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CHAPTER 4

Alex lay in bed thinking about everything. She stared at her wand, sitting next to her diary. Usually, the first thing she would have done was to reach forward for her wand, cast a spell or two - or five, then go to sleep and hope to sort out whatever mess she just made the next day. However, tonight - as she did every night over the past month, she grabbed her diary.

"Dear Diary,

Dad has still forbidden us to use magic since Max nearly got us caught a while ago. I'm still kind of adjusting to this magic-free life.

Xx

Alex"

She read it, then decided to rip out the page. 'Writing about magic in a diary could get us exposed' she remembered her dad telling her.

"Dear Diary,

Still trying to find out how to tell Harper how I feel. I know she likes girls, but how could she even like me? I mean, I love her.

My art teacher taught me a new word today. 'Kismet' - it means fate. Looks like I'm actually learning something.

Xx

Alex

P.S Mom will be so mad I've failed Spanish - I can tell"

She closed the diary over and turned off the lights. 'Have sweet dreams.' came Harper's voice inside Alex's head. She shut her eyes and smiled, "I know I will."

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"Hey sweetie, rise and shine, there's someone here to see you!" Alex jumped up, panicking. 'Is it Harper? She can't see me like this!' she thought. Though when she looked up at the door, she saw someone she definitely wasn't expecting.

"Oh, hey Sally! Didn't expect to see you here. What brings you to my humble-" she stopped, looking around at the mess, "abode."

"I just dropped by to say thank you." Sally smiled, looking less sour-faced than she has done for a while.

"Oh? For what?" Alex tried racking her brains thinking for whatever she did to help Sally before.

"For helping me beat my Acid Pop addiction!"

"Ohhhh right, I forgot about that! Well, I didn't really help, I just told you that people thought you were sour-faced."

Sally smiled again, "Well, thanks anyway. If you ever need any help - like with Spanish or anything, just give me a call." She sat her number down on the desk and left.

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MINI-CHAPTER (1)

!RING RING!

!RING RING!

"Hello, is this Alex Russo?"

"Uh, yeah - duh, who is this?"

"I have your diary. And I'll expose you."

"What? Who is this?!" Alex panicked.

"Lets just say, I go to your school."

!BEEP! !BEEP! !BEEP!

'They hung up,' Alex groaned. 'What am I going to do?'