Wizards of Waverly Place
I've got a secret
Part Five: Day Five
It was Wednesday, October 6, 2010, and each of the Russo's had a lot on their minds, for the unexpected turns that occurred yesterday. They were in their loft and were about to begin their days.
Theresa was about to enter Jerry's closet, for she had forgotten to do it last night, and then fell asleep, and she figured there was no time like the present, or the day after it. "Okay, wait, would Jerry be mad if I invaded his privacy, I mean this is his closet, he keeps all his things in here. What if he has things in here, secrets, that could change the entire way I think of him. He could live a whole other life that I don't even know about. Maybe there is no necklace, and it's just an excuse to go out, and when he gets to wherever he goes, he starts his other life, I have to go in that closet! But if there are no secrets or other identities, and he finds out then he might never trust me again, which might lead him to live another life, with a woman ha can trust. Oh, what do I do to keep Jerry close to me?"
"So Theresa, the big game is in two days, and thanks to me, that necklace will return to its rightful owner." Said Jerry who had been getting dressed on the bed.
"Oh, that's nice. Uh, Jerry, that shirt doesn't really go with those pants. Want me to get another one from your closet?"
"No! I mean this shirt, looks GREAT with these pants. I couldn't possibly wear another shirt, it'd be a travesty!"
"Oh, sorry." Said Theresa dully.
"Ah that's okay, you didn't know better. See ya downstairs." Said Jerry as he left.
"By, hu."
In the kitchen/loft, Juliet was sipping from a cup full of blood, when Justin walked down the stairs. "Juliet! I just finished a list of people who would be great for the mob! Take a look." Said Justin excitedly.
"Hmm, burning guy doesn't have anybody telling him what to do." Muttered Juliet as she took the list from Justin's hands. "Uh, Justin, this list is ridiculous, these people would never join your mob, and most of them are just people who played mob people in movies. James Caan, Al Pacino, Robert Duvall, Marlon Brando."
"They were? They're going to make great additions to our mob!" Said Justin. "And it doesn't matter how famous they are. When they see this footage we have, they'll be chomping at the bit to get into our mob."
"Are you serious?"
"You wanna bet?" Asked Justin loudly.
"Ya, I bet a hundred dollars that not one person on this list joins your mob. And if they do, which they won't, I will pay you a hundred dollars for every person on this list who does join your mob." Suggested Juliet.
"Justin, I wish to rejoin your mob." Said Mason as he walked in.
"Fine." Said Juliet as she handed Justin a hundred dollar bill as he crossed Mason off his list. "Why the sudden change in mind?"
"Because, this janitor thing is nice, but I feel being in a real American mob, and not just playing on in a movie, will give me a greater sense of satisfaction then mopping up school hallways." Said Mason.
"Great, here's thirty dollars." Said Justin as he gave Mason three of the ten $10 bills that Juliet gave him.
"Thank you, and now I must withdraw from the mob." Said Mason.
"What! Did Alex put you up to this!" Demanded Justin.
"I'm not saying yes, but yes. See ya."
"There, now give me that hundred dollars back!" Demanded Juliet.
"Ya, the deal was someone joins the mob, which he did, if it had been that somebody joins the mob, and stays in for at least twenty seconds, then you would have your hundred dollars, but now, I do. Well seventy."
Alex then walked in. "Ha Justin, how's that mob going for ya?" She asked sarcastically.
"Alex, how could you do this to me? You cost me a hundred dollars!" Yelled Juliet.
"And you hypothetically cost me thirty dollars." Said Justin in an equally angry voice.
"Thirty, I didn't think he'd get any more than fifteen, hu."
"Well, we and the mob are going to have nothing more to do with you and Mason." Said Justin very seriously.
"I'm sorry, on the contrary, I, would like to join your mob Justin." Said Alex in an apologetic voice.
"Really? Great! Pay up Juliet!"
"Okay, but I'm telling you..."
"This is splendid, Juliet, give her thirty dollars." Said Justin.
"Justin, I'm sa-"
"No ,forty, she's higher on the list. I'd do it, but I don't make mistakes twice." Said Justin.
"Fine, here Alex, but I must reque-" Started Juliet.
"Now, I must leave the mob, see you guys." Said Alex as she left.
"Ha, she conned us! I've never felt so betrayed!" Yelled Justin as he counted his money and marked it with a special counterfeit pen.
"Justin! I need your help!" Yelled Theresa running from upstairs.
"Sorry, I'm much to busy to help anybody now." Said Justin looking at the list and not at her.
"Fine, Justin, I will join your mob."
"No!" Yelled Juliet.
"Yes! Now pay up." Said Justin with his hand out.
"Fine, here." Said Juliet as she paid Justin.
"Now what was it mom?"
"Uh, I believe Alex and Mason got payment, ranging from thirty to forty dollars for joining your mob." Said Theresa.
Justin looked at Juliet. "Hu." Sighed Juliet as she handed Theresa forty dollars.
"Okay, so I was going to pre-inspect your father's closet before the big search tomorrow, but then it occurred to me..."
"Finally." Said Justin not paying attention.
