Professor Crumbs flashed them to a room paneled with monogamy wood. They were in the wizard court building Justin immediately recognized, and it seemed as if they were right outside the court doors he further concluded from the sound of a game buzzer blaring.

"I'll be right back, Justin and Alex," The professor told them. "This shouldn't take too long," Crumbs assured them, changing into his judge attire with a clap of his hands.

"T-take all the time you need, sir," Justin nervously told the old wizard with a respectful nod. The bearded man nodded back at him before opening the court doors. Alex and Justin peered into the court out of curiosity and saw none other than TJ sitting at the defense table.

"Oh no!" Justin shrieked, panicking. He turned around to face Alex as he bit at his index finger knuckle. "TJ's case is already being held. He brought us here because we're next! We must have gone against some wizard law-Oh no! Oh no! Oh no! We might be going to Wizard Jail with TJ. What if I'm his cellmate?" Justin ranted, his hands raking his hair to a disheveled mess.

Alex rolled her eyes at Justin's anxiety, and punched him in the arm. He gave a slight 'thanks' since it seemed to help him break out of his ravine.

She was just as worried as he was however. They had to do something because, even though they always joked that Alex would someday end up in jail, she really didn't think she would do well in a prison cell.

"Then let's ditch this place," Alex suggested, "leave before they're done with TJ." She grabbed at Justin's hand to start running, but he stood his ground and held her back.

"You know we can't do that," He reminded her pointedly. "They would just find us, and the sentencing could be even harsher."

"Well I don't see you coming up with any ideas, smart one!" Alex huffed, folding her arms over her chest defensively.

Justin sighed. He knew Alex was just putting up a front. She was scared shitless and he knew that. He took the few steps that distanced them and wrapped her around in his arms securely. She immediately buried her head into his chest and circled her arms around his middle. Justin kissed the top of her head, letting the softness of her hair try to comfort him in a slight way.

"I just want you to know that no matter what happens, jail time or anything, that I will always love you. They'd have to kill me before they make me think otherwise," He told her softly. She pulled back enough to look into his eyes with hers, which were filled with water, begging to be drained.

This could be the last moment she'd ever have with Justin. She bit her lip in contemplation as they continued to stare at the other, as if trying to remember ever detail their faces contained just in case. She lifted herself up on her tippy toes and gave him small, sweet chaste kiss. "I'll always love you too," She expressed emotionally, and tears began to fall down her delicate face, "even if you are a dork," She joked with a sad smile. Justin smiled wretchedly back, and then brought her the closest he could into another hug.

"Ahem," A voice sounded. The couple immediately jumped apart and faced Crumbs, who was staring at them expressionless, but curiously. Alex wasn't sure whether it was s the lighting in the room or not, but his eyes showed nothing but a hint of kindness, which allowed Alex to ease herself somewhat.

The doors of the court then opened, and wizard guards busted through, carrying a distraught TJ. "Are we taking him to get his powers removed now or later?" One of the men asked Crumbs.

Alex could feel Justin grow tense under her. Where her arms were wrapped around his forearm, she could feel his veins start to protrude, and as she looked up at his face she could see his eyes were hard and his jaw was locked.

"Now," Crumbs ordered the guards, and as the guards began to take TJ away, Justin then went to sprint towards TJ, but midway he was incapable to as his feet seemed to be glued to the ground. TJ snickered as he continued to be taken away.

"Alex," Justin grunted, turning his head the most he could to face her. "I wanted to teach him a lesson!"

"I didn't do it," Alex answered honestly, and then they both glanced at the older wizard in the room. "Professor Crumbs?"

"It was me, Justin," Professor Crumbs admitted with a small smile sweeping over his features. "I couldn't let you do something that might land you in wizard court, now could I?" He asked.

Justin's face contorted into a look of confusion. He glanced at Alex whose face mirrored much the same as his. He looked back at the Professor. "Wait- We're not going to wizard court?" Justin asked.

"Why would you go to wizard court?" The professor asked, raising his eyebrow at him.

"Well-" Justin started, "because Alex and I-"

"He's just overly paranoid, Professor," Alex cut in with an eye roll towards her brother and a sweet smile directed towards Crumbs. "And might I add that you are going to have to teach me how you just glued Justin to the ground like that," She told him, a smirk playing on her lips and a devious twinkle glinting deep in the brown of her eyes.

