A/N: Here's a nice sized chapter for you!

"talking/stressing"

"thinking/stressing"

"spell/casting spell"

Chapter 7: Love Fights Back

"What do you mean their in detention?!" yelled Theresa.

"That their in detention," answered Max casually.

Both his parents sighed.

"She means Max; why are they in detention," Jerry explained.

"Oh."

"Well?" asked Theresa.

"Well what?"

"Why are they in detention?!" screamed Jerry losing his patience.

Max was silent for a while and then normally replied "I'm not sure. I just know their in detention." as he shrugged his shoulders.

His parents told him to go to his room afterwards.

"Looks like we'll have to wait for Justin and Alex to tell us what happened," Theresa stated sadly.

"All I know is that they better have a good reason for this," strictly commented Jerry as both he and Theresa decided to wait in the substation for Justin and Alex to get home.

What both parents didn't know was that Max actually did know the reason why his siblings were in detention. But he knew that if he told them what happened instead of Justin and Alex explaining it, his parents would be harsh on them before they could tell their side of the story. He didn't like lying to them but he knew it would be better for his brother and sister that way.

Earlier at school Alex was making her way to detention after classes were over.

"This just keeps getting worse! This isn't fair Gigi should be getting detention too, she's the one that started it!" thought Alex as she entered the room.

When she entered the room she got a surprising sight.

"Justin?"

"Alex?" asked Justin surprised to see his sister there as well.

"What are you doing here?" both questioned together.

"Ahem! If you're both finished take a seat" announced the Detention Procter.

They both sat down next to each other as the Procter went over the rules followed in detention. There were a few students who were in detention today besides Justin and Alex. However this was not good for them because students started looking and gossiping about them. The worst part was that the Procter did noting to stop this when he just told them that one of the rules were to remain quiet during detention. They knew it was pointless to say something about since it was clear the Procter was biased as well, so they did their best to ignore everyone and stayed silent until detention was over.

When detention was over Alex and Justin quickly made their way out of the room. Once they felt they were far enough away they slowed their pace and walked quietly in the hall. While they were walking they came across Mr. Tate.

"Ah Justin, just the person I was looking for," announced Larry.

"You were looking for me?"

"Yes, you see I heard what happened earlier."

"I'm sorry Mr. Tate; I'll clean up the mess."

"That's already taken care of and so is this," he said handing Justin a sheet how paper.

Justin looked at the paper and a shocked look crossed his face.

"How did you do this?" inquired Justin.

"I found it in the classroom; you must have dropped it during your "episode"."

"But that still doesn't explain how you…" he was quickly interrupted by Mr. Tate.

"I just had a little talk with the principle and we both agreed that something had to be done about it. We also agreed that this detention won't go on either of your records."

"Are you serious?!" asked Alex excited.

"I'm very serous Ms. Russo, now I believe you two should get home and if need be I'll explain the situation to your parents. Good day to the both of you," Larry said as he left the two siblings alone.

"What was that Mr. Tate gave you anyway?" wondered Alex.

Justin smiled and handed her the paper. Alex looked at the paper and had a bored look on her face.

"What's the big deal; you got an A on your Calculus test. Nothing new there," replied Alex.

When Justin heard this he remembered that she didn't know what had happened earlier.

So he told her the whole story about him getting a C and the reason for it. When Alex heard what happened she was angry that his teacher would do that to him.

"I can't believe that jerk would try to ruin your grades like that!"

"I know but what matters now is that I got the grade I deserved that's to Mr. Tate. He was always my favorite teacher."

"And you're his favorite student," replied Alex with a smile after she calmed down.

Justin grinned and answered back, "And I think you're one of his too."

They both smiled at each other and continued walking until Justin remembered something.

"Hey Alex, you never told me how you got detention."

She gave him a solemn look and explained what happened between her and Gigi. When she finished explaining her story she noticed the fire burning in Justin's eyes a long with his tightly clinched fists.

"Justin please stop!" pleaded Alex as she turned to face him grabbing his fists.

