AN: I do not own the idea of Alex Rider or the book series. However, I do owe this fanfiction story and any copying of it without my permission will be reported to this website. Also, Alex has four classes each ead and lasts for 90 days. Then he switches to another set of classes for the last 90 days of his school year. Right now, he is taking his classes for the spring semester. Also, I switched the person-tense for the scene where Alex is teaching Sabina Karate. It is easier to describe how Alex is moving this way up until the end of the chapter in thrid tense. The rest of the chapter is in first tense. -

First period passed by in a total blur. It ranged from correcting various German compositions for grammer and vocabulary errors to communicating with an assigned German student (from Germany!) in both German and English. While communicating, I had to speak through various German accents and my "penpal" Annelie, practiced her English in various American (and sometimes English) accents. My teacher was Herr Braun. He's of German descent and can also speak Spanish. Annelie on the otherhand was born in raised just a little south of Berlin. She went into the big city every weekend to do various types of shopping for her and her family.

In my second period class, I had Art 1. Sabina and Tom were also in the same class. This class is by far the easiest I have ever taken. Tom was just starting his tessellation project (along with the majority of the class) where he had to create a piece of artwork by applying both rhythm and movement in his work. I on the other handwas completing my independent notes with the remaining class on Harmony, variety and unity. Sabina was also aking notes on the same thing as well as Ben, Alice and George. My grade in art was a 100 and it has been like that for the past 9 weeks. Sabina had a 98 and Tom had a 94.

Third period was Marine Biology. I was - in a way - stuck with this class. I tried to take Italian 1, but the teacher who taught it had to resign suddenly. She developed thyroid cancer. It's not that I do not like Marine Biology, it's just that I took it was I was attending Brookland. At least my new school allowed me to become a teacher assistant for the class. My weekly assignments were basically just running errands.

Fourth period was my last class of the day. Each class lasted about and hour and a half. This period was Biology - Honors. The class itself was not difficult at all - just... busy. Each night, I would spend an hour or two reading and annotating as much of the textbook chapters as I could. Once that was finished, I starteed on the assigned worksheets or began my vocabulary drills. The text in the textbook was easy to follow - if you understood what the big worsd meant.

On monday, Wednesday and Thrusday afternoons, I practiced various soccer drills with my team for two hours. Being one of the youngest soccer captains ever, I had a reputation to maintain. The first 30 minutes of each practice session, I was in control. Coach Henderson also taught baseball and therefore was unable to attend the beginning of each soccer practice.

"Alright everyone! Stretch time is over. Two mile run starting now! We have 25 minutes to run all eight laps around the track. Go!" I called out in a loud - but not quite at a yell voice. Groans erupted everywhere and I just smiled to myself. 'Wimps.' I thought. When I was in the SAS, I had to run 3.5 miles everyday. Tom who was also on the team, looked at me with a vicious grin. He knew the truth about me. Together, we began to run as well. At Brookland, it was required to run 2 miles, twice a week in gym. This was nothing for him as well.

Off in the distance, Sabina stood with the cheerleaders. They were huddled together over a stereo of some sort, clearly debating on the next music and cheer moves for the next cheerleading competition. Sabina was a flyer and loved every moment of it. She also played Volleyball and Tennis. Sabina was well known throughout the school.

"So Alex," Tom began once he cought up to me on the track, "What are you planning on doing this weekend?" I laughed.

"I dont know, yet. I'm free anytime after 12 pm. Why?" I replied as we turned the first corner of the track.

"I don't know. Wanna see a movie Saturday night? That new war film-" Tom stopped himself suddenly. He knew he accidently stepped into enemy territory when it can to anything about spies and wars. "Oh my god! Alex, I-I so sorry! I forgot." Tom was instantly worried. He knew how I felt about anything having to do with the military. "

It's fine tom. Don't worry. I'm doing better now. Let's go see that movie. I'd love to see the good guys kick some bad guy butt!" Tom laughed.

"You know Alex, If I did not know any better, I'd say that sounded a little forced. We were 2/3 down the long stretch of the track and was getting ready to round the turn that was comming up.

"Fine! You cought Me!" I replied. Throwing my hands into the air as if surrendering. "But really, I do want to go and see that movie with you." That was the truth, somewhat. I did want to go to see a movie with Tom. Any movie really. Just not that one.

