Chapter 9:

||Melissa's POV||: I'm actually proud of what creation I've just made! I'm even more proud to have a boyfriend that comprehends with me for once!

I free myself from Max's arms and grab my polaroid camera from my backpack. I ask Max, "Hey, can you take a picture of me with my artwork?"

He nods his head and turns on the camera. "3... 2..." He counts, "1... Smile and say, 'I love Max!'" I giggle and say, "I love Max!" the camera snapped a flash and I try not to blink.

I then looked over the picture and thought, Wow, I look friggin ugly. But then I hear Max comment, "You look beautiful, as always!" My cheeks flush red from his compliment. He kept scrolling through my photos and he found this one of me with braces.

He asks, "Woah, you got braces?" I shake my head and retorted, "No, I ate a transformer and forgot to floss!" I slip the camera from his fingers and packed it in my bag.

I then walked to the Waverly Substation with him to grab a bite for lunch. I then grab a five dollar bill and give it to Max. He asks, "What's this for?"

I say, "It's for lunch! I want to pay because I feel bad for getting free food here instead of everyone else!" He shakes his head and pushes the five dollar bill.

I then put the bill in my bag, saving it to give someone else who is reliable to put it in the cash register. I see Harper and mouth, "Put in the cash register for me, please?" She nods her head and does as told.

We then went upstairs to the apartment and found Mr. Russo, saying, "Hey, Melissa! Is it okay that tonight we can all have a family dinner after Max's shift at the Substation with you?"

Mrs. Russo added, "It's time that we all talk and have bonding time with you together, as a family!" I nod my head and say, "Of course, Mrs. Russo! I'll be staying the whole day with Max."

I look at him, grinning with excitement. He then takes me upstairs to his room, where we can be alone. Before we go inside, we pass by the printer in the hallway. He prints out the picture of me, on the side next to my artwork from the alley.

I ask, "Why did you print this out?" He said, "Come here, I wanna show you something."

He takes my hand and leads me to his room. He closed the door behind me and scuffles his stuff, searching for something in his desk. He then gives up and just takes out his wand, casting a spell, "Ex, ex, extra hand, make a stand, give us a hand!"

A living hand appears on top of the desk. I jump up from the bed and Max asked, "Help me find the scrapbook of me and Melissa!" The hand gives it a thumbs up and starts searching the desk. In a matter of minutes, the book is in the palm.

The hand then flies toward me, gently putting the book on my lap. I say, "Thank you... Hand!" It gives me a thumbs up and Max zaps the wand to make it disappear.

He then sits down on his chair. He pats his lap so I sat on it. I open the book in front of him. I ask, "Is this the scrapbook of us?"

He nods his head and said weakly, "Yeah! I added tons of photos of us and added more from Justin."

I flip to the first page set of photos and look at us, having fun together. When we were at the park, at the Russo resident, in the sky, my terrace, the kitchen when we were baking cookies, and more.

The book ended up being a quarter full! I say, "Aww! Max, this is so sweet and just so cute!" He smiles and takes out the printed photo of me. He places it in an empty frame on the scrapbook and said, "There! Voila! You and your artwork."

He gets a pen and marks today's date on it and labels it, Melissa's Alley Artwork. This just increases my smile.

I close the book and put it to the side.

Max then falls back onto the recliner chair and pulls me down as well. I face him and he faces me, giving me a kiss on the forehead. He pushes me closer to him and wraps his arms around me.

I close my eyes, relaxing this peaceful moment. Then I hear him say, "Haha!you're cute when you look like you're about to sleep!" I open my eyes and nudge him.

He then moves my thighs closer to him and doesn't remove his hand.

I start to twitch my legs because it just prickles my skin. He then slides up his hand and then I begin to stutter. I say, "You're a little low there!" He rolls his eyes and slides his hands to my waist line.

I say, "I'm sad that later on, we can't be together!" He shakes his head and said, "Don't think about it! Just ignore that and live what you have left."

All of a sudden, Alex opens the door, which makes us both flinch apart. "Alex!" Max yelled.

"Oh there you are, you two weird lovebirds!" Alex exclaims. Really, I think to myself. I whisper to Max, "What is she up to?" He shrugs, giving me an I don't know look. Alex then just waves her wand and zaps it in the air.

We then find ourselves in the living room with pillows on the floor. It was like I just dropped off a cliff and landed into a cloud. "Pillows for feet spell," Justin says, "You're learning!" "I know right?" Alex says triumphantly.

Alex then zaps her wand and says, "Into thin air, send this chair!" The chair we sat on then disappears, making me and Max falls to the floor.

"Now," Justin says, "Before we begin, make your troubles no more, go in through the outdoor!" My stomach starts to rise in fear. "What are you guys doing?" Max asks.

Juliet said, "We have an idea to help your relationship! Ya know, helping you guys be together forever?"

Max's face and I light up like a Christmas tree. We ask, "How?" Max then said, "Wait, are you guys going to put some sort of spell to make Mr. Crumbs think she's a wizard?" Alex paused and thought for a minute and said, "Okay, make that plan B, or we should call it 'operation sneak–" "No!" Justin cut in.

"Sit, sit," Justin says. We did as told and he continues, "Since Max is a wizard, and Melissa won't let him give up his powers, we had an idea! How about turning Melissa into a magical being?"