So I've had this idea for awhile now, and I finally finished writing it today. XD LOOK AT THE PICTURE I MADE BEFORE YOU DO ANYTHING ELSE, OKAY!? XD
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"I'm telling you, Emma! I think we need to move to a house with a better security system!" Francisco Alonso exclaimed, taking a seat at the kitchen table.
Emma, his teenage daughter (who was a witch), crinkled her eyebrows as she walked over to her dad. She didn't get why he was so upset, but then another thought came to her. "But Dad, then I wouldn't live across the street from Daniel." Daniel Miller was her human boyfriend. Yes, she was technically supposed to break up with him and he wasn't supposed to know about magic at all, but sadly the Witches' Council could not force her to. Plus, her best friend Andi Cruz wasn't supposed to know either, but she was future Guardian in training.
Francisco's eyes lit up with excitement. He had no soft spot for Daniel, but instead for Emma's Australian ex-boyfriend Jax Novoa. "Emma, we need to move to a house with a better security system!" Unbeknownst to Francisco, there were many reasons why Jax was a better match for Emma: 1) he loved Emma, 2) he was a wizard, so the Council wouldn't have to interfere, and 3) he liked Emma for who she was. Francisco liked him because he was nice and polite and charismatic, along with the fact that he was better looking than Daniel, but that was just a plus.
Emma sighed and leaned on the kitchen table. "Dad, you really should get to know Daniel more. He's really sweet onc–"
"No offense to your judgment, Emma, but I don't think ANYONE should have to get to know the Miller." Her father rose from his chair and immediately went to the couch to flip through a binder.
She closed her eyes and counted to ten before following him. "Can't you at least say his name? Just once?"
"You mean Dawniel?" He didn't even look up.
Emma clamped a hand over her mouth to refrain from laughing.
Andi entered the house at that moment, practically proving Francisco's security faults point. "Hey Em–" She caught sight of Emma's contorted face and Francisco smiling as he looked through his binder designated for principal type details. "Dawniel?"
Francisco chuckled while Emma pointed at her, looking at her father in disbelief. "That's where you got it from?"
Andi shrugged. "You can't have a name like Daniel without somebody thinking up those nicknames."
"You have a little cousin named Daniel!"
She smiled and nodded. "Yeeeah… So anyway, did I leave my chain saw here?" Andi looked around, poking behind a couch cushion.
Emma shook her head. "No. I thought your dad said that if you continued to carry it around everywhere he'd take it."
Andi's eyes widened. "He wouldn't." She shook her head furiously, trying to convince herself. "No, he couldn't. HE WOULDN'T!" She rushed for the door, running straight past Daniel. "Hey Dawniel," she yelled at she went by.
Daniel's eyebrows went up as he entered the house. "Did she just call me Dawniel?" he asked his girlfriend, right before trying to greet Francisco. "Hello, Mr. Alonso. How have you be–"
"Do you see now, Emma, how serious our lack of a security system is?" Francisco straightened up, pointing to Daniel. "It allows just any Miller into the house!"
"Dad," Emma groaned, turning to her boyfriend. "Um, what he was talking about is how literally everyone can come into our house. You know, it's not really secured." She admitted awkwardly, running her hands up and down her arms.
"Oh, you're having security issues? I can help," Daniel started, taking a step forward.
Francisco, in return, took a step backward. "No way. No way I'd let you enforce security upon my house. You can't even be trusted in detention!"
Daniel desperately tried again. "No, no, I'm serious! My dad's been giving me lessons on stuff like this so I can hang out with him. I swear I'm qualified!" He held his right hand up in the air. "Swear."
Emma lit up, smiling. "What about it, Dad? Can Daniel put in a new security system?"
Francisco moaned. "Can't I just call an electrician?"
"I think having Daniel do it would be a great idea," an Australian voice called.
Emma's head snapped up to look at Jax, who was coming out of the hallway. She stared at him, hoping he got the hint in her eyes.
"Jax," Daniel said simply, not greeting yet not exactly in a disgusted manner.
"Jax!" Francisco greeted happily. "What are you doing here?"
Emma stared hard. Get the hint, get the hint, get the hi–
"Oh, I was just hanging out with Emma in her room when she had to come out here, so I thought I'd join you guys," he smirked, crossing his arms. Jax tilted his head and focused his gaze on the blushing witch.
Emma threw up her hands. "We were just talking, I swear!" She turned to Daniel. "Danny, just trust me."
Daniel crossed his arms like Jax, but in a far more childish manner as usual. "Fine." Jealousy was written all over his contorted expression.
Something inside Emma told her that lying to her boyfriend again was a very bad idea. But what could she do when Francisco was right there? Say, 'Oh hey, Dad. I know you're not supposed to know this, but I'm a witch, and Jax is a wizard, and we were practicing spells in my room. Andi's a future Guardian in training, you know, for witches. Nurse Lily is really my Guardian, a powerless witch, and Coach Desdemona was evil whenever you hired her. Oh, and while we're on the topic, Mom was a witch too, but she gave up her powers to be with you. And that old book of hers, the Hexoren? Yeah, it's a book of spells that we use.' That wasn't a choice. It never would be.
Francisco grinned back at Jax. "Well, if you think it's a good idea for Daniel to install a security system, then it must be a really good idea. Alright, Mr. Miller," he faced his daughter's boyfriend. "You can install the security system."
