A/N: OK well here goes nothing. Before you read this story I have a few things to say. When I first started writing it, I was intending it to be pure incest (as far as pure goes lol). Then I started thinking that the story could actually be incestuous AND non-incestuous so I wrote it in such a fashion that it could go both ways :P (I think). This is my first Jalex fanfic ever so forgive me for any mistakes x). Well, enjoy! Italics are thoughts of the respective characters. Also the story is a bit cliched but oh well.

Disclaimer: All I own is my imagination and my ability to write this. Do not own WOWP unfortunately.

Sabotage

Chapter 1

Where'd you go?
I miss you so,
Seems like it's been forever,
That you've been gone...

~Fort Minor – Where'd You Go

Alex came back to her apartment at around 7 PM. She usually came home this late because of her night classes. She was especially tired today since her teacher made the class do a ridiculously long exercise on the history of art. Something that she never wants to do again.

She walked into the room and closed the door behind her. She went over to the couch and threw her book bag on the it like always. Her roommate, Alicia, also had night classes but they started at 6:30 so she would be alone for another hour or so. She opened the fridge and grabbed a can of soda then rested on the couch.

What a slow day. College is more annoying than High School. Why am I even in college...

It was really quiet in the room and Alex hated quiet so she turned on the TV and switched to E!.

Nothing better than making fun of people with screwed up lives.

She quickly lost interest in the show started to stare at the blank ceiling. She closed her eyes and thought about her day and how much it sucked. Alex thought she'd be used to college by now but there was still so much that was new to her even in her third year. The long hours in class, the long hours of sitting and staring at the teacher, the sleeping, the smooth jazz...

Wait...what? Smooth jazz? Where the hell did that come from? I hate smooth jazz...

That was a lie. After the incident, she began to listen to some smooth jazz without even taking notice. She continued to think about how her life had little excitement as it did before when she was at together with her family. She could still use her wizard powers since there was a year left till the competition but she became very conservative about using them since she didn't want to make a mistake that she couldn't fix.

Her eyes became heavy and eventually, sleep took her.

She awoke to the ringing of her cell phone. She ignored it at first because she was too tired but then lazily reached out to the table to find it. The ringing had stopped. She got her phone and checked the time. 12:46AM.

Who the hell calls this late at night?

She used to be such a night owl. It felt odd to her to think that 12:46AM was late. She checked her phone and looked who had called her. It was her mom.

Mom? Calling this late at night? She's never done that before. Maybe I should call her back.

One ring...Two rings...

"Alex! Oh thank God you called back," answered Theresa.

Alex sensed that something was wrong in her voice but couldn't pinpoint what it was.

"Yea mom. What's wrong? You never call me this late," said a puzzled Alex.

"It's your brother," she said with less enthusiasm.

"Max? Is he-"

Theresa cut her off, "No. Not Max..."

Her heart froze. She hadn't heard anything about him in 4 years. She didn't know how to react.

"He's been in..."

Alex could hear the hesitation in her voice and that she had probably been crying. She feared for what she was going to find out next.

"Mom, what happened?" asked Alex.

"There's been an accident. They won't tell us any more details but we are flying to Chicago tonight," she paused trying to hold back the crying. "We will wait for you at LaGuardia in the American Airlines Terminal. We already bought your ticket. You will come, right? It's been years..." said her mother in an unsure voice.

There was a pause as Alex contemplated what just happened. She couldn't take in all this information at once. She looked frantically at the floor as if it would give her an answer. Not hearing from your brother for 4 years and then finding out that he was in an accident does that to you.

"Alex? Please answer...He's... He's your brother. I don't know what happened between you two but please...," said Theresa as she started to cry again. Her mothers cries hit her hard and filled her with guilt. It was her fault that she hadn't seen her eldest son in 4 years. Her fault that her father hadn't seen him either. Her fault for Max not having an older brother to help him.

It took a while for her to answer but she finally agreed to meet them there. Her tone made it sound like she was being forced by her mom which worried her even more. She had hoped that they would have reconciled all those years ago but nothing had changed it seemed.

"I'll see you then honey. And please be careful..." said a sorrow filled mother.

She stood there for a good minute or two thinking over what she had just learned. She still didn't know what to make of the situation. Yes, it was bad but this is not how she wanted to see her brother again.

And with that last thought, she went into her room and started to pack with the greatest of speed; just throwing all types of clothes into her small suitcase, not caring if it matched or even looked good at all.

She went to the bathroom and started to gather some of her personal items and then she saw it. Her reflection in the mirror. She hadn't even noticed it until then but her face was wet with tears. Alex barely ever cried. It was unbecoming of her. Being strong and often nonchalant was her strength. Crying wasn't her thing so this took her by surprise but then she realized why she was crying and finally accepted it. She grabbed a tissue and wiped her face and continued packing her things. It took her less than 10 minutes to finish packing everything that she thought she would need.

After that, she went into her roommates room to tell her that she was leaving.

"Alicia?" asked Alex behind the slightly opened door.

Nothing. She went over to her bed and started to shake her awake.

"Alicia, get up. I have to tell you something."

"Hmm..what? Alex? What's wrong? What time is it?" said Alicia who was still half asleep.

"It's 1 AM. I woke you up to tell you that I'll be gone for a while. There's been an emergency."

Hearing the word "emergency", Alicia immediately jumped out of her state of drowsiness.

"Emergency?" asked the now concerned roommate. "What's wrong?"

"It's my brother. There's been an accident..."

"Max? Is he-"

Alex cut her off. "No. Not Max..."

Alicia suddenly became even more worried because she knew what her situation with him. She could relate to it because she had a similar experience except she hadn't seen her brother in over 7 years. She looked at Alex with the greatest amount of sympathy that she could muster up. Alicia saw the look on Alex's face and didn't want to pressure her more into telling her anything else.

"I don't know how long I'll be gone," said Alex with a hint of regret.

"It doesn't matter. I just hope everything is OK," said Alicia.

"Me too..."

They hugged each other and felt a connection since they went through nearly the same thing. They let go and then Alex got up and went towards the door of their dorm, opened it and left while looking Alicia.

Alicia had been very close to her brother too. However, unlike Alex and Justin, she never taunted or teased her brother. They were just normal, close siblings and then one day she came home and he wasn't there. No one would tell her where he went. Till this day, she still doesn't know where he is and that just ruins her every time she thinks of it.

Alex was never the one to prod into other peoples personal lives (except Justin's back then). Alex knew this because Alicia had told her after she found her in the bathroom crying with a letter in her hand from him. They sat there for about an hour telling their stories about their brothers who had both up and left without so much as a goodbye. They never spoke of it again. The subject had become taboo to them.

Well that's the first chapter. Please review! If you don't review I will be very sad :(. And if I don't get any reviews I will be even sadder D: