Hello! again I am sorry for the late post! This is the last chapter to this story, so I hope you like it.
Thanks to everyone who posted a review and read this to the bitter end!
I was planning on doing the sequel to The Never Ending Storm straight away, but I'm still in a blur on what to write and yall have 2 wait.
Thanks again!
Kat
"Doctor?" asked Rose still locked in the Time Lords embrace.
"Hmm?" he murmured lifting his head from hers and opening his eyes.
"Can we go home now?" Rose smiled grabbing one of his hands and urging the Doctor to let go of her waist.
The Doctor got the message, pulled Rose away with him and started to head out of the gardens. Rose noticed that the Doctor was being unusually quiet and seemed to be in a hurry to get back to his beloved ship. She was growing uncomfortable with his awkwardness yet possessive hold over her as they made their way back to the TARDIS. Feeling that her limbs were about to be torn from her body, Rose decided to stop.
"Stop, I've changed my mind. Why don't we stay here for a while? See the sites...go shopping maybe?" Asked Rose feeling slightly curious.
"Another time, yeah! I just want to get back to the TARDIS" huffed the Doctor and continued dragging her along once more.
"Doctor, what's wrong" she pressed feeling concerned that their argument before had effected the Doctor more than he is led on.
"Nothing...It's nothing I'm fine Rose" he said but was forced to a stop again due to Rose holding him back for a second time. The pair of time travellers were still standing in Versailles luxurious gardens, Rose finally getting some physical control back, guided the Doctor towards a small wall, which they both sat on. Either side of each other they stared at the beautiful gardens.
"Come on Doctor, tell me what's wrong?" she pleaded hoping to get him to open up. She knew that he was upset earlier on when they first fought, but sensed that somehow the Doctor was past the 'Reinette stage' they both were, now something else was going on in his mind.
He didn't answer Rose's question as the Doctor had his very own set of questions for Rose.
"Why did you risk your life for me?" said the Doctor simply desperate to find answers that could ride his guilt for letting her jump through the mirror.
Rose was shocked at the Doctor's response and didn't quite know how to give a justified answer for her actions, so she remained mute.
"Come on them" he urged her nudging his shoulders with hers.
"I just did, okay" snapped Rose standing up and facing the Doctor, their hands no longer linked.
"What about you before, 'I know this is my last chance to say it. Rose Tyler I...'what's with that then? I...what?" she continued, Rose didn't like it when he did not cooperate with her.
"It doesn't need saying" he said still seated on the wall not looking at Rose.
"You know Doctor; you can't run away from me! Now finish that sentence and I'll leave you alone" she noted his face was slightly flushed with embarrassment so she laughed softly.
"Rose, leave it" he asked her shooting her with a sober glare.
"No" refused Rose "Just tell me what's wrong and I'll help you" she implored while being a typical stubborn human being and not letting the topic die.
"I'll tell you, not here. Back at the TARDIS, I've had enough of 17th century France for one day" he told her then indicated with a hand gesture that he needed pulling up, and then started pulling her in the direction of the manor.
The Doctor hurried once more through corridors with Rose trailing behind. He was heading towards the fireplace, which was located in a bedroom...somewhere. Trying to remember which direction to go, Rose was growing tired of the Doctor's adolescent behaviour; she just wanted to get back to the TARDIS and go to sleep in her own bed.
"This way, I think?" smiled the Doctor, much to Rose relief that he had started to act like his old self again. He pressed on again but this time Rose was relaxed and limbs were intact.
"You seem, chipper" noted Rose.
"Yep" replied the Doctor now slowing down and walking the same pace as Rose.
"Nearly home now!"
"So...How come the fireplace was moved here wasn't it at Reinette's childhood home?" asked Rose she noticed when she mentioned Reinette the Doctor slightly shivered.
"Err...she must have moved it here...disconnecting it from the main circuit" he told her.
"We're here!" piped the Doctor leading Rose into the bedroom.
"This place is amazing, whose is it?" asked Rose looking around in awe.
"Probably Reinette's, just need to fix and reconnect the window, then home we go!" the Doctor stated enthusiastically desperately wanting to leave. Letting go of Rose's hand he got to work at fixing the fireplace.
Rose sat down on Reinette's bed, picking up one of the rose petals and feeling the smooth texture from beneath her fingers. Watching the Doctor lying flat on his back, now with glasses on the bridge on his nose and Sonic Screwdriver in hand, Rose had a sudden urge to confess to him.
"You wanted to know why I jumped through the mirror; I didn't want Reinette to get you. But then again...she did anyway" laughed Rose, rolled his head to look in her direction and beamed at her and laughed briefly. Pushing his glasses up on his nose he said.
