"Alex!" Alex twirled around to see her father stood in the doorway to the lair.
"Yes Daddy?" Alex slowly moved her hands to her hips and secretly placed her wand in the back pocket of her jeans.
"It was all Alex! I had nothing to do with this I swear." Max blurted out from the sofa before quickly standing up and walking out.
"MAX!"
Alex was left standing there staring at her dad. "Well no time to spare I best be off, you know studying to do and what not."
"Ha" Jerry couldn't help but let out a little chuckle. "As a matter of fact I do know you and I know that you and studying are never used in the same sentence, however I do know that you and grounded go quite nicely together."
In the same instant Justin appeared back in the lair soaking wet dripping from head to toe in water, he had a bad odour that smelt like sewage.
"Ewwww, dude it's time you took a bath." Alex laugh soon faded as she looked over at her dad who stood there clearly not impressed.
"You, your grounded. A week" Jerry said sternly
"But da-" Alex began to protest but was cut short. "Actually make that two weeks.." continued her father, turning his attention to Justin. "You, you go take a bath the stench is making my eyes water."
Alex sat lay on the sofa doing her usual Sunday morning ritual of thumb wrestling herself whilst there was plenty of chores she should be attending too.
"Alex!" a voiced yelled at her from the hallway. Alex was startled and jumped loosing to herself at thumb wrestling, letting out a little childish giggle she congratulated her other thumb on winning just as Harper entered the room.
"I worry about you…" Harper said cautiously sitting besides Alex.
Alex let out another giggle "Ha-ha thanks, so what brings you to the house of forbidden freedom." Alex asked whilst getting up and making her way to the fridge
"Actually this does" Harper handed Alex a poster for a new talent competition.
"And…." Alex responded un-enthusiastically.
"And I thought you could enter it, I've heard you singing your amazing and the winner gets to record a duet with Selena Gomez herself."
Alex looked down at the poster, as much as she hated people hearing her and even more hated people knowing she had a talent Alex admired Selena she was her inspiration and this was an amazing opportunity, a new start, an opening to a Whole New World.