Chapter 2:
||Max's POV||: I run as fast as I could from all the bullies after me. My hearts beats miles a pace as I try to keep up with my feet. I then hide behind a wall and quietly step into an alley.
I look at graffiti paint spread around, creating colorful images. I then see Alex's initial right on the center, big in red. I look around until I trip onto someone.
"Ow!" She squeaked. Her brush strokes my face with blue paint across my arm. "Hey!" I yell.
I look into those hazel eyes and realize, it's the girl from the wizard world!
"Max?" She asks confused.
I smile and so does she. Melissa, I think. I look down and realize that I am still laid on top of her. I get up and help her sprout to her feet.
"What are you doing here?" I ask. She looks at her paint brush and say, "Well... Isn't it obvious? I paint here! What about you?" I then hear footsteps and the similar voices of the guys.
I look to my right and see their shadows. I then quickly say, "I need a place to hide!" She then takes my hand and we run off to the bushes, camouflaging.
The one guy says, "He's not here. He's probably at the park in Waverly Place!" they all then ran for it.
Melissa and I stagger out of the bushes. I help her jump off the hill by holding her hand, letting her leap in the air. I catch her in my arms and put her down. It's the first I've hold her like that!
I gaze into her eyes and suddenly felt hungry for a small kiss. She then looks away and say, "Well! I better go off now! See you sometime again, Max!"
I then wouldn't let her go. I held her hand as she turned around and say, "Hey, we still haven't gone to know each other still!" She turns her head, looking down, and asks, "Hey, what happened to that little piece of paper I gave you the other day?"
||Melissa's POV||: I wait for an answer as he chuckles inside the shy grin. His face fades to pink, which makes me smile more than ever! I even still realize we're standing hip to hip in front of each other.
"Well I would've called but I'm really busy," He says, "Wouldn't you be busy because you're a... What magical being are you?" I look around thinking of an idea but I can't. Not to someone like him, especially when we haven't really talked!
I sigh and answer, "To be honest, I'm nothing but a little mortal! My best friend, Holly, is a vampire so that's how I got in the ceremony. Please don't turn me into the Wizard Council!" I squint my eyes and look away, not wanting to hear an answer.
"Don't worry," He says. I open my eyes and feel relieved, "I'm not going to turn you in! I'm a... Mortal too!" That makes things even better!
||Max's POV||: What did I just do? Did I really just tell her that I'm a mortal? Well, I did lose the competition but I regained power from Alex. I just got my wand back for crying out loud!
"Really?" She asks. I snap back to reality and say, "Yeah," I let go of her, leaving space, and continue, "Yeah, I'm a mortal too! My brother is the professor though! That's why I was there!" She nods her head, taking the thought in her mind.
"Cool!" She says. I can see her stomach is enlightening by what I just said. "But don't worry," I tell her, "I'm not gonna turn you to him." She sighs with a smile. I look at her fishtail braid flow along her left shoulder. It suits her!
No words were spoken at first until she said, "Well it's sad that I don't get to see you quite often! I'm moving around to another school and I just moved into a new home." I adjust my eyebrows and ask, "Where?"
"Down in Waverly!" She said. Oh, was all I can say. I may live in Waverly but that doesn't mean she can know! Surprises are what girls love.
Melissa checks her watch and says, "Well, I better get going! I have to go home and unpack the rest of my stuff!" I nod my head and she says, "Nice meeting you again, Max!" She gives me a warm hug, takes her bag, then leaves.
Next day...
||Melissa's POV||: I sigh and began to feel nervous, like always. I put on my special golden bracelet, which I hope will give me good luck like all the other times.
I see Ian right behind me at the reflection of the full-body mirror. "Do I look okay?" I ask him. He nods his head and says, "Okay, after school, you can wander off to get used to the place but I want you back home by 8 pm. Clear?"
"Clear." I answer him. Why does he got to be so overprotective much? I then carry my bag and head out the door. I walk to school by myself, feeling free.