The long-bearded man chuckled at Alex, and took the spell off of Justin, seeing as the young wizard was no longer in anger, but perplexed at the least. "Maybe some other time," He assured Alex. "But right now I have to take you somewhere," He told them, and motioned for them to follow him.

Professor Crumbs walked a slow paced down a long hall as Justin and Alex followed a safe distanced away from him.

"Why'd you cut me off earlier?" Justin whispered conspicuously towards his sister.

"Because," She said stressing on it, "if we aren't here because of our relationship then I don't want to encourage it. It's good to just stay low for right now and not let out relationship known," Alex told him quietly.

"Alex, they know," Justin told her. "Why else would they want to talk to us?"

"I don't know," Alex exclaimed lowly, "but we don't know for sure. And I have a feeling they don't know a thing," Alex finished smugly.

The professor stopped at a door, and when he stepped aside the siblings could see the printed words on the window. 'Wizard Love and Romance Office'

Justin smiled weakly toward Crumbs, and then snapped his head over at his sister. "Yeah, they don't know anything," He mumbled sarcastically towards her.

"Well sorry for trying to be optimistic!" She grumbled back at Justin, but then gave him a pained expression, and forlornly looked at the door ahead of her.

The professor opened the door for them, "Step in my children," He told them. The two siblings couldn't do anything but do as the old wizard asked. As they entered the office they saw a young woman maybe in her early 30s sitting at a desk in front of them. There was a door to her left, which said 'Wizard Love and Romance Council', but then another door was on her right, but had no text on it at all.

"This is Justin and Alex Russo," Crumbs told the woman at the desk. Her eyes immediately widened, but a smile flashed across her face widely as she stood up to shake hands with both the siblings.

"Nice to meet you," The woman said, "We've been waiting for you," She told them, but the way she said it made it feel as if she was waiting longer than a mere hour or so, but longer.

"I'll be leaving now," the professor stated, making his way towards the door. "I'm sure you have everything here in order, Mary?" He asked the woman.

She nodded her head back at Crumbs.

"Wait," Justin said, and walked up to Crumbs. "Aren't you going to stay? Don't you have to be here too?"

The professor gave Justin a warm smile. "This is not my area of expertise. You'll be fine without me." And with that he left.

Justin shrunk his shoulders back, and turned back to the woman, Mary.

"So, are we meeting with the Wizard Love and Romance Council?" Alex asked, and referred to the door that was printed just that.

"Sorta…" Mary trailed off. "The man you are seeing is part of the Wizard Love and Romance Council, but he specializes in special cases," She told the siblings, and gave them a knowing look. Justin and Alex quickly glanced at each other. This Mary woman didn't seem repelled by their special case, if that is what she was referring to by "special", which eased the duo's minds slightly.

"So…we're not going to meet with Chancellor Tootietootie?" Justin asked curiously.

"No," Mary answered. Suddenly her wand rang besides her. She quickly picked up her wand, and when she was done talking to whomever she was talking to, she turned to Justin and Alex. "Just go right through that door," She told the couple, pointing to the door that had no text written on it. "Council Member William will see you now."

Justin and Alex both walked slowly to the door. Justin placed his hand on the knob, but before twisting it open, he looked over at Alex, who looked back at him. "Love you," She mouthed, and he did the same. And then swallowing down his fear, Justin opened the door, which led to another office.

"Take a seat," An old voice spoke from behind a large chair at the opposite side of the room. His desk was up against a wide window in the room. The chair was faced away from them as well, so they could not see who exactly this Council Member William was or if they have ever seen him before.

"Hello, Council Member William," Justin greeted the man respectfully as he and Alex took seats next to each other on the couch available.

The councilmen chuckled heartily, but tiredly as well. Justin could assume that maybe he was on the older side. "Please, please," The man urged kindly, "call me Will." Justin felt his tone was somewhat familiar, but he's never heard of Council Member William before now.

"Alright…Will," Justin said, but it felt a tad odd. "Why are we here? Why are my sister and I meeting with a Wizard Love and Romance councilman?"

"I know you two already know why you are here," The man said, his voice slightly teasing. They could hear papers moving and being shuffled as he spoke.

"While that might be true, sir, we would still like to know for sure."

The couple could hear the man behind the chair sigh, and end it with a light chuckle. "If it will make you two feel better, you are here because you both have established a romantic relationship with one another."

