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Chloe's POV (Present Day)
I had just walked into my small apartment after picking up my daughter from daycare. I walked into Laena's room and sat down with her on the
rocking chair. It had been a long day as usual and the same kind of day it had been for the past 2 years almost since I left San Francisco. Though I could
remember the day I left like it was just yesterday. I had made one of the hardest decision of my life that day...
Flash Back
I had almost died again that night and I would be down to 7 lives if it hadn't been for Alek. If Alek would have listened to me when I said I just wanted to
be alone that night I would be dead. I wasn't looking for trouble that night but of course when I just need some time away from being Mai and everything,
the Order decided attack me that night. It was a drizzling out as I walked down pier I stared at the sky thinking of all that has happened since I turned 16
and transformed. I thought about Brian and how we could never be more then friends. How Alek had admitted his feelings for me, and when I thought
about it they were there all along I just never saw or thought of him like that. I knew I had feelings for Alek too but I also still had them for Brian and I
knew no matter what I did someone was going to get hurt. As I continued walking the rain started to pick up a little as did the wind but I didn't mind. The
breeze felt good against my face. I have wished hundreds of times that my life was normal, I hated lying to my mom, and that she couldn't know the real
me. I was lost in my thoughts when out of now where a flying star shoots past my right side from behind an inch from my ear. I snap out of my thoughts
and turn around and see 5 guys dressed in black standing at at least 6 feet tell. My panic side kicks in, I think how stupid I was to tell Alek and Jasmine I
didn't need anyone watching me and for once they actually listened. One of the men steps up and says "Looks like the Uniter is all alone for once. Makes it
easier for us to kill you." He gives me a smile the ones that send shivers down your spine. Two of the men run at me and I mange to knock one of them
out but then the other pins me down when I wasn't looking. The rest join the man holding me down and form a circle around me. The only thing I can
mange to call out is Alek's name before I black out. I wake up to someones arms around me carrying me as they run. The blurriness clears out of my eyes
and I look up into the deep brown chocolate eyes and realize they belong to Alek. He look's down and realizes I have woken he says to me "Stay with me
Chloe were almost home." I try to say something back but nothing escapes my mouth. We finally get to Valentina's apartment and he sets me down on his
bed and goes to grab the medical kit. I can hear him on his phone trying to call what I guess to be Valentina or Jasmine but he can't and I hear him curse
at his phone. He walks back in and gets to work on cleaning out my cuts and bandaging them up. When he is finished he sits down next to me and just
gives me a look of concern, I go to sit up and he puts his hand behind my back to help me up. We just stare into each others eyes which seems like for
forever until I finally break down. Alek's opens up his arms and I bury my head into his chest and let the tears fall he starts to rub my back. I pull back a
little to look up at him and we slowly start to lean in and are lips connect it felt like we were the only ones in the world. Out of know where he breaks the
kiss and gets up to leave but as he is about to leave I am finally able to speak but the only words that come out are "don't go." He stops and looks at me
for what seemed like hours, then walks back to the bed and before I could say anything else our lips meet for the second time. The kiss is filled with so
much love then I could ever imagine. That night was filled with so much passion and love I never knew we felt for each other. The next morning I awoke to
a feeling of warmth and a strong pairs of arms around me I turned around and saw Alek sleeping peacefully. I slowly pried myself out of his grip with out
waking him, got dressed, and was out the door. I needed to clear my head and talk to someone. I picked up my phone and dialed Amy. She agreed to meet
meat my house in 10 minutes I ran home using my Mai speed the wind helped me clear my head and process what had happened last night. I used the
key hidden under the rock to open the door because I left my keys in my room. I walked in to the kitchen happy that my mom was still on a business trip,
there would be no way to explain me getting in this late. I made a pot of coffee and sat on a stool and waited for Amy. The doorbell rang a couple minutes
later and I got up to let Amy in. She sat down on a stool and I got two coffee mugs and poured us some coffee, and then took a seat next to her. I took a
couple of sips and then began to tell her everything that happened last night. By the end of it I was crying she wrapped her arms around me telling it
would be okay but I didn't see how it would be. Amy then said "What are you gonna do about Brian." I had no idea what I was gonna do about Brian. I said
to Amy "I know I have feelings for Alek but I also think I am in love with Brian but I don't wanna be." The minute the words came out I was even more
confused and broke down in tears again, I couldn't understand how I could be in love with two people. Amy said "who love who you love." After about and
hour or so I stopped crying again and she told me she would call me later and I should go lay down. I told her thanks for coming and made my way
upstairs. As I opened the door I saw Alek standing by my window with the look of hurt in his eyes when he looked at me he said "who love who you love."
