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Alex Rider and the Search for Love- Conclusions and Confessions (chapter 7)

Alex Rider lay awake in his new bad at Point Blanc. After the explosion, they rebuilt the school to be a Boarding School, now ran by the M16. The Head? Wolf. Yes, it was Wolf that is running the school. How he got the job Alex would never know, but he was happy. He was now attending the school after calling Jack and she agreed. Alex felt safe and secure around the school but something nagged him.

Who was Sarah? I mean that day they escaped, she was going to say something to him. She was in tears for goodness sakes. Her arms, bruised. He knew what Mrs. Jones said about the whole I play lacrosse thing but he had his doubts. Who was and where was the REAL Bob McClelland? The one at the dinner table was not him. What about his wife Ann? Alex had been so caught up in seeing Sabina again, his time occupied by his new girlfriend Sarah. He knew nothing about her. All he knew was who she was personality wise. Alex got up, and walked down the hall around the corner and knocked.

"Yeah?" A voice yelled.

"Sab? Can I come in?" Alex said through the door.

"Yeah it's open!" Sabina yelled. Alex opened the door and walked in. "In the bathroom!" She yelled. Alex walked to the bathroom and found Sabina washing her face. (What did you expect?) "Yeah Alex?" She asked.

"You know Sarah?" Alex said.

"Oh Sarah. The girl you got the hotts for?" Sabina smiled. Alex let a slight blush creep up in his face.

"Yes Sarah. Have you talked to her?" Alex gulped.

"Oh Yes. She's my new friend." She said sarcastically. Sabina walked out of the bathroom and Alex followed.

"Notice, anything weird on her? Like her bruises or any mental problems?" He asked.

"Alex, no. Nothing at all. And if you are so worried about her talk to her. She's right next door." Sabina said annoyed. She smiled. "Of coarse you would LOVE to go talk to her in her room."

Alex rolled his eyes. "Thanks Sab. Night." Alex yelled over his shoulder as walking out of the room.

As the door shut Sabina fell back onto her bed. She promised Sarah. Promised.

Cross her heart hope to die
Clothes and Make up
Boys and lies
They are there for you until the end
Real meaning of true best friends.
Alex walked back to his room and sat down at his desk. He was worried about Sarah. He decided not to worry and went back to sleep.

After hours of tossing and turning he sat up. This is ridiculous. Alex thought. Alex sighed and got back up; walking down the hall turned the corner and knocked on the door. There was no answer. Alex knocked again. It was 1 a.m. but Sabina is a light sleeper. Alex turned the knob and found it unlocked. Alex walked into the dark room. There was a light in the bathroom.

IF YOU ARESQUIRMISH OR DONT LIKE BLOOD OR ANY OF THE SORT DO NOT READ UNTIL THE LINE BRAKE

Alex walked in and found Sabina laying on the floor, next to a puddle of blood, a gash in her head and a knife in her arm. The door to the other room was open and he walked in. This was Sarah's room, and Sarah wasn't there. Alex ran back to Sabina and dialed 911.

Sabina's eyes shot open to find her in a starch white room. Her eyes searched and found a boy sitting next to her, Alex.

"Hey, how are you feeling?" Alex said. Sabina took this opportunity to really study Alex. His eyes were full of emotion, hurt mostly. His eyes didn't shine like they used to. His eyes were still red and puffy from crying she assumed. He looked like a wreck.

Sabina struggled to sit up, but with Alex's help she did. "Better." She smiled.

"Do you any idea what happened?" He asked concerned.

"I was in the bathroom as you left and then I got went to sleep. I got up around 12:45 and I went to go use the bathroom. Sarah was there. I walked in and she had a knife and stabbed me. And then, hit me in the head with the soap dispenser." Sabina said.

"I'm so sorry." Alex hugged Sabina, crying hard.

"It's okay. Shh..." Sabina tried to calm him down. Alex sat back down.

"You lost alot of blood." Alex said. "Luckily I was here." He smiled.

