The Doctor sat up abruptly. Debris tumbled off his body once he did so and dust caught in his nose and caused him to sneeze.

'How long have I been lying here?' he thought.

He looked around the now trashy control room of the TARDIS. They had crashed...somewhere.

"Rose?" he suddenly called out, remembering his companion. He felt around and found Rose lying next to him.

"Rose? Rose wake up!" The Doctor shook her gently until she sat up and groaned, holding her head.

"...Doctor?" she said, looking confused.

"Are you alright?" he asked worriedly.

She nodded and he sighed with relief.

"Now, where are we?" The Doctor wondered aloud and helped Rose to her feet.

"You said...a paradox? That's the last thing I remember," Rose said.

"Ah…Yeah I-" The Doctor interrupted himself and a horrible feeling found its way into the pit of his stomach.

'...We can't be here.' He thought. He turned to speak to Rose but she was no longer behind him. The Doctor looked towards the door and saw Rose opening it.

"No! Don't!" The Doctor ran after her out the door and was met by ocean air, sand beneath his feet, and the sound of roaring waves in his ears.

His hearts thumped hard at the sight Bad Wolf Bay once again, both with panic and with hope.

Rose had fallen to her knees in the sand and she still held her head tightly with both hands, seeming to be in unbearable pain.

"Rose, what's wrong?" The Doctor ran to her side.

She mumbled something under her breath.

"What?" The Doctor rubbed her back soothingly.

"...Bad...Wolf..." Rose said, her voice just above a whisper.

The Doctor drew back his hand and stared in horror as Rose sat up and turned to him.

Her eyes glowed gold.

"Bad...Wolf...Bad. Wolf. BAD. WOLF." She almost chanted, getting louder and louder the more she said it, until she was screaming.

The Doctor was overwhelmed. He stood up and backed away, tears of frustration in his eyes, refusing to fall.

'If only I hadn't gone back!' He thought.

"Doctor!" A voice called from somewhere distant behind him.

Time seemed to slow as the Time Lord turned around to see someone standing further down the beach with a figure in a blue suit.

"Rose..." He could barely breathe. His hearts skipped a few beats.

Rose and the other figure suddenly began to run towards The Doctor and he watched as they ran straight past him and over to the Rose that was bent over on the sand.

Rose reached out a hand to touch the other version of herself.

"Wait! No, don't!" The Doctor screamed, bolting over to grab Rose's hand but he was too late.

The Rose on the ground collapsed and stopped moving and the Rose standing turned around to stare at the Doctor.

Her eyes glowed gold angrily.

" . ." She spoke through gritted teeth. The Doctor was amazed and speechless; hadn't he taken all the vortex from her and sent it back into the TARDIS?

"A piece of Time and Space stayed with me," Rose sighed, as if she could read his thoughts, and her eyes returned to normal. "I'm still Bad Wolf."

Her hands were shaking, but she pretended not to notice.

"Don't worry, she's just asleep." Rose explained.

The figure who quietly stood next to Rose The Doctor finally realized was his clone; the lucky bastard that got to live the life he could only dream of.

The Doctor looked from Rose to the clone. His human half glanced at him reassuringly and a small smile spread on his face as if to say, "this life has been everything you hoped it would be."

The Doctor's hearts throbbed when he looked back over at Rose again. She was even more beautiful than he remembered her being.

Although she and her paradoxical twin looked identical, there was a noticeable difference between the maturity in this Rose's face, earned by her years traveling with the Doctor.

"What happened? Why are there two of me?" Rose questioned, obviously irritated.

"I was all set to die," the Doctor started quietly, looking away. "My time was at an end and I was about to regenerate...but I decided to visit you before I did."

Rose's gaze softened.

"Why?"

"I wanted to see the you before you'd ever met me," the Doctor smiled weakly. "Oh, you were so full of life! It was New Year's Eve, two thousand and-"

"Two thousand and five..." Rose interrupted, a glimmer of realization in her eyes.

"That was...you?"

The Doctor nodded.

"A last goodbye. But...the only difference is that...I started to regenerate before I made into the TARDIS and you, well," he gestured to the Rose who was lying on the ground. "This version of you, ran out and tried to help me up."

Rose was very quiet for a few moments.

One last time, the Doctor looked at the clone with a questioning look. The clone nodded slightly.

The Doctor suddenly pulled Rose close and kissed her. Rose's eyes widened and tears started to fall slowly down her cheeks.

The Doctor pulled away and held her tightly.

"Rose Tyler," he whispered.

"I love you."

Jackie Tyler had a lot to say.

She always had something to say. But The Doctor was hardly listening to a word she attempted to berate him with.

The Doctor's clone, which he had jokingly named "Tentoo", scooped up the clone of Rose-the original Rose decided it would be best if The Doctor didn't touch her any more than he had to-and took her into the TARDIS.

"We only have a few minutes," Rose cut into her mother's speech about how The Doctor neglected her girl and how no respectable man would even dream of blah blah blah…

"There's so much I want to tell you…"

"Me too." The Doctor smiled, gently squeezing Rose's hand. "You go first."

Rose took a deep breath and blushed.

"Um...well...I'm pregnant."

"What?! Really?!" The Doctor exclaimed, eyes widening in excitement. "That's brilliant! Boy or girl?"

'Damn Tentoo.' he cursed his clone in his head. 'What I'd give to switch lives with you...'

"We don't know yet...we wanted it to be a surprise." Rose giggled.

"The Reapers are close," she said, her face suddenly growing very concerned.

The TARDIS suddenly began to shake and Tentoo stumbled out and onto the sand.

"Time to go." The Doctor smiled weakly and leaned down to give Rose a final kiss.

Every particle of his being was screaming for him to stay but somehow he found the strength to pull away, run to the TARDIS, and wipe his tears as he stepped through the doors.

With a last glance before closing the doors, he saw Rose's eyes glint gold as she waved goodbye for a third time.