A/N: I do not own Wizards of Waverly Place.

SUDDEN REALIZATION

Justin was sitting in everyone's favorite chair in the Lair deep in thought. Last week Alex and Harper had told all of them what had happened when Harper had read from the wizard fairytale book. Alex told them how Harper had been transformed into Cinderella and how she went to the ball. She said all of them were there but they didn't remember because they weren't present when Harper read from the book. Justin though had this nagging feeling of remembering something. He just couldn't put his finger on it. It felt like it had something to do with Harper. He told himself that was crazy. Why would a memory of Harper that he couldn't seem to remember bother him so much? She was just a friend to him, almost like a sister, plus she was dating his best friend. The elusive memory and nagging feeling just wouldn't go away, which made him more frustrated than ever. Just at that moment Alex came bursting into the Lair calling for him.

"Justin, Justin. Tell me if you think Zeke is going to flip over this!"

"Over what?" Justin said irritation in his voice.

Alex rolled her eyes at him. "Zeke's been begging to see what Harper looked like in her princess dress so I flashed Harper into the dress she wore in the story. So tell us what you think and if you think Zeke will faint when he sees her because that would be hilarious."

Just at that moment Harper walked into the Lair in her dress. Justin slowly sat at attention. His eyes got wider and wider and his mouth practically dropped open. Realization just hit him. This was the memory he had been trying to grasp onto, Harper in that dress. He had never seen anything more beautiful. He didn't know how he had not seen it before. He wished at that moment that he had but now it was too late. She was already taken by his best friend. He realized he hadn't spoken yet. Alex and Harper were waiting, looking at him strangely.

Alex spoke first, waving her hand in front of his face, "Justin, Justin! So what do you think? Is Zeke gonna faint or what?"

Justin raised his eyes again to look at Harper and said in a low, sad voice "Sorry. Yeah Zeke will love it. I… I gotta go."

As he left the room he took one more look at Harper. Was that a look of hurt and disappointment on her face? He looked away and told himself it was his imagination. Harper only had eyes for Zeke. But as he walked back upstairs he wondered if he was missing something.

After Justin left the Lair Harper turned to Alex with a look of confusion on her face and said "Is there something wrong with Justin? He rushed out of here pretty fast."

Alex said "Oh he's fine. Did you see the look on his face though when he saw you walk in here in that dress? He was stunned. Too bad he never looked at you like that when you were crushing on him. Maybe you'd be dating him instead of Zeke."

"What are you talking about?" Harper replied. "He didn't look at me any different than he always does. He's just not used to seeing me so dressed up." Something in her tone wasn't very convincing.

Alex didn't seem to notice Harper's somewhat downcast face. She just told her "Stay in here until Zeke comes to work and then I'll bring him in here and surprise him"

Harper looked up at her and said "But that's not for a couple of more hours. I have to stay in this dress until then?"

"Yes!" Alex replied "Just watch Wiz TV and you'll be fine."

"Ok" Harper said.

She knew she didn't have much choice when Alex had made up her mind about something. So she just resigned herself to do what Alex said.

A few minutes later Justin came rushing into the lair.

"Alex are you still in here? I need to talk to you right away…"

He stopped short when he saw Harper. Their eyes locked and Harper felt herself blushing under his gaze.

"Hey Harper, do you know where Alex went?" Justin asked nervously.

"I don't know. She just told me I had to stay in here till Zeke came to work"

"Oh…he's not going to be here for awhile. Do you want some company while you wait?"

Harper smiled "Sure. I'd like that. I was just going to turn on Wiz TV."

"Well ok then. Oh I just remembered there's supposed to be a new Wizard's Funniest Home Videos on. It's supposed to be hilarious."

"Sounds great."

Justin sat down next to Harper and they started watching. They each kept slyly glancing at the other remembering earlier. Harper kept wondering if she was just imagining the way Justin looked at her. A year earlier a look like that would have melted her, but now she just didn't know. She was with Zeke and she would never hurt him. Even with that thought she still wondered what Justin was really thinking as they sat there watching TV.

At the same time Justin was having the same conversation with himself. When he walked into the Lair to find Alex it was so he could talk to her about Harper. Then he found Harper there looking as beautiful as he left her. All thought of talking to Alex left him. He knew he should have left when he realized she was waiting for Zeke but he couldn't help himself. These sudden feelings were such that he felt he needed to be around her as much as he could. As they watched TV he couldn't help but look over at her. Why had he never noticed before how truly beautiful she was? It wasn't just the outside beauty but person she was on the inside too. He had no idea what he was going to do which was why he had wanted to talk to Alex. Right now though that could wait, he just wanted to be alone with her for as long as he could, chatting about useless everyday things. Just being near her was enough for now.

A/N: Please review. This is my first fanfiction. I hope you liked it more to come.