Justin's eyes were glued to his wand as he stormed down the street following the illuminous tracker projecting from his brown chipped wooden wand. He rarely lifted his head to look where he was going, which often resulted in him bumping into various objects and edges of the brick buildings they passed along the way. Max watched him in amusement as he walked face first into a lamppost and burst out laughing when Justin fell smack on to the paved sidewalk before jumping straight back up and continuing with his journey.

"Dude? What happened to being secretive about the whole wizard thing?" Max laughed gesturing to Justin's illuminous wand.

Justin, still not taking his eyes off the tracker, bluntly answered. "I've put a forcefield on us so no one can see us, especially Mason."

"Oh cool, but why?"

"It's complicated Max."

"Well just tell me, I'm not that dumb kid anymore Justin. I don't know if you've noticed but I actually think I've matured lately."

Max smirked at his brother as Justin looked up from his wand and smiled proudly. "You know what Max, you have and I'm so proud to have you as my little brother. I mean, you've over come so much the past few months! You're now getting good grades in your community college course and your using those business skills to improve the substation, you've finally got rid of that control freak Talia! And well, personally I think you've been handling the whole Ana, Mara, death situation thing well…"

"I'm not so sure about that last one," Max scoffed.

"Hey dude, that night was just as hard for too as it was for Mason. You really liked Ana and you was the one who was there with her when she..."

"No, I wasn't. I was there when she fell, Mason and Juliet were the ones who were there for her when she died." Justin watched Max sadly as he looked down at his feet and shuffled them awkwardly avoiding Justin's eye contact. "Anyway, stop changing the subject!" Max joked, "are you gonna tell me or what?"

"Well," Justin sighed, "I've never actually told anyone this…"

"Bro, you can trust me."

"Okay, but promise me you won't tell Alex."

"Alex, why?"

"Because, when Juliet and I broke up she was the one who ended it."

"Well we all knew that! But that involves Alex because?"

"Because when Juliet broke up with me she said things weren't working out for us anymore, and because she kissed someone else…"

"Really? Who?"

"Mason."

"What?" Laughed Max, "no, no he wouldn't do that!"

"No he didn't, it was Juliet. But it still happened, they still kissed, and I can't bear to let Alex find out especially now with Neave being sick."

"So that's why we're following him?"

Justin nodded, "the past few days he's just been so fishy, all of them phone calls, disappearing on Alex in the hospital."

"Fishy?"

"Suspicious, odd, weird! And I just need to know that he's not doing anything he shouldn't."

Justin looked back down at his wand and the tracker with fascination, the words, 'Mason Greyback' slowly floated around the blue neon map closer to an area that was awfully familiar to Justin.

"Oh my god," he gasped. With a quick flick of his wand the tracker disappeared and Justin instantly swirled his wand in the air, circulating his body.

Suddenly Max felt his body tingle as bit by bit it disintegrated away floating into the air and into a blinding flash of yellow light. Max squeezed his eyes shut and when he reopened them he found himself stood on Waverly place, he looked around curiously an asked, "why are we here?"

Justin pointed ahead and Max turned to see Mason stood alone on the street. The two brothers stood and watched while Mason pulled out his cell and began to dial, tension filled the air as both Justin and Max anxiously waited for Mason's called to be answered. "So why do you think we're here?" Max asked confused before being instantly shushed by Justin.

"Hello," Mason answered quietly, "yeah it's me…. No, Alex doesn't know I'm here. She doesn't know about any of this… okay, so, where exactly do you want to meet?"

Max turned to his brother who glared at Mason, clenching his jaw furiously and clutching his wand so tight his knuckles tensed dangerously causing them to turn white due to the lack of blood flow. Gradually, Justin lifted his wand and aimed it directly at Mason's head. Max, completely startled by his brothers actions, grabbed Justin's hand and dragged it down so it was aiming at the concrete floor beneath them.

"Dude! What are you doing?" He whispered frantically.

"I need to do this for Alex, Max just trust me! I'm not letting Mason hurt her the way Juliet hurt me."