"What if your father finds out that I went in his closet without his permission, then he'd never trust me again. But if I don't go in, there might be the chance that he lives a whole other life, and all the information about it is in that closet, and if I don't go in I'll be in the shadows for the whole thing, and there might be some evil force, that I'll walk unsuspectedly into when I go looking for Max. I'll be dead, and he'll never be found."
"Don't worry mom, if you die, then we'll just go in and find Max ourselves." Said Justin.
"But, how will you know I'm dead. I won't be able to tell you, and Max could be in there forever!"
"Ha, when Mr. Russo goes in to get some clothes for the next day, he'll see your dead carcass on the floor, come and scream it at us, then we'll give him some rum, calm him down, then go in search of Max." Said Juliet.
"Gee, this whole plan is coming together." Said Theresa sarcastically. "But I always lay out his clothes for a whole week, and I do it tonight. Max will have to survive a whole other week before he is found."
"This is difficult." Said Justin sarcastically. "When you go in tonight to get dad's clothes, look around for evil forces. Then you'll have an excuse to be in his closet." Suggested Justin.
"Okay, and if I die in the closet before I get out with Jerry's clothes, and he decides to just wait 'till I come back to change his clothes, and wear the same ones for as long as I take, then you'll know if I'm dead, if I'm not out by tonight at nine, and you go in to save Max, okay?" Asked Theresa.
"Okay, it's a deal." Said Justin.
"Great, I'd like to drop out of the mob, thank you." Said Theresa as she left.
"You're welcome." Said Justin.
At the school, Alex and Mason were proudly mopping the halls, wearing their official janitor's uniforms. "Wow, it sure is good luck that my dad lent us his old junior sewer maintenance suits." Said Mason. "We'll have those lessons in no time Alex."
"You bet we will, then we'll shoot out Justin's tires, Juliet's tires, and even the mail man's tires when he brings dad's online shopping orders. And it's partially thanks to Justin's stupid mob thing."
"Ya, maybe once we have taken the classes, we should give Justin a tip or two." Suggested Mason.
"Na, he won't appreciate it like we will."
"You're right."
Mr. Laritate then walked up. "Ms. Russo, you're brother just recruited me into his mob against some horrible movie threatening to destroy American culture. He even gave me twenty dollars."
"Ha!" Laughed Mason.
"If you two join Justin's mob, then I will double your pay."
"Well, we'll see." Said Alex.
"Good, see ya."
Justin then walked up. "Justin, we'll join your mob for two hundred dollars a week." Said Mason.
"Huh, I was just going to ask for one-fifty. Good job Mason! Oh." Said Alex.
"Sure, Mr. Laritate took three hundred a week, but this is great! Juliet, roll out eighty dollars." Said Justin.
"Fine, but I'm telling you..."
"Oh no, we're in it for the long run. I assure you." Said Alex.
"Great, see ya." Said Justin as he and Juliet left.
"Mr. Laritate, we're in." Announced Mason.
"Great, this week your pay will be doubled. See ya fellow mobsters, hi ho the trail ho..."
"Suckers." Said Alex as she shoved her mop in her locker.
At Kramer's house, he and Kramer were playing cards with each other when three men in fancy swayed suits walked in through the door with very serious looks on their faces. "Ha, I got somethin' to say to you'a." Said the man in front.
"Who are you?" Asked Kramer.
"They call me Pauly, but you can call me from the bank. Listen, I want this whole card operation on Friday shut down, or I'mma shut you down, you hear?"
"But, we have to play on Friday. We need that necklace back." Said Jerry.
"Well, you'd better forget it. I want this game called off by noon tomorrow, or you'll both find the heads of your best friends in your beds tomorrow night."
"You mean like a sleepover?" Asked Kramer in an excited voice.
"Ya, a sleepover in the graveyard, think about it." Said Pauly as he slammed the door behind him.
"Ooh." Said the both still in shock.
Still at school, Justin had just gotten a text message reply to his mob request. "Oh my gosh! Juliet, look at who just agreed to join my mob!" Demanded Justin.
"Hu! Oh my gosh!" Said Juliet.
At the house, Theresa was getting Jerry's clothing out for the following week, then she stopped and looked around. "Hu, look at this, just four walls and clothes, where could Max be, wait." Said Theresa as she pushed past the clothes on hangers, and moved further back in the same path that Max took. She moved back, and back, and still back. She came upon a natural white light, and an unusual coldness.
That night at nine thirty, Justin and Juliet were sitting waiting on the couch. Finally Justin said, "That's it. She's dead. We have to find Max!"
"Let's go!" Said Juliet as the two ran up the stairs to Jerry's magical closet.
What did Theresa find in Jerry's closet? Will Justin and Juliet follow and find Theresa and Max in the closet? What will the family find if Max has left the empty room, and entered into another magic room of the courthouse? Will Alex and Mason be able to assume rolls as both janitors and mob members? Will Jerry and Kramer call off the card game, or will they keep it on and risk losing their friend's heads? You'll find out if you read the other 363 days in the year in the life of the Russo's, "I've got a secret."