One thing she noticed after they drank the entire potion was that now Justin got angry easily, usually when something bad had or was going to happen to her. Part of her liked the fact that Justin was acting like this because he cared so much for her, the other part was worried that he would do something he would latter regret if he continued acting this way. After all from what he told her about why he was in detention today was a good example of the danger he could put himself in.

Justin seeing how worried he was making Alex unclenched his fists and hugged her tightly.

"I'm sorry Alex; I didn't mean to scare you like that," he whispered still holding her.

Seeing that he was back to normal she relaxed in the hug.

"Alex, can you promise me something?" he suddenly asked.

She looked up at him and said softly "Sure, what is it?"

"I'm asking you to please promise me you'll be there for me when I get angry because I know you're the only one who can help me when I'm like that," Justin commented with extreme seriousness in his words.

"Justin you're always there for me when I need you, so yes I promise I'll be there for you when you need me too," she promised with the same amount of seriousness.

Alex then sealed her promise with a tender kiss on his lips. Justin returned the kiss while pulling Alex closer to him.

"You know I'm sure there's a rule against making out in the hallway," mocked Gigi.

Justin and Alex parted from each other to glare at Gigi.

"Mind your own business Gigi!" exclaimed Alex.

"Or what, make me throw up from watching you two make out."

"What are you doing here anyway, because from what I heard you didn't get detention?!" Justin stated raising his voice.

"Like I could miss a chance at seeing the freak couple leaving their cage to go back to their natural habitat."

Justin punched her in her face knocking her down to the floor. He was about to continue his assault until Alex stopped him. He took a deep breath and relaxed but still held a hard glare at Gigi. Just then the principle came around, wanting to see what the commotion was.

"What's going on here?" he asked.

Justin and Alex became nervous when they heard the principle; however Gigi decided to use this to her advantage. She started crying fake tears and muttered sadly.

"I was just…walking in the hall…when Justin punched me. When I asked him why he punched me…he said it was for getting Alex in trouble."

Justin and Alex were shocked by what they heard, they knew Gigi was mean, but they didn't expect her to go that low. The principle then looked at them.

"Is this true?" he asked them.

"No! She's lying!" responded Justin quickly.

"Why is there a huge bruise on her check?" the principle asked more out of curiosity than anger.

"Justin did punch her, but it was only because Gigi called us animals!" cried Alex trying to defend her brother.

"Miss. Hollingsworth is this true?!" asked the principle surprised.

They both knew she was going to lie about this and probably get them in even more trouble.

"This can't be happening! There has to be something we can do! If only I could use magic right now, but I can't with the principle and Gigi here! Ah! What good is magic if you can't use it when you need it?!" Alex screamed in her head.

Justin was having similar thoughts.

"There has to be a way to get out of this mess! I can't say a spell without raising suspicion. If only there was a way to cast one without saying it...Wait that's it! T.J said spells were like training wheels and that you didn't really need them if you're good enough. Maybe if I think of the spell hard enough it would happen!" Justin deduced mentally.

When Justin saw Gigi about to reply he knew he had to act fast so he closed his eyes and concentrated.

"Ok here it goes. Some are evil, some are kind, but now all must speak their mind," thought Justin keeping his eyes shut tightly while he cast the spell mentally.

"Yes, it's true they might as well be kept in a zoo," Gigi replied and quickly covered her mouth when she heard what she said.

Justin opened his eyes when he heard what Gigi said and had a huge smile on his face.

"Oh my gosh! It actually worked! I can't wait to tell Alex this!"

"Well then Ms. Hollingsworth it seem we need to have a serous conversation. Come to my office now."

Gig sulked as she made her way to the principle's office. The principle turned to them with a small smile.

"You both won't have to worry about her for a while. I plan to suspend her. Personally I thought she was too mean anyway and was looking for a good excuse to suspend her…I mean I never liked her…I mean she always been a pain...I mean…"

Alex looked at him like he had a lost his head, while Justin was trying hard not to laugh knowing that the truth spell was still in effect. Justin was able to calm himself enough to respond to the principle, but kept in mind he need to be careful about what he said.

