Rose

The Doctor had shuffled me into the library; then rushed off to make tea. Ah, here he comes now.

"Doctor?"

"Yes Rose?"

"Why didn't you tell me?" I take a sip of my tea.

"It was a long time ago" he sighed.

"The Game station wasn't and you didn't tell me about that either, I mean you mentioned it earlier this week, but I just didn't add it all together"

He put his cup down, "I thought by not telling you, in some strange way, would protect you from it. I didn't want you feeling guilty for me changing; because it wasn't your fault"

"I could've handled it you know"

"Yea, I know, and that was what scared me so much. The fact that you could understand and would probably accept it" He looks so sad for some reason.

Putting my cup of tea down, I cross to the couch he's sitting on. Taking the cup out of his hands and straddling his lap I look down at him. "Fear is driven by the unknown; I understand that you were scared of telling me because you didn't know how I would have reacted. You didn't have to though, and you know that now." With that I swooped down and gave him a gentle kiss.

Doctor

Hmm…she is unbelievably amazing. The feel of her lips touching mine was all we needed. Alone in the TARDIS, no danger tracking us down, no possibility for interruptions; I gave in, succumbed to her charms. Reaching around her waist and up to the nape of her neck, I pulled her towards me, maintaining contact with her body. I allowed my lips to travel across her neck and to her collarbone, enticing a moan from her now plump red lips.

"Doctor" she moaned as my hands followed my lips and travelled south. Playing with the hem of her shirt, slowly lifting it, I could feel the goose bumps forming under my touch. Things were heating up, in more than one place.

Wanting to keep it gentle and slow, we moved with precision; shedding the clothing was the easy part, containing ourselves was the harder part.

"Are you sure" I whisper into her ear.

Her response is to pull me up for a kiss before pushing me into the chair, I groaned at the feel of her leaving my skin, even for a moment was torture. Groaning again as realisation hit me, well to be honest, Rose hit me. Sliding slowly onto me we began with slow and gentle thrusts.

I never for the life of me thought our first time would be sitting on a couch in the TARDIS library, but here we were, pumping away at each other. Climbing higher and higher, but never seeming to reach it. There was that drowning feeling again, like we were stuck under a thick layer of ice, hoping for it to break. Rose's moans soon began soft panting, hitching ever so often when I hit the right spot.

I could feel the ice beginning to crack around us; sweat beading off our bodies as we thrust one last time, reaching the surface in agonising pleasure. Rose's body went limp against my chest, her breath short and haggard against my shoulder. Wrapping my shaking arms around her we came down from our high. My lips found hers, kissing her softly as we slipped into a slumber on the couch. My back pressed against the back of the couch, hers to mine and the blanket she swore would come in handy one day draped over us.

Half way through the night Rose stirred. "Rose?"

"Did you turn up the heat?" she asked groggy.

"No, why are you hot?"

"Just a little, but its ok" she snuggled back into my embrace, well at least until she burnt me.

"OW!" I jumped, leaving her on the couch

"What's wrong?" Rose asked looking at me through sleep ridden eyes.

"You're burning, and I do mean literally"

Rose

"Don't be silly" I sigh, "Come back to the couch"

"No" I look at him hurt, "Look at my chest"

My gaze drops to his chest, a red mark was appearing, "I did that" I whispered, feeling all the colour drain from my body, I slip into a blackness.

Doctor

"Rose?" I asked not daring to touch her, no response. "Bugger it" I take hold of her, she was burning me like a twig within a raging bushfire. I reached the medibay; placing her gently onto a table I begin to assess my burns. "Nanogenes" I muttered. Instantly little golden beads erupted from the roof, showering over me, my burns disappeared as quickly as they came, with less pain.

Rustling through the draws I pull out a syringe, and thermometer. "Ok, just pop it in and wait a few seconds" I'm reading the packaging. Popping the thermometer into Rose's mouth, it beeped. "Unable to give temperature, too high" I sigh slumping onto the stool.

