A/N: Whew! It's been awhile since I posted but with good to say my shoddy ass computer has finally given up the ghost...It will be awhile between thats all hope you like this chapter and as always comments and constructive criticism is allowed.

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Brandon finished off the last of his sandwich, balling up the wrapper; he walked over to the trash can and dropped it in. Alex took another drink of her Mountain Dew and asked "So why'd your parents decide to move here?"

"My uncle." He interrupted.

"Huh?"

"My uncle and I moved here, my parents passed away."

"Oh…I'm sorry." she said rubbing his arm.

He shrugged a little "They passed away two months after I was born, I never really knew them."

"Oh" was the only thing she could think to nodded and asked "So what do you want to do now?"She looked at her watch, shrugging, she replied "I don't know it's only twelve thirty."

He sat back down beside her and gently put his hand atop of hers, brushing back and forth slowly, he slowly closed the distance, letting his lips be merely inches from each other. Alex blushed and leaned in, completing the kiss. Alex was the first to pull away still blushing.

Alex's head was whirling; He just kissed me, were the words repeating in her head. She smiled a big grin and giggled.

"What?" Brandon asked.

"I can't believe I just kissed you. I barely know you. We haven't been on a date yet." Alex giggled.

"Would you like to?"

"Go on a date?"

"No, kill me…" Brandon spoke, sarcasm filled his voice.

"Sarcastic, I like that." Alex smiled.

"Wasn't that a date this morning?"

"Well if I knew that skipping school by following you to a movie theatre was a date…….I probably still would have gone just to skip school." Alex laughed.

"So would you like to go again?" Brandon smirked.

"Hmmm…" Alex mused. "Well--" She was cut off by a phone ringing. Alex checked and it was her phone. Normally she would have ignored it, but it was Harper. "Sorry I have to take this." Brandon nodded and gestured for her to answer it. "Hello?" Alex spoke into the phone.

"Alex!" Harper's voice was frantic. "Alex where are you?"

"It's fine Harper, I'm a block away." Alex rolled her eyes.

"Don't you roll your eyes at me missy! Mr. Laritate is looking for you! And your science teacher! You didn't show up and now they are searching the school for you! I already had to cover twice and you know how nervous I get under pressure! Get here now!" Harper commanded.

"But Harper…" Alex whined.

"Now!" Harper hung up leaving Alex no choice. Alex sighed and turned to Brandon.

"Sorry, I have to go back to school. Harper had been covering for me but the principal and my science teacher are looking for me."

"Okay, well I'm going home so I guess I'll see you tomorrow at school."

"And tonight, you're picking me up at seven, right?" Alex grinned and walked away. Brandon smirked at the girl and walked away shaking his head.

Brandon walked back to his uncle's stepped in to the shop ready for the earful he was most likely going to get. His uncle was a small man with short brown hair and a small forming beard, sat at a desk that aligned to the front of the shop so he could see everything that walked in and walked out. Beside the desk was a very large mirror, He casually glanced up then at the clock then back to him. A few clocks were dismantled around on his desk, but the one he was currently working was a small bronze pocket watch with a few symbols etched into the back of it.

He continued to tinker with it and said to his nephew "Well you're early."

Brandon was about to reply with a clever excuse but his Uncle cut him off, still not looking up from the pocket watch, which he was now putting back together. "Save your excuses Brandon, the principal called saying you had picked up your schedule but never went to your classes. Now the truth please."

Brandon sighed and told him "I skipped school to hang out with a new girl I met."

His Uncle sighed and stood up wiping the pocket watch down, still not looking at Brandon "Next time you do that you'll be punished."

Brandon watched as his uncle then walked over to the mirror, he gently rapped on the mirror three times, and soon a rough and distant metallic voice was heard from the mirror "Is it finished?"

His uncle nodded and replied to the body less voice "Indeed it is."

Brandon looked a little at the mirror, seeing a shadowy figure on where his Uncles reflection should. His uncle put his hand out and it passed through the mirror. When his uncle pulled his hand back the watch had been replaced with a few gold coins. He then stepped aside as a man wearing a black business suit and sunglasses stepped out of the mirror.

"Thank you Warren." The man said to Brandon's uncle and walked away, casually nodding at Brandon as he stepped out of the way, letting him leave.

"She's going to be trouble for us Brandon." Warren said now looking at him.

"Who?" Brandon asked.

"The girl." He replied "A wizard no?"

"Well she did have that aura…."

"So I thought. If anything happens and we must leave again it will be on your head this time." He told him, sitting down and working on an old fashion alarm clock.