Chapter 24

Emma

"Andi, wake up." I shook Andi awake and then went back over to my side to put on my Keds.

Her head lifted and she started rubbing her eyes. "What time is it?"

"It's nine." I said to her, plugging in my curling iron. "If you want to grab breakfast before your first class, I suggest you get up now."

She yawned. "How can you get up so early after being up so late?"

I just shrugged. Andi and I had stayed up past midnight discussing the events of last night and what Jamie told us. Probably not the smartest idea considering we had to go to class today but, we were really worried about her. I was still trying to grasp the idea someone could do that to their own kid. The thought now made goosebumps appear on my arms.

There was a knock at the door and I looked to Andi.

"Can you get that?" I said, motioning to my hair.

She got up and headed to the bathroom. "What? I can't hear you." She shut the door. "Can you get the door?" She called from the other side.

I groaned and reluctantly put down my curling iron to answer the door. I pulled it open to see Jax on the other side.

I smiled. "Good morning, what are you doing here?"

"Figured I could walk you to class."

"Thanks, where's Jamie?" I asked, tentatively.

"Oh, she stayed in my room. I didn't think it was the best idea for her to attend classes today." He said.

"Understandable." I replied and his gaze flicked to my hair.

He tried to hide a smile. "Nice hairdo."

My hand immediately flew to the side of my head and I remembered I had only curled one part of it. I glared at him but let him in anyway. I walked back over to where my curling iron was lying.

I picked it up and restarted curling my hair, Jax watching, leaning against the wall. I let go of the curl and turned to face him.

"Can I help you?" I asked, an eyebrow raised.

He didn't say anything, he only pushed himself off the wall made his way over to me. He wrapped his arms around my waist from behind and pulled me in. I froze, my curling iron in mid air where I was raising it to a lock of hair.

"Nope, just enjoying the view." He said quietly, sending shivers down my spine.

I leaned back into him, relaxing, careful to keep the the iron away from the both of us.

"Where's Andi?" He whispered.

"In the bathroom, getting ready." I answered and I saw a wicked grin spread across his face in the mirror. I turned out of his arms and faced him. "Oh no, get your mind out of the gutter, I have to finish my hair!"

"You can do that later." Jax muttered, stepping towards me.

I took a step back and held out the curling iron in front of me with a playful smile. "I will use this."

He smirked. "It can't burn what's already hot."

I burst out laughing. "You did not just say that."

He shrugged. "I did, and I meant it." During my fit of laughter, he grabbed the curling iron from my hand, somehow twirling it in his fingers without burning himself.

I stared. "What the heck?"

Now it was his turn to laugh. "I think you'll come to learn I am quite talented. Now turn around."

"Why? What are you gonna do to me?" I asked, cautiously.

He rolled his eyes. "Just turn around, Em."

"Okay, I'm trusting you." I said, turning so my back is facing him. "There's also a mirror right there, so I can tell if you're doing something bad."

"Got it." He said, and then I felt a slight tug on my hair and looked up at the mirror, a smile spreading on my face. Jax was curling my hair for me.

I stood there as he went through the other half of my hair with the iron, a smile on my face the whole time. A few minutes later, I saw him turn it off and set it down.

"There you go." He said.

"Thanks." I told him, putting it away. "One question, how did you–?"

He cut me off. "I used to do it for Jamie all the time when she was younger. She's always had long ass hair that she wanted curly, so I did it for her. She was always afraid she'd burn herself."

"That's sweet." I walked up to him and placed my arms around his neck. "And thank you for sharing your talents with me."

"Anytime." Jax responded, his arms coming around my waist.

I leaned my head up and he grinned, pressing his lips against mine. I melted into him as his mouth moved against mine. I hesitantly reached a hand up to his head, tangling my hand in his hair. He groaned and pulled away, shaking his head.

I dropped my hand and took a step back. "Is there a problem?" Was I really that bad of a kisser? I had only dated Daniel before and he hadn't ever kissed me, so experience really wasn't on my side.

"No, its just–" He sighed. "I did come here to tell you something but, I keep getting distracted." He said the last part with a small smile my way.

I blushed and rolled my eyes, hoping he wouldn't notice.

He tilted my chin up, making me look in his eyes. "By things like that." He whispered.

I bit my lip and looked away. "Okay, that's enough..." I glanced back at him with a smile. "What did you want to tell me?"

"You know I don't want to, but I think we should cancel our date tomorrow. I just want to stay home and make sure Jamie's alright, you know?" He said, anxiously awaiting my response.

He didn't know I had thought the same thing. I shook my head. "Its fine, I was thinking that also. I was gonna come over anyway, I do want to check on Jamie."

