A/N:
I felt this story will be adorable, so I just had to write it.
The
beginning takes place in Alex's magical journal. I just wanted to
clear that up before there was any confusion.
If someone feels
things should be added or taken away from my story, feel free to
express that opinion.
Chapter 1
Alex
Russo arrived in the clearing upon a white horse. Gracefully, she
slid off her horse and began to lead him to the well. "Art thou
thirsty, Pegasus?" she asked, patting his flawless coat. The horse
responded with a nod. She began to reel up the bucket, fetching water
for her horse. "Hello, Princess Alex!" A human sized
stuffed animal passed her by, carrying a rolled up blue blanket. Alex
curtsied and continued on tending to her horse.
She continued her way towards the village, walking along side her horse. The dirt path followed all the way through the woods and into her kingdoms village. "Hello, Gigi." Alex waved at the blonde girl in brown peasant rags who was padlocked to the tree that was planted in the middle of town. Gigi groaned and stuck out her tongue.
From the archery field, the town's jester appeared juggling two books and his wand. "Good morning, Princess Alex!" the jester greeted her. "Hast thou finished her wizard studies?"
"Can it, Justin!" Alex hissed, loosing her Princess like composure.
"Make haste, Princess Al…" Justin was quickly interrupted when, with a flick of Alex's wrist, a can of corn appeared in his mouth. She let out a quick laugh and headed off to her castle.
She walked by a group of maidens that were giggling uncontrollably. They all fell silent once their eyes met the Princess. They all quickly bowed and threw her flirtatious smiles. "Good morrow, ladies." She said with a wide smile, scanning the group of girls in high scale peasant clothes; each one wearing a different primary color.
"Max," Alex groaned, realizing that it was the end of her venture in her journal. "there is no way that people would buy that!" Justin exclaimed.
"Oh, and why not?" Max huffed, passionate about his new idea.
"Because, it's already invented…" he rolled his eyes. "It's called a vacuum cleaner." He stated.
"Literarium Tararium" Alex cast her spell that allowed her to leave her journal world.
She quickly flashed back into the lair, appearing next to the study desk. Right after she appeared, her two brothers walked in. "What are you doing, Alex?" Justin asked suspiciously.
"N-n-nothing." She leaned on her journal. "What are you doing down here?" she quickly asked, trying to change the subject.
"Asking you what you're doing down here…"
"Yeah… I was about to ask you the same thing…" Alex quickly swept up her journal and ran out of the lair.
Justin and Max exchanged looks. "She's up to something." They said in unison.
Alex made her way up to her families SubStation to be greeted by her father as soon as she opened the freezer's/lair's door. "Hey, dad." She went to continue running up the stairs.
"Hey, Alex." He grabbed her by the arm. "Could you help me take some orders? We're a little crowded and we're short handed."
Alex rolled her eyes. "What about Justin?" As if on cue, Justin along with Max appeared from the lair. "He's not doing anything."
"As a matter of fact, I am." Justin replied in the up-most snooty manner. "I have a study group to go to. School before work, as mom and dad always say."
Alex mouthed Justin's words, mimicking every movement. "It's not fair. You get off work to hang out with your friends." She folded her arms across her chest.
"I told you, it's a study group!" he protested, crossing his arms across his chest.
"No, your study group is just you and your boring friends getting together so you can be boring with each other."
"Enough, guys. Alex, put on an apron and start taking some orders." Justin gave Alex a smug smile as he exited the kitchen.
"What about Max?" she whined, pointing at her younger brother.
"Max has some homework to make up." Jerry shot his son a glare. "And it must be done today." He shook his finger at him as if he was a puppy who peed on the carpet.
"Yes, dad…" he sighed and made his way up the stairs.
Alex began to put on her apron and snagged her pad and pen. From inside the kitchen, Alex saw a girl with huge glasses and high-heels dash into the sub-shop, wipe her shoes on the rug, and slide into a booth. Quickly, the girl grabbed a menu and hid her face behind it.
Alex left the kitchen and took two orders and handed the slips to her dad. She walked over to the girl who was almost out of breath. "So," the sound of her voice made her jump. "What can I get you?" Alex's eyes shifted to the mob of people who ran by the sub shop.
"Just lemonade I suppose… for now…" she stated, continuing to look through the menu. She dusted her hair, getting off most of the snow.
