Disclaimer: I don't own WOWP but if I did I doubt they would allow it on disney channel.

A Learning Experience: That Undeniable Spark

Justin shifted nervously from foot to foot outside his sister's bedroom door. His parents' had gone out on a dinner and movie date and Max was sleeping over at his friend Alfred's house. That had left him alone in the apartment and he had planned on having a manly night alone sitting around in his underwear watching truly horrendous action flicks, rating the female lead actress on a scale of hotness from one to ten. A perfectly decent if not boring way to spend a Friday night when your goth girlfriend was out of town visiting her grandmother in New Jersey. But then his plans had run into a hitch when his sister had come stomping into the loft in tears right in the middle of 'Big Trouble in Little China'.

Now instead of watching the goofy over the top martial arts spoof he was standing in front of her door wondering if he should knock or just walk right in. He pressed his ear to the door holding his breath in an effort to be extra quiet so he could hear what was going on inside. He heard sniffling followed by foot steps. Jerking up he managed to step back just in time to avoid being hit in the face by the door she roughly slammed open.

Alex stood there glaring angrily at him as if all the problems in the world were his fault. "God! What do you want?" she yelled her face red and splotchy mascara running down her cheeks.

Justin shrugged his shoulders trying his best to act nonchalant. If she knew he was worried about her it would only make her more pissed off. "Well…I just wanted to check and see if you were okay." he said neutrally but failed to keep the warm concern out of his eyes.

Alex's glare turned into a sneer. "Well, actually now that you mention it I am feeling a little nauseous." Alex paused

Justin frowned stepping forward to feel the temperature of her forehead but she cut him off with a cruel remark. "But then that could easily be fixed by you putting on some clothes. I mean what are you doing prancing around in your underwear with that body?"

Justin visibly flinched hurt swirling in his eyes. He was very self conscious about his body. He was a geek after all. He spent a lot of time working out to try and make sports teams in an effort to make his dad proud but he always seemed to be a bit short from the top cut. He would never be that brawny team captain that all the girls swooned over but that wasn't so bad. He was more of an independent thinker then a team player anyway. And he liked his body even though he couldn't bring himself to use the gym showers in front of all those other guys. Still the jibe stuck him. When he looked up into Alex's eyes he expected to see malice or maybe even triumph at the knowledge that she had hurt him but all he saw was watery misery.

"Alex…. What's wrong?" he questioned waiting patiently for a reply.

Alex felt like crap. She had just had the worst date in the world and she didn't know if it was her fault that her relationship sucked or Riley's. He was her first real boyfriend so she really didn't have anything to compare it to. Then she had come home crying and Justin had seen her with tears in her eyes which just made her feel super vulnerable. So she had lashed out at him in an effort to some how normalize the whole situation. It was normal for them to fight after all but the hurt in his eyes had only made her feel worse. And she was back on the verge of tears.

Justin sensing that she wasn't going to talk about this right now decided to compromise. He pulled his sister in for a comforting hug. "Alright you don't want to talk but maybe you want to watch movies with me? You change into your P.J.s and wash your face and I'll make popcorn and milkshakes?" he tempted tilting his head questioningly.

When she had first come in all Alex had wanted was to be alone with her thoughts but now that she was here in her brother's comforting embrace she found that the opposite was true. She didn't want to be alone with her thoughts. Her thoughts were unpleasant now popcorn and milkshakes on the other hand were extremely pleasant. Pulling away from his freshly scented completely not repulsive body she put on a wobbly smile.

"Okay, but you better remember to put extra whipped cream and cherries on top of my milkshake or there will be hell to pay." Alex demanded importantly as if she were doing him a favor by deciding to hang out with him.

Her snappy remark however failed at being threatening because Justin merely chuckled at her ruffling her hair and went down to the kitchen to start on the milkshakes. Alex following her part of the deal headed to the bathroom to wash her face before going in her room to take off her clothes and slip on an over sized t-shirt. When she came back down to the living room Justin was already sitting on the couch with a huge bowl of popcorn in his lap the movie already playing. There was also a pitcher of milkshakes on the coffee table along with glasses and bowls of whipped cream, cherries, and flavored syrups.

