"Fun, yeah, it was fun. Needed a bit of a break that day." Something like that, at the very least. Rose didn't know all of what had gone on that night, and that...that was probably for the best. "As for leaving, I couldn't have left her," the Doctor replied, quietly, "She was counting on me. She needed me. Had to make a choice."

He turned his head to look at Rose, "I would've done the same for you, you must know that."