"That's ok; I know what you mean and thank you for all your help."

"You're very welcome Justin, I always favored you…Uh, that is to say I like you more…I mean…Darn it!" yelled the principle as he left trying to figure out what was wrong with him.

"Our principle sure is weird huh," commented Alex still giving their principle a weird look.

Justin couldn't contain himself anymore and started laughing. Alex gave him a curious look.

"What's so funny?"

Though his laughter he was able to tell Alex what he just did; which caused her to laugh too. After a few moments of laughter they calmed down and finally left the school. While they were walking home Alex decided to start a conversation.

"So you really cast the truth spell mentally?!"

"Yea, I remembered what T.J told us about spells being training wheels so I gave it a shot and it worked."

"That's so cool! You think you can teach me?!"

"Calm down Alex, I only did it once. I'm not an expert. But I can tell you how I did it and then you could try."

"Ok so how'd you do it?"

"I just thought of the spell as hard as I could and it happened. My guess is though, that the more we practice it the lesser concentration we'll need when thinking about it. It would probably become natural the more we do it."

"Ok, let me try," replied Alex. They both stopped walking as Alex closed her eyes in concentration. "Teleport us to this location, the Waverly Place Substation."

When she opened her eyes she saw that she and Justin were in fact at the Substation.

"Oh my gosh, Justin I did it!" Alex shouted happily as she hugged Justin.

When she realized Justin was hugging her back she looked at him strangely. He turned her around quickly and she saw her parents with stunned looks on their faces.

"Hey mom, dad," she uttered nervously.

The stunned looks on their parents' faces instantly turned to resentment.

"Tell me I didn't just see you two "pop" in here!" shouted Jerry.

"Ok, you didn't see us pop in here," stated Alex.

"Alexandra Margarita Russo this is not a time for jokes!" proclaimed Theresa.

Both Justin and Alex flinched when they knew their parents were dead serious.

"First of all, I can't believe you two came in like that! What if someone saw you! You both were lucky that we were already closed for the day!" Jerry reminded them.

Alex twitched realizing her dad was right and that she should've tried a more inconspicuous spell to experiment with.

"Sorry dad, it won't happen again," Alex muttered quietly looking down at the floor.

Justin grabbed her hand and squeezed it letting her know it was ok and she wasn't alone. She looked up and gave him a friendly smile letting him know she got the message.

"Ahem! We're still here!" interrupted Theresa.

They both suddenly looked at their parents remembering they were still in the room.

"Now that we got your attention! Mind telling us why you were in detention today!" Jerry asserted with his arms folded.

All of them sat down as Alex and Justin explained everything from the bad grade and GiGi to Gigi getting suspended. The only thing they left out was that they learned how to cast spells mentally, for now that would be their little secret. After they finished their story their parent gave them saddened looks.

Theresa then left her seat to hug both of them.

"I'm so sorry that you both had to go through that. But now do you see why we need to separate you two. More of that will happen and it may even get worse as it goes on," Theresa said in a honest gentle tone.

"She's right, we're only doing this because we care about the both of you and don't want to see you get hurt," Jerry said to honest but sad about his words.

All of them were quiet for a while, but then Justin said something that surprised them all.

"I'm not letting you take Alex away from me. If she's going then so am I," he stated firmly with a strong determined expression on his face.

"What?" asked both of their parents shocked.

"You heard me wherever Alex goes I do and I'm not letting anyone stop me from going with her."

When Alex heard Justin's proclamation something inside of her stirred and gave her the strength she needed to face her parents.

"And I'm not going anywhere unless Justin comes with me. So I won't start packing anything until I know for sure Justin is packing his things too," she announced with the same tone Justin used.

"And if their going, I'm going too!" yelled Max coming from behind the counter.

When Max heard his mother shout Alex's full name he knew they came home. So he sneaked down quietly and hid behind the counter so he could see what would happen. Yet. when he heard his siblings' declaration he knew it was the time for him to show his support and help them.