Alex fixed herself a milkshake with extra chocolate syrup and decided if she was going to be miserable anyway she might as well gorge herself on sugary calories. She tried to get into the movie but she really didn't know what was going on since she came in about half way through it and it looked really ridiculous anyway. Her mind started drifting to the awful date she had tonight and before she knew it she had opened her mouth and asked Justin a question.

"Justin, do you ever look at other girls when you are out on a date with Miranda?" she asked.

Justin looked at her weirdly before shrugging his shoulders. "Yeah I guess so. A little. I mean you still look at other guys sometimes when you are on a date with Riley, don't you?" he asked back.

Alex nodded her head noncommittally. "Yeah I guess I do, but with Riley that's all he ever does. Sometimes it's like I'm not even there." Alex said frowning.

Justin frowned back at her. He didn't like the idea that Riley might not be treating his sister right but surely she would never stand for that. Would she? "If he acts like that then why even bother dating him?" he said asking her the same question she had been asking herself all night.

Alex thought it over for a second before giving him a half hearted reply. "Well. I worked so hard to get him to be my boyfriend. He's the coolest most popular guy in school. All the girls like him and all the boys admire him…" she explained as if she were trying to sell something.

"Yeah… you just told me what everyone else thinks about Riley, not yourself. Do you even really like him? How does he make you feel?" Justin prodded feeling sorry for his sister. She was letting her life be dictated by the opinions of popular society rather then her own desires.

"He makes me feel uncomfortable and insecure. He's constantly staring at other girls and when I mention it most of the time he denies it but I'm not stupid or jealous or delusional. Tonight we got into a really big fight over it and he said the reason he looks at all those other girls is because I'm not enough. He said I was too immature and inexperienced to satisfy his relationship needs. He said we should start to see other people." Alex relayed sadly staring down at her milkshake. She couldn't believe she had failed at her first relationship. Despite being the tough girl she had always assumed her first relationship would end like a fairy tale romance. Happily ever after.

Justin was not overly surprised at what he was hearing. He had always known Riley was a jerk so this only confirmed it. "He's an idiot Alex. He doesn't know what he's talking about anyway." he argued roughly.

Alex looked unsure if she should believe him or not. "He said I couldn't even kiss properly and that I was a tease." That had bothered her the most. She thought she was a decent kisser even though she had not had much practice. Kissing was overrated anyway, wasn't it?

Hearing the word tease definitely set on Justin's nerves. What exactly had Mr. Cool been expecting to get from his sister? Deliberately ignoring the tease part of her statement because he didn't even want the conversation to go in that direction he addressed the other part not even thinking about what he said before it slipped out.

"Whatever, I'm sure you are probably a great kisser." once it was out of his mouth the wrongness of it hit him. Nothing about that statement sounded right coming out in his voice but Alex didn't even seem to notice.

"Yeah," Alex nodded to herself staring off blankly at the television set. "You're probably right but I just wish I could know for sure. Like maybe if I had a practice guy to kiss. It wouldn't even have to mean anything… just for educational purposes." she turned to look over at her brother and as if a sign from God he had a tiny dollop of whipped cream stuck to his bottom lip. Although she was pretty sure God wouldn't give those kinds of signs her body moved into action before she could make sense of what she was doing. Once her lips were on his though she was powerless to move away or stop herself because it was the most amazing feeling and it shot through her whole body. Kissing definitely was in no way overrated. It was positively electric.

Author's Note: Okay so I know I'm supposed to be posting new chapters for "Do You Dream About Me?" and "You Can't Make Me" but here is the thing... I have a notoriously short attention span. The second Chapter for "DYDAM?" is mostly finished but I'm still working on one of the sex scenes which for me is the hardest most time consuming part to write. I've started on the chapter for "YCMM" but mostly it is being held up by me trying to write the sex scenes for "DYDAM?" but either way the new chapter for both those stories should be out soon.

This is my new story that i decided to start when i woke up at one in the morning turned on my computer and stared blankly at "DYDAM?2". It's set during season one. I know you maybe thinking Justin and Alex both seem dorkier or slightly more insecure but that is how i saw them in season one before the characters started to flesh out. So i hope you like it! And 'big trouble in little china' is not a horrible action movie but i don't watch horrible action movies so i didn't know what to put down. Thanks for reading and have an awesome day!