"She didn't, you've still got me. I promised I wasn't going to leave you, didn't I?" sighed the Doctor.
"I'm selfish" Joked Rose pressing on trying to keep up with the Doctor.
"Well...we both are" agreed the Doctor now joining her slightly laughing.
"I missed you" said Rose sitting cross-legged on the bed eyes locked with his, the Doctor still remained lying underneath the fireplace.
"Me too"
"I'm sorry about before, hurting you in the garden. I was distraught from thinking I was going to lose you again. Sorry" he told her sincerely then looked away to focus on sonicing the wood.
"S'okay. I did kick you kind of hard anyway. You need any help with that?" asked Rose getting up and moving closer to the Doctor.
"A lift up should do the trick" he replied and Rose held his hand and helped him up. The Doctor then pulled Rose in a bear hug and thanked her. The Doctor moved and traced a finger along Rose's hairline removing the blond streaks of hair that covered her face; she smiled at him so he planted a kiss on her forehead.
"So you gonna finish that sentence" whispered Rose in the Doctor's ear.
"Maybe, if you good and don't get into anymore trouble today" he replied in a similar fashion.
"First things first...Home!" said the Doctor moving Rose towards the fireplace, but before he could even pull the lever, Reinette emerged from an bathroom dripping wet with towel wrapped round her torso.
"Reinette?" squeaked the Doctor whose face had flushed at the site of her.
"Doctor, why is it that you are here? And with company. One is not accustomed to threesomes, but this is France after all and I am French!" said a cheery Reinette.
"What!" choked both the Doctor and Rose at the same time, while giving each other freaked out looks, then turning to see that Reinette was advancing on the Doctor again.
Rose made her decision fast and stepped between the pair and gave Reinette on of her famous Tyler slaps.
"No, you don't, he's mine not yours. Okay?" she snapped.
"How dare you child, apologise at once!" shouted Reinette clasping a hand on her face covering up the area that had been slapped.
"Now ladies" cut in the Doctor grabbing one of Rose's wrists and edging her closer to the fireplace.
"Calm down, I am aware that this regeneration is quite...well handsome, but I don't like to be shared. So me and Rose are just going to leave" he continued, dragging an enraged Rose with him. He was afraid that if he'd let go of her, she would do something that she'd later regret.
"Well Doctor, you sure do have cheap tastes in woman" laughed Reinette.
"Guards!" shouted Reinette and two rather bulky men entered the room carrying muskets and swords strapped to their waists.
"Leave it Rose!" moaned the Doctor urging the mental women from getting to Reinette. The Doctor jumped on the plat form of the fireplace with a fuming Rose Tyler locked between his arms. The time window roared into life and rotated the pair back into the 51st century. As soon as the Doctor and Rose returned from France, Rose tore herself away from the Doctor and bent down to peer through the fireplace.
"Oi! You French whore I'm not done with you yet!" Rose called to Reinette, but the guards reached the fireplace first and took a shot with their guns. The Doctor instantly dived on the floor pulling Rose with him, he then aimed the Sonic Screwdriver at the fireplace disconnecting for good. The fireplace now only showed the cold metal of the space ship, 17th century France was now a thing of the past.
"Rose are you alright?" aid the Doctor who was pinned to the ground by Rose.
"Yeah, fine I think" she replied, still slightly pissed off with Reinette but her adrenaline was slowly wearing off. She moved in a more comfortable position and nested her head on the Doctor's chest.
"Sorry again, I just lost myself back there" sighed Rose now listing to the rhythm of his hearts.
"Mad one you Rose Tyler, just like your mother" the Doctor joked, in which Rose responded in thumping him playfully.
"Watch it you!" he said pulling her into a tight hug.
"You love me really though Doctor!" slipped Rose not realising what she had just said, and then shutting up when she did.
"Yeah I do" he told her moving he hair out of her face again and leaning towards her. The sound of the TARDIS doors opening interrupted the pair.
"Mickey!" called Rose, rolling off the Doctor getting up and throwing herself at him.
"Rose! You're back" cried Mickey who embraced Rose in a hug.
"You know me, can't get rid of me that easily" she smiled hugging him back.
"Wait, I heard gun shots Rose, what happened?" asked Mickey who was now staring at the fireplace.
"Oh, you know" butted in the Doctor.
"The usual: running for our lives, threesomes with the French! But I'll let Rose give you the details" he winked and walked through the wooden doors of the TARDIS.
"He's joking yeah?" asked Mickey bemused as he followed them. Rose who recalled their encounter in her mind laughed, she then grabbed her ex-boyfriend and kissed him on the cheek.
