Tragic Magic

Chapter 4: The Jealousy

Lj slouched in his seat, as he watched the girl he loved work with some phony magician, Maynice. He couldn't wait to go home and forget about this day.

"Now for my final trick, Friezet, would have seat here." Maynice said, before a chair appeared out of no where. Friezet nodded in agreement and took a seat in the chair.

"I will take this black sheet and place it over my assistant here." Maynice said, pulling a random sheet out from behind him. Then he indeed put it over her, but you couldn't see Friezet's indent under that blanket, but just a simple chair. The audience gasped, especially Lj, he was a bit upset about Maynice making her disappeared.

"Whoa." said a familiar voice. Lj then turned his head to the right and saw Friezet, sitting in her seat, wide eyed and shocked.

"Friezet? Where did you go?" Lj asked.

"I-I... I don't know." Friezet hesitated.

"Please give a round of applause for my assistant, Friezet." Maynice said. Then a few spot lights appeared over Friezet once more.

"Well, that's it for the show everyone, but you can catch Berwyn and me tomorrow." Maynice said, before disappearing off the stage. The audience applauded once more, before most of them exited the tent.

"Wow, it looks like you had fun." said Jackson. Friezet then turned red, and punched Jackson in the arm. "Ow, hey I was kidding."

"I don't care if you kidding or not, I don't like it when you talk like that about me." Friezet scolded.

"Well, you may want to check your face." Jackson said with a smirk on his face. Friezet then got even redder, she got up and stormed out of the tent.

"You may want to watch your girlfriend." Jackson whispered to Lj. Lj then got angry.

"SHE'S NOT MY GIRLFRIEND!" Lj shouted. Lj then soon realized that his shout alerted the rest of the tent. Everyone was starring at him, and it caused Lj to be a little red with embarrassment. Glade then sighed in annoyance, she got behind LJ and started pushing him out the tent.

"Ok, ok, let's get out of here before you embarrass you or me again." Glade said. Glade, pushed Lj outside the tent, and soon followed by her sister, Jiddy, and her parents, Len and Iris.

"How about we get something to eat. It's nearly lunch time." said Iris.

"I'm not in the mood to eat." Lj said.

"Come on, you haven't eaten all day. You might need it." Len said. Lj then sighed and nodded in agreement.

"That's the spirit, now, let's get something to eat at the food court." Len said. Lj started walking with his father to the food court. Then Friezet's mother, Ruby, walked up to Len.

"Is it alright if I could borrow Lj for a moment." Ruby asked.

"Oh by all means Ruby." Len said. Ruby walked up to Lj and bent down to his height.

"Lj dear, would you do me a favor and find Friezet for me." Ruby asked.

"Oh certainly Ruby, it will be my pleasure." Lj said in respect. He thought that if he was gonna be in a bad mood, it doesn't mean he has to treat others the same way.

"Oh thank you dear, I believe the last time I seen her, she was with that Maynice fellow back at the tent." Ruby said. Lj's mood dropped to even further heights. But he just nodded and started walking back to the big tent. He stepped inside, where he saw nothing but a empty stage room. He walked around a bit, but nothing was seen or heard. He walked up on the stage, where he suddenly a voices behind the stage. Lj followed the noise and saw that there was another room, just behind the curtain of the stage. he moved it aside where he saw Maynice standing next to Friezet, who was twirling her hair, giggling, and kept looking at her feet. Lj then came enraged with jealousy.

"You know, you were really good out there, maybe we can do a show again next time." Maynice said, holding Friezet's hand.

"I'm flattered. But I'm not looking into a magic career. But I would like to do something sometime." Friezet said. Lj decided he had enough of this. He walked over there and broke up the two.

"Uh, Friezet, your mom is looking for you, and she wants to see you now." Lj said a bit stubborn.

"Lj, calm down, we were just talking. Just go; I'll be out in a minute." Friezet said waving Lj away. Lj slowly walked away, but he stopped halfway and looked back, he noticed that Friezet was writing something down in a peace of paper, and handing it to Maynice.

