They have More BOUNCE in California.

10:30am

"ALEX! GET UP IT'S ALMOST TIME FOR CLASS!"

Alex Russo woke up from her nap to the sound of her roommates low yet strong voice. She had her first class in college at 7am, or at least first class at a 4 year college. After high school Alex had decided to go to a Junior College near home in New York. But she wanted out of the house, especially after Justin left. It just wasn't as fun without him around. She defiantly had a lot of choices of colleges, but she loved California. Out of state tuition was a lot cheaper. And with the money saved from working at the substation, she had enough to get by.

But she loved the idea of the west coast. Something different, something more…wild. Alex was going to turn 21 in two months and she loved the feeling of being older. Her father on the other hand begged her not to move so far. But she put those doe eyes on him and melted his heart. Her mother agreed with him but still calls her once a day just to check up on her. Alex loved the freedom without her parents watching over her every second.

At least it wasn't as hard trying to keep her wizard secret now that the competition was over. Justin ended up winning as the family wizard. Alex really wanted to have the powers, but she was happy for Justin. He had stayed back in New York to study at NYU, trying to keep as normal as possible. While max was just entering his senior year in High School. It kind of sucked not having her brothers around to mess with. But she needed her space to breathe sometimes, especially when riley was over. They needed some "alone" time. That was tough to find when her mom, dad, and brothers were always around.

Her and riley had broken up before she left for UC Santa Cruz. A long distance relationship just wasn't gonna work for her. Especially with all of those hot surfer boys a girl could find on the beach. Being single was great and today was her first day of class. Alex was brushing her teeth when she heard her roommate Terry knocking on the door.

"Alex you're taking forever… I need to do my make up"

Alex opened the door for her smiling;

"it takes time to look cute."

She laughed lightly before walking out of the bathroom and over to her closet. The on-campus apartment was small but quaint. It had two bedrooms, one bathroom, a small kitchen but a big living room.

"What's your next class?"



Terry asked across the room looking into the mirror putting her mascara on.

"Human Biology… with Mr. Dorsac, I have a lab with it too right after."

"Sounds fun maybe you'll meet someone new..." terry smirked looking at her.

"or hot," Alex replied with a giggle slipping the shoulder strap over her head and walking out the door.

11:25am

Alex walked across the quad to the science building and entered her class. She still had about 3 minutes until class started but the room was pretty empty. She picked the big lab table in the back corner that was still empty. It seemed only two to a table to she would have two lab partners, hopefully hot ones. She watched as people entered the class a minute before class began. It was already eleven-thirty and the teacher hadn't shown yet. Alex fixed her lip-gloss looking into her compact mirror, her ears listened to footsteps approach her and she looked up.

"Hi. Is this seat taken?" it was a girl who seemed even younger than she was, long blonde hair, and green eyes.

"No" Alex said with a smile pulling aside her bag .

"My name's Samantha." The girl stated as she sat down. "Alexandra…Alex for short"

An older man walked in to the classroom with his briefcase. He was dressed in casual wear, with an old United States Marine shirt and jeans. His salt and pepper hair showed his age but he seemed to be keeping fit. His glasses were almost at the tip of his nose clearing his throat gently and writing his name on the white board.

"hello class my name is Mr. Dorsac and this is Biology 20- Human Biology, First thing is first I want to pass around these cards to everyone. There are 56 people registered for this class. And 56 cards in this deck. So if you have an Ace of Spades you sit with a heart of spades. If you have a Ace of Clubs you sit with an Ace of Diamonds."

Mr. Dorsac shuffled the cards thoroughly and passed around all the cards, getting to Alex and Samantha last. "What card did you get?" Samantha asked showing Alex her card.

"I got an Ace of Hearts." Alex said putting her card on the table.

"oh that sucks I got a Queen of diamonds." Samantha spoke giving a sad pout. "Well that doesn't mean we can't talk to each other. I Live in Redwood hall, room 210"

"No way I live in Redwood hall too! But in room 325 so I'll see you though" Samantha smiled with the look of excitement on her face. Mr. Dorsac started putting papers at the edge of every table, with higher 

cards towards the front and lower cards at the end. To Mr. Dorsac Aces were lower cards and Alex only had to switch one table over. She watched as others got their partners and she saw a tall guy walking towards her. He was about 6 feet, very athletic, beautiful facial structure; Alex hoped that this was her partner.

"Ace of hearts?" he asked his voice deep and powerful, but still loving. She took a closer look at him, his eyes were dark from far away, but from close up they were a deep blue.

"Yeah." Alex smiled looking at him as he sat down putting his backpack on the table. He was wearing a white wife beater, black and navy plaid board shorts, black and white converse, and a black DC hat. Alex loved his converse; they were old school low-tops with black laces. She also loved the fact that you could see his muscles. He had great arms, the kind that could hold you closely… or hold you down. Alex shook the thought from her head. She saw his hand reach for hers and she heard his voice.

"Jericho Kelly, it's nice to meet you." He shook her hand and smiled showing his teeth. Jericho had a great smile. "Alexandra Russo. It's nice to meet you too." Alex smiled taking her binder out as Mr. Dorsac passed out the class syllabus.

"I suggest that you make friends with your partner because it is going to be a long semester." Mr. Dorsac said turning on the projector.

two hours later after Lab class…

1:30pm

Mr. Dorsac finished the Lab introduction and let everyone go. Jericho followed after Alex to the cafeteria. "So what dorm did you get?" Jericho asked as he took his schedule out of his pocket. "I live in Redwood Hall with my roommate terry. What about you?" Alex asked looking up at him. "I live off campus in an apartment. The Oracle Apartments, they're about 5 miles from here." Jericho opened the cafeteria door for Alex and walked in after her. He loved that she was small compared to him, like a porcelain doll.

"Oh well what class do you have next?" Alex asked getting in line to order some food.

"Actually I'm done for the day. I only have two classes today. What about you?" Jericho spoke getting a Monster Khaos Energy drink from the beverage box.

" I have Weight Training…but it isn't until 3 so I have some time to eat. " She smiled and ordered a cheese burger and curly fries.

"Oh well if you need help finding the P.E. building I can show you if you'd like." He smiled gripping his food tray and walking over to the cashier. Jericho had grabbed a Triple Decker sandwich, chips, a cookie, and a banana.



"your really gonna eat all that?" Alex smirked grabbing her burger and fries. She payed for her food and followed Jericho to a table near the window. She put her bag down and dipped a curly fry into some ranch sauce. Jericho smiled and took a bite out of his sandwich and swallowed before answering.

"Yup. I work out a lot so I need a lot more calories. Plus I'm still a growing boy…" He joked laughing slightly taking another bite out of his sandwich. "I'm taking cardio kickboxing here. And I go to a boxing gym after school everyday. I'm kind of a sport junkie."

"Boxing? That sounds hard. Trust me I can barely run a mile without dying." Alex giggled taking a bite out of her cheeseburger. "Well I don't actually box…I take the Mixed Martial Art classes there it's a really good work out."

Jericho tried breathing again. Alex was beautiful; every time she spoke or just smiled it was like getting the wind knocked out of him. Her long wavy hair coming over her shoulders, and those big brown eyes shining every time she smiled. He was getting way to chatty, he wanted to know more about her.

"So tell me about yourself Ms. Russo…"

To Be continued….in part two.