A/N: there is an kind of pain that comes with writing. It's the worry of not being good enough. So here goes nothing.

Chloe's POV

I was at home alone and I was sitting on my bed using my laptop. Alek wasn't in my peripheral vision but I didn't need to look up to see it was him enter my room.

"Hey, Alek."

"Damn, how did you know it was me?" he said.

"You're starting to slip up and get sloppy" I smirked, while still not looking up from my laptop.

"Am not" he said in his I admit gorgeous British accent.

"You so are. If I can sense you then that is saying something" I said finally looking up.

"First of all, you don't give yourself enough credit. Second of all, am not" he whined.

"What, you gonna pout, too?" I teased and I heard jasmine laugh on the room. Alek then glared at the ceiling.

"So why are you here?" I asked Alek seriously.

"I heard you been looking for information about your biological parents" he said and I stopped typing. You see I have been looking into them, but I had to know. Maybe they were dead, but maybe I could find someone who knew them enough. Even though I love my mom I feel a connection to my biological parents.

"I have."

"Why?"

"Since I became the uniter, I have been wondering about the kind of people they were. my mom actually suggested I find information on them after I told her that I was Mai."

"and how will you find them without names?" he said and I looked at my keyboard nervously.

"Chloe..."

"I got Valentina to do a blood test" I admitted, biting my bottom lip.

"what? and you didn't tell me!" he said.

"I didn't think it was important to you or any of your business" I said staring at him.

"it might not be my business, but it is important to me" he said sitting next to me.

"really? Why?" I said incredulously.

"because I want to help."

"fine you get to help. what do you want to know?"

"Everything."

"all I have are a couple of names and connections. they were Dmitry and Kateryna Korol'. my birth name was Chloe Kateryna Koroleva. which I thought that was strange until I figured out some of the Russian and Ukrainian rule for naming their kids."

"and the connections you found?"

"a family friend. his name is Daniel and before you say anything he checks out. I've video chatted with him a couple of times. he said I have a few things from my parents waiting for me in Ukraine, including my mother's journal. which after asking my mom, I had it sent over along with a few other things." I said.

"he?" he said and I rolled my eyes.

"yes. he"

"when is this... package coming?"

"sometime this week" I said. that's when my mom came from work.

"Chloe, I'm home! and the package is here!" she said.

"I'll be right down, mom!" I answered.

"can I see it?" Alek whispered, excitedly.

"I'll show it to you tomorrow" I said going downstairs. after that I said hello to my mom, read some of my mother's journal, and went to bed. before I went to sleep I called Daniel.

"hey Daniel" I said.

"hey how's it going?" he asked.

"good. I got my mother's journal today, along with her quill, old ink bottles, and photo album" I tell him.

"great, that's fantastic! how do you like it so far?"

"I love it. I might just learn something about my parents now."

"that's wonderful!"

"yeah, I also told Alek about you today" I giggled.

"how did react?" he asked. I could here the smile in his voice.

"exactly how I thought he would. he was jealous, thought I found another boy to flirt with. he probably still doesn't believe me after I told him you were just a family friend" I said.

"Really? I'm mean your pretty and all, but you're not my type."

"you should tell him that" I said and we laughed.

"oh Basset, I should have taken a picture!" I continued.

"well, I guess we should both get to sleep" he said sadly.

"talk to you tomorrow. goodnight, Daniel" I said just as sad.

"goodnight, Chloe." he said and there went the lights.

the next day: Friday

I walked into the school early morning. I saw Amy and Paul wave at me from a table in the yard. I sat down and talked them about the latest couple hooked up when Alek sat down right in front of me.

"so you got the journal" he said.

"yes, I got the journal. its in my bag, but take care of it as if it were one of my own lives" I said handing it to Alek and he immediately started to read it.

"journal?" Amy asked.

"you know how I told you about how Daniel sent me my mother's journal. that's it" I said pointing at the journal.

"pooh" she said.

"wait- you told her about the journal before you told me. so unfair" Alek complained.

"what can I say I've known Amy since I was two. she gets to now before everybody else, besides since when was anything fair" I grinned. jasmine then came over to our table.

"so parents. what do we do now?" she said.

"I won't know much until I get my mother's journal back" I said glaring at Alek.

"fine" he said giving me the journal.

"there full names were, Dmitry Kuzminovich Korol and Kateryna Stanislavovna Korol. my birth name was Chloe Kateryna Koroleva" I told

them. wow those names were a mouth full.

"did I hear a Ukrainian accent when you spoke?" jasmine wondered.

"I think you did" Alek said in amazement.

"which reminds me, were all going to Ukraine this summer? I asked my mom and Valentina this morning and they said yes" I said smiling.

"so all of us are going, including me and Paul?" Amy asked.

"all of us. me, you, jasmine Alek, Paul, my mom and Valentina" I explained to her.

"why are both our moms going?" jasmine asked.

"that was the catch to this whole thing. they go or none of us go" I said.

"so do you have everything set summer is less than a month away?" Alek reminded me. it was the third week of may.

"yeah where are we staying at?" Amy asked excitedly.

"my parent's house."

"huh?" they all asked.

"apparently, the house they used to live in, or I used to live in, is still standing tall and proud. the house is another thing included in

my parent's will" I said.

"how does the place look like?" jasmine asked.

"don't know. Daniel keeps telling me he wants it to be a surprise" I said exasperated. The bell then rang and we went to class.

About a month later:

We were on the plane to Ukraine, just three hours away from landing. my mom and Valentina were a few seats in the back of us. Me, Jasmine and Alek were sharing a row. While paul and amy were right next to us.

"where is this house?" Alek asked.

"the house is in Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine" I said smiling.

"that's 274 miles from Odessa" Alek said wide eyed and pale faced.

"huh?" I asked confused.

"Odessa is where Alek was born, but I don't see how that's important" jasmine said. My eyes widened

"the distance isn't what is important. the fact that me and Alek might have met before is" I said.

A/N: oh my goddess! Let's see what happens next.