I walk inside and look for my locker. Swarms of people kept passing by me, bumping into me and not even noticing me. I reach into my bag and look at a piece of paper for my locker number.
All of a sudden, I get hit onto the ground. The crowds of people then get to class, clearing my way. I feel my head, checking for any bump.
"Here," someone's voice says, "Let me help you up!" He reaches out his hand and hoists me back to my feet. His hand feels familiar and so does his voice.
I look at him clearly and there I see Max, giving me an evil grin. It's like he knew this all along! "Max," I say, "You go to school here also? Why didn't you tell me?" I gave him a friendly nudge on his chest, which felt so firm.
He almost falls down but I catch him by holding onto his shoulders. Wow, I can feel his muscles! He gives me a warm welcome hug and gives me a pleasant smile. He asks, "Hey you probably wanna hang out after school at the Waverly Substation?"
I nod my head and say, "Yeah, I'd like that!" We both gaze into each other's eyes like last time and I'm just wanting a kiss from him! I then ask him, "Ih hey, do you know where Locker 24 is?" He chuckles and says, "That's right next to mine! Come with me, I'll show you."
He takes my hand and leads me upstairs. He then gives a slight pound on the locker and says, "Here, I bet your first class is History?" I nod my head and say, "How did you know?"
"I just figured." He shrugs. I smile and opened up my locker. I put books into my bag and was ready for class. I walk and hear Max's voice say, "You do know you're going to get lost, right?"
I loosen up my arms, realizing, It's true.
I turn around and ask, "Walk with me?" He closes his locker, carrying his bag, and slides his arm, chaining our arms together. We then walk together to class. I put my head on his shoulder as we walk until we walk to a brunette girl, with amazing style! Next to her was a red-haired in a pretzel dress.
"Woah," The brunette says, "Are you two together?" I shake my head and Max says, "No, this is Melissa Rose! She's new and she's in my class. Why?"
"Wait," The redhead said, "Weren't you that girl Max was talking to in Justin's ceremony?" I look at Max and mouthes, It's okay, she's knows about wizards. "Yeah!" I answer at the sweetest tone as possible.
She stretches out her hand and says, "Well then, Hi, I'm Harper Finkle! To my left is Alex Russo, Max's sister!" Alex looks at me blankly and says, "I don't shake hands with people."
I nod my head and entered that thought in my head. "Okay then!" Was all I can say. The bell rings and Alex says, "Shoot! Come on, Harper! It's PE, I don't want to miss this one! It's the most decent class of all the others, besides Art!"
She takes her hand and they walk away. Max and I just kept walking to history.
||Max's POV||: Melissa and I kept talking and got to know each other on our way to class.
After, I decided to let her hang out with other people so she can have other friends besides me. I decided to hang out with the guys. One friend, Juan, said, "Hey, have you heard of the new chick that Max was with? What was she like?" All the guys looked at me, saying Oooh! I blush and look down, saying, "We're not dating but I want us to."
||Melissa's POV||: "We're not dating but I want us to." I overheard Max from across the hallway. "Hey, Melissa," Nancy, a new friend of mine, asked, "Are you okay?" I look down and don't say anything.
That's what he really thinks of me? He's so sweet! "I'm fine!" I say. I then hear loud footsteps and a voice yell, "There you are, Max Russo!" A huge buff guy stands in front of him, blocking my view.
"Who's that?" I ask Nancy. She answered, "That's Rob! Junior of the school and captain of the football team!" Holly then comes and asks me, "Isn't that the boy you were talking to the other day?" I nod my head, "Come here!" She takes my hand and brings me closer to the battle scene.
Rob holds up Max in the air, tugging onto his shirt. Max, feeling so much pain inside, squints his eyes, preparing for a punch in the face.
"What are you going to do with him?" I ask Rob. He looks at me, clenching his fists. "Isn't it obvious," He exclaims, "I'm going to finish him off for stuffing dirty trash in my locker!"