Justin and Alex smiled at Max showing their appreciation for supporting them and Max returned the smile to them. Both parents looked at their children and then at each other. Usually they wouldn't have their children talk back like this, but they knew deep down that their children would still find a way to stick together. Even though they didn't show it, they were real proud of how much they're fighting for something they believe in.

"Are you all sure about this?" asked Theresa.

The siblings looked at each other quickly and Alex decided to speak for all of them.

"Yes we're sure, and we'll even use magic if we have to do it!"

Both Justin and Max shock their heads in agreement to what Alex said.

A smile broke out on their parents face.

"Well then Alex, I guess you're not going anywhere," Theresa declared which brought a bigger smile on their faces.

"But we're still going to have to set some ground rules for you two," Jerry told them pointing at Alex and Justin.

"Now that that's settled I believe it's time for all of you to go to bed It's getting late and you have school tomorrow.

With that said all of them went upstairs to get ready for bed. The family sleeping with happiness now that they knew that they all were in this together. (Had to use that HSM rocks!)

The next morning the family was in good spirits. They still had to work out some things but knew things were getting better. Justin, Alex, and Max said their goodbyes to their parents as they made their way to school.

"Hey Max, I just want to thank you for helping us yesterday. We couldn't have done it without you, " said Alex.

"Alex is right, you really came through for us," agreed Justin.

"No problem, besides if you two left there wouldn't be anyone I could argue or pull pranks with," replied Max.

After their exchange they were at school. People were still staring and gossiping about them. Alex however had had enough of this and finally decided to handle it once and for all. In the cafeteria during lunch she stood up on the table and got everyone's attention.

"Listen up everybody because I'm going to say this only once!" announced Alex.

When she made sure everyone was listening she continued.

"I don't care how you feel about Justin's and mine relationship, so keep it to yourselves. All of you need to mind your own business and if you really have a problem with us talk to us directly instead of behind our backs."

She paused for a moment seeing that some people had taken consideration of what she said, but also saw others who were skeptical so she continued.

"Look some of you may not like what I'm about to say but I don't care anymore! I'm in love with my brother, Justin Russo and noting you say or do will ever change that! So get over it!"

Justin motivated by his sister's speech also stood on top of the table.

"I'm in love with my sister, Alex Russo and if anyone tries to come between us or hurt her you'll have to answer to me!"

"And me!" yelled Max standing up.

"I also agree to that!" shouted Mr. Tate.

" As do I!" declared the principle. "Also if I find out any staff, faculty, or students do them any harm because of it they will be severely punished. Mr. and Ms. Russo you can get down from the tables now."

They chuckled lightly as they got off the tables giving everyone who supported them a thankful look. After lunch was over school continued normally and surprising some people started apologizing and asking them certain questions about their relationship. Alex was at her locker getting the things she needed to take home now that school had ended.

"Hey Alex?" Harper asked quietly.

Alex turned around surprised to see Harper.

"What is it?" she asked back quietly as well.

Harper sighed and replied sadly "I heard what you said at lunch and wanted to say I'm so sorry for how I treated you. I was being selfish and stupid. The worst part is I was being a lousy friend and I understand if you don't want to be my friend again."

Alex then hugged her which surprised Harper.

"I accept your apology and I don't think you were acting stupid. I would have probably acted the same way if I was in your position, so don't worry about it," uttered Alex giving her friend a reassuring smile.

Harper smile and hugged her back, both knowing their friendship was restored. Just then they saw someone pass wearing a weird hat and they both grinned.

"What's that? A hat. Crazy Funky Junky Hat. Overslept. Hair unsightly. Trying to look like Kiera Nightly. We've been there. We've done that we see right through your funky hat." they both sang together.

Alex told Harper she would see her later and meant up with her brothers so they could walk home together.

"So I see you and Harper are friends again," commented Justin.

"Yes we are and now I know that we'll always be friends no matter what. Who knows maybe one day I'll tell her that I'm a wizard."

Justin didn't favor that last thing Alex said but decided to keep quiet and let her be happy.

