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Alex quickly made her way home, thinking about what she was going to say and how they were going to deal with this whole new....relationship? She didn't even know what to call it. She didn't know much of anything except that it felt so right to be held by him. Of course she was worried what their parents would think, but it wasn't like they were blood related. To their parents though it would probably seem the same.

Alex sighed as she made her way to the front door. And then smiled as thoughts of that morning filled her head. She opened the door and made her way in, her eyes quickly scanning the room for Justin. "I'm home!!" She shouted, "Is anyone here?"

She walked around the apartment looking into the different rooms and then with a shrug she made her way to the fidge for a snack. ' Guess I'll just have to wait for Justin to get home. He must not be out of school yet.' It always took Justin awhile to get home from school these days. It was clear across town. Eveyone was shocked when he decided to stay so close to home. He had so many offers from other schools but he chose to stay here.

Alex had been so happy. She was ecstatic when he told his parents he would still be leaving at home instead of staying in the dorms. She was so excited to have him at home, she didn't know who she would tease and as much as she had hated to admit it, he was one of her best friends.

Alex smiled at the memory, 'Oh how quickly things change.' She thought to herself as she sat down to eat. She clicked on the t.v. and turned it to 'What Not To Wear' she loved making fun of the people. 'I mean come on, really, who thinks orange plaid bell bottums with a green turtleneck without sleeves is cool? They cannot possibly think they look good.'

Alex was finding it difficult to concentrate on her show however, she couldn't stop thinking about him. Mostly sexual thoughts, the way he moaned and said her name when she was teasing him, his face as he came. 'That has to be the hottest thing I have ever seen.' But then she found her thoughts wandering to the way he smiled when she joked with him. The way he pouted when she said something mean. The way he scrunched his forehead up when he was thinking really hard. How sometimes he would bite his pen when has writing an essay and thinking too hard.

The way- "Oh my Gosh, that was so fun!" She heard a female voice she didn't recognize and stood up looking at the door as the knob began to turn. Alex felt herself tense and her heart pound. Suddenly Justin and some girl she had never seen came busting through the door laughing.

Alex stood there wide eyed. Taking in Justin's arm around the girl who had just been talking and the goofy grins on both their faces. Alex felt if all the air had been knocked out of her lungs. Just then Justin looked up and saw Alex, "Ale-" "Oh hi honey, how was your first day as a senior?" She heard her moms voice coming in behind Justin and the girl.

Alex's eyes shot to her mom and stepdad, who were smiling as well. "Alex honey, are you okay? I hope you weren't worried honey. Didn't you get my note?" Alex just shook her head and kept her eyes on Justin. "Oh" Teresa said as they made their way into the house, closing the door behind them. "We all went out to get icecream and see Icevarks 4." She said with a smile.

"Justin aren't you going to ask your date to have a seat?" Jerry asked. Justin finally broke the staring contest he had going with Alex. "Uh yeah, Julie, please sit down." He said motioning for her to do just that. As she sat down and patted the seat next to her Justin once more looked at Alex before taking a seat.

Alex wanted to run out of the room and cry but instead she just rolled her eyes and shrugged. It took all she had to pass it off as if nothing had happened, but she knew if she ran upstairs crying her parents would know something was up. And she didn't want to give Justin the satisfaction of knowing that he had hurt her.

She turned her attention to her mother. "Who's Justin's new girlfriend?" she asked, faking a smile. "Well your father noticed that Justin hadn't been on a date in awhile and this nice girl came into the sub shop today-" "So I asked her if she wanted to date your brother." Jerry broke in with a smile. "At first I thought he would be mad at me or something, but he actually jumped at the chance."

Alex felt like she couldn't breathe once more. She could feel her heart breaking and it didn't matter what she said to herself, the tears were going to fall this time. She quickly head towards the stairs mumbling something about eating too much and needing to throw up. "I hope she's alright." Jerry said with concern. "She's okay, I'll go check on her later." Teresa said with a reassuring smile.

Later that night Alex lay on her bed crying. When her mother had come to check on her earlier she had pulled the covers over her head so she wouldn't see her tearstained face. Her mother had rubbed her back reassuringly and told her she was just down the hall if she needed anything. Alex had let out a strangled sob. If her mother suspected anything she didn't let on. And for that Alex was thankful.

'How could he do this to me? How could he go out with her after....this morning?' She thought to herself as she continued to sob. *Knock Knock* "Go away!" Alex shouted, she didn't care who it was, she just wanted to be alone. 'He's probably kissing her right now, she's probably got her hands all over him. I wonder if he's telling her that he loves her!'

She felt the bed sink down as someone sat next to her and began to lightly rub her back. "Mom I'm fine really, I just need to rest." She told her, hoping she would buy it once again. "It's not mom Alex, it's me." Alex pulled the covers tighter over her head. "Go away Justin." She said trying to keep her voice steady and hold back the tears. "Alex I'm sorry,"

"You're sorry? You're sorry. You go on a date with another girl....the same day that we....after this morning and you still....Justin how could you do that?" Justin stood up and began pacing while Alex stayed in the safety of her bed underneath the covers and listened.

"I didn't know what to do okay? Dad said that he had noticed that I hadn't been dating that much for the last nine months or so. He said that he had met this really nice girl and that he wanted me to go on a date with her. I thought about telling him no, but I didn't want him to bombard me with questions so I just gave in. I'm sorry if it upset you."

Alex threw the covers off her head and stood up, "Upset me?!?! Upset me?! You're sorry if it "upset" me? Are you kidding me?!" She yelled. Justin took a step towards her, "Alex would you keep it down? Do you really want your mom and my dad to come in here to see what's going on and have to explain this?" He said in a harsh whisper.

