Wizards of Waverly Place
I've got a secret
Part Eleven: Day Eleven
It was Tuesday, October 12, 2010, and the Russo's had stopped concerning themselves with Ray and his guns for their clever ruses that drove him from hunting our Justin, and went on to hunting a fake, non-existent Justin with the same name. None the less, each person still had much, much to be worried about, each with his own situation.
Theresa was sitting in the kitchen sipping some coffee when Justin walked in with his hair in a mess and still in his night apparel. "Mom, I cannot deal with this anymore!" He exclaimed.
"What, can't find a comb? Justin that's nothing to get upset about. People who get upset about everything like you do have heart attacks by the age of 25. Not anybody that I've heard of, but I've seen it in movies. I have."
"...No, Mom, it's not about the comb, it's about having to share my room with Mason and Max, and it's driving me insane! Max stayed up half the night, struggling to understand what's going on with our family, and when he finally went to sleep he screamed in his sleep! And Mason is just as bad, he calls me, sir, and, Mr. Russo. I figured he was mocking me, so mad I stayed up all night. Mom, I'm almost, however old I almost am, I need my own room. At least a room with people other than these freaks!"
"Justin, we all have to make sacrifices to save ourselves from Ray. Now that he thinks everybody is related, we all have to live in the same house so he won't suspect that you are you. Oh, this is all for you, so don't complain about it! Want some coffee? I could use another cup."
"Na, I don't drink coffee, I heard it stunts your growth, and I don't want to be a short person, along with all the other garbage I have to deal with! So thanks mom, thanks for nothing! If you want to be a short person, then you go right ahead, but I will not take the abuses of bean beverages! Wow, am I tired, make some coffee." Said Justin pouring water into the empty pot.
"Ha, did you hear screaming last night around three? I think Max is having his night terrors again." Stated Alex.
"No, that was me, only I was screaming at real life after waking up from a dream. I, hate living with Max and Mason, they are the most annoying people on the planet, next to dad at least." Said Justin.
"Ha, you think Mason and Max are annoying...?" Started Alex.
"Ya, I do."
"As I was saying, Juliet is like, the annoyance of Mason and Max combined, magnified a million times fold, and is so great and present, that you can't help but thinking about anything, but her annoyance! I mean, she keeps all of her books and clothes, neatly in a dresser, sorted by type of clothes and color, and she actually puts them away after she washes and wears them, so she has nothing on her chairs. And, she has the nerve, to divide, my, room, in half. She, she wants a place for her bed, and, and some of the closet space for her things, and, she even wants me, to be quiet at night, so she can sleep. What kind of person is she? Certainly not the kind who gets invited to share bedrooms with people, I can tell you that." Said Alex as she drank hot water out of the coffee pot. "Ah! Hot!"
Mason then walked down the stairs. "Good morning Ms. Russo, Alex, Justin, how did you sleep roommate?"
"How, did I sleep, let me tell you, how I slept!" Yelled Justin.
"Okay, that's what I wanted to know." Said Mason.
"I slept, awful, because of the insults that were thrown at me, by people, who I kindly agree to share my room with!"
"What are you talking about? Did I do something to offend you, because if I did, I'm sorry." Said Mason.
"It's fine, we all have to stay calm in these hard times, so it's better if we all try to unite as a people." Said Justin trying to stay calm.
"Ha, what was that screaming last night?" Asked Max who seemed tired.
"I'll tell you what it was, it was my reaction, to the insane rantings, of the people who I am forced to live with!" Screamed Justin.
"Kay just wanted to know about the screaming." Said Max casually. "So where's Ray, I loved him in that movie, uh, Philadelphia."
"That was Tom Hanks, Ray was in Goodfellas." Said Alex.
"Tom Hanks, he's great! Why can't he want to kill me." Said Justin.
"Goodfellas I never saw it, was he in anything else?" Asked Max.
"No." Answered everyone.
"Ha, did you hear that screaming last night?" Asked Juliet who had just come downstairs and was brushing her hair.
"No, I couldn't hear anything over your obnoxious attitude!" Yelled Alex.
"Alex, what's wrong?" Asked Juliet.
"Ya, you seem to be awful on edge today, even for you." Said Alex.
"Maybe she has a warrant for her murder, I'd be on edge if somebody was paid to kill me, especially if they had a government authorized permit." Stated Mason.
"No it's not that, I, forget it I gotta go see ya." Said Alex as she left.
"Wow, that was weird, hope she's not doing anything that'll get all of us a lot of frustration." Said Justin.
"You and I both." Stated Mason.
"Ha, Ray's coming, where's Justin!" Yelled Jerry.
"Jerry, we got that covered, why do you keep worrying?" Asked Theresa.
"Because I don't want my favorite child to die. I just, can't deal with that. It'd be like, like, hu, hu hu." Said Jerry slowly, breathing heavy and holding back tears.
