I Wanna Know You

(Jenna and Beetle)

Septimus headed for the door rushing away from the giant mess he made in the library. He was just trying to do his work when he stumbled across a charm that made tiny fireworks. He couldn't resist trying it out. He was half-way out the door when he heard Marcia's voice…

"Septimus!" He gulped when he heard Marcia's voice. "What happened here?" Marcia said while she glared at Septimus with a look that could kill him, if that is, looks could kill.

"I-it was an accident. I was trying out a new charm that you left for me…" he said shakily.

"Show it to me." Marcia said angrily as Septimus handed her the charm.

Marcia examined the charm carefully, and sighed. She looked at Septimus intently, and realized he was not lying when he said it was an accident.

"This charm was not for you. I was supposed to give it to the Manuscriptorium. It contains Darke Magyk, this was the charm I left for you." She said while giving him another one, this charm was on a small broken part of a glass. "It makes you an ice cold drink. No need to spend your money on FrizFroot anymore."

"Thanks… I have to go show Beetle!", Septimus said and ran off, but before he could get half across the room, Marcia called him again.

"While your there, can you give the contaminated charm to him, to dispose off. And get the book I ordered. "

Septimus smiled and went on his way. Was he ever to receive a day off?

* * *

Jenna was just leaving the Queen's room when she bumped into Septimus.

"Oh! Sep, haven't seen you in a while. How's life with Marcia?" said Jenna happily.

"It's… indescribable, anyway, I'm on my way to the Manuscriptorium, Marcia has this charm which she wants me to dispose-"

"Can I come?" asked Jenna a little too eagerly for Septimus to not take notice of.

"Why?" he asked teasingly, he knew the answer already.

"I found this book which I want to borrow- and I haven't seen Beetle in a while." she added quietly.

"Well, okay then." he smiled when she said that. "Let's go..."

* * *

Septimus told Jenna to wait outside as he entered the Manuscriptorium. He headed straight for Beetle. He smiled at him and walked over to talk to him.

"Hey Sep, what's up?" Beetle said.

"Beetle, Marcia wants me to dispose of this charm and to get the book which she ordered." he said "And also I left something outside can you get her- it?" he said mischievously.

"Uhmm… Okay." he said weirdly,

As Beetle left, Septimus smiled and said to himself. "It's fun playing match-maker."

* * *

Beetle walked near the door, and wondered silently what Septimus left. It was probably something special for him, or Spit Fyre's dung. Well, whatever it was, he had to get it.

As Beetle walked outside he wasn't looking where he was going so he bumped into Jenna, he didn't really notice who it was.

"Ouch. Watch-" he saw it was Jenna, "I'm really sorry Jenna… but I mean… I don't really-" he said. His face went red and he thought how stupid he was.

"No problem, Beetle." said Jenna as she was on the floor. Beetle helped her up, but slipped in the process. Jenna laughed. "Beetle you're such a klutz!"

"S-s-s-sorry, I didn't mean-"he said.

"Oh, Beetle I'm not mad." Jenna said smiling at him. She helped him up, this time Jenna blushed a bit.

"Well, I better be off then…" said Beetle as he turned a lovely shade of scarlet

"Wait!" Jenna said a bit loudly "Can I come with you to the Manuscriptorium? I mean, Sep is there and I'd like to get a book I've been eyeing for the past few days.

"S-S-Sure- Of course. L-let's go." Beetle blushed a deep red, he felt like he messed up.

* * *

Inside, Septimus was cracking up. Beetle was not good at this, and he needed his help. When they both went inside Septimus went near them and smiled.

"I've got to go. I forgot something at the Wizard Tower." he said weirdly.

"The same way you forgot something outside?" Beetle asked angrily. He was still blushing.

"Yeah," he winked "Take care of Jenna for me, Beetle." This time Jenna went scarlet.

He walked over to the door and stopped in his tracks.

"One more thing "he went over to Beetle and whispered something to Beetle. "Don't mess this up." and ran out.

* * *

"What did Sep want?" asked Jenna who was curious to see what Septimus said.

"He told me- to find the book you wanted." he was bad at lying and just blurted the thing out.

Jenna just nodded and walked around. She looked around and smiled.

"No wonder Sep likes it here. It's so warm and cozy. And the books! They're marvelous!" she said with a smile.

Beetle didn't know how to reply. He just blushed and nodded. He was about to fix something when he remember the FrizFroot.

"You want FrizFroot, prin- Jenna? Sep loves those! Maybe maybe you'll like it." He said as calmly as he could.

"Sure! I'd love to taste it." he handed her a glass and when she tried it she smiled. "Delicious!" she put it down and looked at Beetle.

"G-glad you like it." Beetle said. "Here have some more." Jenna got some and gulped it down.

"Tasty!"

"You want some more to take home?"

"Oh no, it's fine, Beetle." she said smiling. "Let's go find that book." she grabbed his hand and off they went to find the book.

* * *

Jenna and Beetle we're searching for the book in all the shelves. Beetle looked at Jenna constantly, while blushing every time Jenna caught him.

"O Beetle, you don't need to be embarrassed when around me. I'm not the Queen yet….and I don't think I want to be." Jenna sighed when she said this. She never wanted to be the queen.

Beetle smiled and blushed. He was tried to come up with something sort of cool.

"I wanna know you better..." he said. He blushed hard. That came out all wrong. He was supposed to say something much more sophisticated then that.

"So do I Beetle. I know a lot about you because of Sep, but I don't know you personally. So… you want to come to the Palace one of these days, with me and Sep?"

Beetle turned red until the tips of ears. He was never invited for anything, let alone to a trip to Palace.

"S-s-s-s-sure why… n-not???" he said blushing really hard. He did not know what to say.

Jenna smiled, blushed and looked away. She tried to keep composure; she felt her face go red. Beetle, on the other hand was showing every bit of awkwardness. He tripped on a pile of books and fell down on Jenna. Their faces were close to each other and they were blushing hard.

Suddenly, Septimus came in and was shocked to see Beetle on Jenna. When Beetle and Jenna noticed that Septimus was there they stood up and tried to act unsuccessfully that is- that everything was normal.

"Was I interrupting something?" Septimus asked with a smile on his face.

He was holding back his laughter.

"No…" Beetle and Jenna said in unison. Both of them were blushing really hard. Jenna looked around the room trying to find a way out of here, while Beetle was picking up different books to distract himself.

"Are you sure? Because you two looked really… busy." Septimus said trying to avoid bursting out. He winked at Beetle.

They both blushed and Jenna decided she needed to get out of there. She picked up a random book from the shelves and stood up. She regained her poise and told her self to keep it together.

"I have the book I want." holding it up to show Septimus and Beetle. Sadly, the book she got was not going to help her at that moment whatsoever.

Septimus read the title of the book and smiled at Jenna then winked at Beetle. Beetle on the other hand, tripped and fell down on the pile of books again.

"Ten Magykal Ways to Impress the Boy You Like"? Septimus said to Jenna jokingly. Beetle was blushing more than the usual.

"Oh… er- yah… I was planning… to uhmm…" she said trying to think of an excuse.

Septimus decided to spare the two of their embarrassment- at least for now.

"Okay… whatever you want, Jen. Let's go." he said laughing inside "Oh yeah, and Beetle, great job today."

"Oh… yeah… sure… "flustering inside "See ya later, Sep. And Good-bye, Jenna"

"Bye Beetle," Septimus said in happy tone. He then nudged Jenna with his arm to remind her to say good bye.

"Bye Beetle." Jenna said uncomfortably "Thank you for the FrizzFroot."

Beetle then waited for them to leave. And when he thought it was safe- he hit his head on the table.