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Warning: SLASH

Disclaimer: Alex Rider belongs to its respectful owner. I am sadly not that owner. Who knows what I would do if I was the owner…

Sorry, this is kind of a filler chapter… need some of those- to entertain myself of course. Also, sorry for the perverseness- I just love molesting Alex with words.

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Alex sighed. It was time to face the horror of gym class. Sweaty gym clothes, dreadful sights in the showers, and rope-climbing. Those were the perfect start to a day. He had gym in the morning. Whoever decided what was on his schedule deserved to die. It was true; he'd been in worse situations. The K-Unit drove him crazy, but he'd made a pact with them, well he made a pact with Wolf. But at least there in the SAS camp, it was filled with mature men, not immature school-boys who insisted on pulling trousers down.

Everyone was crowding in the change rooms- trying to get ready for gym. James was telling Alex how scary their gym teacher could be.

"Miss Gain, is crazy, OK? Don't try to out-wit her, like you always try to do." James told Alex, jokingly.

"As if I was going to challenge her, she looks like a gorilla- no offense." Alex had taken a look at the teacher before entering the change room.

Alex walked over to one side of the change room and took off his shirt. He felt many stares on his back and shivered- some people at this school were creepy. His hand rummaged through his gym bag and pulled out a gym shirt. It looked pretty tight, and it was quite sheer- although not to the point where it was see-through. He pulled it over his head quickly and tugged down. He whipped his head around- just fast enough to see a few heads turn back, how weird.

His shorts were a different story altogether- the shirt was acceptable at the least, a bit too tight but fitted. The shorts looked two sizes too small for him. Anyhow, he pulled them over his slender legs- hairless. His gym shorts made his butt stand out, and shine a bit in the light. Alex grumbled a quick swear- he didn't like wearing tight clothes. Every other guy in the change room seemed to have normal fitting shorts, not that he was looking.

This time around, they were climbing up ropes. The gym teacher was strict and buff, no one dared to say no to her. Her aura rivaled Wolf, almost. She grunted and spat on the floor, further proving her manliness. "Today, we're going to do some rope-climbing. You runts best do it well, or get ready for some laps." Alex would rather do laps than climb ropes. "So, who dares to go first? It's not that hard you cowards." She took a good look at all of the boys in Alex's class at the moment, and her eyes landed on Jake. "You, what's your name?" She gave a nod at Jake.

Jake was pretty well built, and he seemed confident, so he gave it a go. "Jake."

"A'ight then Jake, you can go first, you seem ready." She said with a grin on her face.

Alex looked around the gym, hoping that the gyms teach wouldn't pick him next. He could see that Jake was struggling, he put his foot on one of the foot holds and stayed steady for a few seconds… then his hand slipped and he messed up, only managing to hold on to the rope again before he hit the floor. Alex looked at him and sniggered, he tried to hold it in but he couldn't. Jake whipped his head around and lost concentration for a moment, leading to his demise. He landed in a heap on the floor and got an earful from the teacher for not paying attention.

Jake gave Alex a glare that probably meant something along the lines of "I'm gonna get you." In which way, was what Alex was afraid of.

The evil gym teacher shot Alex a look then pulled out her name list and started calling out random names. Alex let out a sigh of relief, he wasn't going to go, at least not for the next few minutes. James gave Alex a sheepish smile, it was his turn. Alex watched as James struggled to get up the rope, but gave more of a challenge than Jake did. However, Alex was pretty surprised with James gave a shout as he touched the ceiling.

"Heh, Alex, look!" Alex flashed James a grin and turned around- Right before James fell to the ground with a loud 'thump'.

James laughed, rubbing the back of his head awkwardly. Alex laughed- he wished he could stay with James like this, it was good to have a real friend. One who wasn't trying to kill him- or one whose father wasn't trying to murder him.

