Chapter 6

Authors Note: Thank you to everyone who has reviewed:) I am sorry for not updating in a while. I have had the Girls State Junior Championship all week( Early Monday until late Friday). Then I had some friends over Saturday:) Thank you soooo much ReillyscarecrowRocks for helping me with the plot!

Disclaimer: I still don't own Alex Rider and probably never will:(

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Isabella was in her bathroom doing her makeup wondering how boys could sleep so long.. It was six thirty and she could just here druggie Rider's alarm clock going off! I mean school started at seven thirty and the bus came at 7:10! She had already been up for an hour getting ready... Her mind started drifting to other things like what would happen if people found out about her and Rider? She then realized that her and Rider were going to have to ride the bus together. She put the thought away for a while and started straitening her hair.

A half an hour later she was sitting at the big kitchen table complaining to her mom.

"But mom we cannot ride the bus together! People would start to ask questions!" Isabella screamed.

"Honey, nobody will care." Mrs. Wilkens said comfortingly trying to calm Isabella down.

"Yea they wi..."

She was interrupted by Alex who calmly stated, "I will ride my bike."

Isabella was now officially freaked out.. I mean how did he come down the stairs and into the room without her or her mom noticing? And this was not even the first time! She ignored the thought as her mom continued speaking.

"But the school is five miles away!" Mrs. Wilkens said with shock and concern in evident in her voice.

"I rode my bike from my other house every day and it was ten miles." Alex said like it was something an ordinary teenager would say every day.

He got shocked looks for a couple of seconds before he quickly stated, "Well it settled then I will ride my bike, I brought it here yesterday. So I will see you at school Isabella!" And then he ran out the door.

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Alex arrived at school a half an hour later just as the buses started pulling in. It was a cloudy day and looked like it was about to rain. He quickly locked his bike up. Then pulled his blue hoodie on and put the hood over his head in hopes of not being noticed before school started.

He always dreaded going back to school the day after a mission. First of all he was always exhausted and in pain. Secondly, he always felt like an outsider with teens whispering mean comments behind his back and trying to pick fights with him. He did not really blame the though, he would rather them think that he was a druggie or in a gang than the truth. They were just so naive.

He quickly walked through the crowded halls trying to stick to the shadows and found his locker. He then got the stuff he needed for math and headed to class.

The first class went by fast and was very uneventful. It was the usual, kids would start pouring in seconds before the bell rang and they would all start whispering and pointing at him. The teacher was usually already in the room, so kids could not confront him yet. Then they would take attendance, the teacher would demand where he was at and the lesson would continue.

The next class however was not as simple.

"Where were you at druggie?" Jake (Isabella's boyfriend) asked while giving Alex a shove.

"I had my tonsils taken out..." Alex said in a cold voice.

"Oh, just like the time you had the got the flu, got hit by a car, got the chicken pox, got strep throat, got your appendix taken out and got in a bike accident?" Jake said with a sneer.

"Exactly" Alex said, looking Jake straight in the eyes.

Jake got really annoyed, what was with this kid? He was not even getting really mad. He debated what he should say for a couple seconds or if he should just start a fight.

"We will settle the rest of this at soccer practice tomorrow." Jake said and quickly walked back to his desk right as the teacher walked in.

Alex responded by rolling his eyes and then went back to copying the notes that Tom had given him. It was a black day so Alex did not have any classes with Tom. And he only had one with Isabella.

The day ended with nothing else exciting really happening. Him and Isabella just ignored each other during the class they had together and he just skipped lunch. People did not expect him to eat anyways because he just had his "tonsils" taken out. Besides, where would he sit? He did not have lunch with Tom today. He also did not really feel like sitting at the table he usually sat at with a few soccer kids that would constantly ask him where he was the whole lunch.

He was relieved when the bell rang and quickly got on his bike and rode home. There were never any practices on Thursday's so him and Isabella would both be home around three even though he would probably get home a few minutes before her.

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Isabella got a phone call right when she was about to get off the bus.

"Isabella! Don't go into your house! Druggie Rider is robbing it! No need to worry, I called the police and they are on their way! I also took a picture and posted it on facebook, so everybody in the school will know that he really is a thief by tomorrow!"

There was no response, Isabella's phone dropped to the ground.

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Authors Note: Thank you for reading! Oh yea, Alex's school has block scheduling where they have blocks 1,3,5 and 7 on black days and 2,4,6 and study hall on gold days. They switch back and forth every other day. I don't know if every school is like that? If you are confused you can PM me. Oh yea, do you think Isabella and Alex should try to cover up what happened or tell them the truth? Maybe they should stick to the thief story or they could pretend to be a couple? PLEASE REVIEW! Thanks again to ReillyscarecrowRocks for helping me with the plot.