Justin [pov]
It was hard for me to go home. All I wanted was to ask Harper out to make it up to her for breaking her heart. I didn't know it was so hard. Why I asked Gwen out so easy and not Harper? I walked home by myself thinking about Harper. She shone so bright from other girls. She's unique in different way. I didn't know why I felt really guilty when I thought about her.
When I got home that evening, Alex was sitting on the sofa looking at some magazine. I walked to her and sat down on the sofa opposite of her and pretended nothing had happened. Alex looked at me with an awful expression on her face. She thought that I did something to Harper again.
"Is there something wrong between you and Harper?" She asked.
"Alex, stop pretending that you know about my problem!" I hissed.
"Oh! I knew you did something to her! If you didn't do something to her, then why didn't she want to come to the dance party? She was so exciting about the Halloween dance and she made two bunny pink dress for both me and her? Now she said she can't go! What did you do to her? Justin?" Alex explain angrily.
"Alex, don't tell me that you are crying?" I teased her.
"I am not crying! I just wanted me and Harper to be able to go together." Alex said while her tears were coming out. She wiped it out and got up.
"You know what Justin! I knew everything that you did to her! I saw you and Harper and Gwen in that room earlier today. Harper protected your love for Gwen. Did you know that she cried after coming out of that room this afternoon?" Alex explained everything. I didn't know what to say, I knew that I was the bad guy. I got up and looked at Alex. I sighed and said, "I am going to look for some answer." I talked in a very small voice. Alex confused.
I walked up to my room and sat down on my bed. I stared at the statue of my head that Harper made it for me again. I didn't know that she cried this afternoon. I sighed heavily over and over again. It bothered me a lot to think about Harper. She suddenly changed right after my father announced that we were going to be married. The bright and funny girl had changed into a new person.
Few days passed by, I found myself at the Halloween dance. I dressed as a vampire boy. I was waiting for Gwen to come in. I looked around and there I found Alex wearing a pink bunny dress with pink bunny ears.
"Alex, since when did you like pink?" I asked her in a teasing voice!
"I like it before you were born!" She said.
"Are you waiting for someone?" I continued asking her.
"Yup! My twin sister!"
"Your twin? And who to be exactly are you talking about?"
"You just have to wait and see!" Alex said and she turned around facing the stair.
"Wow! She is beautiful!" Alex said. I looked opposite side of her and saw Gwen smiling at me. She was pretty with her tingle bell character!
"Yes, she is beautiful!" I added in loving with Gwen.
"No… I'm talking about Harper." Alex said. What? I turned around to see Harper wore the same dress as Alex. She was beautiful and shone out the most from everyone. She was holding Ben's arm walking down from the stairway. Her smile was really beautiful. I didn't know why I became so mad at that. I turned around to see Gwen looked at me with a smile. She held on my hand and asked, "How do I look?"
"Uh… You look great!… Tingle Bell huh? I thought you are going to wear the vampire girl costume."
"Yeah! I did, but Zeke said that I look great in this costume, so I wear it… to surprise you."
"Okay!" I said and sighed slowly. Gwen pulled me to the middle and we dance. I glanced over to Harper and saw that Ben danced with her, too. She looked so happy and smiled all the times. They looked great together. I found myself kept on looking at Harper from times to times. Gwen was talking to me, and I didn't even noticed it. Suddenly she stopped. I looked at her and she said, "Look, I think our relationship is over!" I didn't understand what happened, but Gwen let go of my hand and walked over to Zeke, my best friend.
"Gwen," I called to her, but she didn't even turn around. She walked to Zeke and hugged him. Now I felt like I was the bad guy in this story. None of the people I loved understand me.
I glanced at Harper again and turned my face back to Gwen. Gwen shook her head while glaring at me. I somehow felt relieved after Gwen dumped me. I got out of the dance area and walk to the drink table. Alex was still sitting on the chair playing some video game.
"You brought a video game to the Halloween dance?" I asked her. She turned to me and nodded.
"Well, what happened?" she asked me.
"I got dumped."
"You feel relieved?"
"Yes, I don't know why."
"Good! Let's dance!" Alex got up and put the video game down into her purse and walked with me to the dance area. She took my hand and I followed her led. She led us all the way to Harper and Ben. Then she suddenly took Ben's hand and dance with him, and I took Harper's hand. Good thinking Alex! I thought. We were only dancing for a few second when Harper stopped. She looked at me and shook her head.
"I have to go." She said slowly and walked out of the room. I followed her into the hallway.
