Rose bit her lip a look of curiosity on her face. "I don't think you would have been alone all this time. Did you find more companions to travel with you?" She asks trying hard not to feel jealous of those others, if there were any. It was next to impossible though for they would have done what she loved to do, traveling here and back again by his side. But she also didn't wish for him to have spent this entire time on his own. He needed someone there to stop him from going too far, as well she knew.
Caitlyn smiles and kisses Jack back, pulling a bit away to answer his question, after she considered the consequences grinning. "I called you 'old man'. Are you going deaf as well?" She teases enjoying herself. After all this was all in good fun, and she wouldn't think to long on what could be, pretty much taking what she could while she could.

"I caught up to you , so I don't think that makes me old," Jack was grinning and he played with her hair. He was smirking and leaned forward and kissed her more "I may have lived awhile, but I don't age." he was amused.
The Doctor was looking at her , he shook his head "No I didn't, It would have been too hard to even If I wanted to with where I went for such a long time, that planet, I was there awhile, very dangerous too."
He coughed a bit "I was miserable."

Rose looked at him worriedly. "Don't do that. Going on your own! It would have been hard I know but I would have rather someone being with you than not." She says and places her hands on his cheeks looking at the man she loved no matter that he could change his face. She places a small kiss on his lips blushing slightly. "All though I do like that you kept me in yer thoughts." She admits feeling a little ashamed at that.
Caitlyn rose an eyebrow but admitted defeat pulling her hands through Jack's hair as he kissed her, she returning it. She was finding it harder to fool herself in thinking he didn't already have her heart in his hands. But best he not know that till she found someway to match his lifeline. And she would find it. There had to be some answer somewhere. "Well that I gathered since you don't look any older than when Rose saw you last."

"I couldn't and it was too hard where I was to have anybody with me." The Doctor was looking at her "I wouldn't risk your life or anybody elses." He whispered. The time lord was looking at her. He seemed rather worried.
He hugged her. "I am glad I have you again by my side,"
Jack was grinning and looking at her.

"I couldn't and it was too hard where I was to have anybody with me." The Doctor was looking at her "I wouldn't risk your life or anybody elses." He whispered. The time lord was looking at her. He seemed rather worried.
He hugged her. "I am glad I have you again by my side,"
Jack was grinning and looking at her.

"I wouldn't want to be anywhere else Doctor." Rose says returning the hug seeking his worried look. "What is it?" She asks knowing it must be important for him to look that worried.
Caitlyn smiles back looking at him in return as she relaxed placing her back against this corridor of the TARDIS ideas of how to pass the time while the Doctor recovered again from being poisoned floated in her head.

The Doctor smiled looking at her. He seemed calmer. But he was trying to hide his worry "Ah its just stupid, I am worrying about if I had taken you with me and lost you." He shakes his head.
Jack was looking at her calmly.

Rose brought herself closer to her Doctor a small smile on her lips. "yeah, but you didn't. And I'm here now. So don't worry about the could haves." She suggested his special smile on her lips which only he seemed to get.
Caitlyn smiles and slips out of Jack's hold. She had enjoyed being chased after by him. Especially if being caught wound up with his kissing her. She was curious what he'd do the next time he caught her. It certainly would be enjoyable to her, so once more giggling with delight she got out of the room wondering where else on the TARDIS she could find.

The Doctor was looking at her, he coughed a little and hugged her. He noticed his coughs weren't as bad, He knew the cure was working. He was hugging her as he closed his eyes.
He seemed tired. "I know."
Jack was following her around and seeming in a good mood. He looked around where he was.

"Oh you are a marvel aren't you girl?" Caitlyn asks as she wound up in the library as if the TARDIS had seen she had wanted to do some research. She smiles giggling. "Well, I did, but I said later as well. But as long as the Doctor's sick and Jack doesn't know what I'm doing, why not?" She said with a joyful smile as she searched around the massive library, the languages, but for Gallifryian were translated for her. She rose an eyebrow when she found one of those said books. "One of the Doctor's favorites? Or is it, that he doesn't want us to know it? I suppose that would make sense. If I was the last I wouldn't want anyone to know about my language neither. Something sacred I suppose." She rambled on putting the book back and getting a different one.
"There, soundin' better already." Rose said gleefully hugging her Doctor in return enjoying being in his arms. She had always enjoyed being in his arms. Even in his last regeneration when he was a war depressed man who didn't do it so often.

Jack was looking around. He had no idea what to do until the Doctor was feeling better. He seemed to be alert either way.
The Doctor looked at her "suppose a little." he yawned and was soon asleep. He was very tired now as well and he snored.

