A/N There is some dialogue from the show included.


A polyester derivative of an organic hydroxide molecule. To put in another way, in order for the glue to be able to be dissolved it would take an aromatic acetate. Perfumes are made with this formula therefore can be used to dissolve any type of glue.

Alexander Roy Hinkley looked over his paper for the science fair which outlined his project and was pleased. He was fascinated by the story about how his father used perfume to unstick Uncle Gilly and Pappy from that boat. So brilliant it was! So much in fact that the young Hinkley boy wished to great his own formula strictly for that purpose. Not to get people unstuck from a boat but to get other things unstuck. It happens all the time. Why not create something people can use everyday? His father was proud of him for coming up with that idea. Ginger called him a chip off the old block.

Alex neatly put the paper into a blue folder and set it aside. He decided to once again look over his chemistry notes. The symbol for aluminum is AL. It's atomic number is 13 and it's atomic weight is 26.97. The index of refraction is N equals sign 1 over sign R equals V1 over V2. Naturally. It was so simple! How could one not understand that?

As brilliant as he was being the child of an intelligent well respect scientist didn't mean Alex was bright in every area. The one he wasn't was love. Just like his father. When it came to such thing he believed it ridiculous and just plain silly. Yes sure his father managed to fall in love with Ginger Grant but that was different. How it was different he could not explain it just was. He simply was not interested in pursuing the opposite sex. He was more happy conducting his experiments and working with his father in the lab at Howell Industries. That was way more interesting to him. Not only that like his father he constantly buried his nose in a book. Always reading up on different topics. Wanting to digest everything he could about everything. His sister would occasionally call him a dork but he ignored them. Alex had a deep passion for science and hoped to one day make his mark on it much like his father did. Roy Hinkley Jr won many prestigious accolades for his work in the world of science. He was considered to be very astute. Alex hoped to be like him someday. That would be something! Maybe he could one day invent some miracle product that everyone in America wondered how they did without! Wouldn't that be something! A real dream come true!

Amber and Sabrina would tell him that's all well and good but what about love? Didn't he want a nice female to share in his triumphs? Their father had such a female. Ginger was always so proud of her husband whenever he was the recipient of some honor. She bragged about it to everyone and anyone. Would mention it in magazine interviews about her husband's genius. Besides it wasn't like he didn't attract any girls. He did. All the time. There were several girls in their school that would love to date him. What about that girl who was on the cheerleading squad with Sabrina? Courtney Peterson. She liked him. And how about that girl in his class that was in the glee club with Amber? What was her name…oh yes…Lisa Constantine. She was pretty. Why not ask her out? The boy just rolled his eyes at both of his sisters. They considered him to be hopeless. Ginger was quick to point out that everyone thought their father was hopeless and she turned him right around. There was hope yet!

He did not wish to hear such things. He was not going out with that airhead Courtney and he was not to keen on Lisa's constant giggling. Didn't anyone take anything seriously! Really!

"Hey Alex!" Amber greeted cheerfully as she entered the kitchen.

"Morning sis." Alex replied as he looked up briefly to see his sister getting a glass from the cabinet.

Sabrina came bounding in a few seconds later and headed for the refrigerator after saying a hello to her siblings. "I can't wait until graduation!" She declared as she handed the juice carton to her twin. "These finals are brutal!"

"Tell me about it." Amber replied pouring the juice into a glass. "I was so nervous taking that Algebra final! Mr. Winston is tough! Sheesh!"

"You think that's bad. You should have taken Ms. Walsh's history exam! I swear I didn't think I would pass it! Really tough." The blonde said taking out some fresh fruit and setting it down on the island countertop.

Alex rolled his eyes and shook his head knowing his sisters were being overdramatic. They were two of the brightest girls in the school. They never had any trouble in their classes. They of course passed their exams with ease.

The Professor walked into the kitchen and greeted his children. "Morning." He said as he located his briefcase on the floor next to the backdoor.

"You have lipstick on your collar." All three teens said at the same time.

"Oh…I uh...I don't know how that happened." He stammered before quickly rushing out to go change his shirt.

"Her name is Mom." Amber laughed as her father left.

