A/N this is the last chapter! Oh my god i will miss it! Thank you all so much for following along and reviewing/alerting/favouriting!

She traced her finger up his chest then kissed him hard.

She then heard a gasp behind them. They broke apart quickly, but not quickly enough. For there stood Emma with an expression of shock and disbelief etched onto her face.

Justin pushed Alex away from him. They were still staring in shock at Emma who looked equally surprised.

"Ah, um..." Justin stuttered nervously. "You see, what happened was... Alex was choking! Yeah, she was choking on a... on a grape! And I was giving her CPR!"

Alex gave him a very evil look. He was a terrible liar and he couldn't think under pressure. But she couldn't go against his story.

"Yeah!" She said. "I was choking! But I'm okay now!"

They both tried to look their most innocent and smiled brightly at Emma.

"Now, Alex," Justin said sternly. "Be careful when you're eating, okay? Maybe you should try cutting up your fruit in the future."

Alex nodded ardently, "Okay, I will, Justin!"

Alex turned to scurry out of the room but Emma's loud laugh stopped her in her tracks.

"Oh my God, that was hilarious!" Emma said, wiping tears of laughter out of her grey-green eyes. "You two definitely aren't actors! But still, great effort! I almost believed you!"

"W-what?" Justin said quickly, panic in his eyes.

"C'mon," Emma said gently. "You two didn't think I didn't know what was going on, did you? You were sort of obvious."

Alex was frozen with disbelief. Justin was opening and closing his mouth wordlessly.

"I've known ever since I first met you that something special was going on." She said softly, with a smile.

"So – so you don't mind?" Justin hesitantly asked.

"Do I mind?" Emma repeated with a smirk that was eerily like her sons. "I think it's adorable! Can I host your wedding?"

Justin and Alex both blushed, but they smiled at her. Alex was so relieved that Emma so readily accepted them and even seemed to like that they were a couple.

"So when did it start?" Emma asked eagerly.

"Er, just a couple of days ago." Justin said slowly.

Emma continued to pepper them with questions until it wasn't awkward anymore. The next few days were bliss. They could make out on the couch with Emma in the kitchen, she didn't care, but she just didn't want to see it.

"It's weird to watch your son make out with his girlfriend." She joked.

That made Alex's insides glow. She loved being referred to as Justin's girlfriend.

Then one day when she was sprawled across the couch reading a magazine Justin came up to her and coughed awkwardly.

"Hey." Alex said, not looking up from her magazine.

"Doyouwanttogoutwithme?" Justin blurted out.

"What was that?" Alex murmured, still not looking up.

"I said," Justin cleared his throat. "Would you like to go out with me? On a date."

She looked up, startled. "I thought we already were going out?"

"We haven't really 'gone out' anywhere besides Emma's couch and the beach." He pointed out.

"Okay." She shrugged. "Pick me up tonight at seven."

She picked up her magazine and went upstairs. Justin couldn't help the silly grin that spread across his face.

Seven o'clock that night he knocked on her bedroom door. She took a deep breath and tried to wipe off her silly grin so she wouldn't seem too eager. She swung open the door and smirked at him.

"Hey." She said simply.

"Hi." He whispered. He held out a long stemmed, single red rose.

"Thank you." She said, taking it from him.

"I, uh, I had the thorns cut off because I never want to hurt you." He said bashfully.

She grinned. She has never met anyone as Disney-Prince-like as Justin. He was so cheesy and romantic. He made her feel girly and special.

She kissed his cheek and laid the rose on her dresser. She noticed him checking her out and felt a sort of smug satisfaction. She was wearing a black skinny jeans, a long, crème coloured tank top, black heels and chunky black jewellery.

"You look beautiful." He said sincerely to her.

"You do to." She said without thinking. Then she blushed and grimaced, "I mean – you look really handsome."

He laughed and she smiled. He was wearing soft looking jeans and a blue button down shirt that was untucked and rolled up to his elbows.

"Shall we?" He asked holding out his hand for her to take. Alex almost rolled her eyes at his dorkiness. She controlled herself though. Barely.

He led her down the stairs where Emma was waiting with an excited grin and a camera.

"I have to take a picture of you two going on you very first date!" Emma squealed.

"I'm not thirteen," Alex snapped. "I have been out with a boy before."

But she allowed Emma to take one quick picture of the two of them standing at the foot of the stairs. Justin had his arm around Alex and was smiling more than he ever had before. Alex was pleased that she was the reason for that smile.

Justin drove her to a restaurant in Emma's car. They sat at a table for two a little ways away from the rest of the customers. Suddenly, Alex was nervous. She had been on tons of dates before, but not one as important as this. She fiddled with her cutlery and mumbled out her order to the rude and snooty waiter. She could see her date frowning with concern at her through the candlelight.

"Alex, are you alright?" He asked.

