In the morning, Alex, Ashley and I walked into the airport.

"Ashley, why don't you go on ahead?" Alex suggested. "I need to talk to Justine about something."

Ashley nodded and went to the gate.

"What are you doing Alex?" I asked.

"I'm going to fulfill my promise to you. I said I would change you back when we were done here." Alex replied. "So are you ready to be a guy again?"

"No…" I responded.

"What do you mean no?" Alex asked. "I thought you would be ecstatic to hear that."

"I thought I would be too but it just doesn't seem like I'm ready to go back yet." I replied. "It really feels like I'm not finished with yet and there are still some things that I need to do."

"What do you mean things to do?" Alex asked.

"I don't know but I just want to go home now." I replied. "Maybe I should see what it's like at home."

"Okay fine." Alex said. "But I might end up forgetting the reversal spell. Changing back could be something that you have to find out on your own."

I nodded as we entered the area for first class passengers. I was shocked upon entering at how fancy it looked. The seats appeared to made out of leather and there was only room for like thirty max. It was nice and provided plenty of leg room unlike the coach seats from the ride there. The pillows appeared to be made of memory foam as well. They felt really soft.

We found Ashley in a row of three seats. Alex took a seat beside her and kissed her. I once again was in the aisle seat but I that was really my only option.

"So what were you and Drake talking about last night?" Ashley asked me.

"Well I basically told him that I was leaving and basically goodbye and stuff. I also need to see if registration for San Diego State is still open." I answered.

"That's a long way to go for college." Alex commented.

"Yeah but I think it will be a good experience." I replied. "It's a really good research school."

"And it's the third ranked party school in the country." Ashley added.

"How do you know that?" Alex asked.

"Well I had this project last year to research a college. We picked out of a hat and I ended up with San Diego State. I have no intention of going." The blonde answered as she traced her hand on Alex's thigh. It was easy to see the intimacy between the two girls. I hoped that wouldn't cause a problem with Mom and Dad. Mom didn't seem to like it when Harper watched Ellen DeGeneres. She was Hispanic Catholic so she didn't exactly have the strongest opinion of gays. I couldn't help but wonder what Alex would do if she found out. I don't think that Mom would be very happy finding out that her own daughter was gay.

I watched the movie, knowing we were going to be on a long flight. Alex and Ashley had fallen asleep against each other. Seeing them together only made me feel warm inside. I was looking at a pure example of love. The sight was proof that love didn't require two people of the opposite sex. It was the kind of love that most people were looking for whether they were gay, straight, or something else. Okay I should have just left it at gay and straight. Now I have all of these weird images in my head.

Anyway the in-flight movie was Valentine's Day. It was a movie that has like every movie star ever in it and Taylor Lautner wearing a shirt. The only pictures I've seen of him he was shirtless and hot…and I need to stop fantasizing about him. Having feelings for one guy is enough. I do not need to start crushing on celebrities with six-pack abs. Okay he's off the screen now. This movie is so jumpy. It's like having all of these couples hinders it. I think I just realized the reason why romantic comedies usually only have one guy and one girl.

The plane stopped in Kansas City. I couldn't help but wonder if the airport was in Kansas or Missouri. I shook Alex and Ashley awake.

"What?" Alex asked.

"We've landed." I said.

"We're in New York?" Ashley asked.

"No we're in Kansas City but we have to get off the plane." I replied.

The three of us eventually sat down in the Sbarro pizza restaurant at the airport. Why they had a pizza restaurant at the airport, I don't know. Oh well at least they didn't have a Chili's. I guess it was a better alternative than eating airline food.

"So Alex, have you thought about what you're going to tell Mom?" I asked.

"Well not really." Alex admitted.

"So I take it that your mom doesn't know about your sexual identity?" Ashley guessed.

"I didn't even know until this weekend." I remarked. "I don't think she's told anyone else."

"I haven't told anyone else." Alex admitted. "I'm just not sure what to say."

"This situation seems really familiar to me." Ashley said. "It's going to be really hard and I can't tell you that it will be the same for you that it was for me."

"What was it like?" Alex asked. "How did your family react?"

"Well my Mom and Dad were cool with it." She explained. "My brother took a little longer to come around but he's okay with it now. He asked me for advice on how to pick up chicks."

"How do you know so much?" I asked.

"Well before I met Alex I was a bit of a…lesbian player." She said, her voice getting quieter near the end.

"What?" Alex exclaimed. It caused several people in the restaurant to stare at her.

"I didn't leave anyone back home." Ashley replied. "I promise. Alex, I love you. I never thought I would be able to find love but it just worked."

"Ashley, I feel like there is so much that I don't know about you." Alex remarked. "I want you to tell me now."

"What do you want to know?" Ashley questioned.

"I want you to tell me everything about your life as a player." Alex answered. "From the beginning…"

"It all started three years ago when I moved here from St. Louis." She started. "I was pretty popular in St. Louis even though people had found out that I liked girls. People didn't seem to care. When I got here, I decided to make it no secret that I liked girls. It was tough at first but then I made a bet that I could turn the head cheerleader gay. Obviously this was before I was going to St. Joan's. No one thought in a million years that I could win over but I managed to do so and became a legend at school. Not only was I a freshman dating a senior but I was dating the head cheerleader."

"When she graduated and went to college, we both decided to part ways." She continued "I went through a series of flings during the summer. One thing that I found ironic was I dated a Summer, Autumn, Wynter, and a girl whose last name was Spring in a row."

"That seems unlikely." I commented.

