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Rose M. Tyler (jeopardysfriend) wrote in vas_captio_rpg,
@ 2009-10-11 22:10:00

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!active, day 26, location: gas station, rose tyler, the doctor (ten)

Who: Rose Tyler and the Tenth Doctor
What: Confessions? Confrontations? Whatever, it could get messy or be adorable, we don't make the call
When: Day 26, 11am
Where: Gas Station
Rating: PG-13 for Rose's mouth
Status: Incomplete

It was chilly again. Sure, they didn't have decomposing bodies lying around, why not have it be nice and cool again? Idiots. The smell probably would have bothered her more if she hadn't been dealing with reeling emotions. Chris had just been bitten by the zombie woman lying beside him, and then there was her own wake-up gift. And she was on her way to see him. Alive and well. And she wouldn't be able to deny any longer that it wasn't simply because she worried for her still-living friend that she'd panicked on seeing him dead.

The truth was, Rose wanted to still be angry with the older, younger-looking Time Lord. She'd been hurt. Devastated, even. Once again treated like a small child who couldn't take care of herself. But she'd thought about it. She'd listened to what Chris had said, what Jack had said, and eventually even what her Doctor had said. As angry and hurt as she'd been, Rose knew why he'd done what he had. That didn't make it any easier to deal with the fact that she'd been lied to. Or that he'd listened to her and she'd trusted him even with him knowing who he would eventually be to her.

And yet, she was walking to the gas station as it neared eleven, her hooded jacket pulled tightly around her, her arms crossed protectively over her chest. She didn't think he could ever hurt her. Not physically, at least. But it was the emotional scars he'd left that she feared reopening. It didn't matter. She wanted this. She wanted to talk to him, to have her questions answered and to hear what he had to say. For better or for worse, right? What was the worst that could happen?

Well. Other than the row to end all rows leading to her not traveling with his regenerated self.

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jeopardysfriend
2009-10-17 01:35 am UTC (link)

He'd never know how much she needed to hear that. Everyone had been telling her, over and over again, that this was the man he'd become. That, before long, the one she knew and trusted with her life would turn into the one standing before her. She'd wished so desperately that she could be angry about that. That she could just turn her back on him when the time came and not go off with this relative stranger. But she couldn't. And it was more than the fact that he was physically attractive. Which she couldn't deny. There was a reason Rose hadn't stepped away, though her hand dropped slowly to her side.

But she wanted to believe in him. She wanted to believe that this person she'd allowed so close to her was the one who was going to take care of her. Maybe he wasn't her leather-clad friend, but he also sort of was, after all. And he'd been so good to her before she'd found out the truth. Offering her comfort when it was needed, boosting her confidence when she was obviously not feeling it on her own. If that was what this regeneration thing would do to him, could she really fight that?

"I still don't understand why," Rose admitted quietly. "Why me? Hell, why ask me along in the first place? Don't get me wrong, I wouldn't change a day of it. I just... I'm just me, that's all. And you seem to have so much faith in me..." And, as anyone who knew her well knew, Rose Tyler had so very little faith in herself sometimes. But not with him. No, as fabricated as he might have been, John Smith had offered her up plenty of confidence. And so did the Doctor. Really, it was a wonder she hadn't put two and two together days earlier.

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fromgallifrey
2009-10-17 01:51 am UTC (link)

This tenth Doctor, he was a charmer, wasn't he? Perhaps it was the wiley smile or the unruly hair? Even when he wasn't trying to be the glowing mystery man, there was still some sort of spark in his eyes. Then again, that could have just been what happened when he looked at Rose Tyler.

"Because you're brilliant. Because you saw things I couldn't. Remember that Eye of London, big as life? Didn't see that... Wasn't looking at it the right way. But you? You saw. Brilliant. You always see the things I don't." You hear that, Rose Tyler? Your genius of a friend just called you smarter than him. Would you ever let him forget that? Though, it didn't seem worth mentioning that the cheeky blonde already had a way of smoothing the rough-edged leather bound man and that was something grand.

It seemed almost logical that the question as to why she'd come would follow; though the Doctor didn't ask. He never asked why - because he always assumed it was the allure of Time and Space - and for Rose he was certain it was no different. "Besides, I've good reason to have faith in you, saving my life and all against impossible odds." His smile was sudden and accompanied by a jumping brow. "Like it was normal. Not used to that."

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jeopardysfriend
2009-10-17 02:01 am UTC (link)

Rose gave a bashful little smile at that, glancing down at the ground beneath his feet. "If the things we do together with you as you are half as brilliant... Well, you'll need saving, won't you?" she teased, her eyes bright. He was just as mad as his predecessor, and she found she didn't mind it, either. "I mean, honestly. Trying to reason with an enemy with a weapon in your pocket. What were you thinking?"

