Chapter 2
A/N: Thanks Gunner10000 for my first ever review... it really keep me going…
"Alex! Have you had a tour of the mansion yet?" Mr. Wilson greeted him politely but with a lot of enthusiasms.
"Yes, it's a very nice mansion." Alex complimented.
"Thank you. This is my daughter, Katherine. Katie for short." Mr. Wilson introduced.
"We've met." Katie replied while turning away from Alex and sat opposite of him.
"Katie! Be polite." Mr. Wilson scolded her and turned to Alex, "Sorry, she's raised without a mother and that's why she's a bit too rough."
Alex smiled and nodded, "It's alright."
Mr. Wilson gestured for the servants to leave the room after serving the food.
"Katie, this is Alex Rider, your new bodyguard."
"What! I told you I don't want a bodyguard!" Katie glared at her father.
"We've talked over this Katie…I've made my decision and that's final." Mr. Wilson continued eating.
"You're always the one who made decisions and why did you ask for my opinion in the first place?" Katie argued.
Alex decided not to join in and seemed to be extra interested in the food.
"I've got black belts in Taekwondo and I've passed the SAS training course already! Why do you think I can't protect myself?"
"I would never think so…you're strong but if you're not professional, you can't take many guys at once…and what if they attacked you while you're off guard?"
"I wouldn't be off guard."
Mr. Wilson just shook his head and continued eating his dinner. The dinner went well after the conversation. Mr. Wilson would ask Alex a lot of questions. It's mainly about his family. Alex didn't really like talking about it but talking to Mr. Wilson seemed to be very comforting, he didn't know why.
"Katie, remember, Alex is known as your family's close friends, so be good to him." Mr. Wilson said while going off to work.
They were brought to school by a limousine. When they arrive in school, Katie unwillingly brought Alex to the office for documents.
Most of the time, Alex would keep a distance away from Katie to make it less suspicious. Katie didn't seem to be bothered by the fact that Alex didn't really keep a close eye on her. To make it more difficult for Alex, she tried to walk in the crowd to get lose from Alex. This makes Alex annoyed and he dealt with her that evening.
"Katie, can you try to keep yourself in my sight?"
"Isn't that supposed to be my question instead?" Katie turned and grinned victoriously.
"I keep a distance to prevent suspicion."
"Well, then. Try to keep your eyes on me but not complain that I try to walk away from you."
Katie walked away without giving Alex a chance to defend himself.
"Fine." Alex said quietly.
The next day, Alex kept a very close distance to Katie. Although he felt like he was a stalker, Alex kept on doing it for the sarcastic sake.
"Will you stop following me?" Katie turned around, fed up. They were at the school lawn after school, waiting for the limo to arrive.
"I'm only doing my job." Alex shrugged.
"Are you trying to be sarcastic with what I said yesterday?"
"Oh…I wouldn't dare, ma'am." Alex bowed down mockingly.
Katie turned away from Alex, utterly annoyed. Alex only smiled and added, "You started the whole thing."
"You had fun, didn't you?" Katie looked at Alex.
"What?"
"Mocking at people…"
"Depends on the reaction I get." Alex said simply and turned to Katie, "In your case, the answer is yes."
Katie raised an eyebrow up. Alex couldn't suppress a grin. This made Katie laughed, a genuine laugh.
The limo arrived and they went home.
They had dinner normally. Mr. Wilson was asking Alex the progress so far.
"So far, did you find anything out of ordinary?"
"Not really, sir. It's all normal."
"Hmm…I see. Do you think they will strike again?"
"Most likely, but I'm not really sure."
"I see…"
Alex walked alone down the hallway. He could hear his own footsteps echoing. The hallway felt so empty and cold. Alex turned around the corner and saw the kitchen's light was on. Alex walked into the kitchen.
Katie was sitting on the counter, eating an ice-cream from a container. She was staring into spaces. Her eyes were filled with sadness.
Alex coughed to get her attention.
She turned and suddenly, all her sadness disappeared. It was replaced with the usual bright and mocking eyes.
"Erm…I'm getting a glass of water." Alex said while pointing at the refrigerator.
"Water is in the second door, third slot." She said while walking to the refrigerator to assist Alex.
Alex looked at her and joked, "It seems to me that you're in your good mood at night."
Katie smiled and chuckled, "You seem to be joking all the time."
Alex grabbed a glass and poured the water into it.
"Hey, sorry about the 'thing'."
"What thing?" Although Alex knew exactly what 'thing' she meant.
"The thing that I-", Katie was about to explain but saw Alex trying to control himself from laughing.
Katie pushed Alex down the counter that he was sitting on.
"Hey!"
Katie smiled victoriously and jumped down from the counter.
"I've got to go now, I'm getting sleepy."
"Yeah, me too." Alex said while standing up.
Katie reached the kitchen door when Alex called after her.
"Katie, erm…I sort of forgot where the guest room is…" Alex said sheepishly.
"Fine…" Katie said and led the way down the hallway. The night was so silent. The moonlight shone through the windows.
"Here…" Katie said when they reached Alex's room.
"Thanks…good night."
"Umm…you too."