The Parent Test

This story is from a request I got from Boris Yeltsin.

Disclaimer: I don't own Wizards of Waverly Place

A/N: The dream is in italics

THE PARENT TEST

Summer Vacation Begins

"ALEX! ALEX!" Justin yells from the stairs. "GET UP!"

The sixteen (almost seventeen) year old teenager, Alex Russo, is lying in her bed. Off in some dream with a guy on a perfect date, unaware of the outside world trying to wake her up. She turns in her bed continuing to dream in a comfortable sleeping position.

"I never want to wake from this dream. This date has been perfect." Alex laughs, aware of how corny she sounds.

Her counterpart smiles brightly at her. He rips off another piece of pizza off the circular pan and hands it to her. He takes a piece for himself and begins to bite in. His eyes grow wide and begin to tear.

"OWW! OWW! AHH! HOT!" The guy sitting next her shouts. Alex starts laughing and he just looks at her, annoyed. "You think this is funny."

"Yeah, a little bit." Alex giggles. "Oh, come on. Do you want them to put a little sticker on the bottom of the pan that says: CAUTION, PIZZA MAY BE HOT?"

He lowers his head in embarrassment. She continues to giggle at him while he attempts to face her again. He then starts to chuckle hoarsely and soon both are laughing out right. They stop laughing when their eyes meet each other. They lean in close to kiss each other when a voice echoes through the area.

"ALEX!" Justin yells.

"Oh, come on. RIGHT NOW?" Alex says annoyed.

"ALEX!" Justin shouts again.

"I guess this means we'll have to finish this date another." Her date says. "Goodbye."

Alex is sucked out of her dream by her brother shaking her body. When she opens her eyes she sees Justin staring down at her. She blinks a few times before she reacts and punches Justin in the stomach.

"Mom and Dad want you downstairs. They said they need to talk to all of us." Justin barely gets out, groaning in pain.

"GET OUT!" Alex screams at the top of her lungs.

Theresa and Jerry Russo are downstairs in the kitchen preparing breakfast. When they hear their daughter scream, they turn their heads to the ceiling and wince. Theresa looks at Jerry and shakes her head discouragingly.

"Honey, I don't think this is a good idea. Alex is probably having that time of the month, and she'll be more grouchy and disrespectful that usual." Theresa says worried.

"Theresa, we talked about this. Justin is almost an adult. A few weeks from now he'll be 18. He can handle both Alex and Max. Besides Harper going to be here to keep an eye on Alex." Jerry says calmly.

"Jerry, nothing against Harper, but you see how gullible and naïve Harper is. Alex can whip her around her finger and make her believe it is right to steal. Not to mention, she can use magic." Teresa explains.

"Don't worry about magic. I spoke to Professor Crumbs and he put up a charm that disables all the kids from using magic outside the Sub Station." Jerry says. "And I spoke to Justin about magic inside the apartment, so he knows."

"Jerry, please. We can go to the next Sandwich Shop Convention, I'll even make a special trip to that Wizard theme park you always want to go to, if we don't go tomorrow." Theresa begs.

"We're going. I already paid 200 dollars on the train and admission tickets. I'm not letting 200 dollars go to waste." Jerry says raising his voice.

"Uuhhhhh! ALEX! JUSTIN! MAX! GET DOWN HERE!" Theresa shouts.

The sound of feet running down the hallway to the stairs can be heard. Justin and Max rush to the kitchen quickly. The sound of soft, short footsteps reaches the ears of everyone in the kitchen. Alex slowly walks downstairs into the kitchen, yawning and rubbing away the sleep from her eyes. Harper's screams cause Alex to jolt back and become alert.

"Harper, not this early." Alex says sleepily. "Please, quiet down."

"Sorry, Alex. There was this big spider crawling down the wall next to my bed." Harper apologizes.

"Did you squish it?" Max asks.

"NO! I screamed and ran out of the basement before before it could crawl the rest of the way down the wall." Harper says quickly.

"As much as I would like to hear your story, can it wait?" Alex says grumpily.

"Alex, there is no need to be rude." Justin says.

"Alex, there is no need to be rude." Alex mimics.

"ALRIGHT! Everyone calm down." Jerry says, directing everyone's attention to him. "We have an announcement to make."

"Big shock." Alex mumbles under her breath.

"Your mother and I are leaving to go to a Sandwich Shop Convention. We will be gone for the week, so that means Justin is in charge." Jerry says.

"YES!" Justin, Alex and Max say simultaneously.

"Wait, why are you saying....I don't want to know." Theresa begins to ask but stops.

"Justin, we will need you to be in charge of the Sub Station while we are gone. You will probably have to open the Sub Station for a few days and then decide what days you want off." Jerry says to Justin. "Can you handle that?"

"Dad, you don't need to worry about me. I'm responsible enough for this. You can trust me." Justin says confidently.

"Okay, this is your chance to shine Justin. Don't mess this up." Jerry warns. "And if I hear about any magic beings, or spells being used...."

"We're grounded. Yes! Yes! We know the deal, daddy." Alex says.

"Come on, Jerry we have to go." Theresa says as she hears the cab outside.

............

Later, Justin is sitting in the living room, writing on a white board. Max enters the room questioning him about stupid, irrelevant things. Justin rubs his forehead and looks to the ceiling, just wondering why. Justin grabs the bull horn he pulled out of the basement and calls everyone into the living room.

"ALEX! HARPER!" Justins yells into the bull horn.

Harper rushes into the living room. Sitting uncomfortably close to where Justin is standing; forcing Justin to move back a little. Alex begrudgingly walks over to the couch, noticing that Harper is extremely close to Justin. She grabs Harper's shoulder and pulls her back, making a disgusted face in the process.

"What do you want now, dork?" Alex asks.

"I have made the schedule for working in the Sub Station this week." Justin says. "Okay, we start working on Monday, 11:00 AM! Alex! We will....."

"Okay, we we'll see you later. Me and Harper are going to the mall today." Alex says, interrupting Justin's speech.

"Uh, no you're not. You have to ask before you can go out." Justin says.

"Alright, let's talk." Alex smiles and snaps her fingers.

And poof, in a cloud of smoke, Alex and Harper are gone. Justin has an astonished look on his face. He turns to Max and before Max can comment Justin stops him. His hand begins to shake as he tries to calm down and think like a responsible adult.

"Hmm.... Too bad there isn't a baby spell that you can put on Alex so you could keep her by your side at all times." Max says distantly.

"Max, please. That would be... PERFECT!" Justin says happily, as he thinks of Max's idea. "If I can keep her enclosed in the house then I won't have to worry about any mishaps with magic and I can treat her like the baby she is."

"Do I get to be on your side?" Max asks.

"As long as you don't go switching sides every time something happens." Justin says. "And I never thought I'd say this, but Max great idea."

"I was bound to have one good idea all summer." Max says. Justin nods and walks off to the lair.

Next chapter, Justin creates more problems than he can handle.

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