However Max said something that stopped them in their tracks.

"So does this mean we aren't looking for the genie anymore?"

Both Justin and Alex were so caught up with the events that they forgot about the genie. Of course now this gave them a dilemma should they find the genie and wish everything back to when their relationship was a secret or continue to live this life where everyone knew about it.

"To be honest Max we don't know," answered Justin.

The rest of the walk home was silent as the older siblings were thinking about what they should do. When they got home they put their wanderings on pause and started their usual study session, though it was clear that their minds weren't focused on studying.

"Justin we need to figure out what we're going to do," stated Alex closing the textbook she was reading.

Justin also closed his book knowing Alex was right.

"So what do you think?" he asked her.

"I'm not sure. I mean now that things are getting better and people are starting to accept our relationship, I'm not sure if I want it to be a secret anymore."

"I know exactly how you feel. I think I've gotten used to people knowing about us too and we've become closer with Max."

"Yeah, he really came through for us didn't he?"

"Our little brother definitely did."

There was a moment of silence between them, but then Justin had come to his decision.

"I think we should wish everything back."

"What? Why?" questioned Alex.

"I thought about it and I think it would be better if we keep it a secret and tell people about it when we're ready. We at least know now that we can handle it if people find out and it would be much better if we tell somebody about it instead of them magically knowing."

Alex thought about his words and realized he was right like usual, though she knew that a part of her would miss this life.

"You're right as usual. So how do we get the genie back. I mean it's not like I can just say I wish the genie was here."

As soon as Alex uttered those words a puff of smoke appeared in the living room and as soon as it dissipated the genie was there.

"You have got to be kidding me!" exclaimed Justin.

"Please don't tell me I could have done that earlier!" pleaded Alex.

"Unfortunately you could, although you just used your second wish to do it," the genie responded.

"This means there's only one wish let, so we have to get this right!" Justin said to Alex.

"Right. Um could you give us a moment before I make my last wish?" she asked the genie.

"Whatever, but after you make your wish I'm gone," was the genie's reply.

So Alex and Justin went over possible wishes that would have as less loopholes as possible. After a few minutes of conversation Alex looked towards the genie.

"I'm ready to make my wish now."

"Very well, what is it?"

"I wish that I had never made my first wish, but absolutely only me and my brother still remember what happened when and after I made my first wish, despite me not making my first wish in the first place."

The genie gave her an interesting look and granted the wish. With the last wish granted the genie made her final exit.

"I hope that worked, " commented Alex.

"Me too."

Their parents appeared and looked at them strangely.

"Alex, are you studying?!" Theresa asked with hope in her voice.

Both siblings look at each other knowing that this was the perfect time to see if the wish was granted correctly.

"Yeah, Justin forced me into it," Alex joked giving her brother a smirk.

"Well now I see why your grades improved," commented Jerry.

"So dad, mom that conversation we had yesturday was something wasn't it," said Alex.

"Yes it was."

Both gave her a surprised look.

"You mean you remember it?!" exclaimed Justin.

"Well of course it's not everyday the basement gets cleaned around here."

They relaxed when they realized she was referring to the time their parents almost caught them on their first date.

"Oh that reminds me I need to get my drinking hat. There's a game coming on tonight!" Jerry announced with excitement as he ran up the stairs.

The next day at school no one gave Justin and Alex any looks or asked them any questions which meant everything had gone back to normal. Both were happy that the wish was granted the way they wanted it. Well this is what they thought until the walk back home after school.

"So I'm guessing you guys found the genie," replied Max giving his now shocked siblings a smirk.

A/N: I really hoped you enjoyed this chapter!

Also if you're wondering why or haven't figured out why Max remembers it's because when Alex made her wish she said "me and my brother". Since she has two brothers the genie made both brothers remember with her. I'm explaining this because I'm not going to let the characters explain it in the next chapter, they have to move on to the next episode.

Anyway thanks for reading! I won't remind you to review since I know some people get tired of seeing it. So if you want to or don't that's fine I just hope you all are enjoying the story.

Until next time!