Summary: And the hint is lost on the ever oblivious Harper (making Max and Harper the most oblivious almost couple in history...)

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Dreams Like a Bubble

"Can you believe this – she switched the main love interest from one brother to the other brother!" A brown-haired girl complained in the hallways at school as they threw their latest H.J Darling novel in the trash while walking past Harper and Alex.

"Oh, I like it. I think it's so romantic how the new love interest wrote out the code word 'Hamper' as a symbol of their love using magical sugar dust. Yet It's oddly familiar." Harper shrugged after failing to work out where she had seen the word 'hamper' before. "Oh well."

Alex, even though she knew the real writer of the novel didn't quite get it either but probably because she was distracted about an art project she was supposed to do that she vowed she wouldn't use magic for (but probably would in the end anyway). "Yeah, great stuff those hampers."

"Alex, you're not even listening."

"What? See, I turned my head… showing I had been listening all along," Alex stumbled over her words, she was such a bad liar but strangely enough Harper tended to buy it every single time. But she did cock her head and that took extra special effort – so at least she should have been awarded some points for trying... if she didn't care at all she wouldn't have even done that... who was Alex kidding? She didn't care she just wanted to keep her friend happy.

"Anyway, I think these books just keep getting better and better… and to be honest the old love interest was a little stale. I mean he was cute and everything but it was obvious he was just wrapped up in his own intellect and excellent wizarding skills."

"Ha. Sounds like Justin." Needed a balloon to pop that fat head of his.. Alex wondered quickly if there was a spell for that, and then if she would get some sort of wizarding award for creating a spell for that, smirking to herself all the while.

"No, this guy isn't like Justin, he's pretty rude to the girl who likes him and Justin wouldn't be like that."

Alex stopped and stared at her friend, dumbfounded. Like Hello? Where had she been living these past six months? "Justin ignores you all the time."

"Not all the time, only some of the time," Harper answered indignantly, "anyway, I don't like your tone missy." And before Alex could tell what had happened Harper was storming away at the nerve that had just been hit.

Boy, so-ome people just couldn't stand the truth. Of course it was much easier to see when Harper was living in complete denial than when Alex was herself, but Oh well...

"I don't get it," Max frowned, his brow crinkled in the same way it did when anyone told him anything he had to actually think about as he sat in the same place, beside the kitchen in the plate factory. "It's been days since she's read the book and still nothing."

"I told you I couldn't promise anything." Harper from the future was starting to think that it was a stupid plan helping Max out like this - when it came to how she felt about Justin there was really no match for it anywhere.

"Aw, yeah I know… but thanks for trying. I'll remember to thank you for everything publically when I get famous because of the new invention I'm making."

"The monkey run unicycle?"

"How did you know? I haven't told anybody about that!"

"Yeah, it won't work."

"Aw, I keep getting all my dreams shot down!"

It was almost depressing and Harper had to admit that she was feeling more than a little sorry for him… again – curse you Max and your power of the pitifully guilty puppy look! "Maybe this will help" Harper scribbled something on the front cover of one of her newest books and handed it over to Max.

"Yes!" But his exuberance was soon cut short, "What's this?"

"Just a little self reminder," but of course Max wouldn't get what was behind that – the current her advising her past self (even though she wouldn't know it at the time).

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