Max reluctantly nodded and let go of Justin's hand, he cleared his throat and repointed his wand at Mason, "Some are evil some are kind but now all must speak their mind!"

A white beam shot rapidly from Justin's wand and hit Mason directly into the back of his head as he began to walk away. When the spell made contact with his body Mason instantly come to a complete stop, freezing in his spot he quickly became immobile but slowly he toppled down to the floor flat on to his face unconscious.

"Oh no," muttered Justin as he rushed over to Mason. "Oh no! Oh no! Oh no!"

"What did you do to him?" Max asked following closely behind Justin.

They both stopped and stared down at Mason laying lifeless on the cold ground. His limp limbs lay spread on the sidewalk, Justin knelt down next to him and looked for a pulse. "I forgot, different magical creatures react to the truth spell in different ways."

"So, what has it done to Mason?"

Justin jumped to his feet and took a step back, looking at Mason's body in horror, "I think it's killed him!" He cried, "oh god! I'm a murderer! I've killed the father of my niece! The love of my sister's life! The-"

"Justin!"

"What?!"

"I don't think he's dead..."

"What? Why? How can you tell?"

"Because he's waking up...

Justin knelt down next to Mason and pressed his face up against his and stared as Mason gradually mumbled to himself as he tried to open his eyes.

"Quick, let's go." Demanded Justin before he flashed him, Max and Mason off of the street.

Alex gently shut Neave's bedroom door and tiptoed away from the nursery, she huffed loudly as she collapsed on to the couch next to Harper who was happily scrolling through her cell. "She's gone down!" Alex exclaimed in relief, "that was the hardest nap time yet!"

"It's probably because she's been out of her routine, she'll get used to it again eventually."

Alex laughed, "wow, sometimes I think you have this parenting stuff down better than I do."

"Don't be silly! You're a great mom! Speaking of which, your parents told me to tell you they've gone to get Chinese take out for dinner, is that okay?"

"Hell yeah! I'm starving!" Yawned Alex, "and hopefully Mason will make it back in time."

"Where is he anyway?" Harper asked suspiciously as she placed her cell down and turned her full attention to Alex who had now rested her head back on the soft cushions and closed her eyes.

"I don't know, probably something to do with his parents." Alex's eyes snapped open and she shot upright, startling Harper in the process, "did I tell you his Dad's back on the scene?"

"What? Really? Bet that's not going down well…."

Alex shook her head, "especially since he claims he wants to see Neave but when he visited her in the hospital it was like she didn't even exist!"

"Gosh, poor Neave and Mason! Imagine having a dad as horrible as that!"

Alex nodded along with her friend when a soft knock come from the door, Alex groaned loudly, "Seriously, of all the times my parents just let themselves in now they decide to be polite! Just come in!" She yelled to the door before lying back down on the couch.

Harper giggled at her friend and turned to the door only to greet the Russo parents but instead she came into eye contact with someone completely different.

"Oh my gosh! ZEKE!"

"Zeke?" Alex shot back up and turned to look only to see Zeke stood nervously at the door, clutching a bright pink teddy bear in his hands.

He scratched his head nervously, messing up his slightly gelled hair and causing the uncontrollable tuff of hair that resided on the back of his head to stick up in all sorts of directions. The dark purple polo top he wore enhanced the paleness of his skin as did the dark denim jeans on his dangly legs. After a few short moments of silence Zeke looked at Harper and gave her a small smile, "hey harper, it's good to see you."

Alex smirked as she noticed Harper's cheeks flush bright red. Quickly, Harper made her way over to Zeke but topped in her tracks when she found herself looking into his shining blue eyes. With her heart beating in her ears Harper asked flustered, "wh- why are you here?"

"Justin's been keeping me up to date with what's been happening with Neave and I figured she won't be coming back to day care, not anytime soon anyway, so I thought I'd drop by to see her and give her this." He gestured to the pink bear and Alex rose from her seat and approached him.