"Oh you naughty thing, are you sending Jack on a wild goose chase? I rub off on everyone sooner or later." Caitlyn teases the ship putting her hair in a pony tail her studious look on her face a grin lighting her lips. "I very well might love you TARDIS. But don't tell Jack that, he'll have dirty thoughts more than likely." She said giggling as she began to do some work on what might lengthen the lives of humans without the need for 'Bad Wolf' to make an appearance.
Rose kept where she was, giving the Doctor some comfort as she relaxed against the TARDIS humming softly that song she always seemed to hear which was now amplified in her head, now that she was back home where she wanted to be. She softly pulls her hand through his hair finding it soft to her touch.

The TARDIS was also still unsure of Jack as he was a fixed point in time that was never meant to happen. Jack petted the ship "Hey don't do this to me, I know I am a fixed point, but I won't hurt you or the Doctor," He said to the ship.
The Doctor was sleeping. He stayed hugging Rose. His fever had gone down and he seemed less pale, he was very tired though and had a slight cough.

Caitlyn found sticky notes and placed them in all individual possible ideas tapping her pencil slightly trying to concentrate as she marked what might be okay to 'not happening. As long as the Doctor or the TARDIS get any ideas' label glad to have found these things. She outright scoffed when she read the marriage rites on some other planet. "Oh come off it. This is so baloney I simply don't believe that would actually happen. No way!" She griped looking up as if expecting to see someone there to share in the absurdity. "Blimey I got to cut that out." She mutters to herself. "Listen to me, going off as if I'm a proper British woman. Oh well, it rubs off on you."
Rose smiles softly, keeping her arms around her Doctor, letting him sleep as well as he could, giving him a soft caress on his face when he coughed enjoying the opportunity to touch him as she had wanted to for so long.

Jack sighed as he managed to find his way to Caitlyn. He collapsed onto a chair and closed his eyes. He looked a bit worn out from the effort.
He curled up in the chair a bit.
The Doctor still slept, he coughed weakly again and snored more. His body seemed relaxed as he slept, he could feel Rose's touch.

"Hey, you look like you've been through the blender. You okay?" Caitlyn asked her natural empathy showing as she got up leaving her book down, marking her page and sitting by Jack. She just sat there waiting for him to speak his mind, if he felt like it.
Rose stretched lazily leaning against the wall recalling there was to be another vote soon, not that she really cared much for who was prime minister as long as they didn't really botch it up like Harriet had. She hadn't been paying much attention to the news. If she did, she'd go out as every occurrence happened, wanting to know if it was aliens or something. Not to say she stayed absolutely still trying to get her life together again.

Jack laughed "Yeah I am ok, the TARDIS was making me get lost and go in same direction a million times, still think she doesn't like me and the Doctor is not watching so she does this." He looked at Caitlyn.
The Doctor was sleeping and breathing deeply. He seemed to be dreaming peacefully. He looked rather more vulnerable when he was asleep. He had his arms around Rose and didn't really want to let go.

"Hmm. Well, give her time. She and the Doctor do have a lot in common and having something that's a fixed place in time, unable to really die is putting a strain on them, if I were to guess. I suppose it would be like...hmm...a bit like traveling with someone you liked but he seriously grates at your nerves." Caitlyn guesses not really sure what the TARDIS and the Doctor were going through. "So, I was just doing some homework. Gotta study up if by some chance we wind up in a different planet and somehow get separated. Would you care to unwind from the battle of the poisonous dog here with me?" She asks cheekily a smile on her lips as she exaggerated her tone to sound more higher classman.
"I'm not going anywhere ya daft alien." Rose said softly as the Doctor seemed to be hugging her closer as if afraid she'd disappear. Although she had those fears too that she'd just wake up one morning and she'd be back in her bed, and this would have been all a dream. So, she honestly didn't mind his arms around her as he slept on knowing this much needed sleep was seriously UNNATURAL for a superior Time Lord and whatnot, he could stay up for weeks if he wanted to, hardly resting until she nagged him about it. Sure she understood he was sick, but getting this sick this often? Something was wrong, she would bet everything she had on that.

The Doctor was still sleeping, he indeed was afraid of losing her, He sometimes wasn't sure if seeing her and Jack again was all just some dream he was stuck on, he breathed deeply and tried to stay relaxed.
"Rose..," He sighed in his sleep.
Jack nodded and was listening to her, He thought she was rather smart to have worked that much out. "Wow your good." He chuckled. He kissed her "And hope so, Plan to travel awhile in the TARDIS."
He hoped the TARDIS would be ok with him in time.

Caitlyn returned Jack's kiss grinning. "Well I think so as well. You're not so bad yourself. But don't let anyone else know I said that." She said in a conspiracy like tone as she thought about where her theories came from especially that one. She thought it was normal to have come to that conclusion. It was just listening and paying attention to the small details.
"I'm here Doctor." Rose says softly reassuring him keeping her hand on his cheek so he could know in his sleep that she had meant the answer she gave when he asked her how long she was traveling with him, "Forever."