The Doctor watched the pair by the consol and sighed in disappointment as he watched the pair get reacquainted with one another. Clearly deciding that Rose had chosen Mickey over himself, he could live with that he thought as the Doctor rubbed the consol with a hand and slumped himself down in the captains chair.
"Rose, it's about time you showed me the rest of this place" announced Mickey guiding Rose towards a corridor leading away from the consol room. Rose had noticed the Doctor's distinctive attitude once more and knew something was up.
"Doctor, you alright?" she asked him, smiling slightly. The Doctor merely looked up at her giving a forced smile.
"Yeah, I'm always alright me!"He responded jumping up and started inputting the co-ordinates for their next destination.
"Okay, call me if you need me" she replied and followed Mickey.
The TARDIS finally left the 51st Spaceship.
In the Time Vortex
Rose had shown Mickey around the TARDIS, well some parts that she had at least discovered.
"Mickey, you going to be fine by yourself, might to bed. S' been a long day for me!" Rose called to Mickey who was lost in the TARDIS's large library.
"It's okay, I think I'm just going to take a look round here for a while" he replied peering from behind a book shelf. Rose waved goodbye and headed out of the TARDIS library in search for her bedroom. The TARDIS was making it easier for her today so she had located her room in a matter of minutes. Reaching the door to her bed room, she opened it quietly and slipped inside, the room was pitch black at the moment and Rose couldn't see a thing. Automatically reaching for her bedside lamp and flicking the switch, Rose got the shock of her life as she discovered the Doctor lying on top of her bed sound asleep. His eyes sprung open as the Doctor heard Rose's gasp.
"What the hell are you doing in here; I could have had a heart attack you know" she asked thumping him in the shoulders to shift along.
"S' my TARDIS, I can go wherever I want" he smiled at her.
"Besides, it's peaceful in here and I need some rest...so be quiet will you?" he continued turning away from her and fluffing the pillow up before kicking his converse of and diving beneath the duvet covers.
"Haven't you got your own bedroom, I don't want you crashing in here, you never shut up and I want to go to sleep" she said before gathering her pyjamas and going into the bathroom in the next room to get changed.
"What! I can be quiet Miss Tyler. Oh and I have many bedrooms by the way. It's just this one actually has a decent bed, my mattresses are dead!" he called to her.
"Fine, whatever!" she replied back. A few moments later Rose returned ready for bed.
"You're not serious are you, I never even seen you sleep, why now?" she asked shoving him over so that there was enough room for her to sleep.
"Rose Tyler, for your information I do sleep, just not most of the time like yourself" he huffed the pulled most of the cover over himself leaving Rose feeling cold.
"Oi!" shouted Rose
"That can stop for a start" she snapped then started pulling the cover towards herself.
"Really?" retorted the Doctor as he forcefully claimed the duvet for himself.
"Come on, seriously why are you in here?" Rose pleaded grabbing her duvet from the clutches of the Time Lord for a final time.
"Oh, you know, the consol room can get lonely sometimes. It was only a matter of time before you decided to hit the hay so to speak, a common occurrence in your species after all!"Smirked the Doctor turning to now face Rose, who'd again responded by thumping him.
"Rude!" she laughed
"I've had a stressful day, don't ever go jumping through mirrors again...you promise" asked the Doctor eyes fixed with Rose's once more.
"I promise" replied Rose releasing that her tone of voice was deadly serious and matched his.
"Night then" piped the Doctor jumping out of bed and running towards the door.
"Where do you think you're going? Thought you needed to go to sleep?" called Rose following his actions and jumping out of bed.
"Thought you promised me that you'd never gonna leave me" she smiled as the Doctor turned to face her again cheeks slightly flushed with embarrassment.
"And I won't" he responded sounding defensive.
"Night then" repeated the Doctor who continued to walk in the direction of the consol room.
"Wait" called Rose for a final time and the Doctor froze waiting for her response.
"I need you too!" she whispered but he'd known what she had just said.
Spinning around on his heals looking directly at her.
"Quite right"
Rose slowly closed the gap between them and hugged him tightly locking her head against his chest protectively.
"You and me, we're a team yeah?"
"Yeah" agreed the Doctor
"Tell me that nobody's ever going to come between us ever again?" asked Rose still clutched onto him.
"Nope, never" replied the Doctor.
"So where do you want to go next?" he smiled pulling away from her from her to tend to the consol.
"Home, I need to see mum, the TARDIS is rubbish at washing" Rose joked but the Doctor looked slightly hurt.
"Oi, as you know Rose Tyler my TARDIS is brilliant!"
"I know and so are you" agreed Rose
"Right then, Earth, London, 2006...And to the one and only Jackie Tyler!" rejoiced the Doctor banging the consol with a mallet.
The TARDIS left the time vortex once more taking the crew on their next adventure.