The Silence

Chapter 7

Sophie's POV

"Wake up Sophie"

"Um what?" I opened my eyes to see a very awake Alex standing in front of me. That's weird, she's normally never awake before me. "Why are you waking me up?"

"To tell you I thought about what you said. I know now that I've been in a slump lately, only seeing my problems." I sat up straight

"Go on" she sat down beside me.

"I've been pushing so many people out and sometimes even you…" she tilted my face up to look into her eyes. "What I'm trying to say is that I know now why I keep trying to make you stay with me… because I love you." She turned her face away from me. "But I know it's stupid because you're straight and I keep claiming I am…"

"Alex, shut up and kiss me." She turned back quickly and captured my lips with hers. I could feel the tears running down my face as my eyes closed. This was officially the best thing that's ever happened to me. All of a sudden I heard this growl like noise. I tried to shut it out like it wasn't there, (and that's not really hard to do when you're kissing Alex) but it kept coming back. What is that, it's like a tiger or some type of animal. Finally it was silent, but as I was calming down it came back, louder.

"What the fu…?" (And just to make things clear, I was going to say fudge). There on the side of me was Alex snoring. How can such a beautiful creature make the most wicked noise I've ever heard? At first I thought about waking her up but then I thought why not watch her sleep. I should've known that it was a dream. Alex is never that mushy and she defiantly isn't straight out there with her feelings. But wouldn't it be nice if she did? I don't think I can have her. I don't mean date her; I think I have a shot at that. I'm talking about having all of her. Even though she shows she cares about me, she shows she cares about Harper more.

Wait… that's what I could do. I could get her mind of a Harper, show her that there's more out there. More people. More things. More anything. One day I'll try.

Alex's POV

I woke up on an empty couch. Maybe she didn't want to talk to me since I was being stubborn last night. She probably would do that. Man, hanging out with people who have sensitive feelings was a lot of work. I got up and stretched out. Cracking my knuckles, twisting my body, touching my toes. "Are you working out?" I heard from behind me.

"No, it's just my secret routine that I do in the morning… that's not so secret anymore."

"Sorry, my bad." She had her hands in the air as if she were surrendering. I noticed that she had a McDonald's bag in one of them and she was wearing her nurse uniform again.

"Hey, whatcha got there?"

"Our breakfast." I grabbed the bag and sat down eating.

"I thought doctors and nurses are supposed to eat healthy to keep a good image."

"I'm not a real nurse." She said with a smile taking a huge bite out of her sausage biscuit. That's what I liked about her; she always seemed to have an answer for everything.

"You working today?" she nodded. "Oh, well maybe we can hangout when you get off of work." I really didn't want her to go.

"Or you can just stay here with me. I'll just tell everyone you're new to the program." She'd didn't even have to think before she spoke again.

"Yeah, I'd love that."

Miranda's POV

I'm sitting in my dorm waiting for Justin to get here. My roommate is asleep on my bed… again. I don't know why she tends to get drunk and fall asleep on my bed every night, but I figured there's no point in yelling at her anymore. She's probably gonna get kicked out soon enough.

If you're wondering why I'm waiting for Justin, it's to break up with him. I don't know why I waited so long for this; I guess I just didn't want to do it while the Harper thing was still in everyone's minds. To break someone's heart right after they lost someone is like being stabbed over again. I'm not that cruel.

Then I heard a knock on the door, it had to be Justin because he made up a special knock for us. Weird much. "Come in" he walked through the door in a suit holding big vase full of white roses.

"Here my love" he said handing them to me. This is going to be harder than I thought.

"Thanks… Can you sit down; I need to tell you something."

"Alright… but who's this girl that's passed out on your bed?" Ugh!

"She's my drunken roommate who likes to sleep in my bed rather than her own, but that's beside the point. We need to talk, now." Wow, I think I almost saw fear in his eyes before he sat on the bed. "I don't think we should go any further in this relati…" before I could even finish the statement he was on his knees in front of me, begging me not to do this.

"Please don't do this. I can change. Please, I can change. What do I have to change?"

