Hello! I'm really really REALLY excited because I finally have some time to write this! I've been reading a lot of 10/Rose fan fics and I'm happy that I can write one now. I might mix up the lines a little because I don't want it to be exactly the same, so it will be a little different with the word placing thing... :D I really hope that you enjoy this! Oh. And I do not own Doctor Who or any of the script from the Runaway Bride that I might have used for this story! I'm just doing this for my (and hopefully yours) amusement! :)
"Ready?" the Doctor asked Rose excitedly. She nodded and he smiled before they both pulled their lever and grabbed on tightly to their weight-lifters... or in this case, their life. The void opened and Cybermen and Daleks flew into it, knocking a bunch of people over, but the most important thing right now was just them getting in. They had been holding on for a while when the Doctor looked over to his left to see a struggling Rose. Her lever had been pushed back and is still going further.
Rose felt her fingers slip and looked at the Doctor with worry in her eyes. She is using all of her strength right now and didn't know if she could pull the lever and not get sucked in. If she slipped and went into the void, the Doctor felt like his life would be for nothing. But if she didn't put the lever into place, then a couple billion of lives would be for nothing. He felt like a million emotions were going through him as he was thinking, but a loud bang broke him from his thoughts. Right when Rose was about to fall, a Cyberman was clinging for life on the lever, making it go back into place. The Cyberman wasn't strong enough though, and he or she let go of it. Rose's lever stayed where the Cyberman left it. Rose and the Doctor smiled at each other as the last of the Cybermen and Daleks got sucked into the void and it closed.
The people outside looked confused, but relieved at the same time. Rose and the Doctor couldn't imagine how it would feel for a normal person to see a huge hole-like thing, sucking in aliens.
Ignoring the other humans completely, they ran to each other, meeting half way. They hugged each other tightly and the Doctor picked Rose up and spun her around.
"I thought I was going to lose you." he whispered in her hair when he put her down. Rose just hugged him tighter with the thought of life without him. She almost let go. The void was really strong for both her and the Doctor since they've been traveling together for two years. Rose couldn't even imagine how hard it would be in the Doctor's place since he's been traveling for nearly 900 years. It was hard enough with 2 years.
A tear was starting to fill from the thought of her mom, though. In a parallel universe where they can never see each other again. She could never see her slap the Doctor and see his reaction as he touched his cheek in pain. Rose pushed the thought down though; she didn't want the Doctor to feel guilty, which he would if he ever found out. She's really happy with the Doctor, though. She wouldn't be able to live without him, which made her happy, considering how horrible her life would be in Pete's world.
Rose let go of the Doctor and held his hand, making sure he didn't see the tears forming. "Let's go home." she said, making it sound happy. The Doctor smiled down at her and pulled her to TARDIS, who was sitting there, waiting as usual. He opened the door and they both sighed. "Home sweet home." Rose said, stroking the TARDIS affectionately.
"Where do you want to go next? We could go anywhere." he said. Then he looked at Rose who was just sitting there in one of the passenger seats, looking sad. The Doctor walked over to her and hugged her as she cried about her mom and friend being a parallel universe away from them forever. "I'm sorry. I'm so sorry." he said.
"You don't need to be. It was my choice and I chose you." she said into his chest. Rose got out of his arms, wiped her tears away and stood up. She really doesn't want the Doctor to think that she's upset about her decision. Because she isn't. Not one bit. "How about we go somewhere without a problem?" she asked.
The Doctor smiled at her. "Sounds brilliant." Then he went to the console and started banging on buttons and pulling on levers. "And I've got just the place." he said, smiling wider. With that, the TARDIS dematerialized and they disappeared into what they hoped was a safe and relaxing place.
*** Not too long after ***
"Rose." the Doctor said, getting her attention. She looked up at him from the book she was reading and smiled slightly. "I think I might be able to have enough power for you to be able to say goodbye to your mum one last time." he said. Rose smiled widely and ran up and threw her arms around the Doctor. He stumbled backwards for a moment, not expecting it, before he regained his balance and hugged her back. She let go and then looked at him for a minute, holding him at arms length.
"That will take a lot of power though." she said. "Will she be able to handle it?"