I prep her arm and take some blood; the canister is warmer than usual blood. Taking a few drops I take a squiz at the slides under a microscope. "Well Rose love, nothing is wrong with—hold on a minute, well that makes sense" I release the breath I hadn't realised I'd taken.

Walking back to the table she lay limply on, "You're going to wake up with a massive headache tomorrow dear" Covering her with a blanket I walked back to the library to retrieve a comfier chair. Not wishing another painful night slumped over a medibay table on the god-awful stools. Settling next to Rose, I made sure there were a glass of water and some tablets on an island table next to her head, before dozing off.

"ARGH!" Rose groaned waking up.

"Morning sunshine" I smiled cheerfully.

"What did we do, drink too much?" Rose asked looking at me, swallowing the tablets.

"Hmm…green eyes and freckles…cute" I mumbled.

"Excuse me?" Rose asked

"You now have green eyes and a small sprinkling of freckles, oh and your hair is a little darker. Not too much, just a slight change…lucky. I went from old to just as old" I chuckled to myself.

"Change?" Rose shrieked jumping off the table and reaching the mirror, "Oh I like this colour"

"So do I" I grinned wrapping my arms around her waist, "At least now I won't get burnt"

"Oh that's right, how are you?"

"Nanogenes, fantastic little things" I grinned at her. "Are you ok with this?"

"Sure, I mean it's not like I'm going to suddenly get information about things I shouldn't…wait…nope sorry there it all is" Rose laughed, "Is this what it's like in your head?"

"All the time" I chuckle, "You'll get used to it, I promise" I kiss her gently, "I reckon you're due for a trip home, just to let your mum know that you've change"

"The universe has tipped" Rose giggle, "You're willingly going to see my mum"

"She's not bad when she's not screaming or hitting me" I replied walking out.

Leaving her in the medibay to check out the rest of her changes, I set course for home…I guess you could say it was homeish now.

"Hey Doctor!" Rose called walking into the control room.

"Yes love?" I asked

"I have a birth mark on my right thigh now" She grinned at me, "I've never had a birthmark"

"Not where you could see it anyway" I muttered.

"Oi, I heard that!" the TARDIS landed, "We're here!"

"Rose I wouldn't—"

"WHO THE HELL ARE YOU? DOCTOR? ARE YOU IN THERE?" Jackie screeched from the other side of the door.

Walking out I prepare myself, "Look Jackie before you hit me, this is not my fault…Rose asked to be changed"

Jackie stopped mid-air, "Rose?"

"Yes mum, I'm like him now…don't get angry at him, I chose this" Rose beamed, "Look, natural, beautiful honey blonde" Rose showed off her new hair.

"That's natural?" Jackie asked, the Doctor forgotten, "I wonder if I could get that colour in the bottle"

"I doubt it mum" Rose hugged her, "The Doctor wanted you to see my new look, and I'm going to persuade him to give us a few weeks here to get used to it"

"No, no, no and no" I back peddled pulling Rose with me, "We've seen your mum and now we're going"

"Oh stop it, I'm not going to bite, come on I don't see the two of you enough" Jackie complained walking them inside, "The box will be here in a few weeks"

"I could just move it inside…it's not like Rose sleeps in her room anymore anyway" I caved, I knew I would.

"Alright then, if you two insist on sleeping in that thing, but Rose stays with me" Jackie knew me all too well.

By the time they had reached the flat I'd parked the TARDIS and was making the tea. Jackie seemed content enough just to have us home, me included.

"Oh look at that, he's domesticated" Jackie teased.

"More than that" I grumbled, "Damn ape has me around her little finger these days"

"And so you should be" Jackie agreed. "What's the dish, on you two, these days anyway? Why did my Rose change?"

"Well here's your tea, and you might want to sit down it's a very long story" I handed Jackie her tea and sat. Sighing slightly, the familiar feel of Jackie's couch sagged around me.

"See I told you you're becoming domesticated" Jackie grinned.

