Throughout her childhood and adolescence, Alex lashed out at Justin to hide her love for him, but no matter what, the part of her that loved him was never hidden and never went away. It wasn't until they were in high school that they found out that they loved each other. On the weekends, when their parents were out of town, Alex and Justin would go out together.
At the beginning, they just went out on innocent dates to places that no one would recognize them at, such as theaters in Queens and bowling in Brooklyn. But as years passed, they started exploring each other's bodies, slowly and tentatively at first, but getting more bold and intense throughout their relationship until one day before Alex graduated, when they finally had sex. That first time felt so magical, which seems clichéd for a wizard couple, but it really was.
When Alex was with Dean and Mason, their fumbled caresses didn't ignite the same passion that Justin seemed to release inside Alex whenever he touched her. To her, it felt like someone had filled her veins with extra fizzy soda, and when Justin touched her, it was as if someone shook her up to fizz her carbonated blood, and during orgasm, the sensation was akin to the seal of a bottle breaking and all the pressure being released from inside her.
After that first time, Alex couldn't get enough of that feeling, and she and Justin took every opportunity to have sex. The morning of Harper's party, Alex woke up entwined in Justin's arms after a passionate night together. She nudged him gently to wake him up and he walked to his bedroom before their parents woke up, and they got ready to work in the sub shop before going to Harper's party. At the party, before anyone else arrived, they told Harper about their relationship and she didn't seem surprised about them, which made Alex, feel better about being with Justin.
Harper's party was amazing and so much fun, being with all their friends from school, celebrating their graduation from high school. As Alex and Justin walked from the subway towards the sub shop, they were brushing arms and glancing at each other's bodies. They turned the corner and saw the patrol car and ambulance parked outside the restaurant; they exchanged a worried glance and sprinted to the barrier of police type surrounding the building. Once at the line, they were stopped by a police officer who asked them who they were, and after identifying themselves, the officer proceeded to tell them that their parent's and Max had been killed during a robbery.
At that moment, Alex crumpled to the street with her hands pressed over her ears, shaking her head almost as if to shake the words out of her mind and into the garbage can a few feet away. Justin looked at the officer, before kneeling down and wrapping his arms around Alex and whispering in her ear. Alex stands up, wipes the tears off her face, then turns around and walks back to the subway entrance. Justin explains that they'll be staying the night at a friend's apartment and to call his cellphone in the morning to set up an interview. The next morning, Justin got a phone call from his parent's lawyer asking both him and Alex to come in for a meeting to discuss their will.