A/N: So this is my very first Rose/Ten fanfic. Let me know what you think. If it's not that good I won't continue with it. But I wanted to throw a wrench in Rose and The Doctor's life just to see if they could survive it. Obviously they can or else there wouldn't be much point to a fanfiction based around them. Lol please R&R and let me know what you think!

Rose sat in her mom's flat…well their flat. But it hadn't been their flat in a long time. Sitting here was driving her insane. He'd told her that he'd be back in ten minutes. He needed her safe and the only place for her to be safe was at her mother's flat. She couldn't be his sidekick on this mission. The Tempest Devils of Elgebar had invaded London and the Doctor did all he could to try and get them to leave peacefully. Upon realizing that peace was not an option, he set off in the time vortex allowing them to follow him. Obviously he thought it better for her stay. Rose, he had said. Give me ten minutes I'll be back for you. I swear. You just have to trust me. She had trusted him of course. There was nothing else she could do. But that trust began to fizzle out by the second week he didn't come back. She was running out of excuses to tell herself why he wasn't there; why hadn't come for her in two months. She'd travelled through time. She knew how it worked. One day could be a thousand years. But how could he have forgotten about her? Wasn't she special? Didn't he care? Wasn't there urgency in his voice when he'd said, "I WILL come back for you"? Was it just something he'd said to calm her down? If that be the case, then he had given her false hope. She was left alone…with false hope.

The Doctor was speeding through the time vortex trying to find the proper year as the Tempest Devils chased him. It wasn't the smoothest ride he'd ever experienced but it was going to be well worth it. This wasn't a usual adventure. For one, he usually didn't lock a species in a set time on a set planet. Secondly, he didn't have his faithful sidekick. Oh he hated that word; "sidekick." It's so demeaning. Companion was a good word but too impersonal. And all this just HAD to be going through his mind at this very moment. He shook his head as he reached for the dimensional stabilizer and the over to the hand break as he began to land the TARDIS in the perfect place. He'd found the perfect planet to allow the Tempest Devils to live. It was an empty planet with an atmosphere capable of sustaining life. He would let them live here but he could also lock them safely away, as to not harm all of time for the rest of…well, time.

As soon as the task was accomplished he set the date for 21st century London. He was going to get Rose. He set the time for an hour after he'd left. He was so happy he was going to see her face again. He hadn't even been away from her for very long. Technically speaking, he hadn't seen her for centuries. It was taxing his very being. He needed her and he hadn't realized how much until he fought without her. He was fighting FOR her but it was different when he was fighting without her. She wasn't there to jump in terror at what they were facing. She wasn't there to squeal with joy when they destroyed the villain. And she wasn't there for a victory hug; the holding of the hand. Yep. That settled it. He needed to get to Rose and the TARDIS couldn't go faster.