"Anyway mum, when the whole going back and saving him thing happened last year, I took in the time vortex and through that I changed myself. He actually had nothing to do with it, because see I'm this famous fairytale in Time Lord bedtime stories. I'm the Bad Wolf you see, only in their customs the Bad Wolf was the good guy, or girl in my defence. I met his dad" Rose pointed at me, "Talked to the Face of Boe, you'll meet him one day, and I got very sick and changed. I didn't mean to get sick it was all part of the blessings. Anyway, through all that I finally got out of him how he feels and as far as I know we're happy and together"

"By together you mean?"

"I'm in-love with your daughter Jackie, yes we've slept together and yes she burnt me…oh hang on was that a question?" I blurted.

"Doctor" Rose hissed.

"Are you going to get married? Well now that you're the same?"

"I don't know" I replied honestly, "I've never thought about marriage, not after my last one"

Jackie went white, "You've been married before?"

"Yep, and I had kids too" I continued.

Jackie looked like she was about to loose it, thankfully Rose is faster at picking up things then I am. "They died mum, right in front of him during the Time War. Don't give him anymore grief then he already carries"

Jackie's features softened, "I'm sorry"

"Don't be, I never planned any of this, not since them" I began, "Then I met Rose, my dear sweet Rose and I couldn't part with her, ever…sending her away last year broke my heart"

"It broke hers too" Jackie sighed, "Here, until you figure out what you're going to do"

Jackie left us in the lounge, Rose curled up into me, "She's taking it better then I expected"

"Yea, maybe she likes me now" I grin stupidly at her.

There was a knock at the door, "I'm coming" Jackie called, "Oh, hello. Yes in the lounge"

Mickey walked into the lounge, "I thought I heard the engines" he grinned at us.

Jackie entered after him, "Here love, see if these fit" I opened my hand and Jackie dropped two rings. One was obviously a female ring, rock and all. The other seemed to be a male ring.

"Thanks Jacks" I tried the ring on my finger, it slipped on perfectly, "What about yours?" I asked Rose, Mickey forgotten.

"It fits!" Rose exclaimed, "Oh mum thank you" Rose hugged Jackie.

Mickey coughed, letting us all know he was still there, "Oh right, hello" I smiled up at him.

"Hi" he grunted, "Rose can we talk please?"

"Um…sure" Rose looked at me, "I'll be back in a minute"

Giving her a smile and let her leave with Mickey the freaking idiot! Jackie looks at me, "What?"

"She loves you, not him"

"I know, but he doesn't. We got rid of him before the whole Rose changing thing, he doesn't even realise she has bloody well changed!" I exclaimed.

"He never was that bright" Jackie stated thoughtfully.

"No kidding" I laughed.

Rose

"What did you want to say?" I asked Mickey when we got outside.

"I miss you Rose" he fidgeted.

"Too late Mickey, I'm not going back to you. I thought that was clear when I ask the Doctor to leave you here" I sighed.

"You asked him?"

"Yea…me. Not him"

"Why? We usually just work things out" Mickey exclaimed.

"Not that time, I didn't want to work things out Mickey, I was already in-love with someone else and I didn't want to jeopardise that with you" Rose sighed, "Look there is no chance of 'us' existing again, can't we just be friends?"

"NO!" Mickey bellowed, "No we can not just be friends"

"Too bad, I was going to ask you to come" Rose went to walk inside again.

"Come to what?" He grabbed her arm.

"The wedding" Rose elaborated, "I'm getting married Mickey, but then you'd have noticed that; what with the rings and all, but then you haven't even noticed I've changed. I'm like him now, and we're getting married" Rose smiled happily, "I'm sorry Mickey but I don't have room for you too…unless your ok with being friends, otherwise you should go before he comes out here"

With that being said Rose walked into the flat feeling better with herself then she ever had. With the exception of being with the doctor.

A/N: Hope you liked it, a bit shorter but it was mainly for the development of Rose's character.

Enjoy,

Fyre-Anjel