I do not The Nine Lives of Chloe King in any way
Chloe POV:
It was a Tuesday night and as usual me and Alek were having a study "date", more like I studied and he, my best friend, teased me for being so worried with something as minor as grades in school. See the thing is we are both from an ancient race that are descended from the Goddess Bastet; we are mai. And I am unlucky enough to be the Uniter of the mai, meaning that I have nine lives to live and that I am somehow supposed to reunite the humans and the mai. I found all of this out 2 years ago at age 14 when I transformed at about the same time Alek did. We've been best friends ever since because he was there for me when I had no one else to explain things to him, he was raised by mai and yes I remember my parents but didn't know about being mai as they were constantly traveling and I normally stayed with my mom's best friends who were actually human. Alek on the other hand was always raised by mai and at age 12 he moved in with his cousin, Jasmine, and Aunt, Valentina. Anyways back on subject we are having our usual Tuesday night study "date" however this one is different from most... he has spent the majority of this one on the phone fighting with Mimi and I am studying all the while listening to Taylor Swift and Scotty McCreery, mine and Alek's favorite type of music is country and it also happens to be Mimi's least favorite. As he starts yelling at Mimi on the phone yet again Taylor Swift's You Belong with Me comes on and I can't help but to think that this song describes how I feel about my best friend very accurately.
You're on the phone with your girlfriend
She's upset
She's going off about something that you said
Cause she doesn't get your humor like I do
I'm in my room
It's a typical Tuesday night
I'm listening to the kind of music she doesn't like
And she'll never know your story like I do
It's true Mimi just doesn't understand Alek I mean he is constantly teasing and joking around and has the hardest time being serious around anyone other than me and Jasmine, his cousin and my other best friend, he's also serious when it comes to basketball, and Mimi can't seem to stand this about him. And she also doesn't understand why every single year on May 12th all he does is stay home, and cry although the only people who know about the crying are me and Jasmine, Alek would NEVER admit to crying in front of anyone from school; May 12th is the day his parents died in one of the many slaughters the Order headed 10 almost 11 years ago, he was six when they were killed. I can relate to how he feels because every November 16th I find it extremely hard to face anyone other than Jasmine or Alek because that is the anniversary of my parents death in another of those senseless slaughters conducted by the Order, I was 5 when my parents died, they died one month before my 6th birthday. The only two days out of the year that me and Alek miss school are the anniversaries of our parents deaths, on May 12th I am there for him and then on November 16th he is there for me and all we need on those days is each other. Even my adoptive mom, Meredith who I love dearly can't seem to comfort on the anniversary of my parents death.
But she wear short skirts
I wear T-shirts
She's cheer captain
And I'm on the bleachers
Dreaming about the day when you wake
And find that what you're looking for has been here the whole time
Again this is true. Mimi wears skanky clothes all the time and Alek being a guy likes when she wears them; me I prefer some dignity and not being seen a slut so I wear clothes that actually fit even though that doesn't seem to get guys attention. Also she's captain of the cheerleaders and Alek's the captain of the basketball team so according to some lame idea about how high school relationships should work they are together. Although I do go to every single one of his games and cheer him on and sometimes I can't help but think that I am the perfect person for him to date but that would only happen in my dreams, never in real life.
If you can see I'm the one who understands you
Been here all along so why can't you see
You belong with me
You belong with me
And I do understand Alek probably even better than Jasmine does but that's because she takes little interest in his love life and can't understand how it feels to have lost both parents. I mean I love the girl but she just doesn't understand Alek the way I do and well as for Mimi she only see's Alek as someone to sleep with and boost her popularity, which is completely disgusting not to mention the fact that it's hurting him even if he doesn't realize it because he actually does care slightly about her although I can't understand why she is nothing but a little slut even if she is mai I don't really care because she is hurting my best friend by just being her. I mean has Alek really forgotten all of the times we turn to each other for answers about things we can ask no one else, like the time I thought I was falling for this human, turns out I was wrong I just liked the fact that he reminded of what it was like to be human but I soon realized I wanted more than that from any relationship I was going to have, right after both me and Alek had transformed I went to him because I knew that while he would hate the fact that I was falling for someone I could never be with that he would help me through the entire situation.
