The 10 days of training had been the 10 worst days of his life. He was scorned, belittled, and hindered by his own unit the whole time there. The training itself had been hell and he had never been so happy to leave anywhere.
He was driven straight to the London airport and he knew that finally he would have a chance to make his decision. Mr. Blunt and Mrs. Jones were waiting for him. They handed him his ticket and other travelling items and also continued to give him a last minute briefing.
He was deeply contemplating the decision he had to make when suddenly his cellphone rang. Then Jack's voice filled his ear, sounding unusually sad and hesitant. Alex was filled with a sense of foreboding.
"Alex?"
"Yes Jack" Alex responded slowly not sure what to expect.
"Ummm I'm not sure how to say this…" And from that moment Alex knew it was bad. Jack never had trouble speaking her mind. "I mean I hate to do this….but while you were gone I've been thinking about it….and I'm going back to America. I know I said I would but I just can't take care of you. It's too much right now, I've got so much to do and I'm just not ready for that kind of responsibility."
"I love you Alex but---" That was when she went too far. Don't tell me you love me as your leaving me, Alex thought bitterly.
"That's fine Jack. Don't worry about me. I'll be fine, just be happy." Alex's voice was low and emotionless. He had just been betrayed by the last person he cared about, and he sure wasn't going to let her know how much it hurt him.
"Bye Jack." He said quickly and then he hung up without waiting for a reply. Alex hated goodbyes.
Blunt was talking again and Alex looked up into those hard unfeeling grey eyes. Then he knew what his decision would be. His uncle had been the one person he could rely on his whole life, the one person who had truly cared for him. Alex had always trusted Ian and Ian had always trusted Alex. Ian trusted me to make this last decision. Alex thought. And he'd be damned if he let him down now.
"This is of the utmost importance Alex, you must succeed. Your cooperation—" Alex interrupted Blunt. Alex looked him in the eyes with a cold stare, and for a moment the hurt boy who had just lost his last living relative disappeared.
"Go to hell." He said it without emotion, and Alex's last thought as he walked away was that Ian would have been proud…
*************** a note: i'm a sort of closet fan fiction writer. I'm a bit insecure :) and this is my first AR fiction. just want y'all to know I will need some incentive (reviews!!!) to keep writing... this story will start picking up with the real story line next chapter :)
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