The duo both gulped in fear. Their apprehensions and fears rang true through the councilman's words. The forbidden couple clasped their hands together desperately; their efforts to remain secretive about their relationship were now fruitless, especially in the presence of this man.

"So are-are we in trouble or something?" Alex asked, her voice quiet and wavering heavily. The impact of their reality was slamming hard on their thoughts. What she really wanted to ask though was if the council and the wizard world were going to be separating her and Justin from each other.

"Oh, no no," The councilman assured, laughing loosely towards the end to ease the tension in the room, that seemed to be skin tight.

"If we're not in trouble then…" Alex said, trailing off in her train of thought.

"You are here because anytime a pair of siblings establishes a romantic relationship we must speak with them about available options. I would have contacted you two earlier, but the council had a never-ending line of meetings concerning adaptations to some rules-"

"Wait," Justin interrupted. "You knew about us getting together earlier?"

"From the start," The man chuckled. "I keep tabs on possible sibling couples. I've been keeping tabs on you two for a couple years now."

Justin and Alex's mouths went agar. "So you were like stalking us?" Alex asked bluntly.

"Alex," Justin hissed.

The man just laughed with jolly. "In a way I guess you can say, but I wasn't watching you all the time, just periodically I would check to see if any progress happened between you two."

"So, do we know you?" Justin asked. This guy seemed to be around quite often so they had to run into him at least once.

"Well I know you, I can't say you exactly would remember me," The man responded.

"With all due to respect, sir, I think we would feel a lot more comfortable speaking to your face about this, rather than your back."

"Oh!" The councilman said, "I was just trying to multitask some work, sorry about that," He said, and the chair swiveled around. The man was indeed an elder, but the lines carved in his face were kind.

Justin studied the man closely. "You're the old man from the park, aren't you?" He questioned softly.

The old councilmen stared at him with a smile. "So, you do remember me."

"Yeah," Justin expressed softly, a smiling making his way to his face. He felt more calm knowing he was dealing with the kind old man from the park. "You told me to take good care of Alex."

Alex looked at the two in confusion. She had no clue as to who this old man was, and she doesn't remember the encounter they were both talking about, but it seems as if Justin trusted this old man, so she would trust him too.

"And it looks like you did just that," The man said with a toothy smile as he glanced at the duo. They were still holding hands and that just made the councilmen grin wider. "I have to admit that you two are one of my favorite couples." Justin and Alex both blushed at his words. "When I got the call to start watching you two I thought you'd just be like any other couple I get assigned to watch, but when I first saw you, I could see the love you held for each other, and how true and real it was. A lot of the sibling relationships I deal with end sooner or later, usually when the wizard competition comes around," He noted.

He walked over to the couple now, standing in-front of them. "But I knew that wouldn't be the case for you two. You both remind me so much of me and my Betty," He said with a slight smile.

"So-" Alex began.

"Yes, Betty and I are siblings too," Will interrupted Alex, answering her question however. She smiled warmly at the old man, squeezing Justin's hand too. "You two were so close to not getting together and it concerned me," He admitted, "And though it was very unprofessional, and I had never meddled in any other relationship, I tried to guide you in the right direction."

"That's why you said something to me in the park?" Justin guessed and Will nodded.

"And I will also admit to also popping into one of your dreams, but only to try and tell you that the feelings you had for Alex were alright. In the wizard world it is accepted."

Justin and Alex looked at each other, their faces immediately illuminating and grinning madly at the news. They embraced in a loving hug, and when they released a small tear of happiness trialed down Justin's face.

"Oh you big emotional dork," Alex teased lightly, taking her one hand to caress his cheek, wiping away the tear in the process. "I'm the girl; I'm the one who should be crying."

"I don't care," He chuckled, raising his one hand to cover Alex's, which was still placed on his cheek. He leaned into her touch. "I don't care," He repeated softly.

Will smiled tenderly at the couple, but knew he had to get down to why they were actually here. "Sorry, to interrupt, but I think it's time we start thinking about your options."

"Options?" Alex questioned, her eyebrows scrunching downwards.

Will grabbed a chair and sat down in-front of Justin and Alex. "Yes, options. You see everything should be alright for now, but once the wizard competition comes that's when all the problems arouse. That's why we try to talk about options before then."