"It's true." She replied. "Anyway I went into my sophomore year with plenty of girls wanting to date me. The boys had a joke that it was something called 'The Ashley Curse'. Apparently any girl that came within close distance of me would turn gay. Rather than choosing just one of them, I picked a few girls from different cliques and decided to see what it would be like to date multiple people at once. I told them not to tell and they never did. I usually just dated them until I got bored. The thing was I was doing it for my than just sex and no one had the guts to call me the school slut. I continued to do all year and a month into my junior year. I had become possibly the greatest liar on the planet. I was saying whatever I needed to get girls to like me. It was like I lost who I was. My brother told me if I kept breaking hearts, I would eventually get mine broken. Naturally I didn't believe him and kept working my way through. I soon got bored with high school girls and started to go around the clubs with my fake ID. Pretty much all of the girls that I went out with were over 18."

"It came to the point where I had three girlfriends: one who was 18, one who was 22 and one 26. I know that the things I was doing with them weren't exactly legal because I was only 16. That all changed when a new girl showed up at school. She was like no one I had ever seen before. I went to her at lunch to speak to her."

"Hi." Ashley said nervously as she walked up to a girl with dark brown hair and blue eyes. "You're Morgan, right?"

"Yeah." Morgan replied.

"I'm Ashley. I was wondering if you have anyone to show you around here." Ashley remarked.

"I know what you're doing." The brunette replied.

"How?" The blonde asked.

"People told me you were looking at me." Morgan replied "I know all about your game. I know you're gay and I know you've had your way with several girls in this school. Let me tell you that if I was gay, there is no way I would ever go out with you."

With that the brunette walked away. Though, Ashley was very resourceful. She had located everyone in the class that she knew she had with Morgan. She knew that they were going to be picking partners for their projects She had paid everyone in said class to pick a different partner so that the only ones left would be her and Morgan, forcing them to get to know each other.

"So after a few weeks, I had finally broken through to Morgan and got her to kiss me. In doing so I found myself falling in love with her. Love, honest to goodness love. I had broken it off with everyone else just to be with here all of the time. I was telling the truth. I thought we had an honest relationship." Ashley said before she paused.

"What happened?" Alex asked.

"I found her on our two-month anniversary, making out with another girl in the stairwell. My brother was right. I did get my heart broken. Both me and my reputation were crushed when I found out she had been playing me. I was so embarrassed that I transferred to St. Joan's and swore off dating. Partly because I didn't want to get caught. You're the first person I've dated since."

Alex wrapped her in a hug. "Wow that was a lot to take in." She said. "But I'm not gonna break your heart. I love you too."

"Aww." Was all I could say. They both stared at me. "And I ruined the moment. Would you look at the time? We should probably get on the plane."

We took the plane back to New York and I sat by the window, just looking outside. I thought about what Ashley had said and how she had spilled her guts to Alex (and me). That meant that Alex probably felt pretty bad that she was still keeping a secret from her. I really hoped that she wouldn't freak out because I did not want to see the two of them torn apart by magic. They were too perfect of a couple for that. I had to make sure that the two of them stayed together.

We landed in New York in the nighttime. Ashley needed to go home since she was kind of a day late. Alex said goodbye and the blonde gave her her address. We ended up driving back to the loft and stepped inside. Max was the first person to see us.

"Hey Alex, hey Justin." Max said as he looked at me. "Hmm you look different. Did you do something to your hair?"

"Yes Max , I did something to my hair." I replied to my brother, finding it hard to believe that he didn't realize that I was female. Then again, Max isn't all there. It's kind of sad. He then went off to his room to do whatever he does in there.

The next person we ran into was Harper.

"Hey Justine, ooh I love your dress." She replied.

"Thanks Harper." I replied. "So are you doing something with Zeke tonight?"

"I would but it's kind of a school night." Harper responded.

"Harper we don't start school for a few weeks." Alex reminded her.

"Oh yeah then I should probably call him." Harper said as she went over to the phone. These conversations really weren't taking that much time. Well I guess that was a good thing. I could use some time to relax.

Harper then popped back up. "Oh yeah, your mom said that she needs your help in the sub station." She said.

And I wasn't going to get it. So I began my first shift as a waitress. But the tips were better so I guess that would be a good thing. I guess it's true that guys will you more money if you have boobs. I think I made like a hundred dollars. What I would spend it on, I'm not sure. Maybe I could get myself a bikini. It would be interesting to wear one of those to the Y. How much do those cost?

"So did you girls do any interesting in San Diego?" Mom asked.

"I fell in love." Alex mused.

"Really? Who's the lucky guy?" Mom asked.

"Ashley." Alex said.

"So he has an old English name." Mom responded.

"No Ashley is a girl." Alex replied without caring.

"What? You're dating a girl? You can't date a girl." She said angrily.

"Why not?" Alex countered.

"Because it's not natural. If God wanted girls to be together than that's how he would created us." Mom said.

"I'm sorry have you met God?" Alex snarked. "Because you apparently seem to know what he's thinking."

"You will not see this girl again." Mom remarked.

"And how are you going to stop me. I'm 18." Alex responded. Alex had just turned 18 recently.

"As long as you're living under my roof, you will live by my rules." Mom commanded.

"Fine, then I won't live under your roof." Alex said as she teleported out of the room. I had a pretty good idea where she was going.

So now we know Ashley's entire backstory, what she was like and why she is like how she is today. I made Theresa the religious person who doesn't like gays because I made her more accepting in other stories. And lastly, I think Max would be oblivious under to miss the fact that Justine is a girl.