A/N: Watched the episode on the internet a couple days ago, thought it was alright, but I like to make episodes seem Jalex-y and me and my sister kinda thought of this idea. This is what I think might have happened if Alex would have been Juliet at the park. Enjoy! =)
Harper comes rushing over to Alex, guilt very evident on her face. "Alex," She said quietly, "I don't think I can go through with this." This, being Harper transforming into Juliet to get Justin to finally get over her and move on. Trust Alex when she tells you that this wasn't her idea. If she had to go through her loss over Mason cold turkey, Justin would have to deal with Juliet's loss in the same way too!
"Harper," Alex started tiredly, her eyes begging to roll at her best friend's behavior. "Just go to the park as Juliet, tell Justin he can move on, blah blah blah, and then leave! It's simple."
"I don't know why I thought this would be a good idea. He seems so happy, and I'm just going to crush him again!" She said, sitting down on Alex's bed and started fidgeting heavily. "I'm such a bad person! I can't do this!"
"Well you can't just have 'Juliet' stand Justin up at the park!" Alex hollered. Even though her brother annoyed her to no ends, she still didn't want him hurt.
"Well, I'm not going, Alex," She said, before walking to the doorframe of Alex's room. "I just can't."
Alex sighed. If 'Juliet' didn't show up, her brother would be in a bad mood for days. This would make pulling any pranks on him pretty much useless since, he would be too depressed to reprimand her properly, which, in return, would make Alex irritable, which no one likes. So basically she had to be 'Juliet' for the sake of everyone, and herself, not just Justin. Yeah, she'll go with that.
Alex quickly made a dash for the park, hiding behind the bushes near the small lake where she knew Justin was going to be. Justin was sitting there; He was smiling a goofy grin as he patiently waited for Juliet. He had a small boat ready to go, that sat beside him.
Alex took a deep breath and, with the flick of her wand, transformed herself into Juliet. "Just go over there, tell him to move on, and then leave," She whispered to herself. "You can do this."
She stepped out of the bushes, and automatically Justin jumped to his feet, his smile ten times wider than before. "Juliet!" He exclaimed, as he engulfed Alex into a tight hug. It was oddly pleasant, but Alex already knew that since she's hugged her brother before, but was slightly ticked off to think he hugged everyone like that.
Shaking her head slightly of her thoughts, Alex placed a forced smile on her face, well 'Juliet's' face, but there wasn't enough time to be so technical. "Justin," She said, trying to sound as enthusiastic as him, but missed it by a long shot. He didn't seem to notice or care; his smile never faltering in the slightest.
"I can't believe you're really here," He said softly, grabbing a hold of her hands as he gazed into her eyes intensely. Oddly enough, even though her head said to look away, she couldn't help but stare back into his misty gray eyes. "I've missed you so much," he expressed breathlessly.
Alex finally snapped back into her senses, swallowing this weird feeling in the pit of her stomach away. She pried Justin's hands out of hers, and then walked a few feet away from Justin, so her back was facing him. "Justin, you need to get over Juli- I mean me."
"Why?" She heard him say behind her. The tone he used was dramatically different then a moment ago. He was confused, and hurt, she could hear it in his voice.
She deeply sighed. "We can't be together," Alex told him, still staring out at the lake.
She could hear him walking closer to her. "But you're fine, you're here. Why can't we be together?" His voice was pleading, and it was gnawing at her heart strings. And yes she did have heart strings. She was human you know.
Alex started thinking that maybe coming wasn't the best choice after all. That maybe if 'Juliet' had stood him up, this wouldn't have to be so difficult. At least not for her.
"We just can't," Alex persisted.
She could hear Justin sigh behind her sadly. "Can we at least hang out a little while before you have to go?"
She wanted to say 'no' and high-tail out of there, but when she turned around, his face was contorted into a miserable expression that she couldn't help but feel horrible. "Sure."
His face lightened immediately, his smile plastered back like it never left. "Let's go take that boat ride I promised you," He said, setting the boat already in the water. What else could she do?
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Justin hops out of the boat first, tying it around the rock, before he comes over to Alex to help her out. He looks at her lovingly, like he did the whole boat ride. Was it weird that she wasn't weirded out by this? "I can't believe you're really here." He had said this for about nth time by now. The whole boat ride he kept telling her how much he missed her. This wasn't good for the guilt that was eating Alex away. This is why she didn't do emotions.
"Yeah," She drawled, breaking the eye contact, "but we really need to talk about this moving on thing for you."
