(Untitled)

[mj_storyteller]

Date: December 24th, 2009
Time: 9:57pm
Location: London
Characters Involved: Martha, The Doctor, Rose Tyler [and OPEN]
Ratings and Warnings: PG-13, to be safe
Incomplete

Well, that was pretty easy, Martha thought as she made her way up the pathway that led to the front gate. She carefully opened the cast-iron gate, stepped through it and, just as

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[justthedoctor10]

The Doctor shouldered the shopping bags as he and Rose made their way back to the TARDIS.

"Right. Peas, bananas, and cake. Did we forget anything?"

[justthedoctor10]

"Yeah, it did," The Doctor replied, searching for a bottle opener. "He found it, Rassilon knows how, and was using it to locate me." He grinned a little. "You shoulda seen Martha's face when she saw that hand in a jar."

He found the bottle opener and then crossed to the refrigerator to get some ice.

[mj_storyteller]

"Can you blame me?" she said, turning to The Doctor and giving him a look, "It was your hand. In a jar."

[miss_rosetyler]

"Forget the hand, I was there when he regenerated." Rose grinned and chucked a banana across the room to the Doctor.

"He used to have gigantic ears. It was even harder to take him seriously with big old ears flapping about."

Rose quirked her eyebrows and laughed.

[mj_storyteller]

Martha blinked, and then burst out laughing. She had to put the knife down and step away from the Turkey, lest she accidentally cut herself.

"Oh my god, the image of you with big ears!"

[justthedoctor10]

The Doctor gave them both a bitter look. "Excuse me, it's not like I can control what I look like when I regenerate. It was me with big ears. I looked wholly different. And you, Rose Tyler, liked those ears, if I remember correctly."

He pulled a bucket out and filled it with ice before sticking the bottle of wine into it.

[miss_rosetyler]

She indulged the Doctor's bitterness with a warm smile. "They certainly added character. I liked them, sure...doesn't mean they made it any easier to take your seriously."

She rinsed the peas and tossed them into a saucepan, believing that they would not take too long to cook.

"He's right though, he did look completely different. Wore a leather jacket, hair wasn't so big. Sounded like he was from the north."

The smile stuck; It was fueled by fond memories.

[mj_storyteller]

Martha bit her lip, fighting off the giggles and went back to carving the Turkey.

"Form the North you say?" she glanced up and saw Rose's fond smile. Her heart twinged, but she ignored it. "Leather Jacket? Sounds...very different."

[justthedoctor10]

The Doctor shook his head. "I liked that jacket...s'too bad it's too big for me now...mind you, it probably wouldn't go with the suit...and I don't usually make a habit of backtracking my wardrobe."

He glanced at Rose and then Martha. "Like I told Rose: Lots of planets have a north."

Even if I am from the south of my planet, he thought.

[miss_rosetyler]

She prodded at the peas with a fork, stirring them up and skittering backwards when steam shot out from the saucepan. Learned her cooking from Jackie, this one. Still, it was just peas, right? Rose Tyler could handle peas.

"It was a nice jacket." Rose said, tapping the fork lightly against her palm.

"He wore lots of jumpers," she spoke directly too Martha this time. Her eyes hit somewhere to the left of Martha's shoulder for the first few words but soon her gaze slid properly to the other woman's face. "Whenever we went anywhere in the past and he made me change into period clothing he got off by telling me he'd changed his jumper and that was enough."

At least they found common ground in the Doctor, Rose mused.

[mj_storyteller]

Martha smiled, glad that they were talking about their different times with The Doctor and not sniping.

"I think I would have liked dressing to suit the time peiod," Martha mused, grabbing another plate and arranging the carved meat upon it. "I was stuck in the same jeans and t-shirt that I came aboard in for a while. I had to wear a maid's uniform once in 1913 though..." she paused, "I'd like to say that was fun, but I was more or less treated with contempt or ignored."

[justthedoctor10]

The Doctor grimaced, giving Martha an apologetic look. "It wasn't exactly me...I am sorry, though..."

He walked over to Rose to help with the peas. "Rose, you and I are going to have to have a conversation about the Jackie Tyler Institute of Cooking Inedible Food."

[miss_rosetyler]

"I've had my own turn in a maid's uniform," Rose admitted grimly. "Not 1913, though. The Doctor and I were playing servant to a bloke who's now my father." She paused and tapped the fork against her chin. "Step-father, maybe? My father from another universe, kinna."

She waved a hand in the air as though it was all perfectly logical. It was for her, at least. She had been living it for the past three years.

"Still," she sucked a breath through her teeth. "1913, don't envy you there."

Her attention found itself again focussed on the Doctor. "Oi, it's not like I had anyone else to learn from. Mum fired the cooks at Pete's place and insisted on makin' every meal herself." Rose relinquished the fork with a huff.

[justthedoctor10]

The Doctor gave her a horrified look and pulled her into a hug. "You poor thing. You're lucky to be alive!"

He looked to Martha. "Woman couldn't cook to save her life. Brilliant cup of tea, but food? Couldn't do it."

[mj_storyteller]

She smiled over to The Doctor. "Honestly, it's ok. It was an experience. Not one I'd care to repeat, but still an experience."

She looked at Rose as she was explaining, and didn't get a word. She shook her head and grinned. "Complicated then?"

She snorted, "Sounds like my Dad." she said, "Although he couldn't make a decent cuppa either, so he was totally hopeless."

[miss_rosetyler]

"She's not as bad as the Doctor makes her out to be. Granted, she's not great...but it's not like you'd keel over after eatin' her roast dinner." Rose accepted the hug but also gave the Doctor a light swat on the shoulder. "Watch how you talk about mum, she can probably hear you straight through into the other universe an' she's liable to splinter the whole thing just to tear you a new one."

If only. Rose peeked at the peas and gave herself yet another mental scolding. Jackie would be fine with so much family around her now. Stop worrying.

"Reckon they're about ready?"