A/N I DO NOT OWN ANYTHING! I ONLY OWN THIS PLOT! THANKS TO MY AMAZING AND WONDERFUL BETA ELENA RAIN!

The next morning Alex woke up to someone stroking her hair. It had to be Harry, trying to wake her. Justin would either jump on her and tickle her awake or jump on the bed until she got so annoyed she woke up by herself.

"No, don't stop." She mumbled still half asleep.

She heard a deep chuckle. It was too deep to belong to Justin or Harry. Suddenly feeling scared to reached up and grabbed the wrist of the person touching her and pulled it away sitting up instantly with wide eyes and a gasp.

"Shhh, hey, it's ok. It's just me." A soft soothing voice said. She knew that voice anywhere but how…

"Daddy?" Alex looked up and her eyes went wide at the sight of Jerry and Theresa sitting on her bed with huge smiles on their faces.

"MOMMY, DADDY!"

She jumped into their arms hugging them both super tight. They hugged her back and kissed her head. "We missed you so much, Sweetie." Jerry said.

"Mommy, Daddy, I missed you so much." Alex whimpered.

"Justin told us your memories came back, Sweetie. Is that true?" Theresa asked.

Alex nodded. "I remember everything and I wish I didn't."

"We're so sorry, Baby Girl, we tried so hard to protect you from it."

"I know and now I understand why. Oh Mommy, Daddy, I'm so, sorry! He's dead because of me!" Alex cried hysterically.

"Oh Honey." Jerry cooed and pulled her closer to his chest. "Alexandra Russo, you listen to me, you listen to me good." He pulled her back slightly so he could look at her face. "What happen to your father was NOT your fault. Voldamort was an evil wizard and twisted your words around. But it was NOT your fault. Do you understand me? It was NOT your fault."

Alex nodded as Jerry wiped her tears. Suddenly hearing him say it she actually believed it. "Now where is my favorite Alex Russo smile?"

Alex smiled softly the best she could.

"Nah, not good enough." Jerry squeezed her sides making her squeal and then giggle. Jerry chuckled. "There, that's better."

Alex smiled a real smile and snuggled into her father's chest. Theresa smiled and rubbed her back. She knew Alex had always been a daddy's girl, but that didn't mean she loved her mother any less, Theresa knew that.

"Surprised?" a new voice said.

Alex looked up towards the door to see Harry and Justin with smiles on their faces.

"You two planned this?" she asked.

"Yeah, your brother helped." Harry said. "It's my Christmas present to you."

Alex smiled. She jumped off her bed and ran to hug her brother and boyfriend tightly. "Thank you both so much! It's the best present I've ever gotten!"

After hugging them she ran and jumped back onto her bed and snuggled into her father's arms, giggling when he tickled her again.

"I've never seen her so hyper and happy." Harry said.

"This is the real Alex Russo." Justin laughed. "She's been in hiding for a while but I think she is finally starting to come back out."

They both laughed as Alex stood up on her bed and started to jump up and down cheering.

"Harry, you've created a monster." Theresa teased.

Everyone laughed.

"Don't worry the monster has one weakness and I know just what it is." Jerry said with a smile. He grabbed Alex by the waist and brought her down on the bed. She squealed but then screamed in laughter when Jerry blew a raspberry on her belly.

"NO! DADDY!" Alex screamed in laughter.

Everyone laughed. Justin was right the old Alex was coming out again. But the question was would she stay out when they all went downstairs to see Ginny again? Or would she close back up into the scared little girl? There was only one way to find out.

"So, who is ready to go downstairs, Molly has breakfast cooking." Justin said.

Alex curled into Jerry's arms. "No, I want to stay here with you."

"Honey, it's ok now. Your mother and I are here, we aren't going to let anyone hurt you." Jerry said rubbing her back.

"She could hurt you." Alex whispered.

"Nah, nobody can hurt me." Jerry said.

Alex just whimpered softly.

"Alex, has been having nightmares of Ginny doing something to hurt you guys or erase your memories of her." Justin explained.

"Oh Baby, no spell in the world is powerful enough to make me forget you. I love you so much." Theresa said.

Alex just looked at Justin, if only they knew what really happen on their family vacation.

"How about this, you can cling to me all day and I'll hold you as long as you need me too?" Jerry asked.

Alex nodded smiling softly. "Ok."

Jerry stood up and turned his back to her. "Hop on."

Alex jumped onto her father's back and wrapped her arms around his neck clinging to him just like he said and he grabbed the back of her thighs to support her. "Now, let's go get some breakfast."

