A/N ok here's the next chapter. thanks for your reviews, keep em coming, hope you like this one!!!
Sienna's eyes widened at the realisation of how much she liked kissing Alex. Wait what was she thinking, she'd known this guy for what like five hours and now she was kissing him, but on the other hand it felt so good, so right, his lips were soft and gentle on hers, yet the emotion behind the kiss was so intense. She loved it.
Sienna bought her hands up and gently ran her fingers through his hair, sending a shiver down his spine. He pulled her closer, she obliged and deepened the kiss. Suddenly they were interrupted by a very loud, very definite
"Ahem"
Sienna reluctantly broke away, she was annoyed, whoever it was had better have a dam good reason for interrupting
"What" Sienna said with an annoyed tone in her. She looked up.
"Hello kids, having fun are we"
A very embarrassed look crossed Sienna's face as she looked up to find Addison standing directly in front of her, arms crossed, and a bemused look on her face.
Sienna grinned goofily "H...h...a..a" Sienna was desperately trying to think of something to say, some explanation, SOMETHING, but all she was managing at the moment was stuttering aimlessly as she looked up at Addison's smiling face. Luckily Alex came to her rescue.
"Well hello there Addison, can we help you" Alex said grinning, as she squeezed Sienna gently, reassuring her.
"Well yes actually" Addison replied "unfortunately for you two, Sienna and I must be on our way, in case you haven't noticed, which I'm sure you haven't, the party is pretty much over"
Alex and Sienna looked around surprised; sure enough many of the last sober people were drifting out the door shouting goodbyes and thanks for the great party. James was in the process of shooing all the drunks out with a broom, whacking them painfully every now and then if they decided that they didn't want to leave. Alex sure Tom standing up, he had lost his blonde companion and thankfully was looking a little less drunk than the last time. Tom was clutching his bum, where James had just whacked him with the broom, a pained expression on his face he stumbled out the door.
"I had better go and make sure he gets home alright" Alex thought, but he was reluctant to Sienna just like that. He could see Sienna felt the same way as she was looking pleadingly up at Addison, the two seemed to be communicating with their eyes, Alex was trying to understand what they were saying to each other, but eventually Addison's eyes softened. She smiled at Alex.
"Sienna I've got to say goodbye to James I'll meet you outside in about 5 minutes"
Sienna smiled at her gratefully.
Addison walked over to James said something, they exchanged a quick kiss and a hug, and with a quick glance and a grin in Sienna's direction she walked outside. Sienna looked at Alex who was grinning at her.
"Monday" he said, it was the holidays and they had weeks off before they went back to school.
Sienna grinned "Perfect" she said "meet me at 2:00 at Terry's cafe"
They exchanged a quick kiss before Sienna hurried out the door after Addison,
Alex grinned he loved that little place; it was in a nice little secluded place overlooking the river. He stood up, his night hadn't been so bad after all. Alex walked outside looking around anxiously for Tom. Hopefully he hadn't gotten himself into too much trouble. Alex didn't have to look very hard. Tom was sitting in the gutter his head cradled in his hands. Alex walked over to him, hopefully he wasn't too drunk to walk home himself, Alex didn't fancy dragging him home. Tom heard him coming and stood up cringing.
"Hey man, ready to go" Tom said rubbing his temples painfully.
Alex looked at him surprised, 2 hours ago Tom hadn't been able to walk straight and now suddenly he was talking perfectly. Tom saw his surprise and laughed.
"All I can remember is waking up next to some slutty blonde, with a splitting headache" Tom said cringing. Alex laughed. Apparently falling asleep had worn off the effects of the alcohol leaving Tom with a hangover, and by the way he was cradling his head and cringing every time Alex spoke to him, it was a shocker.
"Mate, I can't go home like this, mum will kill me" Tom said "do you think Jack would mind if I crashed at yours tonight"
Alex grinned "Sure mate you can stay" he replied "But you're going to do the explaining to her the next morning why we ended up at mine instead of yours"
Tom grimaced "Thanks, she's not the only woman I'm going to have to explain too" he said referring to his mother.
Tom was the youngest child and his mother was a little bit overprotective. No a little was an understatement. Tom's mum Cindy had to know where he was all the time, who he was with, how long he was going to be, where he was staying, what he was doing. It annoyed the crap out of Tom and he liked to be unexpected, most of the time just to annoy his mother .
"So mate" Tom said as they started to head off down the road towards Alex's place, it was only a couple of blocks away.
"What did you get up to anything tonight"
"Nothing like you did" Alex said grinning
Tom punched him and laughed
"Let's just hope I don't have to see her again, I left in a bit of a hurry,"
Alex laughed. Tom had a bit of a habit of leaving like that, usually the girls weren't too happy about it.
"but enough about me, meet anyone" Tom said wiggling his eyebrows up and down, and nudging Alex suggestively.
"Maybe" Alex said casually
"Oooooooh" Tom was interested now
"Who was she, did you kiss her, when are you seeing her again?" Tom said Expectantly
"Sienna, yer, and Monday" Alex answered
Tom stopped in the middle of the road
"OH MY GOD you mean to say, you actually had fun tonight" Tom said in mock disbelief
"Good gracious what is the world coming to, Alex Rider had fun"
Alex pretended not to hear him and kept walking down the road, he could hear Tom almost wetting himself laughing at his own joke.
"Very funny" Alex said "At least I can remember what happened"
Tom suddenly became very serious "Hey he said, that's a very serious matter"
"Yer yer" Alex replied laughing
10 minutes later the boys arrived at Alex's house.