"Justin stop, you can't change who you are. You're always are gonna be the boring over achiever you are today. I mean, yeah you'll make a lot of money, but I'm not that kind of girl."

"No Miranda, there's plenty of interesting things about me, like… I shower with my underwear on."

"That kind of makes you a geek now… sorry."

"I say very romantic things out of nowhere and I can speak in alien." Then he said something weird.

"You're not really making me want to stay with you; you're just making this painfully easy."

"Well there is one thing that makes me interesting." He stood up and sat back on the bed.

"What is this one Justin?"

"I'm a… wizard." I started laughing so hard.

"Now you think you're a wizard. Dude, just stop trying." His face was emotionless. "Wait, you can't be serious Justin. Magic isn't real." He just stood up and pulled a stick out of his pocket. Next thing you know we're in Hawaii looking at the sunset. "Wow, how'd we get here?"

"Magic" was all he said flashing us back to my dorm.

"Oh my gosh! You really are a wizard. I'm sorry that I called you boring, I'm sorry for it all. He just smiled and pulled me into him.

"It's alright, but don't tell anyone. If you do I might lose my powers." I nodded. Wow, my boyfriend is a wizard!

Justin's POV

After I left Miranda's dorm I flashed home. He said Professor Crumbs wanted to see us. I was freaking out completely. I can't believe I just broke the major rule of the wizard world. Do not expose wizardry! I can't hold this kind of thing in me. If I don't tell someone that's not me really fast then it might come out to Professor Crumbs or dad. Where's Alex? She'd never tell because she exposed it to Harper. "Hey mom, where's Alex?" she just shrugged her shoulders.

"I think she's at the hospital; with Sophie again. Don't you think those two are getting quite close?"

"I don't know maybe, but where's… Max?" yeah, he forgets things pretty easily.

"Oh in the substation with Jessica." I'm kind of glad my little bro finally got a girlfriend that's perfect for him. I rushed downstairs and found them throwing straws at each other.

"After we finished the straw fight we should built a fort." Jessica said.

"No way, I was thinking the same thing." He smiled.

"Hey Max, can I talk to you for a sec?"

"Wait dude, let us just finish this straw war."

"No man, it's urgent." He got up and walked behind the counter.

"What is it?" I took a big breath in and then let it all out.

"I exposed wizardry to Miranda." He looked confused.

"Why are you telling me this, shouldn't you be keeping this to yourself so it doesn't get out?"

"Yeah, but I can't bottle up something like that… and now that it's out I feel better."

"Ok." He just scratched his head.

"Oh, call Alex and tell her that Professor Crumbs wants to see us at 3." He nodded and walked back to Jessica. Now everything was good again.

Max's POV

"So, what do you want to do tomorrow?" Jessica asked.

"Let's go camping." She seemed to really have to think about this. We were in front of her house when she finally answered.

"Maybe, but I have to ask my parents. They're really strict on me staying with a guy with no parent supervision, but with you I think they might let up." She smiled kissing me on the cheek. "See you around." I can't wait till I can actually kiss her, it's still never happened.

Its 2:39, crap I forgot about Professor Crumbs and Alex. Beep, beep, beep, ring, ring. "Yellow"

"Alex we need to be in the lair at 3, Professor Crumbs wants to see us." I heard her breathe out as if she were pissed I called her.

"Ok, whatever." And then the line went dead. I ran home forgetting I could just flash there.

As I walked into the lair I saw a poof of smoke and then there was Alex. Then the fire alarm went off. "Alex!" dad yelled running into the lair. "What did I tell you about poofing in and out of places?"

"It was Max." wait, what? Did I really do that? I don't even remember, I was breathing so hard and the room seemed like it was spinning.

"Max, what have I…?"

"Yeah yeah, no poof poof. I got it dad" his face relaxed a bit.

"Where's Justin?"

"Here I am, as good and honest as ever." Way to make it obvious Justin.

"How's college treating you?" dad said patting him on the shoulder.

"Great, Miranda and I are even still together."

"Really?" dad and Alex said at the same time.

"Yeah," Justin said kind of hurt. "Does a miracle have to happen for a girl to stay with me longer than a year?" dad nodded and Alex started laughing.