Justin and Alex nodded for the older man to continue.

"Now we both know that only one child can win the family wizard competition, but in cases similar to yours, your powers can be shared if either of you win. It's been somewhat of a loophole in the wizard world about keeping powers, which is usually why many don't know about it. We don't want people abusing it. It was actually quite a popular thing to do many years ago, but as more and more wizards began living in the mortal world, the more they adapted to their rules and values against inter-family couples."

"Okay…" Justin started, trying to process everything the councilman said previously, "but why would most of the relationships like our own end near the wizard competition? We both keep our powers, so…"

"You share the full powers, so you don't technically have all the strength of a full wizard. Some siblings don't want to give that power up, so they give up their relationship," Will answered sadly.

Justin nodded in understanding and looked over at Alex. Now that she knew that they would be sharing powers, if either of them won, would she want to give up a little less power to be with him?

Alex felt Justin's eyes on her so she looked over at him. She took his hand, practically reading the question on his mind. She should have been insulted of his doubt in her, but Justin could be insecure sometimes and she knew that. He always needed a reminder that she wasn't going anywhere. And she couldn't blame him. She was selfish about many things, but not this. "You have to deal with me until the end," Alex teased him, rubbing her thumb over the top of his hand for comfort.

Justin smiled and turned to face Will. "So, either Alex or I win, and we keep our powers, but what if Max wins?"

"Like that's going to happen," Alex chuckled heartily, slapping her free hand on her knee.

"It could," Justin persisted, and then looked over at the councilman. "What happens then?"

"Well," the older man started, "unless he hands the powers over to you, then you will not have your powers anymore. We will try to help you in the best way we can, but you both can only marry if you too are wizards. Because once you are mortals, you have to go by the mortals laws."

"So if we're mortals, we can't be together?" Alex questioned, her fear increasing again.

"I never said that," Will told Alex sternly. "It's just that brother-sister couples who are mortals have harder lives. A lot of secrecy. You can still be together, it's just harder."

In both Justin and Alex's minds they both knew that they would have to win their family wizard competition. It was the only way for their lives to be easier.

"If you have any more questions you can always drop by and ask," Will told them as he stood from his seat. "As for now, that's all I have to say to you."

Alex stood up abruptly, "Wait, I have a question now." Will looked over at Alex, partly in shock. He gave her a hand motion to continue. "I can't help, but wonder though. When did you exactly get the call to start watching over us?"

"Oh, well my dear old friend Professor Crumbs told me about a brother and sister duo from Wiztec, but said he didn't have enough proof on the duo to need my assistance, but then something else happened and the older brother willing to sacrifice his powers so his younger sister wouldn't lose hers," He said then paused.

Justin smiled and so did Alex, remembering back to that day. Running around in a frenzy, trying to find their gerbil parents and later Justin turning Crumbs himself into a gerbil just for Alex, even though it was rebellious, a Justin no-no. Then the memory of the resulting hug and meaningful looks replayed in their minds.

"Crumbs knew from the start…" Justin whispered, and smiled at the thought of it.

"From then on he told me to keep an eye on you two. He said he definitely knew by then that you both would end up together. I guess he was right." The councilman winked at the pair and they just smiled back.

Soon after Justin and Alex thanked the councilman and left his office. With a wave goodbye to Mary the receptionist, they left the main office of the Wizard Love and Romance Council. And now, they were back into the grand hall Crumbs had led them down earlier.

Justin let out a huff of breath. "Ready to go home and face the music?" Justin asked Alex, holding his wand out, ready to transport back to Waverly Place.

"As ready as I'll ever be…" Alex answered, picking her wand out of her boot.

They clasped hands and both transported themselves back home.


A/N: Okay, so this was getting wayyyy too long so I decided to wait for the parents and Max's reaction for next chapter. So I guess there will be 30 chapters in total for this story. It's coming to an end! So how did you guys like the chapter? I'm so sorry it took forever, but I'm blaming it on school. Lol! Also I'm thinking of a sequel…anyone have any ideas?

Next Chapter: We see how Jerry and Theresa and Max react.

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Dontcallmesweetie: Aw I'm sorry for the person being a little unoriginal, but when I preplanned this story, there actually wasn't many stories with TJ being the bad guy. TJ has been the bad guy in this since day one, and there are only a few wizards to choose from so…But thanks for reviewing!

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