A/N: So many things.

First: I would like to apologize. No update for two years? That is a ridiculous time to wait. However, school and life got in the way of writing fanfiction. However, in this absence, I have grown and (hopefully) my writing has become more sophisticated. That said, this was written in about ten minutes and without any research, so don't kill me there.

Second: I would like to thank every single person who has reviewed this story. All 130 reviews have been insightful and wonderful. I would like to thank you all for supporting this story and following it despite enormous breaks between chapters.

Thank you.

Disclaimer: I do not own the Alex Rider series. The ten things I write about each character is not Anthony Horowitz's intention for these characters.

10 Things You Probably Didn't Know About ASH:

1) Oh, he was so jealous. So very jealous. John had the perfect life, his dream girl, this way of taking everyone's insecurities and doubts and eliminating them when he smiled. Ash was no exception, but after the smile left, after it was clear that John was always the winner, his eyes would narrow every-so-slightly and he would pick at his lip, and John would offer him ChapStick and Ash would feel his stomach heat up and he would just want to scream.

But he wouldn't.

2) His favorite childhood story was The Turtle and the Hare.

3) In comprehensive school, he had two good friends and a long-time girlfriend, Lila. She broke up with him the day his father moved out.

4) His favorite shirt had four of eight buttons remaining and holes in the elbows. It was yellow, and he wore it every Saturday.

5) He flossed obsessively.

6) John swept Helen off of her feet. She fell for him quickly, passionately, without looking back.

Without looking back at the man who had been trying for years to get her to look at him the way she looked at John the first time she operated on him.

7) He would never admit it, but he had a great respect for Nicolas Cage.

8) He was the middle child in a loving family of five children and one mother.

9) Every time he passed the produce section in a food store, he would hum a hit from Motown.

10) It was never a decision to betray John – there was never any doubt about that betrayal. That was an instinct.

Helen was supposed to stay home with Alex.

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