"She can handle almost anything, Rose." he said proudly, knowing that she was talking about the TARDIS. "Sure we may be burning up a sun or something to say goodbye, but I know that you need to." he told her. Rose ran a hand threw her hair, letting go of him and walking away. She didn't want to trouble anyone. All that she wants to do is say goodbye. And from what the Doctor was saying, it would do just what she didn't want to happen.
"I don't want to trouble anyone though. I really don't." she said. The Doctor sighed. He knew that this would happen.
"You need this, Rose. You need to say goodbye. Don't want you to go mad, do we?" he asked her teasingly. Rose smiled at him.
"I s'pose not." she said. Rose could always count on the Doctor to at least make her some-what amused.
"Brilliant! How about we say goodbye to Jackie Tyler one last time!" he said, already pulling levers he hardly ever touched and pushing buttons he's probably never pressed. "You need to concentrate really hard and think her name. Tell her to follow your voice. Try to make it be really clear so she knows that she's not just hallucinating. That wouldn't be good." Rose nodded at him and obliged.
Jackie. Mum. Jackie, follow my voice. she thought/said to her mother. She couldn't imagine how weird it would be to be in her place, but she guessed that it would be very confusing.
The Doctor held up a thumbs up and motioned for Rose to continue. She nodded and continued repeating her mum's name in her head. The Doctor looked at her as she called to the woman who slapped him so many times. He winced at the thought. Geez, she could slap. It's always the moms...
"Doctor!" Rose called out to him, waving a hand in front of his face. He shook his head and looked at Rose. "I swear, sometimes it seems like you're in a different universe or something." she muttered to herself. Then someone screamed Rose's name. They both looked up to see a projection of Jackie running up to them.
"Mum!" Rose said, tears coming in her eyes. Jackie finally reached her daughter, but Rose stepped back before she could touch her.
"I don't understand." she said unhappily. Rose just shook her head.
"We're just a projection." she said. "Sorry, you can't slap the Doctor one last time." she joked about the last part, but the Doctor couldn't help but wince again.
"You look faded. You look like ghosts." she said. Rose looked back at the Doctor.
"Oh. I can fix that. One moment." he said, going to the console and pressing some buttons. It didn't make a difference in the TARDIS, but it seemed to change in Pete's World because Jackie smiled.
"That's better. I miss you!" she said. Rose frowned. It hasn't even been a day yet.
"How long's it been for you?" she asked her mum.
"It's been about five months!" Jackie told her daughter. Rose's eyes widened and she looked at the Doctor.
"What? It's only been a few hours for us." she said. Now Jackie could understand why her daughter's eyes got all wide.
"What? That's insane! How is that even possible!?" she asked. Rose raised her eyebrows. Has she learned anything from the last couple of years?
"Mum, I think that just about everything is possible now." Rose said. "I mean, even the Doctor shouldn't be possible, but here he is! I think we've learned that by now." she said.
"Yeah... true." she said. "Hey, I'm pregnant." she said happily.
"What?! Oh my gosh! That's great! How far along are you?" she asked her mother happily as if they were close friends.
"Only about two and a half months." Jackie said. Rose's smile grew as she imagined her little brother or sister growing up.
"Hey! So I see you've still got Pete and Mick-Mickety-Mick-Micky!" the Doctor said, smiling.
"Oh, yeah. We're still close. They're the closest things I've got of you." Jackie said to Rose. Rose looked down at her feet awkwardly.
"I'm really sorry, mum. I just... now that I know what's out there, there's no going back to the normal life. It's impossible." Rose said. Jackie nodded in understanding. "I'm really sorry." she said.
"That's okay. As long as you're happy." she said.
"We don't have much longer." the Doctor informed them. Rose nodded and hugged the Doctor with one arm.
"I'm going to miss you so much." Rose said, stating the obvious just so she'll know. Both Rose and Jackie had tears building up in their eyes.
"Me too. And you." she said, turning to the Doctor who immediately looked scared. "You take good care of my daughter. You hear me? Don't let anything hurt her or I'll make your life in Hell miserable." she said. The Doctor noticed that she only said Hell. Well, if anywhere, he would probably end up there anyway.
"Sounds good." he managed to choke out, still afraid that she'll hit him even though it's physically impossible.
"Rose, have a wonderful life. Go and live for me." she said her last words to her daughter before she faded out.
Rose started to cry and the Doctor pulled her to him and stroked her hair while she sobbed. He rested his head on hers as she cried. He didn't like it when she was in pain. Her strength is one of the things that he loves most about her. Wait... what?!
