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The Doctor (timelordlastof) wrote in labyrinth_rpg,
@ 2009-04-21 18:50:00

Entry tags:

complete, day seven, rose tyler, the doctor

WHO: The Doctor and Rose
WHAT: Exploring the amusement park
WHEN: Day Seven, early evening
WHERE: The amusement park...duh!
RATING: TBA
STATUS: Incomplete

Okay, so an amusement park wasn't exactly the best place to take the girl you fancied, particularly when she didn't know that you fancied her, but it was all the Doctor had to work with. And besides, it was sort of them. At least, it held the possibility of something going wrong, at any rate. Right?

The Doctor bounced around outside the TARDIS, the same as he had countless times before, waiting around for Rose to finish getting dressed. He was in his standard, a pinstripe suit and trainers, but he'd left the tie behind, unbuttoning the first button or two of his button down, going for a more casual look. That, and if he was going to get soaked, he'd might as well.

"Come on, Rose!" he hollered, banging on the door of the TARDIS, rolling his eyes. "There's no alien invasion, no race to be saved, no screaming...At least let me have the amusement park!"

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plusone
2009-04-22 09:13 am UTC (link)

In all the time they'd spent together, she wasn't sure he'd ever gone and actually given her flowers. But Rose's eyes lit up as the rose popped out of his pocket, looking nearly as perfect as if he'd just plucked it from a garden. "How... Oi, never mind, I know, bigger on the inside."

Giggling, she settled down next to him and plucked a delightfully salty, greasy, defiantly unhealthy chip off the top of the pile and popped it into her mouth with a wide grin. Despite her giggles, however, she still held the rose lightly in her lap, as if it were the most brilliant gift anyone had ever given her. And perhaps, in some ways, it was.

"Just doesn't smell like apple grass," she commented, leaning back on one hand and tucking her hair behind her ear. "Or else I'd think we were about to be confronted by cat people." Pausing, she grinned. "Actually, in this place, we might be." That old coat of his was soft beneath her hand, and she was reminded of all the times she'd hugged him or let him hold her when things went rough. It was definitely something to consider. "S'why we make a new memory, though. This time we'll remember it smelling like funnel cakes and toffee apples and..." Pausing, Rose sniffed. "Goblins? Ew."

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timelordlastof
2009-04-22 09:54 am UTC (link)

The Doctor grinned at Rose's reaction to his little magic trick and shrugged. She'd clearly been away too long if she wasn't still used to him pulling random things from his pockets. That was going to have to change.

"I do miss that," the Doctor chuckled, pulling up a stalk of grass and sniffing it before tossing it aside. He leaned back on one elbow, getting comfortable and cozy with her right next to him like she was supposed to be, and shoved another chip in his mouth. "I don't miss having Cassandra hanging out inside you. Or inside me, for that matter," he said with a wrinkle of his nose.

After eating another couple chips, the Doctor twisted on his hip and laid down, with his head in Rose's lap, looking up at her with his standard cheeky, far too pleased with himself grin. "Hi."

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plusone
2009-04-22 02:13 pm UTC (link)

She didn't miss having Cassandra inside of her, either. Though she had to give the crazy old woman some credit, at least. She'd had the nerve to do what Rose hadn't. Though fuzzy in memory, she still recalled the Cassandra-induced snog she'd given the man cuddled with her, and her cheeks turned pleasantly pink.

And then there he was, all in her lap, dark hair everywhere, and those eyes... A girl could lose track of herself looking down into those, didn't he know that? Silly alien. Still, Rose didn't try and stop herself from running her fingers lightly through his hair, grinning in spite of herself. "Hi, yourself," she said, tapping his lips with a chip. "Open up, I'm not eating these by myself."

If anyone had told her a few months ago that this would be her, she'd say perhaps in a dream. But the weight of him, the touch she actually felt, and the sound of his voice were all things that had grown more mild as time away from him had gone on.

"Wonder how long this'll last," she commented, attempting to get the conversation away from how pleasant touching him again actually was. "As long as the Faire, maybe? Longer? Just for the day?" Shaking her head, she beamed down at him before picking up another chip for herself.

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timelordlastof
2009-04-22 04:07 pm UTC (link)

The Doctor grinned, his mind following the same track hers had gone, and so he was fairly confident about what that blush was about. "While it was nice to know that I still had it, I would have rather it been you," he admitted, reaching up to tug on a lock of her hair.

He opened his mouth for the chip, taking it out of her fingers with his teeth, and then chewed idly, far more interested in the feeling of her fingers snaking through his hair. Time Lord or not, he was male, and loved being petted. Particularly by Rose.

The Doctor's eyes flew open at her question and he almost came up off of her lap before she explained her question. She wasn't second guessing him, which was nice, not that he'd made any sort of intentions known to second guess, but still. It had given him a bit of a panic.

