Chapter13 Really?
Authors Note: Thank you to everybody who has reviewed and to Marie Elaine Cullen for Betaing! Hope you enjoy! Please read and REVIEW!
Disclaimer: I don't own Alex Rider and probably never will:(
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Isabella slammed her laptop shut; school tomorrow was going to be VERY interesting.
The next morning came way too fast for Isabella. It took her about twenty minutes just to get herself out of bed. She didn't even want to get back on facebook. Is this what Alex felt like every time he came back from a long absence? Ignoring the thought, she threw on a sweatshirt and jeans, not wanting to stand out in anyway. She was afraid of what everybody in the school would think of her by the end of the day. Her phone had rung about five times before she went to bed, just to remind her of what life was going to be like tomorrow. She had ignored all of the calls and eventually just turned her phone off.
Isabella had always known that it would be absolutely horrible when the whole school found out about her and Alex. But, now that they actually were going to find out and the fact thatJake was involved,it seemed to be ten times worse than she had imagined.
Her clock read 6:30 and she still had about a half an hour before she needed to go downstairs. Feeling very stupid for always getting up extra early to get ready, she sat down and pouted for the next half an hour. None of her hard work for getting dressed up and trying to act all cool was going to matter after today. Isabella was probably going to have no friends and she was probably going to be an outcast, just like Alex. There was only one difference this time; Alex probably wouldn't even be her friend. She remembered a time when almost anybody in the entire school would jump at the opportunity to hang out with her. It made her sick to the stomach when she remembered that time was only two days ago. Trying her best to erase all of these thoughts, she ran down the stairs.
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Alex had woken up at six thirty. He knew that today was certainly going to be interesting. He didn't care though. He was used to much worse and all of his classmates ignored him anyways. Tom wouldn't care. He would probably find the whole situation hilarious. That was Tom for you though. After taking a quick shower and getting dressed Alex ran quietly down the stairs only to be met by Isabella a few minutes later.
"Hey, umm... I was wondering if I could ride my umm bike to school with you this morning..." Isabella asked Alex very nervously. Riding the bus was definitely out of the question and she didn't know the way to school on her bike and she wasn't used to crossing roads and all of that stuff.
Alex just stared at her like she was crazy for a couple of minutes before answering. Wasn't this the most popular girl in the school? The one who wouldn't dare look at him, let alone talk to him as of two days ago? And, now all of a sudden she was willing to ask him to ride bikes with her to school? He found girls so confusing...
"Sure?" He said, while studying her face very carefully. It was almost like you could see her sigh with relief.
"But, we will have to go right now. It usually takes me about fifteen minutes to get there on bike. With you here it might take a little longer, especially if you are not used to riding your bike five miles at a time."
Alex could tell Isabella was a little offended by the comment and that she wanted to make some quick rude remark. But, she didn't dare to. She knew Alex could ditch her in a second and she had also seen him pass the bus on the way to school. It always looked like he was going a billion miles an hour. So, the only option she had was to agree.
Five minutes later Alex found himself riding his bike, across the busy streets of London, with Isabella right at his side. She didn't have a problem keeping up, but Alex was going a lot slower than usual. He figured at this pace they would end up at the school in about twenty-five minutes. They weren't talking, but it was a comfortable silence. Even though Alex would never admit it he was kind of enjoying it. He snapped out of his thoughts and scolded himself for even thinking those thoughts when they got to school.
He showed Isabella how to lock her bike up and then they slowly walked into the noisy school. All of a sudden the noise stopped and everything became totally silent. All eyes were on Isabella and Alex.
Authors Note: Thanks for reading! Hope you enjoyed! Some of you mentioned making Isabella an outcast with Alex. But, I was thinking that the whole situation would make Isabella even more popular. Now I can't decide... Anyways, PLEASE tell me what you think and REVIEW!:)