A/N: Here's how I could see things going once Emma gets rid of Phillip. Maybe this isn't exactly how things will go down, but I think I'm on the right track. I may make this a twoshot because I definitely know what I think is going to happen once Jax gets the Hex. I have two theories about what's going to happen involving Andi, but regardless, I know what I think the main result of Jax getting his hands on the Hex is going to be. A lot of people are mad at Jax right now, but I'm not one of them. He's the bae. He's my favorite character. I mean it when I say I'm ride or die for him, and... well, more of my thoughts/feelings on what's been going on lately can be found in some of Andi's inner thoughts. Enjoy.
There were a lot of words commonly used to describe Andi Cruz. Intense, tough, weird, crazy, and unique were the most popular, but zany, passionate, and fun also popped up every once in a while. Andi was very much her own person and, love her or hate her, it was impossible to deny she was different than most girls. From her hobbies to her fashion sense to her personality, everything about Andi screamed independent.
But there was one adjective that was never associated with the girl: emotional. Nobody thought of Andi as emotional—Andi didn't think of Andi as emotional—because she never had been. Her pet hamster died? Eh, hamsters weren't epic like sharks, anyway. Her weekend-long mechanics trip with her dad got canceled? That sucked, but at least now she could spend a full forty-eight hours playing video games. No, Andi was as far from emotional as Sophie Johnson was from a perfect IQ.
Or at least she used to be.
Up until very recently, Andi had thought she wasn't emotional or girly or anything of that such simply because she wasn't. Being emotional wasn't in her DNA, or if it was, it was a recessive trait while her tomboy-ness was dominant. Only now did she realize the reason she'd never been emotional before was because she'd never been in love before.
Because once she fell in love with Phillip, everything changed.
Being in love made her nervous about going on dates. Being in love made her want to (as Demi Lovato put it) act like a girl and wear high heels. And being in love, as she was finding out right now, was apparently the only thing that had the ability to cause her to have an emotional breakdown. There was no other explanation for why she was sitting in an abandoned corner at The Seven, silently crying her eyes out.
Yes, Andi asked her best friend Emma Alonso for a few magical favors every now and then, such as cleaning her room or conjuring her up a pet shark. But those were all said lightly in jest. Would she like her room to be zapped spotless? Sure, but it wasn't a big deal. Would she like to have a pet shark? You bet, but she would make it along perfectly fine without one.
Keeping Phillip around was the one favor Andi had genuinely wanted with all her heart. So of course Emma had refused to do it. During last period, a group of jocks had gotten a little too suspicious of Phillip because he growled at a teacher. So after the dismissal bell rang, Emma had zapped Phillip back to Videogameland forever, despite Andi begging and pleading for her to not.
Andi had been overcome with so many foreign emotions she didn't know how to handle—loss, pain, rage… well, she was used to expressing rage, but not toward Emma—it was all she could do to mumble some excuse about being late for a convention with her dad and hurry away from her best friend, away from IHS, and into The Seven. It wasn't until her butt hit the couch that she allowed her tears to fall.
Of course she realized that dating a zombie was not exactly "ideal." She realized it posed a plethora of complications, such as, you know, never being able to have her parents meet his parents and constantly fearing he would hear a loud noise and try to eat someone's face off. But she was completely prepared to face those challenges because she loved him.
Just like Jax Novoa had given up his powers for Emma because he loved her.
But that example alone was proof of why Andi shouldn't have been shocked Emma had gotten rid of Phillip. Because not only had Emma not told on Desdemona to the Witches Council once she realized the woman was trying to get her back together with Daniel Miller while she was dating Jax, not only had she stared longingly at Daniel while she was out on dates with Jax, not only had she been bothered by the fact that Daniel disapproved of her decision to give Phillip a chance in the human world even though her boyfriend Jax approved, she'd broken up with Jax and gone back to Daniel this morning, one short week after Jemma had gotten together.
Andi had never particularly liked Jax—in fact, she'd particularly disliked him—but right now, thinking it all through, she was pretty pissed off for the guy. The Australian had been new to Iridium High this year and immediately become the heartthrob of half the girls in school. And yet he never batted an eyelash in their directions because the only girl he wanted was Emma. He was persistent and annoying and on many occasions Andi had wished he'd just give up and go for one of the many girls who actually wanted him.
But he wouldn't, and now Andi realized it was because he was genuinely in love with the witch.
Andi had watched Emma go through the breakup with Daniel. She'd been in so much pain she wouldn't leave her bedroom for days, and when Andi finally got her to leave the house, she'd had to dance in front of everyone in The Seven just to distract her from her sadness. Emma had felt so guilty for lying to Daniel about having her powers back, but honestly, Andi was mad at Daniel for making Emma feel like she had to lie in the first place.
Sure, Emma could have told Daniel the truth months ago. She could have sat him down and explained that her powers were back right at the beginning of summer and this entire mess never would have happened. But then Daniel would have started acting weird around her. He hated that she had magic, he hated that she was a witch, he hated who she was, yet she had still gone back to his whiny, desperate ass at the drop of a hat.
Jax, on the other hand, wanted Emma to use magic more. Before he'd given up his powers, he'd constantly offered to help her with things like transporting and casting spells, but she always said no because Daaaaaniel didn't like her using her powers at all. And of course there was that bullshit speech of hers about getting a sense of accomplishment from doing things the old-fashioned way, but Andi didn't buy that for a second.