Daniel immediately perked up. "Thank you! I'll do my best."
"But if I come home and the whole place is overrun by hobos, I will call the police on you for fraud," he threatened.
"Dad!"
Daniel's expression turned to fear, but he still nodded. "Uh-huh. Okay."
Francisco cleared his throat and casually picked up the papers he was sorting through, and exiting the house, off to Iridium High again.
Daniel exhaled. "That was close. Thanks, uh, Jax for helping me out there," he motioned in the Australian's direction without looking up.
Jax's grin widened. "No problem." He cleared his throat, still focusing on Emma because, come on, where else would he focus. "So, uh, I have these three tickets to a concert this weekend, and was wondering if you two would want to come?"
"Um, I don't know, Jax. I mean–"
"I invited both of you," Jax clarified, rolling his eyes playfully.
Emma smiled slightly.
"You know, it's okay Emma," Daniel said, gingerly holding her hand like he always did before he left. Can you say romantic? Because he can't. "You can go without me."
Emma's eyes practically fell out of her head. "Really?" She couldn't believe what she was hearing. Daniel was always jealous when Jax flirted with her! But spending a whole evening with him? "You're allowing me to hang out with Jax all alone at a concert?" she asked again.
Daniel smiled and nodded. "Yeah. I trust you."
The words punched her in the stomach. But he can't trust me about magic. Emma made a mental note-to-self: make sure boyfriend should actually trust you. Still, she couldn't help but grin widely. "Thank you." She reached up and gave him a hug.
Jax's first reaction was to gag or roll his eyes. This scene was something he usually couldn't bear. But now he didn't need to go on with half of his plan. He could just enjoy a night with his Em.
"Besides, I should really start on that security system. I want your dad to like me," Daniel said, releasing her.
"Fat chance of that," Andi commented from the doorway she was leaning against. She held up a hand.
Daniel turned to look at the girl. "What are you doing here? You just left."
She eyed him. "Swim meet, remember?"
"OH CRAP!" He raced out the door, Andi following. They went flying down the street.
Jax strolled through the room until he settled casually on the couch.
Emma walked towards him. "Shouldn't you go, too?" She took a seat next to him.
Jax just smirked. "Nah. I'd rather hang out with my Em."
She blushed and ducked her head down, trying not to face him and his charm.
Two days later, it was Saturday. Francisco had yet another meeting with Maddie Van Pelt's mother, Ursula. It wasn't that Maddie was in trouble—she never was—but Ursula had said it was urgent and she really needed to discuss it with him. Of course, seeing as it was her, Francisco had the restraining order ready to pull out.
Emma was also going to be out of the house that night. Jax had managed to get tickets to One Direction. It hadn't occurred to her that there was no way in the world he would like their music, but rather wished to please the witch instead.
As it was, Daniel had decided to install the security system that night, also. He really couldn't afford any distractions, and having Mr. Alonso hover over his shoulder the whole time didn't seem like a very good option either.
Daniel arrived around six dragging a whole cart full of supplies.
"Whoa, Danny, how'd you get all of that stuff?" Emma asked, walking out of her room the minute she heard him arrive. She was dressed pretty casual for the night, since it was just a concert. She was wearing jeggings and a tank top with a vest overtop it. It was an Andi-like approach, but it wasn't date. Jax didn't think it was a date, did he? Did she think it was a date?
It totally felt like a date.
"The T3," Daniel huffed as he pulled the cart in, finally inside the doorway. "I swear, my grandmother is clueless. She doesn't realize that all the money she gives them only makes them surer to be future fugitives."
Emma laughed. She spun around and called, "Dad, Daniel's here! You can go to your meeting with Mrs. Van Pelt!"
"I'm not leaving until I know that you're safe!" he called back from his bedroom.
"And when will that be?" Daniel couldn't help but ask, but Francisco heard him.
"When Jax arrives!"
Daniel fought back a frown.
Emma bit her lip and whispered, "Are you sure you're okay with this? Because I don't have to go."
"No, I'm fine. I had the opportunity to go, too, but I trust you."
She forced a smile.
When a motorcycle engine revved outside, the butterflies in Emma's stomach soared up into her throat.
"IS THAT JAX?" Francisco asked.
"Yeah Dad!"
He emerged from the hallway with a huge grin on that quickly disappeared once he saw Daniel. "Aw, I thought you meant Jax was already in the room!"
The door opened and Jax came in, a purple helmet in his hand. "You ready, Em?"
She didn't trust her voice so she just nodded and gave her dad and Daniel a hug. Jax held out the helmet to her and Emma took it, eyes glistening.
But as soon as the door closed behind them, the house turned into a war zone.
"I hate you a lot, Mr. Miller," Francisco started, walking towards the boy. "But if I come back here and the house is on fire, I'll hate you even more." He grabbed his car keys and left the house.
Daniel glanced around the empty room and bolted for the window, waiting until Francisco's car had left the driveway.
He took a deep breath and looked at his equipment. He was ready.
It was time.
So that's the first chapter. I'm thinking this will be a two or three-shot, SO DO NOT ASK. And please leave actual reviews (no hate) and not just 'update' cuz that's really obnoxious, okay? Thank you. It is greatly appreciated.