"Aww Zeke, that's so sweet. She's just gone down for a nap, but you can wait around and give it her when she wakes up? Do you want a drink while you wait?"

"Sounds good thanks. So Harper, how've you been? I haven't seen you since you dumped me."

Harper gulped nervously while Alex let out a loud cackle from the kitchen as she poured Zeke a drink of juice. "Yeah… sorry about that," Harper cringed, "but I've been good thanks. I'm liking college and I'm hoping to get an internship next fall so that should really help make my resume look good when I apply for jobs."

"Great! Umm… so," he began timidly, "have you… started seeing anyone?"

Harper opened her mouth ready to speak when Alex swiftly interrupted, "no she hasn't," she began giving Zeke his drink, "and I'm sure she'd very interested in whether you're seeing anyone, right Harper?"

"Excuse me," Harper whispered before dragging Alex back over to the kitchen, "what are you doing?" She hissed while placing her hands on her hips and glaring at Alex.

"Helping you! Believe me one day you're so going to thank me for this."

Everything was black, Mason could hear muffled voices panicking around him, but he did not physically have the energy to open his eyes to see who was there. His head had flopped forward and his chin was now resting on his chest but gradually Mason used all the energy he could muster to lift his head upwards. Hot breath evaporated on to his face and Mason winced and grumbled loudly in disgust as he forced his eyes to slightly open. Everything around him was blurred, but Mason could tell he was not alone. Very close to him he could make out two figures, but who they were he was not able to see just yet.

"Alex?" Mason croaked.

Suddenly, Mason jolted in his seat when he was shuck by his shoulders. When his eyes snapped open Mason saw both Justin and Max right in front of his face, smiling gormlessly at him

"Hey buddy!" Justin began delicately, "No it's Justin, you okay dude?"

"Where's Alex?" Mason asked sitting upright in his chair, "And why are you in my bedroom?"

Justin and Max both looked around at the empty substation, sure it was dark in there but not enough for Mason to completely misunderstand where he was. All the tables and chairs were tidied away and stacked up, the blinds had been drawn over the windows and the bright lights had been shut off, leaving the room dark and empty. Apart from of course Justin and Max crouched in the centre of the room surrounding Mason, who had been strapped to one of the many wooden chairs used in the restaurant.

"No, no, I'm not in your bedroom Mason. We're in the subshop. Alex is with Neave."

"Neave? Neave?" He mumbled groggily, "where's Neave?"

"Oh my god! What have you done to him!" Laughed Max hysterically.

"Shush!" Justin said as he silenced his brother by placing one of his fingers on to his lips. "This might be our only chance to get to talk to him." He turned to Mason and smiled widely while Mason blankly stared at him in confusion.

"Hey Mason, buddy. So, are you feeling ok?"

Mason nodded slowly and gave a dopey smile.

"I don't think he's ok..."

"Max! Please just..." Justin turned back to Mason and grabbed him by the shoulders as he spoke softly to him. "So Mason, can you tell me what year it is?"

Mason nodded but failed to give a verbal response.

"Okay!" Justin laughed nervously, "Mason, can you tell me where you live?"

"With Alex."

"Good!" Justin smiled, "but do you know where you and Alex live?"

"With Neave."

"Good! Well done-"

"I love Neave, she's such a good baby!" Mason exclaimed, "and she's so so beautiful!" Justin nodded along with Mason, humouring his little outburst. "But it's so hard having a baby! So so hard, me and Alex never get anytime together anymore! Like, we haven't had sex the whole time since Neave's been sick!"

Justin's eyes widened in panic as Max burst into another fit of laughter, "what have I done?" He asked frozen in his place.

Max continued to laugh at his brother loudly, "you did put the truth spell on him dude! What do you expect?"

Justin dismissed Max's comment with a scowl and turned his attention back on Mason, who was quickly dropping asleep in the chair. "Mason! Mason buddy!" Justin called lightly slapping Mason on his cheeks to disturb his sleep. "Stay awake! Come on stay with me!"

