Magic [Alex Russo]

29 - The Late Nite Bite

Matt, Jack and Rose entered the Waverly Substation with sandwiches from a new substation in Waverly Street.

"This is the slowest dinner rush we've ever had," Jerry said.

"Hey, guys," Matt greeted them. "What's going on?"

"Slowest dinner rush?" Rose repeated.

Jack raised his eyebrows.

"Ooh, the city must have taken down your 'Last Sandwich for 40 miles' sign," Justin said. 

"This is the slowest day ever," Jerry informed Matt, Jack and Rose.

"No wonder, there's this new sandwich place down the street," Jack said.

"Oh, my god, this is the best sandwich ever!" Alex said, walking into Waverley Substation, with a sandwich in hand.

"What?" Jerry said.

"I know," Jack said. "We just got sandwiches from there."

"They're so good, right?" Alex said.  "Mines has pesto mayonnaise with smoked Turkey and a fancy cheese I've never heard of. I know it's fancy because it's not spray on."

"Ooh, that sounds good," Matt said. 

"It is," Alex smiled.

"What is this place?" Jerry asked.

"We told you," Jack said. "It's the new place down the street."

"The Late Nite Bite," Matt said.

"It's super close," Alex added. "We can go there all the time. The only problem is that it's super packed. Not like this place," she scoffed.

"There's another sandwich shop on Waverly Place? Competition?" Theresa said.

"There's no competition," Jerry insisted. "Let me try that."

Jerry took Alex's sandwich and took a bite from it.

"Mmm, mmm. There's no competition," Jerry insisted.

Alex took the sandwich from her father

"Jerry, maybe we should send somebody down there," Theresa said as she took the sandwich from Alex, "to check it out, huh?"

She took a bite from it.

"I'll go," Theresa said.

"No, no, no," Alex said. "I need a new sandwich, anyway."

"Ah, no," Jerry said. "We only send you on missions of destruction. For research and surveillance, Justin's our guy."

Justin pointed at himself, proudly. 

"Okay," Justin said, standing up. "I've got the perfect decoy."

"Ugh," Matt and Jack groan. 

"I'll speak with an Australian accent," Justin said. In a terrible accent, he continued, "'G'day, mate. I'd like to try one of your shrimp on the barbie sandy - wishes... mate.' Hmm?"

Justin was quite proud.

Matt and Jack rolled their eyes at him.

"No," Max said, "that's not an Australian accent. I'm a master of voices. Listen."

Max began to imitate a walk and said, "'I'd like to try your shrimp on the barbie sandy - wich... mate.'"

Matt, Jack and Rose stared at him.

"Max? You said that in your normal voice," Rose pointed out.

"That's not an accent," Justin agreed. "That's your lame Jim Carrey impression."

"Yeah, but you knew who it was," Max said. "It's gonna be in my one - man show when school starts. I'm gonna work on my impressions all summer long."

"All summer long, huh?" Alex repeated.

"Oh, no," Rose groaned. "It's going to be a long summer."

Matt placed his hand on Rose's shoulder and squeezed it, reassuringly.

"Oh, I got one," Alex said. "All summer with no Max makes Alex and Rose happy girls. Alex Russo and Rose Taylor," she said her name and Rose's name in a whisper.

***

Harrison, Matt, Rose and Jack entered the Waverly Substation. Max had taken off out of the restaurant.

"What's going on?" Harrison asked as Max rushed out.

"You know the Late Nite Bite?" Jerry said.

"Oh, yeah," Harrison smiled. "They're sandwiches are great."

"The family who owns it," Jerry said, "they're vampires."

"They're vampires?" Jack said, trying to hide his smile, but failed. "That's so cool."

"Oh, stop it!" Jerry snapped.

Jack's smile disappeared off of his face.

"We've figured out a way to get our customers come back to us," Jerry smiled.

Jerry went to the back and Theresa and Harrison followed him.

Matt, Jack and Rose began to followed Alex as she got up and walked away from the table, but Justin stopped them.

"Guys, I need to talk to you guys," Justin said. 

They sat at the table they were about to pass.

"Yes?" Matt raised an eyebrow.

"I've got a date with Juliet Van Heusen," Justin explained, "and I need your guys help with sneaking around Mom and Dad."

"Yeah, I can't help you here," Rose said.

She got up and joined her father and Jerry and Theresa.

"Juliet?" Jack said. "Is she the cute blonde who works at the Late Nite Bite?"

"Yeah," Justin said. 

"You came to the right place," Alex smiled. "You don't want to be caught dating the competition."

"What do I do?"

"Dude, you're a wizard," Jack said.

"Use magic."

Alex nodded.

"That's it?" Justin asked.

"Would you have thought of it?" Alex asked.

"Nope."

"Okay, then," Alex said. "All right, if you've got nothing else," Alex got up, "I've got to get started on my plan for getting Max and those annoying impressions out of the house for the summer. 'I'll be back.' No, you won't, Max! No, you won't!"

Matt and Jack stared at her as she walked away with raised eyebrows. 

Authors Note

Hey, guys! I hope you all enjoyed this chapter.

I thought I'd let you guys know that I'm planning on writing a fanfic with Jack as the main character. I love writing Jack and want to write a fic focused on him. What do you guys think? I'll begin writing it after I finish writing part two of Magic if you guys are interested.

I hope you enjoyed this chapter and Magic so far. I'll update soon!