A/N: Hi! This is my first fanfic so please be nice! :3 I hope you like it!
Summary: Alex is acting weird around Ian, can Ian figure it out before it's too late? This takes place BEFORE Stormbreaker.

Disclaimer! I DO NOT OWN ALEX RIDER OR ANY CHARACTER IN THIS IT ALL BELONGS TO Anthony Horowitz!

Chapter One

Alex walked home from school on Friday. Finally he got to the front door of his house and let out a sigh of relief. It was nice to be home. It hadn't been a good day, his stomach had been aching horribly all day. He almost passed out at lunch. Suddenly he heard the phone ring. "Hey Alex I wanted to let you know I'm going to be home for dinner alright?" said Alex's uncle Ian. Who everyone just called Ian.

"Alright, I think Jack's going to be home soon," answered Alex smiling thinking about the fiery, red-headed American.

"Cool, I'll talk to you later than Alex."

"Bye." As Alex put the phone down his stomach suddenly gave a painful lurch, leaving Alex gasping on the floor. Thinking he should maybe call 911 (A/N I don't know if in England the emergency number is 911). He stood up again and walked to the couch and plops down to watch TV until Jack comes home.

"Hey Alex I'm home!" came a sing song voice of Jack.

"Hey Jack, how was the store?" asked Alex.

"It was so crowded! I tried to get some pudding for dessert and it was totally sold out!" fumed Jack. But Alex was in so much pain from his stomach he wasn't really paying attention to Jack's babbling. "Alex? Alex! Are you okay?" Jack said, suddenly worried when Alex didn't reply to her question.

"Huh? Oh sorry wasn't thinking about school. What did you ask?" replied Alex.

"I said, did Ian call? I thought you said he'd be home soon."

"Oh yeah he just did, he said he'd be home for dinner."

"Good, I'm making some pasta and garlic bread, sound good?"

"Mhm..." Inwardly Alex groaned he felt so sick the last thing he wanted to do was eat. Jack rushed off to the kitchen to make dinner, while Alex went upstairs to try and feel better with a shower. He got out feeling worse, but he heard his Ian's voice downstairs and forgot the stomach pain for a minute feeling excited that his uncle was home. "IAN!" Alex exclaimed happily.

"Hey kiddo, how have you been?" chuckled Ian ruffling Alex's hair.

"I'm good, how was your business trip?"

"Ah good, busy."

"Dinnnneeerrr!" called Jack from the dining room.

"Mmmmm smells good eh?" said Ian.

"Sure..." said Alex.

A/N: Alrighty! First chapter's done! Hope you liked it, but please no flames if you didn't ~_~ sorry if the Alex might be a little OCC.