"Go change!" The gym teacher's voice bellowed through the spacious gym as all the guys headed in the direction of the change rooms. He dreaded going to the change room. He thought this was supposed to be some sort of a 'gay' accepting school- shouldn't they have uni-sex change rooms or something?

Alex trudged in the change room with low spirits. He was one of the last ones to finish the rope- he wasn't supposed to act superior, but he got chosen last so he was obviously slower. He tore off his gym shirt. His head squeezed just barely through the small hole in the shirt. He pulled on the dress shirt of his uniform, grabbing the vest in his other hand.

Whilst changing, he felt a breeze run right past his face. A hand slammed against the wall beside Alex's head.

"So, you have the nerve to laugh at me, eh?"

Alex could feel the hairs on his neck rising, it was that dumb Neanderthal Jake. He probably had the brain the size of a peanut, his body was another story altogether though.

"Well, I tend to laugh at funny things." Alex retorted calmly- he didn't want this to end in a fight, especially not in the change room.

"So you think I'm funny? I just slipped because of that dumb gym teacher's shouts."

"OK, I believe you. Now if you would just move your arm, please," Alex asked politely. If he was allowed to show his true skills, Jake would be on the floor before he could bat an eyelash. But his mission was more important- showing his ability would probably just cause suspicion.

Jake didn't move a muscle. "That's good, but to make sure you don't laugh at me again, how about I teach you a lesson? And guess what- it won't even be painful, if you behave- that is."

Alex could feel the smirk on his breath. He rolled his eyes. "How about you move, dim-wit." He grumbled under his breath.

"What did you say? Dim-wit? Excuse me?" Jake looked Alex in the eyes and said, with anger.

"Calm down- I was merely stating a fact. You are, after all, a dim-witted boy."

"I am no such thing. I'd better teach you a lesson." Jake pushed Alex shoulder back against the wall and flipped him over so he was facing Jake.

Jake leaned against Alex and whispered huskily, "Don't worry, you'll enjoy this." He moved in to press his lips against Alex, inching closer to Alex's plump, pink lips.

"Ahem," A voice from behind coughed loudly. "What are you doing?"

Jake quickly snapped his head around- only to face one of the deadliest glares ever given. If looks could kill, Jake would probably be burning in the depths of hell at that moment. "Sorry, Mr 'Vich. It won't happen again."

"That's not good enough Mr Simling. Detention after school- Room 204."

Jake swore under his breath- he hated this stupid teacher, he didn't even know anyone who attended his classes. Yet, a teacher was a teacher and they had certain rights- such as giving you detention for whatever reason they decide worthy. "OK, Mr 'Vich. I'll be there…" He muttered then left the room with his gym sack.

"And you- what is your name?" The man was still watching Jake leave, making sure he was not to come back and harass this boy again.

"Um… A-Alex. Alex Emmett." He was slightly flustered from being caught in a situation like this, no matter if he was forced into it.

The man turned around and looked directly into Alex's eyes. Alex shuddered violently- he knew this man. It was Yassen Gregorovich- the killer of his uncle. He was supposed to be dead. Alex never counted on seeing him again, much less here.

"Well… hello Alex. I didn't predict seeing you here. Have you come out of the closet?" Yassen almost smiled at that comment. Well, it was more of a smirk if you looked.

Alex was stunned. He had never expected to see Yassen again. Seeing him here was even worse. He didn't know whether to break his cover or to keep it, hoping that Yassen would believe him. The latter was very unlikely, Alex thought to himself.

"Why are you here?" Alex narrowed his eyes and looked at Yassen's piercing eyes- almost blushing a bit, as he was only wearing a loosely buttoned dress shirt in front of Yassen.

"I believe I asked you that question first, and you have no authority to question a teacher." Yassen smiled evilly at Alex.

"Oh, so you're a teacher. Why haven't I seen you here? And- I'm not gay…" Alex grimaced- he didn't want to see Yassen at all. He just made him nervous and uncomfortable, god knows why.

"Are you sure you're not just in denial?" Yassen smirked.

