Wow, okay, only one review for the last chapter. Which is really strange because Nine Events is STILL more popular than Ten Events. Fine with me though ^^ And nobody told me if they were looking at my photos! grrr
Sorry for the slow update, I'm a little stuck writing "Letters" and I kinda forgot about this one O.o
Anyways...here's the last event. I nearly cried writing it, some of you might want to bring a tissue. Thanks to all who have favorited/story alerted/reviewed this! The Doctor is love! xD
10. The End of Time
The Doctor sighed as he felt the snow beneath his feet. He was here to get his final reward. January 1st, 2005. A really fantastic year.
He heard two voices, ones that he thought he would never hear again. He could hold off the regeneration just a bit longer.
"Listen to you, with a mechanic!" Despite the moment, the Doctor couldn't help but chuckle inwardly, seeing Rose would soon be with a Doctor.
"Be fair though." Jackie continued. "My time of life I'm not gonna do much better."
"Don't be like that." Rose's sweet voice resonated in his head and his hearts. "You never know, there could be someone out there." The Doctor smiled. There was someone waiting for Jackie Tyler, someone just perfect for her. Little did she know he was waiting in a parallel universe.
"Maybe. One day." Jackie sighed.
"Happy New Year!" She suddenly burst out.
"Happy New Year!" Rose replied with a smile. They embraced each other warmly.
"Don't stay out all night!" Rose said to her mum, turning away.
"Try and stop me." Jackie replied, walking the other way. The Doctor silently watched Rose from the shadows, thankful to be able to see her one last time. Suddenly the Doctor felt a stabbing pain in his head. He couldn't stop the groan that escaped his lips.
"You alright mate?" He inwardly cursed. He just wanted to see Rose, he wasn't planning on talking to her. But yet he was very happy to hear her voice again.
"Yeah." He replied, leaning heavily on the wall beside him. How ironic that this would be the first time she saw him, yet it would be the last time he ever saw her.
"Too much to drink?" She smiled at him, understanding. 'But yet she doesn't.' The Doctor thought.
"Somethin' like that." He replied bitterly. Too much radiation. Too much to handle, too long a life, yeah, somethin' like that. He stared at her, taking her presence in. The snow fell lazily around the pair, one nearing the end of his life, the other's just starting.
"Maybe it's time you went home." Yeah. She was right. Home. Must be nice to have a home. Of course he had the TARDIS, but he couldn't help but think of Rose kissing his clone and living a brilliant life right at this moment, yet in just a few years time. That really was home.
"Yeah." Was all he could reply. He could feel the regeneration building up. He knew this one was going to be especially painful, even more than last time. Mainly because he was holding it in for so long. But it was worth it, seeing Jack, Donna, Martha and all the rest one last time. Especially Rose. Because she was what defined him, everything that mattered to him for his past two lives. He determined to live the next one for her as well, no matter what happened, even if he would never see her face again.
"Anyway," Rose flashed him a smile that made his hearts lurch. That special smile, this time unburdened by a life of traveling the universe and seeing life-changing things.
"Happy New Year!" She said her goodbye. The Doctor was surprised she hadn't run off before this, being confronted by a man whom she thought was drunk on New Year's.
"And you." He replied. As she walked away, the Doctor couldn't help but call out to her. Anything, just to talk to her again, to see her smiling face for just a little while longer, before this body would be replaced by someone new.
"What year is this?" She spun around quickly.
"Blimey, how much have you had?" She half laughed.
"Well..." He shrugged. Too much.
"2005, January the First." She said in a condescending tone, but still with a smile on her face, still thinking she understood.
"2005." A very special year.
The true beginning of Rose Tyler's life. And the beginning of his life too. Because he knew now, he could admit to himself that he had fallen in love with her, because this body would soon be gone. Of course his feelings would still remain the same after the regeneration, but he knew he could find new ways of running, new ways of avoiding what mattered most to him.
Rose nodded. The Doctor wanted to give her one last word, one of hope and of what's in store for her: Daleks and Slitheen, Gelth and Werewolves, Davros and Sycorax, Reapers and Cybermen. And one Time Lord in the midst of it all who would change her life forever.
"Tell you what: I bet you're gonna have a really great year!"
He used all that was in his power not to let the unshed tears drop. He nearly choked holding back a sob. How could he just let her go? Just as easily as he could let this body go. Both were going to be difficult.
"Yeah?" She half grinned at him, wondering what he really knew. All the Doctor could do was just smile at her. She flashed him her biggest grin before she disappeared out of his life forever.
"See ya."
As The Doctor's Tenth form disappeared into the light, his final thoughts were of Rose Tyler and the immeasurable impact she had made on his life, his past two lives. He would be forever changed, and he had her to thank for it. The Doctor had fallen in love with a human, a very special human named Rose Tyler. He never regretted a single moment he had spent with her.
He just wished they could have had their forever, his forever.
Goodbye Rose Tyler.
"I don't want to go!"
-The Tenth Doctor
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I'll add the pic anyway even though nobody said they were viewing them, just because it's the last one. I really shouldn't. :P
*Sniff* Goodbye Ten. I miss you.
The End