Hey, I never promised they would all be good. :P
Disclaimer: I do not own Alex Rider.
"I'm sorry, Mr Rider, but your erratic attendance has made it necessary to expel you..."
He heard little after that. He felt weightless, disconnected from the last thing that was keeping him normal. Without school, what was to keep MI6 from employing him fulltime? Mission after mission, until he died or went insane. At the moment, both options seemed frighteningly plausible.
"Mr Rider, are you listening to me?
"No," he smiled, standing up. "I've got an 'erratic' attendance record, don't I? Might as well keep it up."
He walked out of the stuffy room, leaving the headmaster gaping behind him.