Alright here's my first proper try at an AU. Everyone is human and everything is normal :P Hope you enjoy it.

The usual disclaimer: I don't own anything, I love it and I wish I did but no :(

Donna raced around the house nearly bowling John over in the process. "What's got you all riled up?" he asked rubbed his shoulder where she had practically barged him.

"I've got an interview with a potential new employee and I have lost her file" she began digging through the overflowing breakfast bar.

"So someone else wants to work at the restaurant" John nodded approvingly "They must have very good taste".

"John just help me find it and stop teasing me!" she yelled at him and he sat down his mug "My restaurant is currently at two stars and this girl might just be what I need, she's happy to clean or wash up. The others aren't happy to do it but if I can get her then it'll make things a whole lot easier".

"My dear sister I was not teasing you" he held up his hands "Your restaurant is very successful and I am very proud of you for it".

"That makes one of my siblings" Donna sighed.

"Sarah Jane is more difficult to please; she's a scientist and believes there's nothing more important. Of course I share her opinion on science but I do know that you are most happy running a restaurant then you'd ever be if you went into science" he started to dig through a stack of files flipping each one open to check what was inside.

"Thanks Spaceman" she grinned at him and he winked at her before she went back to her frenzy.

"Here" he held up a file "Rose Tyler, Blonde, hazel eyes, nice lips".

"John!" Donna exclaimed "You keep your hands off my employees, remember what happened last time with Reinette or must I remind you?"

"Ok, ok but there's nothing wrong with me saying she's pretty, which she is very pretty in fact" he nodded at the picture and Donna snatched it out of his hands.

"And you Spaceman are a skinny stick of pervert now get to work" she slapping him on the arm with the back of her hand.

"Right you are" he pulled on his long brown coat and headed over to where his own notes had nearly been buried in Donna's attack.

John wandered aimlessly down the street on his way to work, he was usually very excited for work but today he felt kind of down. They had terminated his favourite project that morning, he didn't want to be there to see project Gallifrey go up in flames, literally it was to be incinerated. It didn't even get put in storage and that made him very angry, all that work for nothing.

He was lost in his thoughts when he bumped into someone knocking their tea out of their hands where the takeaway cup exploded on the ground. He heard the woman curse and bent down to pick up the cup "I'm sorry, I'm so, so sorry" he babbled "I'm really not myself today" he looked up at the face of the stranger and a large grin spread across his face.

There in front of him, shirt all wet with tea was a certain Rose Tyler. It was definitely her, how could he forget those eyes or those lips.

"S'alright" she smiled and produced some tissues to clean up the front of her shirt. Noticing that he had also been hit she offered him one but he let her use them.

"I really am sorry" he was suddenly very paranoid of what this woman thought of him.

"I know" she patted his shoulder "It's ok I'm fine really, I just have to go home and change".

"Can I walk you home?" he knew this might be pushing it a little too far but he decided to go for it.

"Uh yeah, yeah ok" she grinned at him "I'm Rose by the way".

"John" he nodded and held out his hand for her to shake. Her hands were warm and fitted perfectly with his. She seemed to notice and withdrew very quickly.

"So John" they began to walk down the street "Do you make a habit of knocking girls drinks out of their hands or am I just special" she teased.

"I uh no sorry, I don't know how many times I've apologized now but I'm not gonna stop. I'm usually not so...distracted, my work terminated a project today, I was dedicated to it and I don't know if I even want to go there today" he was serious but he knew she was teasing.

"Well I'm sorry" she said sincerely "I dunno what I'd do if my job got terminated. He looked at her confused for a moment and she continued "I work at the café down the road".

"Oh Duncan's" he grinned "Love that place".

"Yeah well I work there so come in sometime and I'll serve you the best coffee you've ever tasted" she smiled a bit more flirtatiously than she planned but he didn't mind, he liked that look especially when it was directed at him.

"But you aren't working today?" he questioned "It doesn't really looked like you're dressed for café work".

"Ah no not today, I was at an interview for a job" she sighed "Two jobs are better than one".

"So did you get it? The job?" he asked keenly.

"Yeah the lady really liked me" she smiled "The place is very nice, bit more posh then what I'm used to but hey the more posh it is the more chance of me actually getting a good position".

"Well Congratulations" he grinned and she grinned back at him.

"Yeah well I don't think I could find a better job really the pay's good, the boss is nice and so are all the staff, she even invited me to a party his weekend on the family's estate" she put emphasis on the word estate.

"So your new boss is wealthy" he smiled knowingly.

"Apparently so" she nodded "Obviously that changes nothing, money doesn't entice me and from what she told me there won't be any blokes at the party".

John raised his eyebrows "Does she have a brother or sister?"

