This chapter concludes my story. :)

Chapter 4: Healing Won't Be Easy

That Saturday, the Russo family was set for a night of family fun at Bozo's Bowling Blitz, a popular bowling alley, and Alex favorite place to go bowling. She had always enjoyed creaming Justin when he always believed he would win because he had strategy. Alex rolled her eyes at that one. Justin studied the basics of bowling… but Alex still came up on top. Justin was certain that bowling would get her to come out of her depression, or at least make her a little bit happier.

"Where's Alex?" Theresa questioned. "Didn't anyone tell her we were going to Bozo's?"

"I tried…" Max scratched his arm nervously. "She's been sleeping all day."

"I'll try to talk to her." Jerry made a motion to head upstairs, he seemed uneasy.

"I'll go." Justin quickly volunteered and went straight up the stairs to Alex's room.

He door creaked open as Justin went in.

"Get out." Alex said bluntly, pulling her blanket over her head.

"C'mon, Alex, we're going to Bozo's Bowling Blitz…" Justin pleaded. "You love that place."

"I don't want to go." Alex replied, sounding like she was speaking into her pillow.

Justin wasn't taking "no" for an answer. He easily yanked Alex's blanket off of her. She was wearing her pajamas. Fuzzy purple Hello Pony PJs, add being in bed all day, yet she still managed to look her best.

"Hey!" Alex screamed as she made a grab for her blanket but Justin was too quick for her, holding it above his head.

"Please?" He asked sweetly, doing the puppy-dog pout.

"No." Alex disputed, fighting the urge to smile.

"Please?" He asked again in the same tone.

"No." Alex replied again.

"Please?"

"No."

"Please?"

"No."

"Ale-ex."

" Jus-tin."

They went back and forth with this for awhile. Finally it seemed like Alex was beginning to give in.

"Justin, healing won't be easy." Her eyes were becoming blurry with tears. "It's not fair…why Kayla?"

Justin sat next to her, heaving a compassionate sigh. "Alex, I know that it's hard to loose someone…"

"Losing your favorite Captain Jim-Bob Sherwood action figure doesn't count, Justin." Alex teased, patting his arm apologetically.

"Haha, so funny…" Justin remarked, then realized. "See, there's the sassy sister I know!"

Alex smiled, but it wasn't big, but you could tell she was happy to tease Justin again.

"Look, Alex, I'll never know what you had to go through but…"

He cupped her chin, kissing her on her lips deeply. Alex was a little surprised by the sudden turn of events. Her heart started to melt… she was lost in Justin's kiss.

Justin pulled away after what seemed like forever. "I'll try my best to help the healing process…"

"Justin that was… wow..." Alex was breathless but she frowned. "But you know we can't be together… no matter how much I really want to."

Justin smirked at Alex's compliment.

"I mean, we can't be together, Justin!" Alex quickly covered it up.

"For once in your devious life… you're right…" Justin teased half-heartedly, but smiled hopefully. "We'll just keep it* our little secret, 'kay, 'Lex?"

" 'Lex?" Alex laughed, rolling her eyes dramatically. "That's so cheesy, Justin."

"Well, I guess I'm the 'cheesy' master." Justin countered, grabbing her hand and lifting her to feet. "Onward to Bozo's!"

They were almost out of her room but Alex stopped, pulling Justin back. "Justin, wait!"

He turned to look at her, confusion on his face.

"It'd probably be a good idea to change my clothes first…" She told him, pointing out her Hello Pony PJs.

"Oh, right." Justin chuckled. "I'll tell everybody to wait a few more minutes."

But his foot didn't even touch the stair case when he turned back around.

"Ready." She beamed.

She wore an outfit consisting of a sparkly green blouse, a dark green silk scarf, neon green pants and green converse. She looked magical… and very green.

"What do ya know?" Justin exclaimed. "Alex, you're starting to heal already." Referring to the fact that Alex used magic to change her clothes.

Alex giggled following Justin down the stairs. Everyone was happy to see Alex come down. They all exchanged looks of surprise. They didn't think Justin would be able to get Alex out of bed. It seemed as if they were mentally applauding him. Not only had he managed that but he had encouraged her. She was falling back into her usual unique fashion sense. She even looked a little bit happier. The old Alex was beginning to shine again.

"How'd you do it, Justin?" Max whispered, clearly content, he was smiling ear to ear.

Justin just shrugged, his answer was simple. "Encouragement goes a long way."

The End

* "It" meaning the night that they kissed.

There you have it, folks. This chapter concludes She's Not What She Seems. I know this chapter was super sort compared to the other ones and I hope you enjoyed it despite the character death. :(

You can feel the warmth from this final chapter…also, I'm happy to say that I'm proud of this story.

Thank you for reading and please leave reviews. It'd be nice to hear what you thought of the story as a whole.

P.S thanks to WyldCard4 for pointing out the mistake I made with this chapter.