"Why though?" He said, taking her hands again, and gently sitting them both down on the small patch of grass. "Juliet," He started, taking a deep breath, "we should run away and be together!"
Alex's eyes widened. "Are you hearing yourself?" She yelled, getting up from her seat next to him.
Justin followed suit with her. "This way we can be together without anyone knowing or caring or judging us!" Her breath hitched. He's talking to Juliet, not Alex. She had to keep reminding herself of that fact. If he knew he was really talking to Alex he wouldn't be saying these things. He wouldn't even be thinking about them.
Why was she suddenly thinking about them?
Justin's hands on her cheeks broke Alex out of her thoughts. "I love you," He stated simply, and his face was getting closer and closer, she saw his eyes slowly closing.
"No, Just-" She started, but was interrupted by her brother's lips.
She should have flown back in disgust, but she couldn't think. Her mind was fuzzy; her heart was beating irregularly, and the only thing she could feel were Justin's lips moving across her lips and if felt good. She loved the way he tasted and couldn't help herself when she gave into the feeling and kissed back.
Her one hand shot up to ruffle his hand, while the other wrapped around his neck pulling him closer. She could faintly feel his hands now down at her hip, and near her lower back.
She wasn't disgusted about this at all. These feelings must be because she was 'Juliet', right?
She suddenly pulled herself away abruptly, leaving Justin in mid-kiss. He opened his eyes in confusion, as he peered down at her. "That was amazing! Better than I remember!" He expressed and then when he saw the trouble look on the face of 'Juliet'. He asked, "What's wrong?"
She looked down at her hands and started to fiddle with them, trying to build enough confidence to tell him the truth. She bit her lip. "I'm not Juliet."Justin's head moves back at the news, and his features deepen in confusion, but Alex couldn't tell him who she really was, she didn't even want to be who she was right now. "I'm Harper," She lied, and if Harper hadn't have bailed it would have been her.
Justin looked at her questionably, "That does explain the outfit," he comments, and Alex is so happy that Harper already had an outfit for 'Juliet' to wear and that it was included in her spell. Then he jumped back. "Wait, you're really not just Alex claiming to be Harper, pretending to be Juliet?" He accused, and if Alex didn't know any better she would think there was a sign over her head outing her on her whole scheme. "Because that would be sick!"
That last word. Sick. Was that what she was now? She definitely felt like she was. That word deflated her heart, tore her insides out and left her with a bitter taste in her mouth. She felt as if she was going to throw up, and her eyes felt like she could give the lake a run for its money. "No," She croaked and panicked, "if I was Alex, wouldn't I have made a hole so the boat would sink in the middle of the lake?"
Justin's face relaxed, his panic replaced with a more relaxed emotion. "Yeah, she would have, and that would also imply that I just totally made-out with my sister." He tried to laugh the awkwardness off, but she could tell that the idea bothered him a lot, and he was truly relieved that she wasn't Alex.
But she was.
She swallowed down tears that were forcing to escape. "Yeah…and that would have implied that I just totally made-out with my brother, if you know, I was Alex, but I'm not."
Justin nodded, but then turned serious. "Why did you do all of this though, Harper?" He sat down on the rock. "Are you trying to hurt me?"
Alex tried to push her feelings away for the moment to finally finish what she came to do. "Wasn't trying to hurt you, but just to tell you that it's okay to move on, and that you may not have Juliet, but you can still find love with someone else, you just have to be open to it. Juliet would want this for you, which is why I had Alex transform me to her. I thought you would listen to her better than anyone."
Justin looked up into her face, and smiled sadly. "You're right. I know she would want this for me, and I should be more open with meeting girls, and falling in love again. Thanks, Harper." He gave her a meaningful look, and her stomach knotted uncomfortably.
"You're welcome," Alex told him, but she couldn't stand to be there a moment longer. "I'll just head back home and have Alex transform me back. See-you at home, Justin." With that, Alex ran quickly back into the bushes, breathing heavily. She could hear Justin shout out Harper's name, but she didn't, couldn't, turn back.
She transformed herself back into Alex, and walked the park walkways, before finding Max in his tent. "Can I stay here with you tonight? I really don't wanna go home." Max was surprised by his sister's appearance, especially since she was against his little camp-out in the park, but the depressed look on her face kept his mouth shut for once. He nodded numbly, and made room for her. He didn't even say a word a moment later when Alex laid her head on his shoulder and cried.
A/N: Hey guys, so what do you think about it? I feel like I could do a full blown story out of it, but it depends on what you guys want! So COMMENT please! Leave your thoughts on the story, and did you like the actual episode at all?