Chapter 3:
||Melissa's POV||: After school, Alex approaches me. "Hey, Melissa," Alex says, "Wanna come over and visit Max?" I shake my head and say, "Not today!" She gives me an odd look and asks, "Why not?"
"Because," I sigh, "I have to stay home after school later today for coming home late from our date. I even lied to him that I have a date! I told him I was late because I had to organize my stuff for school. I can't get into anymore trouble!" I can see her eyebrows shot up and has an expression on her face, as if she has a plan.
"But you won't!" Alex says. I turn around and ask, "What are you up to..."
"I'll change time when you come home! I have a time spell." She said. "You'd really do that for me?" I ask.
She shrugs and sighs, saying, "Well, Max seems to like you a lot. I can tell by his face that every time he sees you, he turns nuts! He kept talking to me nonstop about you after you left last night! I DO NOT WANT THAT HAPPENING TONIGHT."
I laugh and nod my head. "Ok then! Will the spell wear off?" She nods her head and says, "Yeah, I'll make it wear off after half an hour." I smile and give her a huge hug.
"Thank you!" I say. She says so sweetly, "You're very welcome!" She does has a nice side also. "Besides, I need to get to know you more since your his girlfriend! Walk with me." She says.
We head over to the Substation and went upstairs. It's a good thing I was prepared! I rented his favorite movie, Stand By Me, for him. I was going to give it to him this morning at school but he texted me that he couldn't come!
Alex opens the door and yells out, "I'm home!" Mrs. Russo stands there happily, taking out a tray of food out of the oven.
Harper is right next to her, saying, "Oh hi, Melissa! Nice to see you!"
I give a warm smile and say, "Hi, Harper! Nice to see you, too."
It feels so warm and cozy here in this home. It's definitely not like my place, where everything is held almost against their will. At home, things are just too serious around!
"Where's Max?" I ask. Mrs. Russo, placing the tray on the counter, says, "He's in his room, resting!" I nod my head and ask, "May I go up there to say hi?"
They all smile and nod their heads. "Sure, sweetie," Mrs. Russo says, "And if you ever need a place to stay, you're always welcome here!"
A knock on the door was heard and Alex asked, "Who's there?" She leaned her ear against the wooden door and the voice answered, "It's Juliet! Can I come in?"
Alex swiftly opens the door and gestures her in. "Hi, Mrs. Russo," Juliet says, "I was wondering if Justin's around!"
Justin walks down the stairs and opens his arms for a big hug with Juliet. They close and tightly, so warm and pleasant. That reminds me, I better go upstairs!
I climbed up the yellow spiral staircase and knock on his door.
"Who is it?" Max asked. "It's me!" I say. Nothing was heard until suddenly, the door opens and Max quickly huddles me in his arms. He closes the door behind me and gives me a huge hug.
"Aah!" I say surprised. His hug is so tight that even my chest is beginning to hurt against his. He let's go and says, "Hey!" I smile and spot a tv with a dvd player.
I hold up the dvd case and his mouth immediately drops. "You rented it for me?" he asks amazed. I nod my head and popped the dvd in. It started playing and I sat down on the floor.
"No, you don't deserve that!" Max says from his chair. I look up at him and ask, "Don't deserve what?"
He answered, "Sitting on the floor! Come here." He pats his lap so I sat on it. I wrapped my arms around his neck, lean my head on his shoulder, and continued watching.
||Max's POV||: As the movie was over, Melissa's eyes were sound asleep. She looks so cute when she's asleep, actually! I quickly grab my phone from my back pocket and took a silent photo of us together.
Her eyes open and she asks sleepily, "Is the movie over?" I nod my head and kiss her cheek.
She checks her watch and said, "Oh I better go! Ian's going to kill me again!" She quickly grabs her bag and gives me one gentle peck goodbye.
"Wait," I say, "How about we use the magic carpet? I may not be a wizard but I still know how to control those things." She nods her head and gives me a look.
She's curious, I think to myself, but of what?