Mason peered through his tired eyes and glared at Justin in furiously. "What are you doing?" He asked almost disgusted in Justin's behaviour. Eventually, he looked down at his torso and noticed a long piece of fabric, presumably from Harper's art supplies, fasten tightly around his body attaching him to the chair. "And why am I tied up?"

"No reason!" Justin panicked, "it doesn't matter! Just some safety precautions… Look, we need to talk. What's going on with you? Are you hiding something from Alex?"

Mason nodded sluggishly.

"I knew it!" Justin snarled "what is it? What are you hiding?"

Mason propped himself up slightly in his seat. "Well, you know I'm a werewolf?" Justin nodded in interest, "and Alex, my girlfriend, is a wizard!" Once again Justin nodded along with him only for Mason to burst into a fit of laughter, "but I don't know who's supposed to be the wild one if you get what I mean!"

Max laughed along with Mason hysterically before shaking his head as his face dropped in confusion, "No?"

Mason leaned forward and gestured for Max to come closer to him. Both Max and Justin approached Mason intrigued at what he had to say before Mason playfully whispered, "in the bedroom!"

Max once again began to roar laughing while Justin swallowed the small amount of vomit that had begun to rise in his throat.

"Dude! This so backfired on you!" Max teased, "you wanted to find out about what he's hiding and now your just getting the details on our sisters sex life instead!"

"Very funny Max! Why is none of this grossing you out?"

"Please Justin, my room was across the hall from Alex's. This is nothing compared to some of the sounds I use to hear coming from in there!"

Justin shuddered violently and knelt down to Mason's level, "Now Mason, let's just cut to the chase, have you been meeting up with another girl? Or is it someone else?"

"What?" Mason asked scrunching up his face in confusion.

"I heard you on the phone earlier, are you seeing someone else or have I got this completely wrong?"

"Oh bugger off Justin!" Mason slurred slipping back into a sleep.

"Mason no!" Justin shook him forcefully causing Mason to groan in annoyance. "Who was it on the phone?"

"Juliet!" Mason slurred.

The room fell silent and Justin stepped back from Mason, he looked at him in disgust and soon his ears filled with the thudding beats coming from his heart. A sickly feeling rose in his stomach and soon after Justin's mouth become dry, he clenched his fists feeling the urge to give Mason what was coming to him but instead Justin turned and walked away. He exhaled through his mouth, hoping to calm himself but it failed miserably. He blinked frantically as he felt the sting of tears build up in his eyes. Whether they were tears of anger, sadness for Alex or hurt he wasn't sure but either way they were coming.

Justin felt a hand drop on to his shoulder and he turned to see Max, he squeezed Justin's shoulder reassuringly, "you okay bro?"

Justin shook his head, "how could he do this to Alex, how could he do it to Neave?"

They both turned to look at Mason who had once again fell unconscious in the chair, "so what do we do now?" Max asked.

"I'm gonna take the truth spell off him, wipe his memory and leave him in out on Waverly Place. So that way when he wakes up he can go to his little side piece and he won't know any of this has happened."

Justin walked over to Mason and scowled down at his unconscious body before pulling out his wand and aiming it at him, "but what do we do?" Max asked quietly. "We can't pretend this didn't happen, and besides I don't think I could look Alex in the face knowing what we know. I don't want her to get hurt."

"Don't worry, I have a plan and believe me Alex is going to know all about it."

A cold shiver passed over Mason's body and quickly he shot up in a panic. He looked around and found himself on a bench in Waverly Place. He remembered walking to the street but everything after that was a blur, especially how he ended up asleep on this bench. Slowly he stood up and looked around anxiously, hoping nobody saw him.

"What was that?" He asked himself before walking over to 'The Late Night Bite' restaurant.

"So Zeke, I can't believe your still single!" Alex exclaimed smirking at Harper who was glaring at her from across the room. "Have none of the single moms from the day care tried to snap you up yet?"

"Alex!" Yelled Harper.

"It's fine," Zeke laughed, "no Alex because if they did I'd lose my job. It's against the rules to date parents."

