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Posted: 09/03/12

Chapter 4: "Anything."

Justin POV:

"Well...that was awkward," Professor Crumbs spoke in his classic British accent. I run a hand through my hair as the previous scene played back in my head.

"I'm sorry, Professor Crumbs. I know that you expect more from me, being the head of Wiz Tech now. I promise this childish beha—" my apologetic ramble was cut of by Professor Crumbs himself. He stood up and came to me. He put a comforting hand on my back.

"It's alright, Justin. These things happen." He gave me a warm, reassuring smile.

"Thanks for understanding, Professor Crumbs," I thanked him gratefully. He made his way out of his living room and into his kitchen which is my queue to leave. I take my wand and flash out.

My wand takes me to my condo in the wizard world. I live here with Juliet. It was a tough decision deciding to live in the wizard world, but I knew it would make things easier for the two of us. After all, now that I'm the head of Wiz Tech (man, I love how that sounds) it's a lot easier for me to get permission to bend the rules of magic (Alex always gets jealous over that), like letting my vampire girlfriend live with me in the wizard world.

I take a seat on our red leather couch and think about a few things. My arm props my chin up while I stare directly at the black, lifeless television screen in front of me. As much as I hate to admit it, Alex was right, I was a little bit of a jerk to Max, but he wasn't thinking straight. The again being the oldest, I shouldn't have acted that way; I should have handled that better. The right thing to do here was to apologize. Hopefully this whole thing will blow over. I let out a heavy sigh and unfold onto the couch. My legs stretch out all the way to the end of the three seater (couch) while my head rests on the armrest.

"Hey honey, you okay?" Juliet enters the room and makes her way to the back of the couch; she leans over it and rubs my arm.

"Yeah, there's just a lot on my mind." I look up at my beautiful girlfriend and she looks at me right back with loving eyes. I grab her hand and start playing with it, caressing it tenderly.

"Sounds like you could use a cup of tea. I'll fix you one right now," Juliet offers generously. She bends down to give me a peck on the cheek. Her soft golden locks tickle my face. My eyes close off into a deep sleep before I know it.

Max POV:

I'm back at the loft in the kitchen. I take a look at the dirty floor and shrug, I guess the last time I vacuumed was a little further back than I thought; might as well bring the crackers out. After I pull the box out of the cupboard, I take a seat at one of the stools and begin to dig in.

Justin's words hurt like hell, but I guess he was right. Jealousy gets the best of others, this time it was my turn. Like I said, I've just always been jealous about being the odd one out of this family. Ugh this is stupid. None of this would have happened it if wasn't for my envious remark. I guess saying sorry is what I'm gonna have to do. I better start thinking of what to say so I don't screw this up like last time.

Alex POV:

After a quick second, I am back at the now closed sub shop. I decided no to flash directly into the loft because I knew Max was there last and being a mortal that took the wizard portal, he would end up back in the loft; I didn't want to startle him by flashing in. Just as I'm about to walk up the stairs to find Max, my wand rings. My eyes analyze the wand number and I conclude that it's Professor Crumbs.

"Hey Professor Crumbs," I greet.

"Hello Alex, lovely speaking to you again. Believe it or not, in the short time between when you left and now, I have figured out what is going on with Max," Professor Crumbs told me proudly.

"Well I'm not surprised; as the smartest former head of Wiz Tech, I expect you to know these things," I charm.

"Oh Alex, you're too kind. But um, I'm afraid Max's problem is a little more serious that we thought." He begins to slow down his words.

"Oh no, is he going to be okay?"

"That depends on if you're willing to do something…"

"Anything," I say solidly. My voice is filled with promise that hopefully won't be too hard to keep.

A/N: HUGE cliffhanger! We're finally finding out what is happening with Max and the two brothers are finally coming to their senses…or are they? That was lame haha but yes I wanted to update before I start school, which is tomorrow :c Originally, I was going to reveal what was wrong with Max in this chapter, but I want to leave you guys thinking :D Also, I know I said that I need dialogue to help out the plot, but I noticed that I used it a lot more that I thought so I tried to kind of use the character's thoughts more than their words in this chapter. So yeah I hope you enjoyed this chapter. (: What do you think is going to happen next? Leave your reviews, please!

Oh and I would like to give a huge thanks to JHABEA143 for reviewing every chapter that I have posted for this story. I enjoy reading your kind reviews, thank you so much (:

Until next time!