A quick one-shot—what if the Doctor knew Rose was going to be stuck in the parallel dimension??? Please enjoy!

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Rose: They always try to split us up, but they never do—don't you reckon Doctor?

When I saw her blonde hair, her sparkling, bright chocolate brown eyes, and her full, pink lips, my two heartbeats sped up so quickly and became so loud, I wondered if she could hear them. Then I wondered how much time we had left.

"'Ello Doctor!" Rose bounded into the TARDIS each and every morning, and I'd fake a smile wondering how much longer we had left. When would she be gone? I knew she would, because I had seen my next companion and myself in the marketplace sometime in the renaissance—stupid, stupid of me to cross my own time line.

But I had listened to their conversation intently.

"You know, Rose would say that thing right now!" the Doctor had said, hands jammed into his pockets, strolling in the rain with the dark-skinned girl in the market place.

"Doctor, what even happened to Rose? You talk about her all the time, yet I've never seen her 'round. Can we visit the enchantress?" Martha scowled.

"No," the Doctor replied, his voice suddenly cold. Martha stopped walking.

"So—what happened to her?"

The Doctor looked down, and said, "She's gone."

"So Doctor, where would you like to go today?" Rose would ask me, and I would always wonder where would be safe enough for us to go—where she was in no such danger.

So I'd paste a smile on my face for her sake, and say something like, "How about a field of nice flowers?" but then we'd end up being chased by alien honey bees. Wherever I went, disaster followed, and Rose was always there, stuck in the middle of it.

She must've loved me a lot to go through with all the danger and disaster that stuck to me like glue. I could see it in her eyes that she loved me—it was no secret. I didn't say that to be egotistical, but I could see it—and I wished if I only could tell her.

I must've looked cold-hearted, taking her dangerous places when she was only nineteen years old.

"How long are you staying with me?" I asked her, looking over at her beautiful smile. I was lost in the moment.

"Forever," she replied, grinning, and it was a photo moment. But I knew better, I might've been smiling on the outside, but I was screaming on the inside. Tell her now! It screamed at me. Tell her!

I was hoping that was it. So when the TARDIS landed on the Torchwood exploration ship over the impossible planet—I knew something was wrong.

"And the lost girl, so far away from home. The valiant child, who will die in battle so very soon," the Beast cackled with laughter. I didn't say anything to Rose—just hoped she'd let it go and forget about it.

As I was dropping into the satan's pit, wondering whether I was going to live or die, whether it was a ten foot drop or a ten mile drop, I thought of Rose. If I died, she was stuck there on the base forever. But, if I didn't go, we might all die. Could I sacrifice Rose? Was it enough? Is this where I lost her?

"If they get back in contact," the Doctor said to Ida. "If you talk to Rose—just tell her—tell her—oh, she knows." And like a fool, he fell.

I knew Rose was in love with me. She fell like a fool for me, but was I willing to catch her? Could I catch her?

"So—near future, yeah?" Rose asked, smiling.

She had no idea.

"They keep trying to split us up, but they never do—don't you reckon, Doctor?" Rose said, nudging me.

"There's something in the air, there's something coming," I whispered, hoping she wouldn't hear me.

"What?" she asked.

"A storm's approaching," I finished.

Torchwood was responsible for her death.

"You'll never be able to see her again, your own mother!" I screamed at Rose, grabbing her by the shoulders.

I had to stop her… I had, I had to save her. This was the moment she would die, I could feel it… I had to change her mind…

"I made my choice a long time ago, and I'm never going to leave you. So what can I do to help?" Rose asked, unshifted by my rudeness.

She would die. And it was all my fault. I tried to change her mind, try to convince her I was an evil and wicked person—who I really was—so she would leave me. But she was blinded by who I portrayed myself to be. The man she loved wouldn't dare try to leave her on a parallel planet, all alone.

And now she was gone. And as I asked Donna to be my companion—well, I couldn't afford to lose her either, but the words slipped out of my mouth.

"No," Donna said, shaking her head. "But you promise me one thing, Doctor."

"What's that?"

"That you'll find somebody." She looked at me with big, sad eyes.

"I don't need anybody," I said, quickly.

"Yes you do. Because I think sometimes you need somebody to stop you."

Did I need somebody? Did I always need somebody? I never thought of it, because after the Time War when I thought I couldn't trust anybody, I had Rose. And I never really thought of that.

"Is that what you said to her? Your friend? The one you lost? To trust you?" Donna said.

She trusted me. And I failed her.

"Your friend, what was her name?" Donna asked me, wondering if she had said the right thing.

Blonde hair, brown eyes, big lips, lived in Powell Estates, Downtown London, United Kingdom, Earth, the Solar System, the Milky Way, the Universe, happy-go-lucky personality, heart broken one-too many times, great smile, adventurous, could make your day shine just like that, brilliant.

"Her name was Rose."

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