An: Hi Lovelies! Just to let you know the word bloody will be used as a curse word in this chapter. I will also use shit. Amount of curse words will probably continue to go up, but I won't be using slurs or really bad words. I might use the f slur (f*ggot) later on because I am a lesbian, but I will forewarn you.

Third Person

Alex saw Tom walking towards his locker and ran towards him. Tom had been a bit weird lately, and Alex wanted to know why.

"Hey Tom, What's up?" He asked, " Wanna come back to my place later? Jack's making spaghetti"

Tom turned to face Alex, his eyes seemed distant and he was frowning.

" Um, no, no I'm good thanks" He responded "I'm going up town with some of the lads from the footie team. Thanks anyway" With a small, obviously faked smile, Tom turned and sprinted ahead to catch up with a group of boys walking ahead. Within seconds, he was laughing and chatting with them, and completely ignoring Alex.

One of the boys, Jamie, turned and laughed at Alex standing on his own.

"What's the matter druggie? Upset that even Tom's ditched you now? He's a cool dude, and he would much rather hang out around us now than you"

One look at Tom's face showed it was the truth. Alex was used to that particular look, part disgust, part horror and part anger, but it still hurt to see it on Tom, who Alex had thought was his closest friend.


Alex kicked at the door and sat down. Why couldn't the key just bloody work!?

Jack opened the door, smoothing down her bright red hair as she did.

" Alex do you want to tell me why you have been standing outside the door, holding the wrong key, and freezing your bum off instead of just knocking on the door" She said through laughter.

"Oh, err right" Alex said sheepishly. He stepped inside the house and grinned. " Hey Jack, what's up?"

" What's up Alex, is the fact Tom isn't here. Where is he? He normally loves my cooking," Jack says, voice trailing off at the end.

" He's just busy with the whole which parent gets custody thing. I'm sure he'll be round soon" Alex said, smiling a tight lipped smile.

He headed upstairs to his room, frowning as he did so.


The next day

Alex arrived at school and headed to his locker. He paused when he saw a few people from the football team (with Tom standing off to one side) watching him with expectant looks standing outside his locker. He stopped in front of them, keeping his tone level and eyes sharp.

"Excuse me please I need to get to my locker." He said

"Ohhhh excuse me please I need to get to my lockerrrr!" One of the jocks said in a high pitched, whiny imitation of Alex.

" How very witty" Alex responded dryly, stepping closer.

" Are you threatening me, punk!?" The same jock as before asked. " I could smash your head in. By the way, Tom here says he has a few secrets of yours to tell me after school. I bet you are in a gang."

Alex turned to Tom, eyes threatening and lethal " Oh, do you Tom. You won't mind me asking you what those secrets are in private then, will you?" He said in a light voice.

Tom paled and cleared his throat. " Alex, listen, I- um you see I just" He stuttered out.

Alex ducked under the jock's arm and grabbed Tom, pulling him into a secluded classroom.

"What secrets are you going to tell them, Tom. " He hissed out, as if the word Tom was an insult.

Tom straightened, putting on a false display of bravery.

" Alex, I just can't deal with all of this.. stuff anymore" He said, emphasizing the word stuff with a wave of his hands. "You ask me to keep secrets, and then tell me next to nothing. You tell me I'm your closest friend and then ignore me. You just aren't there for me anymore, Alex, and I'm sick of it."

" You still haven't answered my question, Tom. What secrets are you going to tell them!?" Alex half shouted " Are you going to tell them about Blunt, and Jones and all of the absolute bloody shit they put me through!" Alex's voice switched to a whisper. " Are you going to tell them what I've done. Are you going to tell them that trained to be an assassin, or that my entire family is dead, or that I'm a murderer and a cheat and a liar and the scum of the world, Tom? Are you going to tell them?"

Tom had tears streaming down his cheeks. " N-no Alex, I'm not. I'm not going to tell them"

" Then what exactly will you tell them Tom?" Alex asked. His voice sounded deadly.

" I- I was going to make something up. That your Uncle was a gang member, or that your parents hated you or something!" Tom stuttered out, whole body shaking.

" Don't" Alex said. " Because, if you tell them anything about Jones, Blunt or anything even slightly pertaining to that, MI6 can do whatever they want to you. They will make you disappear, Tom, and I don't want you to disappear. Do you understand me."

Tom nodded. The bell rang, and Alex stepped back from Tom.

" I don't ever want to see you again Tom, do you hear me? I trusted you and you betrayed that trust. Now GO!" He shouted the last word, and Tom turned and ran. Alex smoothed down his shirt and walked out of the door.

An: Hi lovelies! Do you want me to redeem Tom or not. I'm leaning more toward Tom getting a redemption arc, he is just a kid after all. Review and tell what you want to happen. Also, next chapter, Alex's love interest will be introduced! I'm not gonna tell you who they are straight away though. Thanks for reading!