Fire….A whole lot of fire….

I run around the room in a panicking haze, throwing buckets of water on the couch. The fire alarm is blaring and my hair is soot black, very different from its strawberry blonde locks. 

“Maxi! I told you there is no magic allowed in our living room!” Oh, it must be my roommate Erris, he’s a little salty from the last time I turned his favorite shirt into strips of cloth. I turn slowly and smile 

“Hey, Erris….” 

“Don't ‘Hey Erris’ me, mister!” he scowled and pulled his wand out and with a quick flick of his wrist the fire burned out and all that was left was a few ash piles on the floor. I wince softly and ruffle some ash flakes out of my hair. He storms up to me and hands me my reading glasses. 

“Maybe if you wore your glasses you wouldn’t burn our house down!” 

You are probably wondering what is going on, so let me enlighten you. I am Maxi, the most powerful wizard (mage, whatever you wanna call it) in the whole magic community, which is probably why nobody understands how I am the worst person at casting spells. My roommate Erris is waiting for the day when he will come back from class and see me flat on the floor, just a splat of boy and magic. Erris is a little peculiar about how he likes things done, which is completely terrible because I do the exact opposite of what he desires to be done. 

I glance back up and see Erris huffing and puffing around the apartment, trying to clean everything off from my little mess up. I was trying to warm up a piece of pizza but as you’ve heard I’m not the best at casting spells so it caught fire and the rest lead up to this exact moment where Erris is stomping towards me, a vicious glare pointed my way.

“The next time you attempt to burn our house I will burn you!” ugh he’s so hot.

“Don't get your panties in a twist babycakes”  I smirk mockingly and flick his forehead. He steps back a bit and flips me off before walking back to the kingdom of doom; Aka his bedroom. He’s probably going to look up some spell to turn me into a baby duck, jokes on him though I love baby ducklings. I tiptoe over to his room and peek my head in, this is the only time of the day that I get to indulge in my fantasy, that one day Erris will be mine, to keep, forever. I see him on his bed as he cleans his wand, his back to the door so he doesn’t see me as I take a quick photo of him and rush off to my room before he can realize I was watching him. Now I know what you are gonna say, I am some crazy stalker, but no! I am just crazy in love! Crazy in love for two years, sixty-seven days, five hours, and nine minutes. Make that ten minutes. My plan is to somehow learn how to conjure up a bouquet of lilies and roses, put petals on the floor, and have a trail of candles, hoping that I don’t burn the house down. If my plan works then Erris will fall in my arms and confess his true love for me. Ding-Dong! The doorbell rings its old chime and I rush to the door, thinking it was one of my many packages, packages of random things like books, music, and clothing. I swing the door open with a woosh and there stands not a delivery man but some punk rock kid that has so many piercings on his ear and a few on his face that when he lifts up his shirt it would snag so hard. We stand eye to eye and stare at each other for a good second before I hear thumping footsteps coming from behind me. Erris appears in my vision and launches himself at the goth guy. 

“Jordan! I thought you were going to get here tomorrow!” Erris smiles which is kinda frightening because he never smiles. I clear my throat to get their attention, 

“Uhhh…what’s going on..?” I question with a raise of my eyebrows. 

“Oh this is my cousin, three times removed!” he beamed. The cousin reached out for a handshake and I complied. 

“Jordan” he mumbled and I smiled softly.

“Maximus, but you can call me Maxi! Nice to meet you!” I looked him up and down and frowned a bit. 

“Are you a wizard too?” He shrugs and with a practiced flick of his hand small flames dance around his fingers.

“Pyrokinetic…” I whisper in awe. He blushes softly and nods softly.

“Nothing like the world-famous mage though” he nudges my shoulder.

“Oh I wouldn’t be too confident in him, we almost died thanks to his terrible pizza heating skills.” Erris scoffed and brought Jordan inside. I roll my eyes and laugh.

“Hardy har har, I am working on it okay? It’s a lot of pressure, y’know, being the only one who can save the wizarding world and all.”