I hate to turn up out of the blue uninvited,
But I couldn't stay away, I couldn't fight it.
I had hoped you'd see my face and that you'd be reminded,
That for me it isn't over.
Alex, her boyfriend, Justin and Juliet took seats in one of the middle rows, seeing as they weren't family members of either Mason or Isabella.
When Mason's eyes locked in with those of his ex-girlfriend's, he instantly frowned. Alex felt horrible for accepting the invitation. It now downed upon her that he didn't send the invitation because he wanted her there; he sent one out of obligation and politeness.
Harry caught the look of guilt on his girlfriend's face and squeezed her hand, prompting her to look at his face.
"Alex, don't feel guilty. He's not allowed to feel happy, not when he broke your heart. You're here to remind him of that and let him go," Harry said, "Even if it takes an eternity for you to do the latter, I won't mind. I love you and because of that, I'll wait."
Alex nodded and was about to reply when she was cut off.
Here came the bride. And it wasn't her.
-x-
"If anyone objects, speak now or forever hold their peace," the minister announced.
Mason looked at Alex fearfully. He thought that because his ex-girlfriend attended his wedding, she might ruin his wedding with a just reason of how much he broke her heart.
But instead, Alex closed her eyes and leant on the shoulder of the guy next to her. For some reason, Mason felt insanely jealous.
It didn't feel right, did it? He dumped her for Isabella under the pretext of that if she didn't win the wizard competition, they couldn't be together and he would hurt her. But why did he feel like he wanted to just rip apart the man she seemed to get affectionate with?
So she moved on from him, huh? Why didn't she love him anymore? Didn't their love mean anything to her?
Like you're the one to talk, you dumped her for a mutt, his conscience snapped at him nastily.
"Hello? I said you may kiss the bride," the minister said, waving his hand in Mason's face.
Isabella was glaring at him for staring at Alex. She knew that even after they got together he didn't love her as much as he loved Alex.
"Kiss me or else I will make you pay," Isabella glowered.
Mason hesitantly stooped down and planted a quick kiss on his fiancé's lips.
The hall erupted into cheers and everybody was happy, well except for the newly wedded pair and the foursome who were not exactly 'welcome' at the wedding.
-x-
At the reception, after dancing with Isabella, the mutt wanted to see Justin, and Mason wanted to see his ex-girlfriend as well.
"Hello, Justin," Isabella sneered as she saw her ex was normal again, "I see you're not a werewolf anymore."
"Dad changed him back," Alex snapped, "He didn't want to see black and white for the rest of his life. And he left you because you were a parasite."
Justin grinned. For all the times she lashed out at his ex's, he didn't feel embarrassed that she did it now. It was true, Isabella was such a suffocating person to be in a relationship with.
Isabella growled at Alex and would have lunged at the brunette witch hadn't Mason held her back.
"Alex stop, can't you see you're making her angry?" Mason asked, exasperated.
"Says Edward Cullen," Juliet snapped, "I think she has the right to be pissed off with you now."
"So it's official, huh? Sleeping around with her brother, are you?" Mason sneered.
"I think I could say that about you on the contrary," Alex snapped, "Justin picked her up when you dumped her."
"And you moved on from me," Mason growled.
"Excuse me? According to your social media page on Facebook, a month after you left me, you hooked up with Isabella, now your wife. And I moped for years hoping one day you would come back," Alex yelled.
"And he didn't, now did he?" Isabella smirked.
"Yeah but at least I didn't waste anymore of my time and tears on this useless piece of crap," Alex grinned, making Mason growl, "I found someone better than you. You know what's the difference between you and Harry? You left me. He stayed."
Harry smiled at the pride in his girlfriend's words. He wrapped his hand around her waist to show to Mason that he is the said boyfriend.
Mason glowered at Harry and said in a low voice, "You may be her boyfriend, but you will never replace me in her heart."
Harry looked down. That was one of his fears; Alex would never get over Mason and be driven so mad that she would dump him and chase Mason again.
"You died in my heart the day you left me," Alex said, "You are dead to me."
The four were quiet until Alex sighed. The brunette had enough of her boyfriend's shit and wanted to get out of this mini hell. Originally she planned just to say hi to him, but now it became nasty.