"Who are you?" a woman yelled at them.
"What?" The Doctor looked at her after he pulled away from Rose. He was absolutely perplexed. How could someone get into TARDIS? That's physically impossible.
"Where am I?!" she asked. Rose looked at her as puzzled as the Doctor.
"What?!" he asked. Rose can't even said anything. Her mouth just kept on opening and closing like a fish.
"What the hell is this place?" she yelled at them.
"What?!" The Doctor said, still not composing himself. "You can't do that! That's physically impossible!"
"Tell me where I am!" she demanded.
"Inside the TARDIS." he said, still flabbergasted.
"What?" she asked. Rose chuckled a little. Now she could see why he liked this part so much.
"The TARDIS." he said, now looking at the woman to see if he could find anything peculiar.
"What?" she asked.
"It's called the TARDIS!" he said.
"TARDIS!? That's not even a proper word! You're just saying things!" she yelled at them.
"How'd you get in here?" the Doctor said as he looked at the console in the TARDIS. Rose was still surprised by the whole thing.
"I don't know! You kidnapped me! You know what, I bet it was Nerys. This has Nerys written all over it. She's finally gotten me back..." the woman said, livid.
"Who's Nerys?" the Doctor asked.
"You know who Nerys is! Your best friend, that's who she is!" the bride yelled at them. Rose looked up at the Doctor, deciding to make some fun of this.
"Oh yeah! That Nerys!" she said. The Doctor grinned at her.
"Well, how many Narys' are there?!" Donna continued to yell.
"Yeah. We hate Narys. She doesn't seem very pleasant." The Doctor said. Rose nodded.
"Why are you in a wedding dress again?" Rose asked, finally speaking. The upset woman looked down at her big, white gown.
"Why do you think? I was just walking down the isle when out of no where, pop! I end up here after you kidnapped me!" she yelled the girl.
"We didn't kidnap you!" Rose said right when the Doctor yelled at her, "Don't yell at Rose!". It really bothers him. What did she ever do?
"I'm going to get the police on you! Me and my husband, once he is my husband, will sue the backside off you!" she yelled at them. Then she noticed the door. She ran to it at once, ignoring Rose and the Doctor's cries of protest. She opened the door to see that she was in space. Outer space. How the hell did that happen?!
"You're in space." the Doctor said, stating the obvious as he approached her from behind, Rose trailing along close to him. "Outer space. And you're in my... space ship." he forced the last two words out. "It's called the TARDIS."
"How am I breathing?" the woman asked them. This time Rose spoke up.
"The TARDIS is protecting us." she said.
"Who are you?" she asked.
"I'm the Doctor." he said. "And this is Rose." Rose smiled and waved weakly. "And you?" he asked.
"Donna." she said.
"Human...?" he asked.
"Yeah... is that optional?" she asked, getting a little worried. This whole thing is starting to make her uneasy.
"Well, it is for me." he said.
"What about you?" Donna asked, turning her attention to the other girl in the room. "Are you human, or are you alien or whatever he is?" she asked, gesturing to the Doctor.
"Nope. Just human!" Rose said. She acted nonchalant about it, but she didn't like being 'just human'. She wished that she could travel with the Doctor for the rest of time.
"So then, you're an alien." she said, pointing at the Doctor, trying to make it clear. The Doctor took a deep breath.
"Yeah." he said. There was a moment of silence as they just watched rocks float around in outer space. This is so weird! How could she possibly be in a space ship, standing next to an alien?!
"Hey, do you think that something's wrong with the TARDIS or something? Who knows? Maybe it's her." Rose said. The Doctor simply shook his head.
"No. If she can travel for 900 years, then be powerful enough to say goodbye, then she can basically get through anything." the Doctor said. Rose just nodded, knowing that even if they did argue, he would win.
"It's freezing with these doors open." Donna said, walking away. The Doctor and Rose stood there a moment before turning away and closing the doors.
"Alright, I don't understand this and I understand everything! This can't happen! A human being can lock itself onto the TARDIS and transport inside!" The Doctor said. Rose hardly listened to his sciency stuff that he always said because he would always explain it later. While she was watching him think, she couldn't help but realize how cute he looked when he babbled on and on in his sciency, Doctor way.
