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1. Afraid

Rose sat on her bed, staring at a point on the carpet.

She was pregnant!

For three weeks now, at least, that was what the pregnancy test the TARDIS had provided told her. She had to tell him, but how would he react? Would he panic, party, smile? Abandon her?

No!

He would never abandon her if she told him, she was sure of that. But, where was she going to get the courage to tell him?

She put her head in her hands and sighed.

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The Doctor sat on his bed, fiddling with the ring in his hand. He sighed. He had had this ring for 4 months now. But every time when he had planned to ask her, either something interrupted him or he chickened out. Well, if he was being honest, he had chickened out seventeen of the nineteen times he had planned to ask her. The other two times were only different because he got interrupted before he could've chickened out, but he likes to claim that he really got interrupted.

He was the Oncoming Storm, destroyer of worlds, he was a brave man and would face things most people would be running away from, screamingly. And yet here he was, in his bedroom trying to find the courage to propose to a human. Oh, his enemies would be laughing if they could see him like this.

He laid back on his bed and sighed again, he hadn't spent much time in his bedroom since he and Rose had become more than just friends, he either slept in her bedroom or just laid in her bed while she slept, humans still needed much more sleep than Time Lords did.

That was part of the problem, he wanted to have a life with her and yes, marry her. But she was human, she would wither and decay while he would regenerate. And even if he didn't regenerate, Time Lords had a much longer lifespan than humans. when she was old, he would barely have aged.

He knew that he never should've fallen in love with a human in the first place, but yet here he was. He couldn't just leave her, that would break both their hearts. Would that be better than losing her?

Probably not.

The Doctor had always felt something for Rose, from the moment they had met. His feelings had only become stronger once he had regenerated. What he hadn't known was that Rose had had the exact same. Just after he had regenerated they had both been cautious around the other. Rose was still shocked because he had changed and he had still been getting used to his new body, while he had done his best to get Rose to trust him again. What had happened with Cassandra, had caused both of them to be even more cautious. Both of them had secretly enjoyed the kiss. Rose had told him after they started dating that despite the fact that it was Cassandra who had kissed him, she had experienced it too and remembered it. But, as they had learned from each other later, they had both been afraid that the other had become uncomfortable about what had happened.

After they had left 1879, The Doctor had finally taken her to Barcelona, the planet not the city, like he had promised. She had loved it, just as he had expected. For once, nothing bad had happened. They explored the planet and met with the locals. The Doctor had introduced her to the nose-less dogs, she had thought that they were really cute. They eventually went to the top of this hill, it provided a spectacular view of the forest and the lake behind it. They spent a few hours talking and watching the view, sitting on the top of that hill.

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The view is beautiful!

Rose now understood why The Doctor had wanted to take her here. She was glad that they had eventually gone here. It was beautiful, the locals were yellow coloured, about 1 metre and had three eyes. But Rose had learnt by now not to judge by appearance and they turned out to be very friendly and had allowed Rose and The Doctor to explore the planet on their own, that barely never happened, usually, they either didn't walk into lifeforms at all or got escorted by a guide. The Doctor had shown her the nose-less dogs, they weren't at all like she had expected them to be, but they were so cute! Now they were sitting on the top of a hill. They talked the whole time, Rose told him about her life before she met him and he told her about all these planets that he had visited and promised to take her to as many as possible. But now they were both quiet, enjoying the view and each other's company.