"Let's go. I don't want to see his ugly face for another minute," Alex sighed, then looked at her ex, "I hope you and your wife have a wonderful honeymoon. Just don't fight over me and Justin when you're gone because we found someone better after we broke up with you two."
With that, Justin flashed the four out of the wedding, and they landed back in the Waverly Sub Station.
Harry looked at Alex whose face was blank. He led her to a table, and they both sat down. Taking her hand in his, Alex slowly looked at him.
"Do you regret it? Going to the wedding?" Harry whispered.
"I don't," Alex sighed, "I regret seeing his face though. I knew that we wouldn't be having a nice chat."
"I'm sorry this happened to you, but I want you to know that I will never let you go the way he did," Harry said slowly.
"But hey! You gained something out of going to that stupid wedding! You faced your fears and now there is a chance to move on," Juliet smiled.
Alex nodded and at that moment Theresa called them in for dinner.
-x-
"So how did you meet him? That Mason?" Harry asked once the two went for a walk after dinner.
"I thought you want me to move on," Alex sighed.
"I want you to move on in a sense that you can talk about your ex without cringing or feeling weak," Harry explained.
Alex nodded and answered, "I met him in art class. He had a passion of painting dogs and anything American. He went under the alias of Craig until I found out his identity as a werewolf. We got comfortable after spending time together and then he asked me out. I said yes."
"So how did it feel? To be in a relationship with him?" Harry asked, trying not to be jealous at all.
"It kind of felt like a fairytale, like everything was going perfectly. The only difference was that the bad guy or villain wasn't as recognizable like in those Disney movies," Alex shook her head, "And I guess the true villain was both Mason and Isabella. I never understood how fake they were."
"And he never told you that he was seeing another girl?" Harry asked.
"Never. He just didn't have enough faith in my abilities to win the Wizard Competition. You see, here in America, wizards compete with their siblings to see who makes it to adulthood with their powers. I won, Justin got appointed headmaster of WizTech so he has his powers and Max lost his, so he is inheriting the sub shop when he turns 18. And if Mason and I stayed together after I lost my powers, I would be a mortal and he would go insane and eat me," Alex shrugged, "I told him I would win and we could stay together, but he didn't think the same thing too. It kind of let me down that he didn't have any trust in me."
"I'm sorry it didn't work out. I guess I shouldn't have asked," Harry whispered.
"No, it's okay," Alex shook her head, "But I had to say your accent reminded me of him. Even though yours is stronger. That was the hardest part of moving on."
"Alex," Harry sighed and placed both arms on her shoulders, "I won't be like him. Sure I'm British and all that bloody nonsense but I want to be everything he wasn't. Our relationship won't be a fairytale with zero struggles. It won't have an evil witch who once defeated will lead to a path of daisies, sunshine and music. I am not perfect, this relationship won't be smooth, we will make each other cry for what the other one says in the heat of the moment but I promise you, I will never pack up my bags and leave. I will always come back to you."
Alex's eyes watered as she whispered, "That's all I ever wanted."
Out of nowhere a mistletoe was hanging over them in thin air, making Alex laugh.
"It's not even Christmas," Alex giggled.
"Well I love making up excuses to kiss you," Harry sheepishly grinned.
Alex shook her head, "You can kiss me anytime. You don't have to have an explanation."
And with that, the prankster kissed the Golden Boy. And before any of you can scoff, yes it was magical because it's what anti-love Alex Russo thought when she kissed her boyfriend.
A/N: So uh… want an epilogue? I think it is a good place to stop here but I dunno… sounds too cheesy if I say – AND FOUR YEARS LATER THEY GOT MARRIED! Heh, or maybe Mason could be invited and he tries to stop the wedding even though he is married to Isabella.
OR… they could attend Justin or Juliet's wedding and catch the garter and boquet!
Meh, sounds too clichéd if you ask me. You know what? This is the end. I am tired of doing crappy wedding scenes that always imply to sex and people hit me up on Private Messaging calling me disgusting and sexist and too ordinary and to leave fanfiction. I think some things are left best to a human's imagination.