Alex Rider: Moving On

We finally get to see an emotional moment between Alex and Sabina. I'll try to make this chapter as long as possible. Just bear with me on this. It will serve as an important part of this story.

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Chapter Eight:

"I Love You"

Alex knew what lied ahead for him. He could feel it in his stomach as he approached the front door of the Pleasure house. He hesitated as he put his hand on the door handle. Slowly, he opened it and went inside.

Feeling hungry, Alex went to the kitchen and turned on a light. Looking through the refriguator, Alex took the entire gallon of orange juice and leftover pizza. He ate while standing up at the counter.

It didn't take long for Alex to know that he wasn't alone in the kitchen. He could feel the presence of someone else right behind him. But he knew who it was.

Sabina!

"Where did you go last?" her voice was full of anger. She didn't even bother to hide it.

Alex groaned and turned around to face her.

Sabina stood there, her arms crist-crossed on her chest. Wearing her favirote Lord of the Rings robe and make-up. Even when she had an angry face, Alex saw her as the most beautiful thing in the world.

"Well?" she raised her eyebrows. "Are you going to tell me?"

Alex looked to the ground and back at her. He knew that lying wasn't going to work. He knew that she figured it all out. She was the smartest one in the house.

"Sabina..." he barely said the word. "I know that you figured it out about me. Being a spy in all."

Sabina didn't show any shock look. Either she didn't care or she had suspected it. Alex was impressed by this.

"So it is true!" she acknowledged. "After all this time! You have been lying to me and going on these death-trap missions! No wonder you have so many bruises than before! I always thought that it was from the stunts that you do...!"

"I partly told the truth!" Alex said. "Just not all of it!"

Sabina's face light up red and she rushed forward, pointing her finger at him. Alex backed up against the counter. If there was anything that he has learned about living with the Pleasures, it was not to test Sabina.

"Don't tell me that bullcrap stuff, Alex Rider!" she nearly screamed.

Alex raised his arms in the air. Trying to calm down Sabina.

Tears began to form in Sabina's eyes, but she managed to keep her face as serious as possible.

"This is about Jack, isn't it?" it was more of a statement than a question. Sabina knew that she was right.

Alex took control and shook his head. "No! It isn't because of that!"

"Don't lie to me! I know that it is!" Sabina moved a little more closer to him. "Alex, what happened to Jack wasn't your fault! It was Scorpia's fault! Grief's fault! Razim's fault! But they are now dead! They got their punishment! It is all over!"

Alex shook his head.

"Not for me. I have to live with this... pain... every single day. I tried everything. Everything! The only thing that helps me is you Sabina! But I can't have you around me all the time!"

The tears began to fall down Sabina's cheeks. This made Alex begin to form tears of his own. He didn't like seeing her like this.

"So you run back to the very thing that claimed the lives of your parents, your uncle, and even Jack?! You thought that you could escape the pain?!" Sabina's voice was raising now.

"I may not like it, but it numbs the pain that I feel inside! I can't take it anymore! I've given everything for this world and in the end I lost everything that I have cared about! I feel so alone! There are times that I wish that I was dead!" Alex allowed the tears come. He allowed them to fall from his eyes and down his cheeks. He could almost taste the salt from them.

Sabina was now pouring it all out. Her cheeks were almost completely wet. Her eyes were now red from the crying.

"Alex... I'm... sorry for everything that you were forced to go through," she said with a calm voice. "But you are not alone. You have me. My parents. All is not lost for you."

Alex couldn't bear to look at her and turned away. He left a soft, warm hand touch his cheek and pull his head over to look at her. Sabina was now very close. He could smell the perfume from her skin.

They stare into each other's eyes for a while.

"I love you, Alex!" Sabina said. "I loved you the moment we met in Wimbledon!"

Alex felt his heart skip a beat.

"I love you too," he said.

Without thinking, Alex and Sabina kissed. Their lips met and they stayed that way for a long while. The kiss was full of anger. It was also filled with unspoken words that have been living inside of their heads for a long time now.

Alex moved his arms around Sabina's waist and Sabina's moved her arms around Alex's neck. They pulled each other closer to one another. They didn't want the moment to end. Not ever.

Suddenly, Alex's cell phone rang inside his pocket.

Alex and Sabina moved away from each other.

Alex took out his cell phone and recognized the "Unknown" caller on it. He looked up at Sabina, who was now wiping the tears from her eyes.

"Sabina..." he barely spoke. "I'm sorry... but..."

"Just go! Alex, just go! Run back to them! For all I care!" she yelled the words and ran from the kitchen and up the stairs. Alex could hear her door slam.

Looking back at the phone, Alex answered it.

"Hello."

Joe's voice came on. "Alex! Sorry to call again, but we got a serious problem! Are you willing to spare a couple more hours?!"

Alex took a look up the stairs. He wanted to tell Joe to go to hell and hang up. He wanted to go comfort Sabina. To be with her. His heart begged for it.

"Sure," he said, forcefully. "What's the mission?"

Annnnddddddd cut! That's a wrap for chapter eight! Now off to do chapter nine! Sure hope that you guys enjoyed it!

For those who have been waiting for Area 51... this is it! The next few chapters will be centered around it!

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