Yes, my chapters are short. I know.

But hey, this is my first fan fiction, and I'm working on it.

But that means it takes longer. SO. MUCH. LONGER.

Three weeks is SO not enough time.

That and I am terible at conversations and interhuman contact. Why did I choose a romance?

And in case anyone has forgotten, I do not own Alex Rider.

Also, if anyone can figure out:

A: how the line break thingies work, or

B: The way to give proper MLA format credit for stuff you use for fan fiction, or

C: How to use the review feature (I know this one, but do you?)

Please share your knowledge, or even better, demonstrate how to use the review thingie.

(I can't get the Beta thingie to work either.)

This took way to long.

TTFN

Ramona Fox

Lexi sat in the cafe, sipping herbal tea. Blueberry-pomegranate. No sugar. It had been two weeks sense the started talking again. She and Josh had decided to meet, not for school, but just to talk. Lexi frowned. Was this a date? What were the qualifications of a date anyway? It didn't mater if Josh didn't show up. Lexi had arrived ten minutes early, and Josh was late.

The ringing of a bell sent ripples through the air, indicating the opening of the cafe's wooden door. Two people entered, Josh and another girl. She was slightly shorter than Lexi, with dark hair and blue eyes. Caucasian, and around fifteen or sixteen.

The pair walked over to Lexi's seat. Lexi raised an eyebrow at Josh, a talent she had picked up from her mother.

"Sorry for being late, I told Josh that if he was going on a date, he needed to have a chaperon." The girl said. Then she held out her hand. "I'm Sally Ryner, Josh's sister."

Lexi stood, taking Sally's hand, and trying to remember the rules of introduction that she had learned in a business preparation class. Smile, eye contact, hand out straight, good posture, firm grip. Name, first and last, and say something pleasant.

"Hi, I'm Lexington Carter, but you can call me Lexi. Nice to meet you."

Sabina looked Lexi up and down. Lexi sat straight in her chair, legs crossed, smiling. She was treating this as if it were an interview or formal occasion, not a meeting in a cafe.

Huh. Sabina soon discovered that Lexi was surprisingly good at making small talk. the conversation went something like this:

"So, Lexi, why are you interested in dating my brother?"

"Well, I'm not so sure this counts as a date. we're just friends. But if we do end up dating, I would say that aside from his physical attractiveness, I find his personality both endearing and intriguing."

The girls talked for fifteen more minutes, Sabina deciding that she approved of Lexi enough that Sabina wouldn't file a restraining order. Even if she did seem a little stiff.

"Alright, it's about time for me to leave." Sabina said.

"Drive carefully" Alex said.

Both girls stood and shook hands. "Nice meeting you, Sally." Sabina nodded. "Nice to meet you too, Lexi."

Lexi sighed as she sat down. She hadn't known Sally was coming, but Lexi thought she had passed the overprotective sibling test. Lexi took a sip of her tea and grimaced internally. It was cold.

"So I passed?" Lexi asked Josh, who had been sitting silently through the whole conversation.

Across the street, a man set down a long-distance camera. Slowly, carefully, he hooked it up to the laptop. He downloaded the picture onto the computer. The picture was a high-definition image of a boy and a girl, sitting in a cafe, the girl raising an eyebrow at the boy who was obviously uncomfortable, and trying not to show it.

The man chuckled, a cold, rather foreboding sound. He had been lucky. This photograph and information could make him a rich man overnight. He had found Alex Rider.