"We have to bring Alex, although," She says. I raise an eyebrow and she added, "She has a plan." I nod my head and we head out.
Alex comes along and we walk to the roof. Alex climbs aboard, taking control and I come next. I look back at Melissa, who looks quite scared.
I stretch out my hand and say, "It's gonna be okay. Trust me?" She nods her head and says, "I trust you."
"Aww," Alex says, "Now come on, we don't have all day here!" She climbs aboard and sits right beside me. I wrap my arms around her for protection.
We soar through the sky and she seems to have fun with it. The wind flowing through that straight hair makes her look like a beautiful model who has natural beauty, not people who deprive themselves stick thin to fit in.
During the ride, Melissa looks at me and asks, "Can you promise me something?" I nod my head and say, "Anything! What?" She looks out to the sky and say, "Just promise me our relationship won't be filled with lies, not even one?"
My breathe holds under my tongue. Too late, I think. "Yeah, I promise." We pinky cross our fingers and gives each other a gentle kiss on the lips. Hers on mine feels the sweetest taste I've ever come to.
"Ew," Alex comments, "No PDA in the back, okay?" We both giggle and chuckle. Her giggles are just making my heart skip beats a second.
We finally land and she hops off. She said, "Thanks, Max!" She gives me a gentle warm kiss and walks to her door.
Ian opens it and says, "You're an hour late again!" As they talk, I can hear and see Alex, waving her wand and whispering, "I am very late so change the time, change it to one hour before nine, pm!" A whip of magic soars through the sky and heads for all the clocks in the household.
"No I'm not," Melissa says, "Don't you see the clock?" She points to a big clock hanging on the wall above the fireplace. Ian then grimaces into confusion.
I fly the carpet high in the sky with Alex by my side. We try to hide so we won't expose our wizardry.
From the sky, we then see Melissa walk inside. Ian closes the door behind her and the night has ended for me. Oh, I already miss her already!
A thought came to mind, what if she's curious if I'm really a wizard or not?
||Melissa's POV||: I walk to the terrace from my bedroom and climb up to the roof. I bend my legs up to my chest, and lean my chin on my knees. I don't care if there was any wind blowing upon my face but all in my mind was, Is he really a wizard or not?
I don't want my love to be wasted at all! But, Max is not like the other guys I've seen or dated. There is just something about him that sweeps me off my feet.
I look down and slowly watch the town disappear into emptiness. I hear sirens ringing from fire trucks, birds nesting, trees swaying in the wind, with leaves ruffling. I hear that every night, which makes me feel so calm and peaceful.
"Can't sleep?" A voice asks me. It's Holly, I know it. I turn around and see Juliet instead. She said, "I was flying over the city and saw you sitting down. What's wrong?"
I sigh and just say, "Nothing." Juliet sits besides me, trying prevent her wings from pushing me off the edge. It's so big and it crackles almost like papyrus paper. She shakes her head, "No, it's not nothing! I can tell by your scent! It's about," She sniffs me, which felt very awkward, "It's about Max? What did he do to you?"
I just simply sigh, looking down to the streets. I would tell her but I'm just so afraid to hear the results. I mean, what if he is a wizard, then what would I do? I guess there would be no other option but to break up with him.
Face it, I would have to if he was because he lied to me from the start, wizards and mortals cannot be together, and also, I wouldn't want to waste my life, falling love with someone that I can no longer be with later on.
I say, "He didn't do anything wrong! Just that... He's so sweet!" Juliet's smile increases to almost an ear to ear smile. She gives me a hug and says, "Aww! You guys are going to be together forever!"
Juliet then takes a stand and spreads her wings. To be honest, they actually don't look that bad! I wonder what it is like to fly just by yourself, having wings.
She then says, "Well I better go! I don't want the sun to rise up at my face! Bye!" She then flies away, soaring through the sky.
I can hear her wings flap and swift as she makes sharp turns.
I then just went back down to the terrace to go inside my room.