tampered | Log; Complete

Log; Complete

LWhen; Thursday, July 24
Rating; PG-13 for now
Characters; The Doctor (

hisplusone)
Summary; The Doctor realized he was a bit of a selfish ass earlier and makes it up to Rose with a picnic.
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It was not often that the Doctor admitted that he was wrong about things. Well, at least not often did did he admit out loud to other people that he was wrong. He was probably wrong with Rose more than anyone else, just because he was rather rubbish with relationships, especially those of humans.

Lately it was over him leaving her behind with his half human self. How could you explain to someone that you could see and feel every variation of key events in time and that Rose had to stay behind with his other self? Not just for the sake of the universe but so she could be happy too. In the end though he had robbed her of the choice. And now he was robbing her of choice in the little things too and that was not only wrong but selfish. He could stand to be a little less dictatorial.

So tonight he was trying to make it up to her. Something romantic and special and that he was sharing with her and no one else. Of course, he was still naked but not much else to be done about that until it was midnight. It was rather freeing though.

Standing in the console room he smiled at Rose as she entered.

"Alright, I'm just about ready. But... I could really use a hand piloting the TARDIS, if you're up to it."

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Rose’s eyes stayed on his face, smiling back and refraining from laughing. The situation was certainly a tad funny if she thought about it long enough. Clothes falling off people but at least the Doctor took it in stride.

She had wondered what exactly he had in mind as far as this surprise went. Her gaze fell on the console as she approached, glad to help him in any way that she could. "Sure, just tell me which button to press. Don’t wanna cause the whole City to explode," she said giving him a grin.

The Doctor grinned back and nodded at two of the spots on the console. He had a somewhat specific destination in mind and it always helped when someone else could give him a hand with the controls. He was only just one Time Lord after all.

"Just watch after those too. Keep the blue bubble between the orange lines and the green fetzer just to the left of the dallop," he instructed as he took his own place.

"And don't look at the monitor, that would ruin the surprise of where we're going."

She looked down over at where he pointed and nodded. "Alright, I can do that. Yeah." It sounded very familiar as she thought back when the TARDIS was full and more than two pilots were flying it. She was still a bit worried about him since finding out what she had from Stephanie. That despite all this, he was still lonely. But she pushed those thoughts away and focused on the task at hand, very tempted to just glance at the monitor now but the blue bubble outweighed it.

"Oh? And just where are we going?" She couldn’t help but ask, knowing that he probably wasn’t going to tell her. She’d just have to be patient. "Any hints?"

"Alright, just one hint," the Doctor said, trying to think of one that wouldn't give it away. Unfortunately, "over the middle of the ocean" wasn't a place that lent itself to a lot of hits.

"I promise you it's somewhere here that you've never been before, and that's all I'll say," he added, giving her a playful wink before he turned his attention back to the console and began moving all around, covering the four other spots.

There were a lot of places that Rose still hadn't seen and a lot of places that she had ever since returning. She glanced at him catching his wink and giving him a grin in return before her attention returned on her station, watching it closely. "Well if you're sure. I can't wait." There was a hint of excitement in her voice.

She looked back at him again watching his movements. "Are you sure you don't need me to cover anything else?"

"Got it covered!" he called out as he dashed from one location on the console to the next. They still weren't going to "land" exactly where he had planned for them to be but that was the brilliance of his plan, so long as they were a decent ways over the ocean that was all they needed.

"Aaaaand, we're there!" he announced, suddenly ceasing the mad running as the TARDIS stopped. "Perfect. You handled her beautifully!"

She was half expecting another rough landing. So when she heard him announce that they were here without the room shaking and her having to brace herself onto the edge of the console, well that was really surprising. Again she glanced at the monitor, wanting to walk over and take a peek but she stayed rooted in place instead, staring at him with a wide grin, "Thank you. Only because I had a good instructor."

Her eyes started to drift a bit and she was glad that he was standing on the other end. Not that she had ever seen him naked before but staring was just sort of rude. "Um, so where are we?"

"Now you've got to close your eyes!" the Doctor eyes, grinning broadly and eyes flashing in excitement. "It won't be as fun unless you close your eyes!"

And it wouldn't, really. The Doctor was a bit of a showman and it would be far more fun to show her once he threw a few switches and the TARDIS transformed. And he had already checked the monitor and the view was breathtaking.

Rose just beamed at him and then nodded. She really couldn’t wait to see where they had landed. "Alright then, closing my eyes now," she said with her smile intact and then shutting her eyes. She was really excited now.

The Doctor dramatically threw a couple of switches on the console (even if no one was watching that didn't mean you had to be mundane) and the Chameleon Circuit went to work. There was a soft wooshing sound as it transformed. Standing behind Rose the Doctor wrapped wrapped his arms around her and turned her facing the setting sun just as the sea air was noticeable.

Once the transformation was done and the TARDIS was what appeared to be nothing more than a large rug floating directly over the ocean. He softly kissed her eat before whispering for her to open her eyes.