This made Lj even angrier.

"Uh, right now Friezet." Lj said once more.

"Ugh, fine- Bye Maynice." Friezet said halfway out of the tent. Maynice waved goodbye, then he pulled a bouquet out of his sleeve and levitated it to her. Friezet smiled and a blush creped across her face.

"Were leaving." Lj then, took a hold of Friezet's arm and dragged her out of the tent.

"Lj! What the heck is with you!?" Friezet said in anger.

"I just don't think you should be around that guy." Lj said.

"Oh Ya, why not." Friezet asked.

"There just something about him that makes him look bad."` Lj remember his dreams he has been having.

"I bet you're just jealous." Friezet said turning her back. She was right though, but Lj didn't want to admit it.

"I'm not jealous, I just think he's a bad guy." Lj said.

"Can you back off! You can't control the life I live and the people I meet."

"I don't control your life. I just think you should be hanging out with bad people!"

"No one said he is a bad person. He is just a normal human being, just like you and me."

"What kind of normal person has a job as a phony magician at a city fair."

"Why do you care about this anyway."

"I... I... it's just... I don't even..."

"Ok just stop. I need to be away from you for a while." Friezet then stormed off into a crowd. Lj stood there for a minute feeling angry as heck. Then, he realized what he done, and dork-slapped himself.

"Crap, what have I done." Lj said. Now he felt stupid, fighting with Friezet, what was he thinking. He felt like the biggest idiot on the planet. He felt like going home and forget about this horrible day. But first, he needed to be sure it was okay with his parent's. He walked down to the food court, where he found his family sitting at one of the tables. He approached them, and Len looked at him with a smile.

"Hey Lj, would you like some of my fries." He said pushing his tray towards Lj.

"Actually, Dad. Is it ok if I just go home. I just did something I'm not proud of." Lj said rubbing the back of his neck.

"Well if you think you need to, but you have to be sure it's ok with your mother." Len said. Lj then looked at his mother, Iris, who was looking back at him with a smile.

"Go on ahead Lj, do you think you can take the trolley on your own?" Iris asked.

"Ya, I'm pretty sure. I believe I'm old enough to get to places be myself." said Lj.

"Well ok, travel safe son." Len said.

"Alright, bye guys." Lj said before walking off. He managed make his way through a crowd of people, and to the bench at the trolley stop. As he waited for the trolley to come, he replayed the argument he had with Friezet, over and over in his head. But then was soon snapped out of it when the screech of the tires of the trolley hurt his ears. He stood up as the trolley doors slid open.

"Hello, where to sir." asked the trolley driver.

"To Bright side St. please." Lj said.

"Very good sir." He closed the doors and Lj started walking to the back of the trolley. He once again listened to the fight in his head. That made him think about what was going to happen now. Will Friezet stopped talking to him? Or will she just ignore him completely? Worst of all, will she start dating that magician guy? He remember his dream he had. What did Mizbiz mean by, "You can help"? What was he supposed to do anyway? All these question ran through his head, and that gave him a headache. He snapped out of his thoughts and started looking out the window. Soon enough it started raining heavily, then lightening struck close by, followed by thunder. But that didn't make Lj's mood any better. The trolley came to a stop, and Lj was now aware of hitting his head on the seat.

"Ok sir, here's your stop." said the driver. Lj stood up and started walking off the bus. He thanked the driver and stepped off the trolley. The rain was getting worse and the clouds was making it darker. Lj walked to his house and went inside. It all went silent suddenly, with only the sound of rain beating against the house. It was dark, a great setting for a horror movie, where someone was about to get killed.

"Huu... I just want to sleep this off, and forget about this day completely." Lj said to himself, heading up stairs. He took off his jacket and dragged it the rest of the way to his room. He shut the door behind him and slouched on his bed. He picked up the picture of him and Lj, and felt a tear run down his face. Lj put the picture back down and laid down on his bed. Just like that, he fell asleep, with the day of anger and jealousy falling behind them.