"...Okay." Said Justin who, along with the whole group was staring at him.
"Am I really that annoying?" Asked Juliet.
"No Juliet, Alex just doesn't understand you." Said Justin sympathetically.
"Juliet? I thought her name was Katrina!" Yelled Ray.
"Uh, uh, I, uuh." Said Juliet nervously.
"And how does she not understand you, you've been sisters for sixteen years." Said Ray.
"Well, it's because, Alex, was actually, one of uh, triplets, and they were, Alex, Mason, and Juliet, so that's why we mistake names sometimes." Said Justin. "And she just doesn't want to, accept, Katrina, because she is so upset at how her twin sister, was taken away from us." Said Justin with fake emotion.
"Th, that's so sad. So, you have, seven children, Justin, Katrina, Justin, Alex, Mason, Max, and Juliet, right?" Asked Ray.
"That's right!" Said Theresa swinging her arm.
"So, this is all your children right? There aren't anymore?" Asked Ray.
"Who knows, there might be some we forgot about, we'll tell you when we remember." Said Theresa.
"If, we remember." Corrected Jerry.
"But we love all of our siblings, whether we remember them or not." Stated Mason heartfully.
"Wait, Juliet's not our sister, we ju..." Started Max.
"Oh, he's just in denial, because we lost, Juliet, when he was just seven years old, he couldn't understand." Said Juliet.
"Oh Katrina." Said Justin as he went to hug her.
"Ah." Said Juliet as she hugged him.
"Ah." Said Mason as he hugged her to.
"Ah." Said Jerry, Max and Theresa as they joined in.
"Ah." Said the group.
"This is so touching. Moments like this are so sweet that it makes me want to stop killing and start a family of my own, but not until I kill Justin Russo!" Yelled Ray. "Have a nice day." Said Ray as he stormed out.
"Wow, fooling idiots like him, almost makes us like a family." Said Theresa.
"You mean it Mrs. Russo?" Asked Juliet.
"You really think of us as your children?" Asked Mason.
"You don't even think of Max as your child." Stated Justin.
"Somebody can't just be our son just because we give birth to them, they have to do something to earn it, and Mason and Juliet have, so they are now officially Russo's." Said Theresa.
"Ya!" Yelled Juliet.
"This will be much nicer than living in the woods eating dead game." Said Mason.
"What did Alex do to earn a place in the family?" Asked Justin.
"It's not what she did, it's what she didn't do, that earned her a place in our family." Said Jerry.
"And me, I did everything else." Said Justin.
"What do you mean?" Asked Juliet.
"I do everything, that's why I'm in the family." Said Justin.
"Who says?" Asked Theresa.
"What, I'm not in the family?" Asked Justin angrily. "But, I'm the most intelligent one, I succeed in everything I do, I'm a professional wizard, I'm a 5.0..."
"That's just it, no Russo has ever been that smart of successful, you just don't fit in." Said Jerry. "I'm sorry."
"I, but I, uh!" Groaned Justin as he stormed out.
"Oh." Said everybody.
"Ha, Justin just leave?" Asked Kramer.
"Ya." Answered Katrina.
"Good." Said Kramer.
At the police H.Q, Alex was in the interrogation room with the police sergeant, Sergeant de Havilland, and they were working on exposing Justin's mob. "What do you think, sergeant?" Asked Alex.
"I think once we find your brother's mob that you are going to be a very rich lady." Answered the sergeant.
"Great, I won't even need those lessons, I'll pay for others to take it and shoot out tires for me." Stated Alex excitedly.
"That's what I do. I tell ya, the only thing better than being rich, is being a cop, who doesn't have to obey the law or anything." Stated de Havilland.
"Wow, me, rich. Everybody will be proud of me, and I will be the envy of the family, and not Justin. Bwa ha ha ha, ah ha ha ha!" Laughed Alex evily.
"I know the feeling. My brother used to be the envy of the family, then I arrested him for a crime he didn't commit, so he couldn't do anything else to make my parents proud." Stated the cop.
"Ya, my brother has to keep a low profile so Ray Liotta won't know he's him, and not just his brother with the same name, and so the mob won't find my dad and kill him for not stopping his card game." Said Alex.
"...Wow, and I thought I was strange." Said the cop as he picked up a jar of flies and started for the door. "See ya."
In the magical closet, Jerry was painting the city with the many colors of paint. "Man, why do I have to paint the city, just because Max is back to cause problems for Theresa to solve? Just not fair." Complained Jerry. "Ha, this is fun, ha ha, wee! Ha, this is my closet, I can do whatever I want in here!" Yelled Jerry. After a long pause, he started painting again.
Theresa was sitting at the counter making tea, just waiting for some Max problems to come forth when Mason walked up. "Mrs. Russo, can I talk to you?"
"Hold on Mason, a problem involving Max could come up any minute, and I have to solve them, as my purpose in life, ah forget it what's up?"