He throws a punch in his face and I can see his eye, starting to blacken.
I look to Holly and mouth, Help him for me! Holly rolls her eyes and pushes Rob to the wall. She clenches her fist and says, "Stop it! No more or else!" Rob hesitates and runs away from her. I think he saw her eyes turn red!
I run to Max, watching him feel so helpless. Justin then comes over and asks, "Max, are you okay?" He shakes his head and I carry him up. I say, "We should probably take him home." Justin then says, "Alex, Harper, can you help take Max home? As president, I am supposed to be o school ground at all school times!"
Alex groans and says, "Will you excuse me from school then?" Justin sighs and nods his head. Alex's face lightens and says, "Come on, Max! Let's go home."
His arm is around mine and the other around Harper. I look back at Holly and mouth, Thank you! She gives me a wink and walks away.
||Max's POV||: I wake up to find myself on the orange couch at home. I see Melissa's face, glowing in the spotlight. She holds a cloth in your hand and asks me sweetly, "Hey, how are you doing?" I nod my head and mumble, "I guess I'm okay." She giggles, which sounds so cute. I badly want her mine, like badly!
"Melissa," Mom says, "Thanks for helping my Maxie! Are you two... together?" She shakes her head and smiles. "We're just best friends." She says.
"One more favor," Mom asks, "Can you help him up to his room? There are guests coming over tonight." Alex comes in and says, "It's my boyfriend, Mason! And Justin's girlfriend, Juliet!"
I get up and Melissa's by my side, walking up the metallic staircase.
I still feel a little hazy but I'm back to my senses at least! Melissa helps me up the stairs, making sure I don't break a fall. We enter my room, which is cluttered in junk in the corner.
"Hmm," Melissa says, "Not as messy as I thought!" She lays me on the bend and she sits on a hammock. She sighs and says, "I heard what you said earlier at school."
I frown came upon her face and she looks away. Oh no, I think to myself. She then looks at me with innocent puppy eyes, watering up.
"No," I say, "I didn't mean it like that! I was just saying that so my friends wouldn't date you." She gives me a look and asks, "Why not?" My face then blushes red. I can hear her giggle once more and she stands up, walking next to me.
She puts her head on my shoulder. I smile and lean my head on hers. I then say, "Melissa, I like you. A lot." I look to her, seeing her smiling at me. At all angles, she's beautiful. Even during history class, she was participating like a brainiac!
"Me too." She answered. He face blushed pink, showing off her dimples in her smiles. "Wanna start this whole thing over and maybe take a long walk in the park?" I ask.
She sighs and takes out a small wet cloth from inside her bag. She dabs it wet under my eye and says, "Sure. Wanna go now?"
She hands me a mirror and my black eye seems to look it's healing. It looks healed enough that it's barely black anymore. "It's gonna heal by tomorrow, I guarantee it!" I nod my head and say, "Thanks! And sure, let's go to the park now!"
We head and walked over to the park. We saw a little kid's playground and Melissa comments, "Oh how cute!" We run off and slid down the slide backwards. We land at the very end and looked at each other side by side.
I then gave her a Kiss on the cheek. She smiled so innocently and kissed me back. We then took a long walk along the grass, holding each other's hand.
It started getting cold so I put my jacket over her shoulders. She puts her arms through her sleeves and says, "Aww! Thanks." She puts her head on my chest as I wrap my arms around her. The sweater's kind of big on her but it looks fine.
We then walked back to the Substation, grabbing a sandwich to eat. I made her a grilled cheese and we halved it up.
"Mmm," She says, chewing on the indulgence, "This is good!" I spotted some crumbs on her lower lip and say, "You got something over there!" I point to it and she says, "Oh I'll get a napkin!" I then use my thumb and brush it off.
