A/N thanks for the reviews guys! Im so glad your liking it! :) i don't own wowp lol!
Alex woke the next morning to Justin's face. She sleepily opened her eyes and came face to face with Justin. Their noses were literally inches apart. She shrieked which made him jump up and yell. She leaped out of the bed as well. They stood awkwardly on either side of the bed, facing each other. It was obvious he was embarrassed; he couldn't look at her and kept biting his lip. She scowled fiercely at him. But on the inside she was burning with embarrassment as well. She could hear the phone ring from downstairs and Emma pick it up. Alex adopted an expression of cool indifference.
"Good morning, Justin." She said.
"Good morning, Alex." He said, confused.
She was angry. Why was everything so weird between them lately? She had been getting more of those warm, fluttery feelings when she was around him and when she walked in on him during his shower, they barely spoke! And now just because they woke up together, they couldn't make eye contact? They slept in the same bed so much when they were younger! When he was scared during a thunder storm or she had a bad dream, they would crawl into the other's bed! Like three times a week at least! She stormed out of his room and into her own to get dressed.
After she had put on jean shorts and an empire waisted blue tank top with flip flops, she ran down the stairs, tying up her long hair in a ponytail as she went.
"Morning, Alex!" Emma said cheerfully. Obviously, her breakdown from yesterday was being forgotten.
"Hey, Emma." Alex said, snatching a glass of juice and hopping onto the counter.
"Beau was on the phone for you." Emma said slyly. "He wants to know if you want to have brunch on his sailboat."
"Wow, fancy." Alex said. "Sure."
"He will pick you up in half an hour." Emma said.
"I have to get ready!" Alex said, jumping off the counter and skipping over to the stairs.
"But you're already dressed!" Emma called after her.
"Makeup!" Alex shouted back.
She pranced into the bathroom and shut the door. She looked into the mirror and frowned. She applied some make up and pouted. She was okay looking. She knew she wasn't ugly or anything, but she had never really felt pretty. She was on the short side and was, in her opinion, too skinny. Her hair wasn't straight or curly, just wavy and she wished her chest was bigger. She thought for a second then smirked. She pulled out her red wand and blurted out a Make 'Em Up.
"I need a way to attract men, make me as beautiful as a Siren!" She said, waving her wand across her whole body.
There was a flash of white light and a tingling sensation over her whole body and when she looked in the mirror, she gasped. She was... beautiful. She was wearing a white toga robe thing that everyone wore back then. It draped across her body sexily. She even had (gasp!) curves! Her hair was midnight black and fell down to her waist in loose curls. Her eyes were wide and pitch black. Her lips were blood red against her snow white skin. She seemed to be taller as well, and more willowy. Her cheekbones were more defined but she was also slightly eerie looking. Like an angel of death. Stunning, but off-putting at the same time. Before she had time to think more about the spell and what (probably) went wrong, there was a knock at the door.
"Alex," Justin said through the door. "Are you almost done in there?"
Suddenly, it was as if a switch had been flipped inside her. She stared at the door and at the man she could sense at the other side. She flung open the door and the annoyed expression on Justin's face melted away to be replaced with unfocused awe. He stumbled towards her and she grinned wickedly. She walked seductively towards him, swaying her hips sensually. He was still staring at her in shock. She opened her mouth and sang. And that's when she knew she had him. She sang a song that didn't have words and wrapped her arms around him. She pulled him farther back into the bathroom and kicked the door shut. He went along with her obediently. She kept singing and the hypnotised look in his eyes grew stronger and stronger until his eyes were filled with nothing but the reflection of her. She turned on the faucet to the bathtub and stopped singing for a second. And in that second, the blank look in his eyes slipped a bit, leaving him looking a bit confused. Alex hissed in anger. She was so close. So she did the first thing she could think of to hypnotise him again. She kissed him.
And he kissed her back. She pushed against him, and he pushed back. He tangled his fists in her hair and she wrapped her arms around his neck. As she kissed him she was slowly pulling him down to the edge of the bathtub. She kissed him as fiercely as she could and he kissed her roughly back. There was so much passion and emotion in that kiss; it made the thought of killing him all the more exhilarating. The water was nearly at the edge of the tub and she smirked. Just a second longer and she could push him headfirst into the water and hold him there until he stopped fighting.
Distantly, she could hear someone calling her name from far away. But she didn't focus on anything but the man and how amazing it will be to drown him after kissing him like that. She shut her eyes to give him one last kiss when suddenly; he was wrenched away from her. A woman with scared eyes and wild hair was holding him by the shoulders. He was fighting her to get back to Alex but when the woman shoved cotton balls into his ears, he stopped. Alex hissed in rage. She lunged at his throat but he pulled out he wooden stick and waved it at her. She screamed with fury, but before she could wrap her fingers around his neck, she could feel herself changing back into a human. She sat on the bathroom in a state of fuzzy confusion.
"What happened?" She asked.
"You turned yourself into a siren!" Justin said to her angrily.
She made the mistake of glancing at him. His lips were red and swollen from kissing her so fiercely and his hair was mussed from when she ran her hands through it. She looked away. The last thing she remembered was seeing herself looking so beautiful and then hearing Justin's voice. Then everything got messed up. She could vaguely recall singing and seducing Justin to get him closer to the edge of the water. So she could drown him. She shivered. At that moment, nothing was more thrilling then the thought of killing Justin. But kissing him was a close second.
