Her arms wrapped round his waist, and head resting on his chest, Rose had fallen asleep on the Doctor. With his back propped up against the pillows, he was watching her. The Doctor didn't sleep much; he usually spent the nights working on something to just to pass the time, but this seemed to be a fine substitute for that. He had watched her sleep plenty of times, sometimes she would fall asleep in the control room on the TARDIS, his coat draped over her as he continued to tinker with something here or there. But this was different….he wasn't just checking up on her every 20-30 minutes, he was actually watching her properly. She looked so peaceful when she slept, it made him smile. It was odd to see her so still; she was usually full of energy and couldn't stay in one place! He hugged her to him a little more, wondering just they had gotten into the position to start with. When Rose had asked him to stay with her, he had felt a little resentful; not because he didn't want to, but because he wasn't sure if he should. But of course, one look in her brown eyes and she had won him over. She had also fallen asleep instantly, after telling him to lie next to her. It hadn't exactly been embarrassing, it was just….awkward, for him anyway. It felt odd to be able to hold her like that; going against everything he had promised himself about how he would try to keep his distance from her in situations like this. He wanted her to be happy, to find some one who could love her back, some one like a human who didn't have two hearts and wouldn't live forever. It would hurt him like hell, sure, but if the end result was her being happy, it would be worth it.

Yet here he was. Hugging her closely and feeling so guiltily elated about it.

The Doctor was ripped of his thoughts as he heard a soft knocking at the door, frowning, he peered at the clock on the wall and was surprised to see how much time had passed. It was 10am. Rose had fell asleep at around 5…he must've been thinking for some time now. He gently moved Rose's arms from his waist, and with a burst of energy he jumped to his feet and bounded to the door. Yanking it open he came face to face with none other than Danny.

'Danny-boy!' The Doctor grinned, 'How can I help?'

Danny seemed taken aback by him though. It was then that the Doctor remembered he was in Roses room. And Rose was asleep on the bed. It might look a little suspicious.

'Uh- I came to see Rose. Is she awake?' Danny peered over the Doctors shoulder, but the Doctor stepped aside to let him in instead.

'She's sleeping. Managed to get through to her mum last night.'

'Oh? Is she going to visit her?' Danny asked casually, leaning against the mini fridge. The Doctor and Rose hadn't ever explained to the group the truth about where they were from. Not like they would actually believe that he was the last of the time lords, and she was from the original Earth anyway. So they had ended up making a nice little story up about how they were from a planet not too far from them that the Doctor knew invited humans just as much as New Earth did, and that they were travelling around and stumbled upon their sanctuary base by accident.

'Nah,' The Doctor yawned, 'Not for a while, anyway.' He said, not wanting to sound like Rose and her mum didn't care about each other. Wanting to avoid the topic, he decided to change it all together. 'So, what're you doing her anyway?'

'I- uh, Nothing much. Just thought I'd come and see Rose for a while- unless you're planning on doing something today?' Danny replied, his cheeks flushing. The Doctor raised his eyes disbelievingly. Somehow he had seen this coming.

'Ah,' He said, 'Ah, well, I don't really know when she's planning on waking up. She isn't exactly a morning person. But,' The Doctor paused, ' I don't think she has any plans today.'

'Really?' Danny muttered, his eyes falling on Rose.

'Yeah,' The Doctor felt something pull at his stomach. He didn't exactly feel jealous of the fact that maybe Rose and Danny would be spending the day together. He cleared his throat, attempting to shrug the feeling off but not really getting anywhere. 'She's all yours,' He grinned falsely.

'That's not what I-'

'Doctor?'

Both Rose and Danny looked at Rose, who was sitting up in the bed, rubbing her eyes and yawning. She snapped her eyes open and stared from the Doctor, to Danny. Then she grinned.

'Morning!' She called, running a hand through her hair.

'Morning yourself!' The Doctor replied, 'You sure can sleep. Look at the time!'

She did so, and her eyes widened. 'Its 12! How- Oh,' She blinked, 'Oh right, last night- mum.'