"Thank you." He said. "And don't worry, I am taking you out on that date."

I only grin and the bathroom door opens, Andi coming out fully dressed.

"Oh great, you two. You know, I'm a little hurt at the fact that I had to find out through Jamie you two were dating." Andi said.

"I didn't even tell her yet." Jax says back.

"No, but she did catch you guys kissing last night and started freaking out. She texted me last night." She looked at me. "When were you going to tell me? Especially after everything I've done for you?"

"Well I was going to tell you today. After everything that happened yesterday, I didn't think it was the right time to tell you guys." I told her.

"Mmhmm." Andi just picked up her backpack. "Well I'm going to get breakfast. Don't let making out be the reason for your being late to class!" She waved at us and walked out the door.

I groaned. "I'm sorry about her, she can be a bit...much."

His eyebrows went up. "Yeah, I've noticed."

"Come on, we should get to class." I went over to get my backpack then turned to face Jax who was on the couch now and turning on the TV. "Jax!"

He looked up at me. "What?"

I picked up his bag. "We kind of have somewhere to be."

He let out a long sigh and then finally turned the TV off. "You owe me."

"Oh yes, I apologize deeply for helping you get an education." I held his bag out to him and he took it, chuckling as we left my room.

Andi

I was typing up Jamie and I's report for class on my laptop when my phone chimed with an incoming text. I picked it up, seeing that it was from Philip.

Meet for smoothies in 10?

I smiled as I responded, I could use a smoothie break, I'll see you soon.

I saved what I was working on then shut my laptop. I tucked my phone in my pocket and got up off the couch. I walked towards the door but when I reached for the door, appeared in Agamemnon's office. I turned to see Agamemnon sitting behind his desk.

"Why am I here?" I asked him.

He got up. "It has come to my attention that you are dating Philip Tyson."

"Okay, if this is about that no dating rule, you never did anything to revoke what Jamie did and plus, there are plenty of other-" He cut me off.

"Its not about that." He put a hand up.

"Its not?" He shook his head. "Okay, well then can I go now? Cause I kind of have a thing to get to and-"

"Andi, you know its against protocol for humans to date anyone from the Magic Realm." He said.

Shit. I had completely forgotten about that rule. "But...I'm a guardian now." I tried.

"A guardian, but a human nonetheless. You two are not supposed to be-"

"Wait, you can't do that can you? Don't you need the other two Council members to appeal to a case like this or something?" I asked.

He sighed. "This is true. But, it is a law and if it is approved by all three of us, you two will be ordered to separate by law."

"But-"

"And if you remain together afterwards you both will be stripped of your guardian abilities and sent to the Mortal Realm with no contact with other witches, wizards or guardians. Do you understand Miss Cruz?"

I couldn't seem to say anything so I just nodded.

"And you will not tell Philip about this arrangement. Until you both appear before the Council for reasoning he cannot know about this."

"Why?" I questioned.

"Because it is not his job to take care of this. As a human, you should have been aware of this and avoided it."

"His job-? That's a double standard! Against women and humans, its not like he shouldn't have known about it too!" I exclaimed, getting angry.

He waved his hand in my direction. "Call it what you want, it won't change anything."

I glared at him. "You're right. It won't change the fact that you're a chauvinist, sexist, cruel-" And I was in my room again. I exhaled. "Douchebag."

I flopped back on my bed, staring up at the ceiling. I heard my phone and pulled it out from my pocket.

You coming?

Biting my lip, I texted him back, I'm actually not feeling very well, maybe another time.

Sorry to hear that, hope you feel better. :)

I turned my phone off, grabbing a pillow from underneath my head and cradling it. I buried my head into the pillow, allowing myself to sink into the softness of it, swallowing back the lump in my throat. I hope so too, Philip. I really do.

A/N: Wow, I am really piling on the heavy stuff now aren't I? It looks like Phandi is in some trouble. Did anyone else kinda forget that humans aren't allowed to date magical beings? I almost did, and then I remembered and thought it could spice up the story a bit. Sorry. :/. Anyways, there was that Jemma at the beginning so I hope you appreciated that. *wink wink*

I will try to update more frequently, though the next chapter may be up late July or the first week of August. Thank you, and I hope you liked this chapter! Don't forget to favorite/follow and review!

Now for reviews:

TTluv19: Yeah, it is a shame for those two but you're right, she is strong:)

shadowhunter167: Thank you, thank you so much! I try my hardest to make this story good and I'm glad you like it, sorry for the heart hurting last chapter and probably this one :(

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angelcreature13: If you liked the Jemma last chapter, I'm sure you loved this one ;)

slytherinprincess2002: Jax will always be there for her, and I got hungry reading that review too XD, thank you!