"Kay, cool." She smiled, walking back into the kitchen.
Alex quickly walked back out with the previous customers sandwiches. "And here's your lemonade." She smiled, placing the cup in front of the girl. The girl smiled wide and thanked her. "Need anything else?" she asked, oddly eager.
"J-just some napkins please." She asked innocently, still holding up the menu to her face.
"So, who are you hiding from?" she asked, sitting across from her.
She looked up from the menu, possibly shocked. "I'm not hiding… who's hiding? 'Cause I'm not hiding."
"Yeah, I'm not sure who would buy that, but I'm totally not." She laughed, grabbing the batch of napkins from the side of her apron. She shot her arm out, knocking over the lemonade onto her lap. "Ohmygosh!" Alex apologized as she did her best to clean up the spilled drink from her lap. "I'm so so sorry."
"It's fine." She said with an incredibly sweet smile. Alex already grabbed a batch of napkins, trying to help clean up the mess she made. "Really. It's just lemonade."
Oh right… Alex smiled and looked around, making sure her dad was out of sight. "Mcreery timereery." She said as she conjured up the time reverse spell.
In a flash, Alex was towering over the girl with the full cup of lemonade. She placed the cup in front of her and carefully placed the batch of napkins next to it. "So, whom are you hiding from?"
"Me? I'm not hiding… who's hiding? 'Cau…"
"Yeah, that's not gonna work on me." Alex interrupted her.
She shook her head. "I was just being followed and I had to get away… It's my first time in New York so of course I got a little nervous."
"Oh. So where are you from originally?" Alex asked, growing more interested.
"Originally, Wisconsin." She said eagerly. "So, you can understand why it's such a big change?"
"Yeah, totally." Alex said, becoming more entranced. "Are you here to stay or what?"
She bit her lip. "I'm supposed to be on vacation but my mom has been with her new boy friend the whole time so I haven't been able to really do much of anything. It's already my third day and all I've seen was the inside of the hotel room."
"Well, I'll tell you what," she said with a huge smile. "I can show you around New York. I totally know my way." Both girls shared wide smiles, excited about their future plans.
"That would be amaz…"
"Alex, quit talking to your friend and take some orders!" her father yelled from the inside of the kitchen.
Alex rolled her eyes as she stood up. "Would you like anything else?"
She scanned the menu once more, still unsure of what to order. "What would you recommend?" Alex was unable to tell if she was looking at her or the menu through those large sunglasses.
"I'd recommend The Alex." She said with a wide sly smile, pointing at her nametag. The girl giggled uncontrollably. "No, seriously. It's an option." She pointed at the staff recommendations on the menu. She stopped herself from giggling, realizing it wasn't a joke. Alex began to laugh, trying to make her less uncomfortable. "My mom, dad, and brothers have their own sandwiches too."
"Well, what's on the Alex?" she smiled.
Hopefully you, later. She smiled at her own joke. "It's sliced chicken, bacon, steak, shredded cheese with ranch on Italian bread but you can totally switch up the bread."
Her eyes widened when she heard what was on the sandwich. "Wow, that's a lot of meat." Alex laughed. "Steak?"
"Yeah, you know the kind that comes on a Philly cheese steak? It's that." She said proudly. "I just thought of it one day and it became my favorite sandwich."
"It just sounds like The Alex is a mouthful." She scrunched up her nose, and Alex laughed. "I mean, that's a lot to eat…" Alex laughed even harder, practically snorting. "I mean…"
Alex waved, as the other hand held her side. "It's okay! I know what you mean…" she laughed. "It's just funny, that's all." She quickly stopped laughing, seeing the uncomfortable expression on her face. "So that's one Alex?"
She sank into the booth. "I'll give it a try." Alex walked off to the kitchen and began to prepare The Alex for the new girl. Fuck! I forgot to ask her what her name is! Alex glanced over at the table every so often, watching her duck behind the menu anytime someone walked by.
She walked out of the kitchen with her carefully prepared sandwich. "One Alex." She said with a triumphant smile. She looked up from the menu and thanked her. Alex clanked the plate onto the table in front of her. "So, if you were to get a sandwich named after you, what would it be called?"
She bit her lower lip as Alex, once again took a seat across from her. "The Allison…" she smiled.
