Chapter 2

Rosa hated mornings. It's just that simple. Any time before 9:30 was too early in her opinion and no one would convince her any differently. Needless to say when someone was knocking on the door at 8:45, she wasn't very happy.

Rosa rolled out of the sleeping bag she had placed on top of her mattress because her sheets were still packed. She threw on a baggy hoodie over her oversized t-shirt, hopefully disguising the fact that she wasn't wearing a bra. She rubbed her eyes a little bit and popped a stick of gum in her mouth before she went to answer the door.

The door swung open and in honesty, Luke had never really seen anyone like her. Up close she was so much more beautiful than he thought. She had pink, full lips, a small nose and beautiful jade green eyes surrounded by long lashes. For a second Luke forgot to breathe, but his mother's voice brought him back into focus.

"Hello, my name is Sarah Jane Smith and this is my son Luke. We live across the road and wanted to welcome you to the neighborhood." The girl smiled them with a tired expression.

"Forgive me I don't mean to be rude, but jetlag is messing with me. Come in, my name is Rosa Gonzales." She stepped out of the way and let the two into her house.

Sarah Jane handed the plate of muffins she brought to the teen and stepped over the threshold. Rosa could tell that they knew the house. They moved as if they were sure of all the walls and hallways, knowing where all the rooms were, but moving as if they expected things to be in certain spots.

"Would you like some coffee, or tea? Thankfully I unpacked that last night," Rosa asked lightly. Sara Jane accepted the offer and Rosa moved about the kitchen making the coffee with practiced ease.

"Rosa you seem a little young to be living on your own," Sarah Jane observed.

Rosa handed Sarah Jane her coffee and Luke a cup of "Spanish Coffee" which was mostly heated milk, and sat down with her own cup. She had spit out her gum and took a sip of the hot liquid.

"Ms. Smith…"

"Please dear, call me Sarah Jane," she interrupted.

"Sarah Jane, thank you for your concern, but in fact I don't live here alone. A friend of my mother's is staying with me while she finishes some business in New York. He's just not here right now," Rosa explained.

Sarah Jane was going to reply when a shrill whine interrupted her. Rosa set down her cup and ripped open one of the still-packed boxes. At the same time Sarah Jane's watch beeped. While Rosa was digging through the box, Sarah Jane flipped open her watch and checked the scanner. It detected alien technology.

"Sugar!" Rosa cut her finger on something in the box. She pulled out the offending item and turned it off. "Sorry about that, it just goes off sometimes."

Sarah Jane's smile was a little more forced now, and Rosa could tell. She stuck the cut finger in her mouth and quickly observed the two sitting at her kitchen table. She then had an idea.

Rosa grabbed the item that had been beeping and set it on the table. It looked like a cross between a rock and a porcupine. Luke recognized it as an alien device that was slightly similar to a Wi-Fi modem, but he didn't say anything. Sarah Jane recognized it as well, but she tried to keep her face calm.

"I know you know what this is, you can't fool me that easily," Rosa said.

Luke picked up the object and messed with it for a moment. He set it down again. Rosa raised her eyebrow, as if asking for an explanation.

"It was set so that any alien technology would cause it to go off. I turned off that setting so that only technology that posed a threat would trigger it," Luke explained.

"Why?"

"Because if you're going to live across from us; it would be going off all the time." Rosa looked in his eyes. Warm brown met jade and something that Luke had never really felt before made his stomach flip.

Sarah Jane was not happy. It wasn't because of the girl in front of her. It wasn't because of her son. It was because of the situation he got them into with Rosa. She didn't know the girl and was more than a little skeptical of her, and Luke just admitted that they have alien technology in the vicinity without understanding who sat before them. She was disappointed in a way, because she thought she had taught the boy better.

Rosa on the other hand was quite happy. While she loved New York with all her heart, she couldn't deny some of the problems she had due to her involvement in alien activity, and the high population of people in the area. Not that it was much different in London, but it was more spread out here. She was just happy that she wasn't going to have to keep this locked up inside her room and hope her mother never found it. She could finally get a few things off her chest.

Luke finally, was in that in between state. He wasn't sure if he should be happy that it wouldn't just be him and Clyde on the teenage spectrum anymore, or not as happy due to the stern look on his mother's face and the undeniable feeling that he was replacing Rani and Maria simultaneously. In truth he could never really do such a thing, but he didn't actually realize that at the time.

"So Luke, tell me, do you know any good shops around here?"

"Why are you asking me?"

"Because I think out of all three of us, you're the only one that wants to be here."

A/N: I'm not really sure how I feel about this chapter. Let me know what you think? Big thank you to Mystic Lover of the fairytale, you're message gave me motivation! Love and Hugs for everyone!