"Fair point." The Doctor could have argued, but it was amazing how a single kiss from Rose could placate him in an instant. Besides, he didn't have to worry about Jackie here, not in an immediate sense. He was almost happy about that, right up until it hit him that the absence of both Jackie and Pete Tyler might be a problem. Bollocks. He'd forgotten about that part in his rush to bring up the other part, the more important part, the part that he'd been considering for some time now and finally found the courage to ask Rose to hear. Well, maybe not courage so much as fear, which, granted, was not the best way to enter into what he was about to propose, but the fact was, all of the mess with the children from the future and the Rani and whether or not the Master was still going to try to kill them all had him feeling like, once again, he was running out of time. He opened his mouth to bring up the subject that had been weighing on his mind, and ...
"So. What do you think? Pretty neat, isn't it? The archives, I mean. We can come in here whenever we like, as long as the TARDIS doesn't mind giving us access."
Well. That certainly wasn't what he'd meant to say. Apparently, he was so nervous that his mouth was running away with him. Again.