A minute later Ginger waltzed into the kitchen. "Morning my darlings." She said with a smile. "Where is your father?" She asked looking around. "I thought he was coming in here."

"He had lipstick on his collar again." Amber said putting a bagel in the toaster.

"Oh dear. Well I tried to be careful." Ginger said.

"Yes we know but you couldn't help yourself." Sabrina grinned. "He's just so handsome and irresistible…" She said placing her hand over her heart in a dramatic fashion.

Ginger shook her head with a smile. "I think I'm going to have a long talk with your bratty Aunt Mary Ann." She said as she then headed over to the coffee pot.

Alex found the whole thing rather amusing. His mother sure had some effect on his father that was for sure. How she managed that he had not quite figured out. One thing was for certain. It wasn't going to happen to him. Maybe. It was just ridiculous. Or was it? Had it happened and he did not want to face it? His mind briefly went to this one particular girl in his class. Her name was Tina. Tina McKensey. She had long reddish brown hair. Sparkling dark green eyes….He blushed a bit to himself thinking about such female. He never forgot when he met her.

Alex and his friend Jason decided to go on a dolphin watch. The owner was an old Navy buddy of the Skipper and when he told them about him well they had to go see him for themselves. They had a grand time listening to Jack Samson tell tales of the sea and his time in the Navy. They could listen to the man all day he was so fascinating. The things he saw were incredible. Well during one of his tales Jason has interrupted to ask him a question about something he had told them. Alex turned his head and that's when he was hit. Hit by a vision. A pretty one at that. There she was. Sitting there on one of the benches checking her reflection in a compact mirror. She wore a delicate white sundress with little spaghetti straps. Her hair was pulled back into a neat ponytail. He recalled hearing her light laughter at something a friend of hers said. Never in his life had he ever encountered such a beauty.

Well he just put that out of his head. It wasn't going to happen. No it was not. Tina was the most popular girl in his class. She was also a member of the drama club. She didn't sing like Amber but she had some pretty good talent as well. He knew that she and Amber had a blast playing rivals in one of the school productions. Their characters trying to outwit each other only to find out they had been outwitted themselves by another! It was comical to watch. He thoroughly enjoyed the chance to see Tina on the stage. She looked so natural. Almost as natural as his mother and sister did. However no matter what he knew for certain he had no chance with her. Not a one! Tina would never wish to go out with the likes of him. He was too much of a bookworm and liked science. She liked fashion and the drama club. Their worlds were different. Besides he was convinced she only went for guys who were like Tom Cruise. Boy did the girls go crazy for him in the movie Top Gun! Sabrina and Amber would not stop swooning! Lucky for them they got to meet the actor who of course was charming to them both. The girls each had a framed autographed picture of the star in their bedrooms.

He was not Tom Cruise. He was not any actor. He was just Alex Hinkley. That was enough for him. He supposed. Maybe. He did wish that he could do something to win over the fair Tina but deep down Alex just felt it was hopeless. Yes she would flirt from time to time but she did that with everyone. It was true she did seek him out for help in some of her subjects and well he did ask her once to be his partner in chemistry class. She was more than happy to oblige and he found she was pretty bright in the subject. They did get an A on their project.

But regardless of all that, he was not going to be dating Tina anytime soon so he may as well get those thoughts out of his head. It was not logical to be wishing for something that was never going to be. He had more important things to think about. Like his idea for a new perfume. He was dying to tell his father about it. It was brilliant. A perfume that reminded one of a tropical island. Much like the one his parents lived on for about four years. Add some light slightly sweet herbaceious, floral heart and maybe a touch of vanilla or maybe coconut. One of the reasons he wanted to get started on it was that the twin's birthday was coming up and he wanted to give them something special. It was going to be their 18th birthday after all. He hoped he could get it made in time so he could present it to them. Alex was sure they would love it. They were as much of perfume addicts as their mother was. Although Ginger had a different reason for her perfume. She just liked making Roy nuzzle her. This brought to mind Tina's perfume. She had this intoxicating sweet floral fragrance that….Stop that! He commanded himself. See this is why love was stupid. Always distracting you from what is really important.