Really Chapter 4

Authors Note: THANK you sooooooooooooo much to everybody who has reviewed! Hope you like:) I decided to do polite and mysterious because most of you voted on that...

Disclaimer: I still don't and probably won't ever own Alex Rider:(

Alex rung the doorbell and came face to face with Isabella

Isabella's heart was racing at lightning speed. The druggie was on her doorstep! This was soooo awkward. She did not know what to do. I mean seriously, the kid was not even at school today! He was giving her a questioning glance and then she realized that she had been staring at him for like five minutes! That's embarrassing...

She slowly opened the door and quickly remarked, "What are you doing here?" She decided to play dumb, because quite frankly she could not think of anything else to say. She silently started cursing herself she made it sound more like a command than a question. Did he know that she already knew?

She then noticed all his cuts and bruises. How could she have not noticed them before? I mean they littered his whole body and ranged in different sizes and colors. They looked very painful... What the heck happened? I mean you could not get all of those from getting your tonsils taken out. I mean seriously! That was what Alex's little friend Tom had told them all anyway. Him and Harris were on to some huge secret. She just knew it and she was going to stop at nothing to figure it out.

She was washed out of her thoughts as Alex started to speak, "Um... I guess I am living with you guys until my guardian is found. So could you please show me my room?" He said very politely.

Isabella was shocked! The druggie did not get all mad or anything. She was acting like a total brat and he did not even care. Any other boy and they probably would have A) started screaming at her or B) started laughing at her. Oh, well he was still just a druggie. He was probably going to start acting like one also. He was probably just putting a good boy act on right now because her mom on the way down the stairs. She would find out his 'bad side' eventually.

"Hello you must me Alex." Mrs. Wilson squealed.

"Yes, nice to meet you. Also I want to thank you very much for letting me stay with you and your family. It means a lot."

Mrs. Wilson was very confused. Isabella was telling her to expect some fugitive to stay at her house. She said that she would regret letting Alex stay with them and that he would expose her to drugs and all sorts of other 'illegal substances'. But, this boy seemed like the opposite. He was very sweet and polite! She did have to agree with her that he looked the part of one though. He was covered head to toe with bruises and looked like he could fall asleep at any minute. Maybe he got abused?

"Why are you so bruised up?" Mrs. Wilson asked Alex.

"Oh, Isabella might have not told you yet, but I am very clumsy and tend to get sick a lot. I got these bruises because I fell down the stairs..."

"What about the cuts?" Isabella quirked in.

"The stairs were wooden..."

Alex was getting very uncomfortable with the whole situation. It was almost as if Isabella was challenging him all the time. Also, he felt like a total nerd. I am very clumsy and get sick a lot. I mean what kind of excuse is that? You would think that the government could make up a better excuse then that. I guess not, I mean they were not the brightest of people. After all, they did rely on a fourteen year old to save the lives of millions of people.

Alex had decided to stay home from school today because he needed to catch up on some much needed sleep and he did not want to deal with the class finding out about his and Isabella's new 'living condition' . Even Tom didn't know and Alex knew for a fact that Isabella had not told her friends yet. Tomorrow was going to be VERY interesting.

So what did you think? Hope you liked... Please read and REVIEW. Should Alex's/ Isabella's school find out about their new living condition. Right away or should they both try to keep it a secret? Please tell me:)