"Rose, I can't ask them to leave, they have lives there now too. Mickey has a wife, Ross has friends, without them that Earth wouldn't be safe."

At the sight of her tears, the Doctor's fell too. Slowly he reached out and took her hand for the first time in six years. "Rose, don't... don't cry." He pulled her closer to him, reaching up his hand to brush away the tears on her face, "Please don't."

He continued to draw her closer, intending on wrapping his arms around her to comfort her, but then... Pulling her down he pressed his lips to hers, his own tears falling as he willed her to kiss him back. So scared his heart might break if she didn't.