I took a step forward and started to say something but he interrupted me saying "I guess I never really stood a chance did I? I was afraid I was making a
fool of myself, sometimes I hate being right." I tried to explain to him "Alek its not how it sounded." Alek just kept looking at me with hurt and said "Oh
really because it sounded like you said you were in love with him." "I don't know what I am. Im sorry but it doesn't matter because we both know I can't
be with him" I said. Alek was fast to speak "And thats suppose to make me feel better? I don't want you to choose me because i'm the only option." No
matter what I said nothing was working "I'm not choosing anyone." Alek started to walk alway as he said "I think you already have." I couldn't move it felt
like I was frozen as I watched the man I loved walk away without giving me a chance to explain. He then turned to me and said "And I think your making
a huge mistake." Thats when my phone went off and I looked down it was a text from Paul god he had the worst timings, I ignored it and looked up hoping
to explain but he was gone. I wanted to go after him but what could I say to fix this I just stood their shocked, thats when I realized it I wasn't in love with
Brian I never was I only liked what he represented. He was a figure to the human life I wanted, I thought as long as he was around I could still be human.
Well at least pretend to be, but Alek he was Mai and could give me everything I needed and protect me. But I was too late Alek would never forgive me or
listen to what I had to say. What had happened last night between us would be forgotten. I had to get out of here this town and fast. So that's what I did I
opened up my laptop and booked the first flight out New York City. I got my suitcase out of the closet and just started throwing everything in that I
thought I would need, I didn't have time to think. When I was all packed up I wrote four letters before I left, one to my mom saying I was sorry for leaving
without a goodbye, that I would be safe, and call when I could. The second was to Amy and Paul telling them I just had to get away and start fresh
somewhere. Next I wrote one to Jasmine telling her not to look for me I would keep my self safe and out of trouble and she shouldn't worry. The last I
wrote to Alek telling him that I loved him more then I could possibly have managed, that I was sorry for hurting him, telling him that all along it was him I
wanted but I knew it was too late, I told him to forget about me and move on, and lastly that I would always love him. I left the one for my mom's on the
kitchen table, Amy's and Paul's I left in Amy's mailbox, and I left Jasmines's and Alek's on my roof knowing they would be found eventually. After I was
finished I took a cab to the airport and got on the plane and was gone before anyone knew. I knew that it was the right choice at least I thought then at
the time.
End Of Flashback
Present Day
Every time I thought of that memory I would tear up, but I knew it was for the best. I put Laena down in her crib, then went off to my room. The minute
I laid down on my bed I broke into tears. When I first arrived in New York I found a cheap apartment and got a job right away. A few months after I had
moved here I started getting morning sickness, I panicked and went to a doctor. I couldn't be sick but after I went to the doctor I wished it was just the flu
but instead I found out was pregnant. I had no idea what to do at first I thought about going back but I knew I couldn't, I had to stick this out and raise
this child on my own. A couple weeks before I was due I called Jasmine I hadn't talk to her at all since I left. She couldn't believe I was calling and when I
told her I was pregnant that was even more of a shock. Jasmine said she would come out for the birth and bring Amy and my mom, she agreed not to tell
anyone else. Right before I was about to hang up the phone she asked the question I was dreading "Is Alek the father?" I thought about telling her the
truth or not but instead I just said "It doesn't even matter. See you soon." Then I hung up before she could ask anything else. They were here for the birth
and stayed a little bit after because I refused to come home and they wanted to help me get into the swing of things raising a child. When they left I had
agreed to email them everyday and they could visit every so often. When I first came here I thought it was for the best, I knew Alek wouldn't even be able
to see my face, and when Laena came along I knew I thought about going back but I knew Alek wound't take me back and it was better he didn't know
about her. I heard Laena start to cry, I walked out of my room to hers and walked over to her crib and picked her up. Then walked to the kitchen to heat
up her bottle. Once it was warm I carried her over and sat down on the couch. As I stared down at my beautiful baby girl she had just turned one a week
ago and she was already getting big. Laena looked so much like her father, she had his chocolate brown eyes, his blonde hair, and every time I saw her
smile I saw him smiling at me. After she finished her bottle I rocked her to sleep and put her back in her crib. I went back to my room to check my email. I
had 4 emails, one from Paul saying he was missing being my side kick it made me chuckle a little which I don't do often these days I replied saying I
missed him too. The second was from my mom still telling me everyday she misses me and wishes I would come home I told her I loved her but just
couldn't. Next was from Amy saying she missed her best friend and had no one to talk to and also she wanted to come up and spend my 18th birthday
with me in but I told her I didn't wanna celebrate it so there was no point. I knew it was wrong to say and that I should spend my birthday that was in 3
days with the people I cared for but couldn't bare to say good bye again when it was time for them to leave. The last email was from Jasmine and I had to
read it 10 times to process what it said and even after that I couldn't believe what she said and I didn't wanna. Alek was engaged ENGAGED for crying out
loud, I didn't know how to feel or what to do. My heart stopped when I read it. She also said that he never looks at her like he looked at me, that he is still
heartbroken and was only doing this to show he wasn't hurting which was a lie. She said she was sorry for having to tell me like this but she said I should
know. The last thing she said and I knew she was right was it's time for me to come home now. After I finished reading that I knew it was time, I had to go
home now before it was too late.
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