While the Doctor was babbling though, Donna slapped him hard on the face. She looked mad.
"What was that for!?" the Doctor yelled. Rose had to hold back laughter.
"GET ME TO THE CHURCH!" Donna yelled. This made Rose's face go strait. That woman is scary.
"Fine." the Doctor said. "Fine. Not like we wanted you here anyway." he muttered the last part to himself, but Rose heard and she smirked at him. He's never rude like that.
"Rude." she said to him, elbowinghim in the stomach.
"Ow." he said as he winced in pain. He rubbed his stomach before going back to the controls.
"I want to go to my wedding!" Donna yelled at them.
"Fine! Tell me where it is!" the Doctor said.
"Saint Mary's. Hayden Road. Chiswick. London. England. Earth. The Solar System." she said, bursting out everything she knew about the location of her wedding. The Doctor worked on typing things in on his console.
"Why were you crying? What did he do to you? Did he take you too?!" Donna asked Rose, finally noticing her tear marks. Rose looked up at her.
"Oh. No... he didn't. You see, my mum and best friend got stuck in this parallel universe where my dad was still alive..." she said. She started crying and the Doctor went over to comfort her again. The Doctor glared at Donna and she turned away from them, feeling guilty and out of place.
"Shhhh. It's okay. It'll be okay. I'm so sorry I made you decide this, Rose. I'm so sorry." he said, trying to comfort her, as his hand petted her hair. Her tears have probably stained his shirt, but he didn't care. His main problem is getting Rose to be happy again. The guilt swallowed him whole. "I am so sorry."
Now Rose feels guilty too. She doesn't want him to feel bad that she came here instead of staying with her friends. But she isn't really that upset. She just needs a good cry and then everything will be okay. Everything will be okay again.
"Doctor, I want you to know that I will never be upset that I chose you. Never." she said, trying to prove it to him.
"Okay, Rose." he said. Then he helped her stand up and he walked around the room.
Donna opened the TARDIS door and walked outside. She looked around and could barely contain herself. "I said Saint Mary's! What kind of martian are you?" she said.
The Doctor looked outside and walked around the TARDIS, stroking her. "Rose, I think you're right. Something's wrong with her." he said.
"Where's this?" Donna asked him while he was still trying to figure out what was wrong with TARDIS. She just rolled her eyes at him.
Then she actually looked at what she just walked out of. It was a tiny little blue Police Box! But how could that happen?! It was so much bigger on the inside before now! Rose watched both Donna and the Doctor in amusement. The Doctor had finally figured something out.
"Is there anything you might've done? Anything at all that's sort of dangerous or seen lights in the sky or... something different. Something strange. Something made out of metal... who're you getting married to? Sure he's human? He's not a bit over weight with a zipper 'round his forehead, is he?" he asked. Rose looked at him and Donna as she started to back away with a hand over her mouth.
"Doctor, slow down. She's only just learned an hour or so ago that aliens even exist for sure!" Rose said, trying to make him less over whelming for Donna. "It's okay. We won't hurt you. We... well, he isn't a bad alien. In fact, he has saved your life probably a million times and you don't even know." Rose said. Everything must be so over whelming for her. She wouldn't be able to answer even one of the Doctor's questions if she was in Donna's place.
Donna still ran away. The Doctor and Rose ran after her, calling her name.
"Donna!" the Doctor said.
"Leave me alone. I just want to get married." she said, her voice shaking.
"Come back to the TARDIS." Rose tried. They caught up to the bride and they all stopped running.
"No way." Donna said as if it wasn't up for question. There is no way on this planet that she would get on that space ship! "That box is too... weird."
"It's bigger on the inside, that's all." the Doctor said trying to reason with her. Both him and Rose knew that that was a complete lie though.
"Oh! That's all!" Donna said before looking at her watch. "Ten past three. I've missed it!" she said. "I've missed my own wedding!"
"It's fine. Just tell them where you are." Rose tried to help.
"And how am I going to do that?" she asked.
"You got a mobile?" Rose asked the bride.
"I'm in my wedding dress. Does it have pockets? Who has pockets? Have you ever seen a bride with pockets? When I went to my fitting with Alison, one thing I forgot to say was give me some pockets!" she yelled.
"Don't yell at Rose." the Doctor said again. "Oh. And this man you're marrying, what's his name?" the Doctor asked, scratching the back of his neck.
