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Al and I got Carpet to take us up to Jasmine's balcony.
"So you won her?" I whispered.

"Yeah, she loved the carpet ride." Al whispered back.

I sighed. "She's a lucky girl." I murmured enviously.

"What?"

"Uh..." Damn it, he heard me! "Um, I think we better tell Jasmine that Jafar tried to kill us."

Al glanced in and muttered "Now's the perfect time." The Sultan and Jasmine were in the room at the moment. And so was Jafar.
"Prince Ali and his sister left." Jafar was saying.

Al and I stepped out. "Better check your crystal ball again, Jafar." Al scowled.

Jasmine's face lit up and she ran to Al.

"Tell them the truth, Jafar." I scowled at the man. "You tried to have us killed."

"Ridiculous nonsense!" Jafar said, holding his staff in front of the Sultan's face, I noticed. "She is obviously lying."

"Obviously...lying." the Sultan murmured.

"Father, what's wrong with you?" Jasmine demanded, going to him.

Al ran up beside me and wrenched Jafar's staff away. "I know what's wrong!" He smashed the staff, and suddenly, the Sultan seemed to be back to normal. "Your Majesty," Al said, holding up the remains, "Jafar's been controlling you with this."

The Sultan seemed to get back in control quickly, calling for the guards to get Jafar. But that sorcerer was one step ahead. For a moment, his eyes lit up, as he stared at me, and then he suddenly held up a vial of red powder. "This is not done yet!" he cried, and seconds later, he was gone.

Still, the Sultan was thrilled that his daughter had chosen a suitor, who would be able to take on his position next. But as the Sultan rambled on about Al's "impeachable moral character", I saw Al's face fall. I guessed that he hadn't thought about the fact that marrying a princess who was the only child of a royal in power came with strings attached.

That afternoon, Al wanted to talk to Genie, whose first reaction was to announce "Hail the conquering hero!" and then become a one-man marching band.

"Al, you've just won the heart of the princess!" Genie persisted. "Lee, you have achieved your goal. What are you going to do next?"

I knew exactly what Genie wanted. But I caught Al's eye, and I couldn't do it.

Genie held up a script and whispered to me "Psst, your line is 'I'm going to free the Genie'. Anytime."

I sighed. "Genie, I promise I will free you. But Al is feeling really insecure and doesn't want to become Sultan."

"They don't want to make me Sultan." Al pointed out. "They want to make Prince Ali Sultan. Without you, I'm just Aladdin."

"You won!" Genie protested.

"Because of you!" Al snapped. "The only reason anyone thinks I'm worth anything is because of you!"

"That is not true!" I cried. "I always thought you were worth something! So now I don't count? And besides, I only made this wish for you."

"But what if they find out I'm not really a prince and you're not really a princess? What if Jasmine finds out? I'll lose her. I can't keep this up on my own."

I sighed. "Look, Genie, would you understand if I postpone the whole freeing thing? I will wish you free, and that's a promise. But Al really needs support until he's gotten over it. Please?"

But Genie scowled. "Fine, I understand." he said sarcastically. "After all, both of you have lied to everyone else. Hey, I was starting to feel left out. Now if you'll excuse me..." He went back into the lamp.

I scowled. "I can't believe this!" I yelled into the lamp. "I said I'd still free you! Can't you hang on for a few days?"

All I got was a raspberry in return. I threw the lamp down in frustration. "Fine, but I'm not going to talk to you again until you grow up and try to understand the position we're in!"

Abu and Carpet were glancing in at us, but at my temper, they were turning around. I didn't have the kindness at that moment to call them back in apology.

Al was the only one left. I turned on him. "Do you realize what I just did, all for you?" I exclaimed. "I made my first wish so that you could have a chance with Jasmine, I try to help talk her around, I even postpone my last wish when I had to use my second one to save our lives, and now Genie won't let me explain! It's all your fault that I had to postpone it! And in the last couple of days, you have been treating me like nothing. And I'm sorry, I know you've met a princess, but most boys don't blow off their sisters just because they've got a girlfriend, even if she is that beautiful and that rich and that romantic."

Al sighed. "What's happened to you, Lee? I might have done some stupid things, but you've changed too. Ever since I met Jasmine, you've been acting like – almost like...well, like you're jealous or something. Of Jasmine. And not just because she has some of my attention, but – well, you actually sounded envious when I told you how much Jasmine loved the magic carpet ride. And now you say that you always thought I was worth something..."

I rolled my eyes. "So you finally figured out what I've felt for the last few months." I muttered. "Well done, Einstein. I can't even deal with this right now. I'm going."

Ladies and gentlemen, this is another episode of "Why Moody Cleo Is A Nightmare".

Little did I know that the worst was yet to come. When I heard a voice that sounded like Jasmine but too sugar-sweet to actually be her calling to Al, I didn't think much of it, until I heard another voice in the menagerie shrieking "You got a problem, Pinky?!"

I barely realized what happened until I saw Iago flying above my head, holding the lamp in his claws. I stealthily followed him, and when the lamp finally got to its destination, that was when I realized that this slightly uncomfortable space was soon going to get a lot worse.

Well, my favourite Genie line is coming up so I wanted Cleo to witness it. And what about her feelings for Aladdin, which he's seemed to realize? We'll see. Please, review!