"No!" Alex's cheeks were stained with a peachy pink colour.

"Well, since you answered my question, I supposed I will have to answer yours," Yassen took a step closer to Alex, "You haven't seen me because I teach an extremely advanced math calculus class- that no one qualifies for. So basically, I am a fake teacher- you could say. And why would you be here then, Alex?"

Alex wondered, should he just come out and tell Yassen? Yassen knew his name wasn't Alex Emmett after all. There was no point in hiding it.

"MI6… I owed them a favour. They made me come here to investigate." Alex doubted himself, should he have really been telling Yassen all this? Since Yassen was here, he was probably tied in with Archie and the crime. Alex wanted to bang his head on the wall, why hadn't he thought before he spoke? Yassen now knew why he was here, and could easily report it to the headmaster.

"Then let me give you a hint, Alex, just to be polite. Archie Conolly has a secret, a horrible secret."

"W-what is he hiding? And how do you know? Are you helping Conolly out…? Are you his accomplice? Why... what is he doing?" Alex had so many questions- so many questions left unanswered.

"You'll find out soon enough, but don't worry, Alex. It'll be OK, trust me and don't meddle or do anything suspicious on your own. You're known to do stupid things like that." Yassen said, mysteriously. Alex was unsatisfied with Yassen, if he wasn't going to tell him what Conolly was hiding, why tell him he was hiding anything at all? All it did was pique his interest, as if he would stop intervening now…

Alex blinked in shock.

Warm, slightly chapped lips pressed against his own, luscious. He closed his eyes and involuntarily leaned into the kiss. He felt tongue being slipped into his mouth and allowed it. Yassen explored the cavern of Alex's sweet tasting mouth, kissing and sucking on his lips- biting ever so often to induce pleasure. Alex leaned back- breaking the kiss. He panted, ever so out of breath.

Alex didn't want to look up into Yassen's taunting eyes. They were fear-making. He was quite scared.

"Y-yassen, why?" He croaked. His throat was parched. He should've been doing something. He was a highly trained spy and here was one of the deadliest assassins in the world, yet he couldn't bring himself to lay a finger on him. All of his spy instincts were erased when he looked at Yassen, it brought back many memories- not to say that they were all bad.

"Time will tell." Yassen shot Alex a last glance and walked out of the room.

Alex was confused, by Yassen, and by everyone. Ever since he'd been to this school, he was only revisiting memories from his previous missions… Damn. Alex was satisfied by Yassen- if too embarrassed to admit it.

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vamp - Good that you like James, I don't remember how his character was like actually. But sadly I don't think James is going to be the eventual pairing.

McNuggets - I love Yassen/Alex and Wolf/Alex too! I agree, I don't think James had much character depth so I didn't look into that, but after reading some awesome fanfics I got myself hooked. Paul Drevin just seems so sickly.

Colour-chan - I'll try, but I don't think K-Unit is coming extremely soon. ): And thanks! Haha, I know the story's a bit weird.

The Kali 24-7 - Haha, awesome. And thanks for your suggestions! I may use one of them. : )

AmyAlways - Yeah, that's a good idea. But I don't want the Jake character to be too apparent in this story, or else it'll become an OC story.

JINX-youowemeasoda- - Yeah I know, but I find that in stories long chapters take too long to read for me, I just don't like to make the chapters incredibly long.

Flightfire23 - Not in this story he didn't. And I like the K-UNIT.

Nina - Yeah, I don't want him to be overly girly. :)

Hurrybee - Well, I don't think it's incredibly OOC, most of the slash fandoms include Yassen/Alex. I like them.

asian9090 - I agree xD

Remember, reviews always make me update faster. And I'm not even joking! Leave your comments/suggestions. Sorry if I don't reply to all reviews, it would take up too much space. Flames will be used to cook my dinner, thanks. Wolf or Yassen or anyone? Who will we slash the poor Alex with… hmmm… Leave your opinion.