AUTHOR'S NOTE: Not much cool magic stuff in this chapter, but it'll have it's share of romance and magic in later chapters! Enjoy and review!

I.. am.. So.. Tired. I looked at the clock in mid-air to check what time it was. The non-lit neon magic clock was ticking by the second. 10:26:12 AM. I had to start going to my trainers at noon, then I got off today around five. Not a long day, and it's Friday, so the older kids can go out after five, and we get to go out all weekend because we have off.

I smiled at this thought and stretched my entire body. Huh? What was? Oh god… Why am I still in Kevin's bed? He was 'sound' asleep, but he was actually snoring. It.. It'll be okay. We didn't do anything more than kiss. For.. Awhile. We were just in the moment, and it was dark. I'm not even gay.

I slowly got out of bed. I picked up both of our dirty clothes and threw them into the laundry hole. They shot out about six seconds later, totally clean. I put my clothes away, and folded his and put them on top of his dresser. What was last night? I can't deny the fact that I liked it.. But I'm not gay. I'm going out with Harmony. There's no way I can like him.

But, I do care about him. I mean, he's really smart, and probably the second smartest academic wizard, under me. He was so funny, he likes to make jokes out of a lot of stuff. Sometimes it can get annoying, but he actually knows when to stop. Most annoying people don't. He also is there for you. I've had problems with Harmony and he always gives me his insight.

And just look at him.. No! Justin, no!

Besides, he likes Farah, and basically every other girl here. He's not gay either. He's so toned, too. Look at those lovely muscles on his back, even. Stop! Okay, I have to get out of here.

(Alex?) I telepathically called her. (Huh? Justin.. Unnhnnnhnn… What time is it? What do you want? I'm thirsty.) She wearily answered back. Even her mind sounded asleep. (Hey, wake up, we have class soon and I want to go to breakfast and chill in the lounge before we do anything.)

There was a knock on the door. I snapped my fingers and was showered, groomed and dressed. I opened the door and it was Alex. "Hey!" I said getting out of there and shutting the door behind me. Alex looked confused. "What's the rush?" She asked. "Just starved is all. I didn't get dinner last night."

She rolled her eyes and we started towards the huge opening in the academy. It looked like a shopping mall at first, but once you have been here for awhile, you'd know exactly that it was just most of our classes, the cafeteria and the lounge.

We walked over to two slots in the wall. "Ummmmm, an egg omelet with peppers, mushrooms, and extra cheese." Alex said. It operated like a voice recognized ATM machine. A plate, with exactly what she wanted, flew out of the slot and floated in front of her.

"Oh, and an orange juice." She said. It shot out behind the plate. She grabbed both, I was next. "I'll take two sausage biscuits and a some fresh water." As they shot out, I grabbed them and we headed towards our usual table, which was occupied by my girlfriend, not my boyfriend; I'm not gay, Max, Farah, Susan, and Darla. Alex and I sat down.

"Morning." We both said. We got harassed with "Hey!" "Morning!" "Hola!"

I looked at Harmony. Her long, thick and full red hair was my favorite thing about her. Her forest green eyes stuck out. I've never seen eyes so green in my life. They were absolutely beautiful.

"Hey.." She said. "Hey," I smiled at her. We scooted our chair close to each other and I started digging into my sausage biscuits. They weren't very large, but I wasn't too hungry, but Alex thought otherwise.

I decided to eat them slowly. I won't eat again until I go out tonight. Not sure of the plans, but it's supposed to rain. Which is fine, but the only person who drives around here is Kevin.

"So, what are you guys going to do tonight?" Alex said with her mouthful. "I'm going home for the weekend." Farah said. That wouldn't make Kevin very happy later. "Me too. I haven't been home in so long. My parents miss me." Darla said. "Well, I'm going to study, teleport and take my SATs tomorrow, then go to college interviews." Susan said. Wizardry wasn't her strong point, so she tried to prepare for her human life whenever she could. She was a brain anyway.

"Harmony?" "Me? I don't know. Maybe go visit my aunt and uncle in Dublin." She said with her strong, Irish accent. I already knew she planned to go away this weekend, but with what just happened, Harmony and Farah leaving might not be the best way to help stop this problem.

I saw Kevin enter the room. Harmony continued but I ignored her as I watched her near-perfect body get his breakfast. He sat with his younger siblings. He saw I was looking at him, smiled and winked at me, and started eating.

"So you finally talk to your room-mate?" Alex said. "Uh, yeah. We kind of got into it last night." "Huh?" Harmony said. "Oh, I didn't mean like-- we weren't arguing. The different kind of get into it. I mean, no, not like that, we just talked. We only talked. Talking is okay, which is why we smile at each other now! Is that okay?"

All eyes on the table looked at me.

I was in the middle of "Healing Magic II" when I had the sudden urge to pee. I raised my hand. "Yes, Justin?" "Can I go to the lavatory?" He nodded, turned back to the board and started writing down the ingredients needed to do the healing spells. All of the powerful ones couldn't be done without ingredients and preparation. The ones that block pain could easily be done though.

I walked into the closest men's bathroom and relieved myself. I walked over to the mirror to fix my hair. When I got my faux-hawk near perfect, someone came out of the stall. I didn't see who it was, I just continued to do my hair.

"There we go!" I said to myself? "What?" The other boy said. I turned to face him. "Got my-- Oh. Hey." It was Kevin. "Hey." He replied. "So how is your day going? We get out in an hour." "It's going good, thanks for asking." He smiled at me.

"No one's going to know about last night.. I'm not queer." I said. He just looked at me. "Me either." He replied. I couldn't help but notice his hair today. It was a unique hairstyle he did with the gel I gave him for his birthday four days ago.

"What are your plans tonight? Alex and I kind of wanted to go out, but it's supposed to rain." "Oh, are you 'inviting' me, when really you just want me there for the drive?" He said. I broke my smile. "I'm just kidding." He threw in. "Of course, I'd be happy to go." "Okay, great! We can meet in our room after our last class and get ready." "Sounds like a plan!" He shot back.

I smiled at him. He was…. I couldn't bear to think it, but he was so cute. Okay, I didn't say that. Yes I did. Ooh what is going on.

"You okay?" He said. "Yeah, I'm.. just thinking." He perked his head to the side like a dog did when they saw something unfamiliar. "About what?"

"Last night.." I admitted. "You too, huh?" He let out a giggle. "I have all day, to be honest." He threw in, again. It was silent for a moment. "I liked it." I said. He half smiled. There was a small pause again.

"I mean since we got to bond y--" I started, but he cut me off. "I loved it." He said. I sighed. "What's going on? We're not gay but we liked making out?" I said.

"Like you said last night, if you're going to like a person, you'll like them for who they are. Not because you want to like someone. Not because something forces you to like someone. The only thing that will force you to like someone is your natural feelings."

I looked down. "But I'm not gay." "Neither am I."

I looked back up. We were almost face to face, like last night. "Well, as long as no one knows.." I said, and just like that, we were sharing a passionate kiss again.