"Harper!" I called her. She ignored me, so I cheated by disappeared in the air and reappeared in front of her. She startled and turned around. I grabbed her wrist and stopped her.
"Why didn't you tell me that you are coming with Ben? Why are you escaping from me?" I asked angrily.
"It is none of your business, why do I have to let you know that I am dating Ben? And I am not escaping from you."
"What? You? Date? Ben?" I asked and stepped closer to her. She stepped backward. She didn't replied and kept on stepping back all the way to the locker.
"Answer me! Why didn't you tell me that Ben is your date?" I raised my voice.
"You scared me!" Harper said and breathing fast like she really scared of me. I saw sparkling tears came out of her eyes.
"She doesn't have to tell you who she is dating." Someone's voice behind me. I turned around and found Ben.
"Ben!" Harper called. She freed herself from me and ran to Ben. I thought that I would make up with Harper, but in the end, I was still the villain to the story!
Harper [pov]
I felt really scared when Justin yelled at me. I never thought that he would be so mad at me for dating Ben. He didn't love me, why bother? I asked Ben to take me home that night. I left Justin there in the hallway and went home with Ben. I felt unhappy about leaving him behind. May be he know how I felt when he left me for Gwen by now. Ben drove his car and I just stared out the window and tears just flowing down from my eyes washing off my mascara. I didn't know why I kept on thinking about Justin even after he yelled at me and almost take advantage of me. I heard Ben sighed heavily while driving.
"It is okay, Harper, I'll protect you from now on." He said. I looked at him and wiped my tears out and all the mascara on my eyes. Suddenly he pulled the car over the side and stopped. We were on the top of New York Bridge. The tall New York bridge.
"What are you doing?" I asked him. He got out of the car and walked over to my door and opened it.
"We can't go home when you are like this." He said. I got out and stood in front of him and stared into his eyes.
"Let's leave our sadness behind before we get home." Ben continued. I nodded, but I didn't even know what he was trying to do. He grabbed my wrist and walked over to the wall of the bridge.
"You see that ocean below us?" He asked me.
"Yeah?" I answered.
"Well, I want you to shout out whatever in your mind right now, so you'll feel better!"
"Okay? But I don't know what to say."
"Don't worry. Just say whatever that made you are angry right now." We were both silent for a few second.
"HARPER!! PLEASE DON'T CRY!!!!!!!!!" Ben shouted really loud. I looked at him and smiled. He had made my day. No one ever care for me like him before. He turned to me and smile.
"Now, It's your turn." he said. I nodded and walked really closed to the wall and looked down the ocean below.
"JUSTIN!!!!!!!!!!! I HATE YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!" I shouted and looked at Ben. He gave me a thumb up with a wink.
"Anymore?" He asked. I nodded.
"JUSTIN!!!!!!!!!!!! YOU ARE SO MEAN! CRUEL! COLD! AND I HATE YOU SO MUCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" I turned to Ben and laughed.
"You really hate him?" Ben looked at me. I nodded. He held my hand up to his chest. His innocent eyes touched my heart. I couldn't take my eyes off his.
"Then stop chasing after him, I don't want you to be hurt." He continued. I still looked at him. Somehow, I was really scared about this, so I turned to look away. Instead he smiled and said, "Blah! I'm just joking!" He said, and I smiled. He took the bunny's ears bow from my head and put on his head. I laughed and said, "It doesn't fit you." I ran to catch him. He stopped and put my bunny's ear back on my head.
"You looked much better now, I like it when you smile. Don't you like it when the sky is blue?" he asked and looked at me. I nodded with a smiled. He grabbed my hand and walked me to the car. I got in and we rode in silent all the way home.
That night, I kept on thinking about Ben. He was so nice to me and care about me, I didn't know what I would do if Ben wasn't there with me. I sighed heavily before I went to sleep.
Two day later, I was at school. I was walking down the hallway when I noticed that girls and guys stared at me. They looked at me like I was the criminal. I had no idea why they got upset with me.
I walked all the way to my class when Ben came to me. I looked at him in confused.
"Ben? What had happened? Why are other students staring at me like this?" I asked him.
"You have to know this. Some rumors saying that you stole Gwen boyfriend." I was so mad at that times.
"Gwen said that?" I asked without waiting for Ben to answer, I walked away really fast. I saw Gwen coming down from the hallway with her friends. I stopped her in front of everybody else.
"You told everybody that I stole your boy friend?!" I shouted at her. Gwen closed her eyes and opened once again. This time she folded her hand across her chest and walk closer to me.
