Disclaimer: lyrics from "Yokan" by Heidi.
Chapter 10: Moving on, moving in.
"Help me out here, Amy! What do you wanna do?"
Amelia shrugged, digging her nails and trying to picture what it would be like to move in with them. "I think it would be cool to live with Uncle Justin. It would be easier for me to do with Wizard studies when I'm face to face with him. Learning magic over the phone SUCKS. And then I can finally get to date Robert in person!"
"I don't like you dating my best friend!" Jonathan complained, annoyed by the idea that in near future, he would have to see his best friend suck faces with his cousin, whom he was by now pretty sure he had developed a tiny crush on, if he was ever willing to admit the fact to himself and embrace death.
"And I don't like you dating online!" Justin added, annoyed by the fact that his little daughter was playing with fire and could get burnt any time.
"Suck it up losers", Alex scolded them both, "He's Harper and Zeke's son. I know they'll take care of everything, this way I don't have to worry about her dating life!"
Justin sighed in defeat. "Really Alex?"
"On the other hand", Amelia continued, "It would mean changing cities and leaving all my friends behind. That's not something that I wanna do."
"Jonathan?" Alex offered. "Care to share your views on this?"
"Hey, free lodgings!" Amelia added to the list, trespassing, "Free doctor. Free food. Free TV. Free-"
"-Nothing's free. Alex is sharing the expense with me." Justin cut her off. As much as he'd love to be the knight in the shining armor, if he was being realistic, they could provide the kids more if they both worked. Besides, there was no way he was letting Alex become lazy again! That would leave her more time to destroy the house!
Alex chuckled. "Actually, it would be more like free slaves, free homework, free cooking, free laundry, free-"
Justin sighed again. "-Really Alex?"
"Do I want Amelia moving in with me and wrecking my life? No." Jonathan said bluntly, cutting into the conversation and expressing his views. He knew it in his heart that he was lying. He wanted Amelia to be with him so bad that he hated it. He ignored the thoughts and feelings, hoping this was a temporary thing and would go away. "But I really want you to move in with me Aunt Alex. So I' guess I'm with dad in this matter… Please move in with us Aunt Alex." he pleaded.
Justin held his breath, waiting for her answer. Please say yes. Please say yes. This was more terrifying to him than the time when he had told her that he loved her, because, well, being Alex, she had expressed her feelings first and he didn't have to worry about her not reciprocating. This time though, everything was at stake, and he knew he'd be heart broken if she turned him down twice and shattered all his dreams. He knew she didn't want to go back again, not now, not after so much, but he hoped that her love for him would conquer everything else.
Alex nodded. She already had a great idea in her mind, like always. "Okay, so, how about this. We stay at your place for a week and see how that goes. Like a demo kind of thing…. Then we can decide what to do."
Amelia shrugged happily. "That sounds good to me."
"Me too." Jonathan agreed.
Justin snorted. "I know you don't care about my opinion but yes this seems logical enough to me too."
Alex felt her heart skip beats whenever she thought about living with Justin. Her stomach fluttered with butterflies after a really long time. She was just so excited! At the same time, she hoped and prayed that nothing went wrong this time and they could be together forever. She also found herself waking up in the middle of nights because of nightmares, but she brushed them aside, because hey, dreams are called dreams and not premonition!
Justin found himself groaning in his sleep whenever he thought of all the naughty things Alex would make him do. He blushed during day time whenever his eyes met hers or their fingers brushed. His heart went on overdrive whenever he realized that he would be spending so much time with her again and acting like a couple. His eyes filled with tears whenever he thought about her and understood how much he missed her for all these years. Gosh, so much!
Amelia was unusually happy for her taste, and instead of trying to figure out the reason behind this, she spent her precious time plotting about pranks she'd pull on Jonathan. She slept with a smile on her face all night.
Jonathan spent the time convincing himself that he was not falling for his cousin, because hello, it was ridiculous! He whined when he realized that her moving in could intensify this crazy things he had going on in his mind. But he kept his hopes high- maybe it'd go away when he'd see how lazy and selfish and childish and gross Amelia was?
"I don't like the idea of Justin and Alex moving in together." Jerry mumbled, "I don't want the curse to come true."
Theresa huffed. "Just listen to yourself Jerry! Justin and Alex!... That's ridiculous! They had kids. With other people!"
"We don't really know who these other people are…." Jerry pointed out.
Theresa blinked. "Are you trying to tell me that you think my grandkids are…." She shook her head and glared at him. "You are out of your mind!"
Jerry gulped. "Whatever you say, honey."
Two days later
"I can't believe you teleported us all, dad." Jonathan hissed in his father's ears so that the others couldn't hear him. "You said we weren't allowed to use magic for our personal gains!"
Justin shrugged, whispering back an answer in his defense. "What was I supposed to do? Alex wouldn't listen!"
"And the paint stinks like oil." Alex added to her list of the things that she didn't like about Justin's house. Truth be told, she loved it. But there was no way she would tell him that! At least not in front of witnesses! "I'm gonna have to repaint it!"
"Which is my room?" Amelia asked tiredly, yawning and casually bored. "I need to sleep first."
"I'll show you. It's right beside my room." Jonathan offered promptly, gesturing her to follow him upstairs.
Which left Justin and Alex behind. Alone.
"So…." Alex began softly, with an evil glint on her eyes and a sly grin on her lips that made him gulp. She felt like her heart would burst out of her chest any minute. She also felt nervous tingles with Justin so close to her. She bit her lip seductively. "Do I get to share a room with you?"
He stared at her incredulously, with that typical dorky scandalized look on his face. "NO! Alex!"
Would you blame her for the dreamy happy smile that crept on her face?
"No matter what happens, I will never leave you
So don't stop, and don't be afraid.
When you do turn around and look back at me
We will surely be smiling at each other…"
A/N: This was more of a filler chapter, hope you still liked it, please review :) thanks to all the anonymous reviewers too, know that I never thank you individually because I was being stalked, but your reviews mean a lot to me :)
Things are going to intensify from the next chapter with jalex and jalex, and I need time and focus for that. Which is why don't expect the next update anytime soon. My semester exams are up and I'm not going to wreck my senior year for a fic that's barely scraping by :P Having said that, I'd still try my best to update ASAP :)
