Chapter 1

"Alex, what the hell are you doing?"

"Well, I've made this love potion from a spell I copied from one of Dad's spellbooks. I'm going to give it to Riley, so he'll fall for me and I'll get a second chance to show him I'm not a total weirdo."

"You can't give him a love potion, it's wrong to mess with people's emotions like that. Give it here."

"No way."

Alex and Justin were struggling over the potion, when it flew out of their grasp and dumped all over them.

"Uh Justin, does this mean what I think this means? Are we going to fall in love with each other now?"

"Yes it does. This is bad. Really, really bad."

"Okay, so we get out a spellbook and find the antidote, problem solved."

"Oh right, did you forget the spellbooks are in the locked cabinet in the lair, the one dad's always guarding."

"Damn it! What are we going to do? This is all your fault."

"My fault? It was your potion Alex."

"Yeah well you were the one trying to stop me."

"I had to stop you, Alex it's wrong."

"And this is so much better is it. Now I'm going to fall for my brother."

"It's not like I intended for this to happen."

"We have to come up with a plan. Do we tell mom and dad?"

"No way. Knowing you we'll both get in trouble."

Alex was worried, this was bad. She was already in love with her brother, she had been for a long time. She made the potion, intending to take it herself so she could fall in love with some normal guy, who wasn't her brother and get over her sick obsession. She wondered if this potion would just enhance the feelings she already felt for Justin, because that would be bad. Her love for her brother was strong enough, it didn't need any encouragement.

Justin was wracking his brain, trying to come up with a plan. So far he was coming up empty. Damn it, this was all Alex's fault.

They were still trying to come up with a solution, when their parents came home. Their parents called them into the kitchen.

"What happened to you two?" their mom asked.

"Practising potions, one of them exploded. No big deal, we didn't get that one right anyway," Alex said.

"I hope you two remembered that your mom and I are going to be away this week. We're going to that big sandwich shop convention in Portland, finally the tortilla/sandwich debate will be settled. You two better not get in any trouble this week. The sandwich shop will be closed in our absence and Max won't be back from summer camp until after we get back."

"Right, we'll be on our best behavior, Dad," said Justin.

"It's not your behavior, I'm worried about, Justin. It's your sister's."

"I promise I'll be good, Dad."

"I've heard that before, Alex, but it better be true this time."

"Okay Dad. See you in a week," said Alex.

"Bye kids," said their mom.

After their parents left, bags in hand, the siblings just stood dazed, wondering how to fix things.

"Look, Justin why don't we just sleep on it. I'm sure we'll come up with something tomorrow."

"You're right. I don't think this will be that bad. We can just ride it out. It's just a love spell. Night."

"Night, Justin."

Just a love spell, yeah right, thought Alex, this is going to be bad. I couldn't stop thinking about him before and this sure isn't going to help.