See, told you I would update today! =) We watched the Wizards Finale! I was really happy with the ending. I thought they'd just make it obvious and make Alex win, but even though she did, they twisted it. And I'm happy that Max got the Sub Shop, even though he's no longer a wizard. He'll do well. So sad it's ended though… Goodbye childhood! =')
Disclaimer – I do not own Wizards of Waverly Place. If I did, Harper would have stayed as that unique girl with the crazy fashion style, who she was in the first season.
Chapter 5
Juliet. He needed to find Juliet. Justin knew that her and Alex were friends, and he figured that his sister wouldn't mind if Juliet played the matchmaking game with her for while.
Yes, Justin did care about his sister, despite how they were always arguing and teasing each other. It was just fun, and actually kept them from getting bored, quite often. But Justin knew, if he really needed something, Alex would pay someone to help him, sit back, then take all the credit afterwards. So why not get someone to help her?
Justin looked out to the hallway. It was just before first period, so Juliet would have been playing netball before school, and should now have been at her locker grabbing her books. Justin scanned the hallway once more. He finally caught sight of her, stuffing her sports clothes bag into the tiny locker. It amazed Justin how flawless she could look, even after just coming from playing netball for an hour.
"Hey, Juliet!" he called. Juliet turned around and smiled, her shiny white teeth noticeable, even through the hallway full of people.
"Hi, Justin." she slammed her locker shut, and walked towards him. They met in the middle of the hallway. "What's up?"
"Umm, I've been thinking," he started.
Guys. Thinking? This was never a good sign. Unless the guy was Justin, of course, who was always thinking. Aside from him… Males were not the right species for the particular task.
"Thinking?" she asked. "About what?" she asked.
Justin was silent for a moment. Alex would kill him if she found out what he was doing. He thought for a second, before he finally, speaking. "Do you know if Alex likes anyone?"
"What, as in, like, a boy or something?"
"Well, unless she's told you that she's attracted to a different species, then yeah; a boy."
Juliet chuckled. "Ermm, no, I don't think she has a crush… But I could find out for you," she offered. "How come?"
"It's just that… She seems kinda lonely. I dunno, I just feel she should-"
"Yeah, yeah. I get it," Juliet said truthfully. She liked Alex, and was often quite intrigued by her rebellious, 'I don't care about anything' attitude. She'd like to help her get a boyfriend. "Alex deserves someone special."
But in fact, although neither of them knew it, both of them were wrong. Alex already didhave someone special. Ironically, it was the boy who was trying to find out who it was himself.
"I'll talk to her about it," Juliet said smiling. "I doubt she'll want you involved in her love life though."
"And that," Justin said, poking her stomach, " is why I have you! You're allowed to know all this stuff."
"Right…" Juliet giggled. The bell rang for first period, meaning they had less than two minutes to get to class. And they were still stood in the hallway.
Justin pictured his lesson timetable in his head, and realised that they wouldn't be able to talk next until… sixth period. They wouldn't even see each other at lunch; Justin would be at Alien Language League.
"What are you?" he asked, sighing.
"Calculus."
"I got Biology."
"Great, opposite ends of the building." Juliet sighed. "I'll find out about Alex, don't worry."
He smiled. "Thanks, Juliet." Justin leant forward to kiss her cheek, but she quickly flicked her head round to make him kiss her lips. He wasn't expecting that, but hey, what could be expected from Juliet van Heusen? Asides from anything hot and sexy, he thought. He smiled into the kiss, and soon felt Juliet's fangs on the inside of his bottom lip. They scraped back as they continued kissing, until Justin was distracted by the familiar taste of his own blood.
"Oh my God. I'm sorry, Justin, I didn't mean t-"
"It's okay." He brought a finger to lip, and traced it, being taking it away and looking at the scarlet blood smear on it.
"Shit," Juliet whispered.
"What happened?"
"I don't know. I was just really into the kiss, I guess, that I wasn't thinking. I'm not that type of vamp, you know that."
"I know. And you promised me you wouldn't do that anyway."
"I almost did."
"You didn't. And in school, in the hallway anyway?" he turned around and gestured around the area. "Wouldn't be the best place for it, would it?"
"I love you, Justin." She tiptoed slightly to kiss Justin's lips, but he turned his head away. Juliet was confused. "You alright?"
Justin had to quickly think on an excuse. He bit his bottom lip, as he always did when he was in though, but forgot that it was tender. He drew in a sharp breath, in slight pain. "We'll… Be late for class."
