Alright I should probably address something that I forgot all about in the second chapter. Yes, I did give slight a reference to Generator Rex. Ryan Salazar is Rex Salazar's son. I know that they're supposed to be in two different worlds but, hey, I can make it otherwise in this story, right?

I would also like to apologize for the possible confusion with Charmcaster's real name. For whatever reason I thought her name was Carolina. Don't ask me why, I just thought it was. But, I can make amends in this chapter by calling her by her real name, Hope.

By the way, thanks, for the review, Enraptured! I gave up on this story partly because of lack of reviews. It was very encouraging!

Anyway, I thought I would explore Devlin/Alice a little bit more because I like the idea with him going out with two of his parents'-worst-villains'-daughter. Say that three times fast!

September 23ed

Dear, Diary,

Unbeknownst to me, Mom has always told Devlin to extend a special dinner invitation to Alice since she and her mother had moved to Bellwood. But because they had been enemies, Devlin had never asked her over. But for some reason yesterday, he asked and she said yes. Something tells me there was more going on than what I saw but didn't ask. It's Friday and there was no projects due Monday for Devlin and Alice so they had some free time.

The Alice Morningstar I normally see at school vanished as soon as she entered the house.

At first, she was just shy. Especially when Mom greeted her. I think she was pleasantly surprised by her though.

When Dad came home from work, she looked a bit uncomfortable for a little bit, but that was probably just from her general suspicion of men. It didn't last long.

As soon as we all sat at the table she seemed more relaxed, though she blinked a couple of times.

"What?" Devlin asked.

"Nothing," Alice said, "This just feels so weird. I've never really sat at the table with a family before."

"Never?" Kelly asked.

She shook her head.

"Never," she said.

"Wow," Ethan said, "I hope you enjoy it." he turned to Mom, "Pass the lasagna, please."

Mom passed it.

"Now, I'm not sure what you liked, Alice," she said, "But lasagna's always been a general favorite so that's what I made."

Alice smiled.

"I like lasagna," she said, "It's actually my favorite." as soon as it was passed to her, she served herself a big helping.

"It's been forever since I've had this," she said to herself under her breath. Devlin just smiled at her. Mom and Kelly looked at each other and tried not to laugh.

Over dinner we talked about a lot of things. School, Dad's job, family, friends…the types of things we usually talked about. But Alice soaked in everything like a sponge and was smiling. Really smiling. I could tell she was really enjoying herself.

After supper, I had to help Mom with the dishes since it was my turn.

"So, let me get this straight," Mom said to me as she dried the plates I handed to her, "Is this the same Alice that Devlin doesn't get along with or is this another one?"

"Nope," I said, "She's the same one."

"I thought so," Mom said, "So what happened then? Did they make a truce?"

"Maybe of some sorts but Devlin never told me," I said washing a cup. I handed it to Mom. Mom dried it thoughtfully.

"How's her mother doing?" she asked, "She deflected all the questions I asked her about Hope."

I paused.

"I don't know," I said, "I never see her and Alice never brings her up. But then, I don't talk to her as much as Devlin does." Draining the water, I turned the faucet off.

Mom smirked slightly.

"So, how often does Devlin talk to her?" she folded her arms.

I smirked back.

"Enough to have the school talking." I answered truthfully.

Mom laughed.

"If someone were to tell me 20 years ago that my son would have a huge crush on Darkstar and Charmcaster's daughter, I would have made every provision to keep it from happening. But now," she shook her head, "I have a good feeling about her. She's not her parents and I don't think she'll ever come close to being anything like them."

I smiled and dried my hands then walked into the living room where everyone was laughing about something.

Kelly and Alice were sitting on the couch and Devlin was sitting on the floor at Alice's feet.

Kelly was whispering something to Alice and Alice was trying to hold laughter in. Devlin was looking up at her like she was the only girl that existed.

I had never seen Alice this happy. She looked like she had always belonged here and never anywhere else.

She and Kelly then noticed that I was in the room.

"Come over," Alice said patting the empty space beside her, "I want to ask you something."

I did as she said.

She placed her chin on one of her fists and looked at me mischievously.

"Kelly was just telling me that Devlin actually named his hamster 'Stormaggedon, Dark Lord of All' when he was 10. Is this true?"

Devlin's smile faded. So that was what his older sister was whispering to her about!

I laughed.

"Yes," I said, "And it was a dwarf hamster too!"

Alice laughed and looked at Devlin. He gave a weak smile back.

She stayed for another hour then left. After she did we both looked at Devlin. He rolled his eyes and braced himself for the inescapable teasing.

"Will she be coming back?" Kelly asked with the smirk that always made her look like Dad.

Devlin shrugged.

"Maybe," he said.

"Well I hope so," Kelly said, "I like her." With that, she went up the stairs to our room.

"Me too," I said starting to following her.

"Me three!" Mom called from the kitchen.

Devlin cringed then went outside, probably to pour his embarrassments to our dad in the garage.

So what do you think? Should I abandon this story all together and write a Devlin/Alice story, or should I just keep mentioning them in this one? Please give me your thoughts on this. On a side note, did anyone get where the name of Devlin's dwarf hamster came from?