I sit downstairs at one of the tables in the substation. I sit patiently which is weird because I am not patient I am far from it. Finally I here footsteps coming down the stairs. "Hey, Alex." Justin says with a big bag in his hand.
"I guess you're ready to go then?" I say standing up.
"Yep." He says.
"I'm going to miss you." I say walking over to him. It's only been a week since the Wizard Competition and Justin is already leaving to be the Headmaster of Whizz Tech.
"Yeah same here." He says.
"There's my boy." Mom says running into the room and hugs Justin.
"Mom, I'm going to miss you." He says hugging her back.
"Where's your dad?" Mom says looking over at me.
"He's there sorting out stuff he'll say goodbye when I get there, same with Max." He says letting her go. "Mom I got to go." And he walks away and goes into the lair.
Later that day dad and Max come back, dad's crying. "It seems that only yesterday Justin was learning his first spell." He sobs. "And now he's left us with Max and Alex, I'm going to die."
"What's that dad?" I ask looking at him while mom and I work on dinner.
"That... nothing." He says smiling.
"Justin and you are so unlucky." Max says to me.
"Why?"
"Because I got the Substation." He says. "Mwah haha."
"Oh yeah I wish I had that place, but I got to be the family, boo hoo." I say sarcastically.
"Alex stop being mean to your brother, you wouldn't like it if you were the only child who wasn't a wizard. Can't you be more like Justin?"
This is the sort of thing that makes me feel cross the consent. 'Be more like Justin.' Or. 'Can't you be more like your brother.' Or. 'GROW UP!' I am officially sick of it. Instead of saying something back I just walk away.
Over the next week I stay away from my family and I can't spend time with Mason because he's gone to stay with his parents for a week in England. So I hang out with Harper. After a while we have to go to school again. "Hey Russo, what's up?" Dean says coming over to me and Harper.
"Nothing much, bye." I say walking away from him.
"Yeah bye." Harper echoes following me.
"Hey Russo." I hear someone say behind me but I know it isn't Dean because the voice could not mask his English accent.
"Mason!" I say turning around and hugging him. "You're back from England!"
"Yes and I am so happy to see you." He says. "And I'm staying here."
"Good, I'll see you at home." I say kissing him on the cheek and turning away to head to classes.
"Wait love, you don't understand I'm not going anywhere, I've joined this school." He says.
"Seriously?" I say excited. "But wait, you're a werewolf what if you get angry?"
"Oh yeah." He says.
"Don't worry I know a spell to keep you human for twelve hours." I say.
"Oh that would be good." He says. "Do it."
"Before the switch keep him here with this hitch." I say smiling as a shimmer of light flashes through him. "How do you feel?" I ask him.
"No different. Come on we need to go to class." He says.
When we walk into Spanish, everyone turns and looks. "Ok I know it's been a while since I've been here but since when have I been in time for class?" I say because of their confused looks they all nod and turn back to the work they were doing.
"Miss Russo, Miss Finckle you are both late, very late!" Señorita Sabarís says angrily. "And you must be Mr Greyback?" She says kindly to Mason.
"Yes my name is Mason Greyback." He says.
"Ooh he's English." One of the girls at the front say, "And my gosh it's the legendary Alex Russo." She says sarcastically.
"Hello Genevieve, nice to see you again." I also say sarcastically.
"Please girls, Miss Russo, Mr Greyback, Miss Finckle why don't you take a seat?" She says gesturing to three desks next to each other about halfway down the classroom.
"Ok so, Buenos días chicos y chicas." She says in Spanish good morning girls and boys.
"Buenos días Señorita Sabarís." Good morning Miss Sabarís we say together.
The rest of the lesson is boring so I blank out all of it. Finally it finishes and Mason, Harper and I walk out and go to our next lesson. Like the first lesson the rest of the day is boring. Eventually we go back home. "Love, I've got to go I need to go see my mother and father who are here, I'll see you tomorrow." He kisses my cheek and then walks off. I watch him and then go inside with Harper.
"So what do you want to do?" Harper asks.
"Why don't we go upstairs and turn the television into a flat screen and get a scary movie and watch it on a royal looking couch?" I say, excited. She stares at me for a second then nods eagerly.
Luckily mom and dad are going out tonight so we pretend to go to bed early and then run downstairs when we hear the front door close. It's about half eight when I've transformed the couch and television. I magic up a movie that isn't even out yet. Zombie Rampage. We spend about an hour screaming into cushions, then we calm down for the next hour, then the door bursts open and someone gasps. "Alex Russo what have you done to my couch and television?" Mom says in the doorway.
"Nothing I just changed them." I say as if it's no big deal.
"Alex why can't you use your powers the way you should you're the family wizard and you need to be more responsible, you should be more like Justin use your powers wisely. You need to grow up! Justin would never have done this." Dad says crossly. I sit up straight. I get up and go over to dad.
"Well here's a bit of info, I'm NOT Justin and I'm sorry if you wish it was Justin who got to be the family wizard, but it isn't. IT'S ME!" I shout and then flash myself out.