Alex sighed and sat down on her bed looking at the floor. "I just thought that maybe this morning meant as much to you as it did to me." She said pouting slightly, tears forming in her eyes once more. Just just wanted to go over there and take her in his arms and make everything better. But he stayed where he was, knowing that she would only push him away.

Instead he chose to sit on the floor at her feet. "Alex, do you know why I haven't been on a date in almost a year?" he asked willing her to look into his eyes. Alex shook her head and refused to look at him, closing her eyes tightly. Justin sighed. He was about to risk everything. He was going to put it all out there and hope that she believed him.

He took a deep breath, "Because of you." Alex opened her eyes and looked at him then. Justin reached up and took her hand, when she didn't pull away he pressed on. "I knew I would never have a chance with you. I knew that you only saw me as your brother but then a little less then a year ago....."

-Flashback-

They sat there watching t.v., their parents were gone for their anniversary and they had left Justin in charge. Justin was trying so hard to concentrate on what they were watching, but he kept catching himself staring at her and daydreaming. He couldn't stop thinking about how perfect her lips were and how he just wanted to kiss them.

Everytime Alex would look at him he would glance back at the show. He had seen her smile a couple of times out of the corner of his eye. Finally the last time Alex laughed, "And you say I have a short attention span." Justin had just rolled his eyes.

*Ring ring* "Yellow?" Justin said answering his phone as Alex rolled her eyes at his greeting. "Oh hey Miranda" She heard him say. He saw Alex's eyes flash to him once more as he said Miranda's name. Justin had broken up with her a few months ago. He tried to remain friends with her,he liked her, he really did. But she just wasn't Alex. Miranda was always trying to "rekindle" their love. "I'm kinda busy right now, what's up?"

He shrugged his shoulders and continued talking to her. "Miranda I told you, you aren't my girlfriend anymore. I just want to be friends." Justin sighed as he struggled with his ex-girlfriend on the phone. "No we can't date again, what do you mean? No, I'm not in love with anyone else." He told her glancing at Alex.

"Miranda I gotta go, no she's not here. What are you talking about? I can date anyone I want, WE AREN'T TOGETHER ANYMORE." He told her dragging out each word. Alex huffed and stood up walking towards him. She had had enough. She didn't care for Miranda and she was making Justin's life hell. If he wanted to date then he could!!

Suddenly she had an idea, "Baby who's on the phone?" Alex said loud enough for Miranda to hear. *Who's that?* Alex took the phone away from Justin before he could respond. "Hello?" *Who's this?* Miranda demanded. "I don't think that's really any of your business now is it?" Alex responded. *You'd better not be tryin' to steal my man!!* "Steal your man?" Alex said angirly. "Justin is mine!"

Justin was stunned, he didn't know what to say. He just stood there, mouth agape as Alex yelled at Miranda. *You'd better keep your hands off!!* "I'll put my hands where ever I want!" Alex told her as she moved closer to Justin and began running her fingers up and down his chest slowly even though Miranda couldn't see her. Alex however didn't even notice, as she was too busy yelling at Miranda and proving her point.

"I'll touch him or kiss him whenever I want!!" Alex said and found herself doing just that. Justin was stunned as he felt Alex's soft lips press to his. But it didn't take long for him to respond. Soon he was running his tongue along her bottom lip. Alex let out a moan and granted him access. He vaguely recalled hearing the phone hit the ground as he wrapped his arms around her and pulled her deeper into the kiss.

Justin was in heaven, he had never felt anything like this before. Every movement of her mouth, every tilt of her head, everytime she moved her hands, he felt like he was on fire. Soon they had to break apart and Alex's hand came to cover her mouth as she gasped. Justin quickly snapped out of it as he realized what had just happened. "Ale-"

But she was gone. Alex ran up the stairs as fast as she could locking the door behind her. She leaned against the door and brought her hand to her mouth. She knew she should want to throw up, but she didn't. Infact, she hadn't wanted it to end. But then she thought back on how she had been the one to start it. 'Justin must be throwing up right now. God he must think I'm so disgusting.' she thought to herself miserably.

Downstairs Justin couldn't move. He just stood there like an idiot. He didn't know what to do, 'should I go after her? Will she think I'm crazy?'. He sighed and then smiled. 'That was the best kiss of my life. How could it possibly get any better then that? God I'm so screwed.' Justin picked up the phone and heard Miranda yelling on the other side. He quickly hit the end button and sank down onto the couch.

They never spoke of it again. And soon enough things went back to normal. It appeared that way anyways. But that was he had decided she was the one.

-End Flashback-

"I knew I was in love with you from that moment on. I couldn't be with anyone else. I kept thinking that maybe you felt something too. I was hoping-and then this morning when you were in my room....I can't even tell you how much this morning meant to me Alex." He said looking into her eyes willing her to see what was inside him.

Alex's eyes filled with tears, "But how could you go on a date with her after everything you just told me." "I already told you, I didn't want to have to explain it to dad." Off her look, "I-I don't know, maybe I was scared. I didn't know if what you said....I didn't know if you meant it.....I didn't know how to act around you. I'm sorry that I hurt you Alex." He said standing. "I understand if you can't forgive me right now, but I hope someday you can. I love you." he told her as he turned to walk out the door. He had his hand on

"I did." he heard her say in a barely audible voice. Justin turned around with a quizzical look on his face. Alex stood and started walking towards him. "What'd you say?" he asked confused. "I said, "I did"." "You did what?" He asked clearly still confused. "I did mean it when I said I loved you." She told him as she placed her hand on his and locked the door.

Before she knew what was happening Alex found herself slammed against the door with Justin's lips on her neck. She giggled before letting out a moan and grabbing the back of his head pressing him further into her.

Okay so there's that. I hope you guys like it. Let me know what you think. I love reviews!!!