Alex Russo is seventeen and a rocker chick. She has twin little brothers, Justin and Max. They are ten. They are wizards, kind of like Harry Potter. Alex and Justin are the nerds in the family. Justin is obsessed with magic, while Alex is obsessed with English class in school. Max, however, is part prankster, just like Alex.
Alex may not show it, but from time to time, she actually likes school and wizard lessons. But when they get in the way of reading a good book, she doesn't like them so much.
Sleeping in, like normal, Alex hides her head under her pillows to block the noise of her brothers running up and down the stairs playing. Her door is closed all of the time when she is busy or just sleeping.
Her family are well aware that Alex is a lesbian. Her best friends; Harper, Nate and Jason are all in the knowing. Alex doesn't hide it, she's open about it.
Hearing her phone go off, Alex groans and grabs it blindly. Pulling it under her pillows, Alex opens her eyes and waits to get used to the light that comes from it. Finding out it is eight-thirty, Alex fake cries. Time for school.
Slowly getting up as her mother, Theresa walks in, she groans again.
"Nate and Jason are here with Harper." Theresa informs her.
"Goodie." Alex yawns. None of her friends, besides Harper, knows she is a wizard along with her brothers. Harper lives with them when her parents are gone away, but when they aren't, Harper lives at home.
Harper has been on a few adventures with Alex when Alex and Justin clean up after other wizards like Stevie and Felix. Or even Max from time to time.
Flashing on an outfit, Theresa rolls her eyes and leaves as Alex follows after her, dressed for the day.
Downstairs, Alex quickly eats her breakfast before rushing her brothers to get ready so they can walk to their schools. Harper and Nate are both seventeen while Jason is Nate's twin. They also have an older brother, Shane and a younger one, Frankie. Frankie is Justin's and Max's age and from what Alex knows, he's sick.
Arriving to her brothers' school, just down the road from Alex's school Tribeca Prep. Dropping Justin and Max off and signing them in, Alex gives the front desk the regular rule, that only Alex will pick up her brothers since their parents own the Waverly Substation. Giving her brothers hugs, the two boys head to their classroom on time. As for Alex, Harper, Nate and Jason they arrive to their school on time as well.
"Russo!" Their principal calls spotting Alex at her locker. Turning, she spots someone she doesn't know or recognize, "Miss Torres, this is Alex Russo. Russo, this is Michelle Torres. She is a new student here. You are to show her around and get her settled." Just like that, he walks away.
"Okay." Alex nods.
"Good luck, Alex. See you in class." Jason laughs.
"Shut it." Alex smirks.
"Oh, so the badass Alex is returning?" Nate jokes.
"Don't scare the new kid!" Harper giggles seeing Michelle pale.
"Don't worry, Torres. Alex won't hurt you… hopefully." Bolting to their classes as the bell rings, Harper is the only one not in a hurry.
"See you in a while, Alex. Good luck, Michelle. Alex, go easy on her." Winking at her best friend, Harper bursts out laughing as she walks into her first lesson.
"Huh, they are jerks." Alex mutters, "Let me guess, Chemistry first?"
"How did you know?" Michelle asks.
"Knowing our luck, you will end up in all my classes. Good thing it is October."
"Why is it a good thing?"
"Christmas is almost here." Alex jokes. Giggling, Alex's heart flutters hearing the giggles come from the new student, "May I see your schedule?"
"Sure." Passing it over, Alex nods reading it.
"Luck has been proven. Every single lesson together." Alex states passing the paper back, "Let's go to our first class and at lunch I'll show you around."
"Thank you." Michelle smiles nervously. Grabbing her binder and textbook, Alex closes and locks up her locker. Picking up her backpack, Alex signals Michelle to follow silently. Sneaking into the classroom closest to them on the right, it's Chemistry.
"Russo." Her teacher greets.
"Hey." Alex waves, "This is Michelle, our new student to the school." Alex gives Michelle a friendly smile before helping her find a seat.
"Torres, your lab partner will be Russo and Tori." Nodding, Michelle accepts her textbook and gulps seeing all eyes on her.
"Come on, Michelle." Alex encourages Michelle to their lab table, "Tori, give her your seat."