Walkin' the streets with you and you're worn-out jeans
I can't help thinking this is how it ought to be
Laughing on the park bench, thinking to myself
Hey isn't this easy
Everyday after school Alek walks with me to either work or home and on the days he walks me home we usually stop at the park and hang out there for an hour or two and just relax away from everything with school and even being mai, we are just two best friends hanging out having fun together on those days. And every time I can't help but think that this is what how things are supposed to be and how things are soo easy around Alek and so complicated around every other guy I have ever liked or dated; for example the night of my 14th birthday I kissed this human guy who was really cute and seemed pretty sweet however my kiss killed him and although Alek is about a year older he didn't transform until about the same time I did and being that Alek's birthday is like two weeks after mine I had no knowledge that kissing humans is something that mai can't do because Alek and I hadn't talked about the mai yet because neither of us knew that I was mai; I mean yes we talked some before this but we never really talked until we both were going through the transformation at the same time.
And you've got a smile that could light up this whole town
I haven't seen it in a while since she brought you down
You say you're fine
I know you better than that
Hey what you doing with a girl like that
Once again this is true, Alek's actual smile is amazing although he normally only smiles around Jasmine and I and around everyone else he tends to smirk. But it seems that ever since he's been dating Mimi that he doesn't smile as much and over this last month of their dating he hasn't smiled at all because they've been constantly fighting about something. Apparently she thinks that she can control his life but news flash to the bitch it's his life not hers so stop trying to control my best friend as it makes him miserable and I hate when he's like that. Although Alek would never tell her that she can't control his life nor would tell me that her trying to control his makes him miserable but me being his best friend I know the truth. He never could fool me about his feelings one because being the uniter I am an empath so I can empathize with both humans and mai and two because I know him so well but knowing that Mimi is making him miserable comes from knowing him so well. I have always wondered why Alek would date a girl like Mimi especially after the way she treats him and me although I never let him know that she treats me his best friend like crap because I know that he does like her and I don't want him to be hurt by the fact that his best friend and girlfriend don't get along.
She wears high heels
I wear sneakers
She's cheer captain and I'm on the bleachers
Dreaming about the day when you wake up
And find that what you're looking for has been here the whole time
More like I wear boots but not the sexy stripper like ones that guys like I'm more of a riding and combat boot type of girl. So once again how Mimi dresses attracts Alek and every other guy while the way I dress goes unnoticed. And I am constantly asking myself why Alek can't realize that he and I belong together?
If you can see that I'm one who understands you
Been here all along so why can't you see
You belong with me
Standing by and waiting at your back door
All this time how could you not know
Baby, you belong with me
You belong with me
Oh I remember you drivin' to my house in the middle of the night
I'm the one who makes you laugh
When you know you're about to cry
And I know you're favorite songs
And you tell me about your dreams
I think I know where you belong
I think I know it's with me
The night I found out that my adoptive dad was died was one of the worst nights of my life, me and my adoptive dad were really close, he left for a business and never came back when I was 12. The first thing I did was call up Alek even though it was 1:00 in the morning, Meredith and I got a call from his company at midnight saying they had found him and at first we were relived until they also mentioned that he had been murdered. Even though Alek was asleep when I called after I told him I needed him he came over immediately, I guess I was sort of crying over the phone to him. And he was there for me through everything. Also every time he is upset I know how to cheer him up even if he's about to cry. I'm also the only one who knows about his dreams for the future, he wants to be doctor but is too embarrassed by it to tell anyone other than me.
Can't you see that I'm the one who understands you
Been here all along why can't you see
You belong with me
Standing by and waiting at your back door
All this time
How could you not know
Baby you belong with me
You belong with me
You belong with me
Have you ever thought just maybe
You belong with me
You belong with me
As the song ends so does Alek's conversation with Mimi but not before I hear him breaking up with her yet again although this time he seems serious about never wanting to see her again. This surprises me because every other time she's broken up with him or if he did the breaking up it was only temporary. But he's broken hearted over it, which breaks my heart because I hate to see him like this, so I comfort him about by telling him that he was the best thing that ever happened to her and if she couldn't see that then she damn well didn't deserve him. He deserves to have someone who will see exactly how awesome he really is.