We Might Fall – Chapter One: It's…you?

Disclaimer: I own nothing but the plot.

Summary: After a trip to WizTech, Alex surprises herself when she realizes she might be falling for someone completely unexpected. Teacher/Student AU.

Author's Note: This opening chapter kinda jumps a bit, I'm basically trying to set up the storyline and they the chapters will become more focused. This story isn't entirely planned out; I kinda just had an impulse to start writing it. I also apologize for the amount of dialogue; it's just my preferred style of writing.


"Alex! Come on," Justin yelled, "We've got to be at WizTech in 15 minutes!"

Alex, begrudgingly, rushed to get ready. Although her father taught them magic by correspondence they still had to go to WizTech for 'official' events and today was orientation for Justin's final year of wizard education. It was expected that Alex would attend the junior year orientation…well, not expected by many.

At the first sight of the gathering crowd of students Alex took the opportunity to sneak off in the opposite direction of them, roaming the third floor corridors of the familiar school. Alex slipped away with no intention of doing anything but avoid the snooze fest that all her peers currently had to suffer through, think that everyone in the building staff and students alike would be preoccupied she was willing to admit she may have let out something akin to a scream when she turned the corner and suddenly collided with someone. As both parties stumbled Alex looked up, her eyes meeting the dark brown orbs of the person that had almost knocked her down.

"Crap, I didn't think they'd be anyone up here," Alex began, "although I am glad not to be the only one sane enough to avoid the boredom going on downstairs."

"Actually I'm heading there right now," the striking brunette replied. 'Striking?' Alex thought. She couldn't say she'd ever described a girl like that, at least not a girl that didn't have a place on her brother's bedroom wall and certainly not a girl she'd just stumbled upon a minute ago.

"Sucks for you I guess."

"What sucks is that I'm running late but clearly that's not something you're concerned about…" she trailed off waiting for Alex to supply her name which she did. "Alex? Well Alex, I guess it was nice bumping into you, literally, but I have somewhat more regard for the rules then you apparently do. Hopefully, I'll see you downstairs," she continued, cocking her eyebrow.

The woman was subtly confident; her comments embodied with a mixture of playfulness and seriousness, able to find amusement in Alex antics but clearly a stickler for the rules herself. She quickly continued in the direction Alex had come from and Alex for all her quick wittedness could barely keep up what was happening.

"Hey wait, what's your name?"

"Mitchie. I'll see you around, Alex." She yelled as she hurried down the stairs.


Later Alex was in the lair cleaning, her punishment for her obvious disregard for the orientation, and Justin wondered in with a smitten look his baby sister knew all to well. "What put that grin on your face? You and your geek buddies come up with a design plan for a new robo-girlfriend?"

"Firstly, why would I tell you anything and secondly how many times do I have to tell you I wasn't kissing that robot? There was faulty wiring in the oral cavity and maybe it looked a little weird…" She stood there and just looked at him expectantly. "Ok, it definitely look weird but I like really human girls."

"Yeah? Like who?" Alex grinned, the conversation going exactly to plan.

"Miss Torres…you totally just manipulated me into tell you that didn't you?" Justin sighed, Alex gigging in her victory before questioning Justin on this new development.

"Miss Torres? I didn't know we had a new teacher at school."

"She doesn't teach at Tribeca Prep, Alex, I saw her at WizTech today, apparently she's the new mortal studies teacher.

"Mortal studies? Like how dad gives us Wizard lessons?"

"Some kids aren't like us Alex, they know as little about our world as we know about the wizarding world. She needs to prepare the kids who might not become the wizards of their family for living mortal lives."


Two weeks later, that's two weeks of Justin sneaking over to WizTech under the guise of learning and education while in reality he and Hugh were practically stalking Miss Torres, Alex came downstairs only to be confronted to a panicked mother, father and older brother. "Guys, what wrong? Oh, wait no, I don't care."

Justin rolled his eyes, clearly frustrated, and turned to her, "Alex, now is really not the time, Miss Torres is coming!"

"Okay Justin sure, you know you're aware right?" He sighed, not really wanting to waste the time explaining the situation.

"No, Alex! She's bringing her class to the Sub Station on a field trip. They'll be here in like an hour."

"Ah, the infamous Miss Torres is coming here? As much as I would love to see that train wreck and revel in your humiliation I actually have plans today! I'm meeting Harper in like, " she looked over at the clock behind the counter, "…ten minutes ago."


Harper and Alex were walking towards the Sub Station, frozen yogurt in hand, talking about Justin's latest crush.

"I mean it's just weird, he said he never even spoke to her, she was just making the rounds getting introduced during the orientations."

"I don't know Alex, I mean you know I am the last person to want Justin's attentions on some other girl but don't you think it's kind of sweet? Haven't you ever met someone and just been instantly taken with them?" Alex tried desperately not to let her mind wonder to the girl she had bumped into when she'd been at WizTech that day. Firstly because well, she was a girl and even though Alex was pro-whatever, her intrigue towards that girl, Mitchie, was something she had never experienced before. Secondly, and to Alex more importantly, it was because that would make her almost as bad as Justin, smitten over someone she had hardly spoken to. She managed to avoid answering Harper's question as the came to a stop outside the sandwich shop and entered the premises.

"Call it whatever you want Harper but she's a teacher, it's never gonna happen."

"What's never gonna happen?"

"You and Miss Torres," she said as Justin approached them.

"Oh really, then why is she in the lair even though her class went back an hour ago?"

Teresa walked closer to them, clearly having overheard the conversation.

"Oh sweetie, you know she stayed back to meet Alex." Justin frowned at this causing both Alex and Harper to smile, for different reasons.

"Aw, sorry Justin. She likes me better and she hasn't even met me yet. Wait, mom why does she wanna meet me?" Alex questioned.

"I don't know she met Max and Justin, if you might be seeing her at WizTech I think she just wanted to introduce herself. You did skip your orientation you know." Alex contemplated this and made her way towards the entrance of the lair.

She entered the room and saw the back of their guest's brunette head, as she rounded her father's chair she couldn't have prepared herself for what she saw.

She stood, shocked, before speaking "Mitchie, wh-what are you doing here? My mom said that Miss Torres wanted was waiting for me…Oh, it's…you." The realization suddenly hit her. The girl she'd met, the one she'd tried her hardest not to think about for the last two weeks was the same teacher her brother has been hopelessly crushing on.

"It's me." Mitchie, Miss Torres, smiled.

"You're not waiting to meet me are you, you knew it was me?"

"Not exactly. I didn't see you around school and when your brothers were talking about you today I suspected…" They hadn't dropped eye contact once, Alex had never been present for a more intense moment and she didn't even completely understand why.

"Have you also suspected what a perv my brother is?" Mitchie laughed.

"Justin is harmless, there is no need for you to be jealous Alex. You are still currently my favorite Russo."

"I'm not-I'm not jealous." Alex scoffed and as she stumbled over her words, something that seemed to be constantly happening in Mitchie's presence, the older brunette made her way over to the portal that would take her back to WizTech.

"I'll see you round, Russo."