"Aww!" Alex and Harper say. Melissa glances at them and looks back at me, startled. "That is such a cute date!" Alex says.
||Melissa's POV||: I smile at Max and flush in embarrassment, but in a good way. Max scratches the book of his head, which I find so attractive. I don't know why. A blonde girl then walks down the spiral stairs and calls, "Alex, Harper, Justin wants you guys upstairs! And so does Mason!"
She then looks at me and says, "Hey, Max, this one is actually not bad! She's pretty!"
I smile and say awkwardly, "Thank you! You're pretty too!" She must be Justin's girlfriend. She's actually not bad!
"Melissa," Max said, "This is Juliet Van Heusen, Justin's girlfriend! Juliet, this is my... Uhmm..." He probably doesn't know if it's official. "Girlfriend!" I say, making a small wave in the air. "Yeah!" Max says.
Juliet then reaches her hand and says, "Hi, nice to meet you!" I then see fangs in her teeth. "Oh, you're a vampire!" I say.
She covers her teeth with her hand and says, "Well, yeah! You're one too?"
I shake my head and simply said, "Mortal! But my best friend's a vampire." She smiles and asks, "Oh what's her name?"
"Holly May." I say. He smile grows bigger and says, "Oh hey I know her! She's my cousin's cousin! That's so cute how we're all relating in this tiny world! Okay I'm gonna go!" She walks away awkwardly and escalated up the green metallic stairs.
I then check my watch and say, "Dangit, I'm late!" I take my bag and tell Max, "I gotta head home or else my brother will kill me!"
Max then follows me and says, "Well, hey, I'll walk you home!" I look at him and say, "I don't think that's a good idea!" I head out the door and find myself walking in the pouring rain. Max, from behind me, put the hood over my head and asks, "Why not?"
I say, "Well, let's just say he's overprotective! He doesn't want me coming home late because I was on a date!" He nods his head and says, "Ah, okay! But wait, I need to give you something."
"Wh–" I say but before I can finish the word, I feel his lips pressed on mine. Our first kiss in the pouring rain, how sweet!
I smile and he says, "You can go now!" I give him a quick peck on the cheek and then run home.
||Max's POV||: The next day, I stayed at home, so my eye can heal a little more. It did heal but I just pretended that it still throbs. "Maxi," Mom says, "How about you call Melissa to come over later and show her some of your wizarding tricks!"
Dad then stopped her and said, "No, he can't! Isn't she a mortal or something?" I nod my head and say, "Yeah but her best friend's a vampire so she knows all about the wizard world and that stuff!"
He nods his head and said, "Then yeah, why don't you invite her over? I haven't seen her yesterday because I was with Justin, helping him pick out a tux."
I shrug and say, "I don't think she would come!"
Mom then comes to me behind the orange couch and asks, "Why not? Did something happen last night when you were in the park?" I shake my head and say, "No, it's because she came home last night and she texted me how her brother got mad at her. He's overprotective!"
They all nod heads and say, "Don't worry, she's going to be fine!" Mom adjusts the icepack under my eye, making my eye nub and sting crazy!
||Melissa's POV||: I meet up with Holly, who puts her books in her locker. We walk to the cafeteria and she says, "You really like this Max boy, do ya!" I nod my head and blush. I'm already head over heels when I hear or see his name.
"But you do know he's a wizard, right?" She says. I look at her with my right eyebrow up. "No, he isn't!" I stated. Holly disagrees, saying, "Yeah, he is! He has that wizard scent."
I pick up my plate of food and place it on the tray. As we walk to our table, I say, "Well the rest of his family are wizards." Holly says, "Well, he is also one too, apparently! Even if he really is, he'll eventually have to break up with you! Wizards cannot date mortals unless they are willing to give up their powers."
I shake my head and just ignored what she said. I start stabbing my food with a fork and pop it in my mouth. Holly pushes a lock of her pixie hair back, behind her ear and begins eating.
No, it can't be. Besides, our relationship cannot start with a lie.
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