"No idea," he said, settling with a little shrug and snatching up another chip to pop in his mouth. "I think that everything is pretty much at the whim of this Jareth guy. We'll have to go on a roller coaster or two tonight though, just in case." While he talked, his ungreasy hand was wrapped around her knee, hanging on to her, like he was worried that just the weight of his head in her lap wouldn't keep her from being ripped from his side again.

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plusone
2009-04-22 04:35 pm UTC (link)

Her own eyes widened when he mentioned his own hopes for that encounter with Cassandra. How could she not? Well, no, Rose supposed snogging a loyal friend would be better than a crazed murderess who'd kidnapped said friend's body. But still!

If she'd had any idea what his actual worry was, she'd have protested that second. Even if it would kill her to put herself on the line yet again. She didn't believe for one instance that he'd ever fail her. Well, perhaps in the romantic sense, when it came to replying to a girl's desperate and heartbreaking declaration of love. But otherwise? Never. She had more faith in him than anyone, including herself.

"Or two?" she teased, winking at him. "Feeling adventurous, aren't you? Next thing you know you'll want to do that scrambler ride. You know the one, flips you upside down, makes you think your stomach's outside your body. Bit like that alien race you took such joy in introducing me to. How lovely of them to share the contents of their meal with us." Her voice was teasing, though, and she touched his cheek briefly. She liked him like this. He looked peaceful, which was something the poor man clearly didn't get enough of. She was also a big fan of the way he held on to her, though she wouldn't speak that out loud. He wasn't the only one who feared being separated on a whim. Especially on Jareth's whim.

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timelordlastof
2009-04-22 04:56 pm UTC (link)

The Doctor chuckled. "Oh, the scrambler ride is a given, didn't you realise that?" he teased, shaking his head a little at her remembrance of one of their many encounters with less than savoury races. "I still think the funniest thing was when you got a whole whack of spit in your face," he admitted, and then rolled quickly to avoid getting smacked. It had been so long ago, and yet the Doctor couldn't help but cherish those memories. They were so much happier than the later ones.

Laying on his stomach now, the Doctor propped his chin up on his hand and ran a finger along Rose's knee in a thoughtfully idle pattern.

When he looked at her again, there was a serious, but hopeful look on his face, and he sat up, sitting close to her. "Why were you trying to find me, Rose?" he asked quietly. "Not the dimensions breaking down...before that."

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plusone
2009-04-23 03:03 am UTC (link)

Rose had clung to each and every memory with him as if it were the only thing she had to hold on to. Even those awful moments of saying goodbye, of being nearly taken into the void and the look of horror on his face... Sometimes, those were forefront in her mind. On those long nights where she couldn't sleep because she'd missed the right dimension and found him gone, or got to his but in the wrong time and had only just missed him.

He was such a man. This man was proof that even alien races were completely clueless when it came to females. Shaking her head, Rose smiled at him, touching his arm lightly. "Don't be thick," she told him, her eyes searching his. "I missed you. I missed...that life. The traveling, the meeting people, being involved in something. I couldn't stand that it had been taken away from me, and that I had no say in it at all."

Where once she might have cried at the reminder, her eyes merely misted over a bit, her expression serious. "Think about it. I had the entire world at my fingertips, the entire galaxy, only to have it snatched away. I had this wonderful friend who took care of me and showed me so much. And not just time and space, but how to live. And then it was gone, and he was gone, and I think maybe I might've snapped a little." A smile flickered over her face and she shrugged. She was reminded of arguing with Mickey and her mum when the TARDIS had brought her back to Earth after he forced her off of Satellite 5. The Doctor had taught her a better way to live. To be involved, to care. And, briefly, she'd forgotten it in this new world of hers. She'd returned for a moment to her sixteen year-old, feisty, bitter with life self.

But then he'd arrived and she'd found herself tucked safely into his arms and into his ship all over again. No, she could definitely be the woman she'd become with him once more. It would just take a bit of time was all.

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timelordlastof
2009-04-24 11:28 pm UTC (link)

She'd missed the life. Even though the first thing she said had been about missing him, the vast majority of it...They all loved the life, even when they left it of their own volition. They loved the danger, the terror, the majesty of it all. And the Doctor, well, he was a free ride. You'd think after as many years as he'd been bouncing around the universe with his companions, he'd be used to it.

But it was Rose, and so it was different.

What she'd said on that beach, clearly, had been something that she was sure she was never going to have to live up to. Something that would never be called into court. Something that she never really expected him to return, despite what had happened the second time around. He should have known better.

Sitting back, the Doctor shoved a couple of chips in his mouth and leaned his elbows on his bent knees, hanging his hands between them, looking out blankly at the amusement park. And somehow, now that he knew it wasn't returned, for as unfair as it was, he was able to say it. But that was his life. Pain and loneliness. And one of these days, he'd square with that.

"I love you, Rose."

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