Hi Everyone! I hope you like my new FanFic. I have also written a CHERUB FanFic under the name tabsyp.33, but this is slightly different. Enjoy, read and review!

Chapter 1

Don't go around expecting this to be a book packed full of adventure; fighting villains and getting all the girls. Because it's about me. An ordinary 11 year old boy. And my life.

I'm 20 now and ready to tell my story, in my words, from the beginning.

At 11 years old, I was in my first year at Secondary School. It was a nice school, and I wasn't unhappy, I just didn't have any close friends and that is always hard. I was pretty uncool, into chess and cards - especially bridge - rather than football and texting and who's-into-who. I was considered a geek; I had a 100% scholarship purely based on merit, and most people knew it. The school is labelled 'The Best Private School In London' and I knew I was lucky to be there. If I hadn't got the the scholarship I would've been off to the local comprehensive. My parents couldn't have afforded the fees otherwise.

We weren't poor; my parents, Janie and I. We just didn't have any spare money left over once the bills and the mortgage had been paid. Especially with the baby on the way. My parents wanted another boy, but I desperately wanted another sister. I love Janie, but I had only been two when she was born, so I didn't have many memories of her as a child. I really wanted to help raise one more sister who would loom up to me like Janie does.

However, this isn't just a book about a tight-for-money family living in South West London, it's about what happened to my sister and I, and what it did to us.


Wednesday, lunchtime. Uhhh. Games this afternoon, two hours stuck in the mud with a bunch of boys twice my size.

I was sat alone at my normal table, right in the corner of the dining room. I was eating a sandwich when I noticed the headteacher - Mrs Mallie - walking towards me. She was with a young lady, about double my age, with flaming curls of wild red hair and big brown eyes. They came over and sat down at my table.

'Hello Finlay.' Spoke Micky Mallie (as the kids in the school call her, due to her love of joking around).

'Hi.' I replied, unsure of whether I was in trouble or not. Had I misbehaved? Not done a piece of homework? I was sure I hadn't.

'Don't worry, you're not in trouble.' She said. Phew. I breathed a sigh of relief.

The lady with the hair held out her hand. I took it. 'Finlay, it's great to meet you. I'm Nina' She drawled, with a heavy American acccent.

'You too.' I said politely.

She turned to face my headteacher. 'He looks perfect, Alice, absolutely perfect! Can he act?'. Micky nodded. How could she know? Then it hit me. She must have seen my Primary School play. I was the lead role, and performed it brilliantly (or so everyone says).

She then turned towards me. 'Finlay, how would you feel about auditioning for a big part in a film?' I was really surprised. Me, of all people!

'Um. OK. What film is it?'

'CHERUB. You might know it, there is a whole series of books. There are a huge sucess.'

'No way!' I said, not really taking in what sort of things would come out of this conversation.

'You have read them?'

I nodded. 'All of them. They're like my second favourite books! Who would I be playing?'

'James Adams.'

'You must be joking.'

Nina shook her head.

P.S I have another CHERUB FanFic called Red To Grey. Please also read. It's by tabsyp.33

Thank You for reading. :)