Tonks' guess about Rose's reaction was dead-on. Her mouth dropped open and her eyes widened. Was she serious? "Look after me?" she yelped. "Look after me?!?" Burying her face in her hands, Rose sighed. "I'm sorry," she mumbled from behind her palms. "He thinks I'm still fourteen. Which is just sad since he didn't even know me at fourteen." He had left her that bike when she was twelve, which was sort of creepy in a way, but also sweet and wonderful and it was why she loved him so much.
Of course, she had no way of knowing it was her 'John Smith' who'd asked Tonks that particular favour. But she'd come to find out in time that Ten was just as protective of her as Nine, if not maybe even more so.
"He's from space," she admitted, feeling badly for saying it after their blow-up in front of Remus just that morning. Was it really only a few hours ago? It felt like days now after everything else that had happened. "He's travelled for years, for as long as I've known him and then probably jillions more." Hundreds, actually, but she couldn't give away this man's every secret, could she? "It's...brilliant. Not going to lie. You'll never feel so small as you do when you look out of a satellite and see the entire galaxy in front of you. But then you realise we're not alone...it's really, truly brilliant."