Everyone smiled as they went downstairs to join the others.

They had a nice family breakfast talking and laughing through the entire thing and moved into the living room to talk as they drank some hot apple cider.

"So, Molly, how have Alex and Justin been behaving?" Jerry asked. "They have been known to get into some kind of trouble."

"Hey! Alex, is the trouble maker not me!" Justin replied shocked.

Alex giggled. "You help me make trouble."

"I do not! Name one time I helped you make trouble?"

"When you turned me into a little girl!" Max shouted.

"You did what?" Ron asked as everyone else burst into laughing.

"Yeah, but I suffered enough with that one." Alex muttered.

"What happen?" Hermione asked.

"I almost lost my role of Daddy's little girl." Alex answered.

"Alex, has been a daddy's little girl even before you were adopted." Molly smiled.

"Always has been and always will be." Alex said proudly.

"What about Justin?" Molly asked. "I don't remember him being much of either."

"No, Justin wasn't a mama's boy or daddy's boy." Theresa answered.

"He was a Captain Jimbob, boy." Alex teased.

Everyone laugh and Justin just smiled. It had been way too long since she last teased him and he honestly missed it.

"And Alex Russo is back." Justin laughed.

"Captain who?" Molly asked.

"It was this stupid framer, superhero show thing that Justin used to obsess over."

"It wasn't stupid!" Justin defended.

Everyone just laughed. They had never seen this side of Alex before and they were really starting to enjoy it.

"No, Jerry," Molly laughed. "They've been very well behaved. You've raised them well."

Jerry nodded and smiled.

"Alex, I've been meaning to talk to you about something." Arthur said.

"Ok…whatever is it, I swear I didn't do it." Alex said making everyone laugh again.

"No, no, you're not in trouble. Actually, it's something I did."

Now Alex was confused. "What do you mean?"

"When Molly told me you were coming to visit I knew I was going to have to resume the role of a step father and I tried too hard to jump back into that and I forgot to be a friend first. After everything you've been through and finding out you were adopted I should have know you weren't ready for another father figure and I tried too hard to push you into accepting me when I should have been trying to just be your friend. So I'd like to start over and be friends if you'll allow me too."

Alex smiled and looked to Jerry. He smiled and nodded. Alex looked back to Arthur. "Yes, I'd like that."

They shared a hug and then Alex snuggled back into her father's arms. He kissed her head and held her close.

"Alex, if you don't mind, could we talk about Ginny for a moment?" Molly asked.

Alex tensed and Jerry hugged her tighter. "It's ok, Honey, I'm right here."

"Um…o-ok." Alex answered nervously.

"You mentioned before about losing your role as Daddy's little girl when you accidently turned your brother into a girl right?"

"Yes…"

"Well, that's kind of how Ginny feels. See before you came she was a mama's girl, then she lost her brother which was upsetting enough for all of us. Now Ginny feels as if you're taking everything away from her. You've taken me away, you've taken her brothers and her family. She feels like she's losing her role as being a part of this family. Can you understand that?"

Alex nodded. "I didn't want to do that. I just…I wanted to get to know you better."

"I know, but maybe try explaining it Ginny next time you see her, you two are half sisters and you should try to get along."

Alex nodded. "I know that's how she feels, she told me when she…" Alex bit her lip and looked to Jerry and Theresa. "When she tortured me and hurt my hand."

"When did this happen?" Jerry asked.

"During school she got expelled." Alex answered softly looking down to her hand. It had healed drastically but there was still a lot of scars.

"Good, I'm glad she did. She deserved it!" Theresa said angrily.

"Theresa, calm down." Jerry said.

Theresa sighed but nodded. She was calm…for now.

"The point I was trying to make is that she did it because she was hurting and felt like everything was being taken away from her. Also she is still angry at Voldamort for taken Fred away from us. What she really needs is some counseling. I hope you can understand that, Alex. She's sick and hurting and needs some help." Molly said.

Alex nodded. "I do understand that. But it's going to take me a long time before I can trust her for even forgive her. But I will try to get along with her and explain why I'm here."

"Thank you, Theresa, Jerry, you've raised one sweet girl."

Theresa and Jerry smiled and hugged Alex to them. Alex smiled and hugged them back. She had meant what she said. She was going to try and work things out with Ginny but she had this scary feeling it wouldn't go well. Hopefully she was wrong.

A/N what do you think is going to happen? Will Ginny accept Alex's friendship or will she just hurt Alex worse? Leave me your thoughts in a review.

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