She nodded, "Yeah, I'm fine."

But she knew that he knew her well enough to know that wasn't true. Alex sometimes felt like Justin could read her mind, he knew her inside and out and could read her facial expressions like a book. So it was clear to him what was bothering her.

"There's no reason to be nervous." He said gently.

"I'm not nervous!" She exclaimed stubbornly.

He had to find a way to make her feel comfortable around him again. They had been together all of their lives, but not like this. It suddenly felt different then yesterday when they were just making out on Emma's couch or playing in the water. They were on a real grown-up date. Their relationship was officially starting.

So, like the grown up he was, he shot a spit-ball at their snobby waiter just to make Alex giggle.

"Justin!" She cried in surprise. He smirked at her and she laughed.

Soon, they were both shooting spit-balls at the waiter. White dots decorated the back of his black suit. They were giggling and chuckling. Usually, Justin wouldn't condone this sort of behaviour, but he was desperate to keep Alex from being afraid.

Alex shot another spit-ball at the waiter, but he turned around faster she had expected and glared at them.

"So it was you two!" He shrieked angrily. "I should've known! Good-for-nothing teenagers! Out, OUT!"

He shooed them from the restaurant, screeching about stupid kids and wastes of time.

Alex was absolutely roaring with laughter, "That was hilarious!" She gasped, wiping a tear from her eyes. "Too bad we never got to eat our Fettuccini Alfredo."

Justin took her hand, "I know somewhere better."

He led her to the midway that was set up along the boardwalk by the beach. They had hotdogs and cotton-candy. They drank sodas and played games. There were teenagers on dates, families with young kids, groups of friends out for a fun night and most of Faireville. Justin played this game where he had to hit the target three times in a row and he won. He gave the stuffed tiger he won to her. She suspected he used magic to win the toy for her, because she knew his aim was terrible. But of course, she never told him that.

They walked along the boardwalk under the bright neon lights of the midway games. Alex was clutching her stuffed tiger Justin and her and jokingly named Arnold. And then Justin's long fingers reached out and intertwined with hers. She suppressed a gasp of shock then held his hand tighter. She could see him smiling.

He walked her to her bedroom door later that night. He kissed her goodnight outside her door and she ducked inside grinning wildly. She collapsed onto her bed smiling wide enough to reach across her whole face. She kissed Arnold the Tiger and laughed with delight over the whole evening.

The next morning was Labour Day Weekend. Their family was coming to Florida to see them and that meant that Alex and Justin had to, once again, hide their relationship. Though Emma was very accepting, Alex had the funny feeling that her parents would not be the same.

Theresa stormed into Emma's little beach house and burst into tears as soon as she saw Justin. She hugged both of her children and sobbed about how she was so sorry and that she loved them no matter what. Justin told her that he forgave her and then everything was good again.

Alex and Harper jumped up and down and squealed when they saw each other. Harper gushed on about Alex's tan and Alex told her that she loved the new haircut Harper was sporting. The girls went into the kitchen for some privacy and the first thing Harper asked was if Alex had met any boys.

"Well..." Alex started. This could be the perfect moment to tell Harper about what was going on with Justin. But she couldn't. She loved Harper to death and trusted her absolutely, but her New York life and her Florida life were very different and the people there only knew Justin and Alex as brother and sister. It would be too much of a shock to tell Harper right now. Besides, Alex didn't want to ruin the festive mood.

"I did have a boyfriend for a little while." Alex admits. "His name was Beau."

Alex told Harper all about him and then caught up with Harper about what she had missed in New York. While Harper was talking, Alex looked out at her family.

Jerry and Theresa were hugging Emma and talking to her all about the past twenty years. Max and Justin were in the window room chatting and looking out into the ocean. Justin caught her looking at him and mouthed, 'I love you.'

Alex grinned and mouthed back, 'I love you too.'

"I'm so happy that we're all together again." Harper sighed happily.

Alex smiled and felt a rush of love for everyone in that room. She had two parents who loved her and a baby brother that was hilarious and a best friend who would stand by her no matter what. Not to mention an adorable boyfriend. And even though the time wasn't right to tell them all about her new relationship with Justin, it would be soon. But for now, Alex was just enjoying the moment.

"Yeah," She murmured. "I'm happy too."

A/N aww its over! But wait, theres still more! Thats right! I am writing a sequal called Maybe Someday. And since you are all loyal readers, i will give you a super extra long special edition summary!

Alex gets sick. Like, really sick. And it doesn't look to good. So Justin and Alex go on a quest to cure her before it's too late. Along the way, they meet old friends and an old love interest (*cough*mason*cough*) and their relationship is tested. Their family finds out their secret and Alex and Justin take their relationship to the next level. You will find out more about Maybe Someday very soon!

So I want to thank you all again for reading this and for sticking with it. It really means a lot to me and i hope you all review!