Magic [Alex Russo]

19 - Grandmother

Matt, Harrison, Rose and Jack went to the substation together and 

Alex and Jerry came seconds later.

Matt knew that Alex was once again in trouble.

"Nice try, little girl," Jerry said, angrily.

"What?" Alex said. "I changed us back as soon as you caught me."

"I caught you a the register at the mall," Jerry said. 

Alex tried to think of a response, but she didn't think of anything.

"Ugh," she said, walking over to the counter.

"What happened this time?" Jack asked. 

"It's nothing," Jerry said. "Oh, Harrison, do you mind coming back with me? I need your help."

"Yeah, sure," Harrison said.

He followed Jerry to the back as Matt, Jack, Rose and Alex walked over to the counter.

"Oh, Harper," Alex said. "What are you doing here?"

"What's with the dress?" Matt said.

"We're planning Alex's Quinceanera," Theresa explained, excitedly.

"Oh, my gosh" Alex said. "Am I sick? What's a quinceamono?"

"I don't think Qinceanera is a sickness, Alex," Rose said.

"It's not," Theresa said. "It's a party celebrating a girls coming of age. That's why you're grandmothers coming to town."

"You're grandmother's coming?" Jack asked.

He and Matt looked at Alex and Theresa, excitedly.

"Yes, she is," Theresa confirmed. She turned her attention back to her daughter. "You get to wear a pink beautiful dress."

"I'm sorry, Alex? In a pink dress?" Jack said, laughing. "That's something hard to picture."

"Wait, isn't it a Quinceañera a Latin American tradition?" Rose said.

"It is, Rose," Theresa confirmed.

"It also comes from the words, quince, which means fifteen, año, meaning year, and era, which just makes it sound Spanish," Harper said to Rose. 

"I know what quince and año means, Harper," Rose said. "I'm twelve, not stupid."

Harper gave Rose a look.

"Yeah," Alex shook her head. "I'm sorry, everyone after pink dress was just 'yuck, yuck, yuck.'"

"But there are rituals symbols,izing your becoming a woman," Theresa said, "that you go through with your dad."

Jerry and Harrison came out.

Harrison looked at them confused.

"What?" he asked.

"What?" Jerry said, shocked. "I didn't give anybody permission to become a woman."

"I'm with, Dad, you know me," Alex said. "I don't do anything Dad doesn't want me to do."

"Since when?" Matt said.

"Since now."

Harrison, Jerry and Theresa gave Alex a look.

"Hey, look, I love being half - Mexican and half whatever he is -" Alex said.

"Italian," Jerry said. "Italian. I tell you that every time you order pineapple on your pizza."