[Yes, but Rose being gone and being missed was much better than Martha's predicament. Her parents, Tish, all of them would think she was just out with the Doctor. But she had promised... and now it'd all just be sitting out, half-packed and abandoned for him to see. Martha swallowed.]
And there's no way to actually contact home I'm guessing. My call anywhere and anywhen phone seems to have been taken away from me.