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The Doctor looked down at herself. She couldn’t exactly save the world in Rose’s jimjams. She looked through the wardrobe and pulled out things she thought were suitable for traveling around time and space in. She shook her head, she couldn’t decide what to wear. She needed Rose. She called for her, hoping the sound would find its way out of the TARDIS and to where Rose was.
“What Doctor?” Rose shouted from the console room.
“Help! I haven’t worn women’s clothing in a long time! I don’t know what to wear!” The Doctor heard footsteps and soon enough Rose joined her in the wardrobe room.
“You don’t just want to pull on a jumper and some jeans?” She asked, looking at all of the clothes the Doctor picked out.
“I just don’t think that’s very me anymore. I need something different to push me forward, not keep me in the past. A new outfit to signify who I’m gonna be.” Rose pushed her mouth to the side.
“Like a ‘new hair new me’ kinda thing?”
The Doctor shrugged. “Yeah, I guess so. I’ve never really thought of it like that before.”
“Well,” Rose said with a shrug. “I think you’d look pretty good in like a suit or something.”
“Really? You think I’d look good in a suit?”
Rose nodded. “I think it could be a really cool thing. Try a couple on?” She asked. “I mean you could always take them off if you don’t feel comfortable in them.”
The Doctor smiled at Rose. “Ok, I think that could be a good idea.” The Doctor nodded and picked out a suit. It was purple and a bit big on her, but Rose seemed to like it. The Doctor shook her head. “Nah, not yet.” The Doctor tried on several outfits after the purple suit jacket. Each one felt wrong to her, just ever so slightly. Probably because she was a woman now. Until finally, she looked past Rose and found the outfit she wanted to try on. She pushed Rose excitedly to the side and didn’t let her see the outfit. This was going to be a surprise. She ducked behind the velvet curtain and pulled on the outfit. The fabric was good and seemed like it wouldn’t chafe. She had to invest in a good sports bra now.
Running with breasts was going to get used to. They weren’t very large breasts, but they were breasts nonetheless. Rose would probably know what to do about chest size. She buttoned up the shirt and rolled up the sleeves to her mid-forearm. She smiled at herself in the mirror. She liked the look a lot. She took a deep breath and straightened up her back. Now she just needed to get the Rose Stamp of Approval. The ensemble also came with a jacket if she ever needed it. It was a pretty suit jacket too. She didn’t want to sully it up by running in it too often. The Doctor started posing in the mirror, getting a feel for her new body.
“Are you done?” Rose asked, somewhat loudly. “You’ve been in there a while.” Her voice was slightly muffled by the curtain. It was good that the first time she decided to somewhat yell.
“Yeah!” The Doctor stuck her head out from behind the curtain. “You ready?” She asked, with a wide grin on her face. Rose tilted her head up slightly.
“You seem excited, you really like the outfit, then?”
The Doctor nodded and pushed the curtain away from her revealing her clothes to Rose. Rose let out a small gasp that the Doctor was sure Rose hadn’t meant for her to hear. The Doctor wore black trousers that went to her shins with brown boots. Instead of a belt, she wore suspenders, and under the suspenders was a red button-up. It had a black question mark on the collar that reminded her of some of her previous outfits.
“Do you like it?” She asked Rose. Rose nodded and the Doctor threw her arms around Rose. “Oh! I like it too! I think it’s a lot better than some of my previous outfits! Like when I wore a coat of many colors and a green pocket watch!” She removed herself from Rose even though she didn’t want to. “I liked the cricket outfit, but sometimes the celery could be a bit distracting.”
“Celery?” Rose asked, crossing her arms and cocking her head to the side. It wasn’t judging, it was curious. The Doctor decided she liked it when Rose was curious.
“Yeah, it warned me if we were in the presence of a certain form of radiation and was the cure for it.”
“Did you wear it? Or like keep it on you?”
The Doctor clicked her lips. “No, I wore it.” She pointed to the spot where the celery used to stay on her chest. “People thought it was very strange, but it had a purpose.” The Doctor caught Rose looking at her hair in the mirror. She was running her hands through it and moving her head back and forth.
“You know Doctor, I’ll do a change too. What do you think about shoulder-length hair on me?”