"Aww...always the hero huh?" Sabina smiled noticing the bandage wrapped around his arm, knowing that he gave blood to her.

"I should have talked to Sarah. I was going to but-"

"No. If it wasn't me, she could have killed you. Where would the world be without it's hero?" She laughed.

"It's really nice to hear your laugh again." Alex said smiling. "Listen I don't think that Sarah is who we think she is."

"Apparently." Sabina said looking at the scar of the knife blade. "Well, she is either a crazy lunatic or..." Sarah sighed and said, "Look at that! It's sunny outside!" She said looking out the window.

"Sab, come on tell me." Alex pleaded.

"I'm sorry, I can't." She shook her head.

"Please? Come on she's my girlfriend and I think I have a right to know!" Alex said.

"You're going to take her back? Trust her again?" Sabina said horrified.

"Now you have said it like that. No, I'm not." Alex shook his head.

"She thinks that I'm coming between you two." She explained.

"Huh?" Alex said.

"Boys." She muttered. "Nod if you understand what I am saying." She said slowly.

"I'm not that slow!" Alex complained.

Sabina chuckled. "She thinks that I am trying to take you away from her. She worships you. Sad really. She's only known you for what? A month at the most." Sabina rolled her eyes.

"You're just jealous because you don't have someone who loves you." Alex muttered. He had just realized what he had said and was going to say something but Sabina got to it first.

"I had a life before and after you. I've had boyfriends. And I do have someone who loves me."

"Who?" Alex said mad.

"He's about 16. Tall like 6 feet 1 inch. Chocolate brown eyes and sandy blonde hair."

It took Alex a while to figure it out, and he still didn't have it. "Does he go to our school?"

"Yes. Rumor goes around that he works for the M16." Sabina said.

"Really? Is he any better than me? Well it figures, Wolf does run the school. I wonder if I've met him. Must be a new agent. Because-"

"Alex?" Sabina said. She shook her head sadly, and ashamed to say that she liked him, as of now. She laughed, and laughed as he kept talking.

"Must be new. Or a transfer. Might have worked for the F.B.I. in America. Wait- do they allow kids to work? WAIT. I'm not a kid! He's that same age as me. Sandy blonde hair? Brown eyes? Oh who could it be? I don't anyone with hair like that. Who is it? Is it that guy who was staring at you during dinner?"

"Alex?" Sabina asked, getting quite tired of hearing this.

"I don't him at all. He looks suspicious. He's no good and I forbid you to see him." Alex took a breath.

"ALEX!" She laughed. "Wait, you forbid me?" She asked.

"Yes I don't like him!" Alex said, trying to protect her.

"Well that's good." She said and smiled.

"That's good?" Alex said.

"Yes because I was not talking about him. Go look in the mirror Alex." She said. He stood up and looked in the mirror. It dawned on him; he had Sandy blonde hair and brown eyes. He was tall, a little over 6 feet, and he DID work for the M16.

Alex sat back down, feeling a blush coming up his face. "Oh. I didn't know you were talking about me. I mean that's not bad, it's just well Im not thrilled well i am I just don't want to seem clingy or anything. I mean I'm not. Well if you like clingy then yes I am, but-"

Sabina put her finger to his lips and said, "Shut up." And sat back down. She smiled and got up.

"Should you be walking?" Alex asked rushing to her side.

"Yes. I get out of here tomorrow at the latest. Besides, I need my exercise." She shrugged.

"So I brought this for nothing?" Alex said holding up a bag.

"You went through my drawers?" Sabina practically yelled.

"No! I had one of your friends get it!" Alex said backing up. An angry Sabina was not nice.

"A friend as in a girl?" Alex nodded his head. "Oh, okay." She grabbed the bag. "I'm going to go change." She said walking to the bathroom. She saw the look on Alex's face. "Don't worry; no one is in there with a gun this time."

Alex felt his eyes moisten. "That wasn't funny." He said.

"Oh come on can't you take a joke" She asked.