The Doctor suddenly wished he hadn't mentioned that. She was pulling a face thoughtfully.

'Anyway,' He said, 'What're you gonna do today then?' He asked, hoping it would distract her from any thoughts of her mum.

'I dunno, what about you guys?' She looked from the Doctor to Danny,

'Well,' The Doctor gazed at Danny. 'Well, I'm going to go work on some- uh, stuff. Danny here, 'He clasped his hands on Danny's shoulders and grinned, 'Is willing to spend time with you!' He gave her a wink that she rolled her eyes to.

'Sure, whatever,' She yawned and stood up, ' You best not spend the whole day working on whatever it is you're doing!' She whined deliberately, sounding like a mother who hardly got to see her child but grinning at the same time. 'Why don't we go somewhere tonight? All of us?' She asked, the sudden thought popping into her mind as she brushed her fingers through her hair. 'Somewhere nice, Y'know? Like- Like club or something, Ida and Zach should come along too!'

Neither the Doctor or Danny seemed too enthusiastic about that.

Rose rolled her eyes,' Look, we all need to cheer up a bit! We're going,' She stated, giving the Doctor a look he was sure she had adopted from her mother. 'And that's that!'

Rose enjoyed spending time with Danny. It gave her that taste of reality she hadn't had for so long; it was good for her to help her getting used to living a 'normal' life again. Plus, he was really nice to hang around with- even if he was a bit of a flirt, she didn't mind much. She had fun with him! Not crazy fun, like with the Doctor on their adventures, but normal fun, something she knew she would have to adjust to. They has just went to see a film- it was amazing how so far in the future (they found out they were in the year 3043 on New Earth.) they still had things as normal as theatres. Sure they were pretty different to ones on Earth- there was no graffiti sprayed on the building, no crisp or sweet packets scattered on the floors, it was perfectly cleaned and sparkling white! She tried to contain her excitement about the new experience due to not wanting to seem to out of place, but she couldn't help but gawp as she sat in the theatre and was virtually interacting with the characters. It was like a game, but she was in it! Not only that, but Danny was with her and they could pick out what sort of endings they wanted for their 'movies'. She felt like she was part of some Sci-fi Earth film.

'I can't believe Alicia never confessed to Dylan before she died,' Rose muttered as they walked along a sidewalk after leaving the theatre. The ending that had happened had took her by surprise, and actually nearly made her cry!

'Are you trying to tell me you didn't know about that? I mean, it was a famous book for years! Not to mention the actress that played Alicia made a huge deal about the film before it came out,' Danny said casually, 'You must've been gone travelling for years- it was all over the news.'

'Uh- Yeah,' Rose laughed falsely. 'Yeah. We haven't really been in touch with-' She was interrupted by her phone ringing. She guessed who it was without looking and flipped it open. 'Hello, mum?'

'Alright darlin'!' A high pitched voice replied,

She went bright red and rolled her eyes.

'Doctor?' She said, trying not to laugh at his attempt to sound like her mum.

'Alright darlin!' He repeated, this time in his own voice and she could tell he was grinning.

'Yeah! We've just seen this really cool thing, right? It was like- this theatre and…' She trailed off, looking at Danny and clearing her throat. 'Uh- this- um, movie.' She smiled. She didn't want to sound too out of place!

'Ahh! Virtual theatre? They're pretty good! In a couple of hundred years they get a lot better though. You on you're way back?'

'Yeah, why?'

'I want you to do me a favour.'

Rose raised her eyes and he somehow managed to know what she was thinking.

'Not anything dangerous! Don't worry!'

'Right, what is it?'

'I need you to drop in at the hospital for me. Check on Toby, see how he's doing- if you see a woman called Roxanne Baxter just tell her I sent you, okay?'

'Roxanne what?'

Before she could ask anything more he had hung up and she was rolling her eyes again. Danny looked at her uncertainly and she gave his a cheery smile.

'Alright Danny, we're off to the hospital!'