Chapter 4: Tom P.O.V

Not Knowing


I can't believe Sarah likes me too! It's totally awesome! I can hardly concentrate on my holiday story I'm so excited. I've liked Sarah for a couple of months and now I can ask her out and she will say yes, I'm so happy. Looking back down to stare at my work, I try to concentrate on it. Suddenly, Alex's voice drifts into my ears -

"May I please go to the bathroom?" he asks, sounding somewhat desperate that I almost laugh. I hear small giggles and snickers from the other students. But as I look closer I can see something isn't right, his body looks tense and alert.

"Okay, Mr. Rider. But don't take too long", Mrs. Zorn answers in a skeptical voice, while I still remain scrutinising Alex. He soon glances at me, and makes a motion that seems to tell me to look towards the window. Looking out, I just happen to catch some plain, black vans pulling away and down the street from across the school. My blood runs cold, I have a feeling something might be happening, and that's why Alex is acting the way he is. I turn back to Alex hoping that what I think is wrong, but he just nods. I'm scared and confused, but I nod back anyway, even more wary when I glimmer the sudden cool determination in Alex's eyes, which does nothing to comfort me. I want to know what's happening but Alex is already out the door.

I feel the temptation to get up and follow, but logic and fear makes me remain rooted in my seat. Is the school getting attacked? Where is Alex really going? What's going to happen? I glance around at my classmates, who are completely unaware of the sudden danger they are in. I can hear Lauren and Sophie at the back of the room whispering about the probability that Alex is really going to the bathroom to take drugs or something. I can't believe them, they have no idea about the real Alex and how great he is, it makes me so angry sometimes when people bad mouth my best friend. At first, when I found out the truth about Alex's double life, I was sort of jealous, but not anymore. I admire Alex and what he has survived through. I've noticed that when he gets back from his missions, more of his happy demeanor and innocence is lost every time. It saddens me to see him like that and I try my best to maintain some semblance of normal in his life and remain the same enthusiastic best friend I usually am.

I hope Alex will be okay. I have no idea what he plans to do. I mean, he's told me about some of his missions but I've never seen him in action. Does MI6 know what's going on? This totally sucks. The day was going so great, Alex is back at school, Sarah likes me, but now we might all die. Okay, I can't think like that, I have to stay positive. Alex will know what to do, he always does. He's a teenage super-spy, he will make sure everything goes alright. He's still not in top form though, he said it himself just at recess. No, no, no, everything is fine.

"Mr. Harris. Can you please try to write some more, you can't be finished already, can you?" suddenly Mrs. Zorn's soft voice snaps me out of my thoughts, making me jump slightly in my seat.

"So-sorry, Mrs. Zorn, I w-was just thinking" I stutter back nervously. Her eyes gaze at me a moment, seemingly a little concerned by my hesitant response, but she soon returns to gazing around at the rest of the students once more. Damn, damn, damn. I look down at my hands, they're shaking slightly. I look up over at Sarah, whose eyes are worriedly peering across at me. I give a small, weak smile trying to convince her everything is fine, resulting in her seeming a little mollified but still doubtful. But the truth is it's not fine at all. I'm sitting here staring at a piece of paper, while my best friend is out in the halls, doing god-knows-what and in danger of being severely hurt or killed. And I have no idea what's going to happen, and the reality is I'm not really sure I even want to know.


A/N: Sorry about the long delay in updating, I was occupied with exams. This is more of a filler chapter, but the next update should be pretty soon. Anyway, I hope you still like this chapter. Happy reading. Any reviews and/or feedback is welcome and appreciated : )