"Be very quiet" Alex whispered and they crept across the perfectly mowed lawn towards Alex's very large very neat house. Alex lived with his housekeeper Jack Starbright, although she was hardly a house keeper, more like a very good friend that looked after him, his uncle Ian Rider had hired her temporarily, to look after Alex when he was away on his "business trips" Ian had been a spy too, So was were his parents, well his father at least but Alex hadn't found that out until After Ian had died on a mission, and MI6 had blackmailed him into working for them. But that's a different story. So now it was just Jack and Alex living in his uncles huge house.
Crack "Ow" Tom hissed loudly
Alex cringed "Shut up back there" he hissed hopefully Jack hadn't heard.
Alex made it too the front he turned his key in the lock opened the door, too find a young woman in the doorway, she was in her mid twenties, with a sprawl of red hair and a boyish face.
"Well Hello there Jack" Alex said cheerfully
Jack laughed "Hello Alex" she said in her American accent.
Crack Crash
"OW"
"Hello Tom" Jack called out into the darkness
Sure enough a tall figure soon appeared out of the darkness swearing under his breath and rubbing his head frowning.
"Jack you really need to get rid of some of those trees"
Jack laughed "Come in boys" she said "It's late and I'm not even going to ask"
Alex and Tom walked inside and Jack closed the door behind them, locking it and switching out the light as the boys trudged up to Alex's room.
Sienna smiled happily to herself as Addison bombarded her with questions, they were walking down the street way from James's house
"What's he like?"
"Is he nice?"
"Is he a good kisser?"
"Are you going to see him again?"
"Did you give him your number?"
"Do you want to see him again?"
"Do you have his number?"
Addison was getting irritated because Sienna wasn't answering her questions
Sienna grinned back at Addison and said simply
"It was nice"
"Oh" replied Addison knowingly "It was one of those nights"
"Mmmm"
"Well I'll give you a minute to let it all sink in, and you can tell me everything when we get back to your place, here give me your phone and I'll call Steve to come and pick us up"
Sienna handed her phone over to Addison as they walked down the street to the corner where Steve, Sienna's Godfather would pick them up.
Sienna had been living with Steve since she was 15, she was now 17, so that was two years. She was an only child, and her parents had left her, it was Christmas morning, she loved Christmas well she had anyway.
Sienna woke up, and instantly realising it was Christmas morning jumped out of bed, through on her dressing gown and raced down the stairs expecting to see her mum and dad sitting in their usual chairs with cups of coffee, waiting for her with excited eyes. But as Sienna raced down the hall towards to lounge room, where the Christmas tree was. She felt uneasy, like something wasn't quite right, the house felt empty and quiet, no Christmas carols playing on the radio on the kitchen bench, so mouth watering aroma of her breakfast cooking on the stove, She suddenly had an overwhelming jolt of loneliness, and she stopped dead in her tracks trembling with unease. She slowly inched her way into the lounge room.
But her parents weren't there grinning at her, urging her to open her presents under the tree, in fact there weren't any presents under the tree, just a letter, folded neatly sitting on the coffee table. Sienna gingerly picked up, opened it and began reading. Tears instantly welled in her eyes as she read. It was addressed to her...and in her mothers handwriting
Dearest Sienna,
Your father and I are terribly sorry that we're doing this, truly we are, we love you very very much, but we feel that we can't handle the responsibilities of bringing you up anymore. It is too difficult for us. Sweetheart, you will be much better off without us, call Steve, he'll take you in. We'll come back someday, I promise.
All our love
Mum and Dad.
Sienna was trembling with rage.
"TO DIFFICULT FOR THEM", she screamed " what about me, what am I supposed to do now"
She tore the letter up and violently threw the letter into the fireplace, watching it burn away to nothing, she wouldn't believe it, no it couldn't be true how could her parents do this too her, her parents, they were supposed to always be there for her, that was part of the gig, they couldn't be gone. No she wouldn't believe it. She stood up and started running through the house frantically searching for any sign that they were still here. This is all a joke she thought a really sick joke.But when she could find no trace of her parents, no clothes in the cupboard, they're bed unslept in, the dishes from the night before still in the sink. Panic began to set in, they can't be gone she told herself, tears streaming down her face, they just can't. Suddenly the reality of it all came crashing down on her. She collapsed into a heap of hysterical sobs on the floor. And that is exactly where Steve found her two hours later, when he came by to wish them a happy Christmas. He picked her up, and bundled her into the car.
Sienna had been living with Steve and Kate, his girlfriend ever since. They were nice, took care of her, Sienna had come to regard them as family. She never talked about her parents, she found it easier not too. She was doing ok, the past was behind her and she was determined not to let it get too her.
The girls were only waiting on the corner about 2 minutes before Steve's green station wagon pulled up and they jumped in.
"Hey Girls, nice night?" he asked as the sped towards Sienna's house
Both girls smiled at him and told him it had been a good night. They pulled up outside Sienna's house, and the girls tip toed inside, being careful not to wake Kate. They trudged up the stairs and into Sienna's room, she flicked on the light and took in her familiar surroundings, she had a square room, that was painted a light yellow, her double bed was in the centre of the room, with a bedside table, a book case full of books, photo's, and cute knick knacks. On the opposite wall stood a dressing table and a tv. Behind the door they had just walked in was Sienna's built in wardrobe, full to the brim with dozens of pieces Sienna just couldn't bear to part with, next to that was a small ensuite, with a bathtub, toilet and a sink. At the far end a single door opened up onto a small balcony overlooking the back yard. Sienna loved this room. It was the guest room but Steve and Kate had let her have it when she moved it. From the walls hung dozens of photo's in frames, a few of her family, some of Steve and Kate, and heaps of her and her friends. Both girls pulled on their pyjama's mumbling something about having a shower in the morning. Sienna's switched off the light as both girls practically fell into bed.
"Talk in the morning" Addison managed to mumble before both girls fell into a deep and well deserved sleep.