"Oh," Alex whined and pulled a face, "well that's no fun…"

"Alex," Harper began, "come help me get more drinks." Before Alex could protest, she was once again dragged by the collar of her top and whisked over to the kitchen. When Harper released her, she frowned at her friend furiously with her arms tightly crossed against her chest.

Alex twirled a lock of her dark curls nervously and shot a wide smile at Harper who shook her head in disappointment. "What are you doing?" Harper whispered angrily.

"I'm helping you, it's obvious you two still like each other!"

"Alex just stop interfering! If I wanted you to set me up with someone I would have asked, but I haven't so just leave it!"

"You haven't asked because you still like Zeke! And now is your chance to get him back!"

"Alex no, I'm not sure I want to go back there!"

"But I've seen how you both look at each other, I mean why did you break up with him anyway?"

"You know, why! We were both at different places."

"And now?"

Harper opened her mouth to speak but found herself at a loss or words, Alex noticed this and once again smiled at her friend. "Oh, shut up!" Huffed Harper as she took another drink over to Zeke.

Alex laughed to herself as she watched Harper start a quiet conversation with Zeke, "they so still like each other," Alex told herself as she picked up her drink and attempted to walk back over to the lounge only to be nearly knocked out by her front door as it rapidly swung open, revealing Justin and Max in the door way.

"Woah!" Alex yelled, "watch out nimrod!"

With that a bellowing cry came from the nursery, Alex gritted her teeth furiously, "well done egg head! Do you know how long it took to get her to take her nap!"

"Alex you need to come with us," Justin ordered trying to drag Alex out by her arm.

"What?" She snatched her arm back and stared at Justin in disbelief, "why? What is wrong with you? I can't just leave, what would I do with Neave? Speaking of which, I'm going to check if she's okay while you calm down because you are being pathetic!"

"No Alex please," Justin begged, "just come with me. I don't want to do this here."

"Justin what's wrong?" Harper asked walking over to the Russo brothers.

The two brothers stood in silence and everyone listened as Neave wails continued to echo from her room. Slowly, Zeke rose from his seat and gestured to the nursery. "Alex would you like me to get Neave?" He asked.

"Thank you Zeke," Alex turned her attention back to Justin as Zeke rushed in to Neave's room and sighed, "if it's that important I think I deserve an explanation before I leave with you."

"Fine," Justin whispered nervously.

"Wait, Justin," Max began, "I don't think we should do this here."

"Will somebody just tell me!" Alex snapped, "You're seriously scaring me now!"

"Mason's having an affair… he's with her now."

Alex's heart dropped, she gradually opened her mouth to speak but quickly Justin continued, "it's Juliet. He told us himself, I used the truth spell on him. We think he's with her now, we found him on Waverly place. If we're quick we can catch them."

"And why would I want to do that?" She asked, "why would I want to see my boyfriend with another girl while our baby girl is sick?"

"Alex you should go," Harper told her, "you need to confront him about this and me and Zeke can watch Neave."

"I don't know… Even though you say he told you himself, I'm not sure I believe it."

"Alex we heard him talking on the phone to her," Max began sadly, "he was arranging to meet her."

"Alex please," sighed Justin, "just come with us. We'll be there for you, no matter what happens…"

"Fine," Alex reluctantly answered, "I'm not sure what good it'll do. But I guess I need to know for certain."

Justin took hold of her hand gently, "you're strong Alex you can do this. Now c'mon let's go give that jerk what's coming to him."

Alex stared up at the illuminous neon lights of the restaurant and slowly shifted her attention to the open doorway underneath. "The Late Nite bite," she read before scoffing to herself, "and it's ran by vampires. So cliché."

"You used to love that name," Max told her.

"Yeah that was before I was told the owner's daughter might be sleeping with my boyfriend…"

Max turned to Justin and winced his face before mouthing, 'oops!' Justin shook his head and stepped forward into the entrance. He continued to walk a few steps until he noticed that no one was following him. He turned to see Alex stood tearfully outside and Max embracing her in a hug.

