DIARY OF A HALF HUMAN TIME LORD

Chapter Eight

The next morning Jonathon awoke to the aroma of sizzling bacon and frying eggs. He began to salivate as he sat up and stretched his back. He saw Boots below him mewing softly.

"What? You want a bit of breakfast too, my little puss puss?" he said, rubbing her body. "Feeling a bit peckish? Me too."

He got up and stretched.

"I don't like this human body, too many aches and pains," he said as he walked into the bathroom.

He took a quick shower and dressed. By the time he was done, Rose had breakfast ready and waiting for him.

"I made bacon and eggs and toast with tea," she said to him when he entered the kitchen. "Wasn't sure what you'd like so I dug around and found a few things."

"This is brilliant, thanks," he said as they sat down at the breakfast table.

Both of them started to eat their food. While they did, Boots came up to Jonathon. She mewed and purred as she rubbed up against his leg.

"I s'pose you want some as well," he said to her while Rose giggled.

"Gonna have to catnap her on the way out," Rose said.

"Oh no, not a chance, you go find your own. Boots is mine," he said.

Rose smiled as Jonathon fed his cat a bit of egg from his plate.

"Haven't had a cat in ages," she said to him. "Had one when I was six but it was completely black."

"Really? What was his name?"

"Her. Her name was Midnight," she said.

"I like that," Jonathon said, picking up a piece of bacon. "Have any other pets besides Midnight?"

Rose chuckled.

"Well, when I was ten, Shareen got me a pet mouse from the pet shop and mum was so angry because the last thing she wanted in her house was a mouse. But she let me keep it for a few years and actually it was a pretty good pet, well behaved."

"What was its name?"

He paused with a bit of toast halfway up to his mouth when Rose sniggered.

"What? What was its name, Rose?" he said, amused.

Rose laughed harder.

"What was its name, Rose, come on," Jonathon said.

Rose cleared her throat and put her hand up to her mouth before muttering…

"Dangermouse."

She blushed when Jonathon giggled hysterically.

"Really? And did you buy a mole, put a suit on it and call it Penfold?" he said.

Rose raised her eyebrow and grinned.

"Doctor watch a lot of Dangermouse, did he?" she said.

She laughed when Jonathon got a deer in the headlights look.

"Um…no, he…um, went online and found an entry about it while he was searching for an article on sub-atomic particles."

"Yeah, right, sure he did," Rose said.

They laughed together and then tried to eat while they kept on giggling.

"Aaaah, I love finding out new things about the Doctor," Rose said between giggles.

She was thrilled when Jonathon got a twinkle in his eyes and her heart soared knowing she had finally put that sparkle there. Pleased with herself, she went back to eating her breakfast.

"He's the greatest, he's fantastic, wherever there is danger he'll be there."

Rose sniggered when she heard Jonathon warbling the theme song to Dangermouse.

"Now you stop that," she said, pointing at him with her fork.

Jonathon shrugged and grinned as he took a sip of tea. He waited till Rose had eaten some egg before saying…

"Oh crumbs, oh crikey!"

Rose coughed.

"Jonathon, stop it!"

"Sorry, couldn't resist," he said with a wink as he drank some more of his tea.

Rose sighed as they stood in front of Jonathon's front door.

"I hate going to work. I'd rather sleep," she said to him.

"Now, Rose, you must be a productive member of society," Jonathon said, wagging his finger at her.

He chuckled when Rose rolled her eyes at that.

"I'd rather be off chasing Slitheen on Raxicoricofallipatorius," she said.

She took his hands and squeezed them as she suddenly turned serious.

"Jonathon, I…I want us to be together," she said. "I had so much fun with you last night and I don't want things to go back to the way they were before where you were trying to push me away. Please…can't we give this a try? I do love you. We were meant to be together, you and I. You asked me if we could grow old together and I want that. I want to grow old in your arms. Please?"

"I want that, Rose. I want to make this work. We need each other."

Rose nodded. Jonathon opened his arms and embraced her when she stepped into them. He enveloped her and laid his cheek on top of her head while she sighed and breathed in his scent.

"The Doctor and I loved each other but he was always afraid to be one hundred percent loving and open with me and I think you and I can do that," Rose murmured. "I can teach you how to be human and help you reach the stars again but I want you to try to be happy and realize that you do have people who love you here and want you around. Not just me, but your mates at the pizza shop and your little egg-eating friend there."

Jonathon chuckled and glanced down at Boots who was nearby cleaning her fur.

"I want that too, Rose. I don't want to spend my life apart from you," he said to her. "I'm sorry for the way I acted."

"S'alright. I know you're upset and depressed and that was part of it," she said, stroking his cheek. "And I can help you with that as well but we have to let each other in to our hearts. This isn't the end for either of us, I realize that now. It's a whole new beginning and we need to make the most of it."

"I agree."

"Then can I have the key back? Just for safekeeping, in case I need to check on ya or in case I need to escape mum since I know she'll be angry about this."

She kissed his cheek.

"I don't care though. Let her be angry all she wants. I'm an adult and I'll date whoever I like," she said.

She gave him a kiss on the lips.

"What time do you leave work tonight?" she said.

"7 p.m."

"Let me pick you up then and we can go out to eat and maybe see a film," she said.

Jonathon nodded.

"'Sides, I wanna meet these friends of yours properly. Especially that woman that was with you…"

"Suzanne."

"Suzanne. She seemed like a nice woman."

"She is. She's sweet. If you noticed though. She has a bandanna on and it's because she has breast cancer and went through chemotherapy."

"Oh God," Rose said. "Is she okay?"

"She doesn't know yet. I hope so," he said.

He walked over, picked up the key from the table and gave it back to her.

"Thank you," Rose said, putting it in her pocket. "And I promise no more unannounced visits. I understand you need your privacy so ring me if you want me to come over so I won't interrupt you anymore, yeah?"

Jonathon nodded.

"You have my phone number, right?"

He nodded and Rose kissed him. Jonathon sighed as she ran her hand down the back of his head.

"Gotta go, I'll see you tonight at the pizza shop. And since I am picking you up, can you tell me where it is?"

Jonathon chuckled. He hurried and got a pen and pad of paper and jotted down the address. He gave it to her while he quickly explained how to get there. Rose nodded, kissed him again and put it in her pocket.

"I love you, Jonathon."

"I love you too, Rose."

Rose smiled at that, gave him one more kiss and waited until Jonathon opened the door before she went out. Jonathon waved goodbye to her and with a lopsided grin, closed the door and went to get his uniform on.

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