Alex sat on the terrace and thought.

Breaking up with Mason was bad, but he was bad. Under normal circumstances, this might not have been so bad, might even have been a good thing. It would give her a chance to start over.

But the thing that tore her heart out was the jealousy her brother was feeling, so much that he had to yell at her and the wizard council in his holographic message to her. Was he really that jealous? Yes, she realized, he was. Certain things had always come easy to him, such as school and wizard training, but when it came to real life, saving the world, for instance, everything happened her way. She never realized how it tore him apart. She had made jokes and taunted and teased him over the award, and she guessed it seemed to him that no one ever took him seriously anymore. Knowing how she hurt her brother broke her heart, so she took out a piece of paper to the terrace and began to write.

When she had finished, she folded it up and wrote, "To my family" on the front, and placed it on the ledge on the terrace. Then she looked over the side as she climbed on top of it.

Alex Russo was the kind of girl that took the easy way out, that always went with the first plan that came to her mind. That was why, on this night, Alex took her own life.

O-o-O

Justin saw Alex go out to the terrace, but never come back in. He knew what she had to do tonight and why, and he also knew that she never meant to hurt him in any way. He realized he had been selfish and mean with his "heartfelt" congratulations to her, and went to the terrace to apologize. She wasn't there.

All he saw was the sheet of paper on the ledge. He took it and read "To my family" on the front. He opened it up and began to read.

"My dear family,

"I'm so sorry for all that I'm about to put you through. The truth is, I've hurt too many people already, including him. This is why I don't deserve to live anymore.

"I cannot keep sitting here doing nothing to hurt anyone, and still hurt the ones I love. Especially him. It is why, on this night, I died, and I was completely ready.

"I don't know what I would do without him. He gave me everything and I basically stabbed him in the back. I didn't mean to, and it didn't have to be done. But what's done is done.

"I know that when anyone finds this, I'll be dead, so there's no shame in admitting it. I loved him. He was there for me when I needed him the most. He helped me through so much. And while I may not have been the nicest person to him, it didn't mean I loved him any less..."

It was then that Justin decided two things. One, she wasn't talking about Mason. Two, no one but him would ever see this letter. With that thought in mind he read the last paragraph.

"I love you, Justin. Much more than I should. I don't know when I began loving you more that just a brother. All I know is that every time we spent together not fighting, I was falling even more in love with you. You make me complete, and I know that sounds cheesy, and maybe it is, but we were meant to be with each other. That's why I died tonight. Because after seeing your hologram yell at me about how I get everything and you get nothing, I realized that I failed as your sister, and I failed as your lover. At least now you can't blame me. I'm not around to blame.

"Love, Alex."

Justin crumpled up the letter and threw it off the terrace. He promised himself he would be the only one to see it, the only one to know how she felt about him.

He walked inside, ignoring his parents' inquiries about his sister. Instead he ran to his room and cried over his lost love.