"Right. But, do you want me to take you to the school nurse?"
"And say what? 'Hey, nurse, I have a booboo on my lip because my vampire girlfriend and I were making out, but she then accidently drew some blood with her fangs.'?"
The late bell rang.
"Let's just go to class," he said. He looked at his girlfriend and saw the worry in her eyes. "I'm fine, Juliet, don't worry. I'm not mad either."
When Juliet didn't reply to him, he went to his last resort. Once again, he traced his finger along his bottom lip, but then put his finger to Juliet's lips. She looked up at him, before gently sucking the blood off his finger. He rarely let her taste his blood, just in case. Nothing had ever happened in the few times she'd had a taste of it, but she stayed clear of it. So that she would become addicted to it. If she became addicted to it, the consequences could become a matter between life and death.
Without saying a word, Juliet pushed Justin's finger away from her, adjusted her bag on her shoulder, and walked down the hallway and disappeared into the other school building.
Justin was finally alone with his thoughts. He wasn't mad at Juliet; he was just slightly confused. She had extended her fangs and drew blood from him. She'd never done that before; not while they were just friends, not from when they'd started dating, never. It just worried Justin a little. If he she was like this now, at school, out in the open hallway, with teachers lurking in offices, and students just doors away in classrooms… Then how would she be when they were alone?
The school day went by surprisingly slowly. Juliet couldn't get the whole situation in the morning with Justin out of her head. However, despite her mood, she knew she still had to help Justin help Alex. As soon as the bell for end of last period finally rang, Juliet walked over to Alex's locker.
"Alex!"
"Oh, hi, Juliet," she replied. Well, as normal as a reply could be when it was her dream boyfriend's girlfriend she was talking to. "Haven't seen you round my house for a while."
"Yeah, Justin's been coming to mine lately," she replied. "What about you; how are you and your boyfriend?" Juliet struggled to hold back the smile tugging on her lips, knowing full well what the answer would be. Turns out being around a friend actually made her feel a lot better.
Alex sighed inwardly. "Umm… I don't have one." Because you have him, she thought afterwards.
"Well, who do you like?"
"What?" Alex asked, confused.
"Come on, you must have a crush on someone. Tell me."
Alex looked round, and exactly eight lockers away was Justin, putting his books away.
"Oh my gosh," Juliet whispered. "You like Chase?"
"What?" Alex asked, again. She turned her head back again, to see her brother's friend Chase, talking to Justin, whose locker was right next to his.
"Yeah… Yeah sure," she muttered. She'd been so focused on Justin that Chase was invisible to her. "Uh, don't go and say anything though."
A smile spread across Juliet's face. "Oh, don't worry. I wont."
Later that evening, Justin went to Juliet's house. "Hey, Justin," she said opening the door to him. To be honest, she wondered why Justin would even want to come and see her. But apparently, he was fine.
"Hey," Justin replied. He hugged, before walking into the house. He closed the door and leant on it. "So?"
"So…"
"Does Alex like anyone?"
Oh yes, Alex, Juliet's latest matchmaker game player. "Yes, she does like someone."
Justin looked at his girlfriend expectantly.
"And…"
"And I've sorted it out, so it doesn't concern you anymore."
"But I wanna know!"
"You'll just have to wait."
Justin sighed at Juliet's persistence. "Alright."
He was seriously okay, despite this morning? Okay, Juliet thought. Neither of them had coursework, which was unusual because of their busy schedules. Although they did have a detention for arriving late to both their class, but at least they would be together. "Now, can you come upstairs?" she asked. "I want to get your opinion on this outfit I have; I don't know if it suits me."
"I'm sure it suits you just fine," he said in a low voice. "But yeah, sure, I could come and look at for you if you like," he smirked, raising his eyebrows.
"Not that, you pervert!" she exclaimed, playfully pushing him on the shoulder. However, she couldn't rest planting a kiss on his cheek. "Come on."
Alex was at home. Alone. Again. All she had to do was kill time; she could contemplate about life – about global warming, perhaps. Well, she did still have to complete the homework that Justin had handed to her the other day. She'd discovered that it was Geography. She had to 'write an essay describing the human and physical impacts of a earthquake of [her] choice, in no less than 600 words.' She loved that - no less than six hundred words. Five hundred and ninety seven, plus her name, plus the date, plus the title, would add up nicely. In fact, she could just get started on it now, and get it over and done with.
Ha. Like she was ever going do it.
Alex heard her phone vibrate, and reached forward to the table to check the notification.
