SORRY IT TOOK SO LONG XX

As they walked towards their now shared form room, Rose couldn't help but be intrigued by this boy. They made casual chatter, but he made it so interesting compared to the normal hum-drum boring conversations that Rose would have with Mickey or even Shareen, her best friend. Even the way he walked was interesting, he walked quickly and she found it hard to keep up, watching as his trench coat flowed out around his ankles. He walked with purpose, never wasting a step.

"So, what was the situation with the brick and the window then?" Rose finally asked. The question had been hanging around her mind since she met him in the playground.

"Oh well, it was just a small- slightly large experiment with temporal physics and the effect of gravity." He babbled waving his hand around vaguely.

"Oh, figures" Rose said, with a smirk

"What?" he asked.

"That you would be a total science geek" she laughed a little.

"Well, I am I bit I suppose," John smiled "but I meant well. I didn't mean to hurt anyone or break anything."

"I didn't think you would." Rose said, smiling.

"So you don't think I'm all bad then?" he joked, flashing that killer smile again.

"definitely not." Rose said smiling back.

oOo

Rose didn't see John again until period four, when he walked into her maths class. She was surprised, because she knew that John was a smart boy who knew a lot about science and physics and maths. So why he was in her maths class surprised her greatly. Rose certainly did not think that maths was in any way her strong point, and just looking around at her classmates showed her that her teachers thought the same. She could see Shareen in the back row in the corner, texting and flirting with Max Sweep, a boy whom she had already 'been out' with twice. Rose knew that Shareen had no real interest in Max, but felt the need to display to everyone else that she could get him if she wanted to.

John smiled at her as soon as he walked into the class, and sat down in the empty seat beside her. She sat in the back row at the other end of the classroom, punishment by their teacher, , for chatting with Shareen to much. That was when Shareen was not flirting with any decent looking boy sitting near her.

Once the lesson was started, and the classroom chatter arose as poor attempted to teach the lesson, Rose relaxed a little and turned to John. "So what brings you to dumbass 101?" she asked sarcastically, smiling. She was actually quite glad that he had walked in as she had been dying to see him all day, and Shareen had kept her holed up in the girls loo's all break time re-doing her makeup.

"My old school failed to send over my results properly, so they have no idea what my levels are for maths or history. They shoved me in here because there was the most space in this class… and looking around I see why," he said, peering around the classroom pulling a face at the students sitting around here "Still… doesn't explain why you're in here. Your smart Rose, I can see that, so why have you been shoved into bottom set?"

"Me, smart?" Rose scoffed "Not quite mate, besides- I never get any of this maths crap." She sighed, pushing the textbook aside.

"Rose Tyler I am offended!" John said, mock gasping in shock "Maths? Crap? I can hardly believe such words."

"You just say that because you're good at it," Rose said "I'm hopeless."

"Hopeless?" John said, raising an eyebrow and sitting up slightly "Rose, in my experience, there is surprisingly always hope. Always."

"Think you could teach me something then?" Rose asked

"Of course! Prepare to eat your words Tyler!"

oOo

Leaving that lesson Rose had felt more amazed and proud of herself than she ever had before. She had understood maths. For possibly the first time in her life… it was amazing. and she had John to thank. She left the lesson and walked out with him, considering Shareen had ditched her as soon as the bell went to hang around with Max. Which was fine, Rose was used to it.

Besides Shareen and Mickey Rose did surprisingly have other friends that she didn't see as regularly. She had Martha Jones, a pretty black girl who was seriously smart, she could probably give John a run for her money. She wanted to be a doctor when she was older and everyone knew that she probably would. She was very smart, and preferred studying rather than hanging out after school, but she was nice as in-school friend. Shareen always sighed when she was around and moaned when she was gone that she was hopelessly boring, but Rose liked her and she was nice to chat to when Shareen wasn't around.

Then there was Jack Harkness, the kind of friend that Shareen adored and Mickey Despised. he was in the year above, with mickey and was probably the most popular boy in the school. He was very cocky, and all the girls fancied him. Especially Shareen, but surprisingly Shareen seemed to be the one girl that he wasn't interested him. He easily got any girl that he wanted, but had a special soft spot for Rose. She was like his little sister and he was fiercely protective over her, and Rose loved hanging around him.

Rose was also friends with a girl named Donna Noble, in the top year. It was odd for anyone in year eleven to be friends with someone in year nine, but Donna was very friendly. She was loud and abrasive but Rose had learnt that she was in fact very kind. Rose could relate to her as they had both grown up without fathers and she would always stop and have a joke with Rose in the corridor when she saw her. Also in the top year, Rose was friends with a girl named Sarah-Jane Smith (The amount of people she knew with the last name smith was quite odd) who was very kind and motherly and gave good advice. Rose didn't know her very well, but Sarah-Jane had given Rose some good advice when she was going out with the school bad boy in the year above, Jimmy Stone, before he was kicked out. Rose liked Sarah-Jane a lot.