"You! Why would I want to tell everybody that? Justin means nothing to me! I dumped him! May be you got other enemy! I was never be your enemy!" She told me. She walked past me and pushed against my shoulder. I turned around and Ben was in front of her.
"You are the one who spread it out the whole rumors! Why don't you admit it?" Ben added. He and Gwen looked at each other like they were really angry.
"Oh! Never mind!!" I said and pulled Ben's arm with me. I glanced back at Gwen. She turned to her friend and laughed! I knew it! She was the one! But she was too chicken out to admit. Did she said that she dumped Justin? Was that really true? I somehow didn't feel confidence since then. I kept on thinking about Justin. He probably lonely by himself now.
I was walking in the hallway to my four period class when I found Alex was talking with some girls. I walked to her and pulled her hand with me.
"Harper! What are you doing?" She asked me.
"Where have you been? I have been looking for you for the whole day!"
"No where! I came to school late! So why are you looking for me?"
"Well, I was just wondering..." I haven't finish my sentence when Alex cut me.
"He is at home. I don't know what happened between you and him yesterday, but he went home without telling me. He walked in the rain by himself, and now he got a cold!"
"Wait! yesterday was raining?"
"Well duh! It was raining right after the Halloween Dance."
"Wow! I didn't know. Are you saying that Justin got sick now?"
"Yes,.... but if you are thinking to see him, I warn you not to."
"What? Why?"
"It's because new moon! Uh! Never mind I can't tell you why, but please don't go." Alex said and she turned around. I grabbed her hand and asked.
"What happen during new moon?" Alex shook her head and walked away leaving me all blank! I turned around to see Ben was standing in front of me! I was startled and step back.
"Hey, Harper!" He was exciting to see me.
"Hi... Ben...!" I said and step back further away from him.
"Well, I was just wondering if I could walk home with you after school." He blurted it out.
"Oh! that! That would be great! I am going to Alex's place right after school."
"Okay! I meet you at the front office after this!" Ben agreed and walked away. I sighed and walked to my four block class. Alex was sitting on her usually seat and continued on doing her stuff not listening to the teacher like always. I shook my head and wrote down notes. Soon the class was over, I ran to her but she walked away fast ignoring me like she was afraid that I would talk to her.
Ben and I walked straight to Alex's house that day. The sub station was full of costumers. Alex and Max were doing their job including her parents, too. I walked in and walked to Mr. Russo. He looked like really glad to see me and worried at the same time.
"Hey, Mr. Russo, I stop by to see how Justin is." I said and Mr. Russo looked frustrated.
"Harper! I...am sorry. Justin doesn't feel good. You can come back tomorrow okay?"
"No. I am not going back! I need to see him." I argued. Mr. Russo looked at his wife and his wife shook her head.
"Harper, I'm sorry." He seem doesn't want me to be Justin's future wife anymore. I started to cry.
"Okay, Harper we can come back tomorrow." Ben told me. I turned around sadly and started to walk out like a baby.
"Wait Harper!" Mr. Russo called me back.
"I believe in Justin, You can go and see him." He continued. I smiled and walked up the stair while hearing Alex and her mom disagreed with Mr. Russo. Ben followed me, but Mr. Russo stopped him. I walked to Justin room alone and knock on the door. He didn't answered, so I went in without permission.
"Justin?" I called his name. He wasn't in the room. His room was clean and neat. There are a lot of books in there. Then suddenly I felt that someone was behind me. Someone hugged me from my back. I tried to turn around, but the person didn't let me.
"You shouldn't come in." Justin said. I became so nervous and scared.
"Justin? What happened?" I asked in nervously. I slowly turned around and saw Justin eye's were all black. There were no light reflection. I gasped and walked backward.
"Justin?" I asked again. He didn't say anything except walking closer to me. I kept on backing until I fell on his bed. He also leaned really closed to me and stared into my eyes. He was really scary. I thought that he was thinking about something bad, but suddenly his eyes turned back to normal, and he just collapsed on top of me.
"Justin!" I screamed. He didn't move. I pushed him aside and he was asleep. That was when Mr. Russo and Alex and her mom came in.
"What happened?" they all asked at the same time. I swallowed hard because I couldn't understand what had just happened.
"Justin! He collapsed!" I said and ran to Alex. Mr. Russo walked to Justin and opened one of Justin's eyes and turned around.
"Justin did it!" He said in a happy voice! Alex gasped and so did her mom. They both hugged me with joy. And I had no idea what I just did. Justin became a very mysterious guy to me. Isn't he a half wizard, but why did his eyes had to be so............................
TBC…