"Well, I really like Alex, I do everything with her, obey all her commands, but she never seems impressed, and I want to know if she likes me to, what do I do?"
"Well Mason, Alex is a very closed person, she doesn't let anybody know what she's really like, and projects a tough atmosphere to earn respect. What you have to do is become her, you be the tough one and tell her what to do, then she'll open up, trust me."
"Thanks, Mrs. Russo, but I don't know how to be tough, my dad did all the hunting, and my mom protected the herd, so all I had to do was cook and prepare the meat, 'cause I was the only one with fingers." Stated Mason.
"I'll teach you to be tough, being a mother of wizards, and Mr. Russo's constant pre-occupation with his unusual plots, I have to take control a lot. So ya, I'll help ya." Said Theresa.
"Thank you Mrs. Russo." Said Mason.
"And enough with respecting everybody, not all people deserve respect, actually, hardly anybody does, so no more, Mr. and Mrs., always the first name, got it?"
"Yes ma', I mean, ah, I can't do this!"
"Come on!" Yelled Theresa as she slapped him.
"Ow!" Screamed Mason as he grabbed his face and fell on the floor.
"Get it together! Get back up, now, call me Theresa."
"Uh, uh..." Started Mason sweating and looking very nervous. "Oh, don't make me do this!" Yelled Mason as he began to cry.
"Pull it together! Come on! Now, if you don't try, you won't ever be respected by Alex, isn't that what you want?" Screamed Theresa.
"Yes, yes." Yelled Mason through his tears.
"Okay, now get up."
"Okay, uh, uh, hu hu!" Cried Mason as he fell on the floor again.
"Oh." Groaned Theresa as she put her hands on her face.
At the sporting store, Ray was at the checkout counter, and was making a large purchase. "Ya, three hundred packs of bullets, twenty hand guns, ten rifles, and throw in some semi-automatics for quick blows to my target! Plus, I want a tackle box, for my bullets, a pack of plastic bags for the body parts, and a silencer, but not to make the shots quieter, but to make them louder, and more horrifying!"
"Okay, that'll be..." Started the clerk.
"Here, just put it on these cards." Said Ray handing him the credit cards.
"Yessir." Said the clerk scanning his cards as about nine employees carried his purchases to his horse.
That night, Jerry was talking to Theresa while Juliet and Mason talked about how awful their friends are. "I tell ya, I should be a professional painter, it's fun, easy, and I think I have an eye for color, what do you think?"
"Na, I mean, maybe your painting skills are acceptable in your, magic closet world but not here in the real world, come on."
"Okay, maybe I'll paint the pipes in the basement, they really dull up the room."
"Ha, who wants to say hello to their favorite child?" Asked Alex happily.
"Who? I think that the running is now, two people harder!" Yelled Juliet.
"What, dad, them? Really?" Asked Alex.
"Ya, they did a great job of fooling Ray, all we need to do is pretend to miss your, other twin, Juliet." Said Theresa.
"What? Uh, this is so stupid, Mason, could you get me a glass of water please?" Asked Alex.
"No!" Yelled Mason.
"What?" Asked Alex. "I just wan..."
"I am not going to be bossed around anymore. If you want a glass of water, get up off your butt, and get it yourself!" Yelled Mason.
"Mason, I do..." Started Alex.
"Oh, I'm sorry, it's just, I want to be treated like you equal, but I went too far, what with my, raised tone, and my deplorable language, I'm so sorry, it's just, I really like you, and, I wanted to know..."
"Mason, I like you to." Said Alex as she hugged him.
"Ah." Said Theresa and Jerry.
"What like? I thought Mason was your twin? I'm not sure but that doesn't seem right." Stated Max. "Oh ha Juliet."
"Ya ya."
The door was then busted open and Justin ran in and slammed the door. "Justin what's wrong?" Asked Theresa.
"In my anger I did something awful, I went into a big art gala, shot up the place, and stole this, a prized, golden watch." Said Justin holding up the watch. "Now the police are after me!"
"Ya, so if any cops come after you, it'd be from that." Said Alex.
"I know." Said Justin. "Ah, I need a bath, see..." Started Justin as bullets came through the window. "Ah!" Screamed Justin as he ran away.
"What's his problem?" Asked Theresa.
"Ya, the bullets came at their usual time." Stated Alex.
"Some people don't notice patterns, but me, that's my specialty." Said Mason.
"And I love that about you." Said Alex as she kissed him and a bullet flew right by her head.
Will the police find Justin and the golden watch? Will sergeant find Justin's mob? Will Alex and Mason start a serious relationship? Will Alex get rich off of Justin's demise? Will Jerry paint the pipes? Will Theresa solve Max's problems and become useful? Where's Kramer been? Who really cares? Will Juliet become like the Russo's now that she is one? Will Max ever understand any of this? Will Ray buy his way into Justin's death? What will it do to his credit history? 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."