Alex was riding his bike home from school with Tom "so that's it, you're not gunna be teenage James Bond anymore?" Tom asked him "nope" Alex said looking up at the trees "for some reason, I don't believe that" Tom said thoughtfully "why?" Alex asked looking at Tom "I dunno, it just seems like you, the whole thing, the mystery, the girls, the fact that you always seem to be looking for trouble" Tom said "I don't look for trouble," Alex said defensively "trouble finds me." Tom just rolled his eyes "sure Alex" he said. "Hey what's that?" Alex asked "well that Alex is what we call a truck, see it has four or more wheels-" Tom started "I know that, but why is there a moving van in the driveway of the house?" he asked "well if you hadn't been found by trouble so many times this year, you might've noticed that that house has been for sale for about six months… I wonder if that's one of your new neighbors" Tom said gesturing a girl that was walking down the driveway.
They had both reached Alex's house and now could see exactly what the girl looked like. She had long light brown hair, hazel eyes and she was fairly tall "lucky" Tom said smirking, the girl got into a car that had just driven up to the end of the driveway and the car drove away. "I gotta go before my mom thinks I've been kidnapped or something," Tom said "see ya" he said riding away on his bike "yeah, bye" he said and parked his bike near the door.
Alex walked inside the house with his mind still on the girl, the moment he saw her she took his breath away, he wondered what the chances were that he'd ever get to talk to her, meet her or at least see her again.
"Alex, is that you?" Jack called emerging from the kitchen "Alex?" she said waving a hand in front of his face, he now realized that he had been staring at the wall leaning against the door, the only other time he had done this was when he was thinking about Sabina. "Yeah" he said finally coming out of his daze, "how was school?" she asked "same" he said "anything different happen today?" she asked again "nope" he said "who's the girl?" she asked "what?" he said wondering how she could pick up so quickly on things "what are you talking about?" he asked "well, when you start staring at the wall with a goofy look on your face the most likely reason would be that you're thinking about a girl" she explained "oh" was all he could say. "So, what's her name?" she asked "I… I dunno, actually I don't really know anything about her, except that she's probably one of our new neighbors" he said sitting down on the couch in the den "ah, okay, now I know who you're talking about, her name is Riley Summers, she's your age, she just moved here from the States and is starting a Brookland next week" she said "how do you know this?" he asked her "I've known her mother since I was five, she was best friends with my older sister, she was like a big sister to me" Jack said fondly "oh, okay" he said