"She can get her own." Cassidy Tori snarls glaring at Michelle.
"Back off, Tori." Alex snaps, "Give her your seat." Scoffing, Tori gets up and grabs a free stool. Tori and Alex are enemies, ever since Fifth Grade. Finding Michelle in her spot, Tori rolls her eyes and sets her new seat next to Michelle.
"Michelle, go get what we need." Tori orders making Michelle flinch.
"Do it yourself while I fill her in on what we are doing this week." Alex narrows her eyes.
"What about you do it?"
"Tori! Russo! Torres! Get to work!" Their teacher roars furiously.
Glaring at Alex, Tori gets up and gathers everything as Alex gets the glasses and the beakers. Michelle however stays seated reading the page they are working on. When the enemies return, Tori does nothing, letting Michelle and Alex do all of the work.
"I hate being paired with you." Alex informs Tori, "I should just mess up every lab so you fail."
"Then do it." Tori smirks knowing Alex won't.
"I'll never sink to your level. But it's a thought." Finishing the lab and taking notes while they do, Tori reaches over to get Michelle's notes but Alex pulls the binder over to her, "Do it yourself, Tori."
Peeking at Tori, Michelle could tell she is furious. Silently thanking Alex for having the guts to stop her, Michelle sighs softly.
Getting up, Tori goes to their teacher, making Alex groan.
"What. A. Baby." Alex mutters finishing off her notes and letting Michelle copy.
"Russo, Torres, let Tori copy your notes." Seeing Tori's smirk, Alex shrugs her shoulders.
"She's the one that didn't pay attention. I'm not helping her and I refuse for Michelle to become her lap dog." Alex states.
"Why is Torres copying your notes?"
"To catch up. She is new here. Didn't you know that?"
"Detention at lunch, Russo."
"Okay."
At the end of the class, Alex gathers her textbook and lends Michelle her notes to catch up. Arriving to her locker, Alex grabs her gym clothes and switches into her gym shoes. Seeing Michelle standing at the doorway of the Chemistry classroom, Alex sighs and grabs her History textbook and binder. Locking her locker, Alex walks over to her.
"Hey, Michelle." Alex greets, "Sorry for going to my locker so quickly."
"It's okay." Michelle speaks softly.
"Let's hunt down your locker. May I see the number they gave you?"
"They didn't give me a locker. Something about that the school is over packed."
Sighing, Alex knowing she is right, "Let's change that."
Taking Michelle's hand, Alex leads her over to her locker.
"Memorize the locker number or where to go, okay?" Alex whispers just loud enough for Michelle to hear.
"Okay."
"This lock is the one I have had since Ninth Grade. But I will share my locker with you." Showing Michelle the lock combination, Alex messes it up and gets Michelle to give it a try. Getting it right and opening the locker, Alex smiles, "Well done." Gathering her things, Alex gives Michelle the middle shelf for her binders and textbooks. Alex gets the top. Ripping off two pieces of paper from her binder, Alex writes her name and tapes it to her shelf, "There, the locker thing is sorted out."
"Thank you, Alex." Michelle smiles.
"No problem, Michelle. Ready for Gym?"
"Sure."
Arriving to the Gym, Alex changes quickly before leaving the change room to introduce Michelle to their Gym teacher. Letting them talk, Alex slips her hair into a ponytail joining Harper, Nate and Jason on the benches.
Talking and laughing together, Alex notices that Michelle is missing. When she returns, she is in her gym clothes. Alex has to admit, Michelle is hot as hell, if not hotter than hell itself.
"The new girl is hot." Jason speaks up eyeing Michelle. Alex silently agrees with him by nodding. Turning to Jason, Alex laughs awkwardly seeing a forming tent between Jason's legs.
"Ew, Jay!" Harper squeals in laughter.
"What?" Jason asks before noticing.
"Run to the shower." Nate chuckles, "Before people notice." Watching Jason leave in a hurry, Alex looks back to Michelle. She is standing all alone and scared. Sighing, Alex gets up, "Where are you going, Alex?"
"Michelle will join us." Alex states before leaving, "Hey, Michelle."