She shivered slightly feeling his lips against her ear and then ever so slowly opened her eyes. The sight of the water caused her to gasp in surprise. Clearly she wasn’t expecting this. Glancing down she took note of the rug. The Chameleon Circuit had been fixed? And all for...She was at a loss for words for sometime just taking in the view silently before turning her head just a bit to look at him with a more than pleased expression.

"Sweetheart, this is just amazing..."

"I thought you might like it," he told her, holding her a bit closer as they looked off into the sunset. Rose was good at that, appreciating things no matter how mundane or spectacular they were.

"And I'm sorry I've been doing so much of that lately," the Doctor added, remarkably without much strain in his voice that might indicate just how hard it was for him to say those words. "I shouldn't assume what's best for you or what you want. Well, at least not as much as I have."

She stared out at the water watching how it sparkled with the sun’s light, listening to him word for word. That had been about the second time that she could recall that he had apologized to her though for different reasons. It made a part of her feel better that he was starting to realize what he had done. A small sigh escaped her lips but she didn’t look at him, maintaining her gaze forward and relaxing in his arms. "You’re right. You shouldn’t assume what’s best for me..." her voice trailed off as she stopped herself from going on further with it. It was tempting to just throw the recent events on Bad Wolf Bay back in his face and just how wrong he had been for not giving her a choice then. But that wouldn’t do now; it was all in the past. And she had him here, which was all that mattered really.

Well, he was perhaps hoping for an "I forgive you" in there but he knew better than to press his luck. The fact that she didn't lay into him again about Bad Wolf Bay was really all he needed. That was progress at least.

"And I'm going to do better about that from now on," he promised her. "More letting Rose Tyler choose what's best for her. Even if some of the times I may agree."

Those were words that she never would have thought, he’d ever say to her. She felt so relieved and content to hear them. It made things just a bit easier. "Good then. I know that you will." She said with absolute certainty, lightly resting her hand against the back of his. Because if he didn’t stick to it or at least try, well...She didn’t know what she’d do yet but she believed him. Even after all that, she still believed and loved him.

She shifted a little in his arms until she was facing him, standing on her tiptoes as their noses touched and she attempted to give him a stern look but utterly failing as a smile broke instead. "Because if you don’t..."

The Doctor couldn't help but smile back at her attempt at a stern face. She didn't need to give it to him, he was more than familiar with that look that he didn't need to be reminded of it. Nuzzling her nose back he gave her a quick case.

"I promise, I'm going to. Well, I'm going to at least try," he added. "I'm afraid I might not be too successful at it right off the bat."

She knew that was going to happen more than likely. After all who was really perfect right from the start? It was just going to take some time. And a lot of her patience. She did hate arguing with him, but at least he was willing to try and let her make her own choices. Which was really good enough.

"I know. And it's alright." she said understanding. "Guess you'll just have to practice, yeah?" A small smile played on her lips as she looped her arms around his neck.

"That makes it sound like you're going to purposely go against my advice," he said. He wisely refrained from adding that if she was it wouldn't be that big of a change from her normal attitude. Sometimes it seemed she did just the opposite of what he asked.

"But if that's what it takes then I guess that's what it takes," the Doctor told her.

"I am not." she responded trying to look a bit hurt by his words. Well not purposely anyway. She'd think about it and then decide on her own.

"I'll give your advice a bit of thought before acting."

This time, the Doctor couldn't refrain from commenting. She had left herself too wide open for it.

"Well, that will be nice for a change," he quipped, smiling a bit as he looked back out over the water and towards the sun. Leaning back a bit he brought his hands up to her shoulders and began to massage them.

"It will," she affirmed, quite liking change as she stared out into the peaceful distance. This was just so perfect of an afternoon, she thought. Even if he was cursed but that didn’t really bother her anymore.

And just as she was about to add more to her statement, she felt his hands rubbing her shoulders causing a soft moan to escape from her lips. More little surprises.

"You’re good at this," she said after a moment with a small smile.

The Doctor smiled and leaned forward as he kept rubbing her shoulders, kissing on her ear as his fingers dug into the muscles on her back and shoulders. She was remarkably un-tense, which he took as a good sign that she was enjoying their evening.

"That's because I like doing it so much," he told her. "Anything to make you happy."

Rose just tilted her head back slightly and bit down on her bottom lip as she closed her eyes, relaxing completely under his touch. It really felt wonderful. And she could tell that he was enjoying this as well.

"Anything?" she said with a grin on her lips as she opened her eyes again and turned back around to stare into his eyes. She leaned forward a bit more, pressing her very clothed body close to his, capturing his lips with hers before he could even reply.

The feeling of her clothed body pressed up against his felt a bit awkward but the feel of her lips against his quickly made everything feel much, much better. She had an amazing ability to do that.

"Anything," he answered back after he finally pulled away from the kiss, just a bit breathless and grinning broadly.

When he broke the kiss, Rose stared at him with a bit of a dazed look in her eyes. There he was completely naked and she was completely clothed.

"I really don't deserve you, you know." she said drawing her hand back from around his neck to lightly stroke the side of his face.

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