"When you see someone you love on the floor with a knife in her wrist, and a gash in her head, not knowing if she would wake up, then you ask yourself that." Alex let a tear slip.

"I'm sorry." Sabina said, pulling Alex into a hug. "You're right, that was not funny. If you want, you can inspect it." She smiled.

Alex smiled back and looked in the bathroom, just in case. "All safe?" Sabina asked.

"All safe." He smiled. Sabina kissed him on the cheek and went to go change. He watched her leave not knowing who was outside the door, watching this all unfold.

Sabina got released from the hospital that night and Alex escorted her down and decided to drive her back to school.

"So, how does it feel to be the hero?" Sabina asked.

"Sab. How many times have I asked you to stop?" He said.

"Well you are." Sabina said and they both laughed.

"What about Sarah? What are we going to do?" Alex asked.

"Well, I'm not pressing charges." She said.

"WHY NOT?" Alex said.

"It's not worth it. I'm fine, look! She is only 16, she can't go to jail. Well, she can but they won't I dont think...And anyways, she did no damage to me. Only a few scars." She explained.

Alex sighed. "Do you know I was on a mission in her house? Her father was supposedly a Serial Killer. Like Father like daughter."

"It's supposed to be like mother like daughter." Sabina laughed.

"I don't care. Her father is dangerous. And I left EVERYTHING there. Everything I got, the file folder of the case, my stuff, the gadgets, and my pictures." Alex sniffled.

"What pictures?" Sabina asked.

"One of my mom dad and me. When I was a baby of coarse, and one of me and you. That summer we were on vacation with your family." He said.

"How could I forget? Im sorry." She leaned her head on his shoulder.

"Oh well." Alex shrugged it off. "You're safe and that's all that matters." Alex said putting his hand around her shoulders. (Not the one on the steering wheel. He's a responsible driver. lol)

Alex and Sabina got back to school within half an hour and just in time for dinner.

"I'm starved. Hospital food stinks." Alex said.

"Yeah, I know." Sabina agreed. "One meal there was enough."

"I didn't even eat. I just had some coffee." He said.

"Since when do you drink coffee?" She asked.

"Since about 2 a.m. this morning." He said.

"Wait-" Sabina said before entering the dinning hall.

"What do you not want to go in there?" Alex asked.

"No, I'm not giving up food. Let's just pretend that I don't remember who stabbed me. And that you didn't find me, my other roommate did. I'll talk to her, she'll cover. She loves the attention. And you, uh I'm a close friend and you came to see me." She said. "Got it?"

"Right, close worried friend who didn't find you." Alex said opening the door for Sabina.

"Right." She smiled and walked in. The room fell silent as she walked in. "You know? This food may stink, but its heaven compared to hospital food. You know?" Sabina looked around. "So who wants to sign my band-aid?" She asked. Everyone laughed. She heard Alex laugh behind her.

"Of coarse you would say that." He said into her ear. She just shrugged in response and sat down.

"I thought I told you to kill him!" The voice said on the phone.

"No not yet!" Sarah said.

"Why?" The voice asked.

"Because I don't want to shoot him and be done. He needs to feel pain. And stabbing his sweetheart did it. But next time, she'll be dead. Then I'll kill him for sure." Sarah smiled.

"Make it fast. Rider is a smart boy. He works for the M16. He's got people. Be sneaky about it. The M16 runs the place."

"Oh, he doesn't work for the M16 anymore." She smiled. Sarah loved revenge. "He got pulled. They no longer can protect him." Sarah smiled smugly. "I'll keep you updated okay?" Sarah hung up her cell phone and walked out of the bathroom.

Sabina sat wide mouthed on her bed, as she just overheard the conversation. She took a deep breath, ran out of the room down the hall and turned the corner and knocked.

What did you all think? I wasn't planning originally on having Sabina stabbed, should I have done that? Actually, I planned on him staying in the house for 6 months and everything. Well, tell me what you think! KeLSeY

P.S. In chapter 3, I said Katie when I meant Sarah. Thanks for pointing it out jamie!