Quickly Justin rushed over and rubbed his sisters back reassuringly, "hey, you okay?"

"No," she cried, "I've just found out Mason might be cheating on me, obviously I'm not okay. I don't think I can do this Justin. What if he is? I just can't face them together. I love him."

"I know, and I know it seems harsh me throwing this on you and making you come here, but you need to know what's going on not just for you but for Neave. We need to sort this, and he needs to choose where his loyalties lie."

"But what if he is cheating on me and what if he chooses her?"

"Alex," Justin began, "There's something you should know before we go in. I'm sorry, I should have told you before. It's about why Juliet and I split up."

"Why?" Alex asked pulling out of Max's hug.

"The night of Ana's funeral, Mason and Juliet kissed…"

"Yeah, and?"

"Wait? You knew!" Justin yelled, "and you didn't tell me!"

"You didn't tell me either!"

"Wait so you both knew?" Max asked.

"When did you find out, did he tell you?"

"Yeah, that same night, he was drunk, and he promised it wouldn't happen again. So, is that why she broke up with you?"

Justin nodded silently, "yep, she basically told me she'd rather have him. That I'm boring and the fact that she'd even want to be with another guy shows her that she didn't love me anymore."

"Yeah well Mason told me it was the biggest mistake he'd ever made, and she made the move not him. She kissed him! So you know what Justin," Alex began wiping her tears, "I am going to go in and see what's going on and I'm going to prove that Mason wouldn't hurt me like that!"

Alex barged her way past Justin and walked down the many stone steps leading into the restaurant. Her heeled boots clicked against the chilled stones with each step she took and sent an echo around her. She walked with her head held high, if she was about to have her heartbroken she might has well pretend that she didn't care. Alex took a deep breath in and exhaled nervously as she reached the last few steps when she felt her head suddenly collide with a hard metal object, a long pipe hanging from the ceiling. A loud 'ding' reverberated around the room and Alex froze in fright.

"Crap," she muttered to herself as she remained still on the step. She turned to look behind her and saw Justin and Max huddled up together stood still like statues.

"Hello?" A familiar female voice called from down the stairs, "is anyone there? We're closed for the night!"

Alex rolled her eyes and straightened her posture, she flicked her thick dark hair and cleared her throat, "really? What happened to being open twenty-four hours a day?" She called before strutting down the last few steps and boldly walking into the restaurant.

Justin and Max turned to each other in panic, they both dithered frantically before racing down the stairs after Alex. When they reached the bottom they landed off of the last step on to the restaurant floor with a thud, luckily for them they held on to each other to prevent themselves from falling on to the dusty floor beneath them. The two brothers looked ahead and saw Alex glaring at Juliet who was sat at a table holding hands with Mason, who was sat opposite her.

Instantly, Mason leapt up from his seat and let go of Juliet's hands before fixing him self as he stuttered nervously, "Al-Alex! Wh-What are you doing? Why, Why are you here?"

"I came because my brothers thought you might have been up to something…"

Mason shot a look at Juliet who was watching him and Alex guiltily, "it's not what it looks like!" He insisted approaching Alex. "Please, can we just talk in private?"

"Why? What have you got to hide?"

"Nothing but-"

"Then why can't we talk here?"

Mason stayed quiet and tilted his head in shame. Looking through Alex and Mason, Justin stopped and stared at Juliet. It took a few moments but eventually he caught her eye and she turned to look at him whilst she sent him a warm smile. Justin swallowed nervously as his heart began to flutter.

'Why does she have to be so perfect?' He thought to himself angrily. Juliet gave him another smile and a small wave and everything around Justin became unimportant, nothing about her seemed different, apart from her new bobbed hairstyle of course, she was the same. He thought back to their breakup, that night she was so cold and distant but she was grieving. She'd buried her daughter that same day, compared to then Juliet seemed back to her old self and the thought of that made Justin smile no matter how much she hurt him, or how much she might be hurting Alex.