1 New Message
Ur welcme - Juliet
You're welcome? What could that mean?
Then her phone made a sound again, but this time it wasn't a text message.
Incoming Call: Unknown Number
A call from… 'Unknown Number'? A random person had her number? This wasn't good. Alex pressed the phone's green call key to answer.
"Hello?" she said, confusion and curiosity in her voice.
"Hi, Alex," the voice on the line replied.
It was a guy. She recognised his voice; was it from school, or the art museum, or somewhere?
"Who's this?" she asked.
"Err… It's Chase."
Alex's blood ran cold. Her heart started racing and she could feel her palms become sweaty. So that's what Juliet meant when she'd said 'you're welcome'! But Alex didn't actually like Chase, she only said she did to stop things looking suspicious.
"Um… Hi Chase," she managed.
"So err… How are you?"
"I'm good. You?"
"Yeah, same." Alex heard him draw in his breath, as if he was about to ask something important. "Listen, I was wondering if you wanted to see a movie or something tomorrow?"
Important, huh? To him - sure.
But to her… It was literally, the worst thing that could ever happen to a teenage girl. The boy your friend thought you liked asking you out on a date.
What could she say? If she said yes, Juliet would think she liked Chase, a lot, Chase would probably ask her on a date again, and she'd have to fake the whole thing.
But if she said no, Juliet would be confused about why, Chase would probably feel awkward, and she… Well, at least she would have been true to herself.
"Um…" she said, still deciding. She had to come up with an answer. Now. "Yeah. Sure."
"Great," he replied. "So do you wanna meet at the cinema around seven tomorrow?"
Tomorrow? That soon? She decided whether or not to make up and excuse saying it was too short notice, but figured it wasn't worth the effort. Chase, as well as everyone else around school, knew what Alex was like. The only reason things could be 'too short note' was because people had plans. Like commitments and such. But, Alex? She just went with the flow. She never had a commitment, and everyone knew that. "Okay, yeah." she finally said.
"Cool. See you then."
"Bye."
"Bye, Alex." Even on the other end of the phone line, or possibly, on the other side of town, Alex could still hear the smile in his voice as Alex had agreed to go on a date with him
As soon as she hung up, she started typing a new text message.
Juliet! Y did u do that? :O - Alex
Cause u like chase! :P - Juliet
I told u not 2 say anything - Alex
Well I did and now ur going on a date. - Juliet
How did u even know he would ask me out? Wat if the whole plan backfired in2 ur face? - Alex
Vampire = Psychic. Duh :| - Juliet
Oh. Rite. Well anyways, now I'm going 2 the cinema with him 2moro. - Alex
Put some excitement into it! He could be ur future boyfriend! - Juliet
I'm going 2 the cinema with him 2moro! Woohoo. :| - Alex
Well, slightly better. I wonder wat will happen… After the movie u mite go 2 his house, then 2 his room and start havi- [Undelivered] - Juliet
Alex couldn't read the whole of the last text message, but even if it had sent properly, she wouldn't have wanted to. She wasn't that type of girl anyway, regardless of whether she liked the boy or not; it was the fist date. Anyway, it was too late to turn back now.
What could she do; call back tomorrow saying she was sick? Pretend to have family plans? Just not turn up?
No.
She closed her eyes, sighing deeply.
What the heck had she done?
Okay, here's a general reply. [I will reply personally as usual though btw.) I'm sure most of you guys are pissed off. YES, most of the chapter was that huge, stupid, pointless Justin x Juliet scene. But it's relevant for later in the story, trust me. And I think it just makes it a lot more interesting.
This IS a Jalex story. But both Georgia and I thought it would be really boring if we just launched straight into the Jalex parts. So we put some Justin x Juliet. Might be a bit of Chalex. But the story will DEFINTELY end with Jalex. =D
I JUST LIKE TO MAKE THINGS INTERESTING. ;)
Pennant – Haha, thank you for your review for Chapter 1. =)
Roganjalex – Thanks, kk.
A l b a . D e l a c o r t a – I know; boys right? -_- Lol.
Review and tell me what you thought of this chapter. And bye the way, the last part [from Chase's phone call onwards] was rushed… Sorry. =( I am extremely sorry for this huge, stupid, but not pointless Author's Note. I won't do one this long again, sorry guys. xx
Did anyone else like those Jalex scenes in the Finale? Like when Justin and Max slowly stopped hating Alex. The look between her and Justin when she was by the table and he was in the kitchen… Aww. 3
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