"Alex, I've warned you about being careful with magic!" Justin said. "You have to be careful! Sirens are very dangerous! They wait in a meadow by the shore to sailors to go by and then they sing to put the whole ship in a trance. They then go on board and kill all the men."
"Yes, I know sirens are dangerous." She shot him a withering look. "It's not like I did it on purpose."
He sighed. She scowled.
"Whatever." She said. "Beau's going to be here any minute."
"Alex-" He started to say, grabbing her wrist.
"Let go of me." She said with cold fury in her voice. He immediately let go of her and took a step back. She felt a twinge of guilt. She sounded like she was a siren again. Emma hadn't said anything this whole time. She still looked a little freaked out. Alex felt bad. Emma had probably never seen such strong and dangerous magic up close. And to see her son making out with his adoptive sister as she tried to shove his head under water couldn't be good for her nerves.
Alex stormed out of the bathroom and into her room to throw on bathing suit under her clothes. She frowned at her appearance in the mirror. Maybe there was a way to keep with beauty of a siren without actually turning into one? She reached for her wand then thought better of it. Justin would so kill her. She heard a knock on the door downstairs and scampered out of her room.
Beau was holding a bouquet of daisies and smiled when he saw her. He was looking adorable in cargo shorts and a light blue button down shirt rolled up to his elbows.
"Hey, Alex." He said, handing her the flowers. "These are for you."
"Thank you!" She said. She put the flowers in a vase in the kitchen and followed Beau out to his truck.
They drove into town to the big docks where Beau's boat was kept. He waved at a man on a boat next to his and then helped Alex on board. They sailed away from shore and he showed her around the boat. It had a cabin and a little kitchen. There was a small bed and a couch and table. On deck, he showed her how to steer and what all the ropes did. She wasn't really interested but it was sort of cool. They then sat on the deck and ate the picnic breakfast Beau packed for them.
"Do you want to go swimming?" He asked her.
"Where?" She said.
"In the ocean." He said patiently. "We can jump off the side of the boat and there's a ladder we can use to climb back onto the boat."
"What about... sharks?" Alex asked hesitantly, peering into the dark blue depths uncertainly.
"We're not out deep enough for sharks to be a problem." Beau said confidently.
He pulled off his shirt and kicked off his sandals. Alex raised her eyebrows. He had quite the body. Well, she could probably do this. She did take swimming lessons as a kid. She took off her shirt and shorts and could see checking her out. She smirked. She was wearing a deep blue bikini. He took her hand and they leaped off the boat together. The water was amazing. Alex was surprised about how deep it was. She knew it as deep, but didn't have any idea how deep. She could see little fish swimming by her face and her dark hair floating behind her. She kicked her feet up to the surface and laughed. This was so cool! They splashed in the billion feet deep water (it felt like that, shut up!) until Alex could barely hold her head above the water. They climbed back onto the boat and lay against the warm deck.
"Thanks for inviting me today." She said. "It's been a lot of fun."
"Well, it's been my pleasure." Beau said. "I really like you, Alex."
"I really like you too, Beau." She said flirtatiously. And when he leaned over to kiss her, she let him. He tasted like seawater and sunscreen. He was gentle with her and wasn't too forceful. It was a nice kiss. Just nice. But after the emotional kiss with Justin this morning, it felt a little dull. But still, Beau was really sweet and Alex wasn't used to guys being so soft with her. Most guys treated her as roughly as she treated them. It was sort of a nice change to be treated like a china doll.
They sailed around for a little while longer. Thankfully, Beau had packed more food then for just breakfast. They went back to the shore when the sun started to go down. Alex knew Emma would want her home for dinner soon. When he dropped her off at her door, the sun had gone down. He kissed her softly on the lips and promised to call her soon.
She sighed as she wandered through the front door. She could smell burgers cooking on the barbeque out back. She went up to her room to change out of her wet bathing suit. She was wearing her bathing suit under her tank top and shorts; it left a wet mark on her chest and shoulders. Her hair was loose and curly from being blown about by the wind all day and her skin was tan from lying out in the sun. She smelled like ocean water so she decided to have a quick shower before dinner. She walked to the bathroom just as Justin was walking out.
"Oh! Sorry..." She trailed off.
"No, it's okay." He said. He moved to the left just as she did. And when he moved to the right, she did too. She blushed and glared at him.
"Alex, about this morning..." he started to say.
"Yes, I know, I know!" She muttered. "I need to be more careful with magic! I almost killed you, blah, blah, blah!"
"Well, actually I was talking about the kiss." Justin said. "But the near death experience is a good point too!" He said quickly.
She was quiet for a minute. "I'm sorry. For everything. For trying to drown you and for the... kiss."
He looked a little hurt for a second, like what she said actually pained him but then the moment was gone and he looked normal again.
"Yeah, it's alright." He said cheerfully. "Emma's making burgers, it'll be ready in about twenty minutes I think."
He went down the stairs, leaving Alex standing in the doorway to the bathroom. She ignored the confused and messed up feelings she felt whenever she looked at Justin and took the longest, hottest shower of her life. She was trying to wash away those sick and twisted feelings she's had ever since she kissed him.
A/N please review guys! I just came back from a French exam which im pretty sure i failed. *sigh* but i would feel so much better if i had some reviews!