"So," Alex began, "are you going to tell me or am I gonna have to get it out of her?" She gestured to Juliet who carefully rose from her seat and made her way next to Mason.

"Alex, I promise, there is nothing going on between us," she told her.

"Then why isn't he saying that?" Alex turned to Mason who was staring down at the floor uncomfortably. "Go on Mason, tell me. Tell me nothing is going on between you two."

"Alex…"

"Just say it!"

"It's not what you think!"

"Then what is it?" Alex yelled, "you do remember we have a kid together right? Our baby girl is sick at home, do you really think this is what she needs right now?"

"Alex, just let me explain!"

"I think this is enough," Justin stepped in, taking Alex by the hand as he intervened between Alex and Mason.

"No!" Alex yanked herself away from her brother and squared up to Mason, "tell me now! If nothing is going on then why did I catch you both holding hands and why has she shut the restaurant early?"

Mason gave a heavy sigh and rubbed his head wearily, "we were holding hands because Juliet was getting upset because it's Ana's birthday today."

Alex fell silent, she fidgeted slightly as she felt that everyone's eyes were on her, watching her every move. As a distraction she looked down at her chipped nails and began to lightly scratch them, "oh…"

"But wait!" Max interrupted, "then why was you being so secretive?"

"Yeah, and I heard you on the phone!" Justin told him, "Why did you have to keep it secret from Alex?"

"When did you hear that?" Mason asked suspiciously.

Justin hesitated and turned to Max who had placed a finger to his lips, hinting for him to keep quite about their little 'chat' with Mason in the subshop earlier that day. "Stop trying to change the subject!" Justin dramatically demanded, "just answer the question!"

"Mason, just tell them," Juliet said comfortingly, "they're going to need to know now."

"Know what?" Asked Alex anxiously.

"Fine. It is Ana's birthday today," Mason began, "but I've been trying to arrange to meet with Juliet for a while. She's been helping me get in touch with Ana's adoptive parents, to see if she went through anything like what's happening to Neave when she was about her age. It's just a coincidence that it was today we met up, we never planned for it to happen on Ana's birthday."

"But why? You know that Neave's powers have reacted this way because of the potion I took when I was pregnant with her."

"Because it's not fair on her!" Mason exclaimed, "I don't care what my Dad says its not normal for a child her age to go through this, she's too young to cope with her powers! But I thought if this happened to Ana then it might mean that Neave wont be a wolf forever and that there might be a way through this. I mean, Ana was a hybrid too, who knows how she reacted to her powers when she was young! And wouldn't a vampire/werewolf hybrid be more powerful than a wizard/werewolf hybrid?"

"Not necessarily," started Justin as he approached Mason, "when Ana was born Juliet's fangs hadn't come in which means she didn't have her full vampire powers. Plus, Alex had already become the family Wizard when Neave was born, she had her full powers unlike Juliet. But Alex is right, it was the magia in the potion that Alex took that has affected Neave's powers, not the strength of Alex's powers."

"But what if there's a chance this did happen to Ana, we should at least try to find out!"

Everyone remained silent, and subtlety Alex took hold of Mason's hand, "why didn't you tell me?"

"I didn't want to get your hopes up. I know what the hospital said but if there's a chance this is a phase hybrid children go through then I need to know, but I couldn't face how disappointed you'd be if I couldn't find a way to fix this."

Alex wrapped her arms around Mason and pulled him in for a hug, "I don't want you to think you have to fix this on your own, I don't want you to try and fix anything on your own. We're in this together, right?"

Mason nodded and planted a soft kiss on Alex's head before pulling away and looking at her sadly, "can I ask you something? Did you really think I would cheat on you?"

Alex shook her head, "of course not, but with what happened at the night of Ana's funeral Justin got paranoid and then next thing I see you both holding hands!"

"Wait, wait!" Interrupted Mason, he quickly turned to Juliet, "you told him?"

"You told Alex?"

"Yes, we both know!" Exclaimed Alex, "so, now we know everything what's the plan?"