"You sure? We could always drag Sabina and watch a chick-flick. You know its fun watching her squrim throughout those movies." Tom chuckled to himself. "You know she hates those."

I laughed again. It was true though. Sabina liked every movie genre except romance. Any other kind of movie and Sabina would go in an instant. I knew this because she would tell me how these types of movies were always too slow and that nothing really good ever happened. Pkus, screaming girls really was not her thing. If there was any other movie in a different genre, that still had a little romance in it. It was not a problem. There was always the non-romance scenes that she looked foreward to that would keep her attention. "No Tom. The first one you mentioned is good enough." I replied as we rounded the second turn.

After practice was over, I took a shower in the boys locker room before heading out to wait by the car. Shortly after, Sabina arrived and she drove us to the karate dojo where my classes waited for me. Sabina always waited while I taught both of the hour-long lessons to a group of kids - one for the yellow belt group and the other for the red belt group. After the hour long session for the red belt group was finished, Sabina and I would have the studio to ourselves. Sensei Ricardi, would tell me to close up for the night once Sabina and I were finished, he even gave me a spare set of keys to keep to help with that task more easily. This didn't bother me at all though - what was about to happen (though I didn't know it at the time) did.

"Sabina, I'm finished now. Come join me on the mats." I called out to her.

"Okay. Let me put my homework up first." She replied. Two minutes later, she was out on the mats, ready to go. "So, what do you want to teach me oh wise and all knowning one." She smriked. Good old Sabina.

"How about some respect? I could always make you do push-ups." My restort was a joke and she knew it. Her reply is even better.

"With pleasure, do you want me to do that with one hand or two? Cause I can do it with one finger." Her face was straight and serious now. I copied her facial look with ease.

"That wont be necessary. Let's start with the side thrust kick."

"Okay." Sabina brightened up. Kicking was her favorite thing about karate, like me.

"Alright. So, to start this move, you are going to go into the kibidachi(AN: Sorry if I butchered this name!) stance. Like so." Alex effortlessly moved into the stance. He stood with his legas apart while moving his elbows behind him. His shoulders were back and his fists were balled up. "Now, this move works the best when a guard is on the left or right side of you. You are going to bring your foot to your knee. Now move your leg out. Your leg should be straight and your knee should be leg with the leg - straight basically. Not bendt." Alex was informing Sabina all this while he moved though each motion. "Make sure you aim for your opponets knees. This move will cause him to bend down enough for you to deliver the final blow. Once you have struck his knee, you will need to bring you leg back in like so. Then move it down and back into your fighting stance. Now, you try." Alex finished.

Alex worked with Sabina for about 40 minutes on this move before finishing up with reviewing of the basic forms of blocking like the rising and fack blocks. Then, Sabina let her guard down when she wasn't supposed to. Alex attacked , as promised as while ago when he started teaching Sabina karate. Quickly realizing the situation, Sabina reacted quickly and blocked Alex's roundhouse kick.

"What in the hell are you doing Alex?" Sabina shouted.

"You let your guard down when you were not supposed to. So, I attacked."

Alex was moving back into his position, ready to respond with a move from Sabina if he needed to.

"Yeah, because the lesson is over now. It's been an hour." Sabina snapped back. Fury shown in her eyes. Causing Alex to almost flinch.

"Yes, Sabina, you are right about the time. But, if you let your guard down, even for one second, can cost you your life." A quick emotion flashed accross Alex's eyes. Sadness and despair. It was what costed Ian his life.

"Oh." Sabina was quick to understand what had happened. "I understand now." Then without warning, Sabina lashed out using the side thrust kick and kicked Alex in the knee. Hard. Alex's face twisted in pain. Sure enough, a nasty bruise had formed and was now showing its ugliness.

"Ow! Sabina, I didn't mean it like that!"

A moment later, Alex replied: "Let's get going now. It's almost 9." With that Sabina and Alex gathered their things. Sabina walked out of the studio while Alex limped out. Alex locked up the studio for the night and he drove them home. He was glad that it was his left knee that took the hit and not his right. Sabina sucked at driving at night. Alex was starving and he had a lot of homework to complete. He didn't go to bed until 1:30 in the morning. The same was for Sabina.