one of Rose's bridesmaids and Alec was glad when the subject had been dropped. It was doing him no good being reminded of her all the time.
He'd had to accept even though Tess had agreed finally to a divorce, Rose was married and apart from keeping in touch with Daisy, probably never gave him a thought. Daisy had become popular amongst her friends, showing off the photos Jamie had sent to her phone and she'd bought a special photo album to put the official wedding photos in.
Before any of them knew it, a year had gone by and it was Rose and Jamie's wedding anniversary and Jamie had planned a host of surprises, including a night time special flight on the London wheel, complete with champagne and chocolates, then staying in a top London hotel. The next day, he'd planned to take her via the channel tunnel to Paris for a few days and the day before they were leaving, he'd told Rose to pack for a few days.
"I can't believe it's a year already," Rose had told him before he'd gone to work.
"I know!" he laughed as he spiked up his hair. "This time last year, everyone was rushing around, especially your mother. Tony was getting really excited about it."
Then, for some reason, he thought back to coming face to face with Alec. Rose saw the look on his face.
"Ya not still bothered about Daisy's dad looking like ya?" she asked him.
"No, why should I be?" Jamie denied it. "Okay, it was a bit disturbing, like looking in a mirror all the time I suppose?"
"I bet he never bothered about it as much as you did?" Rose laughed. "Daisy will probably remember."
"I bet when you go to your mother's she's sent you an anniversary card," Jamie laughed back.
Rose thought that was enough on the subject as she kissed him goodbye. She had been hoping that by the time their anniversary came around, she might at least suspect she was pregnant but nothing was happening in that department. She knew Jamie loved her, there was no reason why they shouldn't start a family. Maybe he just wanted to wait a bit longer, while they had some time to themselves?
Alec had remembered it was a year since he'd taken Daisy to Rose's wedding and it didn't make him feel any better. He'd seen a few things in the papers about her, one being a recap of the wedding last year and he'd not forgotten any of the events, which he knew he should have done.
So the morning Rose was packing, he was facing his chief, who had noticed Alec was still attracting the media over what had happened at Lee Ashworth's trial. He had been defiant and pleaded not guilty to killing Pippa, Ricky Gillespie had threatened to kill him, in front of the judge and had been held back by security, a London reporter had done nothing to help Alec's cause by putting him down every chance she got and Jamie had been trying to ignore the headlines every time Alec's name was across them.
Rose had hoped he'd got over his jealousy but she had no idea things were going to blow out of all proportion. It had been agreed that Alec needed to get away and forget about the disaster of a trial and the fact Tess had done nothing but complain. Ricky Gillespie had turned on him so it was time to leave.
"I'm sorry Alec," he was being told. "It's best all round and I've found someone willing to take you on. Elaine Jenkinson is an old friend of mine, she knows what happened wasn't your fault. She'll try and keep it quiet and she's risking upsetting one of her officers, who was due a promotion. She doesn't think the officer is quite ready, the female officer could benefit from your experience."
"Then what?" Alec wanted to know. "I get moved again or come back here?"
"No, of course not Alec, unless you want to come back? I've arranged to give you a week to settle in, you'll only be on call if something major happens, otherwise get to know the area and settle in. They'll arrange a hotel for now, you can look around for something suitable. Jenkinson says it should be quiet, nothing ever happens there."
"So where is this place then?" Alec dared ask, thinking it would be just his luck it would be the back of beyond, a place no-one had ever heard of.
"It's called Broadchurch, on the south west coast," he was told.
"A seaside town?" Alec didn't like the idea already.
"It's just a small part of it by the sea, there's also the rest of the town. It's not Blackpool Alec," the chief laughed.
"Easy for you to laugh," Alec mumbled to himself, it wasn't the chief who was being bundled off all of a sudden.
Was it all of a sudden, he wondered. Or had the two chiefs been planning it for weeks? Maybe this friend of his chief's had owed him a big favour, one that would get himself off the hook and away from the likes of Ricky Gillespie and the nagging reporter, Karen White.
Neither of the latter would let it go and Karen brought it up at every opportunity she got. Well just let her find him once he moved. Maybe it was time to start fresh and maybe Daisy would want to visit, once he got settled? After all, what could happen in a small seaside town with the name of Broadchurch?