She might not have been a magical being, but Andi had a good enough handle on vocabulary to understand that the word clone meant exact replica. If Evil Emma had used her powers for fun, if Evil Emma had snuck into concerts, if Evil Emma had kissed Jax—that meant Original Emma had wanted to do all those things, too. Andi was getting pissed off just thinking about it. The very thought that her stick-in-the-mud best friend actually wanted to let loose and have a little fun and enjoy herself sometimes, but always stopped herself because of some douche bag guy who claimed he loved her but clearly didn't, was downright infuriating.
It was no coincidence Emma had gotten rid of Phillip a mere five periods after getting back together with the witch hater. It was no coincidence at all.
Nice going, Emma, she thought viciously. You break up with a guy who's relied on magic his entire life so heavily that he doesn't even know what laundry is yet gave up his powers to save yours because he loves you so much, then you get rid of the only guy I've ever loved because he was causing a few minor complications, MEANWHILE you get back together with someone the Council doesn't allow you to be with and who hates the person you are. Bitch.
As soon as the word entered her brain, she felt guilty. Emma was her best friend. Yes, they were in a fight, but that didn't mean Andi should be thinking such things about her. And yet... that also didn't undo the fact that she meant it. Emma was being a total bitch and Andi was not sorry for recognizing as much.
"Are you okay?"
Andi's entire body froze the second she heard that Australian accent. She'd chosen to have her breakdown at The Seven because she didn't want to risk going home and explaining herself to her parents. It hadn't even crossed her mind that Jax chilled here frequently.
There was a long list of people she didn't want to witness her crying, but Jax Novoa definitely came in at number one.
"Fine." She'd tried to say "I'm fine" but her voice hadn't started working until the second word. She shielded her face with her hand and stared at the wall, silently willing the wizard to go away.
So of course he took a seat diagonal from her instead.
"No, you're not. I assume this is about Phillip?"
"No shit, Birdman."*
"Wow. First I give up my powers for a girl, then I get dumped by said girl for a guy who thinks the expression 'Break a leg' refers to actually breaking a leg, and now I get mocked for a medical condition I have no control over. It's really great to be me." Jax stood to leave but Andi sighed with frustration and said, "Wait."
He paused.
She removed her hand and made herself look at him. He looked pretty down himself. "I'm sorry, okay? I just..." She motioned to her tear-streaked face. "This isn't exactly how I'd like for you to see me."
"Who am I going to tell? Miss Information?"
"Uh, yeah?" Andi had double-checked before coming in here that Gigi Rueda was no where in sight. She hadn't been in school today for reasons her twin brother Diego didn't even know, but Andi wanted to be sure. Gigi came in at number two on her list.
"Don't worry. After her big 'Demma is Back' celebration story, the only thing I'm sending her is vibes to drop dead."
"That's lame."
"Well it's not like I can use my powers to—"
"You work here; make her favorite smoothie then spit in it before you give it to her."
Jax actually laughed at that, which made Andi crack a smile herself. He sat back down. She didn't object.
"You really liked him, didn't you?" he asked. "Phillip, I mean."
Andi blinked back the fresh wave of tears working its way through her. She faintly nodded and said, "Yeah. Yeah, I did."
Jax took a deep breath, almost like he was nervous—which was weird, because he was way too self-assured to ever be nervous. "Tell you what. I'll make you a deal."
And just like that, non-emotional, Jax-cautious Andi was back. She leaned away from him and held up both hands in defense. "Ohh no. Nope, never, no way, a hundred times no."
"You haven't even heard what—"
"I don't care. Whatever you're going to suggest probably involves something illegal and I—"
"Unless you consider going into your best friend's room illegal, it's not."
"What are you—"
And just like that, cocky, self-assured Jax was back. He sat back and crossed his arms over his chest. "So now you want to hear the deal."
Andi clenched her jaw. She closed her eyes and did one of those yoga fire breaths Hippie Emma had taught her. "Alright. Tell me the deal."
He broke out into his signature grin and said, "I need you to get me the Hexoren so I—"
"Like I said, no way—"
"Let me finish. I need the Hex because there's a spell in there somewhere to restore a witch's or wizard's powers. I need to read the spell aloud and then my powers will come back." Andi was about to object but Jax said, "Oh come on, Andi. I gave up my powers for Emma and now I don't even have her. You know it's not right for me to go the rest of my life without them."
Despite the fact that he sometimes misused them, Andi definitely agreed Jax deserved to have his powers back—without magic or Emma, the guy was totally lost. But she wasn't about to admit such a thing Mr. Mischievous. "I'm not giving you Hexie."
"I'm not going to keep it. I just need it for one spell and then you can return it to Emma's room. She'll never even know it was gone."
The feisty girl twirled the purple streak in her hair, deep in thought.
"Plus, you haven't asked what I'll do for you in return."
Oh yeah. She'd forgotten about that.
"What will you do for me in return?"
Jax leaned forward and said, "If you help me restore my powers, I'll bring Phillip back to life for you."
Andi's heart stopped then dipped down into her stomach then beat up her throat. "Y... You'd seriously bring Phillip back for me?" Her voice was barely above a whisper; she wanted this so bad.
The wizard nodded confidently. "Yep."
Andi couldn't believe this was happening. She pinched her arm as hard as she could but the scenery didn't change. This was real life. This was literal, actual, real life.
"So what do you say?" Jax asked, extending his hand toward her. "Deal?"
Before she had time to pull an Emma and overthink the situation so much she talked herself out of it, Andi took his hand in hers and shook. "Deal."
*I stole the idea of Andi calling Jax "Birdman" from the amazing fic, The Phantom of Iridium High by ghostgirl19. Everyone go check it out and leave her some reviews now! You won't be sorry!
UPDATE: Andi actually calls Birdman in the show and I somehow forgot when I wrote this. XD But still, you should check out ghostgirl19's story!