Welcome back to chapter four. This chapter will also be in Justin's point of view. Enjoy.
Drawn To You
Kali and I finished up our tutoring session rather quickly and we suddenly became very quiet, unsure of what to say now that school was out of the way. "So...Kali. What brought you to New York?"
"My parents wanted to move someplace where there was a better school." I nodded, partially believing what Kali was saying but also thinking that there was some ulterior motive behind the move. I grabbed my notebook, scribbled a question on the paper and passed it over to Kali. She looked down at the writing, her eyes widening when she looked up at me. Did your family come here because they were wizards? I took the notebook back with a smile and wrote down what I hoped would be a reassuring statement. It's okay if you tell me. I'm a wizard too. She looked up at me and I nodded. She gently grabbed the pencil and notebook, writing something down on the paper before passing both things back to me. Yes, that is also why my parents moved here. I'm originally from Chicago. How did you know? I scribbled on the paper again and passed it back. Your wand fell out of your bag in school. I just put two and two together. I passed the notebook and watched Kali smile at what I wrote. She scribbled on the notebook and pushed it back. My cheeks started to flush when I read what she wrote. I guess you aren't just a pretty face then. Should've known you were smart, too. I took a deep breath, scribbled on the notebook and passed it back to her. I was surprised I was talking to a girl this easily. Usually it's like pulling teeth with me just to get me to say hi. I looked towards the counter and saw Max eating a sandwich, not paying attention to anything going on around him. Typical Max.
"Kali. I have to take care of something. I'll be right back, okay?" She nodded and pulled the notebook in front of her. I smiled until I turned around to face Max. "Max! What are you doing?"
"Eating a sandwich. Want some?" He offered me half of his half-eaten sandwich, wafting the smell in front of my face as he did so. It smelled awful; I felt like I was going to vomit.
"Ugh! No! What is on there? Never-mind, I don't want to know. Why aren't you doing what Dad told you?"
"Because I was hungry."
"Max."
"Fine. Hold onto this for me." He shoved his plate towards me and I groaned as the smell got worse. Max went back to work so I put his sandwich under the counter, hiding it from civilized taste.
"Justin!" I popped up so fast, I hit my head on the counter on the way up.
"Ow! What do you want...Alex! What are you doing here?" She gave me a confused look, as did Harper who was standing next to her.
"And they call me the dumb one. Who is that?"
"Who?" She pointed to Kali and my eyes went wide.
"Someone who wants lunch, obviously. Why does it matter?"
"She has books on the table and she looks our age, Justin. Is that the new girl you were talking about this morning?" I shook my head, trying very hard to keep Harper and Alex away from Kali for obvious reasons. "I'm gonna go ask her."
"No!" I walked out from behind the counter, stepping in front of Harper and putting myself between her and Kali. "I mean, I'll ask her." Harper and Alex exchanged looks as I walked over to Kali. "Hi there." She looked up at me from the notebook and smiled, breaking my concentration momentarily. "Those two over there were wondering whether you were the new girl at our high school, Tribeca Prep." She gave me a confused look but it suddenly dawned on her where I was going with my plan. She shook my hand, making my face flush again.
"Yes, I am. My name is Kali. What's your name?" Damn, she's good. Before I could answer, I heard two sets of feet behind me and two sets of hands pull me out of Kali's grip.
"Don't worry about him. He's a dork. I'm Alex and this is my best friend Harper." I watched Alex and Harper crowd around Kali and I could tell she was a little nervous about being bombarded by the two friends.
"It's a pleasure to meet you both but I was kind of here with Justin." She pushed past the two and walked over to me, looping her arm in mine and smiling at me.
"How do you know his name?"
"He's my tutor." I looked at Kali then turned towards Alex and Harper, flashing a smug smile. Before Alex had a chance to say something, I spoke up.
"And she's coming to dinner tonight." Alex's jaw dropped and I smiled again.
"With our family?" I nodded. "This is a joke, right?" I shook my head. Alex stood there, speechless for once with Harper standing there next to her just as speechless.
"I need to get home to change, Justin. What time should I be here?"
"Seven should be fine."
"Okay. I'll see you then." She kissed my cheek, walked over to her bag, grabbed it and walked out of the sub shop. Alex and Harper looked back at me and I just stood there with a smile on my face. I winked at them and walked back to the table where the notebook was still sitting there. I looked at the paper and smiled even wider. Kali had drawn a picture of me surrounded by designs that any artist would envy. Kali sure was a special girl and I'd love to get to know her more.
-FIN-
That's all for this chapter. Hope you enjoyed it.
