"Small world, eh?" he said opening his window further "yup" she replied smiling "La- ah-ah, la la lalala la Ah-ah-ah, la la lalala la I predict a riot, I predict a riot I predict a riot, I predict a riot And if there's anybody left in here That doesn't want to be out there" the music came blasting through his window and Riley started softly singing along "you like the Kaiser chiefs?" he asked "yeah, I love 'em, why?" she said "didn't think they were that popular in the States" he said shrugging.
"Alex, turn your music down!" Jack yelled as she walked into the room "okay" he said stretching across his bed and turning down the music. "Hi Jack" Riley said from her room, Jack looked around Alex's room "I could've sworn I heard Riley's voice" she said dismissively "umm, Jack, over here" she said waving from her window "oh," Jack said "did you plan this?" she asked the two of them "no" Alex said.
"Riley," her mother called from downstairs "come down for dinner!"
She stood up and walked over to her door "okay Mom, be there in a minute" she turned around and walked back to the window "I gotta go" she said "alright, tell Emily I say hi" Jack said "bye" Alex said. Riley smiled and closed her window and went downstairs.
"Mom, Jack says hi" she said as she down at the table "when did you see her?" her mother asked "just now, you know with all the land these houses are on , you'd think they'd be farther apart" she said. Blunt looked up at her, what did she mean by that "I met this kid who lives next door" she paused taking a bite of spaghetti, "his name is Alex, he looks familiar" she paused again trying to remember where she had seen him before and her parents exchanged nervous glances. They new were she had seen him before, they just didn't want her to know "anyway, Jack lives there too" she finished taking another bite of spaghetti. She looked up at her parents expecting a response but they didn't answer.
"So Riley are you ready to go to Brookland on Monday?" her dad asked quickly changing the subject "I guess so" she said. Truthfully she had absolutely no clue if she was ready or not, but it doesn't matter, I guess, she thought.
The next day her mother took her to get her uniform, it was a blue and gray pleated skirt with a white blouse, a dark blue jacket with the Brookland crest on the left hand side, a navy blue sweater (which was option able to wear), black mary janeish looking shoes with specific socks, black trainers for gym and a gym uniform. "These people really like uniforms" she muttered as she got sized and fitted for her uniform "do they always do this?" she asked her mother and her mother shook her head.
"Then why are they doing this for me?" she asked and the lady who was running in and out of the storage room were they kept the uniforms "well because you're special darling" she said and went back into the room looking for a different size for Riley's trainers. "How am I…?" she started but trailed off, her dad, she was the daughter of the head of MI6, her dad had arranged this, her mom more likely, but with her dad's name helping. That happened a lot, it was cool sometimes, but at others it just got tiring. She had to change schools every time someone found out, that's why her parents sent to Deveraux Academy
It was a boarding school in San Francisco that only took in kids from very prestigious backgrounds, so if anyone found out, it wouldn't matter. "Honey do you want one or two pairs of trainers?" her mother asked interrupting her thoughts "why would I want two pairs?" she asked but her mother gave her a look and she said "yeah, two pairs is fine."
She walked out of the store with her mom walking ahead of her talking to someone on her cell phone. She noticed other kids walking around the school, but there was one she recognized. She saw Alex and he smiled at her and she smiled back waving slightly "come on Riley, get in the car" her mother said, she got in the car and her mother started drove out of the Brookland school parking lot.
Alex's POV
He was on his way to lunch with Tom and some of his other friends when he saw Riley walking towards the parking lot, with who you supposed to be her mother. You smiled at her and she smiled back giving a little wave. "Alex? Who's that?" James, one of his friends, asked him, obviously checking her out before she got into her car. "Alex's new neighbor, I still think you're lucky as all hell to have her as a neighbor, mate" Tom said "her name's Riley, she's pretty nice, she just moved her from the States, she's starting at Brookland on Monday" Alex said almost in a daze. "What do you mean she's pretty nice" Sean, another of Alex's friends, asked with a mischievous smirk "nothing like that," he said "she's into pretty good music, easy to talk to, that type of nice" Alex explained "she's not all that bad looking either though" James said and Sean nodded. Alex laughed and walked into the lunch room, he had to agree with them, she was gorgeous and her smile made him go into a daze.