Rose was also friends with a couple in the year above consisting of Amy Pond and Rory Williams. Amy was Scottish and easily the most popular girl in her year, possibly the school and was beautiful. She had a mass of long silky ginger hair, but was sharp and witty so nobody dared teased her. She had never wanted for male attention, and had shocked everyone when she revealed that she was going out with Rory. Rory was quiet and a little nerdy, but Amy had always had a soft spot for him, and eventually realised that he was in love with her. They had a sweet relationship, and Rose was good friends with the both of them.

She walked down the hallway with John, talking about each of her friends and he lit up and added his own little observations about the ones that he vaguely knew, and listened intently to Rose's accurate descriptions. Rose was quite surprised when he didn't interrupt her, as she wasn't used to being listened too so much. Shareen always interrupted or gotten distracted, moving onto a different conversation, so it was nice to be listened to for one.

"Your friends sound nice." John said smiling. He was about to ask her some more questions when suddenly, Amy and Rory walked in front of them and stopped. Amy, of course, was walking ahead, with Rory trailing behind.

"Rose! There you are, I've been looking for you" she said, smiling. Rory soon caught up and stood beside Amy.

"Hi Amy," Rose said "This is John Smith, the new boy" she gestured beside her to John, who smiled.

"Nice to meet you both."

"Nice to meet you." Rory said, smiling.

"Anyway," Amy said, moving quickly back to the subject after giving John a friendly smile "Party at my house, tonight. Eight-ish."

"I'm guessing your Aunt isn't in… again." Rose said

"When is she ever in," Amy said with a laugh "but anyway, make sure you come! And you're invited too John. Bring mickey as well if you like, but not Shareen."

Rory grunted "God that girl annoys me. Sorry Rose." He said. Rose just laughed.

"It's fine, I know Shareen rubs some people up the wrong way. See you tonight." She said

"See you tonight John?" Amy asked. John nodded smiling and the pair walked away, arms linked as they headed down the corridor.

"They seem nice," John said "Amy's very…"

"Chatty? Friendly?"

"I was going to say ginger, but those work too." John smiled.

"Oi, I think Amy's hair is lovely."

"Oh so do I, I envy it really. I've always wanted to be ginger." John mused.

"Nah, I can't imagine you ginger. Not at all" Rose laughed.

"I suppose not" john laughed.

"Anyway, let's get lunch?" Rose asked

"Sure Rose Tyler, let's get lunch"

oOo

Rose spent the rest of the day with john, and then walked back home with Shareen and Mickey.

"So did you hear? That Amy Pond is having a massive party tonight, and didn't even bother to invite me! What a cow!" Shareen said as they walked.

"Yeah… I kinda heard about it," Rose said. She had chosen not to mention her invitation to said party to mickey or Shareen through that day, but thought she may as well get it over with "Well, I say that. But I've been invited. Me and John actually"

Shareen just rolled her eyes and mickey suddenly sprung into the conversation. "What do you mean you and John? Do you come as a package now?"

"Not like that," Rose said, rolling her eyes "He was just there when she invited me and invited him too. He's actually a really nice guy."

"He's a dead boring science geek" Shareen said.

"You think all my mates are dead boring" Rose said.

"No, only the boring ones. That Jack Harkness is lovely." She said.

"Enough about bloody Jack Harkness, I can't stand that guy," Mickey grunted "Onto this John. I heard he nearly bricked a receptionist earlier. I don't trust him one bit."

"It was a cleaner actually Mick, and an accident I might add. He's really nice, seriously. He even helped me out in maths earlier."

"Yeah I saw you two cosying up in the corner, chatting about maths crap no doubt. He's going to turn you into such a nerd Rose, seriously."

"Oh come off it Shareen, you're just pissed that you didn't get invited to Amy's party and he did."

Shareen cut her eye at Rose and Rose gave her an equally dirty look back, before Mickey quickly intervened. "Anyway, that's beside the point. I just hope he isn't another Jimmy Stone." And with that Mickey shrugged his shoulders, and walked off up to his flat.

"Jimmy Stone, now he was gorgeous Rose," Shareen said, her voice going dreamy as she remembered the hunky, blonde hair, dark eyed musician.

"He was also a total dick Shareen. John's a nice guy, and a friend. Let's leave it at that yeah?" Rose said, clearly annoyed, she began to walk off up to her flat when Shareen called her name again. She turned around to face her.

"You're my best friend. You know that Rose? Have a good time tonight."

Rose smiled. This was the Shareen she knew and Loved, "Thanks Shaz. I'll see ya later."

"See ya Rose," she said, and as Rose walked up the stairs and onto the balcony, Shareen shouted as loud as possibly the whole estate could hear, "Besides, he is pretty sexy!"

Rose blushed and laughed. She totally hadn't been thinking the same thing all day.

Of course not.