A/N: I do not own WOWP or HP, nor do I own Adele's song "Someone Like You" from her album, 21. I use snippets of her song to weave in with the story. So before you trolls start to hate on me, read this.
"Never mind, I'll find someone like you. I wish nothing but the best for you, too."
-Adele (21)
The 22 year old witch sighed as she sat in front of the TV, doing nothing but staring back at the blank screen. Normally she would be binge eating pickles and eating popcorn. But now nothing holds any meaning for her ever since she and Mason broke up.
You would think this is so stupid, like hello? This is your third ex-boyfriend. Thought you would be as experienced as Taylor Swift with unsuccessful relationships.
But this one had so much meaning and depth for Alex that it wasn't as simple as ranting and badmouthing the guy in a journal entry and some ice cream to get over a boy. This boy wasn't normal. It was him; Mason.
He was the first supernatural boyfriend for Alex; the first two were lame humans.
"Hey Alex," Justin chirped as he walked down the staircase leading to the family room, "Aren't you going to watch your favorite forensics show? It started over fifteen minutes ago."
Alex shook her head and whispered, "I don't feel like it."
Justin sighed and although the rest of the family was oblivious, he know what today was; it was the anniversary of Mason and Alex's break up, four years ago.
"I'm sorry he did that to you," Justin said.
Alex rolled her eyes but couldn't retort with 'how do you know that'? Because, let's be honest, Justin had a long list of ex's before he met Juliet, his current fiancé.
"Do you ever wonder what he's doing right now?" Justin asked.
"I thought you would be telling me how I should be over him and all that shit," Alex said.
"Well, I can't say that because after some breakups, I would brood about it so long that sometimes I would stalk my ex's to make sure they are worse off than I am," Justin laughed, "Not the smartest decision, but hey, I can't judge you if you do it. Been there, done that."
"Why are you being so nice to me? I thought you made it your motto to hate me?" Alex asked, suspiciously.
"C'mon, that was all when I was young and immature. You're my sister and I never truly meant those words by heart. I care for you a lot, even when you got on my nerves back then," Justin smiled.
Alex gave a small smile and looked at the clock saying, "You know what? I'll cover your shift. Go do something romantic with Juliet and show me pictures of you two kissing, kay?"
"Y-You mean it?" Justin grinned.
"Yes, now don't make me flash you to her house. And I swear to god, you don't come home with adorable photos of you two, you're doing one month's worth of chores for me," Alex threatened.
Justin hugged his sister and flashed out. Alex sadly smiled as she remembered how excited she used to be, back in high school. Now a fresh graduate from NYU she doesn't have a boyfriend.
"Wish we were like that," Alex sighed, not knowing what was to come next.
-x-
Alex had done a couple of customer orders and it seemed to die down, the rush.
Since she had nothing to do, she decided to do what Justin said. See what Mason's up to these days. She knew she would either get the sheer satisfaction of his miseries or feel worse about his happiness. But she deserved to know the truth rather than wallow in her imagination.
"I heard that you're settled down,
That you found a girl and you're married now.
I heard that your dreams came true.
Guess she gave you things I didn't give to you."
Mason was engaged to be married to Justin's ex-girlfriend AKA the mutt he met on the wizard dating website. She thought she would be enough for him, being a wizard and all.
"I won the family wizard competition, and this is what I get?" Alex whispered.
Apparently, Mason's fiancé was pregnant, and they would be expecting a healthy baby boy the month after they got married. They would be getting married in five months.
And this whole time, Alex thought Mason felt the pain of their separation. He claimed to leave her for her own good but it felt like he made up this excuse just to be free of her.
"What didn't I give you?" Alex asked herself, "I gave you my whole heart only for you to throw it away?"
Alex slammed the laptop closed and placed it away, not wanting to see Mason's timeline photos of him kissing his fiancé, Isabella. She wept in her hands silently until the door opened.
"Ron, honestly, is that all you think about? Food? This shop is empty! I think they're closed!" A girl argued.
"Hermione, relax! See? The sign says open!" A boy argued.
"Besides, the door was open. Maybe they don't have any customers at the moment?" Another boy asked.
"This is beyond wrong, you two! We shouldn't be going in here! I bet they are closing any minute!" Hermione argued.
"It's not our fault that Late Nite Bite is ran by vampires, unless you would like to have those two creepy geezers look at our necks like snacks?" Ron asked.
"I hope this place is normal," Harry said.
Alex wiped her eyes and forced herself to act happy, even though on the inside, she wasn't okay.
"No, it's okay," Alex said, "They were right, this shop had a brief moment of piece, because the shop closes in an hour."
"Are you sure we aren't bothering you?" Hermione asked.
Alex shook her head, "No it's okay, don't worry! Besides the advantage to being the only one here is you get your food faster! Isn't that great? I do it all the time!"
"Really?" Ron asked, grinning.
"You know that creepy sub shop ran by vampires? My brother is dating the owners' daughter, Juliet. I go there all the time when it is quiet and order food," Alex shrugged.
"Wait, what?" Harry asked.
"You honestly think a human would date a vampire?" Alex grinned, "That would end up as a tragedy."
"But you-"
"Relax I am not Edward Cullen, you can breathe," Alex rolled her eyes.
"Then what are you?" Hermione asked.
"Exactly what you are," Alex grinned.
"We're not normal," Ron argued.
"Hmm… funny because that describes my life," Alex inspected her bare nails, "But I'll cut you the suspense. You three are wizards. So am I."
Hermione shook her head, saying, "Prove it."
Alex froze time, then hopping on one foot made three sandwiches and placed it in front of the trio before sitting down in exhaustion. The trio looked at the food with shock.
"Did you flash food in front of us?" Ron asked.
"No, on the contrary I froze time and made you three sandwiches. I hope you three aren't vegetarians," Alex shrugged.
"You can freeze time?" Hermione asked, shocked.
Alex nodded before flashing out and flashing in, across the room, and back to them.
"Teleportation powers are my favorite," Alex shrugged, before handing them the bill.
"I never caught your name," Harry asked.
"Alex, Alex Russo," the brunette said.
"Are you okay?" Ron asked.
"Your eyes are red," Hermione pointed out.
"I'm… fine. Allergies, being the summer and all," Alex forced a smile before going behind the counter, waiting right next to the cash register.
Sliding down underneath the counter, she broke into silent tears.
TBC