"Hey, Alex." Michelle whispers nervously looking to her.
"Would you like to join my friends and I?" Hearing her gulp looking up where Alex once was, "They don't bite and are not like others here."
"Will they be like earlier?"
"I don't know. Did it scare or hurt you?"
"A bit, yeah."
"I'll protect you." Alex promises.
"Alex!" Seeing Michelle jump and whirl around, Jason Gray tackles Alex with a hug.
"Ew, I don't want your sporty germs all over me!" Alex squeals as Jason lifts her up and spins her around, "Jason, stop. I don't feel good now."
Laughing, Jason puts Alex down on the bench and sits down next to her.
"Nice to see you again. I'm Jason Gray." Jason introduces himself.
"Michelle." Michelle nods nervously, "Are you okay, Alex?"
"I will be." Alex sighs through her nose calming down. Smacking Jason lightly in the arm, Jason laughs again.
"Everyone, get into teams of two." Their teacher speaks as class begins. Immediately, Nate and Harper come down off the stands and team up, leaving Michelle, Alex and Jason. Spotting Tori walking over, Alex bites her lip and stays seated.
"Uhm," Michelle looks to Alex and to the ground shyly.
"Alex, could you be my partner?" Tori asks innocently.
"When hell freezes over." Alex spats before getting up and sighs, "Jason, since you and Tori are more civil, could you be her partner?"
"Why can't the new girl?" Jason pouts.
"Would you trust Tori with Michelle?"
"No way in hell."
"Exactly." As Jason joins Tori, Alex looks to Michelle who is looking at her with relief in her eyes.
"Thank you." Michelle whispers.
"No problem." Alex smiles.
During class, they are learning the basics of basketball, why? Alex just ignored the reasoning. Many girls, like Tori, are girly girls and hate getting sweaty and gross. Alex is honestly surprised Michelle doesn't care and is really athletic. Alex is also athletic from sport camps and wizard training.
Halfway through the class, they are called in to play a real game. Girls against girls and boys against boys to make it fair.
During the game, Alex and Tori are face to face on two different teams. Harper is on Alex's team while Michelle is on Tori's.
Jumping for the basketball when their teacher tosses it into the air, Alex hits it over to Harper. The game begins. Bolting to the net, Harper passes it to Alex and Alex shoots and gets a two-pointer.
When Alex's team is at fifty and Tori's team is a lot lower than Alex's team, Tori kicks Alex's feet out from under her when she jumps to shoot. Landing with a bang, Alex lands on her back, barely able to stop her head from hitting the ground.
"Alex!" Harper gasps running over to her best friend. Shoving Tori to the ground, Harper glares before turning to Alex, who is dazed and unsure of what happened. Michelle hurries over and checks Alex over to make sure she is okay.
"Who did this?" Their teacher growls making Michelle flinch and Tori points at Michelle.
"Liar!" Harper snarls, "I saw everything."
"Michelle Torres and Harper Finkle, you both serve detention at lunch." Noticing that Michelle is worried, Alex knows something is going on with the new girl, "Now, Harper and Michelle, take Alex to the nurse."
Helping Alex to her feet, Harper and Michelle help Alex out of the class and to the health nurse.
Worried, sitting in her third period class, Michelle had to get there on her own and Alex is missing. Somehow, she has actually started liking having Alex around her, to feel safe and protected. Something she rarely feels. Halfway through class, Michelle hears the door of the classroom open, making her look up. Spotting Alex herself, Michelle couldn't help but sigh in relief and smile.
"Sorry for being late." Alex apologizes to her teacher who just signals her to sit down. Taking her seat, Michelle notices that they are on two different sides of the classroom. Frowning, Michelle turns back to her Geography work. There is only one more class left before lunch, Art.
When Geography ends, Alex walks over to Michelle who looks scared from all the students crowding around her.
"Hey! Leave her alone!" Alex snaps making people turn to her.
"Let's go." The leader of the group speaks up. The leader is her ex-boyfriend, before Alex realized she's a lesbian. The guy, Dean and Alex are still friendly with each other, not friends, but former friends. Dean is the most popular guy in the school and bullies everyone, but not Alex and her friends or his friends, obviously.
