"Alex, come on," Harper tried for about the millionth time since they boarded the plane. Alex wasn't speaking to anyone except for a few words. She was depressed and they all knew it. Even Justin and Max weren't trying to annoy her.
"We have landed at the Los Angeles airport," a voice said over the plane's loudspeakers.
"Ahh! We're here!" Bailey cried excitedly. "Come on guys!" She bounded off the plane and toward the luggage center.
Alex sighed as she too stood up and followed her brothers and Harper after Bailey to retrieve her luggage.
She watched in silence as they started talking animatedly and Bailey hailed a cab. A familiar Alex-like thought was in her head though. Why don't we just poof ourselves to the hotel? I mean Harper and Bailey know we're wizards. But she said nothing as the cab pulled up and they piled in before Justin told the driver,
"To the Palm Woods Hotel please."
Fifteen minutes later, but what seemed like an eternity to Alex, they arrived at the hotel and walked to the check-in desk. A plump man who she guessed was the manager met them behind it.
"Welcome to the Palm Woods. May I help you?" he said through a mouthful of French fries before he looked up and threw the box behind him. She heard someone yell and figured the fries had hit them. His name tag said Mr. Bitters.
"I'm Bailey Johnson and these are my friends. We're checking in," Bailey explained.
"Oh, well here are your room keys. You have apartment 2K. Sorry about being next to the four crazy hockey-heads, but since you have no adult supervision, Mrs. Knight agreed to help you if you needed anything. She's in 2J with them," Mr. Bitters said. They all noticed that he must not like the boys in 2J. "Have a Palm Woods day," he called as they walked off.
They had to walk through the pool area to get to the elevators.
"Woah, cool! A pool!" Max said as he shook Justin's arm. Justin just shook his head before he noticed three girls walking in slow motion. According to him, they were hot.
"This is amazing!" Harper said.
"I know, right?" Bailey added.
Alex was walking behind them all, still silent. But, as they neared the exit of the pool, she heard a small yell and glanced in that direction.
Three boys were standing, and another one was sitting on a lounge chair in front of them. He had blond hair. As she looked at him, he happened to look up and catch her brown eyes with his adorable, piercing green ones. Alex felt herself blush beat red as he flashed a smile at her and she quickly turned away, but she actually had a genuine, flirtatious smile on her face fort he first time in a week. Maybe coming here would help her get over things. Harper and Bailey smiled at each other as they silently watched their friend. The Palm Woods was a great idea.
A/N: Hey guys. Sorry, I know there was barely any BTR in this chapter, but it was shorter than I thought it was going to be. Please review!