All I Have To Do Is Dream

by Erin Griffin

Fandom: Wizards of Waverly Place

Pairing: Possible unrequited Harper/Alex

Rating: PG

Summary: Alex needs the help of her brothers to charm Harper into loving her back.

Disclaimer: I do not own Wizards of Waverly Place. That is Disney. I don't own the song 'All I Have to Do is Dream'. That song belongs to the Everly Brothers, and the cover I refer to in this story belongs to the Corrs. I promise to have the characters back before curfew.

Chapter 1

Alex Russo wasn't sure what she was going to do. She had been pacing for a good twenty minutes now, ever since Harper had left and she had failed once again to tell her how she'd been feeling for her since, well, forever. She always told herself that today would be the day, and then the day would pass because she was too scared, or because Harper was having another breakdown, or because Harper was clinging to Justin and she was too jealous to want to speak. There was nothing to hold her back. She was scared, sure, but she knew for a fact that Harper wouldn't hate her for feeling this way. It might be a little awkward at first, but she would feel flattered, if nothing else. Alex wondered what she was going to do. She was at the point where she was sure to explode. At first, it was really hard on her keeping this secret and the secret of being a wizard, but now that Harper knows about her magic, it had been better for a while. Now, she just can't keep things bottled in anymore, yet whenever she is with Harper, she can't seem to breathe, let alone tell her the other big secret.

Suddely, the door to her room opened, and Justin walked in. "Hey, you trying to burn a hole in the floor? I can hear you pacing from the shop!"

"Don't you knock, Barf Face?!" Alex yelled back. She twisted her body towards her bed and grabbed her pillow, throwing it at her brother, who ducked. Not that it was neccisary, as she had missed him by a long shot, anyway.

"What is wrong with you?" Justin asked with a scowl. Alex's mouth twisted, and she wanted to say it, she really did, but she wasn't going to tell him.

Before she could reply or even to tell him to get his nerdy butt out of her room, Max busted in. "Have any of you seen my singing yellow hat?" He looked between his older brother and sister. "No?"

"No." Alex replied slowly.

"You have a siging yellow hat?" Justin asked, clearly ready to start a lecture about animating objects again.

"It's a long story," the youngest Russo said quickly, making a visual sweep around Alex's room.

"Do we want to know?" Alex wondered.

"Its best if you don't," Max replied. With that, he was gone, leaving Alex and Justin to look after him. Alex was the first to shake her head.

"Okay, so one issue resolved for now... I think. What's going on, Alex?" Justin asked.

"That's for me to know and Harper to find out, and for you... to... Never." Alex shot back. Just stared at his sister momentarily, and just when Alex was about to ask what he was looking at, he looked out the hallway quickly, and then shut the door behind him. He stared at his sister again until Alex said, "Okay, say something or get out because you're really starting to freak me out."

"For Harper to find out that you're in love with her?" Justin finally asked. "That you've been in love with her at least since you were twelve?"

"Ten, but how did you know?"

"I'm a wizard-"

"You're a-nnoying. Heh, get it?" Alex asked, laughing at her own joke. When Justin didn't respond to that, Alex stopped. "Oh shut up, that was funny."

"Anyway," Justin said in a frusterated tone, "more importantly, I am your brother. I know these things. And I have a feeling that you've been trying to tell Harper for a while now how you feel about her, but you can't seem to."

"It was so much easier telling her that we're wizards than it is to tell her this. And you can't tell her, either!"

"If I was going to tell her, you think I would've by now? Jeeze Alex, I've known for 4 years and haven't said a thing, even when Harper had snuck into my room at your slumber party dressed as a bride." Justin said. Alex had to agree. If Justin were to have told Harper, he would have done it a long time ago to get Harper off his back. She hated to admit it, even to herself, but she owed Justin a lot for that. There was a short silence between them, and then Justin said, "You know, she won't hate you or anything." Alex nodded. She did know. "I'll help you out in telling her if you need me to." Again Alex nodded, but she said nothing as she let the silence fall over them again. "Come on, its your shift in the sub shop." Alex groaned, but she followed Justin down the stairs.

Alex was surprised by the amount of people who were lined up outside the subshop, and she felt a little relieved when they weren't waiting anxiously to get into their shop, but to the coffee shop across from them. "What is going on?" Alex asked her father as he gave her a quick kiss on the cheek in his way to delivering two baskets of sandwhich orders. He shrugged as he placed the plates down, smiled at the customer, who had thanked him, and walked back behind the counter.

"I don't know. I think there is like a promotion or something to get more people to go inside," Jerry Russo said to his daughter.

"Oh. So where am I stationed today, Dad?"

Jerry looked confused. "I didn't have you schedualed for a shift today, but since you asked, I do need some help in the back with cleaning the slicer."

Alex looked at Justin, who smirked at her. "You are dead!" Justin let out a hearty laugh and then left the shop.

"AH!" He called in a loud voice as he stood in the doorway, "Such freedom!" He then walked away with other laugh.

To Be Continued...