"Yeah one of each, she says her sister's uptight about her running a restaurant and her brother...well she said she loves him but he's attractive and he knows it. Goes through women like toilet paper I believe her words were".

John stared at her with his mouth open "She said those things about her own brother?" he couldn't help but be a bit hurt.

"Yeah, then she went on to say that he's really sweet and that she may as well introduce me considering I'm probably gonna see him at the restaurant anyway..." she trailed off "I'm sorry I don't know why I'm spurting all this out to a complete stranger".

"It's ok I find it quite entertaining" he grinned and slowly released a relieved sigh "So you have seem to have learnt a lot more then you bargained for. New boss, straight away you know that she's from a wealthy family, has an uptight or rather studious sister and a very attractive and charming brother".

"Who goes through women like toilet paper" Rose added on and John hid his discomfort 'Later' he thought to himself 'Donna is going to get it later'.

"Well just don't judge a book by its cover" he smiled and waggled his finger at her "I'm sure he will turn out to be a very nice young man with perfect hair and the friendliest disposition of anyone you meet at the party".

Rose rolled her eyes and nudged him with her elbow before she could stop herself "I'm sorry" she stopped and backed away from him slightly "I just felt like I was walking with my brother" she said awkwardly "We often tease each other".

"Way to give a man a compliment" he chuckled then pretended to look upset.

"Oh come on" she smacked him on the arm "I know I don't know you but so far you are nothing like my brother".

"Oh really?" he asked puzzled "I must feel sorry for your brother then".

"You are the worst" she smacked him again and stood there with her mouth hanging open "First you spill tea on me and then offer to walk me home which for some reason I accepted, must have had something to do with your hair" she looked at it with great admiration "Then you insult my brother claiming that you are an attractive man and he is the opposite".

"I never said anything about looks" he grinned cheekily down at her "You just brought that into it because you think I'm handsome" he continued to tease "Thanks for the compliment about my hair though" he ran a hand through his hair and ruffled it slightly.

Rose was speechless and just gawped at the man "I do not think you're handsome" she tried to deny it but blush sneaked up her cheeks until she looked about the same colour as a beetroot, a blonde beetroot.

"Your face tells me otherwise" he laughed.

"Very confident aren't you?" she raised her eyebrow at him.

"Not really actually" he said honestly "There are only three things I'm confident about".

"Oh really?" she smiled "And what are they?"

"Well obviously there's the fact that my hair is amazing" he grinned and she just shook her head "Then there's the fact that I'm a genius" yet again she shook her head "And finally there's the fact I will see you again after today".

"What makes you so sure?" she laughed.

"Weeeeellllll I dunno really I know where you work and I'm soon to know where you live so I'm bound to see you at some point".

"On your stalker rounds of my house?" she joked only to see him looking at her very seriously.

He saw her face fall and he burst out laughing "You..." he couldn't stop laughing "You really think I'm gonna stalk you?"

"Well you never know" Rose calmed down a bit.

"I was kidding Rose" he actually was serious that time "I am not a stalker and even if I was I would only stalk people to annoy them and I don't want to annoy you".

"That's good to hear" she turned abruptly and walked up her driveway with him tagging along behind "Anyway this is me. It was...nice to meet you John".

"Likewise Rose" he winked and took a few steps backwards "I'll see you around".

"I'm sure you will" she turned her key and let herself in to her apartment. She hadn't had the place long and her mother had insisted that she continue to live with her, but Rose and wormed her way out of it when the property came on a great sale which she simple couldn't pass up.

The whole house was still quite bare yet but there were some personal items around that showed it was lived in. Rose flopped down on the lounge and breathed deeply the day went well, not only had she scored a second job but she'd met a really handsome guy and he was nice, not cruel like Jimmy or clingy like Mickey had been. John, John who? She hadn't even asked his surname though he'd never asked for hers either.

That night she snuggled up and watched some very soppy chick flicks and fell asleep halfway through her fourth one with a half-finished block of chocolate and a packet of chips spilt on the floor. In her dreams she was a beautiful, rich, successful twenty-something year old and John was her incredibly handsome neighbour. When she woke to the next morning she wondered if it was possible that John was having the same sort of dreams about her but she quickly brushed off the thought. Why would someone like him want her and why was she even thinking about him like that in the first place? She hardly even knew the guy for crying out loud.

Ok so how'd I go on my first try? Make sure you tell me if I sucked :P Thanks for your reviews and support on all my stories I can't believe how popular some of them are getting with you lot especially Return of the Wolf. I'm still most proud of Human Nature with a twist and I'd just like to say that if it wasn't for your reviews on it I might not still be writing some of my more trying stories. So thank you your reviews always put a smile on my face :)