Nodding at Dean, he nods back, leaving the room with his lap dogs.
"Are you okay?" Alex asks making it to Michelle.
"I, I don't know." Michelle stutters looking at the only girl and only person who actually cares about her at school.
"How about we go to our locker and head to Art before class starts?" Alex offers.
"Okay." Arriving to their locker, Alex pulls out her Art Kit and notebook. Grabbing her spare notebook for Art, Alex hands it to Michelle, "What is this for?"
"For class? I always have a spare. I got a lot of sketch notebooks at home so you can have that one."
"Really?"
"Yeah." Alex smiles making Michelle smile in return. Once Michelle's binder and textbook are in the locker, Alex locks it when Michelle is ready, "Let's get seats together."
Taking Michelle's hand, Alex guides Michelle to the Art classroom. Once there, Harper, Nate and Jason are there waiting.
"Why are you two holding hands?" Nate asks. Earning himself an eye roll, Alex slowly let's go of Michelle's hand. At the slightest bang, Alex sees Michelle jump and move closer to her. Taking Michelle's hand once again, Alex pretends nothing happened as her friends talk.
When the Art classroom's door opens, the five of them head inside.
"Hey, Alex, join me?" Harper smiles taking her regular seat.
"Uhm," Alex looks from Harper to Michelle and back again to Harper, "I promised Michelle that we would sit together." Harper frowns but nods. Moving to the front desks, Alex sits down with Michelle next to her, "Come join us, Harper." Agreeing, Harper smiles in relief knowing that Alex never meant to hurt her. Sitting down next to Michelle, Nate and Jason join them on the other side.
During Art, they are learning about sketching landscape. Getting into groups of two, you have to be next to that person and it's also assigned. Being partnered up with Michelle, Alex gets Michelle her sketching pencils and they get to work on the assignment.
By the middle of the class, Alex and Michelle are finished their assignment and hands them in. Proud of her first time sketching, Michelle smiles and goes to sit down to find the pencils broken and sketchbook ripped.
Noticing what happened, Alex glares at her friends.
"Which one of you did this?" Alex roars furiously in a whisper.
"Did what?" Jason asks looking up from his work to only find the scene before him, "It wasn't me, Al. I'm not that cruel."
"Who. Did. This!"
"I did, okay?" Harper states, "Go and comfort your new best friend."
"Harper, how could you?" Nate gasps in surprise. Neither brother noticed what Harper did due to the assignment.
"The new girl gets all of the attention and it's always going to be that way. Wouldn't you both be furious?"
"A little, but Alex will always be here to help us."
"I don't care. Alex isn't Alex anymore." Harper points out before returning to the assignment.
"Whatever." Jason mutters returning to his own.
"You're wrong, Harper. Alex is still her. Nothing will change our best friend." Nate argues before going back to his assignment.
Sighing, Alex looks at Michelle who is sitting in her seat, stiff and upset.
"I'll replace everything for you. For now, just use my supplies." Sliding her Art Kit over, Alex flips to a fresh page as the assignments from the beginning of September lands in front of Michelle. After class, Michelle follows Alex to their shared locker and slips the assignments from Art into her backpack and form for her parents to sign and give her money for her Art Kit, "Michelle!" Turning, Michelle smiles seeing Alex rush over to her, "Did you bring a lunch?"
"No." Michelle answers.
"Let's get lunch then go to detention. We have enough time." Alex smiles back.
"Okay." Locking up the locker, Michelle realizes she doesn't have money to pay for lunch. Gulping as Alex pulls her through the crowd, they stop in line, "Uhm, Alex?" Looking at Michelle, Alex frowns seeing the fear in the new girl's eyes.
"Yes, Michelle?"
"I, uhm, don't have the money for lunch." Michelle whispers in admittance.
"I'll buy yours, no worries." Alex reassures.
"How, how are you so nice to me?"
"You're new. You'll need a friend around here, Michelle. This school is more dramatic and a freaking hell of a place to be." Seeing Michelle crack a smile, Alex grins, "You are my new friend, Michelle. Friends help friends."
"Thank you." Giving Alex a hug, Michelle can't help but like being in Alex's arms.