"Lance." Donna said in a dreamy voice. Rose couldn't help but smile and feel happy for the couple. She wanted that. But when she realized with who, she blushed and looked down at her shoes.
"Good luck Lance." the Doctor muttered when he got the answer. Rose hit him and he winced. "I guess you got you're mum's good hitting skills." he said. Rose laughed and took his hand in hers.
"Oi! No stupid martian is going to get in the way of my marrying. To Hell with you!" Donna shouted as she left.
"I... I'm not... I'm not... I'm not from Mars." the Doctor stuttered and Rose laughed and pulled him along with her as they chased Donna.
Donna started calling for taxis, but no one was stopping because, she assumed, she was wearing a wedding dress.
The Doctor and Rose directed her to another one when they caught up. Now they're in front leading the bride. "Taxi!" they all yelled, trying to get one to stop. They just were not stopping for them!
Without wanting to wait much longer, the Doctor whistled loudly and a taxi finally pulled up in front of them. Donna scooted herself in first, then Rose, then the Doctor. Together, it was a tight fit.
"Hayden road. It's an emergency! I'm getting married! Hurry up!" she ordered the driver.
"That'll cost you, sweetheart." he said. Donna's eyes widened.
"Oh my god!" she said. "Have you got any money?" she asked the Doctor. He looked around in his pockets that were extended so that they were bigger on the inside.
"Um... no." he said. "And you?" he asked Donna.
"Pockets!" she yelled at him.
"You, Rose?" he asked. She shook her head. With that, the driver pulled over and kicked them out.
"I'll have him! I've got his number! I'll have him! Talk about Christmas spirit!" she spat out. Rose's smiled widened.
"Is it Christmas?" the Doctor asked.
"Well, duh! Maybe not on Mars, but here it's Christmas Eve." she said.
"Marvelous! I love Christmas!" Rose said happily.
"Phone box!" Donna said, quickly dismissing the thought of her least favorite holiday. "Over there!" she said, running to it. Rose and the Doctor followed behind her.
"How come you're getting married on Christmas Eve?" Rose asked her curiously.
"I can't stand it! I hate Christmas. I'd lived in Morocco! Sunshine, lovely." she said. Rose gasped. She loved the Winter and everything about snow. It was her favorite time of year! "What do you do? I haven't done this in years. Do you dial 100?" she asked.
"Just call the number." he said after he soniced the phone.
"What did you do?" Donna asked him.
"Something... martian. Now go! We'll get the money!" he said. The Doctor took Rose's hand and they ran to an money machine. "Come on!" he said, pulling his best friend along with him.
They waited as the man in front of them who was being really slow. "Hurry up. Hurry up. Hurry up." Rose muttered to herself. The Doctor smiled at her. He always loved her enthusiasm when it came to things like this. They both always craved a new problem to solve.
After about a minute, the man walked away with his money and Rose and the Doctor stepped forward. The Doctor soniced the machine and took out the rightful amount of money. When they turned around, Rose noticed something was wrong with the Santas.
"Doctor, look at those Santas." she said. "Something's wrong." The Doctor looked to see that she was right. "They are like the ones from last Christmas! Remember? When you were still regenerating!" she said.
"Yeah. I remember." The Doctor said darkly.
"Thanks for nothing, martian man and space girl!" Donna yelled at them before getting into a taxi and giving the driver money while saying the address. Rose and the Doctor looked at the driver and noticed that it was a Santa also. Oh no.
"Donna!" the Doctor and Rose yelled at the same time. This isn't good. Not good at all. Donna just ignored their yells and stayed in the car.
Then the Santas pulled down their instruments they were playing and held them as if they were guns. They are going to shoot.
The Doctor took out his Sonic and the cash machine started to flood with money and it all flew out. Pedestrians ran around, taking money that has fallen and stuffed it into their bags and pockets. Oh humans, the Doctor thought to himself. This was no time to think about how strange different species were, though. There were scary evil Santa things trying to kill everyone! Don't get to say that sentence much, do you?
"Doctor! We need to get to the TARDIS!" Rose yelled at him. He nodded and they ran, hand in hand, to what they called home.
So... that's it! I'll probably update soon! Please review and tell me anything you like or what I need to work on or anything! :D
Next up: Runaway Bride Part 2!