A/N Has anyone who owns a form of the paperbacks ever tried reading them outside on a summer day? I swear I was blinded and got a headache but then again which reader hasn't stared at them in a library and/or book store going "OOOOO SHINEY!!!"

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Pretend Relatives

Chapter 11

The next day when Alex woke up he heard the sound of the paper rattling and the click of a spoon against one of the breakfast bowels. His head jerked to look at the clock the black lines declared that it was 5:00, the time he always woke up to like clockwork. Because Jack never woke up before seven he was puzzled on who was making the noise. Carefully he slipped the covers off of himself and made his way down stairs.

As he reached the bottom step he saw the news paper blocking his view of whoever was reading it. The moment his feet reached the floor the paper folded over and there sat Janelle a smirk was playing over her face. She leaned back the smirk growing into a smile.

"You know you don't look that bad shirtless Alex I should start getting up early more. That is if this is what I get to see every morning."

Alex's hands flew to his chest, his eyes widened when they hit skin. Just as he was about to turn and run to his room he heard a small gasp. With all that had happened he was worried something was wrong; as he turned around he ran right into a smaller form. He felt two hands on his chest right above the bullet wound; they were small cold hands. Slowly he lowered his eyes so that he was staring at the top of her head. He watched as her head tilted back and she looked deep into his eyes.

"You know my secrets, but what secrets do all of these scars and bruises hold in you Alex?"

"I….I…. should go get dressed." Turning heel, Alex ran upstairs as fast as he could.

In twenty minutes Alex came back downstairs with less dignity then the first time but more clothing on. The paper was back up in front of Janelle's face. Alex shuffled his feet even through all that he had done he had never been as nervous as he was now.

Thoughts of the K-unit seeing him like this flashed through his head. They would be rolling on the floor right now at the irony of this situation. Right down with them on the floor would be all the bad guys but they wouldn't be laughing they would be crying. Because they were beat by a teenage boy who is afraid of a 15 year old 120 pound girl. Who had most likely never taken a self defense class in her whole entire life, much less trained with SAS.

The paper fell over again only this time it was a frown not a smirk.

"Are you planning on explaining yourself or will I have to tie you up to get anything out of you?" Alex emerged from the refrigerator with a box of orange juice and a smirk. He walked over to the table and leaned over on to the table a few inches from Janelle's face.

"I believe that you would enjoy tying me up a little too much." Janelle's face turned a tomato red color and she ducked her head down trying to avoid his gaze which was difficult with his face so close.

"Is that a blush I see on your face Janelle?" She reached up and pushed Alex's shoulders back so that she was standing in front of him.

"Only because I know how much you would enjoy being tied up by me." With that Janelle took off into the living room her bath robe flying out behind her. A laugh seemed to erupt from her lips followed by a similar one come from the boy chasing her.

For a moment the whole world stopped it was just to kids running around the house. No Scorpia, No M16, No stalker boyfriends, No rules, No responsibilities, nothing to stop them from having fun. A moment in time when life was full of possibilities with nothing to stop them, but as all things and most of all moments it came to an end as machine gun shots tore through the living room window and pelted the furniture.

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DUN DUN DUUUUNNN Are they ok? Who knows? Did they live? Maybe I feel like ending it? Only I know the answers to these questions if you want to know you must REVIEW!!! To find out.