Of course traveling the whole of time and space had appealed to her. For a simple shopgirl from London, how could it not? She'd never been further than Paris, and that was simply for school. The very first time he'd taken her anywhere, it had been to the year five billion. Pretty impressive, she had to say. But the truth was, she found the man himself intriguing. Her meeting with Clive had definitely implanted him in her head. A mystery, definitely. A brilliant mystery. But in person, he was so much more. Risking himself for a ragtag little planet with no idea they'd even been in danger half the time. And she had to admit, from the very beginning, Rose had wanted to get beneath that top layer and find out more about the man underneath.

And this tenth Doctor? It was a pretty good start. Not half as brittle as the one Rose knew already. Only half as angst-filled. And a tiny flicker of hope that she'd had something to do with that ran through her.

"It was normal for me," she reminded him. "It's exactly what you would have done. Why wouldn't I?" Rocking back on her heels, she looked back up at him, her eyes twinkling. "Where do we go? You don't have to give me details, I know you're not allowed, just... Is it somewhere fabulous? Do we meet anyone amazing? Like Charles Dickens, let me tell you, that's a story for the grandkids. Anyone like that?"

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fromgallifrey
2009-10-17 02:14 am UTC (link)

Always in need of saving, in more ways than the obvious - and the blonde woman was just so good at that. He was good at saving worlds and she was good at just saving him. There was history between them, history she didn't even know. That didn't make it any less real for the Time Lord.

"I'll have you know that was a brilliant plan," he retorted. "Amazing." Grin. He was flying by the seat of his pants, just like always - there was no plan. Half dumb luck half smiling fate - it seemed to be a trend.

"Well, you shouldn't have been able to do it because I sent you away," yes, he admitted it, he'd packed you up in that TARDIS, wished you a fantastic life, and mailed the whole thing back to two-thousand-something. Though, he next question kept him from replying further, and made him break into a smile.

"Queen Victoria I'd say was a highlight. She was not amused. New New York was quite the sight. There was the Olympics... And your Dad." Pete Tyler. Well, he wasn't quite the Pete Tyler you knew - but, he had his face, his drive. He was also successful with his dreams. He was more than life had let your father be and that seemed almost a bit surreal. Funny things parallel universes. He was smiling away in memory, his mind going back to his time with his Rose - and it seemed for those few moments that she was standing right in front of him.

Perhaps that's why his face turned down with a nearly bashful smile, he'd been working very hard at not thinking of this Rose as her; but, fates be damned, it was.

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jeopardysfriend
2009-10-17 03:28 am UTC (link)

Oh, but she was the same woman, Doctor. At least, she wanted to be. She knew she didn't have the memories that he did. She knew that her future self had lived a life so much more fulfilling than her own. But she still cared about this tall, lanky Time Lord with the beautiful smile and the crazy hair. She wanted to know about those things he was remembering.

"Queen Victoria?" she blurted, her eyes wide. "We met the bloody queen?" Future Rose was in for a good old time, wasn't she? Or...rather, had already had one. A year spent with this bloke and she still couldn't completely wrap her head around the whole time thing. Including how he could be living it and not remember having lived it as his previous self. That part would never make any sense.

And he had also said the magic word. Reaching out, she rested a hand on his arm, giving it an inquisitive squeeze. "My dad? Again? We met him again? Was he alright? Did we...was it his childhood or something?" Okay, she had sworn not to ask for details. But come on! It was her dad they were talking about. The only time in her life she'd known him, he was giving his life to save all of humanity. She wanted so much more.

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fromgallifrey
2009-11-10 02:14 pm UTC (link)

The Time Lord shrugged, his hands deep in the pockets of his brown coat. "Banished us. Not sure we deserved that." His mouth went a little mushy and he frowned a little.

Though, the wishy-washy expression was short lived as Rose's hand landed on his forearm and the Doctor was looking up from very conveniently placed trainers to lock on those hazel eyes his opposite. "It was a different Pete Tyler. I don't know if happier is the right term; but, he was certainly different. Had a different life in another universe." The Doctor's tone was warm, it his meaning was a bit ellusive.

"Still got plenty more adventures left in us," the Doctor said quietly stepping back a little to reclaim his space. He was back to fiddling with the rack again, fingers turning the pouched cupcakes and pastries. Processed sugar, this place was at least good for that.

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jeopardysfriend
2009-11-23 05:47 am UTC (link)

Her head tilted, watching him curiously. In her heart, she knew he needed his space. But she still couldn't help feeling jilted, like he'd just given her the ultimate brush-off. Maybe it was wrong, comparing the two, but she couldn't help pondering whether or not that was something her current version of him would have done. What had happened between them to cause that reaction?

Or, for that matter, that would cause him to kiss her?

"Do we?" Rose said softly, her eyes closing for a moment. "I got the impression that... That I'm not in your life anymore." Why else would he kiss her now and not then? Why else would that have been the first exchange between them that even seemed somewhat romantic? Simple. He never got the chance to do so again. "If that's the case then... Well, that limits the plenty of adventures, doesn't it? Unless you count here."

Here. That horrible glass prison. How could adventures count for anything in there?

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