"Allison… huh?" she smiled. "I haven't met an Allison before." Allison took a bite of her sandwich. "So I assume your hotel is close."
Allison nodded, unable to answer with her mouth full. She quickly chewed and swallowed hard. "Let me get your number." Alex smiled, pulling out her phone. They both exchanged numbers, not one breaking a smile.
"Alex!" Jerry yelled. "Get your butt back to work!"
Alex rolled her eyes. "Yes, daddy." She said as sweetly as possible. "Don't forget to say bye to me before you leave… I can try to get off so I can walk you home, kay?"
Allison smiled. "Of course." Alex stood up from the booth and walked back into the kitchen.
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"Dad." Her father turned around. "Daddy... father whom I love so…"
"What do you want, Alex?"
"I met this really cool girl who's here for vacation and she wants me to show her around… can I, daddy?"
"So you want me to let you go off with some stranger that you just met?"
"But dad, she's my age. She's right over there." She pointed at the girl who was sitting alone with a half eaten sandwich."
"Fine. It looks like it's clearing up anyway." He gave in. "But I want you to be back before midnight, okay?"
"Thank you daddy!" she jumped up wrapping her arms around her father's neck and ran out to Allison. "I can totally show you around tonight!"
"Come on," Alex grabbed Allison by the wrist. She ripped off her apron and threw it aside, grabbing her pea coat. "the sandwich is portable hand food so let's go!" Allison stood up, grabbing her sandwich and following Alex out the double doors.
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"So, where do you feel like going?" Alex asked, taking a bite of her iced cream.
"Well, I always wanted to make my own clothes so is there a fabric shop around here somewhere?"
Alex laughed. "Are you kidding? Where isn't there a fabric store?"
"Only if you want to go…"
"No problem. I'd love to go. Besides, I feel like getting new curtains." Allison smiled silently, taking another bite of her ice cream. "It's a bit far… it's on 37th and 7th but we have plenty of time to make it there. If anything, there are plenty of shops open like NYC Beads where we could make our necklace, M&J Trimmings, and an awesome vintage shirt store. I have to show you, you'll love it."
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Alex and Allison sat side by side on the D train, making their way to the 34th street train station. "So I glued my brother Justin's pants to his seat when he was in his alien language club." They both laughed. "He totally didn't see it coming."
"Change!" a hoarse voice called out. "Anybody could spare some change?"
"Aw." Allison reached for her coin purse but was stopped by Alex.
"What are you doing?" she whispered. "You don't give them change."
"Why not?" she pouted. "He's homeless and it looks so dirty, sad and alone."
"Anybody gots some change?" Someone dropped a few coins in his Styrofoam cup.
Alex shook her head. "There's a lot you have to learn. It's not like he's a lost puppy. People like that, no matter how poor they look, you can never tell whether…" Allison looked up at Alex, pouting. "You give them food, not money."
Allison looked down at her coin purse and put it back into her bag. "Maybe next time when I have a sandwich or something…."
"Why are you wearing your sunglasses at night… on a train?"
"Oh," she adjusted her glasses. "Just my thing I suppose."
The homeless man passed by an obvious homosexual man and begun his speech. "God judges those who do wrong by the bible." He shook his finger at the flamboyant man. "You're gonna burn in hell for what ya do!" The man just rolled his eyes and ignored him.
Alex rolled her eyes. "I hate these things! It's totally unfair that he gets to shout out his views and it's totally cool but if two guys or two girls decide to hook up, they get totally discriminated against!"
Allison looked up at Alex. "So, you think it's totally cool if two girls were to get together?" she asked timidly.
Alex immediately nodded. "Yeah, it's totally fine. People can do what they want, as long as it doesn't affect me." Allison silently agreed. Alex tilted her head towards Allison. "I mean, what's so wrong with two girls kissing?"
Allison's head quickly shot up and her eyes met Alex's. "Absolutely nothing." She said as though she was out of breath.
"Thirty Fourth Street. Transfers for the F,J, N, R, W, and Q train." The announcement rang through the p.a. system.
Both Allison and Alex shot up from their seats and they walked onto the slippery platform. Alex grabbed Allison's glove covered hand and escorted her to the surface.
A/N: Mostly filler. Please R&R. I feed off of that!!
