At exactly 6:50 in the morning the teen spy woke up sweating with a scream about to burst from her lips. She quickly calmed herself, not wanting to wake her new guardian. She had relived all her near death experiences and needed to clear her mind. She obviously wouldn't be getting back to sleep.

Instead she decided to go to the kitchen and make breakfast. She made herself bacon, eggs, and toast and left some for Wolf for whenever he woke. As she ate, he walked in with his short hair wet, looking far more alert than any sane person would be at that time in the morning.

"You can cook?" He asked her.

Alex shrugged in response even though it was obvious she could. He served himself and sat across from her and shoveled food into his mouth as Alex watched amused.

"This is good. You mind cooking? I tend to set things on fire."

Alex shrugged again. She really didn't care. It was something to take her mind off things.

She then cleared her spot, left the room, showered, and got dressed. She wore a pair of ripped skinny jeans and an old shirt from her karate place. She put on a pair of white trainers and scribbled out a note saying that she was going to the park and left it on the table.

On arrival, she saw Tom waiting underneath a tree facing away from her rolling the football under his foot. She crept closer silently and then took a running leap at his back and clung to him piggyback style. He stumbled forward, nearly falling.

He groaned in exasperation. "Andy! You're going to break my back. I swear you're putting on pounds."

Said girl smacked the back of his head before jumping off his back and grinning. She flexed her arm and said, "What you're feeling is all this muscle. Check out these guns." Sure enough she had some pretty impressive biceps and she turned her head to kiss them. "I know you're jealous," she teased.

When Alex was around Tom, you could see the stress and aging her double life brought her melt off. Around him she could act her age again.

"Honey please. Are you trying to say you're proud to look like a man?" Alex gasped in mock offense, hand flying to her heart. "Besides, we all know I'm the one with the six pack."

He lifted his shirt to expose his abs and Alex rolled her eyes.

"Now if we're done comparing our fabulous muscles-"

"Never."

She shot him an exasperated look. "We have more pressing matters to attend to."

"I can bench press more kilos than you if that's what you mean."

"No it's not. I'm talking about who I'm living with now."

"Yeah who are you living with now?"

"Maybe if you'd shut up long enough to let me speak…" she looked at him pointedly.

He raised his arms in 'innocence'. "Shutting up."

She looked around them to make sure no one was near enough to hear, "Finally. Remember how I told you I went to Hell and that's where I had to start pretending to be a boy?" At his snicker and nod of confirmation she continued, "Well the leader of the unit is the one I'm saying with. He's coincidentally the one that hates me the most."

"Huh. The world really does hate you," Tom stated, earning a punch in the arm. "Well let me at them and I'll teach them not to mess with you anymore."

"Please. The thought's nice and all but they could take you out in a heartbeat. Hell, I could take you out in a heartbeat, shrimp," she grinned.

"Shove it," And he did so literally. "I'm trying to be a good best friend here and you're not making it easy. Now, how about we do what we came here for?" He picked up the football and spun it on his finger.

"How long did it take you to get that one Tommy? Is that what you do while I'm gone?" She taunted as they raced towards the goals.

Instead of verbally responding, he aimed the ball towards her goal and kicked. She blocked it and smirked. "Is that the best you've got? I thought you were better than that."

They playfully bantered back and forth as they raced up and down the field. As the sun started to set Alex decided she had to call it a night. They parted with a promise to meet there again the same time the next week.

Arriving back at the flat, she checked for any other signs and finding nobody decided to take a quick shower. As she finished and wrapped her towel around her she realized she had forgotten her clothes in her room. As she opened the door a blast of cold air hit her making her shiver. She made a dash down the hall and bumped into a large body.

Alex nearly fell to the ground but a hand shot out and caught her as she made sure her towel stayed up. She looked up expecting to see Wolf and was surprised to see Ben Daniels instead.

"Alex?" He asked shocked. "You're the boy staying with James." He snorted. "Figures." He then looked at her appearance again and raised an eyebrow. "Is this something you normally do?"

"Is checking out teenage girls dressed only in towels something you normally do?" She shot back trying to cover up her embarrassment.

He smirked. "Would you like me to make it so?"

Alex rolled her eyes and heard footsteps coming down the hall.

"Ben? We heard you talking to somebody. Is he…?" Snake cut himself as he saw the girl with short hair standing there in only a towel.

"Wolf…I thought you said it was a boy staying with you?" Eagle asked confused.

"Cub? You're a girl? Didn't you think that was something I should know?" Wolf was shocked but angry.

"That's Cub?" Snake's eyes widened to an almost impossible size.

"How the hell did you hide this at training?" Eagle asked bewildered.

She smirked in response, "I'm a good actress."

Ben snorted, "Not good enough to fool me."

"And just how was I supposed to know that you were following my every move? If anything you're just a stalker you creep," Alex stuck her tongue out at the man.