Chapter #1: Adopted

Monday mornings are always a drag. I contemplate throwing my alarm clock on the floor to stop it's insistent ringing, But I opt for the snooze button for the third time this morning. All of a sudden I hear an obnoxious knock on my bed room door.

"Alex get up for school" I hear a familiar voice say from outside my door

" Justin get a life" I reply very annoyed. How dare he interrupt my sacred sleep with something as insignificant as school.

"SCHOOL"

I rush out of bed and scatter around the room looking for my towel. If I'm late again I'll get suspended for a week. As I make my way out of my room I see my brother standing in front of me.

"What?" I say in a very annoyed tone

Justin: Nothing I just wanted to make sure you actually got up this time.

Me: Why do you care so much

He didn't reply...Not that I gave him a chance to because I rushed inside the bathroom as soon as Max got out.

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As I walked downstairs I spotted my brothers finishing up breakfast. I Practically ran downstairs and grabbed a Muffin from the island.

"Alex, Sit down and have some pancakes" My mother said with the usual smile she sports in the morning before my father does or says something stupid.

Although I would never openly admit this, It's kind of endearing seeing my parents together. My mom with her expectations and my dad with his cluelessness. They compliment each other so sweetly. I secretly wish to have what they have someday.

Of course I would never say that out loud.

However I know that Dean and I are almost there, He is perfect for me and I am his compliment.

"Nah, In a hurry" I mumbled as I stuffed the muffin in my mouth.

As I put on my jacket and rush towards the door my brother Justin holds the door open for me. I stare at him and he just smiles. I know it's just common courtesy, and I know that he's held the door open for me before, But I can't help but feel strange.

"You OK?" he ask's and my stomach start's to feel funny like something I have never felt before...I can't explain it. Maybe I'm just hungry? This isn't really how it feels when you're hungry,But what else could it possibly be? WAIT! Why does looking at Justin Make me feel hungry?

"Alex" He say's almost screaming. I snap out of it and rush out while he and max follow behind.

"You OK?" says max as they catch up with me.

"Yeah" I reply " I just need to get to school on time"

"Wow, Alex. This is the most responsible I've ever seen you" Justin says in an astonished voice.

"Yeah, I don't think so....I just can't get suspended or mom and dad won't let me go to that party with Dean tonight"

" I knew it was too good to be true"Justin says

and I have that feeling again. Man, I am going to need more then a muffin.

" You know if you don't want to get suspended you should eat more spaghetti" Says my brother max.

I always have wondered what goes on in his head he always says the most random things in situations where it doesn't really make sense. He was either really stupid or crazy., Or hey who knows maybe he has some sort of hidden genius that regular people don't understand. His unique way of thinking does come in handy when we prank Justin.

I smile to myself and respond " How could that possibly help me?"

"Well, spaghetti is good for you right?" he says confused and Justin and I give him what I like to call the WTF look.

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I see harper as soon as I get into school. It's hard to miss her as she is wearing a wonder woman tiara and a white and blue stripe jacket with a matching skirt.

"nice tiara" I say as I walk towards her.

"Thanks" She replies innocently.

I can't help but feel bad. Although my compliment did come from the heart as it is a nice tiara, I also meant it in a sarcastic way. As much as I admired harpers boldness in style, I also had to wondered if she ever really thought that others thought her fashion sense was "great". Was she really independent and bold or was she just clueless?

Whatever the case she always seemed happy and that was good enough for me.

I smile at her forging the same innocence when I spot my boyfriend coming towards us

" Hey, Dean" I say before his lips crash into mine

"Sup Russo" He replies after our lips part.

".....Listen about tonight" He says as the bell rings.

"Yeah, Can't wait for tonight" I say as I rush to class before Mr. Laritate finds me in the hall.

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Some how I managed not to get in trouble at school. Talk about hard work.

As harper and I enter Waverly substation I hear harper say in a demanding voice "What does he see in her anyway?"

"who?" But I should have already known the answer to that.

Justin was in the stair case leading to our loft with his girlfriend Miranda. He was going on about something probably having to do with math or physics as she stared at him blankly.

Good looks were wasted on Justin. How can a person with such a good physique (despite the lack of playing any sport except for 12 ball if that can be called a sport) be so oblivious as to how to act around his girlfriend?

"She is so obviously a wanna be version of me" she pouts.

" Yeah, Sure" I say sarcastically

I feel hands go around my waist. I turn my head around to see dean.

"Dean" I say in weird girly voice.

"Listen, about tonight. I can't go"He says scratching his head. The truth is I didn't really care about the party, Anywhere we went would have been OK.

"But tonight was the night we were supposed to..." I started " Yeah,but my uncle gave me some last minute work an engine...and I couldn't get out of it" he interrupted. Good thing he did.

I nodded. It was OK , I would of probably led him on and back out last minute because the truth is I'm scared and not ready.

Even though I love Dean, I can't help but feel that I'm never going to go through with it with him.

Guess it just takes time.

He kisses me on the cheek. "Promise I'll make it up to you"

All I can do is smile as he rushes towards the door.

As if on cue my parents came out of the kitchen arguing about paprika.

" Oh, Alex could you go get my abuela's Recipe book from our bed room?your father insist on changing my recipe's"

She says giving my dad a stern look.

"Teresa, that sandwich does not need paprika"

I roll my eyes, Here they go again.

" I have to go get some egg cartons for a new skirt I'm making"
Harper says with a goofy smile on her face and then proceeds to skips out of the substation.

"where is it?" I ask my mother.

"It's on the bottom left drawer of my dresser in a blue box" She Replies

"Don't touch the green one" My father says in a concerned voice. My mom lightly hits him in the stomach with an equally concerned face.

"How About I go get it" My dad says

"We have to get back in the kitchen, If we want to feed all the customers before they start a riot"

I head upstairs and pass Justin who is still going on about something to Miranda. Why don't they ask him to fetch their recipe book?

IIIII

I enter my parents bedroom. It's really simply decorated. I seldom come in here, It is nice in it's simplicity. There's a king sized bed with a white bed spread. Matching white his and her dresser. A vanity dresser with matching vanity chair.

I walk toward my mother's dresser and open the bottom left drawer.

There side by side is a blue marble colored box and a green marble colored box.

I open up my the blue box and surely I see an old leader cover book with gold writing on it that says LIBRO DE RECETAS

I pick it up, But my curiosity gets the better of me as it always does.

I am tempted to open the other box. Well, It doesn't matter if I get in trouble now that dean and I aren't going to that party. I open up the box and all I see Is a bunch of official looking papers.

Well that was two seconds of my life I'll never get back.

I look closer.

"OH, MY GOD"

It's adoption papers......

I just recently got really into wizards of waverly place.

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