Holiday Help || Rose and Jack
The holidays always had been a stressful time for Rose in the past, for the Christmas season had nearly killed her on several accounts, some of them literally. Christmas shopping was not any simpler. She had never really had anybody to shop for but her mother and Mickey, and they were both relatively easy to buy for - make up and maybe a top or two for her mother, chocolates among other foods for Mickey. Needless to say, this year was different. Rose was stranded in a separate dimension from the usual people that required shopping, and she was left with a very different challenge – the Metacrisis Doctor.
What did you get someone who had travelled all time and space, who had seen every single invention the universe had to offer throughout its expansive lifespan? Rose figured chocolates and make-up wouldn’t exactly do the trick, especially considering neither of them were his cup of tea. Speaking of tea, maybe a variety package of tea would work? Rose’s thoughts wander as her feet walk aimlessly throughout the stores scattering the shopping marketplace, and her gaze settles upon Jack. Relief floods her, for before her is standing a man who has experienced something similar to her Doctor. “Hey! Jack!”
Jack chuckled as he spotted Rose, "Hello, beautiful, I was starting to wonder if you got lost," he said, pulling the girl into a hug when she approached. "So, you said you needed my help, and based on our location, I'm guessing Christmas shopping is giving you a bit of trouble," he said. "One thing we still had in my time, Christmas, had some differences, like fruit cake filled with alien eggs, that was a weird delicacy. Didn't taste half-bad, a little unnerving though, when some of them wriggled down your throat."
"But that's beside the point," the immortal said with a light laugh, "Who you having trouble shopping for? Wouldn't happen to be a certain alien turned human, would it?"