"Dude, it's a miracle that a girl wants to go out with you in the first place." I started laughing along with her. It was pretty true.

"Hey, are you guys still together because you told her that you're a…" Justin cut me off.

"That I'm a great guitarist, no." Justin signaled me to shut up. Dad just looked at us funny.

"Can someone tell me why Professor Crumbs wants to see us so I we can get this over with." Alex said.

"Why do you want to get back to the hospital so… oh wait, it's to see Sophie, isn't it?" Justin said grinning.

"Wouldn't you like to know?" she turned to look at her phone and started giggling.

"What's so funny?" dad asked.

"Her new little girlfriend sent her a text." Justin cooed. Her smile disappeared.

"She's not my girlfriend asshole."

"Wow, Alex. Watch your mouth and if this girl is your girlfriend we'd love to get to know her more. You don't have to be scared we won't accept them as they are."

"I know daddy, but she's not my girlfriend." He smiled grabbing her into a hug. "Yeah, but why is Professor Crumbs coming?"

"I don't know sweetie, he just he'd be…" as he was in the middle of his sentence Professor Crumbs walked through the portal.

"Hello Jerry, Alex, Max, and Justin." We all said hi. "I see you're getting slimmer by the day." He said patting my dad's stomach.

"Does that beard ever grow anymore?" I asked. It always seemed to stay the same.

"I'm actually not sure anymore." he looked down lifting it up. "I think that…"

"Ok, why did you want to see us?" Alex interrupted him.

"Oh, I just like to see how the wizards are before the competition happens. You know it's coming soon." He was right, two more years and there we would all be fighting against each other to claim the powers. Justin and Alex already had to do it once. It's funny how she didn't even know a lot of spells and still won.

"So you're here to prepare us?" he nodded.

"But first, I really need to use the bathroom." He said crossing his knees.

"Just upstairs, Theresa will tell you the rest." When he was gone Alex went back to her phone, Justin tried to occupy his mind, and dad was staring at his bellybutton. It took years for him to know he could do that. "Ugh dad?" he looked up at me. "I want to ask you something."

"What is it Maxi?" I shouldn't, but I should. Screw it.

"I wanted to know if I could tell Jessica I'm a wizard?" everyone looked at me now, finally Alex broke the silence.

"Aww, you want to impress your little girlfriend?" I shook my head.

"No, it's just… she always tells me everything even the disgusting things about her, but the point is she tells me everything. And now I want to tell her everything too." Alex awed again.

"He's gonna break the biggest rule in the wizard world to be honest to his girlfriend. That's so cute. Let him do it daddy." Dad stood up.

"No, no, I'm not letting him do that. That's a big no no in the wizard world. Why would you even think I would allow you to?"

That's not fair. Alex told Harper, at some point in time you told mom, and Justin told Miranda."

"Damn it Max!" Justin yelled throwing his hands in the air.

"Stop talking like that, what's gotten into you kids? And Justin, did you really tell Miranda?" I knew he couldn't lie now.

"Yeah, she was about to breakup with me because I was 'boring', crazy right?" we all looked the other way. "Wow, thanks guys." He said sarcastically.

"You should've just let her dump you, you would've found someone after her." Alex said from the couch. The conversation wasn't going the way I wanted it to go.

"Dad, why can't I? I'm the only one who hasn't expose magic." Just then Professor Crumbs came back in.

"Stop this instant." Everyone went quiet. "I heard everything that was said."

"How?" Alex asked

"Well for one you guys aren't that quiet and I don't pee that long." He stood there with a hard expression on his face. "Justin and Alex I will see you in wizard court for exposing wizardry." Then he turned to my dad. "And since I can really punish you Jerry, I'll just be mean to you. You didn't get slimmer, I was lying." With that he left.

"Thanks a lot Max" Alex said rushing out the door.

"Yeah, way to go." Justin pushed past me.

"Do you think I'm slimmer Max?" I put my head into my hands and silently yelled at myself for screwing things up.

D= That's the end of chapter 7, I'm already starting on chapter 8. Hope it goes great… by the way the whole wizard court thing might go a little different then it went the show. D=