Hey guys this is another Nicholas Flamel story. This is in an alternate universe in which all the characters are ordinary people living ordinary lives. Remember to leave a review and tell me what you think. Enjoy!
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Josh Newman laid in his bed, lost in thought. What was happening to him? All he could think about was bright red hair, emerald green eyes, and cute, dark freckles on pale, smooth skin. He buried his face in his hands. He needed to get a hold of himself. He thought back to the first day he saw her.

Flashback

Josh walked into school on a normal Wednesday morning. He was talking to his sister Sophie and their friends. His sister's friend Elle wouldn't stop staring at him. He knew she liked him but he always pretended not to notice. Once they got to their class their teacher, had called for everyone's attention. A girl walked in and stood in front of the class. "Class, this is our new student Scathach," he said. "You can all just call me Scatty," she said. "You can go ahead and sit in the empty seat right there next to Josh," the teacher instructed her. She walked forward and sat down to the left of Josh. She turned to him and smiled. All he could do was smiled back, he was unable to compose a sentence. She was beautiful, with her piercing green eyes and spiky red hair. He attempted to form a sentence, but failed. "I-I'm...uh, um," was all he could say. She giggled which calmed him down enough to form a sentence. "I'm Josh," he introduced himself. "Well, hi Josh. I'm Scatty," she said. He couldn't think of anything else to say so he turned and tried to concentrate on the lesson. But he couldn't. He just continued to steal glances of her out of the corner of his eye.

End Flashback

He sighed and sat up in his bed. He walked downstairs to get a drink. He decided he couldn't sleep so he simply sat in his living room and watched a movie. Not to long after Sophie came down in her bathrobe and stood next to the t.v. set. "Couldn't sleep?" she asked quietly. "How'd you guess?" he said with a very small tone of depression in his voice. She walked over and sat next to him, "I'm your twin. You can't hide shit from me," she said with a small smile. He chuckled and looked at her. "Ya, ya I guess you're right." he said with a smile. "So, you gonna tell me what's wrong or am I gonna have to find out on my own. And you know I will find out on my own," she said that last part with a joking tone. "I guess you're gonna have to find out yourself. You can go to back to bed. I'm okay," he said softly. "Good night, make sure to get some sleep," she said softly.

He got through 2 movies before he fell asleep in the middle of the third. He woke up the next morning earlier than he was used to. He decided to get a head start on the morning and hopped into the shower. Once he was done he headed to his room and got dressed. He finished dressing and headed downstairs for some breakfast where he saw his parents. He kissed his mom on the cheek and said hi to both of them, and poured a bowl of cereal. Once he was done eating he had a lot of time left before he had to leave for school so he decided to simply sit down and read a book. He opened up "The Son of Neptune" and continued where he left off. Eventually he was forced to close the book when Sophie came to get him for school. They hopped on the school bus and sat in the in the same seats they did every day. He opened his book once again and began to read.

Sophie elbowed him in the arm and looked at him. "Come on Josh, put the book down and talk to people for once," she encouraged him. Just as she said that the bus stopped at a new stop. Sophie and Josh were usually the last people on the bus. Josh looked at the door and saw Scatty get on. He slipped his book into his backpack as he watched her. "Ya, okay." He said with a smile. He noticed that the only open seat was the one directly to their left. Josh usually enjoyed sitting next to the window but decided to change his mind. "Trade me seats," he whispered to Sophie. "Why?" she hissed back at him, she hated sitting near the window, It made her feel trapped. "Just do it," he whispered urgently. She sighed and agreed. It took some doing but they got switched around just in time for her Scatty to sit down next to him. "Hey," he said to her as she sat down. "Oh, hey. Josh right?" she said as she smiled at him. "Ya, that's right. Scatty right?" he said with a smile. "Yep, that's my name don't wear it," she replied jokingly.

They talked with each other for the whole ride to school. Once the bus stopped and they got off the both hung back. "So, um. I'm just gonna go for it. Do you mind if I ask for your number?" he said timidly. She laughed lightly. "Sure," she said as she pulled out a pen and a piece of paper from her backpack. She scribbled her number on it and handed it to him. He looked at it and smiled. "You know, my 16th birthday is coming up soon, and I'm gonna be getting my drivers license. So when I can drive, do you think you might wanna go to dinner some time?" he asked her. She gave smiled at him and said "Sure. I'll see you in class."

He stood still and watched her walk away, with a huge smile. "Well, looks like little Joshy-Woshy has a date," Sophie said from the bus window directly above Josh, in baby talk, startling him. "Jesus Christ Sophie. Do you need to do that?" he asked looking up at her. "Yep, it's my job," she said with a smile "So where you takin' her?" she asked once she got off the bus and was walking into school with Josh. He looked at her number and stuffed it in his pocket. "I don't know."